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. The surname may refer to

• Alejandro Jacobo Betts (1947–2020), Argentine air-traffic controller
• Alison Betts (PhD 1986), Scottish archaeologist and academic
• Arnie F. Betts (1909–1993), American politician
• Blair Betts (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
• Charles Betts (born 1986), American wrestler better known as Chad Gable
• Clive James Charles Betts (born 1950), British politician
• Connor Stephen Betts, (c.1995-2019), American mass murderer, perpetrator of the 2019 Dayton shooting
• Daisy Betts Miller, Australian actress
• Daniel Betts (born 1971), British actor
• Denis Betts (born 1969), English rugby player
• Dickey Betts (1943–2024), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
• Edward Ladd Betts (1815–1872), English railway contractor
• Frederick Betts (1859–1944), British landowner, donated Betts Park in Bromley, London
• Gilbert Frederick Betts (1916–1982), English cricketer
• Frederick Nicholson Betts (1906–1973), British Indian Army officer and ornithologist
• Harry Betts (died 1985), jazz composer
• Jackson Edward Betts (1904–1993), American politician from Ohio
• 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
• William Thomas "Keter" Betts (1928–2005), American jazz double bassist
• Matthew Ladell Betts (born 1979), American football player
• Leah Sarah Betts (1977–1995), English ecstasy-related death
• Louis Betts (1873–1961), American portrait painter
• Mahlon Betts (1795–1867), American carpenter, shipwright, businessman, banker
• Mathieu Betts (born 1995), Canadian-American football player
• Melvyn Betts (born 1975), English cricketer
• Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts (born 1992), American baseball player
• Morton Betts (1847–1914), English sportsman
• Naomi Betts (born 1982), American criminal
• Nelle Marion Betts (1887–1915), Australian cartoonist and illustrator
• Richard Betts (disambiguation), several people
• Robert Betts (born 1981), English football player
• Roland W. Betts (born 1946), American businessman
• Sally Betts, Australian mayor
• 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
• Susan Betts, Australian artist and illustrator
• Thaddeus Betts (1789–1840), American politician from Connecticut
• Thomas Betts (1650–1717), American politician from Connecticut
• Todd Betts (born 1973), Canadian baseball player
• Torben Betts (born 1968), English playwright and screenwriter

Betts may also refer to;

• Betts electrolytic process for separating lead and bismuth
• the Supreme Court Case Betts v. Brady
• R v Betts and Ridley, a famous case in British law
• Betts Group in Australia

See also

• Bett (disambiguation)
• Bettsville, Ohio