Betts
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Betts is an English surname
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Surname
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- Blair BettsBlair BettsBlair Betts is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player - Clive BettsClive BettsClive James Charles Betts is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010, when he became Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East.- Early life :...
(born 1950), British politician - Daisy BettsDaisy BettsDaisy Betts is an Australian actress, who starred in Out of the Blue and Persons Unknown. She will be in the upcoming movie Caught Inside, directed by Adam Blaiklock and starring Ben Oxenbould, Sam Lyndon, Simon Lyndon, Leeanna Walsman, Harry Cook, and Peter Phelps....
, Australian actress - Denis BettsDenis BettsDenis C. Betts is an English rugby league coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Widnes Vikings in the Engage Super League. He played for Wigan in the Rugby League Premiership and the Australian NRL, for the Auckland Warriors, and also represented England at the 1995 Rugby...
(born 1969), English rugby league player - Dickey BettsDickey BettsForrest Richard "Dickey" Betts is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his...
(born 1943), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter - Edward BettsEdward BettsEdward Ladd Betts was an English civil engineering contractor who was mainly involved in the building of railways.-Early life:...
(1815-1872), English railway contractor - Frederick Nicholson BettsFrederick Nicholson BettsLieutenant-Colonel Frederick Nicholson Betts was a British Indian Army officer and an ornithologist.F. N. Betts was born in Launceston, Cornwall in UK. He studied at Winchester College 1920-24. He went to Ceylon and worked in the tea plantations there and later in the coffee plantations in Coorg...
(1906-1973), British Indian Army officer and an ornithologist - Harry BettsHarry BettsHarry Betts is a jazz composer and trombonist.-Background:Born in New York and raised in Fresno, California, he was active as a jazz trombonist and played with Stan Kenton's orchestra in the 1950s, among others...
(died 1985), jazz composer - John BettsJohn BettsJohn Willis Betts, is a Canadian teacher and politician, who is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Moncton Crescent....
(born 1949), teacher and New Brunswick politician - Jonathan BettsJonathan BettsJonathan Betts is Senior Specialist in horology at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich, a horological scholar and author, and an expert on the first marine timekeepers created by John Harrison in the middle of the 18th century.From a family of retail watchmakers and jewellers, he took the British...
(born 1955), British horological scholar - Jonathan Betts-LaCroixJonathan Betts-LaCroixJonathan Betts-LaCroix is the Chief technical officer of OQO.Prior to founding OQO, Jonathan built Analog Design, an electronics design-and-build firm with clients such as IBM Corporation, Apple Computer, and Maxtor. In 1998, he was a founder and the primary technical contributor at Unilinear,...
, American computer company executive - Keter BettsKeter BettsKeter Betts was an American jazz double bassist. Born William Thomas Betts in Port Chester, New York, he was nicknamed "Keter", a short form of the word mosquito.-Career:...
(1928–2005), American jazz double bassist - Ladell BettsLadell BettsMatthew Ladell Betts is an American football running back who is currently a free agent He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa....
(born 1979), American football running back - Leah BettsLeah BettsLeah Sarah Betts was a schoolgirl from Latchingdon in Essex, England, United Kingdom. She is notable for the extensive media coverage and moral panic that followed her death several days after her 18th birthday. On 11 November, she took an Ecstasy tablet, and then drank approximately 7 litres of...
(1977-1995), English ecstasy-related death - Melvyn BettsMelvyn BettsMelvyn Morris Betts is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.Born in Sacriston, County Durham, Betts participated in Under-19s cricket and Under-20s cricket with Durham, but left in September 2000 upon the refusal of an improvement in his contract...
(born 1975), English cricketer - Morton BettsMorton BettsMorton Peto Betts was a leading English sportsman of the late 19th century. He was notable for scoring the first goal in an English FA Cup Final....
(1847-1914), English sportsman - Naomi BettsNaomi BettsNaomi Betts is an American criminal who robbed the Fifth Third Bank in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. on October 9, 2003. She was arrested on May 27, 2004, after a May 22, 2004 airing of America's Most Wanted. During the robbery, she did not even attempt to conceal her face...
(born 1982), American criminal - Robert BettsRobert BettsRobert Betts, is a semi-professional footballer. He made his debut for Doncaster Rovers when he was just 16, during the 1997/98 season, when a Doncaster side made up mostly of players from the youth team and non-league football were relegated from The Football League...
(born 1981), English footballer - Roland W. BettsRoland W. BettsRoland Whitney Betts is an investor, film producer, developer, and owner of Chelsea Piers in New York City. A classmate and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity brother of George W. Bush, Betts was the lead owner in Bush's Texas Rangers partnership. He is a graduate of St...
(born 1946), American businessman - Thaddeus BettsThaddeus BettsThaddeus Betts was a United States Senator from Connecticut.He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1807...
(1789 - 1840), United States Senator and Lieutenant Governor - Todd BettsTodd BettsTodd Betts is a Canadian baseball first baseman and a third baseman. He was part of Team Canada in the 2004 Summer Olympics who finished in fourth place.In 2003, he played for Yakult Swallows in Japan...
(born 1973), Canadian baseball player
Betts may also refer to;
- the Supreme Court Case Betts v. BradyBetts v. BradyBetts v. Brady, 316 U.S. 455 , was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that denied counsel to indigent defendants when prosecuted by a state. It was famously overruled by Gideon v. Wainwright.- Background :...
- R v Betts and RidleyR v Betts and RidleyR v Betts and Ridley is a landmark case in English criminal law from 1930, which established that to be convicted of a crime under the doctrine of Common purpose, it was not necessary for an accessory to actually be present when the offence was carried out.-Facts:Victor Betts and Herbert Ridley...
, a famous case in British law - Betts Shoes in Australia