Athletes edit

• Betty Cuthbert (1938–2017), Australian sprinter and Olympic champion
• Betty Jameson (1919–2009), American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA
• Betty McKilligan (born 1949), Canadian pairs figure skater
• Betty Nuthall (1911–1983), English tennis player
• Betty Pariso (born 1956), American bodybuilder
• Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch tennis player
• Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American tennis player
• Betty Uber (1906–1983), English badminton and tennis player

Journalists and media personalities edit

• Betty Elizalde (1940–2018), Argentine journalist and broadcaster
• Betty Kennedy (1926–2017), Canadian broadcaster, journalist and author
• Betty Nguyen (born 1974), American news anchor

Performing artists and fashion models edit

• Betty Alberge (1922–1991), British actress
• Betty Arvaniti (born 1939), Greek actress
• Betty Boije (1822–1854), Finnish-Swedish contralto and composer
• Betty Boo (born 1970), stage name of English singer and songwriter Alison Moira Clarkson
• Betty Bronson (1906–1971), American actress
• Betty Buckley (born 1947), American actress
• Betty Burbridge (1895–1987), American actress
• Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) (1929–1998), American jazz singer
• Betty Cody (1921–2014), Canadian-born American country music singer
• Bette Davis (1908–1989) American actress
• Bettie de Jong (born 1933), Dutch rehearsal director and dancer
• Betty Deland (1831–1882), Swedish actress
• Betty Driver (1920–2011), British actress and singer
• Betty Everett (1939–2001), American soul singer
• Betty Faria (born 1941), Brazilian actress
• Betty G, a stage name of an Ethiopian singer and songwriter Bruktawit Getahun
• Betty Garrett (1919–2011), American actress, comedian, singer and dancer
• Betty Grable (1916–1973), American actress, singer, dancer and pin-up girl
• Betty Harlafti, Greek mezzo-soprano and singer
• Betty Harris (born 1939), American soul singer
• Betty Hutton (1921–2007), American actress and singer
• Betty Kelly (born 1944), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas
• Betty Knox (Alice Elizabeth Peden) (1906–1963), part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, a British music hall and vaudeville act
• Betty Kuuskemaa (1879–1966), Estonian actress
• Betty Moschona (1927–2006), Greek actress
• Bettie Page (1923–2008), American pin-up and fetish model
• Betty Stockfeld (1905–1966), Australian actress
• Betty White (1922–2021), American actress, best known for Life with Elizabeth, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls
• Betty Who (born 1991), Australian-American singer and musician
• Betty Wright (1953–2020), American soul and R&B singer and songwriter
• Betty (singer) (born 2003), Armenian child singer

Politicians and activists edit

• Betty Apiafi (born 1962), Nigerian MP and educator
• Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
• Betty Boothroyd (1929–2023), British MP and former Speaker of the House of Commons
• Betty Croquer, Venezuelan politician
• Betty Friedan (1921–2006), American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique
• Betty Hall (1921–2018), American politician
• Bettie Hewes (1924–2001), Canadian politician
• Betty Komp (born 1949), American politician
• Betty Ray McCain (1931–2022), American politician
• Betty McCollum (born 1954), American politician
• Betty Shabazz (1934–1997), American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X
• Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) (1943–2020), North Irish peace activist
• Betty Williams (politician) (born 1944), Welsh politician and MP

Visual artists edit

• Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010), South African abstract artist
• Betty Curnow (1911–2005), New Zealand painter and printmaker
• Betty Muffler (born 1944), Aboriginal Australian artist and healer
• Betty Parsons (1900–1982), American artist, art dealer, and collector

People in other fields edit

• Madeleine Passot "Betty" (1914–2009), French Resistance agent
• Acid Betty (born 1977), American drag queen
• Betty Ang, Filipina businesswoman
• Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892), British author, merchant
• Betty Ford (1918–2011), First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford
• Betty Jackson (born 1949), British fashion designer
• Betty Joseph (1917–2013), British psychoanalyst
• Betty Klimenko (born 1959), Australian businessperson and motorsport team owner
• Betty Linderoth (1822–1900), Swedish clockmaker
• Betty MacDonald (1908–1958), American author
• Betty Mitchell (1896–1976), Canadian theatre director and educator
• Betty Siegel (1931–2020), American author, and president of Kennesaw State University
• Betty (slave) (c. 1738 – 1795), one of Martha Washington's slaves
• Bettie, a black cook at the Battle of the Alamo - see List of Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
• Lady Betty (Lady Elizabeth Hastings) (1682–1739), philanthropist
• Lady Betty (Elizabeth Sugrue) (c. 1740/1750–1807), Irish executioner

• Betty, a character in the 1991 American comedy movie What About Bob?
• Betty (Naked Brothers Band), in the TV series The Naked Brothers Band.
• Betty, the title character of the comic strip Betty (1920–1943) by Charles A. Voight
• Betty, the title character of Yo soy Betty, la fea, a Colombian soap opera, basis for the US TV series Ugly Betty
• Betty, the antagonist of the comedy film Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)
• Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero
• Boxcar Betty (Boxcar Bertha), a fictional hobo and Industrial Workers of the World organizer
• Brickhouse Betty, the title character from the animated cartoon series featured on Playboy TV and the Internet
• Betty Blue, the main character of the film Betty Blue
• Betty Boop, a Paramount Pictures cartoon character
• Betty Brant, a Marvel Comics supporting character
• Betty Burke, a character from Power Rangers Beast Morphers
• Betty Childs-Skolnic, a character in the Revenge of the Nerds film series
• Betty Cooper, a comic book character published by Archie Comics
• Betty Draper, a character in the TV series Mad Men.
• Betty Eagleton, a character in the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Betty Finn, a character in the 1988 film Heathers
• Betty Gordon, the protagonist of a series of children's novels
• Betty Grof, a character who is Simon Petrikov's girlfriend in the TV series Adventure Time
• Betty Kane, now known as Bette Kane
• Betty Lou, a muppet character on Sesame Street
• Betty Perry, a character in the 1925 American silent comedy Introduce Me
• Betty Rizzo, a character in the film Grease (1978), played by Stockard Channing
• Betty Ross, Bruce Banner's love interest in the Hulk comics
• Betty Rubble, a Flintstones character
• Betty Slug, the lead character in the Canadian comic strip Betty
• Betty Smith, a character in the TV series Littlest Pet Shop
• Betty Spencer, the wife of Frank Spencer in the British sitcom Some Mothers do 'ave 'em
• Betty Suarez, the title character and heroine of the TV series Ugly Betty
• Betty Sutton, a character in the 1995 American romantic drama movie A Walk in the Clouds
• Betty Lou Who, a character in the 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Betty Williams (Coronation Street), in the British soap opera Coronation Street

• BETTY, an alt-rock band from New York City.

• Lady Betty
• Bette (given name)
• Betti (given name)
• Bettye, given name
• Bety, nickname
• Betty (surname)
• Betty (novel), by Tiffany McDaniel
• Mitsubishi G4M, Japanese WWII naval bomber, codenamed "Betty"