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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. Bliss can also refer to the following:

A word that has been claimed by the conscious community often referring to a state of ecstasy. Also an expression overused by many raw foodists or 'blissed out' people in general to describe chocolate or other treats. (coconut bliss, bliss chocolate, berry bliss, etc.)

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

Art

• BLISS, Female Art Collective

Music

• 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
• "Bliss", song by "Al's Not Well", from the album "Glitter" ( "Al's" is not a typo.)

Literature

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

• Bliss (magazine), UK teen magazine
• Bliss (novel) (1981), by Peter Carey
• Bliss, 2005 novel by Fiona Zedde
• Bliss (short story) (1920), by Katherine Mansfield
• Bliss, a main character in Asimov's Foundation series

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

Television

• Bliss (TV channel), British music television channel playing classic hits
• Bliss (TV series), Canadian produced dramatic television series that ran from 2002 to 2004
• "Bliss" (Star Trek: Voyager), episode from the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager
• Dee Bliss, fictional character on the Australian soap Neighbours
• The Bliss, sort of "mind control" used by Anna, leader of the Visitors in the television show "V (2009 TV series)"

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

Places

United States

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

Lebanon

• Bliss Street, Beirut

Other

• Bliss (charity), special care baby charity
• Bliss (crater), small lunar impact crater that is located just to the west of the dark-floored crater Plato
• Bliss (spa), spa and retail product company
• Bliss bibliographic classification, library classification
• Blissenobiarella, fictional character in Foundation and Earth and Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
• Bliss, bite-sized chocolates manufactured by The Hershey Company
• Bliss (automobile), from the early 1900s
• Chicago Bliss, one of two teams that were introduced to the Lingerie Football League in 2004 (the other being Dallas Desire)

See also

• Ignorance is bliss (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing "Bliss"
• All pages beginning with "Bliss"

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