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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...
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Bessie Beatrice Carter (born 25
October 1993) is an
English actress. She is
known for her role as Evie
Wilcox on the BBC
television series Howards End...
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Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 –
September 26, 1937) was an African-American
blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age.
Nicknamed the "Empress of...
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Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 –
April 30, 1926) was an
early American civil aviator. She was the
first African-American
woman and
first self-identified...
- Glen and
Bessie Hyde were
newlyweds who
disappeared while attempting to run the
rapids of the
Colorado River through Grand Canyon,
Arizona in 1928. Had...
- (c. 1498/c. 1500/c. 1502 – 1540),
commonly known during her
lifetime as
Bessie Blount, was a
mistress of
Henry VIII of England.
Blount was the daughter...
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Bessie Amelia Emery Head (6 July 1937 – 17
April 1986) was a
South African writer who,
though born in
South Africa, is
usually considered Botswana's most...
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northeastern Ohio and
Michigan folklore,
Bessie is a name
given to a lake
monster in Lake Erie, also
known as
South Bay
Bessie or
simply The Lake Erie Monster...
- Wallis,
Duchess of
Windsor (born
Bessie Wallis Warfield,
later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 –
April 24, 1986) was an
American socialite and...
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pseudonym Bessie Jackson.
Music critic Ernest Borneman noted that
Bogan was one of "the big
three of the blues",
along with Ma
Rainey and
Bessie Smith. Many...
