Bea is a feminine given name, often short for

Beatrice Beatrice may refer to: * Beatrice (given name) Places In the United States * Beatrice, Alabama, a town * Beatrice, Humboldt County, California, a locality * Beatrice, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Beatrice, Indiana, an unincorporated ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Bea Alonzo Phylbert Angelli Ranollo Fagestrom (born October 17, 1987), professionally known as Bea Alonzo (), is a Filipino actress. Alonzo first gained recognition for the 2002 teleserye ''Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay''. She is best known for her portrayals ...

(born 1987), Filipina actress and singer *

Bea Arthur Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress and comedian. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, Arthur began her career on stage in 1947, attracting critical acclaim before achieving ...

(1922–2009), American actress *

Bea Ballard Bea Ballard (also known professionally as Beatrice Ballard;) is a British television executive producer. She is chief executive of 10 Star Entertainment, a production company set up in 2009 with investment from Fremantle (company), Fremantle. She ...

(born 1959), British television producer * Bea Barrett (1916–2002), American amateur golfer *

Bea Benaderet Beatrice Benaderet ( ; April 4, 1906 – October 13, 1968) was an American actress and comedienne. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that ...

(1906–1968), American actress * Bea Bielik (born 1980), American tennis player *

Bea Binene Beanca Marie Binene (born November 4, 1997), professionally known as Bea Binene (), is a Filipinos, Filipino actress and TV host. She was a finalist on ''StarStruck Kids'' and has played the role of Natalie Dimaculangan on ''First Time (TV se ...

(born 1997), Filipina actress and singer *

Bea Booze Bea Booze (March 23, 1912 – November 11, 1986), often credited as Wee Bea Booze, was an American R&B and jazz singer most popular in the 1940s. She was one of the few female blues guitarists of that time. Biography She was born Beatrice Booze ...

(1912–1986), American R&B and jazz singer *

Bea Chester Bea Chester (born c.1921) was a utility infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw right-handed. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Bea Chester was one of the original South Bend Blue Sox found ...

, American baseball player *

Bea Feitler Beatriz Feitler (February 5, 1938 – April 8, 1982) was a Brazilian designer and art director best known for her work in ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Ms.'', ''Rolling Stone'' and the premiere issue of the modern '' Vanity Fair''. Early life, educa ...

(1938–1982), Brazilian-born art-director *

Bea Firth Beatrice Ann Firth (January 27, 1946 – June 20, 2008) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conserva ...

(1946–2008), Canadian politician * Bea Gaddy (1933–2001), American humanitarian * Béa Gonzalez (born 1962), Spanish-Canadian novelist *

Bea Gorton Bea A. Gorton (July 27, 1946 – July 14, 2020) was an American college basketball coach. Gorton was the first women's coach of the Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball at Indiana University, starting in 1971. She was a coach in the Association f ...

(1946–2020), American college basketball coach *

Gertrude Himmelfarb Gertrude Himmelfarb (August 8, 1922 – December 30, 2019), also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian. She was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. She wrote extensively on intellectual history, w ...

(1922–2019), also known as Bea Kristol, American historian *

Beatrice Lillie Beatrice Gladys Lillie, Lady Peel (29 May 1894 – 20 January 1989), known as Bea Lillie, was a Canadian-born British actress, singer and comedic performer. She began to perform as a child with her mother and sister. She made her West End debu ...

(1894–1989), Canadian actress *

Beatrice Gomez Beatrice Luigi Gallarde Gomez (; born February 23, 1995) is a Filipino model, community development worker, athlete, military sergeant, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2021. Making history as the first ...

(born 1995), Filipina beauty queen and model *

Bea Maddock Beatrice Louise "Bea" Maddock (13 September 1934 – 9 April 2016) was an Australian artist. Biography Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Bea Maddock studied art education at the University of Tasmania, Hobart and taught secondary school in her hom ...

(1934–2016), Australian artist *

Bea Miles Beatrice Miles (17 September 19023 December 1973) was an Australian eccentric and bohemian rebel. Described as Sydney's "iconic eccentric", she was known for her contentious relationships with the city's taxi drivers and for her ability to quote ...

(1902–1973), Australian eccentric *

Bea Miller Beatrice Annika Miller (born February 7, 1999) is an American singer and actress. She came in ninth place on season two of ''The X Factor'' (US) when she was 13 years old. She was later signed to Hollywood Records. Her debut EP '' Young Blood'' ...

(born 1999), American singer *

Bea Nettles Bea Nettles (born 1946 in Gainesville, Florida) is a fine art photographer and author currently residing in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois. Education Nettles earned her BFA at the University of Florida in 1968. She then went on to pursue an MFA at the ...

(born 1946), art photographer and author *

Bea Nicolas Beatrice Faye Cancio Nicolas (born April 15, 1994) is a Filipino former child actress in film and television. Her older sister is former child actress Iwi Nicolas. Bea Nicolas is a licensed Medical technologist. Filmography Television Film ...

(born 1994), Filipina actress *

Bea Palya Bea Palya (Hungarian pronunciation: pɒjɒ bɛ.ɒ">small>pɒjɒ bɛ.ɒ born Beáta Palya; in Makó, 11 November 1976) is a Hungarian folk and world music singer and songwriter, sometimes appearing in films as an actress or singer. In her ...

(born 1976), Hungarian folk singer *

Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz Marie Beatrice "Bea" Schol-Schwarz (12 July 1898 – 27 July 1969) was the Dutch phytopathologist who discovered the causal fungus of Dutch elm disease. She first studied pathogens afflicting peanuts and later the fungus '' Phialophora''. Bio ...

(1898–1969), also known as Bea Schwartz, Dutch phytopathologist *

Bea Segura Beatriz "Bea" Segura i Folch (born 22 March 1975) is a Spanish actress. Filmography References External links * Bea Seguraat the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database ...

(born 1975), Spanish actress *

Bea Wain Beatrice Ruth Wain (April 30, 1917 – August 19, 2017) was an American Big Band-era singer and radio personality born in the Bronx, New York City. She had several hits with Larry Clinton and His Orchestra, including "My Reverie", "Deep Purple", ...

(1917–2017), American singer * Bea Wyler (born 1951), Swiss-German rabbi

Fictional Characters

* Bea (''Dennis the Menace''), in the British comic strip ''Dennis the Menace'' * Bea, one of the Gym Leaders in ''

Pokémon Sword and Shield and are 2019 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch console. They are the first installments in the eighth generation of the ''Pokémon'' video game series ...

'' * Bea Goldfishberg, from the American animated television series ''

Fish Hooks ''Fish Hooks'' is an American animated television series created by Noah Z. Jones for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The show ran for three seasons from September 3, 2010 to April 4, 2014, airing a total of 59 episodes. Plot The series revolves ...

'' * Beatrice "Bea" Santello, from the video game ''

Night in the Woods ''Night in the Woods'' is a 2017 single-player adventure video game. It was developed by Infinite Fall, a studio founded by game designer Alec Holowka and animator/artist Scott Benson, and Secret Lab, an Australian studio, and published by Fin ...

Fictional Characters

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