Lauren Gail Bessette (November 5, 1964 - July 16, 1999) was the daughter of William J. Bessette and his wife, née Ann Messina . She died along with her sister Caroline Bessette and her sister's husband, John F. Kennedy, Jr. when an aircraft he was piloting crashed into the sea near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Their ashes were buried at sea on July 22, 1999.

Lauren Bessette was born in White Plains, Westchester County, New York.