Betts

Betts is an English patronymic surname, deriving from the medieval personal name Bett, a short form of Bartholomew, Beatrice, or Elizabeth. It is also the americanized spelling of German Betz.^[1]

Surname

• Adam Betts (), musician in the band Three Trapped Tigers
• Albert Betts (1888–1924), British gymnast
• Alejandro Jacobo Betts (1947–2020), Argentine air-traffic controller
• Alexander Betts (political scientist) (born 1980), British political scientist
• Alison Betts (PhD 1986), Scottish archaeologist and academic
• Andrew Betts (born 1977), British basketball player
• Anna Whelan Betts (1873–1959), American illustrator
• Annie Betts (1884–1961), British apiculturist
• Arnie F. Betts (1909–1993), American politician
• Arthur Betts (cricketer) (1880–1948), Australian cricketer
• Arthur Betts (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1967), English association footballer for Derby County and Watford
• Arthur Betts (footballer, born 1917) (1917–1978), English professional footballer for Nottingham Forest F.C.
• Azor Betts (1740–1809), American physician
• Barrie Betts (1932–2018), British footballer
• Ben Betts (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball coach
• Ben Betts (rugby union) (born 1996), Irish rugby union player
• Bert A. Betts (1923–2014), American politician
• Beverly R. Betts (1827–1899), American university librarian
• Billy Betts (1864–1941), English footballer
• Blair Betts (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
• Charles Betts (born 1986), American wrestler better known as Chad Gable
• Charles M. Betts (1838–1905), American Medal of Honor recipient and Pennsylvania State Representative
• Clive James Charles Betts (born 1950), British politician
• Connor Stephen Betts, (c. 1995–2019), American mass murderer, perpetrator of the 2019 Dayton shooting
• Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941), Canadian poet and author
• Daisy Betts Miller (born 1982), Australian actress
• Daniel Betts (born 1971), British actor
• Daniel Betts Jr. (1699–1783), American politician
• Darby W. Betts (1912–1998), American priest
• Denis Betts (born 1969), English rugby player
• Dickey Betts (1943–2024), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
• Donald Betts (born 1978), American politician
• Doris Betts (1932–2012), American writer
• Duane Betts (born 1978), American guitarist and singer-songwriter
• Eddie Betts (born 1986), Australian rules football player
• Edward H. Betts (1920–2008), American painter
• Edward Ladd Betts (1815–1872), English railway contractor
• Eric Betts (1897–1971), Irish air officer
• Eric Betts (footballer) (1925–1990), English soccer player
• Ernest Beoku-Betts (1895–1957), Sierra Leonean politician
• Ethel Franklin Betts (1877–1959), American illustrator
• Francis Betts (1844–1893), New Zealand cricketer
• Frederick Betts (1859–1944), British landowner, donated part of Betts Park in Bromley, London
• Frederick Cronyn Betts (1896–1938), Canadian politician
• Frederick E. Betts (1870–1942), Canadian ice hockey administrator and businessman
• Frederick Nicholson Betts (1906–1973), British Indian Army officer and ornithologist
• George Betts (cricketer, born 1808) (1808–1861), played for Gentlemen and Kent
• George Betts (cricketer, born 1843) (1843–1902), played for Yorkshire
• Gerald Betts (born 1954), Australian rules footballer
• Gilbert Frederick Betts (1916–1982), English cricketer
• Gino Betts (), American attorney and administrator
• Gregory Betts (born 1975), Canadian poet, editor and academic
• Harry Betts (1922–2012), American jazz trombonist and composer
• Harry Betts (baseball) (1881–1946), American baseball pitcher
• Huck Betts (1897–1987), American baseball player
• Jack Betts (1929–2025), American actor
• Jack Betts (journalist), American journalist and columnist
• Jackson Edward Betts (1904–1993), American politician from Ohio
• James Anthony Betts (1897–1980), British artist and academic
• Jean Betts (), New Zealand playwright
• Jeff Betts (born 1970), American former indoor soccer player
• Jim Betts (American football) (born 1949), former American football player
• Jim Betts (politician) (born c. 1932), American politician
• John Betts, several people
• Jonathan Betts (born 1955), British horological scholar
• Jonathan Betts-LaCroix, American business executive
• José Ángel Ramos Betts (2008–2020), Mexican school shooter who committed the Colegio Cervantes shooting
• Joseph Betts (), English mathematician
• Josh Betts (born 1982), former American football player
• Kate Betts (born 1964), American fashion journalist
• Katharine Betts (), Australian sociologist
• William Thomas "Keter" Betts (1928–2005), American jazz double bassist
• Kevin Betts (1926–1990), Australian sports administrator
• Kim Betts (born 1971), British gymnast and TV presenter
• Matthew Ladell Betts (born 1979), American football player
• Lauren Betts (born 2003), American basketball player
• Lawrence Betts (1904–1984), South African sprinter
• Leah Sarah Betts (1977–1995), English ecstasy-related death
• Lorne Betts (1918–1985), Canadian composer and organist
• Louis Betts (1873–1961), American portrait painter
• Maggie Betts (), American filmmaker
• Mahlon Betts (1795–1867), American carpenter, shipwright, businessman, banker
• Mathieu Betts (born 1995), Canadian-American football player
• Melvyn Betts (born 1975), English cricketer
• Mike Betts (born 1956), English former footballer
• Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts (born 1992), American baseball player
• Morton Betts (1847–1914), English sportsman
• Naomi Betts (born 1982), American criminal
• Neil Betts (1926–2017), Australian rugby union player
• Nelle Marion Betts (1887–1915), Australian cartoonist and illustrator
• Nigel Betts (), British actor
• Norman Betts (born 1954), Canadian politician
• Peter Betts (), American former figure skater
• Peter Betts (civil servant) (1959–2023), British climate negotiator
• Reginald Dwayne Betts (born c. 1980), American poet
• Richard Betts (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Betts (born 1981), English football player
• Roland W. Betts (born 1946), American businessman
• Rose Betts (), English singer-songwriter
• Sally Betts (), Australian politician
• Samantha Betts (born 1996), Australian cricketer
• Samuel Betts (Connecticut politician) (1660–1733), American politician from Connecticut
• Samuel Betts (1786–1868), American politician and judge from New York
• Selwyn Frederic Betts (1879–1938), Australian lawyer and judge
• Sienna Betts (born 2006), American basketball player
• Simon Betts (born 1973), English footballer
• Stanley Betts (1912–2003), British priest, became Bishop of Maidstone
• Stephen Betts (), British musician
• Steven Betts (born 1964), British priest, Archdeacon of Norfolk
• Susan Betts (), Australian artist and illustrator
• Tara Betts (), American poet
• Terry Betts (born 1943), British former motorcycle speedway rider
• Thaddeus Betts (1789–1840), American politician from Connecticut
• Thomas Betts (1650–1717), American politician from Connecticut
• Todd Betts (born 1973), Canadian baseball player
• Tony Betts (born 1953), English former footballer
• Torben Betts (born 1968), English playwright and screenwriter
• Whit Betts (born 1950), American politician
• William Betts (MP) (died 1738), English politician
• William Betts (chaplain) (died 1535), English priest, supporter of Anne Boleyn
• William Betts (umpire) (1865–1936), American baseball umpire
• William Vallance Betts (1862–1933), British architect
• Winifred Betts (1894–1971), New Zealand botanist

See also

• Bett (disambiguation)

References

1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McCluree, Peter (eds.) (November 2022). "Betts". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190245115. Retrieved 13 January 2026.