Betty

Betty or Bettie is a common diminutive for the names Elizabeth and Bethany.^[1] In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the name Beatriz, Spanish 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.^[2]

Politicians and activists

Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
Betty Friedan (1921-2006), American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique
Bettie Hewes (1924-2001), Canadian politician
Betty Komp (born 1949), American politician
Betty McCollum (born 1954), American politician
Betty Shabazz (1934-1997), American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X
Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) (born 1943), North Irish peace activist
Betty Williams (politician) (born 1944), Welsh politician and MP

Actresses and singers

Betty Bronson (1906-1971), American actress
Betty Buckley (born 1947), American theater, film and television actress
Betty Burbridge (1895-1987), American actress
Betty Deland (1831-1882), Swedish actress
Betty Driver (1920-2011), British actress and singer
Betty Faria (born 1941), Brazilian actress
Betty Grable (1916-1973), American actress, singer, dancer and pin-up girl
Betty Harris (born 1939), American soul singer
Betty Hutton (1921-2007), American actress and singer
Betty Kelly (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas
Betty Moschona (1927-2006), Greek actress
Betty Stockfeld (1905–1966), Australian film actress
Betty White (born 1922), American television actress best known for her roles in the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls

Athletes

Betty Cuthbert (born 1938), Australian sprinter and Olympic champion
Betty Jameson (1919-2009), American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA
Betty McKilligan (born 1949), Canadian former pairs figure skater
Betty Nuthall (1911-1983), English tennis player
Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch retired tennis player
Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American retired tennis player
Betty Uber (1906-1983), English badminton and tennis player

Other

Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010), South African abstract artist
Betty Ford (1918-2011), former First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford
Betty Jackson (born 1949), British fashion designer
Bettie de Jong (born 1933), Dutch rehearsal director and former dancer
Betty Kennedy (born 1926), Canadian broadcaster, journalist and author
Betty Knox (Alice Elizabeth Peden) (1906–1963), part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, a popular British music hall and vaudeville act
Betty Linderoth (1822-1900), Swedish clockmaker
Betty MacDonald (1908–1958), American author
Betty Nguyen, American news anchor
Bettie Page (1923-2008), American pin-up and fetish model of the 1950s
Betty Pariso, American professional bodybuilder
Betty Parsons (1900–1982), American artist, art dealer and collector
Betty Siegel (born 1931), American author and former president of Kennesaw State University
Bettie, a black cook at the Battle of the Alamo - see List of Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo

Fictional characters

Betty, title character of the comic strip Betty (1920–1943) by Charles A. Voight
Betty (Naked Brothers Band), in the TV series The Naked Brothers Band
Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero
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 Crocker, a brand name
Betty Draper, in the TV series Mad Men
Betty Eagleton, in the British soap opera Emmerdale'
Betty Gordon, protagonist of a series of children's novels
Betty Kane, now known as Bette Kane
title character of Yo soy Betty, la fea, a Colombian soap opera, basis for the US TV series Ugly Betty
Betty Rizzo, in the 1978 film Grease, 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 Smith, in the TV series Littlest Pet Shop
Betty Spaghetty, a bendable rubber doll
Betty Spencer, wife of Frank Spencer in the British sitcom Some Mothers do 'ave 'em
Betty Suarez, the title character and heroine of the TV series Ugly Betty
Betty Williams (Coronation Street), in the British soap opera Coronation Street
Brickhouse Betty, from the animated cartoon series of the same name featured on Playboy TV and the web
Betty, the antagonist of the 2002 comedy Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
Betty, the love interest of protagonist Tom Green's character in the 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered

References

^ "Betty- Girl l Baby Names, Name Meanings". BabyCenter LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
^ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39284/39284-h/39284-h.htm