Hess
n 1: English pianist (1890-1965) [syn: {Hess}, {Dame Myra Hess}]
2: Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973)
[syn: {Hess}, {Walter Hess}, {Walter Rudolf Hess}]
3: 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) [syn: {Hess},
{Rudolf Hess}, {Walther Richard Rudolf Hess}]
4: United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a
discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) [syn: {Hess},
{Victor Hess}, {Victor Franz Hess}]