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given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Bettye Ackerman Bettye Louise Ackerman (February 28, 1924 – November 1, 2006) was an American actress primarily known for her work on television. Early years Ackerman was born in Cottageville, South Carolina (another source says she was born in Williston, So ...

(1924–2006), American actress *

Bettye Caldwell Bettye McDonald Caldwell (December 24, 1924 – April 17, 2016) was an American educator and academic who influenced the development of Head Start. She was the 1993 recipient of the Society for Research in Child Development's Award for Distinguis ...

(1924–2016), American educator and academic *

Bettye Anne Case Bettye Anne Busbee Case is Olga Larson Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Florida State University. Her mathematical research concerns complex variables; she has also published on mathematics education and the history of mathematics. She is the ed ...

, American mathematician *

Bettye Collier-Thomas Bettye Collier-Thomas (born Bettye Marie Collier, February 18, 1941) is a scholar of African-American women's history. Early life and education Collier-Thomas was born the second of three children of Joseph Thomas Collier, a business executive an ...

(born 1941), American historian * Bettye Crutcher (1939–2022), American songwriter * Bettye Danoff (1923–2011), American golfer * Bettye Davis (1938–2018), American politician * Bettye Fahrenkamp (1923–1991), American politician * Bettye Frink (born 1933), American politician * Bettye Washington Greene (1935–1995), American industrial research chemist * Bettye Kimbrell (born 1936}, American quilter * Bettye Lane (1930–2012), American photojournalist *

Bettye LaVette Bettye LaVette (born Betty Jo Haskins, January 29, 1946) is an American soul singer-songwriter who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album ''I've Got My Own Hell to Raise'' was released to ...

(born 1946), American soul singer-songwriter * Bettye Stull (born 1931), American arts curator *

Bettye Swann Betty Barton (born Betty Jean Champion, October 24, 1944), better known by the stage name Bettye Swann, is a retired American soul singer. She is best known for her 1967 hit song " Make Me Yours". Career Swann was born in Shreveport, Louisiana ...

(born 1944), American soul singer

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