Bessie
Bessie is a feminine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Elizabeth, Beatrice and other names since the 16th century. It is sometimes a name in its own right.
Notable people with the name include:
People[]
- Bessie Abott (1878-1919), American operatic soprano
- Bessie Barriscale (1884–1965), stage name of American silent-film and stage actress Elizabeth Barry Scale
- Elizabeth Blount (c. 1498 or c. 1500 or c. 1502–1539/1540), mistress of Henry VIII of England and mother of his son, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
- Elizabeth Bessie Braddock (1899-1970), British politician, Member of Parliament (1945-1970)
- Elizabeth Bessie Christie (1904–1983), New Zealand artist
- Elizabeth Bessie Coleman (1892-1926), first African-American female aviator
- Annie Elizabeth Delany (1891–1995), American dentist and civil rights pioneer
- Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861–1945), American poet, author, artist
- Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009), American physical therapist, inventor, and forensic scientist
- Bessie Head (1937-1986), Botswana writer
- Bessilyn Johnson (1871-1943), wife of Chicago millionaire Albert Johnson
- Bessie Love, stage name of American film actress Juanita Horton (1898-1986)
- Bessie Boehm Moore (1902–1995), American educator
- Bessie Moore (1854-1877), better known as Diamond Bessie, murdered prostitute
- Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829-1925), English feminist, women's rights activist, poet, essayist and journalist
- Bessie Smith (1894-1937), American blues singer
- Bessie Stringfield (1911–1993), pioneer African-American motorcycle rider
- Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955), American sculptor
- Bessie (South African queen)
Fictional characters[]
- Bessie Higgenbottom, titular character of the Nickelodeon TV channel cartoon The Mighty B!
- Elizabeth Bessie Potter, on the TV series Dawson's Creek
- Bessie, the road paving machine in the 2006 Disney/Pixar animated film Cars
- Bessie Busybody, a character in the TV series LazyTown
- Bessie, affectionate name given to his yellow Austin car (registration number WHO1) by the Third Doctor (also used by Fourth, Seventh and Eleventh Doctors, Liz Shaw and Alice Obiefune) in the TV series Doctor Who
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- Given names
- English-language feminine given names
- Hypocorisms