Bliss (name)

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

Given name

• Bliss Carman (1861–1929), Canadian poet
• Franklyn Bliss Snyder (1884–1958), American educator and academic
• Kirby Bliss Blanton (born 1990), American actress

Surname

Academics

• Anna Bliss (1843–1925), American teacher in South Africa
• Charles K. Bliss (1897–1985), inventor of Blissymbols
• Daniel Bliss (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 (1941–2017), Canadian historian and award-winning author
• Philip Bliss (academic) (1787–1857), Registrar of the University of Oxford, etc.
• William Henry Bliss (1835–1911), English scholar

Athletes

• Alexa Bliss (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 (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 (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 (born 1965), American NASCAR driver

Entertainers and artists

• Arthur Bliss (1891–1975), British composer
• Boti Bliss (born 1975), American actress
• Caroline Bliss (born 1961), British actress
• Diana Bliss (1954–2012), Australian theatre producer
• Douglas Bliss (1900–1984), Scottish painter
• Harry Bliss (born 1964), American cartoonist
• Ian Bliss (born 1966), Australian actor
• Lillie P. Bliss (1864–1931), American art collector and patron, founder of Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Lucille Bliss (1916–2012), American actress and voice artist
• Philip Bliss (1838–1876), American hymn lyricist and composer
• Sister Bliss (born 1970), British keyboardist, record producer, DJ, composer and songwriter
• Thomas Bliss (born 1952), American motion picture producer and executive producer
• Trinity Bliss (born 2009), American actress

Politicians and jurists

• Aaron T. Bliss (1837–1906), U.S. Representative and Governor of Michigan
• Charles Frederick Bliss (1817–1894), German American politician in Wisconsin
• Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833–1911), American merchant and politician
• John Murray Bliss (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 (1899–1979), biologist known for his contributions to statistics
• Doctor Willard Bliss (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 (1876–1951), American mathematician
• Nathaniel Bliss (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 (1869–1926), British philanthropist in British Honduras
• Duane Leroy Bliss (1835–1910), American industrialist
• Ed Bliss (1912–2002), American journalist
• Edward Bliss (1865–1960), American missionary to China
• George Bliss (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harriet Bliss Ford (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 (1814–1863), Millerite minister and editor
• Tasker H. Bliss (1853–1930), U.S. Army officer
• William Dwight Porter Bliss (1856–1926), American religious leader and activist
• William Wallace Smith Bliss (1815–1853), U.S. Army Officer
• Zenas Bliss (1835–1900), U.S. Army General and Medal of Honor recipient

Fictional characters

• Carrie Bliss, from the television sitcom Good Morning, Miss Bliss
• Luther Bliss, from the Southern Victory series of alternate history novels
• Bliss, a goth girl from the 2023 DreamWorks movie Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

See also

• Bliss (disambiguation)