Bess
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Bess or BESS may refer to:
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[edit] People
- Elizabeth I (1533-1603), also known as "Good Queen Bess"
- Bess of Hardwick (1527-1608), daughter of John Hardwick of Hardwicke
- Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1759-1824), early woman novelist
- Bess Houdini (1876-1943), Harry Houdini's wife
- Bess Myerson (born 1924), first Jewish Miss America, and politician
- Elizabeth Raleigh (1565-1647), wife of Sir Walter Raleigh
- Bess Truman (1885-1982), wife of President Harry S. Truman
- Brandon Bess (born 1987), West Indies Test cricketer
- Calvin Bess, Bishop of Trinidad and Tobago
- Davone Bess (born 1985), National Football League wide receiver
- Rufus Bess (born 1956), former National Football League cornerback
[edit] Fictional characters
- Bess, in the opera Porgy and Bess
- Bess Marvin, in the Nancy Drew series
- Bess, an alternate personality of Jessica Buchanan in the American soap opera One Life to Live
[edit] In science
- Bess (content-control software), a brand of web filtering software
- BESS, a particle physics experiment
- Bess beetle, a family of beetles
[edit] Other uses
- Tropical Storm Bess (disambiguation), the name for multiple storms
- Mount Bess, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
- Bess Press, a Hawaii-based publisher
- Basic Enlisted Submarine School, commonly known as BESS, the United States Navy's school for enlisted submariners
[edit] See also
- Old Bess (beam engine)
- Brown Bess, nickname of a British Army musket
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