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 (a.k.a. Beatrice) 1965 Days of Our Lives
Jessica Fletcher (a.k.a. Beatrice) 1984 Murder, She Wrote
Bea Eliott 1991 The House of Eliott
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
8 actors, 1 actor/model
Pauline Frederick (a.k.a. Beatrice) 1883-1938
Beatrice Lillie 1894-1989
Elvia Allman (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. Beatrice) 1964-
Notable Musicians:
1 musician, 1 singer
Béatrice Martin 1989-
Laura Marling (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. 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:
4 princesses
Beatrice of the United Kingdom 1857-1944 United Kingdom
Margarethe of Prussia (a.k.a. Beatrice) 1872-1954 Prussia
Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1884-1966 United Kingdom
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