• Source: 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), American actress
Elizabeth Blount (c. 1498/1502 – c. 1540), mistress of Henry VIII of England
Bessie Braddock (1899–1970), British politician
Bessie Christie (1904–1983), New Zealand painter
Bessie Coleman (1892–1926), American civil aviator
Annie Elizabeth Delany (1891–1995), American civil rights pioneer
Bessie Alexander Ficklen (1861–1945), American poet and artist
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914–2009), American physical therapist, inventor, and forensic scientist
Bessie Head (1937–1986), South African writer
Bessilyn Johnson (1871–1943), wife of Chicago millionaire Albert Johnson
Bessie Love (1898–1986), American-British actress
Betty Mitchell (theatre director) (1896–1976), Canadian theatre director and educator
Bessie Boehm Moore (1902–1995), American educator
Diamond Bessie (1854–1877), American murder victim
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), American motorcyclist
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955), American sculptor
Bessie (South African queen), South African traditional aristocrat




Fictional characters


Bessie Higgenbottom, a character in the TV animated series The Mighty B!
Elizabeth Bessie Potter, a character on the TV series Dawson's Creek
Bessie, a road paving machine in the 2006 animated film Cars
Bessie Busybody, a character in the TV series LazyTown
Bessie, a car in the TV series Doctor Who




See also


Bess (name)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Wallis Simpson
• Bessie Love
• Bessie Clayton
• Bessie Buskirk
• Bessie Smith
• Bessie Barriscale
• Bessie Coleman
• Bessie Eyton
• The Notorious Mrs. Sands
• St. Louis Blues (film 1929)
• Bessie
• Bessie Carter
• Bessie Smith
• Bessie Coleman
• Elizabeth Blount
• Bessie (film)
• Disappearance of Glen and Bessie Hyde
• Bessie, Oklahoma
• Bessie Head
• Bessie (lake monster)