Betty White (1922-2021) in 1988
As you may have noticed, we tend to pick each month here in the **First Names First male and female names that both start with the same letter. So as we had Benjamin two weeks ago, it is now time for Betty! **
So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!
PS. At the time of writing, Betty White was still with us. Sadly, she passed away on New Year’s Eve 2021, just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday.
Betty Parris* instigator in Salem witch trials – Boston, Massachusetts (1682)
Betty Linderoth* (b Cedergren) watchmaker/maker of many of the clocks of Sweden’s railway stations – Stockholm, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1822)
Betty Elfving* writer – Turku, GD of Finland (1837)
Betty Kuuskemaa* actress – Hageri, Estonia (1879)
Betty Archdale* educationalist/cricketer – Paddington, London, England (1907)
Betty Grable* actress/model/singer – St.Louis, MO USA (1916)
Betty Ford* – activist/1st Lady – Chigaco, IL USA (1918)
Betty Jameson* golfer/a founder of the LPGA – Norman, OK USA (1919)
Betty Friedan* writer/activist/feminist – Peoria, IL USA (1921)
Betty Hutton* actress/ dancer/singer – Battle Creek, MI USA (1921)
Betty White* actress/ comedian – Oak Park, IL USA (1922) pic
Betty Lou Oliver* lucky survivor of elevator crash at Empire State Building – Arkansas USA (1925) Find A Grave – History Collection
Betty Lynn* actress (The Andy Griffith Show) – Kansas City, MO USA (1926)
Betty Boothroyd* politician/MP/Speaker of the House of Commons – Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1929)
Betty Wagoner* baseball player – Lebanon, MO USA (1930)
Betty Cuthbert* athlete (runner)OG – Merrylands, NSW Australia (1938)
Betty Williams* (b Smyth) peace activist/N – Belfast, Northern Ireland (1943)
Betty Wright* (b Norris) singer/ songwriter/ background vocalist – Miami, FL USA (1953)
Betty Gabriel* actress – Washington, D.C. USA (1981)
Updated 27.2.2023