# Betsy

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

## People

* Betsy, stage name of Welsh singer Elizabeth Humfrey
* Betsy (born 2013), Russian singer and blogger
* 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 Russell (born 1963), 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), American 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