Bliss

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Bliss can be a state of profound spiritual satisfaction, happiness or joy, often associated with religious ideas of the afterlife.

The word bliss can also refer to the following:

[edit] People

• Arthur Bliss, a British composer
• Baron Bliss (Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss), traveller
• Caroline Bliss, British actress
• Charles K. Bliss, inventor of Blissymbols
• Cornelius Newton Bliss, US merchant and politician
• Daniel Bliss, the founder of AUB, the American University of Beirut
• Douglas Percy Bliss, 20th century Scottish painter
• Duane Leroy Bliss, 19th century Nevada, USA industrialist
• George Bliss (Congressman), 19th century US Congressman
• Gilbert Ames Bliss, US mathematician
• Harry Bliss, US cartoonist
• Henry E. Bliss, US librarian and inventor of the Bliss classification
• Henry H. Bliss, the first person killed in a motor vehicle accident in the United States
• Johnny Bliss, Australian rugby league footballer
• Mike Bliss, American NASCAR driver
• Nathaniel Bliss, 18th century English astronomer
• Philemon Bliss, 19th century US Congressman and jurist
• Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876), American hymn lyricist and composer
• Raymond W. Bliss, Major General US Army, Surgeon General 1947–1951
• Tasker H. Bliss, early 20th century U.S. Army officer
• William Dwight Porter Bliss, American religious leader and activist
• William Henry Bliss, English scholar
• William Wallace Smith Bliss, U.S. Army Officer

[edit] Music

• "Bliss", a song on trio Blaque's Blaque Out album
• "Bliss" (Mariah Carey song), a song on Mariah Carey's Rainbow album
• "Bliss" (Muse song), a song by the English rock band Muse
• "Bliss" (Tori Amos song), a song by Tori Amos
• BLISS (album), an album by Nikki Webster
• "Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)", a song on Hinder's Extreme Behavior 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)
• The Bliss Album...?, an album by PM Dawn
• Bliss (band), an English pop group

[edit] Comics

• Bliss (comic), a single-panel comic by Harry Bliss
• Bliss (Morlocks), a member of the Marvel Comics mutant group The Morlocks
• Bliss (Starman), an incubus who appeared in the DC Comics series Starman
• Bliss (Wildstorm), a Wildstorm comic book character

[edit] Film

• 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, a Chinese film produced by Fruit Chan
• Bliss (2007 film), aka Mutluluk, directed by Abdullah Oguz, adapted from the Zülfü Livaneli novel

[edit] Television

• Bliss (TV channel), a British music television channel playing classic hits
• Bliss (TV series), a Canadian produced dramatic television series that ran from 2002 to 2004
• "Bliss" (Voyager episode), an episode from the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager
• Dee Bliss, a fictional character on the Australian soap Neighbours

[edit] Computer science

• BLISS (programming language), a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University
• Bliss (game), a 2005 adult computer game
• Bliss (image), a computer wallpaper included with Microsoft Windows XP
• Bliss (virus), a computer virus that infects GNU/Linux systems

[edit] Geography

United States

• Bliss, California
• Bliss, Kentucky
• Bliss, Idaho
• Bliss Corner, Massachusetts
• Bliss Township, Michigan
• Fort Bliss, Texas

Lebanon

• Bliss Street, Beirut

[edit] Companies

• Bliss (Spa), Spa and retail product company

[edit] Other

• Bliss (comics)
• Bliss (crater)
• Bliss (magazine), UK teen magazine
• Bliss (novel), by Peter Carey
• Bliss (short story), by Katherine Mansfield
• Bliss bibliographic classification, a library classification
• Blissymbols, an Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities
• Blissenobiarella, a fictional character in "Foundation and Earth" and "Foundation's Edge" by Isaac Asimov
• Bliss, a fictional drug in the novel Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers.

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