Betty
Betty or Bettie is a name, a common 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.
People
Athletes
- Betty Batt, British tennis player
- Betty Bays, American baseball player
- Betty Belton, English cricketer
- Betty Birch, English cricketer
- Betty Bonifay, American water skier
- Betty Boucher, American retired professional wrestler
- Betty Bourquin, Swiss female curler and coach
- Betty Brey, American swimmer
- Betty Brosmer, American former bodybuilder and physical fitness expert
- Betty Brussel, Canadian swimmer
- Betty Burfeindt, American golfer
- Betty Burua, Papua New Guinean track athlete
- Betty Callaway, English figure skating coach
- Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott, British fencer
- Betty Carveth, Canadian baseball player
- Betty Chepkemoi, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Betty Chepkwony, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Betty Constable, American squash player
- Betty Jane Cornett, infielder and pitcher
- Betty Couper, British tennis player
- Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter and Olympic champion
- Betty Degner, American baseball player
- Betty Dodd, American professional golfer
- Betty Duguid, Canadian-American curler
- Betty Forbes, New Zealand high jumper
- Betty Forsyth, Scottish bowls player
- Betty Foss, American baseball player
- Betty Foulk, American sailor
- Betty Francis, American baseball outfielder
- Betty Jane Fritz, baseball player
- Betty Jo Geiger, American long-distance runner
- Betty Glassey, Papua New Guinean international lawn bowler
- Betty Gowans, Canadian canoeist
- Betty Gray, Welsh table tennis player
- Betty Evans Grayson, American softball pitcher
- Betty Grimes, American diver
- Betty Sue Hagerman, American tennis coach
- Betty Haig, British racing driver
- Betty Jo Hawkins, American professional wrestler
- Betty Heidler, German hammer thrower
- Betty Henry, American table tennis player
- Betty Herbertson, Australian lawn bowler
- Betty Heukels, Dutch swimmer
- Betty Hicks, American professional golfer
- Betty Hilton, British tennis player
- Betty Holstein, Australian tennis player
- Betty Jameson, American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA
- Betty Jaynes, American basketball coach
- Betty Jouanny, French ice hockey player
- Betty Judge, Australian athletics coach
- Betty Ann Kennedy, American bridge player
- Betty Kernot, Australian golfer
- Betty Kizza, Ugandan netball player
- Betty Kozai, American curler
- Betty Kretschmer, Chilean sprinter
- Betty Law, Scottish curler
- Betty Lempus, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Betty Lennox, American basketball player
- Betty Lindberg, American track and field athlete
- Betty Lise, French triple jumper
- Betty Lock, British athlete
- Betty Lombard, Irish tennis player
- Betty Luna, baseball player
- Betty Maker, New Zealand cricketer
- Betty McCracken, Canadian curler
- Betty McDonald, Australian cricketer
- Betty McKenna, American baseball player
- Betty McKilligan, Canadian pairs figure skater
- Betty McKinnon, Australian sprinter
- Betty McNamara, New Zealand netball player
- Betty Moczynski, American baseball player
- Betty Molteni, Italian middle-distance runner
- Betty Moore (diver), New Zealand diver
- Betty R. Moore, Australian athlete
- Betty Morgan, Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler
- Betty Morris, American bowler
- Betty Niccoli, American professional wrestler
- Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen, Norwegian orienteer
- Betty Noël, French-born Luxembourgish footballer
- Betty Nuthall, English tennis player
- Betty Okino, American gymnast
- Betty Olssen, Fijian international lawn bowler
- Betty Pariso, American bodybuilder
- Betty Petryna, American baseball player
- Betty Plant, New Zealand netball player
- Betty Rosenquest Pratt, American tennis player
- Betty Robinson, American athletics competitor
- Betty Russell, American baseball player
- Betty Rusynyk, American baseball player
- Betty Sain, US horse trainer and breeder
- Betty Shellenberger, American field hockey player
- Betty Sinclair, New Zealand cricketer
- Betty Slade, British diver
- Betty Snowball, English cricketer and sportsperson
- Betty Stanhope-Cole, Canadian golfer
- Betty Steffensen, New Zealand netball player
- Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player
- Betty Ann Grubb Stuart, American tennis player
- Betty Stubbings, English bowls player
- Betty Sugrue, Irish camogie player
- Betty Sworowski, British race-walker
- Betty Tancock, Canadian swimmer
- Betty Taylor, Canadian hurdle racer
- Betty Thorner, New Zealand cricketer
- Betty Trezza, American baseball player
- Betty Tucker, American baseball player
- Betty Uber, English badminton and tennis player
- Betty Viana-Adkins, Venezuelan bodybuilder
- Betty Wagoner, American baseball player
- Betty Wanless, baseball player
- Betty Warfel, baseball player
- Betty Weir, American alpine skier
- Betty Whiting, baseball player
- Betty Wilson, Australian cricketer
- Betty Yahr, American baseball player
Journalists and media personalities
- Betty Bayé, American journalist, columnist and editor
- Betty Bowen, American journalist
- Betty Ann Bowser, American journalist
- Betty Ann Bruno, American reporter and journalist
- Bettie Cadou, American journalist
- Betty Werlein Carter, American publisher, editor and writer
- Betty Caywood, American sportscaster
- Betty Elizalde, Argentine journalist and broadcaster
- Betty Go-Belmonte, Filipina journalist and newspaper publisher
- Betty Irabor, Nigerian columnist, philanthropist, writer, publisher and founder of Genevieve Magazine
- Betty Kenward, American magazine columnist
- Betty Kyallo, Kenyan news anchor and journalist
- Betty J. Ligon, American journalist
- Betty Liu, Hong Kong journalist
- Betty Mendez Livioco, radio host
- Betty Mandeville, American radio director and one of the first female producer
- Bettie Johnson Mbayo, Liberian journalist
- Betty Medsger, American journalist
- Betty Nguyen, American news anchor
- Betty Olive Osborn, Australian journalist
- Betty Pino, Ecuadorian radio personality
- Betty A. Prashker, American editor
- Betty Rollin, American journalist and author
- Betty Wason, American writer and broadcast journalist
- Betty Willingale, British television producer and script editor
Performing artists and fashion models
- Betty Aberlin, American actress
- Betty Alberge, British actress
- Betty Alden, American actress
- Betty Allen, American singer
- Betty Amann, German-American actress
- Betty Amos, American musician
- Betty Arlen, American actress
- Betty Arvaniti, Greek actress
- Betty Astell, English actress
- Betty Astor, German actress
- Betty Balfour, British actress
- Betty Banafe, Malaysian actress and singer
- Betty Bartley, American actress
- Betty Baskcomb, British actress
- Betty Beath, Australian composer
- Betty Beckers, French actress
- Betty Humby Beecham, British pianist
- Betty Bennett, American jazz singer
- Betty Bird, Austrian actress
- Betty Blue, American model and actress
- Betty Blythe, American actress
- Betty Bobbitt, Australian actress
- Betty Boije, Finnish-Swedish contralto and composer
- Betty Bolton, British actress
- Betty Boniphace, Tanzanian model
- Betty Boo, stage name of English singer and songwriter Alison Moira Clarkson
- Betty Bouton, American actress
- Betty Box, British film producer
- Betty Boyd, American actress
- Betty Brewer, American actress
- Betty Brice, American actress
- Betty Brodel, American actress
- Betty Bronson, American actress
- Betty Browne, American screenwriter and stage actress
- Betty Bryant, Australian actress
- Betty Bryson, American film actress and dancer
- Betty Buckley, American actress
- Betty Buehler, American actress
- Betty Burbridge, American actress
- Betty Burgess, American actress
- Betty Burstall, Australian theatre director
- Betty Callish, Dutch-born actress, singer, and violinist
- Betty Cantor-Jackson, American audio engineer and producer
- Betty Ann Carr, American actress
- Betty Carter , American jazz singer
- Betty Chung, Hong Kong singer
- Betty Ross Clarke, American actress
- Betty Clooney, American singer
- Betty Cody, Canadian-born American country music singer
- Betty Compson, American actress
- Betty Compton, American actress
- Betty Corday, American actress and television producer
- Betty Cordon, American socialite
- Betty Corwin, American theater archivist
- Betty Curtis, Italian singer
- Betty Daussmond, French actress
- Betty David, Native American fashion designer
- Betty Ann Davies, British actress
- Bette Davis American actress
- Betty Davis, American singer, songwriter, and model
- Bettie de Jong, Dutch rehearsal director and dancer
- Betty Deland, Swedish actress
- Betty Driver, British actress and singer
- Betty Cole Dukert, American television producer
- Betty Everett, American soul singer
- Betty Fabila, Mexican opera singer
- Betty Faire, British actress
- Betty Faria, Brazilian actress
- Betty Farrington, American actress
- Betty Felsen, ballet dancer, vaudeville star, and teacher
- Betty Ferns, Indian actress and singer
- Betty Fibichová, Czech opera singer
- Betty Field, American actress
- Betty Fields, British actress
- Bettie Mae Fikes, American singer
- Bettie Fisher, Australian Aboriginal musician and theatre administrator
- Betty Francisco, 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, American actress
- Betty Garde, American actress
- Betty Garrett, American actress, comedian, singer and dancer
- Betty George, American singer
- Betty Lou Gerson, American actress
- Betty Gilpin, American actress
- Betty Glamann, American jazz musician
- Betty Gofman, Brazilian actress
- Betty Grable, American actress, singer, dancer and pin-up girl
- Betty Ann Grove, American actress
- Betty Haag, American music educator
- Betty Halbreich, American personal shopper, stylist and author
- Betty Hall, early 20th century child film actress
- Betty Harford, American actress
- Betty Harlafti, Greek mezzo-soprano and singer
- Betty Harris, American soul singer
- Betty Harte, American actress
- Betty Helsengreen, Danish actress
- Betty Henderson, Scottish actress
- Betty Hennings, Danish actress
- Betty Lou Holland, American actress
- Betty Howe, American actress
- Betty Huntley-Wright, British actress and vocalist
- Betty Hutton, American actress and singer
- Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
- Betty Jardine, English actress
- Betty Jaynes, American actress
- Betty Jewel, American actress
- Betty Joel, British furniture, textile and interior designer
- Betty Johnson, American pop and cabaret singer
- Betty Hall Jones, American jazz musician
- Betty Jones, American soprano
- Betty Jumel, British actress
- Betty Kaplan, American film director
- Betty Kean, American actress
- Betty Lou Keim, American actress
- Betty Kelly, American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas
- Betty Jackson King, American composer, pianist and educator
- Betty Knox , part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, a British music hall and vaudeville act
- Betty Kuuskemaa, Estonian actress
- Betty Lago, Brazilian actress
- Betty Laine, English dance teacher and former professional dancer
- Betty LaVette, American soul singer
- Betty Lawford, English film and stage actress
- Betty Leggett, American socialite
- Betty Liste, American jazz pianist
- Betty Loh Ti, Chinese actress
- Betty Low, Canadian ballet dancer and actress
- Betty Lucas, Australian character actress and theatre director
- Betty Luster, American actress
- Betty Lynn, American actress
- Betty Lynne, British actress
- Betty Mack, American actress
- Betty Madigan, American actress
- Betty Mars, French actress and singer
- Betty Marsden, British actor and comedian
- Betty Maxwell, American beauty pageant titleholder
- Betty May, British model
- Betty May (actress), American actress
- Betty McDowall, Australian actress
- Betty McGlown, American singer
- Betty McQuade, American rock and roll and pop singer
- Betty Meredith-Jones, Welsh dance educator
- Betty Miles, American actress
- Betty Missiego, Spanish singer
- Betty Mitchell, Canadian theatre director
- Betty Monroe, Mexican actress
- Betty Moon, Canadian-American singer
- Betty Morgan, American vocalist and recording artist
- Betty Morrissey, American film actress
- Betty Moschona, Greek actress
- Betty Nakibuuka, Ugandan gospel musician
- Betty Nansen, Danish actress
- Betty Naz, Indian actress and singer
- Betty Noyes, American actress
- Betty Oberacker, American pianist
- Betty Oliphant, American dance educator
- Betty Olivero, Israeli composer and music educator
- Bettie Page, American pin-up and fetish model
- Betty Paul, British actress and screenwriter
- Betty Pei Ti, Taiwanese actress
- Betty Jane Rhodes, American actress
- Betty Robbins, American singer
- Betty Jean Robinson, American Christian music singer-songwriter
- Betty Roché, American blues singer
- Betty Roe, English composer, singer, vocal coach and conductor
- Betty Rothenberg, American television and theatre director
- Betty Rowland, American actress and dancer
- Betty Schade, American actress
- Betty Schuurman, Dutch actress
- Betty Smidth, Danish stage actress and opera soprano
- Betty Ruth Smith, American actress
- Betty Smith, English jazz saxophonist and singer
- Betty Steinberg, American film editor
- Betty Stockfeld, Australian actress
- Betty Taoutel, Lebanese actress
- Betty Loo Taylor, American jazz musician
- Betty Taylor, American actress and performer
- Betty Thatcher, English lyricist
- Betty Thomas, American director and actress
- Betty Thompson, Canadian television personality
- Betty Ting, Taiwanese actress
- Betty Treadville, American singer and actress
- Betty Veizaga, Bolivian folk music musician
- Betty Vio, German opera singer
- Betty Walker, Jewish-American actress and comedian
- Betty Wand, American singer
- B. J. Ward, American actress
- Betty Warren, English actress
- Betty Jane Watson, American actress and singer
- Betty White, American actress, best known for Life with Elizabeth, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls
- Betty Who, Australian-American singer and musician
- Betty Willingale, British television producer
- Betty Willis, American soul singer
- Betty Winkler, American actress
- Betty Rose Wishart, American composer and pianist
- Betty Ann Wong, American author, composer and multi-media musician
- Betty Wragge, American actress
- Betty Wright, American soul and R&B singer and songwriter
- Betty Yokova, Czech-born French-American fashion designer
- Betty Zhou, Chinese actress and singer
- Betty (singer), Armenian child singer
Politicians and activists
- Betty Abbott, American politician
- Betty Adkins, American politician
- Betty Amongi, Ugandan politician
- Betty Harvie Anderson, British Conservative Party politician
- Betty Andujar, American politician
- Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, Nigerian activist and fishery expert and the first lady of Ondo State in Nigeria
- Betty Apiafi, Nigerian MP and educator
- Betty Babcock, American politician
- Betty Ballinger, American suffragist
- Betty Baxter, Canadian politician
- Betty Oyella Bigombe, Ugandan politician
- Betty de Boer, Dutch politician
- Betty Bolognani, American politician
- Betty Boothroyd, British MP and former Speaker of the House of Commons
- Betty Boyd (Oklahoma legislator), American politician
- Betty Boyd (Colorado legislator), American state legislator
- Betty Brown, American politician
- Betty Bumpers, American activist
- Betty Campbell, Welsh community activist
- Betty Cardenas, American political activist
- Betty Castor, American politician
- Betty Jo Charlton, American politician
- Betty Louke Chelain, Ugandan politician
- Betty Chew, Malaysian politician
- Betty Christian, Pitcairn Island politician
- Betty Croquer, Venezuelan politician
- Betty Currie, American government official
- Betty De Boef, American politician
- Betty de Boer, Dutch politician
- Betty DeGeneres, American activist
- Betty Denton, American politician
- Betty Diale, South African politician
- Betty Jane Diener, American politician
- Betty Disero, Canadian politician
- Betty Ann Dittemore, Colorado politician
- Bettie du Toit, South African trade unionist and anti apartheid activist
- Betty Dubiner, Canadian-born Israeli activist
- Betty Edmondson, American politician
- Betty Awori Engola, Ugandan politician
- Betty Fiorina, American politician
- Betty Friedan, American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique
- Betty Gay, American politician
- Betty Glad, American political scientist
- Betty Jean Grant, American politician
- Betty Grundberg, American politician
- Betty Hall, American politician, former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
- Betty Hanson, Manx politician
- Betty Cooper Hearnes, American politician
- Betty Heathfield, English labour activist
- Betty Heitman, American Republican politician
- Bettie Hewes, Canadian politician
- Betty Hill (activist), American activist
- Betty Hill (politician), Canadian politician
- Betty Hinton, Canadian politician
- Betty Hocking, Australian politician
- Betty Holzendorf, American politician
- Betty J. Hoxsey, American politician
- Betty de Courcy Ireland, Irish socialist and anti-war activist
- Betty Ireland, American politician
- Betty Ann Kane, American politician
- Betty Karnette, American politician
- Betty Ann Keegan, American politician
- Betty Kegakilwe, South African politician
- Betty Kennedy, Canadian politician
- Betty Kiernan, Australian politician
- Betty E. King, American diplomat
- Betty Komp, American politician, former member of the Oregon House of Representatives
- Betty Little, American politician
- Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood, British political activist
- Betty Jane Long, American politician
- Betty Maina, Kenyan politician
- Betty Makoni, Zimbabwean women’s rights activist
- Betty Malmberg, Swedish politician
- Betty Ray McCain, American politician
- Betty McCollum, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Betty Krosbi Mensah, Ghanaian politician
- Betty Metcalf, American clinical psychologist and former politician
- Betty Millard, American writer, artist, political activist, philanthropist, feminist
- Betty Montgomery, American politician
- Betty Morrison, American state legislator
- Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Ghanaian lawyer and politician
- Betty Muzanira, Ugandan politician
- Betty Ethel Naluyima, Ugandan politician
- Betty Nambooze, Ugandan politician
- Betty Jo Nelsen, American politician
- Betty Nippi-Albright, Canadian politician
- Betty Aol Ochan, Ugandan politician
- Betty Ogwaro, South Sudanese politician
- Betty Olson, American politician
- Betty Olsson, Swedish suffragist and peace activist
- Betty Overbey, American politician
- Betty Palaso, Papua New Guinean diplomat
- Betty Papworth, 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, American politician
- Betty Santoro, American activist
- Bettie Cook Scott, American politician
- Betty Shabazz, American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X
- Betty Kronman Shapiro, American Jewish activist
- Bettie Shumway, American politician
- Betty Sims, American politician
- Betty Sinclair, Northern Irish communist organizer
- Betty Soukup, American politician
- Betty Sutton, American politician
- Betty Swenson, American politician
- Betty Gram Swing, American militant suffragist
- Betty Talmadge, American civic leader, author, socialite, landowner, and businesswoman
- Betty Taylor (community advocate), Australian community advocate and domestic violence prevention campaigner
- Betty Tebbs, English activist
- Betty Tejada, Bolivian ecologist, lawyer and politician
- Betty L. Thompson, American politician
- Betty Tianti, American trade union leader
- Betty Tola, Ecuadorian politician
- Betty Unger, Canadian politician
- Betty Villegas, American politician
- Betty Kirk West, American state legislator
- Betty Williams (Nobel laureate), North Irish peace activist
- Betty Williams (politician), Welsh politician and MP
- Betty Wilson, American politician
- Betty Workman, American politician
- Betty Yee, American politician
Scientists and technologists
- Betty Allan, Australian statistician
- Betty Molesworth Allen, New Zealand botanist
- Betty Lise Anderson, American electrical engineer
- Betty Lou Bailey, American mechanical engineer
- Betty Q. Banker, pediatric neuropathologist
- Betty Bernardelli, psychologist
- Betty Blake, American historic preservationist and promoter
- Betty Baume Clark, British archaeologist, illustrator and museum curator
- Betty Clements, American physician
- Betty Collette, veterinary pathologist
- Betty Cronin, American bacteriologist
- Betty Diamond, American physician and researcher
- Betty Eisner, American psychologist
- Betty Flehinger, biostatistician
- Betty Flint, New Zealand scientist
- Betty Fox, Canadian cancer researcher
- Betty Gikonyo, Kenyan medical entrepreneur and pediatric cardiologist
- Betty Harris, American explosives scientist
- Betty Hay, American cell and developmental biologist
- Betty Holberton, American computer scientist
- Betty W. Holz, American mathematician
- Betty Kobayashi Issenman, Canadian ethnologist
- Betty Johnson, American physicist
- Betty Joseph, British psychoanalyst
- Betty Karplus, American science educator
- Betty Klepper, American scientist
- Betty Lindsay, Scottish civil engineer
- Bettie Sue Masters, American biochemist
- Betty Meehan, Australian archaeologist
- Betty Meggers, American archaeologist
- Betty Kellett Nadeau, American paleontologist
- Betty Nesvold, American political scientist
- Betty Paschen, Canadian environmentalist
- Betty Pfefferbaum, American psychiatrist
- Betty Lou Raskin, American chemist
- Betty Ida Roots, British-Canadian zoologist
- Betty Shannon, American mathematician
- Bettie Steinberg, American microbiologist
- Betty Steiner, Canadian psychiatrist
- Betty Sullivan, American biochemist
- Betty Tung, Hong Kong philanthropist
- Betty Louise Turtle, Australian astronomer and physicist
- Betty Twarog, American biochemist
- Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf, British ethnologist
Visual artists and authors
- Betty Acquah, Ghanaian feminist painter
- Betty Adcock, American poet
- Betty Baxter Anderson, American author
- Betty Keener Archuleta, Cherokee-American painter
- Betty Asher, American art collector and dealer
- Betty G. Bailey, American artist
- Betty Baker, American writer
- Betty Ballantine, American publisher, editor and writer
- Betty Batoul, Belgian–Moroccan writer
- Betty Beaumont, Canadian-American artist
- Betty Hahn Bernbaum, American writer
- Betty G. Birney, American writer
- Betty Branch, American visual artist
- Betty Broadbent, American tattoo artist
- Betty Cavanna, American novelist
- Betty Churcher, Australian arts administrator
- Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, South African abstract artist
- Betty Clegg, New Zealand artist
- Betty Curnow, New Zealand painter and printmaker
- Betty Davison, Canadian painter and printmaker
- Betty Eadie, American author
- Betty Edwards, American artist
- Betty Ehrenborg, Swedish writer
- Betty Elfving, Finnish writer
- Betty Feves, American sculptor
- Betty Freeman, American arts patron and photographer
- Betty Friedan, American feminist writer
- Betty Fussell, American writer
- Betty Pat Gatliff, American forensic artist
- Betty Gilderdale, New Zealand children’s author
- Betty Goodwin, Canadian artist
- Betty Guy, American painter
- Betty Hahn, American photographer
- Betty Harper, American artist and illustrator
- Betty Holliday, American painter
- Betty Isaacs, Australian born, New Zealand sculptor and textile designer
- Betty Jeffrey, Australian writer
- Betty Nobue Kano, Japanese artist
- Betty Keller, American author
- Betty Ladler, English artist and illustrator
- Betty LaDuke, American artist and writer
- Betty Lambert, Canadian writer
- Betty Lane, American artist
- Betty Levin, American writer
- Betty Bagby Lewis, American writer
- Betty Jean Lifton, American author
- Betty MacDonald, American author
- Betty Manygoats, Navajo artist
- Betty Manyolo, Ugandan painter and printmaker
- Betty Fible Martin, American writer
- Betty Merken, American painter
- Betty Miller, Irish author
- Betty G. Miller, also known as Bettigee, American artist known as the "Mother of De'VIA"
- Betty Mochizuki, Canadian painter and printmaker
- Betty Muffler, Aboriginal Australian artist and healer
- Betty Neels, British writer
- Betty Ann Norton, Irish drama teacher
- Betty Paoli, Austrian writer
- Betty Paraskevas, American writer
- Betty Waldo Parish, American painter
- Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer, and collector
- Betty Paterson, Australian commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator
- Betty Kuntiwa Pumani, Australian Aboriginal artist
- Betty Rhind, New Zealand artist and art teacher
- Betty Ring, American decorative arts specialist
- Betty Roland, Australian writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics
- Betty Lark Ross, American photographer
- Betty Sabo, American painter and sculptor
- Betty Scarpino, American wood sculptor
- Bettie M. Sellers, American poet
- Bettie Bendolph Seltzer, American artist
- Betty Shamieh, American playwright, author, screenwriter and actor
- Betty Smith, American playwright and novelist
- Betty Spindler, American ceramist
- Betty Swords, American cartoonist
- Betty Timms, English writer and sister of Flora Thompson
- Betty Tompkins, American painter
- Betty Trask, English romantic novelist
- Betty Wahl, American novelist and short story writer
- Betty Warren, American painter
- Betty Webb, American novelist
- Betty Willis, American graphic designer
- Betty Woodman, American ceramic artist
- Betty Ren Wright, American novelist
- Betty Wylder, American writer
- Betty Jane Wylie, Canadian writer and playwright
People in other fields
- Madeleine Passot "Betty", French Resistance agent
- Acid Betty, American drag queen
- Betty Abah, Nigerian writer and activist
- Betty Ang, Filipina businesswoman
- Betty Archdale, English-Australian educator and cricketer
- Betty Azar, American academic
- Betty Batham, New Zealand marine biologist and university lecturer
- Betty Bausch-Polak, Dutch Jewish survivor
- Betty Bentley Beaumont, British author, merchant
- Betty Lou Beets, American murderer
- Betty Jane Belanus, American writer and folklorist
- Betty T. Bennett, American professor of literature
- Betty Berzon, American author and psychotherapist
- Betty Birner, American linguist
- Betty Blayton, American activist, advocate, artist, arts administrator and educator, and lecturer
- Beatrice Boeke-Cadbury, English-Dutch social activist, educator and Quaker missionary
- Betty Brader, American fashion illustrator
- Betty Broderick, American murderer
- Betty Cameron, Australian World War II servicewoman and WAAAF activist
- Betty Ann Camunez, American lawyer
- Betty Boyd Caroli, American historian and biographer
- Betty Carp, American embassy official and intelligence agent
- Betty Catroux, Brazilian-born French former Chanel model
- Betty Clay, British scouting leader
- Betty Reynolds Cobb, American lawyer
- Betty Cohen, American businesswoman and television executive
- Betty Comden, American lyricist, playwright and screenwriter
- Betty Cooke, American designer
- Betty Danko, American stuntwoman and stunt double
- Betty Davy, Australian teacher
- Betty Debenham, motorcyclist and author
- Betty Dickey, American judge
- Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs, American historian
- Betty Dodson, American sex educator
- Betty Duvall, American spy
- Betty Farrally, English-born Canadian dancer, educator and ballet director
- Betty Fiechter, Swiss businesswoman
- Betty Binns Fletcher, American judge
- Betty Flores, American banker and former mayor
- Betty Sue Flowers, American English professor and former director
- Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford
- Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator
- Betty Gannett, American Marxist theoretician and editor
- Betty Holtrop-van Gelder, Dutch actress and writer
- Betty Gibson, Canadian educator
- Betty Gillies, American aviator
- Betty Gleim, German teacher, school founder and author
- Betty Mary Goetting, librarian and women’s rights activist
- Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk, Dutch resistance member
- Betty Gough, American foreign service officer
- Betty Grissom, wife of astronaut Gus Grissom
- Betty Groff, American celebrity chef
- Betty Guard, Australian settler of New Zealand
- Betty Halff-Epstein, Swiss entrepreneur
- Betty Hamilton, British Trotskyist
- Betty Hanley, American lighting designer
- Betty Hart, American education researcher
- Betty Heimann, German professor
- Betty Hemings, American slave, mother of Sally Hemings, a slave owned by Thomas Jefferson
- Betty Hester, American correspondent
- Betty Higgins, Papua New Guinean entrepreneur
- Betty Hoag, American art historian
- Betty Holekamp, German colonist and pioneer
- Betty James, American businessperson
- Betty Johnston, British educational administrator
- Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, American nurse
- Betty Kaunda, former First Lady of Zambia
- Betty Kemp, English historian
- Betty Kershaw, English nursing administrator
- Betty King, Australian judge
- Betty Kirby-Green, British adventurer and pilot
- Betty Kitchener, Australian mental health educator
- Betty Klimenko, Australian businessperson and motorsport team owner
- Betty Koed, American historian
- Betty Korir, Kenyan lawyer and banker
- Betty Krawczyk, American author, blogger and environmental activist
- Betty Lalam, Ugandan teacher
- Betty Lasky, American film historian and author
- Betty Limpany, British criminal
- Betty Linderoth, Swedish clockmaker
- Betty Loren-Maltese, American former politician and convicted felon
- Betty Lovai, Papua New Guinean academic
- Betty Mahmoody, American author and public speaker
- Betty Milan, British psychoanalyst and author
- Betty Miller (pilot), first female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean
- Betty Mitchell (theatre director), Canadian theatre director and educator
- Betty C. Monkman, American curator and author
- Betty L. Mullis, American retired Air Force pilot
- Betty S. Murphy, American lawyer
- Betty Neale, American lobbyist and state legislator
- Betty Neumar, American murderer
- Betty Nuovo, American attorney and politician
- Betty Olsen, nurse and missionary
- Betty Ong, American flight attendant
- Betty Thatcher Oros, American automobile designer
- Betty Osceola, American environmental activist, educator and airboat captain
- Betty Paërl, Dutch trans activist and writer
- Betty Pettersson, Swedish teacher
- Betty Haas Pfister, American aviator
- Bettie Freshwater Pool, American writer, poet and teacher
- Betty Price (arts advisor), American music teacher
- Betty Quin, Australian screenwriter
- Betty Rea, English sculptor and educationalist
- Betty Reardon, American teacher and academic
- Betty Jamerson Reed, American historian
- Betty Ridley, American church administrator
- Betty Roberts, American judge
- Betty A. Rosa, American educator
- Betty Rowlands, 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, American Episcopal priest
- Betty Shine, English author, opera singer and Spiritualist
- Betty Siegel, American author, and president of Kennesaw State University
- Betty Skelton, American aerobatic pilot, auto test driver and advertising executive
- Betty Reid Soskin, American park ranger
- Betty Lee Sung, American author and academic
- Betty Tom Chu, Chinese-American lawyer, politician and banker
- Betty Glassman Trachtenberg, American college administrator
- Betty J. Turock, American librarian and educator
- Betty Tyson, African-American woman murderer
- Betty von Rothschild, patron of the arts and philanthropist
- Betty Temple Watts, scientific illustrator
- Betty Webb (code breaker), English code breaker
- Betty Wei, Chinese-born American scientist, educator and diplomat
- Betty Jane Williams, American aviator
- Betty Smith Williams, American nurse
- Betty Willsher, British author and graveyard executive
- Betty Wood, British historian and academic
- Betty Young, American educator
- Betty Youngblood, American academic administrator
- Betty Zane, soldier in the American Revolutionary War
- Betty (slave), 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
Fictional characters
- Betty, a character from the horror comic series Witch Creek Road
- Betty, a character in the 1991 American comedy movie What About Bob?
- Betty (Naked Brothers Band), in the TV series The Naked Brothers Band.
- Betty, the title character of the comic strip Betty 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, the antagonist of the comedy film Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
- Betty DeVille, a fictional character in the animated Nickelodeon show Rugrats
- Betty, an octopus from the animated preschool series Hey Duggee
- Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero
- Boxcar Betty, 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 Burke, a character from Power Rangers Beast Morphers
- Betty Childs-Skolnic, a character in the Revenge of the Nerds film series
- 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 Finn, a character in the 1988 film Heathers
- Betty Gordon, the protagonist of a series of children's novels
- Betty Grof, a character who is Simon Petrikov's girlfriend in the TV series Adventure Time
- Betty Kane, now known as Bette Kane
- List of [Sesame Street Muppets|Betty Lou], a muppet character on Sesame Street
- Betty Perry, a character in the 1925 American silent comedy Introduce Me
- Betty Rizzo, a character in the 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, a character in the TV series Littlest Pet Shop
- Betty Spencer, the 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 Sutton, a character in the 1995 American romantic drama movie A Walk in the Clouds
- Betty Lou Who, a character in the 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- Betty Williams (Coronation Street), in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''