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Betty or Bettie is a feminine given name. It is commonly a diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatrice. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was more often a diminutive of Bethia.

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Athletes

Betty Batt (1916-2003), British tennis player
Betty Bays (1931-1992), American baseball player
Betty Belton (1916-1989), English cricketer
Betty Birch (1923-2016), English cricketer
Betty Bonifay, American water skier
Betty Boucher (born 1943), American retired professional wrestler
Betty Bourquin, Swiss female curler and coach
Betty Brey (1931-2015), American swimmer
Betty Brosmer (born 1929), American former bodybuilder and physical fitness expert
Betty Brussel (born 1924), Canadian swimmer
Betty Burfeindt (born 1945), American golfer
Betty Burua (born 1986), Papua New Guinean track athlete
Betty Callaway (1928-2011), English figure skating coach
Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott (1906-1985), British fencer
Betty Carveth (1925-2019), Canadian baseball player
Betty Chepkemoi (born 2000), Kenyan long-distance runner
Betty Chepkwony (born 1995), Kenyan long-distance runner
Betty Constable (1924-2008), American squash player
Betty Jane Cornett (1932-2006), infielder and pitcher
Betty Couper, British tennis player
Betty Cuthbert (1938-2017), Australian sprinter and Olympic champion
Betty Degner, American baseball player
Betty Dodd (1931-1993), American professional golfer
Betty Duguid (1932-2017), Canadian-American curler
Betty Forbes (1916-2002), New Zealand high jumper
Betty Forsyth (1945-2021), Scottish bowls player
Betty Foss (1929-1998), American baseball player
Betty Foulk, American sailor
Betty Francis (1931-2016), American baseball outfielder
Betty Jane Fritz (1924-1994), baseball player
Betty Jo Geiger (born 1961), American long-distance runner
Betty Glassey, Papua New Guinean international lawn bowler
Betty Gowans, Canadian canoeist
Betty Gray (1920-2018), Welsh table tennis player
Betty Evans Grayson (1925-July 9, 1979), American softball pitcher
Betty Grimes (1899-1976), American diver
Betty Sue Hagerman, American tennis coach
Betty Haig (1905-1987), British racing driver
Betty Jo Hawkins (1930-1987), American professional wrestler
Betty Heidler (born 1983), German hammer thrower
Betty Henry (1922-1944), American table tennis player
Betty Herbertson, Australian lawn bowler
Betty Heukels (born 1942), Dutch swimmer
Betty Hicks (1920-2011), American professional golfer
Betty Hilton (1920-2017), British tennis player
Betty Holstein, Australian tennis player
Betty Jameson (1919-2009), American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA
Betty Jaynes (1945-2014), American basketball coach
Betty Jouanny (born 1992), French ice hockey player
Betty Judge (1921-2015), Australian athletics coach
Betty Ann Kennedy (1930-2016), American bridge player
Betty Kernot (1910-1984), Australian golfer
Betty Kizza (born 1996), Ugandan netball player
Betty Kozai (1928-2021), American curler
Betty Kretschmer (born 1928), Chilean sprinter
Betty Law (1928-2001), Scottish curler
Betty Lempus (born 1991), Kenyan long-distance runner
Betty Lennox (born 1976), American basketball player
Betty Lindberg (born 1924), American track and field athlete
Betty Lise (born 1972), French triple jumper
Betty Lock (1921-1986), British athlete
Betty Lombard (1920-1984), Irish tennis player
Betty Luna (1927-2004), baseball player
Betty Maker (1925-2004), New Zealand cricketer
Betty McCracken, Canadian curler
Betty McDonald (born 1950), Australian cricketer
Betty McKenna (1931-1992), American baseball player
Betty McKilligan (born 1949), Canadian pairs figure skater
Betty McKinnon (1925-1981), Australian sprinter
Betty McNamara, New Zealand netball player
Betty Moczynski (1926-2017), American baseball player
Betty Molteni (born 1962), Italian middle-distance runner
Betty Moore (diver) (born 1929), New Zealand diver
Betty R. Moore (born 1934), Australian athlete
Betty Morgan (born 1942), Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler
Betty Morris (born 1948), American bowler
Betty Niccoli (born 1943), American professional wrestler
Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen (born 1986), Norwegian orienteer
Betty Noël (born 1988), French-born Luxembourgish footballer
Betty Nuthall (1911-1983), English tennis player
Betty Okino (born 1975), American gymnast
Betty Olssen, Fijian international lawn bowler
Betty Pariso (born 1956), American bodybuilder
Betty Petryna (1930-2020), American baseball player
Betty Plant (1920-2002), New Zealand netball player
Betty Rosenquest Pratt (1925-2016), American tennis player
Betty Robinson (1911-1999), American athletics competitor
Betty Russell (1924-1985), American baseball player
Betty Rusynyk (1924-2013), American baseball player
Betty Sain (born 1942), US horse trainer and breeder
Betty Shellenberger (1921-2019), American field hockey player
Betty Sinclair (1933-2009), New Zealand cricketer
Betty Slade (1921-2000), British diver
Betty Snowball (1908-1988), English cricketer and sportsperson
Betty Stanhope-Cole (1937-2017), Canadian golfer
Betty Steffensen (born 1936), New Zealand netball player
Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch tennis player
Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American tennis player
Betty Stubbings, English bowls player
Betty Sugrue, Irish camogie player
Betty Sworowski (born 1961), British race-walker
Betty Tancock (1911-2009), Canadian swimmer
Betty Taylor (1916-1977), Canadian hurdle racer
Betty Thorner (born 1938), New Zealand cricketer
Betty Trezza (1925-2007), American baseball player
Betty Tucker (1924-2012), American baseball player
Betty Uber (1906-1983), English badminton and tennis player
Betty Viana-Adkins (born 1971), Venezuelan bodybuilder
Betty Wagoner (1930-2006), American baseball player
Betty Wanless (1928-1995), baseball player
Betty Warfel (1928-1990), baseball player
Betty Weir (1924-2020), American alpine skier
Betty Whiting (1925-1967), baseball player
Betty Wilson (1921-2010), Australian cricketer
Betty Yahr (1923-2010), American baseball player

Journalists and media personalities

Betty Bayé (born 1946), American journalist, columnist and editor
Betty Bowen, American journalist
Betty Ann Bowser (1944-2018), American journalist
Betty Ann Bruno (1931-2023), American reporter and journalist
Bettie Cadou (1936-c. 2002), American journalist
Betty Werlein Carter (1910-2000), American publisher, editor and writer
Betty Caywood (1946-2020), American sportscaster
Betty Elizalde (1940-2018), Argentine journalist and broadcaster
Betty Go-Belmonte (1933-1994), Filipina journalist and newspaper publisher
Betty Irabor (born 1957), Nigerian columnist, philanthropist, writer, publisher and founder of Genevieve Magazine
Betty Kenward (1906-2001), American magazine columnist
Betty Kyallo (born 1989), Kenyan news anchor and journalist
Betty J. Ligon (1921-2015), American journalist
Betty Liu (born 1973), Hong Kong journalist
Betty Mendez Livioco (1931-2006), radio host
Betty Mandeville (1910 or 1911-2001), American radio director and one of the first female producer
Bettie Johnson Mbayo, Liberian journalist
Betty Medsger, American journalist
Betty Nguyen (born 1974), American news anchor
Betty Olive Osborn (1934-2020), Australian journalist
Betty Pino (1948-2013), Ecuadorian radio personality
Betty A. Prashker (died 2024), American editor
Betty Rollin (1936-2023), American journalist and author
Betty Wason (1912-2001), American writer and broadcast journalist
Betty Willingale (1927-2021), British television producer and script editor

Performing artists and fashion models

Betty Aberlin (born 1942), American actress
Betty Alberge (1922-1991), British actress
Betty Alden (1891-1948), American actress
Betty Allen (1927-2009), American singer
Betty Amann (1905-1990), German-American actress
Betty Amos (1934-2021), American musician
Betty Arlen (1909-1966), American actress
Betty Arvaniti (born 1939), Greek actress
Betty Astell (1912-2005), English actress
Betty Astor (1905-c. 1972), German actress
Betty Balfour (1902-1977), British actress
Betty Banafe (born 1979), Malaysian actress and singer
Betty Bartley (1922-2013), American actress
Betty Baskcomb (1914-2003), British actress
Betty Beath (born 1932), Australian composer
Betty Beckers (1925-1982), French actress
Betty Humby Beecham (1908-1958), British pianist
Betty Bennett (1921-2020), American jazz singer
Betty Bird (1901-1998), Austrian actress
Betty Blue (1931-2000), American model and actress
Betty Blythe (1893-1972), American actress
Betty Bobbitt (1939-2020), Australian actress
Betty Boije (1822-1854), Finnish-Swedish contralto and composer
Betty Bolton (1906-2005), British actress
Betty Boniphace, Tanzanian model
Betty Boo (born 1970), stage name of English singer and songwriter Alison Moira Clarkson
Betty Bouton (1891-1965), American actress
Betty Box (1915-1999), British film producer
Betty Boyd (1908-1971), American actress
Betty Brewer (1924-2006), American actress
Betty Brice (1888-1935), American actress
Betty Brodel (1920-2024), American actress
Betty Bronson (1906-1971), American actress
Betty Browne (1900-1959), American screenwriter and stage actress
Betty Bryant (1920-2005), Australian actress
Betty Bryson (1911-1984), American film actress and dancer
Betty Buckley (born 1947), American actress
Betty Buehler (1921-2012), American actress
Betty Burbridge (1895-1987), American actress
Betty Burgess (1917-2003), American actress
Betty Burstall (1926-2013), Australian theatre director
Betty Callish (1886-after 1941), Dutch-born actress, singer, and violinist
Betty Cantor-Jackson (born 1948), American audio engineer and producer
Betty Ann Carr (1942-1995), American actress
Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) (1929-1998), American jazz singer
Betty Chung, Hong Kong singer
Betty Ross Clarke (1892-1970), American actress
Betty Clooney (1931-1976), American singer
Betty Cody (1921-2014), Canadian-born American country music singer
Betty Compson (1897-1974), American actress
Betty Compton (1906-1944), American actress
Betty Corday (1912-1987), American actress and television producer
Betty Cordon (1923-2012), American socialite
Betty Corwin (1920-2019), American theater archivist
Betty Curtis (1936-2006), Italian singer
Betty Daussmond (1873-1957), French actress
Betty David (c. 1938-2007), Native American fashion designer
Betty Ann Davies (1910-1955), British actress
Bette Davis (1908-1989) American actress
Betty Davis (1944-2022), American singer, songwriter, and model
Bettie de Jong (born 1933), Dutch rehearsal director and dancer
Betty Deland (1831-1882), Swedish actress
Betty Driver (1920-2011), British actress and singer
Betty Cole Dukert (1927-2024), American television producer
Betty Everett (1939-2001), American soul singer
Betty Fabila (born 1929), Mexican opera singer
Betty Faire (1897-1981), British actress
Betty Faria (born 1941), Brazilian actress
Betty Farrington (1898-1989), American actress
Betty Felsen (1905-2000), ballet dancer, vaudeville star, and teacher
Betty Ferns (born 1946), Indian actress and singer
Betty Fibichová (1846-1901), Czech opera singer
Betty Field (1913-1973), American actress
Betty Fields (1906-1938), British actress
Bettie Mae Fikes, American singer
Bettie Fisher, Australian Aboriginal musician and theatre administrator
Betty Francisco (1900-1950), American actress
Betty Kathungu Furet, Kenyan director and film producer
Betty G, a stage name of an Ethiopian singer and songwriter Bruktawit Getahun
Betty Gabriel (born 1981), American actress
Betty Garde (1905-1989), American actress
Betty Garrett (1919-2011), American actress, comedian, singer and dancer
Betty George (1926-2007), American singer
Betty Lou Gerson (1914-1999), American actress
Betty Gilpin (born 1986), American actress
Betty Glamann (1923-1990), American jazz musician
Betty Gofman (born 1965), Brazilian actress
Betty Grable (1916-1973), American actress, singer, dancer and pin-up girl
Betty Ann Grove (1929-2015), American actress
Betty Haag, American music educator
Betty Halbreich (1927-2024), American personal shopper, stylist and author
Betty Hall, early 20th century child film actress
Betty Harford (born 1927), American actress
Betty Harlafti, Greek mezzo-soprano and singer
Betty Harris (born 1939), American soul singer
Betty Harte (1882-1965), American actress
Betty Helsengreen (1914-1956), Danish actress
Betty Henderson (1907-1979), Scottish actress
Betty Hennings (1850-1939), Danish actress
Betty Lou Holland (1925-2021), American actress
Betty Howe (1895-1969), American actress
Betty Huntley-Wright (1911-1993), British actress and vocalist
Betty Hutton (1921-2007), American actress and singer
Betty Jackson (born 1949), English fashion designer
Betty Jardine (1903-1945), English actress
Betty Jaynes (1921-2018), American actress
Betty Jewel (1899-1963), American actress
Betty Joel (1894-1985), British furniture, textile and interior designer
Betty Johnson (1929-2022), American pop and cabaret singer
Betty Hall Jones (1911-2009), American jazz musician
Betty Jones (1930-2019), American soprano
Betty Jumel (1901-1990), British actress
Betty Kaplan (born 1949), American film director
Betty Kean (1914-1986), American actress
Betty Lou Keim (1938-2010), American actress
Betty Kelly (born 1944), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas
Betty Jackson King (1928-1994), American composer, pianist and educator
Betty Knox (Alice Elizabeth Peden) (1906-1963), part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, a British music hall and vaudeville act
Betty Kuuskemaa (1879-1966), Estonian actress
Betty Lago (1955-2015), Brazilian actress
Betty Laine, English dance teacher and former professional dancer
Betty LaVette (born 1946), American soul singer
Betty Lawford (1912-1960), English film and stage actress
Betty Leggett (1857-1931), American socialite
Betty Liste, American jazz pianist
Betty Loh Ti (1937-1968), Chinese actress
Betty Low (1916-2016), Canadian ballet dancer and actress
Betty Lucas (1924-2015), Australian character actress and theatre director
Betty Luster (1922-2011), American actress
Betty Lynn (1926-2021), American actress
Betty Lynne (1911-2011), British actress
Betty Mack (1901-1980), American actress
Betty Madigan (born 1928), American actress
Betty Mars (1944-1989), French actress and singer
Betty Marsden (1919-1998), British actor and comedian
Betty Maxwell (born 1994), American beauty pageant titleholder
Betty May, British model
Betty May (actress) (1904-1949), American actress
Betty McDowall (1924-1993), Australian actress
Betty McGlown (1941-2008), American singer
Betty McQuade (1941-2011), American rock and roll and pop singer
Betty Meredith-Jones (1908-1996), Welsh dance educator
Betty Miles (1910-1992), American actress
Betty Missiego (born 1938), Spanish singer
Betty Mitchell (1896-1976), Canadian theatre director
Betty Monroe (born 1978), Mexican actress
Betty Moon, Canadian-American singer
Betty Morgan, American vocalist and recording artist
Betty Morrissey (1907-1944), American film actress
Betty Moschona (1927-2006), Greek actress
Betty Nakibuuka, Ugandan gospel musician
Betty Nansen (1873-1943), Danish actress
Betty Naz (born 1945), Indian actress and singer
Betty Noyes (1912-1987), American actress
Betty Oberacker, American pianist
Betty Oliphant (1918-2004), American dance educator
Betty Olivero (born 1954), Israeli composer and music educator
Bettie Page (1923-2008), American pin-up and fetish model
Betty Paul (1921-2011), British actress and screenwriter
Betty Pei Ti (born 1951), Taiwanese actress
Betty Jane Rhodes (1921-2011), American actress
Betty Robbins (1924-2004), American singer
Betty Jean Robinson (1933-2021), American Christian music singer-songwriter
Betty Roché (1918-1999), American blues singer
Betty Roe (born 1930), English composer, singer, vocal coach and conductor
Betty Rothenberg, American television and theatre director
Betty Rowland (1916-2022), American actress and dancer
Betty Schade (1895-1982), American actress
Betty Schuurman, Dutch actress
Betty Smidth (1819-1892), Danish stage actress and opera soprano
Betty Ruth Smith (1915-2008), American actress
Betty Smith (1929-2011), English jazz saxophonist and singer
Betty Steinberg (1910-1965), American film editor
Betty Stockfeld (1905-1966), Australian actress
Betty Taoutel, Lebanese actress
Betty Loo Taylor (1929-2016), American jazz musician
Betty Taylor (1919-2011), American actress and performer
Betty Thatcher (1944-2011), English lyricist
Betty Thomas (born 1947), American director and actress
Betty Thompson (1934-1994), Canadian television personality
Betty Ting (born 1947), Taiwanese actress
Betty Treadville (1911-1989), American singer and actress
Betty Veizaga (born 1957), Bolivian folk music musician
Betty Vio (1806-1872), German opera singer
Betty Walker (1928-1982), Jewish-American actress and comedian
Betty Wand (1923-2003), American singer
B. J. Ward (born 1944), American actress
Betty Warren (1905-1990), English actress
Betty Jane Watson (1921-2016), American actress and singer
Betty White (1922-2021), American actress, best known for Life with Elizabeth, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls
Betty Who (born 1991), Australian-American singer and musician
Betty Willingale (1927-2021), British television producer
Betty Willis (1941-2018), American soul singer
Betty Winkler (1914-2002), American actress
Betty Rose Wishart, American composer and pianist
Betty Ann Wong (born 1938), American author, composer and multi-media musician
Betty Wragge (1918-2002), American actress
Betty Wright (1953-2020), American soul and R&B singer and songwriter
Betty Yokova (c. 1901-1995), Czech-born French-American fashion designer
Betty Zhou (born 1981), Chinese actress and singer
Betty (singer) (born 2003), Armenian child singer

Politicians and activists

Betty Abbott (1923-2005), American politician
Betty Adkins (1934-2001), American politician
Betty Amongi (born 1975), Ugandan politician
Betty Harvie Anderson (1913-1979), British Conservative Party politician
Betty Andujar (1912-1997), American politician
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (born 1953), Nigerian activist and fishery expert and the first lady of Ondo State in Nigeria
Betty Apiafi (born 1962), Nigerian MP and educator
Betty Babcock (1922-2013), American politician
Betty Ballinger (1854-1936), American suffragist
Betty Baxter, Canadian politician
Betty Oyella Bigombe (born 1952), Ugandan politician
Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
Betty Bolognani (1926-2016), American politician
Betty Boothroyd (1929-2023), British MP and former Speaker of the House of Commons
Betty Boyd (Oklahoma legislator) (1924-2011), American politician
Betty Boyd (Colorado legislator) (born 1943), American state legislator
Betty Brown (born 1939), American politician
Betty Bumpers (1925-2018), American activist
Betty Campbell (1934-2017), Welsh community activist
Betty Cardenas, American political activist
Betty Castor (born 1941), American politician
Betty Jo Charlton (1923-2014), American politician
Betty Louke Chelain, Ugandan politician
Betty Chew (born 1964), Malaysian politician
Betty Christian (born 1943), Pitcairn Island politician
Betty Croquer, Venezuelan politician
Betty Currie (born 1939), American government official
Betty De Boef (born 1951), American politician
Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
Betty DeGeneres (born 1930), American activist
Betty Denton (born 1943), American politician
Betty Diale, South African politician
Betty Jane Diener (1940-2015), American politician
Betty Disero, Canadian politician
Betty Ann Dittemore (1919-2000), Colorado politician
Bettie du Toit (1910-2002), South African trade unionist and anti apartheid activist
Betty Dubiner (1912-2008), Canadian-born Israeli activist
Betty Edmondson (1924-1998), American politician
Betty Awori Engola (born 1960), Ugandan politician
Betty Fiorina (1919-2010), American politician
Betty Friedan (1921-2006), American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique
Betty Gay, American politician
Betty Glad (1927-2010), American political scientist
Betty Jean Grant (born 1948), American politician
Betty Grundberg (1938-2022), American politician
Betty Hall (1921-2018), American politician, former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Betty Hanson (1918-2008), Manx politician
Betty Cooper Hearnes (1927-2023), American politician
Betty Heathfield (1927-2006), English labour activist
Betty Heitman (1929-1994), American Republican politician
Bettie Hewes (1924-2001), Canadian politician
Betty Hill (activist) (1876-1960), American activist
Betty Hill (politician) (1937-2013), Canadian politician
Betty Hinton (born 1950), Canadian politician
Betty Hocking (1928-2017), Australian politician
Betty Holzendorf (1940-2024), American politician
Betty J. Hoxsey (1923-2011), American politician
Betty de Courcy Ireland (1911-1999), Irish socialist and anti-war activist
Betty Ireland (born 1946), American politician
Betty Ann Kane, American politician
Betty Karnette (1931-2021), American politician
Betty Ann Keegan (1920-1974), American politician
Betty Kegakilwe, South African politician
Betty Kennedy (1926-2017), Canadian politician
Betty Kiernan (born 1955), Australian politician
Betty E. King, American diplomat
Betty Komp (born 1949), American politician, former member of the Oregon House of Representatives
Betty Little (born 1940), American politician
Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood (1924-2019), British political activist
Betty Jane Long (1928-2023), American politician
Betty Maina, Kenyan politician
Betty Makoni (born 1971), Zimbabwean women's rights activist
Betty Malmberg (born 1958), Swedish politician
Betty Ray McCain (1931-2022), American politician
Betty McCollum (born 1954), American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Betty Krosbi Mensah (born 1980), Ghanaian politician
Betty Metcalf (1921-2017), American clinical psychologist and former politician
Betty Millard (1911-2010), American writer, artist, political activist, philanthropist, feminist
Betty Montgomery (born 1948), American politician
Betty Morrison, American state legislator
Betty Mould-Iddrisu (born 1953), Ghanaian lawyer and politician
Betty Muzanira (born 1968), Ugandan politician
Betty Ethel Naluyima, Ugandan politician
Betty Nambooze (born 1969), Ugandan politician
Betty Jo Nelsen (1935-2024), American politician
Betty Nippi-Albright, Canadian politician
Betty Aol Ochan (born 1958), Ugandan politician
Betty Ogwaro, South Sudanese politician
Betty Olson (born 1946), American politician
Betty Olsson, Swedish suffragist and peace activist
Betty Overbey (born 1946), American politician
Betty Palaso, Papua New Guinean diplomat
Betty Papworth (1914-2008), British communist and anti-war activist
Betty Parsley, Canadian politician
Betty Pickett, American politician, former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Betty Price, American politician
Betty Reed (1941-2022), American politician
Betty Santoro (1938-2005), American activist
Bettie Cook Scott (born 1953), American politician
Betty Shabazz (1934-1997), American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X
Betty Kronman Shapiro (1907-1989), American Jewish activist
Bettie Shumway (1924-2007), American politician
Betty Sims (1935-2016), American politician
Betty Sinclair (1910-1981), Northern Irish communist organizer
Betty Soukup (born 1947), American politician
Betty Sutton (born 1963), American politician
Betty Swenson (1933-2016), American politician
Betty Gram Swing (1893-1969), American militant suffragist
Betty Talmadge (1923-2005), American civic leader, author, socialite, landowner, and businesswoman
Betty Taylor (community advocate), Australian community advocate and domestic violence prevention campaigner
Betty Tebbs (1918-2017), English activist
Betty Tejada (born 1959), Bolivian ecologist, lawyer and politician
Betty L. Thompson (1939-2021), American politician
Betty Tianti, American trade union leader
Betty Tola (born 1965), Ecuadorian politician
Betty Unger (born 1943), Canadian politician
Betty Villegas, American politician
Betty Kirk West, American state legislator
Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) (1943-2020), North Irish peace activist
Betty Williams (politician) (born 1944), Welsh politician and MP
Betty Wilson (born 1932), American politician
Betty Workman (1924-2018), American politician
Betty Yee (born 1957), American politician

Scientists and technologists

Betty Allan (1905-1952), Australian statistician
Betty Molesworth Allen (1913-2002), New Zealand botanist
Betty Lise Anderson, American electrical engineer
Betty Lou Bailey (1929-2007), American mechanical engineer
Betty Q. Banker (1921-2010), pediatric neuropathologist
Betty Bernardelli (1919-1998), psychologist
Betty Blake (1931-1982), American historic preservationist and promoter
Betty Baume Clark, British archaeologist, illustrator and museum curator
Betty Clements (1918-1965), American physician
Betty Collette (1930-2017), veterinary pathologist
Betty Cronin (1928-2016), American bacteriologist
Betty Diamond (born 1948), American physician and researcher
Betty Eisner (1915-2004), American psychologist
Betty Flehinger (c. 1922-2000), biostatistician
Betty Flint (1909-2011), New Zealand scientist
Betty Fox (1937-2011), Canadian cancer researcher
Betty Gikonyo (born 1950), Kenyan medical entrepreneur and pediatric cardiologist
Betty Harris (born 1940), American explosives scientist
Betty Hay (1927-2007), American cell and developmental biologist
Betty Holberton (1917-2001), American computer scientist
Betty W. Holz (1919-2005), American mathematician
Betty Kobayashi Issenman (1921-2020), Canadian ethnologist
Betty Johnson (1936-2003), American physicist
Betty Joseph (1917-2013), British psychoanalyst
Betty Karplus (1925-2021), American science educator
Betty Klepper (1936-2018), American scientist
Betty Lindsay (1897-1953), Scottish civil engineer
Bettie Sue Masters, American biochemist
Betty Meehan, Australian archaeologist
Betty Meggers (1921-2012), American archaeologist
Betty Kellett Nadeau (1905-1999), American paleontologist
Betty Nesvold, American political scientist
Betty Paschen (1927-2019), Canadian environmentalist
Betty Pfefferbaum, American psychiatrist
Betty Lou Raskin (1924-2010), American chemist
Betty Ida Roots (1927-2020), British-Canadian zoologist
Betty Shannon (1922-2017), American mathematician
Bettie Steinberg (born 1937), American microbiologist
Betty Steiner (c. 1920-1994), Canadian psychiatrist
Betty Sullivan (1902-1999), American biochemist
Betty Tung (born 1935), Hong Kong philanthropist
Betty Louise Turtle (1941-1990), Australian astronomer and physicist
Betty Twarog (1927-2013), American biochemist
Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf (1911-1987), British ethnologist

Visual artists and authors

Betty Acquah (born 1965), Ghanaian feminist painter
Betty Adcock (born 1938), American poet
Betty Baxter Anderson (1908-1966), American author
Betty Keener Archuleta (1928-1998), Cherokee-American painter
Betty Asher (1914-1994), American art collector and dealer
Betty G. Bailey (1939-2019), American artist
Betty Baker, American writer
Betty Ballantine (1919-2019), American publisher, editor and writer
Betty Batoul (born 1964), Belgian-Moroccan writer
Betty Beaumont (born 1946), Canadian-American artist
Betty Hahn Bernbaum (1918-2003), American writer
Betty G. Birney (born 1947), American writer
Betty Branch, American visual artist
Betty Broadbent (1909-1983), American tattoo artist
Betty Cavanna (1909-2001), American novelist
Betty Churcher (1931-2015), Australian arts administrator
Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914-2010), South African abstract artist
Betty Clegg (1926-2009), New Zealand artist
Betty Curnow (1911-2005), New Zealand painter and printmaker
Betty Davison, Canadian painter and printmaker
Betty Eadie (born 1942), American author
Betty Edwards (born 1926), American artist
Betty Ehrenborg (1818-1880), Swedish writer
Betty Elfving (1837-1923), Finnish writer
Betty Feves (1918-1985), American sculptor
Betty Freeman (1921-2009), American arts patron and photographer
Betty Friedan (1921-2006), American feminist writer
Betty Fussell (born 1927), American writer
Betty Pat Gatliff (1930-2020), American forensic artist
Betty Gilderdale (1923-2021), New Zealand children's author
Betty Goodwin (1923-2008), Canadian artist
Betty Guy (1920-2016), American painter
Betty Hahn (born 1940), American photographer
Betty Harper (born 1946), American artist and illustrator
Betty Holliday (1925-2011), American painter
Betty Isaacs (1894-1971), Australian born, New Zealand sculptor and textile designer
Betty Jeffrey (1908-2000), Australian writer
Betty Nobue Kano (born 1944), Japanese artist
Betty Keller (born 1930), American author
Betty Ladler (1914-2004), English artist and illustrator
Betty LaDuke (born 1933), American artist and writer
Betty Lambert (1933-1983), Canadian writer
Betty Lane (1907-1996), American artist
Betty Levin (1927-2022), American writer
Betty Bagby Lewis (1925-2008), American writer
Betty Jean Lifton (1926-2010), American author
Betty MacDonald (1908-1958), American author
Betty Manygoats, Navajo artist
Betty Manyolo (1938-1999), Ugandan painter and printmaker
Betty Fible Martin, American writer
Betty Merken, American painter
Betty Miller (1910-1965), Irish author
Betty G. Miller (1934-2012), also known as Bettigee, American artist known as the "Mother of De'VIA"
Betty Mochizuki (born 1929), Canadian painter and printmaker
Betty Muffler (born 1944), Aboriginal Australian artist and healer
Betty Neels (1909-2001), British writer
Betty Ann Norton (1936-2020), Irish drama teacher
Betty Paoli (1814-1894), Austrian writer
Betty Paraskevas (1929-2010), American writer
Betty Waldo Parish, American painter
Betty Parsons (1900-1982), American artist, art dealer, and collector
Betty Paterson (1894-1970), Australian commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Australian Aboriginal artist
Betty Rhind, New Zealand artist and art teacher
Betty Ring (1923-2014), American decorative arts specialist
Betty Roland (1903-1996), Australian writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics
Betty Lark Ross, American photographer
Betty Sabo (1928-2016), American painter and sculptor
Betty Scarpino (born 1949), American wood sculptor
Bettie M. Sellers (1926-2013), American poet
Bettie Bendolph Seltzer (1939-2017), American artist
Betty Shamieh, American playwright, author, screenwriter and actor
Betty Smith (1896-1972), American playwright and novelist
Betty Spindler (born c. 1943), American ceramist
Betty Swords (1917-2005), American cartoonist
Betty Timms (1886-1980), English writer and sister of Flora Thompson
Betty Tompkins, American painter
Betty Trask (1893-1983), English romantic novelist
Betty Wahl (1924-1988), American novelist and short story writer
Betty Warren (1920-1993), American painter
Betty Webb, American novelist
Betty Willis (1923-2015), American graphic designer
Betty Woodman (1930-2018), American ceramic artist
Betty Ren Wright (1927-2013), American novelist
Betty Wylder (1923-1994), American writer
Betty Jane Wylie (born 1931), Canadian writer and playwright

People in other fields

Madeleine Passot "Betty" (1914-2009), French Resistance agent
Acid Betty (born 1977), American drag queen
Betty Abah (born 1974), Nigerian writer and activist
Betty Ang, Filipina businesswoman
Betty Archdale (1907-2000), English-Australian educator and cricketer
Betty Azar, American academic
Betty Batham (1917-1974), New Zealand marine biologist and university lecturer
Betty Bausch-Polak (1919-2024), Dutch Jewish survivor
Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828-1892), British author, merchant
Betty Lou Beets (1937-2000), American murderer
Betty Jane Belanus, American writer and folklorist
Betty T. Bennett (1935-2006), American professor of literature
Betty Berzon (1928-2006), American author and psychotherapist
Betty June Binnicker (1932-1944), American murder victim
Betty Birner, American linguist
Betty Blayton (1937-2016), American activist, advocate, artist, arts administrator and educator, and lecturer
Beatrice Boeke-Cadbury (1884-1976), English-Dutch social activist, educator and Quaker missionary
Betty Brader, American fashion illustrator
Betty Broderick (born 1947), American murderer
Betty Cameron (1918-2011), Australian World War II servicewoman and WAAAF activist
Betty Ann Camunez (born 1944), American lawyer
Betty Boyd Caroli, American historian and biographer
Betty Carp (1895-1974), American embassy official and intelligence agent
Betty Catroux, Brazilian-born French former Chanel model
Betty Clay (1917-2004), British scouting leader
Betty Reynolds Cobb (1884-1956), American lawyer
Betty Cohen (born 1956), American businesswoman and television executive
Betty Comden (1917-2006), American lyricist, playwright and screenwriter
Betty Cooke (1924-2024), American designer
Betty Danko (1903-1979), American stuntwoman and stunt double
Betty Davy (1919-2010), Australian teacher
Betty Debenham, motorcyclist and author
Betty Dickey (born 1940), American judge
Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs (1930-1994), American historian
Betty Dodson (1929-2020), American sex educator
Betty Duvall (1845-1891), American spy
Betty Farrally (1915-1989), English-born Canadian dancer, educator and ballet director
Betty Fiechter (1896-1971), Swiss businesswoman
Betty Binns Fletcher (1923-2012), American judge
Betty Flores (born 1944), American banker and former mayor
Betty Sue Flowers (born 1947), American English professor and former director
Betty Ford (1918-2011), First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford
Betty Furness (1916-1994), American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator
Betty Gannett (1906-1970), American Marxist theoretician and editor
Betty Holtrop-van Gelder (1866-1962), Dutch actress and writer
Betty Gibson, Canadian educator
Betty Gillies (1908-1998), American aviator
Betty Gleim (1781-1827), German teacher, school founder and author
Betty Mary Goetting, librarian and women's rights activist
Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk (1924-2020), Dutch resistance member
Betty Gough (1920-2018), American foreign service officer
Betty Grissom (1927-2018), wife of astronaut Gus Grissom
Betty Groff (1935-2015), American celebrity chef
Betty Guard (1814-1870), Australian settler of New Zealand
Betty Halff-Epstein (1905-1991), Swiss entrepreneur
Betty Hamilton (1904-1994), British Trotskyist
Betty Hanley (1915-2002), American lighting designer
Betty Hart (1927-2012), American education researcher
Betty Heimann (1888-1961), German professor
Betty Hemings (c. 1735-1807), American slave, mother of Sally Hemings, a slave owned by Thomas Jefferson
Betty Hester (1923-1998), American correspondent
Betty Higgins, Papua New Guinean entrepreneur
Betty Hoag (1914-2002), American art historian
Betty Holekamp (1826-1902), German colonist and pioneer
Betty James (1918-2008), American businessperson
Betty Johnston (1916-1994), British educational administrator
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper (1923-2011), American nurse
Betty Kaunda (1928-2013), former First Lady of Zambia
Betty Kemp (1916-2007), English historian
Betty Kershaw (born 1943), English nursing administrator
Betty King, Australian judge
Betty Kirby-Green (1906-1992), British adventurer and pilot
Betty Kitchener, Australian mental health educator
Betty Klimenko (born 1959), Australian businessperson and motorsport team owner
Betty Koed, American historian
Betty Korir (born 1971), Kenyan lawyer and banker
Betty Krawczyk (1928-2025), American author, blogger and environmental activist
Betty Lalam, Ugandan teacher
Betty Lasky (1922-2017), American film historian and author
Betty Limpany (died 1799), British criminal
Betty Linderoth (1822-1900), Swedish clockmaker
Betty Loren-Maltese, American former politician and convicted felon
Betty Lovai, Papua New Guinean academic
Betty Mahmoody (born 1945), American author and public speaker
Betty Milan (born 1944), British psychoanalyst and author
Betty Miller (pilot) (1926-2018), first female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean
Betty Mitchell (theatre director) (1896-1976), Canadian theatre director and educator
Betty C. Monkman (1942-2025), American curator and author
Betty L. Mullis, American retired Air Force pilot
Betty S. Murphy (1933-2010), American lawyer
Betty Neale (1927-2018), American lobbyist and state legislator
Betty Neumar (1931-2011), American murderer
Betty Nuovo (1931-2023), American attorney and politician
Betty Olsen (1934-1968), nurse and missionary
Betty Ong (1956-2001), American flight attendant
Betty Thatcher Oros (1917-2001), American automobile designer
Betty Osceola (born 1967), American environmental activist, educator and airboat captain
Betty Jean Owens (born 1940), African American kidnapping victim
Betty Paërl, Dutch trans activist and writer
Betty Pettersson (1838-1885), Swedish teacher
Betty Haas Pfister (1921-2011), American aviator
Bettie Freshwater Pool (1860-1928), American writer, poet and teacher
Betty Price (arts advisor) (1931-2023), American music teacher
Betty Quin (1922-1993), Australian screenwriter
Betty Rea (1904-1965), English sculptor and educationalist
Betty Reardon (1929-2023), American teacher and academic
Betty Jamerson Reed, American historian
Betty Ridley (1909-2005), American church administrator
Betty Roberts (1923-2011), American judge
Betty A. Rosa, American educator
Betty Rowlands (1923-2020), English crime writer
Bettie Runnels, American lawyer
Betty Runnels, American lawyer
Betty Ryan, American game developer and programmer
Betty J. Sapp, Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
Betty Bone Schiess (1923-2017), American Episcopal priest
Betty Shine (1929-2002), English author, opera singer and Spiritualist
Betty Siegel (1931-2020), American author, and president of Kennesaw State University
Betty Skelton (1926-2011), American aerobatic pilot, auto test driver and advertising executive
Betty Reid Soskin (1921-2025), American park ranger
Betty Lee Sung (1924-2023), American author and academic
Betty Tom Chu, Chinese-American lawyer, politician and banker
Betty Glassman Trachtenberg (1933-2023), American college administrator
Betty J. Turock (born 1936), American librarian and educator
Betty Tyson (1948-2023), African-American woman murderer
Betty von Rothschild (1805-1886), patron of the arts and philanthropist
Betty Temple Watts (1901-1992), scientific illustrator
Betty Webb (code breaker) (1923-2025), English code breaker
Betty Wei (1930-2024), Chinese-born American scientist, educator and diplomat
Betty Jane Williams (1919-2008), American aviator
Betty Smith Williams, American nurse
Betty Willsher (1915-2012), British author and graveyard executive
Betty Wood (1945-2021), British historian and academic
Betty Young, American educator
Betty Youngblood, American academic administrator
Betty Zane (1765-1823), soldier in the American Revolutionary War
Betty (slave) (c. 1738 , 1795), one of Martha Washington's slaves
Bettie, a black cook at the Battle of the Alamo - see List of Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo

02Fictional characters

Betty (Naked Brothers Band), in the TV series The Naked Brothers Band.
Betty, the title character of the comic strip Betty (1920-1943) by Charles A. Voight
Betty, the title character of Yo soy Betty, la fea, a Colombian soap opera, basis for the US TV series Ugly Betty
Betty DeVille, a fictional character in the animated Nickelodeon show Rugrats
Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero
Boxcar Betty (Boxcar Bertha), a fictional hobo and Industrial Workers of the World organizer
Brickhouse Betty, the title character from the animated cartoon series featured on Playboy TV and the Internet
Betty Blue, the main character of the film Betty Blue
Betty Boop, a Paramount Pictures cartoon character
Betty Brant, a Marvel Comics supporting character
Betty Cooper, a comic book character published by Archie Comics
Betty Draper, a character in the TV series Mad Men.
Betty Eagleton, a character in the British soap opera Emmerdale
Betty Gordon, the protagonist of a series of children's novels
Betty Lou, a muppet character on Sesame Street
Betty Rizzo, a character in the film Grease (1978), played by Stockard Channing
Betty Ross, Bruce Banner's love interest in the Hulk comics
Betty Rubble, a Flintstones character
Betty Slug, the lead character in the Canadian comic strip Betty
Betty Suarez, the title character and heroine of the TV series Ugly Betty
Betty Williams (Coronation Street), in the British soap opera Coronation Street

03Other

Betty, the spaceship in Aliens movie
BETTY, an alt-rock band from New York City.
"Betty" (Taylor Swift song), 2020
"Betty" (AJR song), 2025

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