People
- Nettie Crawford, the 1962 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion; see List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions
- Janet Gertrude "Nettie" Higgins, the maiden name of "Nettie" Palmer (1885-1964), an Australian poet, essayist, and literary critic; see Vance and Nettie Palmer
- Nettie Maria Stevens (1861-1912), an American geneticist
- Nettie Mayersohn (b. ?), an American politician
- Nettie McBirney (1887-1982), an American inventor, writer, and entrepreneur, author of a cooking column under the pseudonym Aunt Chick for the Tulsa Daily World from 1935 to 1955.
- Nancy “Nettie” Fowler McCormick (1835-1923), an American philanthropist
- Nettie Nielsen (b. ?), a Danish badminton player
- Esther "Nettie" Tobin, a contributor to the construction of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois; see Nettie Tobin
- Nettie Wiebe (b. 1949), a Canadian professor and politician
- Nettie Honeyball, British women's football pioneer
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