Bliss is a name, most usually a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Bliss Carman William Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. In Canada, Car ...

(1861–1929), Canadian poet *

Franklyn Bliss Snyder Franklyn Bliss Snyder (July 26, 1884 – May 11, 1958) was the 18th President of Northwestern University (1939–1949) and an American scholar of Scottish literature. Personal life Snyder was the son of a Congregational minister, Peter Miles Snyd ...

(1884-1958), American educator and academic *

Kirby Bliss Blanton Kirby Bliss Blanton (born October 24, 1990) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Kirby in the comedy film '' Project X'' and as Amy in the horror film '' The Green Inferno''. Life and career The youngest of four children, she gr ...

(born 1990), American actress

Surname

Academics

* Anna Bliss (1843-1925), American teacher in South Africa *

Charles K. Bliss Charles K. Bliss (September 5, 1897 – July 13, 1985) was a chemical engineer and semiotician, best known as the inventor of Blissymbols, an ideographic writing system. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire but immigrated to Austra ...

(1897–1985), inventor of Blissymbols *

Daniel Bliss Daniel Bliss (August 17, 1823 in Georgia, Vermont, United States – July 27, 1916 in Beirut, Lebanon) was a Christian missionary from the United States and the founder of the American University of Beirut. Life and work Born in the town of Geor ...

(1823–1916), American founder of the American University of Beirut * Henry E. Bliss (1870–1955), American librarian and inventor of the Bliss classification *

Michael Bliss John William Michael Bliss (1941–2017) was a Canadian historian and author. Though his early works focused on business and political history, he subsequently authored several important medical biographies, including of Sir William Osler. Bliss ...

(born 1941), Canadian historian and award-winning author *

Philip Bliss (academic) Philip Bliss (21 December 1787 – 18 November 1857) was a British book collector who served as Registrar of the University of Oxford from 1824 to 1853, and as Principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford, from 1848 until his death. Life Philip Bliss was b ...

(1787–1857), Registrar of the University of Oxford, etc. * William Henry Bliss (1835–1911), English scholar

Athletes

Alexa Bliss Alexis Cabrera (née Kaufman; born August 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Alexa Bliss. In 2013, Bliss signed a contract with WWE and was ass ...

(born 1991), ring name of American professional wrestler Alexis Kaufman *

Brian Bliss Brian Boyer Bliss (born September 28, 1965) is a retired American soccer defender and front office executive. He also serves as an assistant coach for the United States U-20 national team. Bliss played professionally in Europe and the United S ...

(born 1965), American soccer defender and coach * C. D. Bliss (1870–1948), American football player and coach *

Dave Bliss David Gregory Bliss (born September 20, 1943) is an American basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at University of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University, the University of New Mexico, Baylor University, and Southwester ...

(born 1943), American college basketball coach * Elmer Bliss (1875–1962), American baseball player *

Frank Bliss Frank Eugene Bliss (December 10, 1852 – January 9, 1929) was an American baseball player. He played college baseball at the University of Michigan from 1869 to 1873 and played for the Milwaukee Grays in Major League Baseball during the 1878 sea ...

(1852-1929), American baseball player * Homer Bliss (1904–1970), American football player *

Jack Bliss John Joseph Albert Bliss (January 9, 1882 – October 23, 1968) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1908 until 1912, for the St. Louis Cardinals, primarily as a catcher Catch ...

(1882–1968), American baseball player *

Johnny Bliss John Charles "Johnny" Bliss (30 August 1922 – 9 September 1974) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played for Balmain, North Sydney and Manly-Warringah in the NSWRL between 1942 and 1951. Rugby league career Born in Queensland ...

(1922–1974), Australian rugby league footballer * Karen Bliss (born 1963), American cyclist * Laurie Bliss (1872–1942), American football player and coach in the United States *

Mike Bliss Michael Duane Bliss (born April 5, 1965) is an American professional stock car racing driver. A journeyman NASCAR competitor and the 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion, he has run in all three national series. Racing career Bliss began ...

(born 1965), American NASCAR driver

Entertainers and artists

Arthur Bliss Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 189127 March 1975) was an English composer and conductor. Bliss's musical training was cut short by the First World War, in which he served with distinction in the army. In the post-war years he qu ...

(1891–1975), British composer *

Atlanta Bliss Matthew "Atlanta Bliss" Blistan (born c. 1952) is an American jazz trumpeter. He is best known for his work with Prince from 1985–1991. He won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the 1986 single "Kiss" by P ...

(born c. 1952), American jazz trumpeter *

Boti Bliss Boti Ann Bliss (born October 23, 1975) is an American film and television actress. Notable roles include her semi-recurring role as Maxine Valera in the television crime drama '' CSI: Miami''. Her other roles include the 2002 film ''Ted Bundy'' ...

(born 1975), American actress *

Caroline Bliss Caroline Bliss (born 12 July 1961) is an English actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She is best known for her appearance as M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in the James Bond films of the Timothy Dalton era. Early life S ...

(born 1961), British actress *

Diana Bliss Diana Gwenyth Bliss (11 November 1954 – 28 January 2012) was an Australian theatre producer. Early life Bliss was born on 11 November 1954 in Temora, New South Wales. Her father, Douglas Bliss, was a Methodist minister in the nearby town of ...

(1954–2012), Australian theatre producer * Douglas Bliss (1900–1984), Scottish painter *

Harry Bliss Harry Bliss (born March 9, 1964, in Rochester, New York) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Bliss has illustrated many books, and produced hundreds of cartoons and 25 covers for ''The New Yorker''. Bliss has a syndicated single-panel comi ...

(born 1964), American cartoonist *

Ian Bliss Ian Bliss (born June 30, 1966) is an Australian film, television, and stage character actor. With a career that has spanned 30 years, he has appeared in numerous iconic Australian Television dramas including Heartbreak High, Wentworth (TV serie ...

(born 1966), Australian actor * Lillie P. Bliss (1864–1931), American art collector and patron, founder of Metropolitan Museum of Art *

Lucille Bliss Lucille Theresa Bliss (March 31, 1916 – November 8, 2012) was an American actress, known in the Bay Area and in Hollywood as the "Girl With a Thousand Voices". A New York City native, Bliss lent her voice to numerous television characters, in ...

(1916-2012), American actress and voice artist *

Philip Bliss Philip Paul Bliss (9 July 1838 – 29 December 1876) was an American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritone Gospel singer. He wrote many well-known hymns, including "Hold the Fort" (1870), "Almost Persuaded" (1871); "Hallelujah, ...

(1838–1876), American hymn lyricist and composer * Ryan Bliss (born 1971), American digital artist *

Sister Bliss Ayalah Deborah Bentovim (born 30 December 1970), better known by her stage name Sister Bliss, is a British keyboardist, record producer, DJ and songwriter. In the studio, she is best known for her work with Rollo Armstrong as one half of the pr ...

(born 1970), British keyboardist, record producer, DJ, composer and songwriter *

Thomas Bliss Thomas Albert Bliss (born December 13, 1952) is an American motion picture producer and executive producer. He is a founding partner at Strike Entertainment. From 1984 to the present, Bliss has been credited with producing more than 30 produ ...

(born 1952), American motion picture producer and executive producer

Politicians and jurists

Aaron T. Bliss Aaron Thomas Bliss (May 22, 1837 – September 16, 1906) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and the 25th governor of Michigan, and was from Saginaw. Bliss Township was named after him. Early life in New York Bliss ...

(1837–1906), U.S. Representative and Governor of Michigan * Charles Frederick Bliss (1817–1894), German American politician in Wisconsin *

Cornelius Newton Bliss Cornelius Newton Bliss (January 26, 1833 – October 9, 1911) was an American merchant, politician and art collector, who served as Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President William McKinley and as Treasurer of the Republica ...

(1833–1911), American merchant and politician *

John Murray Bliss John Murray Bliss (22 February 1771 – 22 August 1834) was a Canadian jurist, politician and administrator. Biography Father John Murray Bliss was born in Massachusetts, the son of Massachusetts loyalist Daniel Bliss, a lawyer and British sold ...

(1771–1834), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, Canada * Justice Bliss (disambiguation) *

Philemon Bliss Philemon Bliss (July 28, 1813 – August 25, 1889) was an Ohio Congressman, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory, and a Missouri Supreme Court justice. Early life and education Bliss was born in Canton, Connecticut in ...

(1813–1889), U.S. Congressman and jurist * Ray C. Bliss (1907–1981), American politician * Stephen Bliss (1787–1847), American minister and politician *

Ward R. Bliss Ward Raymond Bliss (December 15, 1855 - January 6, 1905) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1889 to 1906 and as Majority Leader f ...

(1855-1905), Pennsylvania state representative * William L. Bliss (1876–1969), Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court

Scientists, engineers, and doctors

A. J. Bliss Arthur John "A.J." Bliss (1862–1931) was a British iris breeder who is credited with greatly improving the genetics of many modern strains, especially those descending from his Dominion cultivar. Early life and education Arthur John Bliss was th ...

(1862–1931), British iris breeder *

Chester Ittner Bliss Chester Ittner Bliss (February 1, 1899 – March 14, 1979) was primarily a biologist, who is best known for his contributions to statistics. He was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1899 and died in 1979. He was the first secretary of the International ...

(1899–1979), biologist known for his contributions to statistics *

Doctor Willard Bliss Doctor Willard Bliss (August 18, 1825 – February 21, 1889; his given name was ''Doctor'') was an American physician and pseudo-expert in ballistic trauma, who treated President James A. Garfield after his shooting in July 1881 until his de ...

(1825–1889), American physician * Dorothy Bliss (1916–1987), American carcinologist *

Eleanor Albert Bliss Eleanor Albert Bliss (December 16, 1899 – June 27, 1987) was an immunologist who made significant advancements to the field of immunological research. She was also a dean and professor of biology at Bryn Mawr College. Life and education Elean ...

(1899–1987), American bacteriologist *

Frederick J. Bliss Frederick Jones Bliss (22 January 1859-–3 June 1937) was an American archaeologist. Biography He was born in Mount Lebanon, Syria on 22 January 1859. His father, Daniel Bliss, was first a Congregational missionary and later president of ...

(1857–1939), American archaeologist *

Gilbert Ames Bliss Gilbert Ames Bliss, (9 May 1876 – 8 May 1951), was an American mathematician, known for his work on the calculus of variations. Life Bliss grew up in a Chicago family that eventually became affluent; in 1907, his father became president of the ...

(1876–1951), American mathematician *

Nathaniel Bliss Nathaniel Bliss (28 November 1700 – 2 September 1764) was an English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Britain's fourth Astronomer Royal between 1762 and 1764. Life Nathaniel Bliss was born in the Cotswolds village of Bisley i ...

(1700–1764), English astronomer * Richard Bliss, American telecommunications technician arrested in Russia on charges of espionage in 1997 * Timothy Vivian Pelham Bliss (born 1940), British neuroscientist

Other

Baron Bliss Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, 4th Baron Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss (16 February 1869 – 9 March 1926), was a British-born traveller who willed nearly two million Belize dollars to a trust fund for the benefit of the citizens of w ...

(1869–1926), British philanthropist in British Honduras * Duane Leroy Bliss (1835–1910), American industrialist *

Ed Bliss Edward Lydston Bliss, Jr. (July 30, 1912 – November 25, 2002) was an American broadcast journalist, news editor and educator. After 25 years at CBS News (1943–1968) as editor, copywriter and producer for Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, ...

(1912-2002), American journalist * Edward Bliss (1865-1960), American missionary to China * George Bliss (disambiguation), multiple people *

Henry H. Bliss The death of Henry Hale Bliss (June 13, 1830 – September 14, 1899) was the first recorded instance of a person being killed in a motor vehicle collision in the United States. Death On September 13, 1899, at West 74th Street and Central Pa ...

(1830–1899), American real estate dealer, first person killed in a motor vehicle accident in the U.S. * Stephen M. Bliss (born 1944), American general and educational administrator *

Sylvester Bliss Sylvester Bliss (1814–1863) was a Millerite minister; editor and author. Biography Bliss was a Congregationalist from Hartford, Connecticut, with a radical education, he also belonged to the Historical Society of Boston. And he was the Miller ...

(1814–1863), Millerite minister and editor *

Tasker H. Bliss Tasker Howard Bliss (December 31, 1853 – November 9, 1930) was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from September 22, 1917 until May 18, 1918. He was also a diplomat involved in the peace negotiati ...

(1853–1930), U.S. Army officer *

William Dwight Porter Bliss William Dwight Porter Bliss (1856–1926) was an American Anglicanism, Episcopal priest and one of the most famous and influential Christian socialism, Christian socialists at the turn of 20th century. As a devout churchman, organizer, public speak ...

(1856–1926), American religious leader and activist *

William Wallace Smith Bliss William Wallace Smith Bliss (August 17, 1815 – August 5, 1853) was a United States Army officer and mathematics professor. A gifted mathematician, he taught at West Point and also served as a line officer. In December 1848 Bliss married M ...

(1815–1853), U.S. Army Officer *

Zenas Bliss Zenas Randall Bliss (April 17, 1835 – January 2, 1900) was an officer and general in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He formed the first unit of Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts, and his detailed memoirs chronicled lif ...

(1835–1900), U.S. Army General and Medal of Honor recipient

Fictional characters

* Carrie Bliss, from the television sitcom ''

Good Morning, Miss Bliss ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' (also retroactively known as ''Saved by the Bell: The Junior High Years'') is an American teen sitcom that aired on the Disney Channel from 1988 to 1989 (and later in syndication as part of the ''Saved by the Bell'' ...

'' * Luther Bliss, from the ''

Southern Victory The ''Southern Victory'' series or Timeline-191 is a series of eleven alternate history novels by author Harry Turtledove, beginning with ''How Few Remain'' (1997) and published over a decade. The period addressed in the series begins during the ...

'' series of alternate history novels