Bess or BESS may refer to: *

Bess (name) Bess is both a surname and a feminine given name (usually as the shortened Hypocorism form of Elizabeth). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Elizabeth I (1533-1603), also known as "Good Queen Bess" * Bess of Hardwick (1527-1608), d ...

, a given name and surname *

Bess (content-control software) {{primarysources, date=December 2010 Secure Web SmartFilter EDU, formerly known as Bess, is a brand of content-control software made by Secure Computing Corporation, which acquired maker N2H2 in 2003; it is usually used in libraries and schools. T ...

, a brand of web filtering software *

Bess (Dane) Bess or Bessus was a legendary Danish general mentioned in Gesta Danorum. His master, Prince Gram gave his wife to him after he grew tired of her. Later Bess served as the principal general of Gram during his invasion of Sweden Sweden, ...

, legendary Danish general mentioned in ''Gesta Danorum'' *

Bess (singer) Essi Miia Marianna Launimo (born 1993), known professionally as Bess (stylized in all caps), is a Finnish singer. She combines pop, electro and house in her music. Bess makes music together with her producer Nopsajalka. Bess has a double deg ...

, Finnish singer *

BESS (experiment) BESS is a particle physics experiment carried by a balloon. ''BESS'' stands for Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer. BESS is a series of experiments that started in 1993, and a later incarnation, BESS-Polar, circled the Anta ...

, a particle physics experiment *

Basic Enlisted Submarine School Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS) is the U.S. Navy's submarine training school for enlisted sailors. Located on Naval Submarine Base New London (NAVSUBASE NLON) in Groton, New London County, Connecticut New London County is in the sou ...

, the United States Navy's school for enlisted submariners *

Lake Bess Lake Bess is a natural freshwater lake southeast of Winter Haven, Florida. It is pear shaped and has a surface area. Two blocks from its northeast shore is a WalMart supercenter and just north of that is Cypress Gardens Boulevard. On its north-no ...

, Florida, United States *

Mount Bess Mount Bess is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It is the 83rd highest peak in Alberta. It was named in 1910 by J. Norman Collie after Bessie Gunn, who accompanied Collie's expedition. See also *List of peaks on the Alberta� ...

, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada *

Bess beetle Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles" or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from ...

, a family of beetles *

Bess Press Bess Press is an American publisher, based in Hawaii, that issues various books on Hawaiian and Pacific history and culture. It was founded in 1979 by Benjamin "Buddy" Bess, who came to Hawaii in 1976 from New York New York most commonly refe ...

, an American publisher *

Delta Bessborough The Delta Hotels Bessborough, formerly and commonly known as the Bessborough (), is a historic hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hotel is within the Central Business District, a commercial district in Saskatoon. The Bessborough was des ...

or The Bess, a hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada * Battery energy storage system