Bessie
Bessie is a feminine given name, often a diminutive form of Elizabeth, Beatrice and other names since the 16th century. It is sometimes a name in its own right.
Bessie may refer to:
People:
- Bessie Abott, American operatic soprano
- Bessie Barriscale, stage name of American silent-film and stage actress Elizabeth Barry Scale
- Elizabeth Blount, mistress of Henry VIII of England and mother of his son, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
- Elizabeth Bessie Braddock, British politician, Member of Parliament
- Elizabeth Bessie Christie, New Zealand artist
- Elizabeth Bessie Coleman, first African-American female aviator
- Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and civil rights pioneer
- Bessie Alexander Ficklen, American poet, author, artist
- Bessie Blount Griffin, American physical therapist, inventor, and forensic scientist
- Bessie Head, Botswana writer
- Bessilyn Johnson, wife of Chicago millionaire Albert Johnson
- Bessie Love, stage name of American film actress Juanita Horton
- Bessie Boehm Moore, American educator
- Bessie Moore, better known as Diamond Bessie, murdered prostitute
- Bessie Rayner Parkes, English feminist, women's rights activist, poet, essayist and journalist
- Bessie Smith, American blues singer
- Bessie Stringfield, pioneer African-American motorcycle rider
- Bessie Potter Vonnoh, American sculptor
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