# Bliss (name)

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, American musician and songwriter
* Kirby Bliss Blanton (born 1990), American actress
* Bliss Carman (1861–1929), Canadian poet
* Bliss N. Davis (1801–1885), American politician
* Bliss Knapp (1877–1958), American Christian Science teacher
* Bliss Milford (1886–1970), American actress and singer
* Bliss Perry (1860–1954), American literacy critic, writer, editor, and teacher
* Franklyn Bliss Snyder (1884–1958), American educator and academic

## 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