Famous People with Name Bessie

Bessie Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bessie Smith: was an American blues singer The most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and '30s,

Bessie Emery Head            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Bessie Emery Head: is usually considered Botswana's most important writer. She was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the child of a wealthy white South African woman and a black servant when interracial relationships were illegal in South Africa. Her mother was appare

Bessie Allison Buchanan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bessie Allison Buchanan: of Manhattan in New York City became the first African-American woman to hold a seat in the New York State Legislature when she was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1954.Buchanan became interested in politics while she was campaigning for Governo

Jean-Baptiste Bessières            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Jean-Baptiste Bessières: as a Marshal of France of the Napoleonic Era.Bessières was born in Prayssac near Cahors in southern France. He served for a short time in the "Constitutional Guard" of Louis XVI and as a non-commissioned officer took part in the war against Spain.