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)
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