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

Given name

* Bliss Ackuaku (born 1918), Ghanaian politician * Bliss Botsford (1813–1890), Canadian lawyer, judge and politician *

Bliss Blood Bliss Blood is an American musician and songwriter. She has written and recorded two albums with virtuoso guitarist Al Street, five albums with New York jazz band The Moonlighters from 2000 to 2009, and six albums from 1988 to 1995 with Housto ...

, American musician and songwriter *

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 *

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 * Bliss N. Davis (1801–1885), American politician *

Bliss Knapp Bliss Knapp (June 7, 1877 – March 14, 1958), the son of Ira O. and Flavia S. Knapp, students of Mary Baker Eddy, was an early Christian Science lecturer, practitioner, teacher and the author of '' The Destiny of the Mother Church''. Childh ...

(1877–1958), American Christian Science teacher * Bliss Milford (1886–1970), American actress and singer *

Bliss Perry Bliss Perry (25 November 1860 – 13 February 1954), was an American literary critic, writer, editor, and teacher. Biography Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts to Arthur Latham Perry, a prominent economist, and Mary Brown Perry. He w ...

(1860–1954), American literacy critic, writer, editor, and teacher *

Franklyn Bliss Snyder Franklyn Bliss Snyder (July 26, 1884 – May 11, 1958) was the 11th 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 Sn ...

(1884–1958), American educator and academic

Surname

Academics

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

Charles K. Bliss Charles K. Bliss (German: Karl Kassel Blitz; September 5, 1897 – July 13, 1985) was an Austrian-Australian chemical engineer and semiotician, best known as the inventor of Blissymbols, an ideographic writing system. He was born in Austr ...

(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 ...

(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 (January 18, 1941 – May 18, 2017) was a Canadian historian and author. Though his early works focused on business and political history, he also wrote biographies of physicians Frederick Banting, William Osler and Har ...

(1941–2017), 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 bo ...

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

Athletes

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

(born 1991), ring name of American professional wrestler Alexis Kaufman * Brian Bliss (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 Oklahoma, Southern Methodist, New Mexico, and Baylor of the NCAA Division I, as well as Southwestern Christian of t ...

(born 1943), American college basketball coach * Elmer Bliss (1875–1962), American baseball player * Frank Bliss (1852–1929), American baseball player * Homer Bliss (1904–1970), American football player * Jack Bliss (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 b ...

(1922–1974), Australian rugby league footballer *

Karen Bliss Karen Bliss was born on December 19, 1963, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. She is a former American cyclist, four-time U.S. points race champion and a three-time U.S. criterium champion. On November 2, 2019, in Davis California, she was inducted i ...

(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 former 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 ...

(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 qui ...

(1891–1975), British composer * *

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 former actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She played M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in the ''James Bond'' films of the Timothy Dalton era. Bliss played Miss Moneypenny in ...

(born 1961), British actress * Diana Bliss (1954–2012), Australian theatre producer *

Douglas Bliss Douglas Percy Bliss (28 January 1900 – 11 March 1984; Urdu: ڈگلس پرسی بلیس) was a Scotland, Scottish painter and Art Conservation and Restoration, art conservationist. Bliss's family was of Northamptonshire, England. His grandf ...

(1900–1984), Scottish painter * Harry Bliss (born 1964), American cartoonist *

Ian Bliss Ian Bliss (born 30 June 1966) is an Australian film, television, and stage character actor, he has appeared in numerous Australian television dramas including ''Heartbreak High'', '' Wentworth'' and as several characters in the '' Underbelly uni ...

(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 *

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 * Trinity Bliss (born 2009), American actress

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, Michigan, Saginaw. Bliss Township, Michigan, Bliss Township was nam ...

(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 Republican ...

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

Scientists, engineers, and doctors

* A. J. Bliss (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 Internation ...

(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 of the United States James A. Garfield after his Assassination of ...

(1825–1889), American physician * Dorothy Bliss (1916–1987), American carcinologist * Eleanor Albert Bliss (1899–1987), American bacteriologist * Frederick J. Bliss (1857–1939), American archaeologist *

Gilbert Ames Bliss Gilbert Ames Bliss, (May, 9 1876 – May 8, 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 t ...

(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. Bliss studied at Oxford University and later became the Savilian Pr ...

(1700–1764), English astronomer * Richard L. 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 British Honduras dollars to a trust fund for the benefit of the ...

(1869–1926), British philanthropist in British Honduras *

Duane Leroy Bliss Duane Leroy Bliss (June 10, 1833 – December 23, 1907) was a 19th-century American timber and mining magnate. He founded the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company from Gold Hill, Nevada. He eventually controlled every facet of the busine ...

(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 *

Harriet Bliss Ford Harriet Chalmers Bliss Ford (November 28, 1876 – February 20, 1964) was an American editor, writer, and clubwoman. From 1899 to 1912, she was an editor at ''The Century'' ''Magazine''. Later, she held national leadership roles in the YWCA, and ...

(1876–1964), American writer, editor, clubwoman * Henry H. Bliss (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 Millerit ...

(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 during World War I, from September 22, 1917, until May 18, 1918. He was also a diplomat involved i ...

(1853–1930), U.S. Army officer * William Dwight Porter Bliss (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 ...

(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 U. S. Army Indian Scouts, Indian Scouts, and his detai ...

(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 originally aired on the Disney Channel from November 30, 1988, until March 18, 1989 (and later also in syndi ...

'' * 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 th ...

'' series of alternate history novels * Bliss, a goth girl from the 2023 DreamWorks movie ''

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken ''Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'' is a 2023 American animated comedy film directed by Kirk DeMicco, co-directed by Faryn Pearl, and written by Brian C. Brown, Elliott DiGuiseppi and Pam Brady. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by ...