Bliss
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Bliss can be a state of profound satisfaction, happiness and joy, a constant state of mind, undisturbed by gain or loss. The word can also refer to the following:
[edit] People
- Aaron T. Bliss (1837–1906), U.S. Representative from and the 25th Governor of the US state of Michigan, and was from Saginaw
- Arthur Bliss (1891–1975), British composer
- Atlanta Bliss, American jazz musician who specializes in the trumpet
- Baron Bliss (Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, 1869–1926), traveller
- Bliss Carman (1861–1929), Canadian poet
- Brian Bliss (born 1965), retired American soccer defender and former coach of the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer
- C. D. Bliss (1870–1948), American football player and coach in the United States
- Caroline Bliss (born 1961), British actress
- Charles K. Bliss (1897–1985), inventor of Blissymbols
- Chester I. Bliss (1899–1979), biologist known for his contributions to statistics.
- Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833–1911), US merchant and politician
- Daniel Bliss (1823–1916), founder of AUB, the American University of Beirut
- Dave Bliss (born 1943), former American college basketball coach
- Douglas Percy Bliss (1900–1984), 20th century Scottish painter
- Duane Leroy Bliss (1835–1910), 19th century Nevada, USA industrialist
- Frederick Jones Bliss (1857–1939), American archaeologist
- George Bliss (Congressman) (1813–1868), 19th century US Congressman
- Gilbert Ames Bliss (1876–1951), US mathematician
- Harry Bliss, US cartoonist
- Henry E. Bliss (1870–1955), US librarian and inventor of the Bliss classification
- Henry H. Bliss (1830–1899), first person killed in a motor vehicle accident in the United States
- Johnny Bliss (1922–1974), Australian rugby league footballer
- Ian Bliss, Australian actor
- Laurie Bliss (1872–1942), American football player and coach in the United States
- Lillie P. Bliss (1864–1931), American art collector and patron, founder of Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Lucille Bliss (born 1916), American actress and voice artist
- Michael Bliss (born 1941), CM, FRSC (born January 18, 1941) is a Canadian historian and award-winning author
- Mike Bliss (born 1965), American NASCAR driver
- Nathaniel Bliss (1700–1764), 18th century English astronomer
- Philemon Bliss (1813–1889), 19th century US Congressman and jurist
- Philip Bliss (1838–1876), American hymn lyricist and composer
- Philip Bliss (academic) (1787–1857), Registrar of the University of Oxford, etc
- Ray C. Bliss (1907–1981), one of the important national U.S
- Raymond W. Bliss, Surgeon General of the U.S. Army 1947–1951
- Ryan Bliss (born 1971), US digital artist
- Sister Bliss (born 1970), British keyboardist, record producer, DJ, composer and songwriter
- Sylvester Bliss (1814–1863), Millerite minister and editor
- Thomas Bliss (born 1952), motion picture producer and executive producer
- Tasker H. Bliss (1853–1930), early 20th century U.S. Army officer
- William Dwight Porter Bliss (1856–1926), American religious leader and activist
- William Henry Bliss (1835–1911), English scholar
- William Wallace Smith Bliss (1815–1853), U.S. Army Officer
- Zenas Bliss (1835–1900), U.S. Army General and Medal of Honor recipient
- BLISS, Female Art Collective
- Bliss (opera), 2010 opera based on Peter Carey's novel of the same name
- Bliss (band), English pop group
- Bliss (Danish band), international ambient group
- "Bliss!“, (1973) Chick Corea album
- Bliss (12 Rods album) (1993), by indie rock band 12 Rods
- Bliss (Birdbrain album), 1995 debut album by post-grunge band Birdbrain
- Bliss (Vanessa Paradis album) (2000), by French pop singer Vanessa Paradis
- BLISS (Nikki Webster album) (2002), the second studio album by Nikki Webster
- Bliss (Tone Damli album) (2005), Norwegian singer Tone Damli's first studio album
- The Bliss Album…? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence), 1993 album by P.M. Dawn
- "Bliss" (Mariah Carey song), song on Mariah Carey's Rainbow album
- "Bliss" (Muse song),a 2001 song by the English rock band Muse
- "Bliss" (Tori Amos song),a 1999 song by Tori Amos
- "Bliss", song on trio Blaque's Blaque Out album
- "Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know), ", song on Hinder's Extreme Behavior album
- "Bliss", Paul Gilbert song from his Burning Organ album
- "Bliss", song by Delirious? from their album Mezzamorphis
- "Bliss", song by Still Remains, from the album Of Love and Lunacy
- "Bliss", song by Phish, from the album Billy Breathes
- "Bliss", song by Alice Peacock featuring John Mayer
[edit] Literature
- Bliss (1917 film), starring Harold Lloyd
- Bliss (1985 film), directed by Ray Lawrence, adapted from the Peter Carey novel
- Bliss (1997 film), starring Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee and Craig Sheffer
- Bliss (2006 film), aka Fu Sheng, Chinese film produced by Fruit Chan
- Bliss (2007 film), aka Mutluluk, directed by Abdullah Oguz, adapted from the Zülfü Livaneli novel
[edit] Television
[edit] Computer science
- BLISS, system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University
- Bliss (video game), 2005 adult computer game
- Bliss (image), computer wallpaper included with Microsoft Windows XP
- Bliss (virus), computer virus that infects GNU/Linux systems
[edit] Places
[edit] United States
[edit] Lebanon
[edit] See also
