People — B
Bess Goodykoontz
1894 – 1990
educator
Bess Heath
b. 2001
cricketer
Bess Houdini
1876 – 1943
magician
Bess Hudson
1875 – 1961
nurse
Bess Johnson
1902 – 1975
actor
Bess Kalb
b. 1987
television writer
Bess Kargman
filmmaker
Bess Keaney
b. 1991
Australian rules football player
Bess Larkin Housser Harris
1890 – 1969
painter
Bess Lomax Hawes
1921 – 2009
historian
Bess Marcus
b. 1961
psychologist
Bess Meisler
b. 1922
film actor
Bess Mensendieck
1864 – 1957
physician
Bess Meredyth
1890 – 1969
screenwriter
Bess Motta
b. 1958
actor
Bess Myerson
1924 – 2014
actor
Bess Nkabinde
b. 1959
judge
Bess O'Brien
Bess of Hardwick
1527 – 1608
lady-in-waiting
Bess Price
b. 1960
politician
Bess
Bess Rous
film actor
Bess Stinson
1902 – 1996
businessperson
Bess Streeter Aldrich
1881 – 1954
novelist
Bess Taffel
1913 – 2000
actor
Bess Thomas
1892 – 1968
librarian
Bess Truitt
1884 – 1972
writer
Bess Truman
1885 – 1982
politician
Bess Wohl
b. 1975
writer
Bessarion
b. 1978
fashion designer
Bessarion Gugushvili
b. 1945
politician
Bessarion II of Larissa
1490 – 1540
Bessarion Makris
1635 – 1699
priest
Bessarion of Egypt
400 – 500
monk
Bessas
470 – 501
military personnel
Besse Cooper
1896 – 2012
teacher
Besse Day
1889 – 1996
statistician
Bessel Kok
b. 1941
businessperson
Bessel van der Kolk
b. 1943
psychotherapist
Bessey de Létourdie
1962 – 2006
sprinter
Bessho Nagaharu
1558 – 1580
samurai
Bessica Medlar Raiche
1875 – 1932
physician
Bessie
queen consort
Bessie A. Stockard
basketball coach
Bessie Abott
1878 – 1919
opera singer
Bessie Abramowitz Hillman
1889 – 1970
trade unionist
Bessie Acland
1870 – 1960
painter
Bessie Alexander Ficklen
1861 – 1945
writer
Bessie Anderson Stanley
1879 – 1952
writer
Bessie Anthony
1880 – 1912
golfer
Bessie B. Kanouse
1889 – 1969
botanist
Bessie Bamber
1870 – 1910
painter
Bessie Bangay
1889 – 1987
Bessie Banks
b. 1938
singer
Bessie Banks
1887 – 1969
film actor
Bessie Bardot
b. 1974
television presenter
Bessie Barriscale
1884 – 1965
actor
Bessie Bartlett Frankel
1884 – 1959
vocalist
Bessie Beatty
1886 – 1947
writer
Bessie Behan
1872 – 1956
Bessie Bell Collier
1885 – 1969
violinist
Bessie Bellwood
1856 – 1896
actor
Bessie Bennett
1870 – 1939
curator
Bessie Blount Griffin
1914 – 2009
nurse
Bessie Boehm Moore
1902 – 1995
librarian
Bessie Boies Cotton
1880 – 1959
Bessie Bonehill
1855 – 1902
vaudeville performer
Bessie Bown Ricker
1872 – 1953
clubwoman
Bessie Braddock
1899 – 1970
politician
Bessie Bradwell Helmer
1858 – 1927
business executive
Bessie Breuer
1893 – 1975
journalist
Bessie Brown
1895 – 1955
jazz musician
Bessie Burke
1891 – 1968
teacher
Bessie Buskirk
1892 – 1952
actor
Bessie Callender
1889 – 1951
painter
Bessie Carter
b. 1993
television actor
Bessie Charles
1869 – 1932
architect
Bessie Christie
1904 – 1983
painter
Bessie Clarksone
1584 – 1625
Bessie Clayton
1875 – 1948
ballet dancer
Bessie Coleman
1892 – 1926
aircraft pilot
Bessie Craigmyle
1863 – 1933
poet
Bessie Cursons
b. 1995
actor
Bessie Darling
1885 – 1933
socialite
Bessie Davidson
1879 – 1965
painter
Bessie De Voie
1880 – 1974
dancer
Bessie Dewar
lawyer
Bessie Downes
1860 – 1920
botanical illustrator
Bessie Drysdale
1871 – 1950
writer
Bessie Dunlop
Bessie Dwyer
1866 – 1944
journalist
Bessie Ella Hazen
1862 – 1946
watercolorist
Bessie Emery Head
1937 – 1986
novelist
Bessie Eyton
1890 – 1965
actor
Bessie Griffin
1922 – 1989
singer
Bessie Hall
1849 – 1935
sailor
Bessie Hall Dempsey
Bessie Harvey
1929 – 1994
sculptor
Bessie Hatton
1867 – 1964
writer
Bessie Hendricks
1907 – 2023
teacher