Bea is a feminine given name, often short for Beatrice,

Beatrix Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the Late Latin name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "ble ...

or Beatriz. Notable people with the name include: *

Bea Alonzo Phylbert Angelli Ranollo Fagestrom (born October 17, 1987), known professionally as Bea Alonzo, is a Filipino actress, singer and Youtuber. She is best known for playing dramatic roles in romantic drama films. Her notable films include '' The M ...

(born 1987), Filipina actress and singer *

Bea Arthur Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedienne and singer. She began her career on stage in 1947, attracting critical acclaim before achieving worldwide recognition for her work o ...

(1922–2009), American actress * Bea Ballard (born 1959), British television producer * Bea Barrett (1916–2002), American amateur golfer *

Beabadoobee Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus (born 3 June 2000), known professionally as Beabadoobee (; '), is a British singer-songwriter. From 2018 to 2021, she released five extended plays (EPs) under the independent label Dirty Hit: ''Lice'' (2018), ''Patc ...

(born 2000), Filipino-British singer *

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 s ...

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

Bea Binene Beanca Marie "Bea" Binene (born November 4, 1997) is a Filipino actress. She began her career as a finalist on '' StarStruck Kids'' in 2004. She is best known for her role as Natalie Dimaculangan in the 2010 television series '' First Time'', ...

(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 (born ), American baseball player * Bea Feitler (1938–1982), Brazilian-born art-director * Bea Firth (1946–2008), Canadian politician * Bea Gaddy (1933–2001), American humanitarian * Béa Gonzalez (born 1962), Spanish-Canadian novelist * Bea Gorton (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, ...

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

Beatrice Lillie Beatrice Gladys Lillie, Lady Peel (29 May 1894 – 20 January 1989) was a Canadian-born British actress, singer and comedy performer. She began to perform as a child with her mother and sister. She made her West End debut in 1914 and soon gain ...

(1894–1989), Canadian actress * Beatrice "Bea" Gomez (born 1995), Filipina beauty queen and model * Bea Maddock (1934–2016), Australian artist * Bea Miles (1902–1973), Australian eccentric *

Bea Miller Beatrice Annika Miller is an American singer and actress. She was the fifth contestant eliminated on The X Factor (U.S. season 2), season two of The X Factor (American TV series), ''The X Factor'' (US) when she was 13 years old. She was later si ...

(born 1999), American singer * Bea Nettles (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 (born 1976), Hungarian folk singer * Bea Santiago (born 1990), Filipina actress and beauty queen of Miss Earth 2017 * Bea Saw (born 1985), Filipina actress *

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''. B ...

(1898–1969), also known as Bea Schwartz, Dutch phytopathologist * Bea Segura (born 1975), Spanish actress * Bea Wain (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'' * Bea Goldfishberg, from the American animated television series ''

Fish Hooks A fish hook or fishhook, formerly also called an angle (from Old English ''angol'' and Proto-Germanic ''*angulaz''), is a hook used to fishing, catch fish either by piercing and embedding onto the inside of the fish jaw, fish mouth (angling) or, ...

'' * Beatrice "Bea" Santello, from the video game '' Night in the Woods'' * Bea Spells-a-Lot, a

Lalaloopsy Lalaloopsy is a line of plastic rag dolls from MGA Entertainment. Originally released in 2010 as Bitty Buttons, the brand name was changed to ''Lalaloopsy'' shortly after launch. They began to grow in popularity during the holiday season in 2010 ...

doll and character in the

TV series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming platf ...

Fictional characters

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