| Baade; W H Walter (1893- ); German/US astronomer (Andromeda) |
| Babbitt; Irving (1865- ); Dayton; OH.; US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) |
| Babel; Isaak (1894- ); Odessa; Russia (now Ukraine); short-story writer/dramatist; (Red Calvary) |
| Babinet; Jacques (1794- ); French physicist/mathematician/astronomer |
| Babinski; Joseph F F (1875- ); Polish/French neurologist (Babinski reflex) |
| Babits; Mihály (1883- ); Szekszárd; Hungarian poet |
| Babur; (1483- ); founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30) |
| Bacall; Lauren (1924- ); Staten Island; actress (Dark Passage; Key Largo) |
| Bacchiacca; Il (1494- ); [Franceso Ubertini]; Italian painter |
| Bach; Johann Sebastian (1685- ); gone for Baroque |
| Bacharach; Burt (1928- ); KC Mo; composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) |
| Bachelard; Gaston (1884- ); French philosopher (La psychanalyse du feu) |
| Bachmann; Ingeborg (1926- ); Austria author/poet |
| Backhuysen; Ludolf (1631- ); Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist |
| Backus; John (1924- ); inventor (FORTRAN computer language) |
| Bacon; Sir Francis (1561- ); England statesman/essayist (Novum Organum) |
| Bacon; Peggy (1895- ); Ridgefield; Ct.; USA.; author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads) |
| Bacon; Kevin (1958- ); Phila Pa; actor (Diner; Footloose; She's Having a Baby) |
| Bacovia; George (1881- ); [Vasiliu]; Romanian poet/composer/painter |
| Badham; John (1939- ); director; Luton; England; (Dracula; Short Circuit) |
| Badoglio; Pietro (1871- ); Italy gen/Libya gov; (1928-33)/PM of Italy (1943-44) |
| Badu; Erica (1971- ); [Erykah Wright]; singer; songwriter |
| Badura-Skoda; Paul (1927- ); Vienna; Austria; pianist (Mozart Interpretation) |
| Baen; Jan de (1633- ); portrait painter/etcher |
| Baertsoen; Albert (1866- ); Ghent; Flemish painter/etcher |
| Baes; Firmin (1874- ); Flemish painter |
| Baeyens; August (1895- ); Flemish composer (Coriolanus) |
| Baez; Joan (1941- ); Staten Island; folk singer/human rights advocate |
| Bage; Robert (1730- ); English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner) |
| Bagnold; Enid (1889- ); Rochester; Kent; England; novelist (Chalk Garden; 1956 Award of Merit) |
| Bähr; Georg (1666- ); German master builder (Frauenkirche; Dresden) |
| Bailey; Philip (1951- ); rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star; Easy Lover) |
| Bailey; Benny (1925- ); jazz trumpeter; Cleveland; Ohio; USA; |
| Baillon; André (1875- ); Belgian/French author (Un homme si simple) |
| Bain; Barbara (1931- ); Chicago; Illinois; USA.; actress (Cinnamon-Mission Impossible; Space 1999) |
| Baird; Bill (1904- ); Grand Is Nebr; puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie; Muppet Show) |
| Bairstow; Scott (1970- ); Steinbach; Manitoba; Canada; actor |
| Baiul; Oksana (1977- ); figure skater |
| Bajer; Fredrik (1837- ); Copenhagen; Denmark; politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908; 1/2 of the prize: Klas Pontus Arnoldson - Sweden) |
| Bajza; József (1804- ); Szücsi; Hungarian poet/critic |
| Baker; Josephine (1906- ); dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergere) |
| Baker; Janet (1933- ); York; England; mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave) |
| Bakula; Scott (1954- ); St Louis; Missouri; USA; actor (Star Trek: Enterprise) |
| Bakunin; Mikhail Alexandrovich (1814- ); anarchist |
| Balakirev; Mili Alexeyevich (1837- ); Nizhny-Novgorod; Russia; composer (Tamara) |
| Balanchine; George (1904- ); dancer/choreographer/ballet producer |
| Balch; Emily Green (1867- ); US sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946; 1/2 of the prize: John Raleigh Mott - USA) |
| Balde; Jacob (1604- ); German jesuit/barok conductor (Jephthe) |
| Baldwin; William (1963- ); NY; actor (Backdraft; Sliver; Flatliners) |
| Baldwin; Adam (1962- ); Chicago; Illinois; USA.; actor |
| Baldwin; Alec (1958- ); Massapequa; Long Island; New York; USA.; actor (Joshua-Knots Landing; Beetlejuice) |
| Baldwin; Stephen (1966- ); actor (Beast; Lawrenceville Stories; Usual Suspects) |
| Baldwin; James (1924- ); NY; author (Go Tell it on Mountain; Another Country) |
| Baldwin; Daniel (1960- ); Massapequa; Long Island; New York; USA; actor (On the Border) |
| Bale; Christian (1974- ); Pembrokeshire; Wales; actor |
| Balin; Isadore (1888- ); [Irving Berlin]; Temum; Siberia; composer (White Xmas) |
| Balk; Fairuza (1974- ); Point Reyes; California; USA . actress |
| Ball; Lucille (1911- ); Jamestown NY; comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy; Mame) |
| Balla; Giacomo (1871- ); Italian painter (Dog at a Rope) |
| Ballanche; Pierre-Simon (1776- ); Lyons; French philosopher/poet |
| Ballard; Robert (1942- ); explorer/geologist/author/discoverer (Titanic in 1985) |
| Balthus; (1908- ); [Balthasar Klossowski]; Paris; French painter (Valerie) |
| Balzac; Honoré de (1799- ); Tours; France; novelist (Pere Goriot; Human Comedy) |
| Balzary; Michael (1962- ); [Flea]; bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) |
| Banchieri; Adriano (1568- ); Bologna; Ialian composer |
| Bancroft; Anne (1931- ); Bronx; actress (Graduate Miracle Worker)/Mrs Mel Brooks |
| Banderas; Antonio (1960- ); Malaga; Spain; actor (Phila; Evita; Mambo Kings) |
| Banks; Peter (1950- ); rocker (Genesis) |
| Banks; Tony (1950- ); rock keyboardist (Genesis-Against All Odds) |
| Banks; Tyra (1973- ); model; actress |
| Banky; Vilma (1898- ); Nagyrodog; Hungary; silent screen actress (Eagle Rebel) |
| Bánky; Vilma (1898- ); Nagyrodog; Hungary; silent screen actress (Eagle Rebel) |
| Banneker; Benjamin (1731- ); Ellicott; Md.; USA.; mathematician/surveyor (Wash D.C.) |
| Barber; Chris (1930- ); Welwyn Garden City; England; UK.; jazz trombonist |
| Barbera; Joseph (1911- ); New York; NY.; USA.; animator (Hanna-Barbera) |
| Barbirolli; John (1899- ); English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra) |
| Barbosa; Rui (1849- ); Brazil; statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties |
| Barbusse; Henri (1873- ); Asnieres France; novelist (Le Feu) |
| Barclay; John (1582- ); Pont-ŕ-Mousson; Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) |
| Bardesanes; (0154- ); [Bar Daisan]; Syrian theologist |
| Bardot; Brigitte (1934- ); Paris; France; (And God Created Women) |
| Barenboim; Daniel (1942- ); Buenos Aires; Argentinia; pianist/conductor |
| Barlow; Gary (1971- ); Frodsham; Cheshire; England; UK.; pop musician |
| Barnard; Christiaan (1922- ); S Africa; surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant) |
| Barnes; Leo (1955- ); Irish saxophonist (Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry; Don't Go) |
| Barnum; Phineas Taylor (1810- ); Bethel Conn; circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey) |
| Barrande; Joachim de (1799- ); French paleontologist/geologist |
| Barrault; Marie-Christine (1944- ); Paris; France; actress (Stardust Memories; Cousin Cousin) |
| Barrett; Roger Keith (Syd) (1946- ); lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall) |
| Barrett; Marcia (1951- ); St Catherine's Jamaic; rock vocalist (Boney M) |
| Barrie; James Matthew (1860- ); Kirriemuir; Angus; Scotland; UK; novelist (Margaret Ogilvy; Peter Pan) |
| Barrios; Eduardo (1884- ); Valaparaíso; Chile; novelist (The Love-Crazed Boy) |
| Barrow; Clyde (1909- ); bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame) |
| Barry; Gene (1921- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; actor (Bat Masterson; Name of the Game; Burke's Law) |
| Barry; Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du (1933- ); Poland; director (Rosemary's Baby Chinatown Pirates) |
| Barrymore; Drew (1975- ); Culver City; Calif; actress |
| Barrymore; Lionel (1878- ); Philadelphia; PA.; USA.; actor (Mata Hari; Dr Kildare) |
| Bart; Lionel [Begleiter] (1930- ); London; English composer (Oliver) |
| Bart; Jean (1650- ); French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth) |
| Barth; Heinrich (1821- ); Hamburg; Germany; geographer/explorer (Central Africa) |
| Barthes; Roland (1915- ); French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer) |
| Bartholdi; Frederic Auguste (1834- ); Colmar France; sculptor (Statue of Liberty) |
| Bartholomew; Dave (1920- ); LA.;CA.; USA.; jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill) |
| Bartok; Béla (1881- ); Nagyszentmiklós (Hungary) composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) |
| Bartók; Béla (1881- ); Nagyszentmiklós (Hungary) composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) |
| Bartolomeo; Fra (1472- ); monk; Florentine Renaissance painter |
| Barton; Mischa (1986- ); London; England; UK; child star |
| Barton; Derek (1918- ); British chemist; (Nobel; 1969) |
| Bartram; John (1699- ); Darby; Pennsylvani; USA.; naturalist/explorer; father of American botany |
| Baruch; Spinoza (1632- ); [Benedictus]; Amsterdam; rationalist philosopher |
| Baryshnikov; Mikhail (1948- ); Riga; Latvia; ballet dancer |
| Barzin; Leon (1900- ); Brussels; Belgium; conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58) |
| Barzun; Jacques (1907- ); France; author (The House of Interlect) |
| Basaldella; Afro (1912- ); Udine; Italian painter |
| Bashkirtseff; Marie (1860- ); Russian/French; painter/author (Journal) |
| Basilius; (0379- ); the Great; of Caesarea; holyman (Moralia) |
| Basinger; Kim (1953- ); Athens; Ga; actress (9 1/2 Weeks; Batman) |
| Basnage; Jacques (1653- ); French/Neth. historian/vicar |
| Bass; James Lance (1979- ); Mississippi; US; musician |
| Bassani; Giorgio (1916- ); Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure) |
| Bassett; Angela (1958- ); actress |
| Basten; Marco van (1964- ); Dutch soccer star (Ajax; AC Milan) |
| Basti; Juli (1957- ); Budapest; Hungary; actress |
| Básti; Juli (1957- ); Budapest; Hungary; actress |
| Basting; Yvette (1977- ); Breda Neth; tennis star (1994 Futures-Flensberg-GER) |
| Bates; Sir Alan (1934- ); Allestree; England; actor (Zorba the Greek; The Rose) |
| Bates; Kathy (1948- ); academy award winning actress; Memphis TN; movies(Misery) |
| Bates; Katharine Lee (1859- ); author; US; (America the Beautiful) |
| Bateson; William (1861- ); English biologist (originator of term "genetics") |
| Batista; Fulgencio (1901- ); president/dictator of Cuba (1933-44; 1952-59) |
| Batoni; Pompea Girolamo (1708- ); Italian painter |
| Batten; Jean (1909- ); NZ air pioneer (1st woman to fly solo Australia) |
| Batthyany; Count Lajos (1806- ); revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49) |
| Batthyány; Count Lajos (1806- ); revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49) |
| Battista; Piazzetta Giovanni (1683- ); Italian painter; Venetian school (b.1683; Venezia d.1754; Venezia) |
| Battle; Kathleen (1948- ); soprano; Portsmouth Ohio; USA; (Shephard-Tannhauser) |
| Baudelaire; Charles-Pierre (1821- ); Paris; France; symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil) |
| Bauer; Harold (1873- ); Kingston-on-Thames; near London; English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association) |
| Bauer; Steven (1956- ); Havana; Cuba; actor (Scarface; Thief of Hearts) |
| Bauernfeld; Eduard von (1802- ); Vienna; comedic playwright |
| Baumarchais; Pierre de (1732- ); France; playwright (Barber of Seville) |
| Baxter; Anne (1923- ); Mich City; Ind.; USA.; actress (Myra-Marcus Welby; Victoria-Hotel; All About Ave) |
| Baxter; Kay (1945- ); Woodsfield; Ohio; Best Bodybuilder in World (1983-85) |
| Baye; Nathalie (1948- ); Mainneville; France; actress (Beau Pere; Honeymoon) |
| Bayle; Pierre (1647- ); French/Neth; theologist/philosopher/writer |
| Beadle; George (1903- ); US biologist (Nobel 1958) |
| Beals; Jennifer (1963- ); Chicago; Ill; actress; (Flashdance; Bride) |
| Bean; Sean (1959- ); Sheffield; England; UK.; actor (Black Beauty; Jacob; Anna Karenina; The Lord of the Rings I-III) |
| Beardsley; Aubrey (1872- ); Brighton; England; illustrator |
| Beattie; James (1735- ); Scotland; poet/philosopher; (Essay on Truth) |
| Beatty; Warren (1937- ); Richmond; Va; actor (Bonnie & Clyde; Shampoo; Dick Tracy) |
| Beaufort; Francis (1774- ); admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) |
| Beaumont; Donna Auguste (1958- ); Texas computer designer; (Newton) |
| Beaumont; Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce Elie de (1798- ); Canon; French geologist |
| Beauvoir; Simone de (1908- ); France; author |
| Bebel; F.August (1840- ); German social-democrat |
| Bechstein; Carl (1826- ); Berlin; German piano inventor |
| Becker; Boris (1967- ); West Germany; tennis player (Wimbledon 1985; 86; 89) |
| Becket; Thomas (1117- ); archbishop of Canterbury |
| Beckett; Samuel (1906- ); Foxrock; Ireland; French playwright (Waiting for Godot; Nobel 1969) |
| Beckinsale; Kate (1973- ); London; England; UK; actress |
| Beckmann; Max (1884- ); German painter/graphic artist |
| Becquerel; Antoine Henri (1852- ); discovered radioactivity; (Nobel 1903: 1/2 of the prize. 1/4 of the prize: Pierre Curie-1/4 of the prize: Marie Curie; née Sklodowska (France) |
| Bedi; Kabir (1945- ); Bombay; India; actor (Thief of Baghdad; Terminal Entry) |
| Beecham; Thomas (1879- ); England; composer (found London Philharmonic) |
| Beek; James Van Der (1977- ); actor; (Dawson's Creek) |
| Beene; Geoffrey (1927- ); Louisiana; dress designer (8 Coty Awards) |
| Beerbohm; Max (1872- ); England; caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) |
| Beethoven; Ludwig van (1770- ); Bonn; German composer |
| Bega; Lou (1975- ); singer |
| Begerow; Petra (1975- ); Germany; tennis star (1996 quarter Hilton Head) |
| Begleiter; Lionel [Bart] (1930- ); London; English composer (Oliver) |
| Begley; Ed Jr. (1949- ); Los Angeles; California; USA; actor (Eating Raoul; St Elsewhere; Parenthood) |
| Behan; Brendan (1923- ); Dublin; Ireland; author/poet; (Hostage) |
| Beineix; Jean-Jacques (1946- ); Paris; France; director (Roselyne and the Lions ) |
| Beinum; Eduard A van (1901- ); Arnhem; Dutch musician/conductor |
| Bejart; Maurice (1927- ); France; ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring) |
| Béjart; Maurice (1927- ); France; ballet choreographer (Rite of Spring) |
| Bekesy; Georg von (1899- ); Budapest Hungary; physician (Nobel-1961) |
| Belafonte; Harry (1927- ); singer/songwriter; NY; USA |
| Belcher; Marjorie Celeste (1919- ); [Marge]; LA Calif; dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show) |
| Belgrano; Manuel (1770- ); revolutionist; Argentina |
| Belinsky; Vissarion (1811- ); Sveaborg; Finland; Russian author (Literary Review) |
| Bell; Alexandar Graham (1847- ); inventor of the telephone (BILL)! |
| Bell; Madeline (1942- ); Newark; New Jersey; USA; singer (Black Nativity) |
| Bellamy; Bill (1965- ); Newark; New Jersey; USA; actor (Fled; How to be a Player; Joey Breaker) |
| Bellamy; Ralph (1904- ); Chicago; actor (Air Mail; Dive Bomber; Trading Places) |
| Bellarmino; Roberto (1542- ); Italian theologist/diplomat |
| Belle; Camilla (1986- ); Freeport; Illinois; USA; actress |
| Bellini; Gentile (1429- ); Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) |
| Bellini; Vincenzo (1801- ); Italian opera composer; (La Sonnambula; Norma) |
| Bello; Andrés (1781- ); Venezuela; poet/diplomat/scholar (Silvas Americanas-American Woods) |
| Bellow; Saul (1915- ); Lachine; Quebec; writer; novelist (Mr Sammler's Planet; Nobel 1976) |
| Bellucci; Monica (1964- ); Citta di Castello; Italy; actress (Dracula) |
| Belmondo; Jean-Paul (1933- ); Neuilly-sur-Seine; Hauts-de-Seine; France; (Casino Royale; Magnifique) |
| Belmondo; Paul (1898- ); French sculptor (Bathing Woman) |
| Belushi; John (1949- ); actor; comedian; Blues Brother! |
| Belushi; James (1954- ); Chicago Ill; comedian (Sat Night Live; Trading Places) |
| Benˇtez; Manuel [El Cordobé] (1936- ); Spanish toreador |
| Benedict; Julius (1804- ); Stuttgart; Germany; opera composer (Protoghesi) |
| Benedictus; (1632- ); [Spinoza Baruch]; Amsterdam; rationalist philosopher |
| Benes; Edvard (1884- ); premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22; 35-48) |
| Benét; Eric (1970- ); Milwaukee; Wisconsin; USA.; gospel singer |
| Ben-Gurion; David (1886- ); Plonsk; Poland; 1st PM of Israel; (1948-53; 55) |
| Benjamin; Richard (1938- ); NYC; director/actor (Goodbye Columbus; He & She) |
| Bennett; Arnold (1867- ); England; novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon) |
| Bennett; Robert Russell (1894- ); Kansas City; composer/arranger (Oklahoma!) |
| Bennett; Tony (1926- ); Queens; NY; singer |
| Benson; George (1943- ); Pittsburgh; singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All/Breezin'/This Masquerade) |
| Bentley; Wes (1978- ); Jonesboro; Arkansas; USA; actor |
| Benton; Thomas Hart (1889- ); Neosho; Missouri; USA.; painter/muralist (Lonesome Road) |
| Benton; Brook (1931- ); Camden; South Carolina; USA.; soul vocalist (Rainy Night in Georgia) |
| Beny; Roloff (1924- ); Alberta; USA.; painter/photographer (A Time of Gods) |
| Benz; Karl Friedrich (1844- ); Mühlburg (now part of Karlsruhe); German German automobile engineer |
| Beranger; Pierre Jean de (1780- ); French lyric poet |
| Berastegui; Alberto (1973- ); Spain; tennis star |
| Berchmans; Johannes (1599- ); Diest; Dutch Jesuit/saint |
| Berckheyde; Gerrit A (1638- ); Dutch painter |
| Berenger; Tom (1950- ); Chicago IL; actor (Fear of Flying; Someone to Watch Over Me) |
| Berenson; Marisa (1946- ); NYC; actress (Barry Lyndon; Death in Vienna; Cabaret) |
| Berenson; Bernard (1865- ); art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance) |
| Berg; Alban Maria Johannes (1885- ); Vienna; Austria |
| Berg; (1920- ); [Gene Nelson]; Seattle; Wash.; actor; (Tea For 2; Oklahoma) |
| Bergen; Candice (1946- ); Beverly Hills; actress (Carnal Knowledge; Murphy Brown) |
| Berger; Senta (1941- ); Vienna Austria; actress (Cast a Giant Shadow) |
| Berger; (1901- ); [André Malraux]; France novelist/art historian; (L'Espoir) |
| Bergerac; Cyrano de (1619- ); romantic with a long nose |
| Bergius; Friedrich C R (1884- ); German chemist (benzine from brown coal; Nobel 1931; 1/2 of the prize: Carl Bosch; Germany) |
| Bergman; Ingmar (1918- ); Uppsala; Sweden; director (Cries & Whispers) |
| Bergman; Ingrid (1915- ); Stockholm; actress; (Casablanca; Cactus Flower) |
| Bergson; Henri (1859- ); France; philosopher (Creative Evolution-Nobel; 1927) |
| Bergson; (1894- ); Hungary; writer; (141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence) |
| Berio; Luciano (1925- ); Oneglia; Italy; composer (Chemins) |
| Beriozova; Svetlana (1932- ); Kaunas; Lithuania; ballerina |
| Berkeley; George (1685- ); Ireland; philosopher/bishop of Cloyne |
| Berkley; Elizabeth (1972- ); Farmington Hills; Michigan; USA; actress |
| Berlage; Hendrik P (1856- ); Dutch architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam) |
| Berlin; Irving (1888- ); [Isadore Balin]; Temum; Siberia; composer (White Xmas) |
| Berlioz; Hector (1803- ); La Côte-St.-André; France; composer |
| Bernadette; St of Lourdes (1844- ); [Marie-Bernarde Soubirous]; saint/visionary |
| Bernard; Émile (1868- ); Lille; French post-impressionist painter; |
| Bernhard; Christoph (1628- ); Kolobrzeg; German composer |
| Bernhardt; Sarah (1844- ); France actress (Camille; Queen Elizabeth) |
| Bernier; Armand (1902- ); Belgian poet; (Sorcier Triste) |
| Bernini; Giovanni (1598- ); Italy; baroque sculptor; (St Teresa in Ecstasy) |
| Bernoulli; Daniel (1700- ); Groningen; Switz mathematician; (10 times French award) |
| Bernstein; Eduard "Ede" (1850- ); Berlin; German marxist (New Era) |
| Bernstein; Elmer (1922- ); NYC; movie music composer (Robot Monster) |
| Bernstein; Leonard (1918- ); Lawrence; MA; conductor/composer; (West Side Story) |
| Bernstein; Edward Morris (1904- ); USA.; economist |
| Berri; Claude (1934- ); Paris France; director (Le Sex Shop; L'Homme Bless) |
| Berridge; Elizabeth (1962- ); Westchester; NY.; USA.; actress (Funhouse) |
| Berry; Chuck (1926- ); singer songwriter |
| Berry; Fred (1951- ); St Loui; Mo.; USA.; actor (Rerun-What's Happening) |
| Berry; Halle (1968- ); actress; Cleveland; Ohio; USA; (Monstr's Ball; Die Another Day) |
| Berry; John duke of (1340- ); captain of Paris/art collector |
| Berte; Loredana (1950- ); Milan; Italy singer |
| Berté; Loredana (1950- ); Milan; Italy singer |
| Berto; Giuseppe (1914- ); Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red) |
| Bertolucci; Bernardo (1941- ); Parma Italy; director (Last Tango in Paris; Last Emperor) |
| Bertrand; Marcel (1847- ); French mine engineer (Tectonic geology) |
| Berzsenyi; Dániel (1776- ); Hungarian Horatius; Egyházashetye; poet |
| Besnard; Paul-Albert (1849- ); French painter/graphic artist (La femme) |
| Besoyan; Rick (1927- ); Alameda; California; USA.; composer/lyricist |
| Bessel; Friedrich W (1784- ); North Rhine-Westphalia; German astronomer (star parallax; Bessel Function) |
| Bessmertnova; Natalya (1941- ); Moscow; dancer (Bolshoi; Lenin Prize 1970) |
| Besson; Luc (1959- ); Paris; France; director (The Fifth Element) |
| Best; Pete (1934- ); drummer (Beatles) |
| Beswicke; Martine (1941- ); Jamacia; actress (Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde) |
| Bethe; Hans (1906- ); physicist (Nobel 1967); peace worker |
| Bethune; Norman (1890- ); ravenhurst; ntario;Canada; Doctor in Spain & China |
| Betjeman; John (1906- ); poet; Ottawa; Ontario; Canada; laureate of England (Mt Zion) |
| Betterton; Thomas (1625- ); London; actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) |
| Betti; Ugo (1892- ); Italian playwright |
| Bevan; Bev[erley] (1946- ); Birmingham; England; rock drummer (ELO) |
| Beveridge; Albert Jeremiah (1862- ); US politician/author (Progressive) |
| Beymer; Richard (1939- ); Avoca;IA; actor (West Side Story; Diary of Anne Frank) |
| Bianchi; Lucien (1934- ); Belgian auto racer |
| Bibb; Leslie (1974- ); |
| Biddle; Nicholas (1786- ); made 2nd Bank of US; first effective central bank |
| Bienek; Horst (1930- ); Gleiwitz; German writer/poet |
| Bierstadt; Albert (1830- ); American; born Düsseldorf; Germany; painter (US landscapes) |
| Bikel; Theodore (1924- ); Austrian/US folk singer/actor (Russians Are Coming) |
| Bilderdijk; Willem (1756- ); Dutch poet/literature (Disease of Scientists) |
| Billinger; Richard (1893- ); Austria poet/writer (From Where I Came) |
| Billings; William (1746- ); Boston; Mass; hymn composer (Rose of Sharon) |
| Binder; Maurice (1925- ); NYC; photographer/film titler (James Bond) |
| Binet; Alfred (1857- ); French child psychologist |
| Binnig; Gerd (1947- ); Frankfurt; physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986) |
| Binoche; Juliette (1964- ); Paris France; actress (Unbearable Lightness) |
| Bintley; David (1957- ); choreographer |
| Binyon; Lawrence (1869- ); Vienna Austria; British poet (Symbolic Wounds) |
| Biondo; George (1945- ); rocker (Steppenwolf) |
| Biot; Jean-Baptiste (1774- ); Paris; French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) |
| Birch; Thora (1982- ); Los Angeles; California. USA; actress |
| Bird; Larry (1956- ); hoop star (Boston Celtics) |
| Birdseye; Clarence (1886- ); became the frozen vegatable king |
| Birkin; Jane (1946- ); London; England; French actress (Mrs Don Juan; Dark Places; Dust) |
| Bishop; Joey (1918- ); singer actor; Rat-Packer |
| Bishop; Elizabeth (1911- ); Worcester; Massachusetts; US poet; (North & South); Pulitzer Prize; 1956 |
| Bismarck; Otto Von (1815- ); Germany; chancellor (1866-90) |
| Bisset; Jacqueline (1944- ); England; actress (Class; The Deep; Secrets) |
| Bissier; Julius (1893- ); German painter |
| Bitter; Theo (1916- ); Dutch painter/set designer |
| Bizet; Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold (1838- ); France; composer; (Carmen) |
| Bjork; (1965- ); Iceland; singer (Like Someone in Love) |
| Björnson; Björnstjerne (1832- ); Kvikne; Norway; novelist (Pa Guds Veje; Nobel-1903) |
| Bjornstrand; Gunnar (1909- ); Stockholm Sweden; actor (Shame; Dreams) |
| Björnstrand; Gunnar (1909- ); Stockholm Sweden; actor (Shame; Dreams) |
| Black; Shirley Temple (1928- ); Ca; child actress |
| Blackett; Patrick M S (1897- ); British physicist (nuclear reaction; Nobel 1948) |
| Blackmore; Ritchie (1945- ); Engld; guitarist (Rainbow-Stone Cold; Deep Purple) |
| Blades; Ruben (1948- ); Panama; singer/actor (Fatal Beauty; Critical Condition) |
| Bladés; Ruben (1948- ); Panama; singer/actor (Fatal Beauty; Critical Condition) |
| Blaeu; Joan (1596- ); cartographer/publisher |
| Blahoslav; Jan (1523- ); Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) |
| Blair; Linda (1959- ); actress; St Louis; Mo.; USA |
| Blair; Robert (1699- ); Edinburgh; Scottish poet (Grave) |
| Blair; Tony (1953- ); British PM; Prime Minister (Labour; 1997-) |
| Blake; Eubie (1883- ); ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You) |
| Blake; Robert (1933- ); Nutley; NJ; actor; (Baretta; Little Rascals; Coast to Coast) |
| Blake; William (1757- ); English poet/painter; (Songs of Innocence & Experience) |
| Blakely; Susan (1952- ); Frankfurt; Germany; actress (Rich Man Poor Man; Hungry Hearts) |
| Blaman; Anna (1905- ); [Johanna P Vrugt]; Dutch writer (Wife & Friend) |
| Blanchard; Rachel (1976- ); Toronto; actress (Cher Horowitz-Clueless) |
| Blanchett; Cate (1969- ); Melbourne; Victoria; Australia; actress |
| Blanqui; Auguste (1805- ); France; revolutionary (workers' leader) |
| Blatty; William Peter (1928- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; author/director (The Exorcist) |
| Blavet; Michel (1700- ); French flute virtuoso; composer |
| Bleasdale; Alan (1946- ); author/playwright (Are You Lonesome Tonight) |
| Bleeth; Yasmine (1968- ); NYC; actress (Ryan's Hope; 1 Life to Live; Baywatch) |
| Blegen; Judith (1941- ); Missoula Mont; opera singer (Papagena-Magic Flute) |
| Bleriot; Louis (1827- ); 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel |
| Blessed; Brian (1937- ); English actor (King Arthur; Waiting for Godot ) |
| Blicher; Steen Steensen (1782- ); Denmark; poet/short-story writer (E Binddstouw) |
| Blier; Bernard (1916- ); Buenos Aires; Argentina; French actor (Si j'étais un espion; Le Grand restaurant) |
| Blier; Bertrand (1939- ); Paris France; novelist/director (Going Places) |
| Blige; Mary J (1971- ); New York; NY.; USA.; singer; songwriter |
| Bliss; Arthur Edward Drummond (1891- ); London; composer (Olympians) |
| Blitzstein; Marc (1905- ); Philadelphia; Pa.; USA.; composer (Cradle Will Rock) |
| Bloch; Konrad (1912- ); Germany; biochemist; (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964) |
| Bloch; (1892- ); [Marcel Dassault]; French airplane builder |
| Bloch; Robert [Albert] (1917- ); US; sci-fi author (Hugo; Psycho) |
| Bloch; Ernest (1880- ); Geneva Switzerland; composer (MacBeth) |
| Bloch; Felix (1905- ); Swiss/US nuclear physicist (Nobel 1952) |
| Bloemaert; Abraham C (1564- ); Dorderecht; Flemish painter |
| Blomdahl; Karl-Birger (1916- ); Sweden; opera composer (Herr von Hancken) |
| Blomstedt; Herbert (1927- ); Springfield Mass; conductor (Oslo Phil 1954-61) |
| Blondin; Charles (1824- ); France; acrobat/aerialist |
| Blondin; Antoine (1922- ); Paris; France; writer (Tour de France; Monsieur Jadis) |
| Bloomer; Amelia Jenks (1818- ); suffragette known for her pantaloons |
| Bloomfield; Mike (1943- ); Chicago; Ill.; blues guitarist/singer (Analine) |
| Blow; John (1649- ); composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) |
| Blucas; Marc (1972- ); US actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) |
| Blum; Léon (1872- ); Paris; France; leader of the Socialist Party; prime minister of France |
| Blunden; Edmund (1896- ); English poet/critic; (Undertones of War) |
| Blunstone; Colin (1945- ); England; rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought) |
| Bly; Nellie (1867- ); her name became a synonym for female star reporter |
| Bobeck; Nicole (1977- ); Chic; figure skater; (US Champ; 1995) |
| Bobrowski; Johannes (1917- ); Tilsit; German writer |
| Boccherini; [Ridolfo] Luigi (1743- ); Italian; composer; cellist (Minuet) |
| Bocelli; Andrea (1958- ); Lajatico; Tuscany; Italy; tenor |
| Bochner; Hart (1956- ); Los Angeles; CA; actor/director (Rich & Famous) |
| Bock; Jerry (1928- ); New Haven CT; Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof) |
| Bocklin; Arnold (1827- ); Switzerland; landscape/allegory painter |
| Böcklin; Arnold (1827- ); Switzerland; landscape/allegory painter |
| Bocuse; Paul (1926- ); France; great chef; (Legion of Honor) |
| Boden; Margaret (1936- ); philosopher |
| Bodoni; Giambattista (1740- ); Saluzzo; Italy; printer/typeface designer |
| Bodrov; Sergei (1948- ); Khabarovsk; Russia; director (Katala; Somebody to Love) |
| Boeing; William Edward (1881- ); founded aircraft company |
| Bogarde; Dirk (1921- ); London England; actor (Death in Venice; Servant) |
| Bogart; Humphrey (1899- ); NYC actor; (Casablanca) |
| Bogdanovich; Peter (1939- ); Kingston NY; director/producer (Nickelodeon; ast Picture Show) |
| Bogguss;Aledo; Suzy Bogguss (1956- ); Aledo; Ill.; USA.; singer (I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart) |
| Bogle; Bob (1937- ); Portland; rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme) |
| Bohm; Theobald (1794- ); München; German flautist/composer/innovator |
| Böhm; Theobald (1794- ); München; German flautist/composer/innovator |
| Bohm; Karl (1894- ); Austrian conductor/composer |
| Böhm; Karl (1894- ); Austrian conductor/composer |
| Böhm; Georg (1661- ); Lüneburg; German organist/composer |
| Bohr; Niels (1885- ); Denmark; physicis; t expanded quantum physics (Nobel; 1922) |
| Bohringer; Richard (1941- ); Moulins; Allier; France; actor (Diva; I Married a Shadow) |
| Bohringer; Romane (1973- ); Pont-Sainte-Maxene; France; actress; (Savage Nights) |
| Boissard; Maurice (1872- ); [Paul Leautaud]; France; writer (Petit ami) |
| Bojaxhiu; Agnes Gonxha (1910- ); [Mother Teresa]; Yugoslavia; (Nobel; 1979) |
| Bolet; Jorge (1914- ); Havana; Cuba; pianist; (C'eurties Instituka) |
| Bolivar; Simon (1783- ); freed Latin American republics from Spanish rule |
| Bolkan; Florinda (1941- ); Ceara; Brazil; actress (Damned; Last Valley; Word) |
| Boll; Heinrich (1917- ); German writer (Group Portrait with Lady Nobel '72) |
| Böll; Heinrich (1917- ); German writer (Group Portrait with Lady Nobel '72) |
| Bolt; Robert Oxton (1924- ); playwright; Sale; Cheshire; England; UK; (Man for All Seasons; Dr Zhivago) |
| Bolton; Michael (1953- ); Ct; rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About) |
| Bolyai; Farkas/Wolfgang (1775- ); Hungarian mathematician; (parallel axiom) |
| Bólyai; Farkas/Wolfgang (1775- ); Hungarian mathematician; (parallel axiom) |
| Bolyai; János (1802- ); Hungary; mathematician; (non-Euclidean geometry) |
| Bólyai; János (1802- ); Hungary; mathematician; (non-Euclidean geometry) |
| Bombardier; Jean-Michel (1970- ); Brantford Ont Canada; ice pairs (1995; 96 Can) |
| Bombois; Camille (1883- ); French circus wrestler/painter |
| Bon Jovi; Jon (1962- ); Sayreville; New Jersey; USA .; singer/songwriter |
| Bonaly; Surya (1973- ); Nice; French skater |
| Bonaparte; Napoleon (1769- ); resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13; 1814-15) |
| Bond; Ronnie (1942- ); drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing) |
| Bondarchuk; Sergey (1920- ); Belozerka; Ukraine; Soviet Union; today: Ukraine; director (War & Peace) |
| Bone; Muirhead (1876- ); Glasgow; Scotland; etcher/engraver of architecture |
| Bonet; Lisa (1967- ); SF; actress; (Cosby Show; Different World; Angel Heart) |
| Bonnard; Pierre (1867- ); French painter/illustrator |
| Bonney; William H (1859- ); [Billy the Kid]; NYC; criminal |
| Bono; Sonny (1935- ); Detroit; vocalist (Sonny & Cher)/(Rep-R-Ca; 1995-98) |
| Bono; (1960- ); (B. Paul Hewson); of U2 |
| Boogert; Kristie (1973- ); Rotterdam Neth.; tennis star (1996 Paris) |
| Boon; Louis Paul (1912- ); Flemish writer (Kapellekensbaan) |
| Boone; Bret (1969- ); El Cajon CA; infielder (Cin Reds) |
| Boone; Pat (1934- ); Jacksonville; Florida; singer/actor (April Love; Cross & Switchblade) |
| Booth; James (1933- ); London; England; actor/writer (Zulu; Robbery; Revenge) |
| Borchardt; Ludwig (1864- ); German Egyptologist |
| Boreanaz; David (1971- ); Buffalo NY; USA; ctor (Buffy the Vampire Salyer) |
| Borelli; Giovanni Alfonso (1608- ); Naples; mathematician/astronomer |
| Borg; Bjorn (1956- ); Racketeer extraordinaire |
| Borges; Jorge Luis (1899- ); Argentina; writer of fiction; essays (Labyrinths) |
| Borgia; Lucrezia (1480- ); murderess (poison)/daughter of Pope Alexander VI |
| Borgia; Francisco (1510- ); great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint |
| Borglum; John Gutzon (1867- ); sculptor (Mt Rushmore) |
| Borlaug; Norman E. (1914- ); Saude; near Cresco in Iowa; USA.; agriculture scientist (Nobel 1970) |
| Born; Max (1882- ); Germany; physicist; (quantum mechanics; Nobel; 1954) |
| Borodin; Aleksandr Porfirievich (1833- ); Russia; composer; (Prince Igor) |
| Borwick; Leonard (1868- ); London; England; pianist |
| Borzage; Frank (1893- ); Salt Lake City; director (7th Heaven; Strange Cargo; Bad Girl) |
| Bosch; Karl (1874- ); German chemist (BASF; Nobel 1931) |
| Boschi; Giulia (1962- ); talian actress (Act of Contrition;Bonus Malus) |
| Bosco; Henri [Ferdinand M J] (1888- ); Avignon; French author/poet (Gogol) |
| Bosé; Miguel (Miguel Luchino González Bosé) (1956- ); Aries; Panamá; Spanish singer/actor (El Avaro) |
| Bosence; Susan (1913- ); textile designer |
| Boskovsky; Willi (1909- ); Austria; conductor (New years concert) |
| Boswell; Connee (1907- ); New Orleans; jazz singer (Pete Kelly's Blue) |
| Bothe; Walter (1891- ); Germany; subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954; 1/2 of the prize: Max Born -UK) |
| Botticelli; Alessandro (1444- ); Florence; Italy; painter (Birth of Venus) |
| Bottrigari; Ercole (1531- ); Italian composer |
| Botvinnik; Mikhail (1911- ); Kuokkala; near Vyborg; Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Champion of chess. |
| Boucicault; Dion (1822- ); Dublin; Irish/Us actor/playwright (Rip van Winkle) |
| Boulanger; Nadia (1887- ); Paris; composer/music teacher (Lasirene Ideology) |
| Boulay; Isabelle (1972- ); Sainte-Félictité; Québec; Canada; singer/songwriter |
| Boulez; Pierre (1925- ); French composer |
| Boulliau; (1605- ); mathematician |
| Bourdouxhe; Madeleine (1906- ); Liége; French writer |
| Bourgeois; Léon (1851- ); France; politician; internationalist (Nobel 1920) |
| Bourignon; Antoinette (1616- ); Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic |
| Bourne; Shae-Lynn (1976- ); Ontario; pairs skater (Bourne & Kraatz) |
| Boussingault; Jean-Baptiste JD (1802- ); Paris; French chemist |
| Boutelleau; Jacques [Chardonne] (1884- ); French writer (l'Epithalame) |
| Bovet; Daniel (1907- ); Neuchâtel; Switzerland; Italian pharmacologist (Nobel 1957) |
| Bow; Clara (1905- ); silent screen actress (It; Saturday Night Kid) |
| Bowie; David (1947- ); London; singer/actor (Major Tom; Ziggy Stardust) |
| Bowles; William Lisle (1762- ); King's Sutton; Northamptonshire; English poet (14 Sonnets) |
| Bowman; Isaiah (1878- ); USA; geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) |
| Boyce; William (1710- ); English organist/composer of Cathedral music |
| Boyce; Tommy (1944- ); songwriter (Boyce & Hart; Monkees) |
| Boycott; Charles (1832- ); Ireland; estate manager/caused boycotts |
| Boyd; Patti (1944- ); Somerset; England; (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton) |
| Boyer; Charles (1889- ); France; actor; (Algiers; Fanny; Barefoot in the Park) |
| Boyle; Robert (1627- ); physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) |
| Boyle; Peter (1933- ); Phila.; USA.; actor (Joe; Candidate; Everybody Loves Raymond) |
| Bracco; Lorraine (1949- ); Bkln; actress (Someone to Watch Over Me; Dream Team) |
| Bradbury; Ray (1920- ); science fiction author |
| Bradbury; William Batchelder (1816- ); York; Maine; USA; composer |
| Bradford; John Braine (1922- ); English novelist (Room at the Top) |
| Brady; Scott (1924- ); Bkln. NY. USA.; actor (Gremlins) |
| Braekeleer; Ferdinand de (1792- ); Belgian painter |
| Braga; Sonia (1951- ); Maringa; Brazil; actress (Dona Flor & Her 2 Husbands) |
| Bragg; Billy (1958- ); British rocker (It Says Here; Ideology) |
| Brahe; Tycho (1546- ); Knudstrup; Denmark; astronomer (Golden nose) |
| Brahm; Otto (1856- ); German critic/founder (Neue Deutsche Rundschau) |
| Brahms; Johannes (1833- ); Hamburg; Germany; composer; enjoys a good lullaby |
| Braille; Louis (1809- ); developed reading system for the blinds |
| Brailowsky; Alexander (1896- ); Russia; pianist (Chopin) |
| Brainin; Norbert (1923- ); violinist |
| Branagh; Kenneth (1960- ); Belfast; actor/director; (High Season; Dead Again) |
| Brancusi; Constantin (1876- ); Romanian/French sculptor |
| Brandauer; Klaus Maria (1944- ); Austria; actor (Mephisto; Out of Africa) |
| Brando; Marlon (1924- ); Omaha; Nebraska; USA.; actor (Julius Caesar; On the Waterfront; Guys and Dolls) |
| Brandsma; Titus (1881- ); Dutch philosopher; carmelite |
| Brandt; Paul (1972- ); singer |
| Brandt; Willy (1913- ); [Herbert Frahm]; German chancellor (1969-74 Nobel; 1971) |
| Branduardi; Angelo (1950- ); Cuggiono; Italian composer (La Luna; Branduardi canta Yeats) |
| Brangwyn; Frank (1867- ); 1867; Bruges; Belgium; painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris) |
| Branner; Hans C (1903- ); Danish writer (Toys; Horse Rider) |
| Branting; Karl (1860- ); Sweden; statesman/diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921; 1/2 of the prize: Christian Lous Lange; Norway) |
| Braque; Georges F (1882- ); French cubist painter |
| Brassens; Georges (1921- ); French poet/cabaret singer |
| Brasseur; Claude (1936- ); Paris France; actor (Josepha; Pardon Mon Affair) |
| Brasseur; Pierre (1905- ); Paris; French actor (Rocambole; Raspoutine; Napoléon; Rencontres) |
| Bratt; Benjamin (1963- ); Calif; actor; (Det Reynaldo Curtis-Law & Order) |
| Brattain; Walter H (1902- ); Amoy; China; US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor) |
| Braudel; Fernand (1902- ); French historian (Civililization & Capitalism) |
| Braun; Eva (1912- ); mistress (Adolph Hitler) |
| Braun; Werner von (1912- ); Wirsitz; Germany; rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars) |
| Brautigan; Richard (1935- ); Tacoma; Wash; novelist/poet; (Trout Fishing...) |
| Braxton; Toni (1967- ); Severn; Maryland; singer |
| Brazzi; Rossano (1916- ); Bolognia; Italy; actor/director (Antaeus-Survivors) |
| Brecht; Bertolt (1898- ); Augsburg; Bavaria; Germany; playwright (Mother Courage)/composer |
| Breguet; Louis (1880- ); French aviation pioneer |
| Breguet; Abraham L (1747- ); French clock maker |
| Brel; Jacques (1929- ); Brussels; Belgium; composer/singer/actor |
| Bremer; Lucille (1923- ); La Jolla; CA.; USA.; dancer/actress (Ruthless) |
| Brennan; Eileen (1938- ); LA.; California; USA.; actress (Laugh-In; Pvt Benjamin) |
| Brenz; Johannes (1499- ); German theologist (Dutch Brentians) |
| Bresdin; Rodolphe (1822- ); French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain) |
| Bresson; Robert (1907- ); Bromont-Lamothe; France; director (Pickpocket; Mouchette) |
| Breton; André (1896- ); France; poet/writer |
| Brewster; Jordana (1980- ); Panama City; Panama; actress |
| Brewster; Laura Branigan (1957- ); NY; vocalist; (Gloria) |
| Brezhnev; Leonid I (1906- ); Kamenskoye; Ukraine; 1st Secretary of USSR (1964-82) |
| Brianchon; Charles-Julien (1783- ); France mathematician; (Brianchon's theorem) |
| Briand; Aristide (1862- ); France; 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926) |
| Bridge; Frank (1879- ); English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B. Britten |
| Bridges; Jeff (1949- ); actor; LA; Calif; USA (Simpatico; Seabiscuit) |
| Briggs; Vic (1945- ); England; rocker (Animals) |
| Briley; Alexander (1956- ); vocalist (YMCA-Village People) |
| Brin; David (1950- ); US; sci-fi author (Hugo; Nebula; Sundiver; Postman) |
| Brink; André P (1935- ); South African writer (Dry White Season) |
| Brinkley; Christie (1954- ); (Ex-Mrs Billy Joel); model/actress; (SI Vacation) |
| Brinkley; David (1920- ); Wilmington NC; NBC News anchor (Huntley-Brinkley) |
| Britt; May (1936- ); Sweden; actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Jr |
| Britten; Benjamin (1913- ); Lowestoft; Suffolk; England; composer; (Beggar's Opera) |
| Britton; Chris (1945- ); England; rock guitarist (Troggs-Wild Thing) |
| Brixi; Franz Xaver (1732- ); Prague; Czech composer |
| Broadus; Calvin (1972- ); [Snoop]; rap artist |
| Broca; Paul (1824- ); France; brain surgeon/anthro (located speech center) |
| Broccoli; Alberto Romero [Cubby] (1909- ); NYC; film producer; (James Bond) |
| Broch; Hermann (1886- ); Austria; novelist (Sleepwalkers; Bewitchment) |
| Brocka; Lino (1940- ); San Jose; Nueva Ecija; Philippines; director/writer/actor |
| Broderick; Matthew (1962- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; actor (WarGames; Biloxi Blues) |
| Brongniart; Alexandre (1770- ); Paris; mineralogist/geologist; (Tertiary) |
| Bronson; Charles (1922- ); actor; vigilante; Ehrenfeld; Penns.; USA; (The Magnificent Seven; Borderline) |
| Brontë; Charlotte (1816- ); Thortnon; Yorkshire; England; novelist/poet |
| Bronte; Emily Jane (1818- ); England; novelist; (Wuthering Heights) |
| Bronzino; Il (1503- ); Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son) |
| Brook; Peter (1925- ); London; director; writer (Lord of the Flies ) |
| Brooke; Rupert (1887- ); Rugby; Warwickshire; England; poet; died young in World War I |
| Brooks; Troyal Garth (1962- ); [Garth Brooks]; singer; songwriter |
| Brooks; Richard (1912- ); Phila; director (Blackboard Jungle; In Cold Blood) |
| Brooks; Mel (1926- ); NYC; comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles; Spaceballs) |
| Brooks; Jeremy (1926- ); writer |
| Brorson; Hans A (1694- ); Randerup; Danish poet/bishop of Ribe |
| Broschi; Carlo (1705- ); [Farinelli]; Andria; Italy; castrato |
| Brosnan; Pierce (1952- ); County Meath Ire; actor (Remington Steele; Golden Eye - James Bond) |
| Brothers; Joyce (1928- ); NYC; pop psychologist ($64.000 Question; Naked Gun) |
| Browder; August Darnell (1951- ); [Kid Creole]; US singer (Savannah) |
| Brown; Charles Brockden (1771- ); father of American novel (Wieland) |
| Brown; Bobby (1969- ); Boston; vocalist (Ghostbusters; Don't Be Cruel) |
| Brown; James (1933- ); Barnwell; South Carolina; USA.; singer/jail bird; soul brother |
| Brown; Christy (1932- ); Dublin; novelist (My Left Foot; Down All the Days) |
| Brown; Angeline (1931- ); [Angie Dickinson]; Kulm; ND; actress (Police Woman) |
| Browne; Jackson (1948- ); US Base in Germany rock vocalist (Lawyers in Love) |
| Browne; Thomas (1605- ); English physician and essayist; author of Religio Medici; Garden of Cyrus |
| Browning; Elizabeth Barrett (1806- ); poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese) |
| Browning; Robert (1812- ); London England; poet (Pied Piper) |
| Browning; John (1933- ); Denver Colorado; pianist (Leventritt Award-1956) |
| Brubeck; Dave (1920- ); jazz pianist/composer (Take Five) |
| Bruce; Jack (1943- ); Lanarkshire Scotland; composer; assist (Cream-White Room) |
| Bruce; Robert (1274- ); King of Scotland (1306-29) |
| Bruce; (1958- ); heavy metal rocker (Iron Maiden-Run to Hills) |
| Bruckner; Ferdinand (1891- ); [Theodor Tagger]; Austrian playwright (Races) |
| Bruckner; Anton (1824- ); Austria; Wagner disciple & monumental bore/composer |
| Bruel; Patrick (1959- ); Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist (Coup of Sirocco) |
| Bruguera; Sergi (1971- ); Spanish tennis star |
| Bruhn; Erik (1928- ); Copenhagen Denmark; dancer (Natl Ballet of Canada) |
| Bruller; Jean (1902- ); [Vercors]; French writer (Le Silence de la Mer) |
| Brun; Charles Le (1619- ); Paris; painter; designer (Chancellor Seguier) |
| Brunelleschi; Umberto (1879- ); Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide) |
| Brunhoff; Jean de (1899- ); France; children's book author (Babar the Elephant) |
| Bryan; William Jennings (1860- ); The Great Commoner |
| Bryant; Felice (1925- ); Milwaukee; USA.; rock songwriter (Bye Bye Love) |
| Bryant; Kobe (1978- ); NBA guard (LA Lakers) |
| Bryant; Paul "Bear" (1913- ); US football coach (Alabama Crimson Tide) |
| Buache; Philippe (1700- ); French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen) |
| Buber; Martin (1878- ); German/Israel; philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du) |
| Buchanan; James (1791- ); 15. President (1857 - 1861) |
| Buchholz; Horst (1933- ); Berlin; Germany; actor (Magnificent; 7 Raid on Entebbe) |
| Buchner; Georg (1813- ); German playwright (Dantons Tod/Woyzeck) |
| Büchner; Georg (1813- ); German playwright (Dantons Tod/Woyzeck) |
| Buchwald; Art (1925- ); Mt Vernon NY; columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You) |
| Buck; Pearl Sydenstricker (1892- ); China; author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938) |
| Buffalo; Bill [William Cody] (1846- ); [Buffalo Bill] |
| Buffett; Jimmy (1946- ); singer; songwriter |
| Bugatti; Ettore Arco Isidoro (1881- ); car builder |
| Buisson; Ferdinand Édouard (1841- ); France; educator (Nobel Peace Prize 1927) |
| Bujold; Genevieve (1942- ); Montreal; actress; (King of Hearts; Choose Me; Coma) |
| Bujones; Fernando (1955- ); Miami; Florida; USA.; ballet dancer |
| Bulfinch; Thomas (1796- ); mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology) |
| Bulfinch; Charles (1763- ); Boston; Mass; 1st US pro architect (Mass State House) |
| Bulgakov; Mikhail (1891- ); Kiev; Russia; playwright/novelist (Black Snow) |
| Bullock; Sandra (1965- ); actress; Arlington; Virginia; USA; (Speed; Time to Kill; Miss Congeniality) |
| Bullock; Anna Mae (1938- ); [Tina Turner]; Brownsville; Tx; singer; (Proud Mary) |
| Bulow; Hans von (1830- ); Dresden; pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer |
| Bülow; Hans von (1830- ); Dresden; pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer |
| Bulsara; (1946- ); [Freddie Mercury]; British vocalist; (Queen-We are Champions) |
| Bumbry; Grace (1937- ); St Louis; mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhauser) |
| Bunche; Ralph J (1904- ); Detroit; Michigan; USA.; founder/diplomat (Nobel 1950) |
| Bunin; Ivan (1870- ); Voronezh; Russia; poet/novelist (Gentleman from San Francisco - Nobel 1933) |
| Bunsen; Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von (1811- ); Germany; chemist (Bunsen Burner) |
| Bunton; Emma Lee (1976- ); Baby Spice; Finchley; London; vocalist (Spice Girls) |
| Bunuel; Luis (1900- ); Calanda; Teruel; Aragón; Spain; director |
| Buńuel; Luis (1900- ); Calanda; Teruel; Aragón; Spain; director |
| Buonarroti; Michelangelo (1475- ); Caprese; Italy; painter/sculpter |
| Burchett; Wilfred (1911- ); Australia; communist/writer (Catapult to Freedom) |
| Burdon; Eric (1940- ); rock singer (House of Rising Sun-Animals; War) |
| Buren; Martin Van (1782- ); Kinderhook; NY; 8th pres. (1837-41) |
| Burgess; Thornton Waldo (1874- ); children author (Peter Rabbit) |
| Burgess; Anthony (1917- ); essayist/novelist/composer/screenwriter (Clockwork Orange) |
| Burkhardt; Hans [Schmidt] (1904- ); artist |
| Burne-Jones; Edward (1833- ); England; Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer |
| Burnette; Olivia (1977- ); San Clemente; California; USA.; actress (Torkelsons) |
| Burnham; Daniel (1846- ); US; architect/built skyscrapers |
| Burns; Robert (1759- ); Scotland's national bard; (and lots more besides) |
| Burns; Edward (1968- ); Woodside; Queens County; New York; USA; actor |
| Burns; Jethro (1920- ); Knoxville; Tennessee; USA.; countrysinger/jazz mandolin player (Homer & Jethro) |
| Burri; Alberto (1915- ); Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter |
| Burroughs; William Seward (1857- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; inventor (recording adding machine) |
| Burroughs; William S (1914- ); St Louis; novelist (Naked Lunch) |
| Burroughs; John (1837- ); Roxbury; NY.; USA.; writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) |
| Burroughs; Edgar Rice (1875- ); Chichago; Illinois; USA.; sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes; Mars Saga) |
| Burrows; Abe (1910- ); Bkln NY; NY.; USA.; Broadway composer/playwrights (Guys & Dolls 1951 TONY) |
| Burstyn; Ellen (1932- ); Detroit; Michigan; USA.; actress (Exorcist; Tropic of Cancer) |
| Burton; Cliff (1962- ); Castro Valley; California; USA.; rocker (Metallica) |
| Burton; Lance (1960- ); Louisville; Kentucky; USA.; magician |
| Burton; Richard (1821- ); English explorer/translator (Arabian Nights) |
| Burton; Richard (1925- ); South Wales; actor (Cleopatra; Virginia Woolf) |
| Bury; Pol (1922- ); Belgian sculptor/painter |
| Buscemi; Steve (1957- ); actor |
| Busey; Gary (1944- ); Goose Creek Tx; actor (Buddy Holly Story; Star in Born) |
| Bush; George Herbert Walker (1924- ); (1989-1997) Forty-first president of the United States of America. |
| Butler; Samuel (1612- ); England; poet/satirist; (Hudibras); (baptized) |
| Butler; Yancy (1970- ); New York; USA; actress |
| Butler; Samuel (1835- ); England; author (Erewhom; Way of All Flesh) |
| Butler; Jerry (1939- ); Sunflower; Miss.; USA.; rock vocalist (Never Give You Up) |
| Butler; David (1895- ); San Francisco; CA.; USA.; director (Calamity Jane) |
| Butterfield; Paul (1942- ); Chicago; blues musician (Better Days) |
| Button; Jenson (1980- ); British driver |
| Buzzati; Dino (1906- ); San Pellegrino; Italy; writer |
| Byrne; [Francis] Barry (1883- ); Chicago; Ill.; architect |
| Byrne; Martha (1969- ); Ridgewood; New Jersey; USA; actress (Lily Grimaldi-As the World Turns) |
| Byron; Lord [George Gordon Noel] (1788- ); England; romantic poet (Don Juan)
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