1. (noun) English pianist (1890-1965)

• dame myra hess

2. (noun) Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)

• walter hess
• walter rudolf hess

3. (noun) Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)

• rudolf hess
• walther richard rudolf hess

4. (noun) United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)

• victor franz hess
• victor hess