Bettye

Bettye Davis (née Ivory; 1938 – 2018) was an American social worker and politician. She was the first African-American to be elected as an Alaska State Senator in 2000.

Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935 – 1995) was an American industrial research chemist. She was the first African American female Ph.D. chemist to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company. At Dow, she researched latex and polymers. Dr. Greene is considered an early African American pioneer in science.

Bettye Collier-Thomas is a American scholar and author of African-American women's history.

Bettye LaVette is an immensely talented singer who went largely unnoticed by the industry until her 2005 album, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. She is best called a soul singer, but her style crosses genres such as gospel, Motown, rock, and funk.