Bessemer (surname) explained

Bessemer is a German occupational surname for a broom maker (besem meaning broom in Middle High German). It may refer to the following notable people:

• Anthony Bessemer (1758–1836 or after 1840), British engineer and industrialist
• Auriel Bessemer (1909–1986), American painter
• Henry Bessemer, (1813–1898), English inventor of the Bessemer process
• H. W. Bessemer, (1865–1956), British philatelist
• Leonard Bessemer Pfeil (1898–1969), British metallurgist

See also

• Bazemore (surname)