Betsy

Betsy is an English feminine given name, often a nickname for Elizabeth.

People

• Betsy, stage name of Welsh singer Elizabeth Humfrey
• Betsy Ancker-Johnson (1927–2020), American plasma physicist
• Betsy Atkins (born 1953), American business executive and entrepreneur
• Betsy Balcombe (1802−1871), English friend of Napoleon I at Saint Helena
• Betsy Beard (born 1961), American coxswain
• Betsy Beers (born 1957), American television and film producer
• Betsy Beutler, American actress
• Betsy Blair (1923–2009), American actress
• Betsy Boze, American academic and education administrator
• Betsy Brown (born 1963), American poet
• Betsy Bryan (born 1949), American Egyptologist
• Betsy Butler (born 1963), American politician
• Betsy Byars (1928–2020), American author
• Betsy B. Carr (born 1946), American politician
• Betsy or Betty Careless (c. 1704 – 1739), English courtesan
• Betsy Clifford (born 1953), Canadian alpine skier
• Betsy Close (born 1950), American politician
• Betsy Coffia (born 1977), American politician
• Betsy Cook, American-born singer, songwriter and musician
• Betsy Mix Cowles (1810–1876), American abolitionist
• Betsy Cullen (born 1938), American professional golfer
• Betsy Devine (born 1946), American journalist
• Betsy DeVos (born 1958), American businesswoman and politician
• Betsy Robertson Eyre (1911–1983), New Zealand teacher, community worker and local politician
• Betsy Fagin (born 1972), American poet
• Betsy Freese, American editor, blogger, and radio personality
• Betsy Gotbaum (born 1938), New York City Public Advocate
• Betsy Hager (1750–1843), farmer and blacksmith during the American Revolution
• Betsy Hands, American politician
• Betsy Hassett (born 1990), New Zealand football player
• Betsy Heard (1759–1810s), Euro‐African slave trader and merchant
• Betsy Hodges (born 1969), mayor of Minneapolis
• Betsy Holden (born 1955), American businesswoman
• Betsy Jochum (born 1921), American baseball pitcher
• Betsy Jolas (born 1926), French composer
• Betsy Joslyn (born 1954), American actress and singer
• Betsy King (born 1955), American golfer
• Lizzie Lloyd King (1847–?), also known as Betsy King, alleged murderer of Charles Goodrich
• Betsy Leondar-Wright (born 1956), economic justice activist, sociologist, and author
• Betsy Lewin (born 1937), American illustrator
• Betsy McCaughey (born 1948), American politician
• Betsy McLaughlin (born 1960), American businesswoman
• Betsy Flagg Melcher (1900–1991), American miniature portraitist
• Betsy Nagelsen (born 1956), American former professional tennis player
• Betsy Norden (born 1945), American soprano
• Betsy Palmer (1926–2015), American actress
• Betsy Pecanins (1954–2016), American-born Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer
• Betsy Plank (1924–2010), American public relations executive
• Betsy Rawls, American golfer
• Betsy Repelius (1848–1921), Dutch painter and watercolorist who specialized in simple, one-figure, genre scenes
• Betsy Graves Reyneau (1888–1964), American portrait painter
• Betsy Rosenberg, American Radio host
• Betsy Ross (1752–1836), American patriot credited with sewing the first American flag
• Betsy Rue (born 1979), American actress
• Betsy Ruth (born 1985), American wrestler, ring name Mary Kate
• Betsy Rutherford (1944–1991), American singer
• Betsy Saina (born 1988), Kenyan athlete
• Betsy Schneider, American photographer
• Betsy Snite (1938–1984), American alpine ski racer
• Betsy Sodaro (born 1984), American actress and comedian
• Betsy Struxness, American actress, singer, and dancer
• Betsy Warrior (born 1940), feminist and author
• Betsy Weiss, lead singer of Bitch (band)

Dogs

• Betsy (dog), an Austrian Border Collie credited with high intelligence

Fictional characters

• Betsy, main character in the Betsy series of children's books by Carolyn Haywood
• Betsy Bobbin, in the Oz books
• Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock, Marvel Comics superheroine also known as Psylocke and Captain Britain
• Betsy Ray, protagonist of the Betsy-Tacy series of novels by Maud Hart Lovelace
• Betsy Chernak Taylor, on the canceled American soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing
• Betsy, an infected monkey in the film Outbreak
• Elizabeth Ann, main character of the novel Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

See also

• Betsey (disambiguation)