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Bethany College (West Virginia)
Bethany College (West Virginia): private liberal arts college in Bethany, Brooke County, founded by Alexander Campbell and chartered March 2, 1840; the oldest degree-granting institution in West Virginia, non-sectarian with Disciples of Christ ties, NCAA Division III Bison.
Bethany Mann
Bethany Mann is an American Democratic politician and environmental chemist from St. Peters, Missouri, the Democratic nominee for Missouri's 3rd Congressional District in the 2026 US House election.
Bethel Music
Bethel Music is a worship music collective, record label, and publisher based at Bethel Church in Redding, California, founded by Brian and Jenn Johnson in 2001.
Bethel School District v. Fraser
Bethel School District v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986): Supreme Court case holding 7–2 that public schools may discipline students for lewd, indecent assembly speech, distinguishing Tinker v. Des Moines.
Bethlemite Order
The Bethlemite Order, or Betlemitas, is a Catholic hospital order founded in Antigua Guatemala in 1658 by Pedro de San José Betancourt, the first religious order of the Spanish Indies.
Bethnal Green trio
The Bethnal Green trio: Amira Abase, Shamima Begum, and Kadiza Sultana, three London schoolgirls who flew to Istanbul on 17 February 2015, crossed into Syria, and married Islamic State fighters; only Begum is thought to survive.
Bethune–Cookman University
Bethune–Cookman University (B-CU), a private United Methodist-affiliated HBCU in Daytona Beach, Florida, founded by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1904; SACSCOC-accredited, NCAA Division I SWAC member since 2021, led by 8th president Albert Mosley since July 2025.
Betika
Betika: Kenyan sports betting and gaming brand founded 2016, operated by Shop and Deliver Limited, Nairobi; active in ten African countries, sponsor of the CECAFA Kagame Cup and Kenyan clubs, licensed under BK-0001117 and PG-0001113.
BetMarket
BetMarket (БетМаркет) is a Bulgarian gambling brand founded in 1997 as a bingo hall, rebranded Betmarket Bingo & Slot in 2019, which ran a licensed online casino and sportsbook from December 2022 until 2023; distinct from a Greek affiliate site and a Swedish betting-platform company of the same name.
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke (Robert Francis O'Rourke, born 1972) is a Democratic former U.S. representative from El Paso, Texas (2013-2019), who nearly unseated Ted Cruz in the 2018 Senate race (48.3% to 50.9%, $80 million raised), ran for president in 2020, and lost the 2022 Texas governor's race to Greg Abbott.
Betr
Betr, formally Betr Holdings and formerly Instabet Inc., is a Miami-based sports gaming and media company founded in 2021 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul.
Betrayal
Betrayal: violation of trust or loyalty by a relationship partner, also called treachery or perfidy. Covers infidelity, lying, secret-revealing, and treason; distinguished from mere disappointment by commitment to loyalty.
Betrest
Betrest, also rendered Batirytes, was a royal woman of Egypt's First Dynasty, known from the annal tradition as the mother of Semerkhet, Anedjib's successor.
Betsimisaraka Confederation
The Betsimisaraka Confederation was an early eighteenth-century union of clans on Madagascar's northeast coast, founded by Ratsimilaho, son of an English pirate and a Malagasy princess.
Betskoy's educational institutions
Betskoy's educational institutions (Воспитательные дома) were foundling homes in Moscow and St. Petersburg plus the Smolny Institute, created in 1760s Russia on Ivan Betskoy's plan under Catherine II.
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos (born 1958), née Prince, is an American philanthropist and school-choice advocate who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Education (2017-2021), confirmed 51-50 with Pence's tie-breaking vote.
Betsy McCaughey
Betsy McCaughey (Elizabeth McCaughey Ross), American conservative commentator, former New York lieutenant governor 1995 to 1998, author of the 1994 New Republic article No Exit against the Clinton health plan, and source of the 2009 death panels claim; now running for Connecticut governor.
Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom Ross, born 1752), Philadelphia upholsterer and seamstress. Legend credits her with sewing the first U.S. flag for Washington in 1776; historians find no contemporary evidence and credit Francis Hopkinson with the design.
Betsy Ross flag
The Betsy Ross flag is a 13-star, 13-stripe US flag design with stars in a circle, named for Betsy Ross via her grandson William Canby's 1870 story, which historians dispute; Francis Hopkinson has a competing design claim.
Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes, British historian, author, and broadcaster of ancient and medieval history; first woman to present UK TV history (2000); author of Helen of Troy, Istanbul, and The Seven Wonders; OBE 2019.
Bette Nash
Bette Nash (1935–2024), American flight attendant, Guinness-verified world's longest-serving and oldest active flight attendant; flew the Washington–New York–Boston shuttle from 4 November 1957 until her death.
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau (BBB): North American nonprofit, not a government agency, publishing A+ to F business ratings, customer reviews, and complaint mediation; founded 1912, funded by accredited-business dues, with no enforcement power.
Better Capital
Better Capital is a solo-general-partner early-stage venture firm run by Vaibhav Domkundwar from the San Francisco Bay Area, investing in India-focused software startups such as Open, Slice, and M2P Fintech since 2018.
Better Collective
Better Collective A/S is a Danish digital sports betting media group headquartered in Copenhagen, founded in 2004 by Jesper Søgaard and Christian Kirk Rasmussen and listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
Betterfly
Betterfly is a Chilean insurtech founded in 2018 in Santiago by brothers Eduardo and Cristóbal della Maggiora, whose employee benefits platform grew into a US$1 billion unicorn now headquartered in Miami.
Betteridge's law of headlines
Betteridge's law of headlines, an adage named for Ian Betteridge's 2009 article, holds that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered "no"; studies show question titles reduce engagement and are usually answered yes in academia.
Bettina Anderson
Bettina Anderson (Bettina Trump) is a Palm Beach socialite, model, and executive director of the nonprofit Paradise.ngo, which she co-founded in 2005; she married Donald Trump Jr. in May 2026.
Bettina Würth
Bettina Würth is a German businesswoman, daughter of Reinhold Würth, who chaired the Advisory Board of the Würth Group fastening company from 2006 to 2024.
Betting exchange
A betting exchange, or bet exchange, is a platform where customers bet against one another rather than a bookmaker, with the exchange matching bets and charging commission on winnings.
Bettino Ricasoli
Bettino Ricasoli (1809-1880), the Iron Baron, Tuscan baron and Italy's second prime minister after Cavour; led Tuscany's annexation in 1860, centralized administration in 1861-62 and 1866-67, and set the 1872 Chianti formula.