1. English pianist (1890-1965) • Syn: Dame Myra Hess • Instance Hypernyms: pianist, piano player 2. Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973) • Syn: Walter Hess, Walter Rudolf Hess • Instance Hypernyms: physiologist 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: Rudolf Hess, Walther Richard Rudolf Hess • Instance Hypernyms: Nazi, German Nazi 4. United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964) • Syn: Victor Hess, Victor Franz Hess • Instance Hypernyms: physicist