Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actress
(actress) Bea Arthur 1977; 1988 Maude; The Golden Girls 
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 hero
Beatrice Prior 2012 Divergent
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 hero
Beatrice Prior 2014 Divergent
Beatrice c. 1598 Much Ado About Nothing
Fictional Characters from Television:
3 characters
Isabella Toscano (middle name Beatrice) 1965 Days of Our Lives
Jessica Fletcher (middle name Beatrice) 1984 Murder, She Wrote
Bea Eliott 1991 The House of Eliott
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
8 actors, 1 actor/model
Pauline Frederick (middle name Beatrice) 1883-1938
Beatrice Lillie 1894-1989
Elvia Allman (middle name Beatrice) 1904-1992
Bea Benaderet 1906-1968
Beatrice Straight 1914-2001
Bea Arthur 1922-2009
Bebe Neuwirth (a.k.a. Beatrice) 1958-
Beatie Edney 1962-
Christa Miller (middle name Beatrice) 1964-
Notable Musicians:
1 musician, 1 singer
Béatrice Martin 1989-
Laura Marling (middle name Beatrice) 1990-
Notable Writers:
1 author/poet
Beatrice Hastings 1879-1943
Olympic Medalists:
3 silver, 2 bronze, 1 silver/bronze
(bronze) Beatrice Hill-Lowe 1908 archery - national round
(silver) Beatrice Armstrong 1920 diving - platform
(silver) Dorothy Tyler (middle name Beatrice) 1936; 1948 high jump
(silver) Beatrice Lyons 1948 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(bronze) Beatrice Utondu 1992 4x100 m relay
(silver/bronze) Beatrice Câșlaru 2000 swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m medley
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actress
(actress) Beatrice Straight 1977 Network
Other Royalty:
5 princesses
Beatrice of the United Kingdom 1857-1944 United Kingdom
Margarethe of Prussia (middle name Beatrice) 1872-1954 Prussia
Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884-1966 United Kingdom
Maria Beatrice of Savoy 1943-1946 Italy
Beatrice of York 1988- United Kingdom
Saints:
3 saints, 2 blessed
Saint Beatrice ?-303
Blessed Beatrice d'Este 1192-1226
Blessed Beatrice of Ornacieu 1260-1309
Saint Beatrice d'Este ?-1262
Saint Beatrice da Silva Meneses 1424-1492
Shakespearian Characters:
1 character
Beatrice Much Ado About Nothing