Betsy
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Betsy is an English name for females, used as a nickname for Elizabeth
. It is also a surname. Famous uses or users of Betsy include:
Elizabeth (given name)
Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Elisávet , which is a form of the Hebrew name Elisheva , meaning "My God is an oath" or"My God is abundance."...
. It is also a surname. Famous uses or users of Betsy include:
People with the given name Betsy
- Betsy BlairBetsy BlairBetsy Blair was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London.Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur dancer, performed on radio, and worked as a model, before joining the chorus of Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe in 1940...
, American actress - Betsy BozeBetsy BozeBetsy Vogel Boze , is the president of The College of The Bahamas]].She previously served as the CEO of Kent State University Stark and as a Senior Fellow at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities researching national higher education policies, including alternative revenue...
, American academic - Betsy ButlerBetsy ButlerBetsy Butler is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. She is a Democrat representing the 53rd district, encompassing parts of Los Angeles and the South Bay...
, American politician - Betsy CliffordBetsy CliffordBetsy Clifford is a retired Canadian alpine skier.At the 1968 Winter Olympics, she was the youngest Canadian skier ever to compete. She finished 7th at the 1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup and 10th at the 1971 Alpine Skiing World Cup...
, Canadian alpine skier - Betsy DevineBetsy DevineBetsy Devine is an American journalist, author and blogger. She earned a master's degree in engineering from Princeton University, and according to her self-description, has "many years of immersion in geek sociology, including both Slashdot and Wikipedia flame wars".She is co-author, with...
, American journalist - Betsy HoldenBetsy HoldenBetsy Holden is a corporate director of Tribune Company. Holden served as Co-CEO of Kraft Foods from 2001 to 2004. She is currently a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company and a member of the Duke University Board of Trustees....
, American businesswoman - Betsy JolasBetsy JolasBetsy Jolas is a French composer.Betsy Jolas was born in Paris. Resident in the United States from 1940 until 1946, she studied composition with Paul Boepple and piano with Helen Schnabel. On her return to France she continued her studies with Simone Plé-Caussade, Darius Milhaud and Olivier...
, French composer - Betsy JoslynBetsy JoslynBetsy Joslyn is a Broadway musical and dramatic actress and soprano. Joslyn is best known for her Broadway work, including the original production of Sweeney Todd. She appeared in the ensemble of the original Broadway production and eventually took over the ingenue role of Johanna from Sarah Rice...
, American actress and singer - Betsy KingBetsy KingBetsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...
, American golfer - Betsy McCaughey, American politician
- Betsy McLaughlinBetsy McLaughlinBetsy McLaughlin was the former CEO of Hot Topic, Inc. . She graduated from University of California, Irvine. During McLaughlin's time with Hot Topic, the corporation made "Fortune's 100 Best Places to Work in America" list. McLaughlin succeeded Hot Topic founder Orv Madden as CEO in 2000, when he...
, American businesswoman - Betsy PalmerBetsy PalmerBetsy Palmer is an American actress, best known as a regular panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Pamela Voorhees in the notorious slasher film Friday the 13th.-Life and career:...
, American actress - Betsy RawlsBetsy RawlsElizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending the University of Texas, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951. She won 55 tournaments on the tour, including eight major championships...
, American golfer - Betsy RossBetsy RossBetsy Ross is widely credited with making the first American flag. There is, however, no credible historical evidence that the story is true.-Early life:...
, creator of the first American flag
Other
- Betsy Bobbin, a character in the Oz books
- Hurricane BetsyHurricane BetsyHurricane Betsy was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season which caused enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana. Betsy made its most intense landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River, causing significant flooding of the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into...
- The BetsyThe BetsyThe Betsy is a 1978 film made by the Harold Robbins International Company and released by Allied Artists. It was directed by Daniel Petrie and produced by Robert R. Weston and Emanuel L. Wolf with Jack Grossberg as associate producer. The screenplay was by William Bast and Walter Bernstein, adapted...
, a film by Daniel Petrie - Betsy-TacyBetsy-TacyThe Betsy-Tacy series is a collection of books written by Maud Hart Lovelace between 1940 and 1955. The books are written at progressively more difficult reading levels as the characters age. They follow the adventures of Betsy Ray and her friends and family from the time that Betsy turns five...
, a collection of books by Maud Hart Lovelace - Betsy (as above) is the protagonistProtagonistA protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
of the film OutbreakOutbreak (film)Outbreak is a 1995 American disaster film starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. In addition, Outbreak features Cuba Gooding, Jr., Donald Sutherland, and Patrick Dempsey....
starring Dustin Hoffman - Betsy or Old Betsy, guns owned by Davy CrockettDavy CrockettDavid "Davy" Crockett was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S...
- Betsy (dog)Betsy (dog)"Betsy" is a black and white longhaired Border Collie, credited with being one of the world's most intelligent dogs.- Biography :Betsy lives in Vienna, Austria with her owner, who goes by the pseudonym "Schäfer" . Betsy is also a pseudonym given to her by animal cognition researchers...
- Betsy (chimpanzee) 1957 Nasa research animal