Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
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Baah, Anthony Kwaku "Rebop" (Ghanaian-born Swedish musician) 1944-1983
Ba, Mariama (Senegalese writer, activist) 1929-1981
Ba, Oumar (Mauritanian historian, poet) b.1914
Baade, Wilhelm Heinrich Walter (German-born Am. astronomer) 1893-1960
Baader, Franz Xaver von (German Roman Catholic philosopher) 1765-1841
Baader, Johannes (German writer, artist) 1875-1955
Baasha (or Baasa; King of Israel c.900-877 BC) 9th cent. BC
Baba Amte (born Murlidhar Devidas Amte; Indian social activist) 1914-2008
Babalola, Solomon Adeboye (Nigerian poet, scholar) b.1926
Baba Taher "'Oryan" (Persian poet) c.1000-1055?
Babbage, Charles (English mathematician, inventor) 1792-1871
Babbit, Arthur Harold "Art" (Am. animator: Walt Disney Company) 1907-1992
Babbitt, Bruce Edward (American politician) b.1938
Babbitt, Irving (American scholar, educator) 1865-1933
Babbitt, Isaac (American inventor) 1799-1862
Babbitt, Milton Byron (American composer, theorist) 1916-2011
Babcock, Harold Delos (American astronomer) 1882-1968
Babcock, Orville E. (American army officer) 1835-1884
Babcock, Stephen Moulton (American agricultural chemist) 1843-1931
Babel, Isaac Emmanuilovich (Russian writer) 1894-1941
Babell, William (English organist, composer) c.1690-1723
Baber, Asa James (American writer, educator) 1936-2003
Babes, Victor (Romanian physician, bacteriologist) 1854-1926
Babeuf, Francois-Noel (pseudonym Gracchus Babeuf; Fr. agitator) 1760-1797
Babic, Ljubomir (pseud. Ksaver Sandor Djalski; Croatian poet) 1854-1935
Babinet, Jacques (French physicist) 1794-1872
Babington, Anthony (English conspirator) 1561-1586
Babinski, Joseph-Francois-Felix (French neurologist) 1857-1932
Babits, Mihaly (Hungarian poet, writer, essayist, translator) 1883-1941
Babo, Joseph Marius von (German dramatist) 1756-1822
Babrius (Italian? writer of Greek fables) 2nd cent.
Babs, Alice (born Hildur Alice Nilsson; Swedish singer, actor) b.1924
Babson, Roger Ward (American financial statistician) 1875-1967
Baburen, Dirck van (Dutch painter) c.1590-1624
Bacall, Lauren (born Betty Joan Perske; American actor) 1924-2014
Baccelli, Guido (Italian physician, politician) 1832-1916
Bacchelli, Riccardo (Italian critic, writer, dramatist, poet) 1891-1985
Bacchus, Saint (Christian martyr; executed with Sergius) d.c.303
Bacchylides (Greek lyric poet; nephew of Simonides) 5th cent. BC
Baccio d'Agnolo (Florentine wood-carver) 1462-1543
Bach, Alexander von (Austrian politician) 1813-1893
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (German composer; son of J.S.) 1714-1788
Bach, Christoph (German musician; son of Johann) 1613-1661
Bach, Heinrich (German musician; son of Johann) 1615-1692
Bach, Johann(es) "Hans" (German musician) c.1550-1626
Bach, Johann(es) "Hans" (German musician; son of Johann) 1604-1673
Bach, Johann Ambrosius (Ger. music director; son of Christoph) 1645-1695
Bach, Johann Bernhard (German composer; cousin of J.S. Bach) 1676-1749
Bach, Johann Christian (German organist, composer; son of J.S.) 1735-1782
Bach, Johann Christoph (German organist; son of J. Ambrosius) 1671-1721
Bach, Johann Christoph (Ger. organist, comp.; son of Heinrich) 1642-1703
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (German composer; son of J.S.) 1732-1795
Bach, Johann Ludwig (German composer; 2nd cousin of J.S. Bach) 1677-1731
Bach, Johann Michael (German organist, comp.; son of Heinrich) 1648-1694
Bach, Johann Nicolaus (German organist; son of J.C. 1642-1703) 1669-1753
Bach, Johann Sebastian (German organist, composer; son of J.A.) 1685-1750
Bach, Julius Carl von (German engineer) 1847-1931
Bach, Richard David (American writer) b.1936
Bach, Wilhelm Friedmann (Ger. organist, composer; son of J.S.) 1710-1784
Bach, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst (German composer; son of J.C.F.) 1759-1845
Bachaumont, Francois Le Coigneux de (French politician, wit) 1624-1702
Bachaumont, Louis Petit de (French publicist) 1690-1771
Bache, Alexander Dallas (American physicist) 1806-1867
Bache, Benjamin Franklin (American journalist) 1769-1798
Bachelard, Gaston (French philosopher, literary theorist) 1884-1962
Bacheller, Irving Addison (American journalist, writer) 1859-1950
Bacher, Robert Fox (Am. physicist; Manhattan Project leader) 1905-2004
Bachet, Claude-Gaspar (French mathematician) 1581-1638
Bachman, Charles William (American computer scientist) b.1924
Bachman, John (American clergyman, naturalist) 1790-1874
Bachmann, Ingeborg (Austrian poet, writer) 1926-1973
Bachofen, Johann Jakob (Swiss jurist, anthropologist) 1815-1887
Back, Frederic (German-born Canadian animator) b.1924
Back, Sir George (English explorer) 1796-1878
Backhaus, Wilhelm (German pianist) 1884-1969
Backhuysen (or Bakhuysen), Ludolf (Dutch painter, etcher) 1631-1708
Backus, Isaac (American clergyman) 1724-1806
Backus, John Warner (Am. computer scientist; dev. FORTRAN) 1924-2007
Backwell, Edward (English goldsmith, banker) d.1683
Bacon, Delia Salter (American writer; sister of Leonard) 1811-1859
Bacon, Edmund Norwood (American architect, city planner) 1910-2005
Bacon, Francis (English philosopher, writer) 1561-1626
Bacon, Francis (Irish-born British painter) 1909-1992
Bacon, Henry (American architect) 1866-1924
Bacon, John (American clergyman, politician) 1738-1820
Bacon, John (English sculptor) 1740-1799
Bacon, Leonard (American clergyman; brother of Delia) 1802-1881
Bacon, Leonard (American poet) 1887-1954
Bacon, Nathaniel (English-born American colonial leader) 1647-1676
Bacon, Sir Nicholas (English lawyer) 1509-1579
Bacon, Roger (English philosopher, scientist) c.1220-1292
Baconthorpe (or Bacon or Bacho), John (English scholar) c.1290-1346
Badalla, Rosa Giacinta (Italian composer, Benedictine nun) c.1660-c.1710
Bada'uni, 'Abd al-Qadir (Indo-Persian historian) 1540-c.1615
Baddeley, Robert (English actor) c.1732-1794
Bade, Josse (Jodocus Badius Ascensius; Flemish printer) 1462-1537
Badeni, Kasimir Felix (Austrian statesman) 1846-1909
Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth (English soldier) 1857-1941
Badin, Stephen Theodore (French-born American clergyman) 1768-1853
Badoglio, Pietro (Italian soldier) 1871-1956
Badr al-Jamali (Fatimid ruler of Egypt) d.1094
Badr Khani Jaladat (Kurdish leader) 1893-1951
Baeck, Leo (German rabbi, theologian) 1873-1956
Baedeker, Karl (German publisher) 1801-1859
Baekeland, Leo Hendrik (Belgian-born Am. chem.; inv. Bakelite) 1863-1944
Baer, Arthur "Bugs" (American journalist) 1886-1969
Baer, George Frederick (American lawyer, industrialist) 1842-1914
Baer, Karl Ernst von (Estonian-born German embryologist) 1792-1876
Baer, Maximilian Adelbert "Max" (American boxer) 1909-1959
Baer, William Jacob (American painter) 1860-1941
Baertson, Albert (Belgian painter) 1866-1922
Baeyer, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von (German chemist) 1835-1917
Baez, Buenaventura (Dominican politician) 1810-1884
Baez, Joan (American musician) b.1941
Baffin, William (English navigator) c.1584-1622
Bagdikian, Ben Haig (Turkish-born American media critic) b.1920
Bagehot, Walter (English economist, journalist) 1826-1877
Baggesen, Jens Immanuel (Danish poet) 1764-1826
Bagley, William Chandler (American educator) 1874-1946
Bagnold, Enid (English writer, playwright) 1889-1981
Bagoas (Persian courtier, soldier) 4th cent. BC
Bagot, Sir Charles (English diplomat) 1781-1843
Bagration, Pyotr Ivanovich (Russian general) 1765-1812
Bagyidaw (King of Burma 1819-1837; grandson of Bodawpaya) 19th cent.
Baha ad-Din Zuhayr (Arab poet) 1186-1258
Baha' Allah (b.Mirza Hoseyn Ali Nuri; Persian religious leader) 1817-1892
Bahar, Mohammad Taqi (Iranian poet) 1885-1951
Bahcall, John Norris (American astrophysicist) 1934-2005
Bahner, Adam Nyerere "Tay Zonday" (American singer, songwriter) b.1982
Bahr, Hermann (Austrian journ., playwright, theater manager) 1863-1934
Bahrdt, Carl Friedrich (German theologian) 1741-1792
Bahuti, Shaykh Mansur ibn Yunus al- (Egyptian jurist) d.1641
Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda (Spanish Jewish jurist, writer) 11th cent.
Bai (or Baj), Tommaso (Italian tenor, composer) c.1650-1714
Baif, Jean-Antoine de (French poet) 1532-1589
Baikie, William Balfour (Scottish naturalist, philologist) 1825-1864
Bailar, John Christian III (American biostatistician) b.1932
Bailey, David Harold (Am. mathematician, computer scientist) b.1948
Bailey, Derek (English composer, musician) 1930-2005
Bailey, Florence Augusta née Merriam (American ornithologist) 1863-1948
Bailey, Gamaliel (American reformer) 1807-1859
Bailey, Henry Christopher (English writer) 1878-1961
Bailey, James Anthony née McGinniss (American circus owner) 1847-1906
Bailey, James Montgomery (American journalist) 1841-1894
Bailey, Liberty Hyde (American horticulturist, botanist) 1858-1954
Bailey, Nathan (or Nathaniel; English lexicographer) d.1742
Bailey, Paul (born Peter Harry Bailey; English writer) b.1937
Bailey, Pearl Mae (American singer) 1918-1990
Bailey, Philip James (Eng. poet; assoc. with spasmodic school) 1816-1902
Bailey, Samuel (English economist, philosopher) 1791-1870
Bailey, Sherwood (Am. actor, civil engineer; Our Gang: "Spud") 1922-1987
Bailey, Solon Irving (American astronomer; sel. Arequipa site) 1854-1931
Baillaud, Edouard Benjamin (French astronomer; asteroid) 1848-1934
Baillie, Lady Grizel née Hume (Scottish poet) 1665-1746
Baillie, Joanna (Scottish dramatist, poet) 1762-1851
Baillie, Matthew (Scottish physician; brother of Joanna) 1761-1823
Baillie, Robert (Scottish clergyman) 1599-1662
Baillie, Robert (Scottish nationalist leader) c.1634-1684
Baillot, Pierre-Marie-Francois de Sales (French violinist) 1771-1842
Baillou (or Baillon), Guillaume de (Ballonius; Fr. physician) 1538-1616
Bailly, Jean-Sylvain (French astronomer, politician) 1736-1793
Baily, Edward Hodges (English sculptor) 1788-1867
Baily, Francis (English astronomer) 1774-1844
Bain, Alexander (Scottish philosopher, psychologist) 1818-1903
Bainbridge, Beryl Margaret (English writer) b.1933
Bainbridge, John (English astronomer) 1582-1643
Bainbridge, Kenneth Tompkins (Am physicist; Trinity Test dir.) 1904-1996
Bainbridge, William (American naval officer) 1774-1833
Baines, Thomas (English artist, naturalist, explorer) 1822-1875
Baini, Giuseppe Giacobbe Baldassarre (It. clergyman, composer) 1775-1844
Bainville, Jacques (French publicist, historian) 1879-1936
Baird, Cora née Eisenberg (American puppeteer) 1912-1967
Baird, Sir David (Scottish soldier) 1757-1829
Baird, John Logie (Scottish inventor; father of television) 1888-1946
Baird, John Lawrence (British diplomat, politician) 1874-1941
Baird, Spencer Fullerton (American zoologist) 1823-1887
Baird, Tadeusz (Polish composer, teacher) 1928-1981
Bairnsfather, Charles Bruce (English soldier, cartoonist) 1888-1959
Baize, Paul (French pediatrician, amateur astronomer; asteroid) 1901-1995
Bajer, Fredrik (Danish writer, teacher, politician, pacifist) 1837-1922
Ba Jin (or Pa Chin; pseudonym of Li Feigan; Chinese writer) 1904-2005
Bajza, Jozsef (Hungarian journalist, poet) 1804-1858
Baker, Alan (English mathematician, educator) b.1939
Baker, Augustine (born David Baker; Welsh religious) 1575-1641
Baker, Sir Benjamin (English civil engineer) 1840-1907
Baker, Carlos Heard (American teacher, writer, critic) 1909-1987
Baker, Chesney Henry Jr. "Chet" (American musician, singer) 1929-1988
Baker, George "Father Divine" (American religious leader) 1877-1965
Baker, George (American cartoonist) 1915-1975
Baker, George Fisher (American financier) 1840-1931
Baker, George Pierce (American educator) 1866-1935
Baker, Henry (English naturalist) 1698-1774
Baker, Houston Alfred Jr. (American educator, critic) b.1943
Baker, Sir Herbert (English architect) 1862-1946
Baker, James Addison (American politician) b.1930
Baker, Joesphine (born Freda J. McDonald; American entertainer) 1906-1975
Baker, Newton Diehl (American lawyer, politician) 1871-1937
Baker, Peter "Ginger" (English musician) b.1940
Baker, Ray Stannard (pseudonym David Grayson; Am. journalist) 1870-1946
Baker, Sir Richard (English writer) c.1568-1645
Baker, Russell Wayne (American newspaper columnist, writer) b.1925
Baker, Sir Samuel White (English explorer in Africa) 1821-1893
Baker, Sara Josephine (American pediatrician) 1873-1945
Baker, Valentine (English soldier; brother of Samuel) 1827-1887
Baker, William Oliver (Am. chemist, businessman: Bell Labs) 1915-2005
Bakewell, Robert (English agriculturist) 1725-1795
Bakht Khan (Indian soldier, rebel) c.1797-1859
Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikhailovich (Russian philosopher, critic) 1895-1975
Bakhuizen van den Brink, Reiner Cornelis (Dutch hist., writer) 1810-1865
Baki (Mahmud Abdulbaki; Turkish poet) 1526-1600
Bakin, Kyokutei (Japanese writer) 1767-1849
Bakker, James Orsen "Jim" (American evangelist) b.1939
Bakker, Tammy Faye née LaValley (American evangelist) 1942-2007
Bakshi, Ralph (British Palestine-born Am. animation director) b.1938
Bakst, Leon (born Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg; Russian artist) 1866-1924
Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (Russian anarchist, writer) 1814-1876
Balada, Leonardo (Spanish-born American composer, teacher) b.1933
Baladhuri, Ahmad ibn Yahya al- (Arab historian) d.c.892
Balaguer i Cirera, Victor (Spanish poet, politician, historian) 1824-1901
Balakauskas, Osvaldas (Lithuanian composer, educator) b.1937
Balakirev, Mily Alekseyevich (Russian composer) 1837-1910
Balanchine, George (Russian-born American choreographer) 1904-1983
Balard, Antoine-Jerome (French chemist) 1802-1876
Balash (or Valakhsh; King of Iran 484-488 of Sasanian dynasty) 5th cent.
Balassi (or Balassa), Balint (Hungarian lyric poet) 1554-1594
Balban (Sultan of Slave Dynasty of Delhi 1266-1287) d.1287
Balbi, Adriano (Italian geographer) 1782-1848
Balbinus, Decimus Caelius Calvinus (Roman emperor 238) d.238
Balbo, Cesare (Conte di Vinadio; Italian politician, writer) 1789-1853
Balbo, Italo (Italian aviator, politician) 1896-1940
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de (Spanish explorer, conquistador) 1475-1519
Balbuena, Bernardo de (Spanish poet, prelate) 1568-1627
Balbus, Lucius Cornelius "Major" (Roman politician) 1st cent. BC
Balch, Emily Greene (American economist, sociologist) 1867-1961
Balchin, Nigel Martin (English writer) 1908-1970
Balcon, Sir Michael (English film producer) 1896-1977
Balderston, John Lloyd (American playwright) 1889-1954
Baldinucci, Filippo (Florentine art historian) c.1624-1696
Baldomir, Alfredo (Uruguayan soldier, polit.; pres. 1938-43) 1884-1948
Baldovinetti, Alesso (or Alessio; Florentine painter) 1425?-1499
Baldry, John William "Long John" (English-born Can. musician) 1941-2005
Baldung, Hans "Hans Grien" (German painter, engraver, designer) c.1484-1545
Baldwin I (Emperor of Constantinople 1204-1205) 1172-1205
Baldwin II (Emperor of Constantinople 1228-1261) 1217-1273
Baldwin (Count of Luxembourg; French prelate, politician) d.1354
Baldwin, Abraham (American politician) 1754-1807
Baldwin, Craig (American filmmaker) b.1952
Baldwin, Frank Stephen (American calculator inventor) 1838-1925
Baldwin, Henry (Am. jurist; Supreme Court justice 1830-1844) 1780-1844
Baldwin, James Arthur (American essayist, writer, playwright) 1924-1987
Baldwin, James Mark (American psychologist) 1861-1934
Baldwin, Loammi (American civil engineer, apple grower) 1745-1807
Baldwin, Loammi (American civil engineer; son of Loammi) 1780-1838
Baldwin, Matthias William (American locomotive industrialist) 1795-1866
Baldwin, Robert (Canadian politician) 1804-1858
Baldwin, Roger Nash (American reformer; ACLU founder) 1884-1981
Baldwin, Stanley (English politician) 1867-1947
Bale, John (English prelate, writer) 1495-1563
Balen, Hendrick van (Flemish painter) 1575-1632
Balenciaga, Cristobal (Spanish couturier) 1895-1972
Bales, Peter (Balesius; English calligrapher) 1547-c.1610
Balewa, Sir Abubakar Tafawa (Nigerian politician) 1912-1966
Balfe, Michael William (Irish composer, singer) 1808-1870
Balfour, Arthur James (British politician) 1848-1930
Balfour, Francis Maitland (British zoologist; brother of A.J.) 1851-1882
Balfour of Pittendreich, Sir James (Scottish jurist) c.1525-1583
Balfour, Robert (Scottish philosopher) 1550-1625?
Baliol, Edward de (Scottish king 1332-1356; son of John) d.1364
Baliol, John de (Scottish king 1292-1296) 1249-1315
Ball, Albert (English airman) 1896-1917
Ball, Sir Alexander John (British naval officer) 1757-1809
Ball, Frances "Mother Frances Mary Theresa" (English religious) 1794-1861
Ball, Harvey R. (Am. advertiser; designed Smiley Face, 1963) 1921-2001
Ball, Hugo (German writer, actor; a founder of Dadaism) 1886-1927
Ball, John (English rebel) d.1381
Ball, John (Irish alpinist, politician) 1818-1889
Ball, John (British golfer) 1861-1940
Ball, Lucille Desiree (American actor) 1911-1989
Ball, Roland Sherwood "Ernie" (Am. businessman: guitar strings) 1930-2004
Ball, Thomas (American sculptor) 1819-1911
Balla, Giacomo (Italian artist) 1871-1958
Ballance, John (Irish-born New Zealand politician) 1839-1893
Ballanche, Pierre-Simon (French philosopher) 1776-1847
Ballantine, Bill O. (Am. illustrator, clown, writer, educator) 1910-1999
Ballantine, William (English lawyer) 1812-1887
Ballantyne, James (Scottish printer) 1772-1833
Ballantyne, Robert Michael (Scottish writer) 1825-1894
Ballard, Christophe (French music printer; son of Robert II) 1641-1715
Ballard, Christophe-Jean-Francois (French music printer) d.1765
Ballard, James Graham (Shanghai-born British writer) 1930-2009
Ballard, Jean-Baptiste-Christophe (French music printer) 1663-1750
Ballard, Pierre (French music printer; son of Robert) d.1639
Ballard, Pierre-Robert-Christophe (French music printer) d.1812
Ballard, Robert (French music printer) d.1588
Ballard, Robert II (French music printer; son of Pierre) d.1673
Ballin, Albert (German ship owner) 1857-1918
Ballinger, Richard Achilles (American lawyer) 1858-1922
Ballivian, Adolfo (Bolivian soldier, statesman, diplomat) 1831-1874
Ballivian, Jose (Bolivian general, politician; pres. 1841-47) 1805-1852
Ballmer, Steven Anthony (Am. businessman: Microsoft Corp. CEO) b.1956
Ballou, Adin (American clergyman) 1803-1890
Ballou, Hosea (American clergyman) 1771-1852
Balluet d'Estournelles, Paul-Henri-Benjamin (Fr. polit., dipl.) 1852-1924
Balmaceda, Jose Manuel (Chilean politician; president 1886-91) 1840-1891
Balmer, Johann Jakob (Swiss mathematician, physicist) 1825-1898
Balmes, Jaime Luciano (Spanish philosopher) 1810-1848
Balmont, Konstantin Dmitriyevich (Russian Symbolist poet) 1867-1943
Balnaves, Henry (Scottish politician) c.1512-1579
Balodis, Janis (Latvian soldier, politician) 1881-1965
Balog, James (American photographer) b.1952
Balon (or Ballon), Jean (French ballet dancer) 1676-1739
Balsamon, Theodore (Byzantine legal scholar, prelate) c.1105-c.1195
Balta, Jose (Peruvian soldier, politician; president 1868-72) 1814-1872
Baltard, Victor (French architect) 1805-1874
Baltimore, David (American microbiologist) b.1938
Balue, Jean (French prelate, politician) c.1421-1491
Baluze, Etienne (French historian) 1630-1718
Balzac, Honore de (born Honore Balssa; French writer) 1799-1850
Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez de (French man of letters, critic) 1597-1654
Ba Maw (Burmese politician) 1893-1977
Bambara, Toni Cade (b.Toni Cade; Am. writer, activist, teacher) b.1939
Bamberger, Ludwig (German politician, economist) 1823-1899
Bamford, Samuel (English reformer, poet) 1788-1872
Bampton, John (English clergyman) 1690?-1751
Bana (aka Banabhatta; Sanskrit writer) 7th cent.
Banach, Stefan (Polish mathematician) 1892-1945
Banai, Yossi (Israeli musician, actor, comedian) 1932-2006
Bances y Lopez-Candamo, Francisco Antonio de (Spanish poet) 1662-1704
Banchieri, Adriano (born Tomaso; Italian composer, theorist) 1568-1634
Bancroft, Edward (American scientist, secret agent) 1744-1821
Bancroft, George (American historian, statesman) 1800-1891
Bancroft, Hubert Howe (American historian) 1832-1918
Bancroft, Richard (English prelate; archbishop of Canterbury) 1544-1610
Bancroft, Sir Squire (English actor, theater manager) 1841-1926
Bancroft, Wilder Dwight (American chemist) 1867-1953
Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias (Ceylonese politician) 1899-1959
Banda Singh Bahadur (aka Lachman Das; Sikh military leader) 1670-1716
Bandeira, Manuel (Brazilian poet, translator, educator) 1886-1968
Bandel, Ernst von (German sculptor) 1800-1876
Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse (Swiss-born Am. explorer) 1840-1914
Bandello, Matteo (Italian monk, soldier, writer) 1485-1561
Bandeira Filho, Manuel Carneirode Sousa (Braz. poet, essayist) 1886-1968
Bandiera, Attilio (Italian patriot) 1810-1844
Bandiera, Emilio (Italian patriot; brother of Attilio) 1819-1844
Bandinelli, Baccio (or Bartolommeo; Florentine sculptor) 1493?-1560
Bando Mitsugoro VIII (born Morita Toshiro; Japanese actor) 1906-1975
Bandula, Maha (Burmese general) d.1825
Baner, Johan (Swedish general) 1596-1641
Banerjea, Sir Surendranath (Indian politician) 1848-1925
Banerjee, Tarashankar (Indian writer) 1898-1971
Banerji, Bibhuti Bhusan (Bengali writer) 1894-1950
Banfield, Raffaello de (English composer, theater director) 1922-2008
Bang, Bernhard Lauritz Frederik (Danish veterinarian) 1848-1932
Bang, Billy (b. William Vincent Walker; Am. musician, composer) 1947-2011
Bang, Hermann Joachim (Danish writer) 1857-1912
Bang Klang Thao "Sri Indraditya" (Thai chieftain) fl. 1220-1250
Bangs, John Kendrick (American humorist) 1862-1922
Bangs, Lester (American rock music journalist) 1948-1982
Banhart, Devendra (American singer, songwriter, musician) b.1981
Banim, John (Irish poet, playwright, writer) 1798-1842
Banim, Michael (Irish writer; brother of John) 1796-1874
Banister, John (English musician, composer) c.1625-1679
Bankes, Sir John (English jurist) 1589-1644
Bankhead, Tallulah Brockman (Am. actor; daughter of W.B.) 1903-1968
Bankhead, William Brockman (American politician) 1874-1940
Banks, Isabella née Varley "Mrs. Linnaeus Banks" (Eng. writer) 1821-1897
Banks, Sir Joseph (English naturalist) 1743-1820
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (American politician, army officer) 1816-1894
Banks, Russell (American writer) b.1940
Banks, Thomas (English sculptor) 1735-1805
Bannatyne, George (Scottish anthologist) 1545-1608?
Banneker, Benjamin (American mathematician, astronomer) 1731-1806
Banting, Sir Frederick Grant (Canadian physician) 1891-1941
Bantock, Sir Granville (English composer) 1868-1946
Banvard, John (American painter, writer) 1815-1891
Banville, Etienne-Claude-Jean-Baptiste-Theodore de (Fr. writer) 1823-1891
Banville, John (Irish writer, literary editor: The Irish Times) b.1945
Baour Lormian, Pierre-Marie-Francois-Louis (Fr. poet, dram.) 1770-1854
Baptie, Norval (American athlete) c.1879-1966
Baptista, Cyro (Brazilian musician, teacher) b.1950
Baptiste the Elder (born Nicolas Anselme; French actor) 1761-1835
Baquerizo Moreno, Alfredo (Ecuadorian politician) 1859-1951
Baquero y Diaz, Gaston (Cuban poet, critic, journalist) 1918-1997
Bar, Francois de (French historiographer) 1538-1606
Bara, Theda (born Theodosia Goodman; American actor) 1885-1955
Baraka, Imamu Amiri (b.Everett LeRoi Jones; Am. poet, writer) b.1934
Baraguay d'Hilliers, Achille (French army commander) 1795-1878
Baraguay d'Hilliers, Louis (French general; father of Achille) 1764-1813
Barahona de Sota, Luis (Spanish poet) 1548?-1595
Baran, Paul (Polish-born American electrical engineer) 1926-2011
Baran, Paul Alexander (Russian-born Am. Marxist economist) 1910-1964
Baranauskas, Antanas (Lithuanian prelate, writer) 1835-1902
Barani (or Barni), Ziya'-ud-Din (Indian Muslim historian) 1285-1357?
Baranov, Aleksandr Andreyevich (Russian fur trader, governor) 1746-1819
Barany, Robert (Austrian physician) 1876-1936
Barat, Saint Madeleine-Sophie (French religious) 1779-1865
Baratieri, Oreste (Italian general) 1841-1901
Baratynsky (or Boratynsky), Yevgeny Abramovich (Russian poet) 1800-1844
Barbara, Saint (Christian virgin martyr) d.c.200
Barbari, Jacopo de' (Venetian painter, engraver) 1440-1516
Barbarino, Bartolomeo "Il Pesarino" (Italian composer, singer) c.1568-c.1617
Barbauld, Anna Letitia née Aikin (English writer, poet, editor) 1743-1825
Barbeitos, Arlindo do Carmo Pires (Angolan poet) b.1940
Barbe-Marbois, Francois de (French politician) 1745-1837
Barber, Donn (American architect) 1871-1925
Barber, Samuel Osborne II (American composer) 1910-1981
Barber, Theodore Xenophon (American psychologist) 1917-2005
Barbera, Joseph Roland "Joe" (Am. animator, cartoon artist) 1911-2006
Barberi, Domenico "Dominic of the Mother of God" (It. relig.) 1792-1849
Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules-Amedee (French writer, critic) 1808-1889
Barbie, Klaus (German Nazi leader) 1913-1991
Barbier, Antoine-Alexandre (French bibliographer) 1765-1825
Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco "Il Guercino" (Italian painter) 1591-1666
Barbirolli, Sir John (born Giovanni Battista; Brit. conductor) 1899-1970
Barbon, Nicholas (English economist) c.1640-1698
Barbon, Praise-God "Barebone" (English clergyman) c.1596-1680?
Barbosa, Jorge Vera-Cruz (Cape Verdean poet) 1902-1971
Barbou, Jean (French printer) 1490-1543
Barbou, Jean-Joseph (French printer) 1683-1752
Barbou, Joseph-Gerard (French printer; nephew of Jean-Joseph) 1715-1813
Barbou, Hugues (French printer; son of Jean) 1538-1603
Barbour, Ian Graeme (China-born American scholar, teacher) b.1923
Barbour, James (American politician; brother of Philip) 1775-1842
Barbour (or Barbere or Barbier), John (Scottish poet) 1325?-1395
Barbour, Philip Pendleton (Am. Supreme Court justice 1836-1841) 1783-1841
Barbusse, Henri (French editor, writer) 1873-1935
Barclay, Alexander (Scottish-born? British priest, poet) c.1476-1552
Barclay, Florence Louisa née Charlesworth (English writer) 1862-1921
Barclay, Sir George (British conspirator) fl. 1696
Barclay, John (Scottish satirical poet) 1582-1621
Barclay, John (Scottish clergyman) 1734-1798
Barclay, Robert (Scottish Quaker) 1648-1690
Barclay de Tolly, Mikhail Bogdanovich (Russian field marshal) 1761-1818
Bard, Allen J. (American electrochemist) b.1933
Bard, John (American physician) 1716-1799
Bard, Samuel (American physician; son of John) 1742-1821
Bard, William (American insurance executive; son of Samuel) 1778-1853
Bardeen, John (American physicist; co-invented transistor) 1908-1991
Bardesanes (or Bardaisan; Syrian Christian poet, theologian) 154-c.222
Bardi, Giovanni (Italian scholar, music patron) 1534-1612
Bardiya (aka Smerdis; Persian noble; son of Cyrus the Great) 6th cent. BC
Bardot, Brigitte Anne-Marie (French actor, singer, activist) b.1934
Bardsley, Warren (Australian cricketer) 1884-1954
Baren (or Pa Jen; pseudonym of Wang Renshu; Chinese writer) 1901-1972
Barenboim, Daniel (Argentinian-born pianist, conductor) b.1942
Barents, Willem (Dutch navigator) c.1550-1597
Barere de Vieuzac, Bertrand (French revolutionist) 1755-1841
Baretti, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio (Italian critic) 1719-1789
Bargeld, Blixa (b. Christian Emmerich; German composer, writer) b.1959
Barghash ibn Sa'id (Sultan of Zanzibar 1870-1888) c.1834-1888
Bargonne, Frederic-Charles (pseud. Claude Farrere; Fr. writer) 1876-1957
Barham, Richard Harris (pseud. Thomas Ingoldsby; Eng. writer) 1788-1845
Bar Hebraeus (aka ibn al-'Ibri; Abu al-Faraj; Syrian scholar) 1226-1286
Bari, Judi (American environmentalist, labor leader) 1949-1997
Baring, Alexander (English financier, diplomat; son of Francis) 1774-1848
Baring, Charles Thomas (English prelate; grandson of Francis) 1807-1879
Baring, Edward Charles (English banker; grandson of Francis) 1828-1897
Baring, Evelyn (British diplomat; grandson of Francis) 1841-1917
Baring, Sir Francis (English banker) 1740-1810
Baring, Sir Francis Thornhill (Eng. pol.; grandson of Francis) 1796-1866
Baring, Maurice (English journalist, writer; son of Edward) 1874-1945
Baring, Thomas George (English statesman; son of Sir F.T.) 1826-1904
Baring-Gould, Sabine (English writer) 1834-1924
Barker, Clive (English writer) b.1952
Barker, Sir Ernest (English historian) 1874-1960
Barker, George Granville (English poet, teacher) 1913-1991
Barker, Lady Mary Anne née Stewart "Lady Broome" (Jam. writer) 1831-1911
Barker, Pat (English writer) b.1943
Barker, Robert (Irish painter) 1739-1806
Barker, Robert William "Bob" (American game show host) b.1923
Barker, Thomas (English painter) 1769-1847
Barkhausen, Heinrich (German physicist, electrical engineer) 1881-1956
Barkla, Charles Glover (English physicist) 1877-1944
Barkley, Alben William (Am. politician, vice-president 1949-53) 1877-1956
Barkly, Sir Henry (English colonial governor) 1815-1898
Barlaam the Calabrian (Italo-Greek prelate, theologian) c.1290-c.1350
Barlach, Ernst (German sculptor, playwright, poet) 1870-1938
Barlow, Joel (American poet, diplomat; Hartford Wit) 1754-1812
Barlow, John Perry (American rancher, writer, lecturer) b.1947
Barlow, Peter (English mathematician, optician) 1776-1862
Barnabas, Saint (Apostolic Father of church) 1st cent.
Barnack, Oskar (German engineer) 1879-1936
Barnard, Lady Anne née Lindsay (Scottish writer) 1750-1825
Barnard, Chester Irving (American businessman, sociologist) 1886-1961
Barnard, Christiaan Neethling (South African surgeon) b.1922
Barnard, Edward Emerson "E.R." (American astronomer; asteroid) 1857-1923
Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter (American educator) 1809-1889
Barnard, George Grey (American sculptor) 1863-1938
Barnard, Henry (American educator) 1811-1900
Barnardo, Thomas John (Irish-born British physician) 1845-1905
Barnato, Barney (born Barnett Isaacs; English speculator) 1852-1897
Barnave, Antoine-Pierre-Joseph-Marie (French politician) 1761-1793
Barnes, Barnabe (English lyric poet) 1569?-1609
Barnes, Clive Alexander (British-born American writer, critic) 1927-2008
Barnes, Djuna (American writer, painter) 1892-1982
Barnes, Ernest William (English clergyman, mathematician) 1874-1953
Barnes, George Nicoll (Scottish-born British labor leader) 1859-1940
Barnes, Julian Patrick (English television critic, writer) b.1946
Barnes (or Bernes or Berners), Juliana (Eng. religious, writer) 15th cent.
Barnes, Robert (English martyr) 1495-1540
Barnes, Thomas (English journalist) 1785-1841
Barnes, William (English poet, philologist, clergyman) 1801-1886
Barnet, Miguel (Cuban writer, poet, essayist) b.1940
Barnett, John (English singer, composer) 1802-1890
Barnett, John Francis (Eng. pianist, composer; nephew of John) 1837-1916
Barnett, Samuel Augustus (English clergyman) 1844-1913
Barney, Joshua (American naval officer) 1759-1818
Barney, Natalie Clifford (American literary figure, writer) 1876-1972
Barnfield, Richard (English poet) 1574-1627
Barnhardt, Robert Knox (American lexicographer) 1933-2007
Barnum, Phineas Taylor (American showman) 1810-1891
Barocci (or Baroccio), Federico (Fiori da Urbino; It. painter) c.1526-1612
Baroja y Nessi, Pio (Spanish writer) 1872-1956
Baron, Devorah (Belorussian-born Israeli writer) 1887-1956
Baron, Jacques (French poet, critic, writer) 1905-1986
Baron, Michel (born Michel Boyron; French actor) 1653-1729
Baroni, Leonora (Italian singer, musician, composer) 1611-1670
Baronio, Cesare (Italian ecclesiastical historian) 1538-1607
Barozzi, Giacomo "Giacomo da Vignola" (Italian architect) 1507-1573
Barr, Amelia Edith née Huddleston (English-born Am. writer) 1831-1919
Barr, Archibald (Scottish engineer, inventor) 1855-1931
Barr, William Pelham (American statesman) b.1950
Barra, Francisco Leon de la (Mexican diplomat, politician) 1863-1939
Barrande, Joachim (French geologist, paleontologist) 1799-1883
Barraque, Jean-Henri-Alphonse (French composer) 1928-1973
Barras, Paul-Francois-Jean-Nicolas de (French revolutionist) 1755-1829
Barrell, Joseph (American geologist) 1869-1919
Barrere, Camille-Eugene-Pierre (French diplomat) 1851-1940
Barres, Auguste-Maurice (French writer, politician) 1862-1923
Barrett, Andrea (American writer, teacher) b.1954
Barrett, Charles Simon (American organizer of farmers) 1866-1935
Barrett, Craig Radford (American businessman, engineer; Intel) b.1939
Barrett, Roger Keith "Syd" (English musician) b.1946
Barrett, John (American journalist, diplomat) 1866-1938
Barrett, Lawrence (American actor) 1838-1891
Barrett, Wilson (English actor, playwright, theater manager) 1846-1904
Barrette, J. Roy W. (English-born Am. insurance executive) 1897-1995
Barrie, Sir James Matthew (Scottish writer, dramatist) 1860-1937
Barrington, Daines (English lawyer, naturalist; son of John) 1717-1800
Barrington, George (born George Waldron; Irish adventurer) 1755-1804
Barrington, John Shute (born John Shute; Eng. lawyer, polit.) 1678-1734
Barrington, Samuel (English naval officer; son of John) 1729-1800
Barrington, Shute (English prelate; son of John) 1734-1826
Barrington, William Wildman (English politician; son of John) 1717-1793
Barrios, Eduardo (Chilean writer) 1884-1963
Barrios, Justo Rufino (Guatemalan general, politician) 1835-1885
Barron, Bill (American musician) 1927-1989
Barron, Charlotte May née Wind "Bebe" (American composer) 1925-2008
Barron, Clarence Walker (American editor, publisher) 1855-1928
Barron, Frank Xavier (American research psychologist) 1922-2002
Barron, James (American naval officer) 1768-1851
Barron, Kenneth "Kenny" (American musician) b.1943
Barron, Louis (American electronic engineer, composer) 1920-1989
Barros, Joao de (Portuguese historian) c.1496-1570
Barros Arana, Diego (Chilean historian) 1830-1907
Barros Luco, Ramon (Chilean politician; president 1910-1915) 1835-1919
Barrot, Camille-Hyacinthe-Odilon (French politician) 1791-1873
Barrow (or Barrowe), Henry (English church reformer, martyr) c.1550-1593
Barrow, Isaac (English prelate) 1614-1680
Barrow, Isaac (English divine, scholar, mathematician) 1630-1677
Barrow, Sir John (English traveler) 1764-1848
Barrow, John David (Eng. cosmologist, physicist, mathematician) b.1952
Barry, Ann née Street (Irish actor; wife of Spranger) 1734-1801
Barry, Sir Charles (English architect) 1795-1860
Barry, Dave (American humorist) b.1947
Barry, Edward Middleton (English architect; son of Sir Charles) 1830-1880
Barry, Elizabeth (English actor) 1658-1713
Barry, James (Irish historical painter) 1741-1806
Barry, Jeanne du née Becu (Comtesse du Barry; French courtier) 1743-1793
Barry, John (Irish-born American naval officer) 1745-1803
Barry, John (b.John Barry Prendergast; English composer) 1933-2011
Barry, Sir John Wolfe Wolfe- (Eng. civil eng.; son of Charles) 1836-1918
Barry, Leonora Marie née Learney (Irish-born Am. labor leader) 1849-1930
Barry, Lynda (American cartoonist) b.1956
Barry, Martin (English physician, embryologist) 1802-1855
Barry, Philip James Quinn (American playwright) 1896-1949
Barry, Sir Redmond (Irish colonial judge in Australia) 1813-1880
Barry, Spranger (Irish actor) 1719-1777
Barrymore, Ethel (Am. actor; daughter of Maurice & Georgiana) 1879-1959
Barrymore, Georgiana Emma née Drew (Am. actor; wife of M.) 1854-1893
Barrymore, John (American actor; son of Maurice & Georgiana) 1882-1942
Barrymore, Lionel (American actor; son of Maurice & Georgiana) 1878-1954
Barrymore, Maurice (born Herbert Blythe; American actor) 1847-1905
Bar-Salibi, Jacob (Syrian prelate, theologian) d.1171
Bar Sauma, Rabban (Turk. Nestorian Christian prelate, traveler) c.1220-1294
Barsotti, Charles (Italian-born American newspaper editor) 1850-1927
Barstow, Stanley "Stan" (English writer, playwright) b.1928
Bart (or Barth), Jean (French privateer, naval officer) 1650-1702
Bartas, Guillaume de Sallustre, Seigneur du (French poet) 1544-1590
Bartel, Paul (American director, writer, actor) 1938-2000
Bartenstein, Johann Christoph von (Austrian statesman) 1689-1767
Barth, Heinrich (German explorer) 1821-1865
Barth, John Simmons (American writer) b.1930
Barth, Karl (Swedish theologian) 1886-1968
Barth, Paul (German philosopher, sociologist) 1858-1922
Barth, Thomas Fredrik Weiby (Norwegian petrologist, geochemist) 1899-1971
Barthelemy, Auguste Marseille (French poet, satirist) 1796-1867
Barthelemy, Francois de (French politician) 1747-1830
Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques (French abbe, scholar) 1716-1795
Barthelemy-Saint-Hilaire, Jules (Fr. journalist, philosopher) 1805-1895
Barthelme, Donald (American writer) 1931-1989
Barthelme, Frederick (American writer; brother of Donald) b.1943
Barthes, Roland Gerard (French semiologist, critic, teacher) 1915-1980
Barthez, Paul-Joseph (French physician, philosopher) 1734-1806
Bartholdi, Frederic-Auguste (French sculptor) 1834-1904
Bartholin, Caspar Berthelsen (Bartholinus; Danish physician) 1585-1629
Bartholin, Erasmus (Danish physician, mathematician, physicist) 1625-1698
Bartholin, Thomas (Danish physician, math.; son of Caspar) 1616-1680
Bartholomaeus Anglicus (English Franciscan friar) fl. c.1220-1240
Bartholome, Paul-Albert (French sculptor) 1848-1928
Bartholomew, Saint (Christian apostle) 1st cent.
Bartholomew, John George (Scottish cartographer) 1860-1920
Barthou, Jean-Louis (French politician) 1862-1934
Bartik, Jean Jennings (American computer programmer: ENIAC) 1924-2011
Bartlett, Sir Frederic Charles (English psychologist) 1886-1969
Bartlett, John (American publisher, editor, bookseller ) 1820-1905
Bartlett, John Russell (American bibliographer, librarian) 1805-1886
Bartlett, Josiah (American physician, Revolutionary leader) 1729-1795
Bartlett, Paul Wayland (American sculptor) 1865-1925
Bartlett, Robert Abram "Captain Bob" (Can.-born Am. explorer) 1875-1946
Bartok, Bela Viktor Janos (Hungarian composer, pianist) 1881-1945
Bartold, Vasily Vladimirovich (Russian anthropologist) 1869-1930
Bartoli, Adolfo (Italian literary scholar) 1833-1894
Bartoli, Daniello (Italian religious, historian) 1608-1685
Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (Italian linguist) 1873-1946
Bartolini, Lorenzo (Italian sculptor) 1777-1850
Bartolo of Saxoferrato (Bartolus; Italian jurist) 1314-1357
Bartolommeo, Fra (Baccio della Porta; Florentine painter) 1472-1517
Bartolozzi, Francesco (Italian engraver) 1727-1815
Barton, Andrew (Scottish naval officer) d.1511
Barton, Bernard (English poet) 1784-1849
Barton, Bruce (American businessman, writer, politician) 1886-1967
Barton, Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" (Am. fdr. American Red Cross) 1821-1912
Barton, Sir Derek Harold Richard (English organic chemist) 1918-1998
Barton, Sir Edmund (Australian politician) 1849-1920
Barton, Elizabeth "the Maid/Nun of Kent" (English prophet) c.1506-1534
Barton, Jacqueline K. (American biophysical chemist) b.1952
Bartos, Karl (German musician, songwriter) b.1952
Bartosch, Berthold (Bohemian filmmaker, animator) 1893-1968
Bartram, John (American botanist) 1699-1777
Bartram, William (American naturalist; son of John) 1739-1823
Bartsch, Karl (German philologist, critic) 1832-1888
Bartsch, Rudolf Hans (Austrian writer) 1873-1952
Baruch, Bernard Mannes (American businessman, statesman) 1870-1965
Barwick, John (English clergyman) 1612-1664
Baryatinski, Aleksandr Ivanovich (Russian field marshal) 1814-1879
Barye, Antoine-Louis (French sculptor) 1795-1875
Barylovicz, Dimitry "Dosoftei" (Moldavian prelate) 1624-1693/1705
Baryshnikov, Mikhail (Latvian-born American ballet dancer) b.1948
Barzun, Jacques Martin (French-born American writer, educator) b.1907
Basanavicius, Jonas (Lithuanian scholar, politician) 1851-1927
Basasiri, al- (Buyid military commander) d.1060
Basava (Indian religious reformer) 12th cent.
Basavan (Mughal painter) 16th cent.
Baschet, Marcel (French painter) 1862-1941
Basedow, Johann Bernhard (German educational reformer) 1724-1790
Basehart, John Richard (American actor) 1914-1984
Bashir Shihab II (Lebanese ruler) 1767-1850
Bashkirtseff, Marie (Russian painter, diarist) 1860-1884
Basie, William James "Count" (American bandleader, composer) 1904-1984
Basil, Saint (aka Basilius; Cappadocian church father) c.329-379
Basil I "the Macedonian" (Eastern Roman emperor 867-886) 812?-886
Basil II "Bulgaroctonus" (Eastern Roman emperor 976-1025) c.958-1025
Basil of Ancyra (Greek prelate, theologian) d.c.364
Basil the Chamberlain (Byzantine courtier) d.985
Basile, Adreana (Italian composer, singer) c.1590-c.1640
Basile, Giambattista (Neapolitan soldier, writer) c.1575-1632
Basilides (Syrian mystic) 2nd cent.
Basiliscus (Eastern Roman emperor 475-476) d.477
Basin, Thomas (French prelate, historian) 1412-1491
Basire, James (English engraver) 1730-1802
Baskerville, John (English printer, typographer) 1706-1775
Baskin, Burt "Butch" (American entrepreneur: Baskin-Robbins) 1913-1967
Basnage, Jacques (French Protestant theologian, historian) 1653-1725
Basov, Nikolay Gennadiyevich (Russian physicist, educator) 1922-2001
Bass, George (English explorer) 1771-1803
Bass, Michael Thomas (English brewer) 1799-1884
Bass, Sam (American outlaw) 1851-1878
Bassani, Giorgio (Italian poet, screenwriter, writer) 1916-2000
Bassani, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer, violinist) c.1657-1716
Bassano, Francesco (Venetian painter; son of Jacopo) 1549-1592
Bassano, Giovanni (Italian musician, composer: Venetian School) c.1558-1617
Bassano, Jacopo (or Giacomo) da (Venetian painter) c.1517-1592
Bassano, Leandro (Venetian painter; son of Jacopo) 1557-1622
Basse, William (English poet) d.1653?
Basselin (or Bachelin), Olivier (French poet) c.1400-1450
Bassermann, Albert (German actor) 1867-1952
Bassermann, Ernst (German politician) 1854-1917
Basset, Rene (French Orientalist) 1855-1924
Bassett, John Spencer (American historian) 1867-1928
Bassi, Agostino Maria (Italian bacteriologist) 1773-1856
Bassi, Ugo (Italian priest, patriot) 1801-1849
Basso, Joseph Hamilton (American writer) 1904-1964
Bassompierre, Francois de (French soldier, statesman) 1579-1646
Bassville, Nicolas-Jean Hugou de (French diplomat) 1753-1793
Basta, Giorgio (Transylvanian soldier) 1550-1607
Bastable, Charles Francis (Irish economist) 1855-1945
Bastiaans, Jan C. (Dutch psychiatrist) 1917-1997
Bastian, Adolf (German ethnologist) 1826-1905
Bastiat, Claude-Frederic (French economist) 1801-1850
Bastidas, Rodrigo de (Spanish explorer) 1460-1526
Bastien-Lepage, Jules (French painter) 1848-1884
Bastos, Augusto Roa (Paraguayan writer, journalist, poet) 1917-2005
Bastwick, John (English physician) 1593-1654
Bat'a, Tomas (Czech industrialist) 1876-1932
Bataille, Felix-Henry (French playwright) 1872-1922
Bataille, Georges (French writer, critic) 1897-1962
Batchelor, Joy (Eng. director, producer, writer, art director) 1914-1991
Bate, Walter Jackson (American literary critic, biographer) 1918-1999
Bateman, Alan Mara (Canadian geologist) 1889-1971
Bateman, Ellen (American actor; daughter of Hezekiah) 1844-1936
Bateman, Henry Mayo (Australian cartoonist) 1887-1970
Bateman, Hester née Needham (English silversmith) 1709-1794
Bateman, Hezekiah Linthicum (American actor, manager) 1812-1875
Bateman, Kate Josephine (American actor; daughter of Hezekiah) 1842-1917
Bates, Blanche (American actor) 1873-1941
Bates, Henry Walter (English naturalist) 1825-1892
Bates, Herbert Ernest (English writer) 1905-1974
Bates, Katharine Lee (American educator, writer) 1859-1929
Bates, Marston (American zoologist) 1906-1974
Bates, Sir Percy Elly (English ship owner) 1879-1946
Bates-Batcheller, Tryphosa née Bates (Am. socialite, singer) 1876-1952
Bateson, Gregory (English-born American anthropologist) 1904-1980
Bateson, William (English biologist) 1861-1926
Bathurst, Allen (English politician) 1684-1775
Bathurst, Charles (English agriculturist, administrator) 1867-1958
Bathurst, Ralph (English clergyman, physician; uncle of Allen) 1620-1704
Bathycles (Greek sculptor) 6th cent. BC
Batista y Zaldivar, Fulgencio (Cuban soldier, dictator) 1901-1973
Batlle, Lorenzo (Uruguayan general, politician; pres. 1868-72) 1810-1887
Batlle Berres, Luis (Uruguayan journalist, politician) 1897-1964
Batlle y Ordonez, Jose (Uruguatan journalist, politician) 1856-1929
Batman, John (Australian colonizer) 1801-1839
Batoni (or Battoni), Pompeo Girolamo (Italian painter) 1708-1787
Batsanyi, Janos (Hungarian poet) 1763-1845
Battani, al- (Albategni; Arab astronomer, mathematician) c.858-929
Battersby, Sir Alan Rushton (English organic chemist, educator) b.1925
Batterson, James Goodwin (American businessman) 1823-1901
Battishill, Jonathan (English composer) 1738-1801
Battisti, Cesare (Italian journalist, patriot) 1875-1916
Batu Khan (Mongol ruler; grandson of Genghis Khan) d.1255
Baty, Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Gaston (Fr. playwright, producer) 1885-1952
Batyushkov, Konstantin Nikolayevich (Russian poet, essayist) 1787-1855
Batz, Jean de (French royalist) 1760-1822
Baudelaire, Charles-Pierre (French poet) 1821-1867
Baudissin, Wolf Heinrich von (Ger. literary critic, translator) 1789-1878
Baudot, Jean-Maurice-Emile (French engineer) 1845-1903
Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan Niecislaw (Polish linguist) 1845-1929
Baudrillard, Jean (French semiologist) 1929-2007
Baudry, Paul-Jacques-Aime (French painter, muralist) 1828-1886
Baudouin (Belgian king 1951-1993) 1930-1993
Bauer, Andreas Friedrich (German engineer) 1783-1860
Bauer, Bruno (German theologian, historical writer) 1809-1882
Bauer, Georg (Georgius Agricola; German mineralogist, scholar) 1494-1555
Bauer, Gustav Adolf (German politician) 1870-1944
Bauer, Harold (English-born American pianist) 1873-1951
Bauer, Konrad "Conny" (German musician, singer) b.1943
Bauer, Otto (Austrian politician) 1881-1938
Bauer, Sebastian Wilhelm Valentin (German submarine inventor) 1822-1875
Bauer, Yevgeni (aka Yevgeny; Russian film director) 1865-1917
Bauernfeld, Eduard von (Viennese playwright) 1802-1890
Baugh, Cecil Archibald (Jamaican ceramist; Jam. School of Art) 1908-2005
Bauhin, Gaspard (or Caspar; Swiss botanist, anatomist) 1560-1624
Bauhin, Jean (Swiss physician, botanist; brother of Gaspard) 1541-1613
Baum, Lyman Frank (American writer; created Wizard of Oz) 1856-1919
Baum, Vicki (born Hedvig; Austrian-born American writer) 1888-1960
Baumann, Oskar (Austrian explorer) 1864-1899
Baumbach, Rudolf (German poet) 1840-1905
Baume, Antoine (French chemist) 1728-1804
Baumer, Gertrud (German writer, reformer) 1873-1954
Baumes, Caleb Howard (American politician) 1863-1937
Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb (German philosopher) 1714-1762
Baumgarten, Michael (German theologian) 1812-1889
Baumgarten, Siegmund Jakob (German theologian) 1706-1757
Baur, Ferdinand Christian (German theologian, scholar) 1792-1860
Bausch, John Jacob (American businessman with Henry Lomb) 1830-1926
Bavius (Roman poet) d.35 BC
Bax, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor (English composer, poet) 1883-1953
Bax, Ernest Belfort (English writer) 1854-1926
Baxandall, Michael David Kighley (Welsh art historian, critic) b.1933
Baxter, Andrew (Scottish philosopher) 1686/7-1750
Baxter, George (English printer; son of John) 1804-1867
Baxter, James Keir (New Zealand poet) 1926-1972
Baxter, John (English bookseller, printer) 1781-1858
Baxter, Les (American musician, composer) 1922-1996
Baxter, Percival Proctor (Am. politician: Maine gov. 1921-1925) 1876-1969
Baxter, Richard (English Puritan clergyman, writer) 1615-1691
Bay, Michel de (Michael Baius or Bajus; Belgian theologian) 1513-1589
Bay, Zoltan (Hungarian electrical engineer) 1900-1992
Bayan (Mongol official) 14th cent.
Bayard, Pierre Terrail (French military hero) c.1473-1524
Bayard, James Asheton (American politician) 1767-1815
Bayard, Thomas Francis (American politician; grandson of James) 1828-1898
Baybars I (Mamluk sultan of Egypt & Syria 1260-1277) 1223-1277
Baybars II (Mamluk sultan of Egypt & Syria 1309-1310) d.1310
Bayer, Friedrich (German industrialist) 1825-1880
Bayer, Johann (German astronomer) 1572-1625
Bayes, Nora (born Dora Goldberg; American actor, singer) 1880-1928
Bayes, Thomas (English preacher, mathematician) 1702-1761
Bayeu y Subias, Francisco (Spanish painter) 1734-1795
Bayezid I (Sultan of Ottomam Empire 1389-1402; son of Murad I) c.1360-1403
Bayezid II (Sultan of Ottomam Emp. 1481-1512; son of Mehmed II) c.1447-1512
Bayinnaung (King of Burma 1551-1581) d.1581
Bayle, Pierre (French philosopher, critic) 1647-1706
Baylebridge, William (Charles W. Blocksidge; Australian writer) 1883-1942
Bayley, Richard (American physician) 1745-1801
Baylis, Lillian Mary (English theater manager) 1874-1937
Bayliss, Sir William Maddock (English physiologist) 1860-1924
Baylor, Robert Emmet Bledsoe (American jurist, clergyman) 1793?-1873
Bayly, Ada Ellen (pseudonym Edna Lyall; English writer) 1857-1903
Bayly, Thomas Haynes (English writer, song writer) 1797-1839
Baynes, Thomas Spencer (English philosopher) 1823-1887
Bayrakdar Mustafa Pasa (Ottoman politician) 1775-1808
Bazaine, Achille-Francois (Marshal of France) 1811-1888
Bazalgette, Sir Joseph William (English civil engineer) 1819-1891
Bazan, Alvaro de (Marques de Santa Cruz; Spanish admiral) 1526-1588
Bazard, Amand (French Socialist) 1791-1832
Bazelon, David Thomas (American writer, social critic, teacher) 1923-2005
Bazille, Jean-Frederic (French painter) 1841-1870
Bazin, Andre (French film critic, film theorist) 1918-1958
Bazin, Henri-Emile (French engineer) 1829-1917
Bazin, Herve (Jean-Pierre-Marie Herve-Bazin; Fr. poet, writer) 1911-1996
Bazin, Rene-Francois-Nicolas-Marie (French writer) 1853-1932
Baziotes, William (American painter, teacher) 1912-1963
Bazna, Elyesa (pseudonym Cicero; Albanian spy) 1904-1970
Bazzi, Giovanni Antonio "Il Sodoma" (Italian painter) 1477-1549
Beach, Amy Marcy née Cheney (American pianist, composer) 1867-1944
Beach, Alfred Ely (Am. publisher, inventor; son of Moses Yale) 1826-1896
Beach, Frederick Converse (American publisher; son of Alfred) 1848-1918
Beach, Moses Sperry (American newspaperman; son of Moses Yale) 1822-1892
Beach, Moses Yale (American journalist, inventor) 1800-1868
Beach, Rex Ellingwood (American writer) 1877-1949
Beach, Sylvia Woodbridge (American bookseller, publisher) 1887-1962
Beadle, Erastus Flavel (American publisher) 1821-1894
Beadle, George Wells (American geneticist) 1903-1989
Beal, Gifford Reynolds (American painter) 1879-1956
Beale, Dorothea (English educator) 1831-1906
Bean, Leon Leonwood (American hunter, entrepreneur) 1873-1967
Bean, Phantly Roy (American frontiersman) 1825?-1903
Beard, Charles Austin (American historian) 1874-1948
Beard, Daniel Carter "Dan" (Am. illus., Boy Scouts organizer) 1850-1941
Beard, Mary née Ritter (American historian) 1876-1958
Beard, Matthew Jr. (American actor: Our Gang "Stymie") 1925-1981
Bearden, Romare (American cartoonist, painter, writer) 1911-1988
Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (English illustrator) 1872-1898
Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy (British photographer, designer) 1904-1980
Beaton (or Bethune), David (Scottish prelate, statesman) c.1494-1546
Beaton, James (Scottish administrator, prelate; uncle of David) 1470?-1539
Beatrix (French noblewoman) d.1184
Beattie, Ann (American writer) b.1947
Beattie, James (Scottish poet, essayist) 1735-1803
Beatty, Clyde (American animal trainer, circus owner) 1903-1965
Beatty, David (British admiral) 1871-1936
Beauchamp, Alphonse de (French historian) 1767-1832
Beauchamp, George D. (American instrument maker, inventor) 1899-1941
Beauchamp, Pierre (French ballet dancer) c.1636-c.1719
Beauchamp, Richard de (Earl of Warwick; English soldier) 1382-1439
Beauchamp, Thomas de (Earl of Warwick; English nobleman) 1345?-1401
Beauchemin, Neree (French-Canadian poet, physician) 1850-1931
Beauclerk, Topham (English dandy) 1739-1780
Beau de Rochas, Alphonse-Eugene (French engineer) 1815-1893
Beaufort, Sir Francis (English naval officer) 1774-1857
Beaufort, Henry (English cardinal, statesman) c.1374-1447
Beaufort, Margaret (English noblewoman) 1443-1509
Beaufort, Sir Thomas (Duke of Exeter; English soldier) d.1427
Beaufre, Andre (French soldier) 1902-1975
Beauharnais, Josephine de (Martinique-born French empress) 1763-1814
Beaujoyeulx, Balthasar de (Italian composer, choreographer) d.1587
Beuharnais, Alexandre (French army officer) 1760-1794
Beaumanoir, Philippe de Remi de (French jurist) c.1246-1296
Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (French playwright) 1732-1799
Beaumont, Elie de (Fr. geologist) 1798-1874
Beaumont, Francis (English dramatist) 1584-1616
Beaumont, Francois de (Baron des Adrets; French soldier) 1513-1587
Beaumont, Sir John (English poet) 1583-1627
Beumont, Robert de (Chief justiciar of England) 1104-1168
Beaumont, William (American surgeon) 1785-1853
Beaumont de la Bonniniere, Gustave-Auguste de (Fr. publicist) 1802-1866
Beauneveu, Andre (French sculptor, miniaturist) c.1330-c.1410
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (American army officer) 1818-1893
Beauvoir, Simone de (French writer, essayist) 1908-1986
Beaux, Eliza Cecilia (American painter) 1863-1942
Beaver, Bruce Victor (Australian poet, writer, journalist) b.1928
Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken (Can.-born Brit. publisher) 1879-1964
Bebel, August (German Social Democratic leader, writer) 1840-1913
Bebey, Francis (Cameroonian writer, musician, composer) b.1929
Beccafumi, Domenico (Domenico di Pace; It. painter, sculptor) c.1486-1551
Beccaria, Cesare Bonesana (Italian economist, jurist) 1738-1794
Beccaria, Giambatista (born Francesco; Italian physicist) 1716-1781
Becher, Johann Joachim (German chemist, physician) 1635-1682
Becher, Johannes Robert (German poet, critic, editor) 1891-1958
Bechet, Sidney (American musician, composer) 1897-1959
Bechstein, Ludwig (German poet, writer, folklorist) 1801-1860
Bechtel, Friedrich (German scholar) 1855-1924
Beck, Emily Morison (Am. editor: Bartlett's Fam. Quotations) 1915-2004
Beck, Jeff (English musician) b.1944
Beck, Jozef (Polish soldier, politician) 1894-1944
Beck, Ludwig (German general) 1880-1944
Beck, Martin (Hungarian-born Am. theater manager, impresario) 1868?-1940
Beck, Max Wladimir von (Austrian politician) 1854-1943
Becke, Friedrich Johann Karl (Austrian mineralogist, geologist) 1855-1931
Becker, Carl Heinrich (German scholar, politician) 1876-1933
Becker, Carl Lotus (American historian) 1873-1945
Becker, Dietrich (German violinist, composer) c.1623-c.1679
Becker, Gary Stanley (American economist, academic) b.1930
Becker, George Ferdinand (American geologist) 1847-1919
Becker, Jurek (Polish-born German writer) b.1937
Becker, Nikolaus (German poet) 1809-1845
Becker, Wilhelm Adolf (German classical archaeologist) 1796-1846
Becket, Frederick Mark (Canadian-born American metallurgist) 1875-1942
Becket, Thomas (aka Thomas a' Becket; English prelate) c.1118-1170
Beckett, Sir Edmund (English lawyer, architect, horologist) 1816-1905
Beckett, Samuel Barclay (Irish writer, critic, dramatist) 1906-1989
Beckett, Scott Hastings (American actor; Our Gang: "Scotty") 1929-1968
Beckford, William (English writer, dilettante, art collector) 1760-1844
Beckmann, Max (German painter) 1884-1950
Becknell, William (Am. pioneer; traced Santa Fe trail 1822) 1796?-1865
Beckwith, Sir George (English army officer, colonial governor) 1753-1823
Beckwith, John Charles (Eng. army officer; nephew of George) 1789-1862
Beckwith, Sir Thomas Sydney (Eng. army officer; bro. of Sir G.) 1772-1831
Beckx, Pierre-Jean (Belgian ecclesiastic) 1795-1887
Becque, Henry-Francois (French dramatist, critic) 1837-1899
Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo (Spanish poet, writer) 1836-1870
Becquerel, Alexandre-Edmond (French physicist; son of A.-C.) 1820-1891
Becquerel, Antoine-Cesar (French physicist) 1788-1878
Becquerel, Antoine-Henri (French physicist; son of Alexandre) 1852-1908
Becvar, Antonin (Czech astronomer; asteroid, crater) 1901-1965
Bedaux, Charles Eugene (French-born Am. efficiency engineer) 1886-1944
Beddoes, Thomas (English physician, scientific writer) 1760-1808
Beddoes, Thomas Lovell (English poet; son of Thomas) 1803-1849
Bede, Saint "The Venerable" (Anglo-Saxon scholar, historian) 672/3-735
Bedel, Maurice (French writer) 1883-1954
Bedford, David Vickerman (English composer) 1937-2011
Bedier, Charles-Marie-Joseph (French writer, scholar) 1864-1938
Bedil, Mirza (Indian Muslim poet) 1644-1721
Bednorz, Johannes Georg (German physicist) b.1950
Bedraja (aka P'ra P'etraja; King of Siam 1688-1703) d.1703
Bedreddin (Ottoman theologian, jurist) 1358-1416/20
Bedwell, William (English scholar) 1561?-1632
Bee, Barnard Elliott (American soldier) 1824-1861
Beebe, Charles William (American naturalist, explorer) 1877-1962
Beebe, Lucius Morris (American journalist) 1902-1966
Beecham, Sir Thomas (English conductor, impresario) 1879-1961
Beecher, Catharine Esther (Am. educator; daughter of Lyman) 1800-1878
Beecher, Edward (American Congregational clergyman, educator) 1803-1895
Beecher, Henry Ward (American clergyman) 1813-1887
Beecher, Lyman (American Presbyterian clergyman) 1775-1863
Beecher, Thomas Kinnicut (American Congregational clergyman) 1824-1900
Beechey, Frederick William (English naval officer, geographer) 1796-1856
Beechey, Sir William (English painter) 1753-1839
Beecroft, John (English adventurer) 1790-1854
Beer, George Louis (American historian) 1872-1920
Beer, Michael (German playwright; brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer) 1800-1833
Beer, Thomas (American writer) 1889-1940
Beer, Wilhelm (German banker, astronomer; brother of Michael) 1797-1850
Beerbohm, Sir Henry Maximilian (English critic, caricaturist) 1872-1956
Beer-Hofmann, Richard (Austrian poet, playwright, writer) 1866-1945
Beernaert, Auguste Marie Francois (Belgian politician) 1829-1912
Beers, Clifford Whittingham (American reformer) 1876-1943
Beers, Ethel Lynn née Ethelinda Eliot (American poet) 1827-1879
Beery, Wallace (American actor) 1886-1949
Beesly, Edward Spencer (English historian) 1831-1915
Beeston, Christopher (English actor, manager) 1570?-1638
Beethoven, Ludwig van (German composer, pianist) 1770-1827
Beets, Nicolaas (Dutch clergyman, writer) 1814-1903
Beffroy de Reigny, Louis-Abel "Cousin Jacques" (Fr. dramatist) 1757-1811
Begas, Karl (German painter) 1794-1854
Begas, Oskar (German painter; son of Karl) 1828-1883
Begas, Reinhold (German sculptor; son of Karl) 1831-1911
Begin, Louis Nazaire (Canadian prelate) 1840-1925
Begin, Menachem Wolfovich (Israeli prime minister 1977-1983) 1913-1992
Beguyer de Chancourtois, Alexandre-Emile (French geologist) 1820-1886
Behaghel, Otto (German philologist) 1854-1936
Behaim (or Behem), Martin (German navigator, geographer) c.1436-1507
Behaim (or Beham or Beheim), Michel (German Meistersinger) 1416-c.1472
Behaine, Rene (French writer) 1880-1966
Beham, Barthel (German painter, engraver; brother of Hans) 1502-1540
Beham, Hans Sebald (German painter, engraver) 1500-1550
Behan, Brendan Francis (Irish writer, playwright) 1923-1964
Behar, Ruth (Cuban cultural anthropologist, poet, writer) b.1956
Behler, John Luther (American naturalist, herpetologist) 1943-2006
Behm, Ernst (German geographer, statistician) 1830-1884
Behn, Aphra (or Ayfara; English dramatist, writer, poet) 1640-1689
Behn, Sosthenes (St. Thomas, V.I.-born American businessman) 1882-1957
Behrens, Peter (German architect) 1868-1940
Behring, Emil Adolf von (German bacteriologist) 1854-1917
Behrman, David (Austrian composer) b.1937
Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel (American writer, playwright) 1893-1973
Behzad (Ostad Kamal od-Din Behzad; Persian painter) c.1455-c.1536
Bei Dao (or Pei-tao; pseudonym of Zhao Zhenkai; Chinese poet) b.1949
Beiderbecke, Leon Bismarck "Bix" (American musician, composer) 1903-1931
Beilby, Sir George Thomas (Scottish industrial chemist) 1850-1924
Beilstein, Friedrich Konrad (German chemist) 1838-1906
Beins, Burkhard (German composer, musician) b.1964
Beissel, Johann Conrad (German-born American clergyman) 1690-1768
Beit, Alfred (German-born British financier, philanthropist) 1853-1906
Beith, John Hay (pseudonym Ian Hay; British writer, playwright) 1876-1952
Bejart, Armande-Gresinde-Claire-Elisabeth (French manager) 1642-1700
Bejart, Genevieve (French comedic actor) c.1624-1675
Bejart, Joseph (French comedic actor) c.1617-1659
Bejart, Louis (French comedic actor) c.1630-1678
Bejart, Madeleine (French comedic actor) 1618-1672
Bek, Anthony (English prelate) 1240-1311
Beke, Charles Tilstone (English geographer) 1800-1874
Bekesy, Georg von (Hungarian-born American physiologist) 1899-1972
Bekhterev,Vladimir Mikhaylovich (Russian neuropathologist) 1857-1927
Bekhtereva, Natalia Petrovna (Russian neuroscientist) 1924-2008
Bekker, August Immanuel (German classical scholar) 1785-1871
Bekker, Balthasar (Dutch theologian) 1634-1698
Bel, Matyas (Matthias Belius; Hungarian scholar) 1684-1749
Belain d'Esnambuc, Pierre (French trader) 1585-1637
Belalcazar (or Benalcazar), Sebastian de (Spanish conquistador) c.1495-1551
Belasco, David (American playwright, producer) 1853-1931
Belaunde, Victor Andres (Peruvian diplomat) 1883-1966
Belcher, Angela M. (American materials scientist, engineer) b.1967?
Belcher, Sir Edward (English naval officer) 1799-1877
Belcher, Jonathan (American colonial governor) 1682-1757
Belcredi, Richard (Austrian statesman) 1823-1902
Belgioioso, Cristina née Trivulzio (Italian patriot, writer) 1808-1871
Belgrand, Marie-Francois-Eugene (French hydrographic engineer) 1810-1878
Belgrano, Manuel (Argentinean general, patriot) 1770-1820
Belidor, Bernard Forest de (French engineer) 1698-1761
Belin, Edouard (French engineer) 1876-1963
Belinsky, Vissarion Grigoryevich (Russian literary critic) 1811-1848
Belisarius (Byzantine general) c.505-565
Belknap, William Worth (American army officer, politician) 1829-1890
Bell, Alexander Graham (Scottish-born Am. inventor, educator) 1847-1922
Bell, Alexander Melville (Scottish-born American educator) 1819-1905
Bell, Andrew (Scottish engraver; published Encyclopaedia Brit.) 1726-1809
Bell, Andrew (Scottish clergyman, educator) 1753-1832
Bell, Arthur Clive Howard (English critic) 1881-1964
Bell, Sir Charles (Scottish anatomist, natural theologian) 1774-1842
Bell, Charles Frederic Moberly (English journalist) 1847-1911
Bell, Daniel (American sociologist) 1919-2011
Bell, Derrick Albert (Am. law professor; critical race theory) 1930-2011
Bell, Eric Temple (Scottish-born American mathematician) 1883-1960
Bell, George Kennedy Allen (English prelate) 1883-1958
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian (Eng. traveler, archaeologist) 1868-1926
Bell, Henry (Scottish engineer) 1767-1830
Bell, Henry Glassford (Scottish lawyer, man of letters) 1803-1874
Bell, Sir Isaac Lowthian (Scot. metallurgical chemist. indust.) 1816-1904
Bell, John (Scottish traveler) 1691-1780
Bell, John (British publisher) 1745-1831
Bell, John (American politician) 1797-1869
Bell, John (English sculptor) 1811-1895
Bell, John Joy (Scottish journalist, writer) 1871-1934
Bell, Josephine (Doris Bell Ball; English physician, writer) 1897-1987
Bell, Julian (English poet; son of Clive and Vanessa) 1908-1937
Bell, Lawrence Dale (American aircraft designer) 1894-1956
Bell, Thomas (English dental surgeon, naturalist) 1792-1880
Bell, Vanessa (English wife of Clive Bell) 1879-1961
Bella, Giano della (Florentine political leader) d.c.1305
Bella, Stefano della (Italian designer, engraver) 1610-1664
Bellamy, Edward (American journalist, writer) 1850-1898
Bellamy, Jacobus (Dutch poet) 1757-1786
Bellarmine, Saint Robert (Italian prelate, controversialist) 1542-1621
Bellay, Guillaume du (French general, diplomat) 1491-1543
Bellay, Jean du (Fr. prelate, diplomat; brother of Guillaume) c.1492-1560
Bellay, Joachim du (French poet; nephew of Guillaume & Jean) c.1522-1560
Belleau, Remy (or Remi; French poet, scholar) 1528-1577
Bellegarde, Heinrich Joseph Johannes von (Austrian statesman) 1756-1845
Belle-Isle, Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet de (French Marshal) 1684-1761
Bellenden (or Ballenden), John (Scottish ecclesiastic, poet) fl. 1533-1587
Bellenden, William (Scottish classical scholar) c.1555-1633
Belli, Carlos German (Peruvian poet, translator, journalist) b.1927
Belli, Giuseppe Gioacchino (Italian poet) 1791-1863
Belli, Pierino (Italian soldier, jurist) 1505-1575
Bellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb von (Russian admiral, explorer) 1778-1852
Bellini, Gentile (Venetian painter; son of Jacopo) c.1429-1507
Bellini, Giovanni (Venetian painter; son of Jacopo) c.1430-1516
Bellini, Jacopo (Venetian painter) c.1400-c.1470
Bellini, Lorenzo (Italian physician, anatomist) 1643-1704
Bellini, Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco (It. composer) 1801-1835
Bellmann, Carl Michael (Swedish poet-musician) 1740-1795
Bellmer, Hans (Silesian doll-maker, photographer, illustrator) 1902-1975
Bello, Andres (Venezuelan poet, scholar, writer) 1781-1865
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (French-born Brit. writer) 1870-1953
Belloc, Marie Adelaide (Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; English writer) 1868-1947
Bellori, Giovanni Pietro (Italian art historian) c.1615-1696
Bellotto, Bernardo (aka Canaletto Belotto; Italian painter) 1720-1780
Bellow, Saul (born Solomon Bellows; Canadian-born Am. writer) 1915-2005
Bellows, George Wesley (American artist, lithographer) 1882-1925
Belmondo, Jean Paul (French screen & stage actor) b.1933
Belmont, Alva Ertskin née Smith (American socialite, reformer) 1853-1933
Belmont, August (American banker; son of Auguste) 1853-1924
Belmont, Auguste (American banker, art connoisseur, sportsman) 1816-1890
Belmont, Eleanor Elise née Robson (English-born Am. actor) 1879-1979
Belmonte y Garcia, Juan (Spanish bullfighter) 1892-1962
Belmontet, Louis (French poet) 1799-1879
Belo, Carlos Filipe Ximenes (East Timorese clergyman, bishop) b.1948
Beloch, Karl Julius (German historian) 1854-1929
Belon, Pierre (French naturalist) 1517-1564
Below, Fritz von (Prussian general) 1853-1918
Belshazzar (Baltasar, Balthasar; Crown prince of Babylonia) d.c.539 BC
Belson, Jordan (American filmmaker, artist) 1926-2011
Belter, John Henry (German-born American furniture maker) 1804-1863
Beltrami, Eugenio (Italian mathematician) 1835-1899
Belushi, John Adam (American comedian, actor) 1949-1982
Belyayev, Pavel Ivanovich (Russian astronaut) 1925-1970
Belzberg, Edet (documentary filmmaker, teacher) b.1970?
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (Italian explorer, archaeologist) 1778-1823
Bem, Jozef (Polish general) 1794-1850
Bembo, Antonia (Italian composer, singer) c.1640-c.1720
Bembo, Pietro (Italian prelate, scholar) 1470-1547
Bemelmans, Ludwig (Austrian-born Am. painter, illus., writer) 1898-1962
Bemis, Samuel Flagg (American historian) 1891-1973
Bemont, Charles (French historian) 1848-1939
Benard, Abraham-Joseph "Fleury" (French actor) 1750-1822
Benary, Barbara (American composer, ethnomusicologist) b.1946
Benacerraf, Baruj (Venezuelan-born American pathologist) 1920-2011
ben Asher, Aaron ben Moses (Hebrew grammarian, scholar) 10th cent.
Benavente y Martinez, Jacinto (Spanish dramatist) 1866-1954
Benavides, Alonzo de (Spanish missionary) b.1580?
Benavides, Oscar Raimundo (Peruvian soldier, politician) 1876-1945
Benbow, John (English naval officer) 1653-1702
Benchley, Robert Charles (American humorist; Algonquin wit) 1889-1945
Bencivieni di Pepo "Cimabue" (Italian painter) c.1240-c.1302
Benckendorff, Aleksandr Khristoforovich (Rus. gen., politician) 1783-1844
Benckendorff, Aleksandr Konstantinovich (Russian diplomat) 1849-1917
Benda, Franz (or Frantisek; Bohemian violinist, composer) 1709-1786
Benda, Friedrich Ludwig (Bohemian composer; son of Georg) 1752-1792
Benda, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich (Bohemian musician, composer) 1745-1814
Benda, Georg Anton (Bohemian musician; brother of Franz) 1722-1795
Benda, Julien (French philosopher, writer) 1867-1956
Benda, Karl Hermann Heinrich (Bohemian violinist, composer) 1748-1836
Bendian, Gregg (American musician, composer, bandleader) b.1963
Bendix, Vincent (American inventor, industrialist) 1882-1945
Bendl, Karel (Czech composer) 1838-1897
Benedek, Ludwig August von (Austrian general) 1804-1881
Beneden, Pierre-Joseph van (Belgian zoologist) 1809-1894
Benedetti, Mario (Uruguayan writer, activist, poet, essayist) b.1920
Benedetti, Vincente (French diplomat) 1817-1900
Benedetto da Maiano (or Majano; Italian sculptor) 1442-1497
Benedict of Nursia, Saint (Italian religious) c.480-547
Benedict, Manson (American physical chemist, educator) 1907-2006
Benedict, Ruth née Fulton (American anthropologist) 1887-1948
Benedict Biscop, Saint (aka Benet Biscop; Anglo-Saxon eccles.) c.628-690
Benedictsson, Victoria Maria née Bruzelius (Swedish writer) 1850-1888
Benediktsson, Einar (Icelandic poet) 1864-1940
Benedix, Roderich Julius (German writer) 1811-1873
Benelli, Sem (Italian dramatist) 1877-1949
Benenson, Peter (Brit. lawyer; fd. Amnesty International, 1961) 1921-2005
Benes, Edvard (Czechoslovak statesman) 1884-1948
Benet Goita, Juan (Spanish civil engineer, writer) 1927-1993
Benet, Stephen Vincent (American writer; brother of William) 1898-1943
Benet, William Rose (American poet, writer, editor) 1886-1950
Benezet, Saint (Benedictus; French religious) c.1165-1184?
Benezit, Emmanuel (French writer on art) 1854-1920
Benfey, Theodor (German Sanskrit scholar, philologist) 1809-1881
Bengel, Johann Albrecht (German theologian, scholar) 1687-1752
Bengtsson, Frans Gunnar (Swedish poet, biographer, writer) 1894-1954
Ben-Gurion, David (Polish-born Israeli politician) 1886-1973
Benhadad I (or Benadad; aka Adad-Idri; King of Damascus) d.c.841 BC
Benincasa, Ursula (Italian religious) 1547-1618
Benioff, Victor Hugo (American geophysicist) 1899-1968
Benivieni, Girolamo (Italian poet) 1453-1542
Benjamin of Tudela (Spanish rabbi, traveler) 12th cent.
Benjamin, Arthur Leslie (Australian pianist, composer, cond.) 1893-1960
Benjamin, Asher (American architect) 1773-1845
Benjamin, Judah Philip (St. Thomas, V.I.-born American lawyer) 1811-1884
Benjamin, Rene (French writer) 1885-1948
Benjamin, Walter (German aesthetician, political essayist) 1892-1940
Ben Jelloun, Tahar (Moroccan poet, writer, dramatist) b.1944
Benkei (Japanese warrior-monk) d.1189
Benlowes, Edward (English poet) 1602-1676
Benn, Sir Ernest John Pickstone (English publisher) 1875-1954
Benn, Gottfried (German poet, essayist) 1886-1956
Benn, William Wedgwood (English politician; brother of Ernest) 1877-1960
Bennet, Henry (1st Earl of Arlington; English politician) 1618-1685
Bennett, Enoch Arnold (English writer, dramatist, critic) 1867-1931
Bennett, Charles Edwin (American Latin scholar) 1858-1921
Bennett, Edward Herbert (English-born American architect) 1874-1954
Bennett, Floyd (American aviator) 1890-1928
Bennett, Gwendolyn B. (American poet, essayist, writer, artist) 1902-1981
Bennett, James Gordon (Scottish-born American editor) 1795-1872
Bennett, James Gordon (Am. editor, sportsman; son of James) 1841-1918
Bennett, John Hughes (English physician) 1812-1875
Bennett, Louise "Miss Lou" (Jamaican poet, folklorist) 1919-2006
Bennett, Richard (American actor, producer) 1872-1944
Bennett, Richard Bedford (Canadian politician) 1870-1947
Bennett, Robert Russell (American composer, arranger, musician) 1894-1981
Bennett, Samm (American singer, songwriter, musician) b.1957
Bennett, William John (American drug czar 1989-1990) b.1943
Bennett, Sir William Sterndale (English pianist, composer) 1816-1875
Bennett-Coverly, Louise Simone née Bennett (Jamaican poet) 1919-2006
Bennewitz (or Bienewitz), Peter (German astronomer, geographer) 1501-1552
Bennigsen, Leonty Leontyevich (German-born Russian general) 1745-1826
Bennigsen, Karl Wilhelm Rudolf von (German politician) 1824-1902
Bennink, Han (Dutch musician) b.1942
Benno, Saint (German prelate) c.1010-1106
Benny, Jack (born Benjamin Kubelsky; American comedian) 1894-1974
Benois, Aleksandr Nikolayevich (Russian painter) 1870-1960
Benoit, Pierre (French writer) 1886-1962
Benoit, Pierre Leonard Leopold (Belgian composer) 1834-1901
Benoit de Saint-Maure (or Saint-More; French trouvere) 12th cent.
Benserade, Isaac de (French poet, dramatist) 1612/3-1691
Benso, Camillo (Conte di Cavour; Italian statesman) 1810-1861
Benson, Arthur Christopher (English educator; ; son of E.W.) 1862-1925
Benson, Edward Frederic (English writer; son of Edward W.) 1867-1940
Benson, Edward White (Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury) 1829-1896
Benson, Sir Frank Robert (English actor-manager) 1858-1939
Benson, Frank Weston (American painter) 1862-1951
Benson, Godfrey Rathbone (English writer; brother of Sir Frank) 1864-1945
Benson, Richard Meux (English ecclesiastic) 1824-1915
Benson, Robert Hugh (English clergyman; son of Edward W.) 1871-1914
Benson, William Shepherd (American naval officer) 1855-1932
Bent, Charles (American pioneer; brother of William) 1799-1847
Bent, James Theodore (English explorer, archaeologist) 1852-1897
Bent, William (American pioneer; brother of Charles) 1809-1969
Bentham, George (English botanist; nephew of Jeremy) 1800-1884
Bentham, Jeremy (English jurist, philosopher) 1748-1832
Bentham, Sir Samuel (English naval engineer, architect) 1757-1831
Bentinck, William (Dutch-born English soldier, diplomat) 1649-1709
Bentinck, William Cavendish (English soldier, politician) 1774-1839
Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish (British politician) 1738-1809
Bentivoglio, Guido (Italian prelate, diplomat, historian) 1579-1644
Bentley, Arthur Fisher (Am. political scientist, philosopher) 1870-1957
Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (English journalist, man of letters) 1875-1956
Bentley, Eric Russell (English-born Am. critic, playwright) b.1916
Bentley, John Francis (English architect) 1839-1902
Bentley, Phyllis Eleanor (English writer) 1894-1977
Bentley, Richard (English clergyman, scholar, critic) 1662-1742
Bentley, Richard (English publisher) 1794-1871
Benton, Thomas Hart (American politician) 1782-1858
Benton, Thomas Hart (American painter; grandnephew of Thomas) 1889-1975
Benton, William (American businessman, politician, publisher) 1900-1973
Bentov, Itzhak (Czechoslovakian business consultant, writer) 1923-1979
Bentsen, Lloyd Millard Jr. (American politician) b.1921
Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer (b.Eliezer Yizhak Perlman; Hebrew scholar) 1858-1922
Benz, Carl Friedrich (German engineer) 1844-1929
Benzer, Seymour (American physicist, biologist, geneticist) 1921-2007
Ben-Zvi, Itzhak (Ukrainian-born Israeli politician) 1884-1963
Beolco, Angelo "Il Ruzzante" (Italian actor, playwright) 1502-1542
Berain, Jean "The Elder" (French artist, engraver) 1637-1711
Berain, Jean "The Younger" (French engraver; son of Jean) 1678-1726
Beran, Josef (Czechoslovak prelate) 1888-1969
Beranger, Pierre-Jean de (French poet, song writer) 1780-1857
Beraud, Henri (French writer) 1885-1958
Berberova, Nina Nikolayevna (Rus. writer, biographer, editor) 1901-1993
Berceo, Gonzalo de (Spanish poet) c.1198-c.1264
Berchem (or Berghem), Claes Pietersz (Dutch painter, etcher) 1620-1683
Berchet, Giovanni (Italian poet) 1783-1851
Berchtold, Leopold Anton Johann (Austro-Hungarian politician) 1863-1942
Berckheyde, Gerrit (Dutch painter; brother of Job) 1638-1698
Berckheyde, Job (Dutch painter; brother of Gerrit) 1630-1693
Bercovici, Konrad (Rumanian-born American writer) 1882-1961
Berdichevsky, Micah Joseph (German-Jewish writer) 1865-1921
Berdyayev, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (Russian philosopher) 1874-1948
Berengar of Friuli (King of Italy; Holy Roman emperor 915-924) d.924
Berengar of Tours (aka Berengarius; French theologian) c.999-1088
Berengario da Carpi, Giacomo (or Jacopo; It. physician, anat.) c.1460-1530
Berenger, Alphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas (French politician) 1785-1866
Berenger, Rene (French jurist, politician) 1830-1915
Berenguer, Damaso (Cuban-born Spanish soldier, politician) 1873-1953
Berenson, Bernard (Lithuanian-born American art critic) 1865-1959
Berent, Waclaw (Polish writer) 1873-1940
Beresford, Charles William de la Poer (British naval officer) 1846-1919
Beresford, John (Irish politician) 1738-1805
Beresford, John Davys (English writer) 1873-1947
Beresford, John Spencer (Eng.-born Am. psychiatrist, activist) 1924-2007
Beresford, Steve (English musician, composer) b.1950
Beresford, William Carr (British general) 1768-1854
Berg, Alban Maria Johannes (Austrian composer) 1885-1935
Berg, Max (German architect) 1870-1947
Berg, Paul Timmy (American biochemist) b.1926
Bergbom, Kaarlo (Finnish writer, theatrical producer) 1843-1906
Bergen, Edgar John (American ventriloquist, actor) 1903-1978
Berger, John Peter (British writer, playwright, art critic) b.1926
Berger, Thomas Louis (American writer) b.1924
Berger, Victor Louis (Transylvanian-born Am. Soc. editor, pol.) 1860-1929
Bergey, David Hendricks (American bacteriologist) 1860-1937
Bergh, Henry (American reformer) 1811-1888
Berghaus, Heinrich (German geographer, cartographer) 1797-1884
Berghaus, Hermann (German cartographer; nephew of Heinrich) 1828-1890
Bergius, Friedrich Karl Rudolf (German chemist) 1884-1949
Bergman, Bo Hjalmar (Swedish poet, postal official) 1869-1967
Bergman, Ernst Ingmar (Swedish film, theater director) 1918-2007
Bergman, Hjalmar Fredrik Elgerus (Swedish dramatist, writer) 1883-1931
Bergman, Ingrid (Swedish actor) 1915-1982
Bergman, Torbern Olof (Swedish chemist, physicist) 1735-1784
Bergmann, Ernst Gustav Benjamin von (German surgeon) 1836-1907
Bergson, Henri-Louis (French philosopher) 1859-1941
Bergstrom, Sune Karl (Swedish biochemist) 1916-2004
Beria (or Beriya), Lavrenty Pavlovich (Russian politician) 1899-1953
Bering, Vitus Jonassen (Danish navigator) 1681-1741
Berio, Luciano (Italian composer, teacher, conductor) 1925-2003
Berke (or Barakah; Mongol ruler; grandson of Genghis Khan) d.1267
Berkeley, Busby (American film director, choreographer) 1895-1976
Berkeley, George (Irish philosopher) 1685-1753
Berkeley, Sir Lennox Randal Francis (English composer) 1903-1989
Berkeley, Sir William (English colonial governor) 1606-1677
Berken, Ludwig van (aka Louis de Berquen; Flemish lapidary) 15th cent.
Berkley, James John (English engineer) 1819-1862
Berkman, Alexander "Sasha" (Russian-born American anarchist) 1870-1936
Berkner, Lloyd Viel (American physicist, engineer) 1905-1967
Berkowitz, David Richard née Falco (American serial killer) b.1953
Berlage, Hendrik Petrus (Dutch architect) 1856-1934
Berland, Gretchen Kimberly (American? physician, filmmaker) b.1964?
Berlanga, Tomas de (Spanish prelate) d.1551
Berle, Adolf Augustus (American lawyer, diplomat) 1895-1971
Berle, Milton (born Milton Berlinger; American actor, comedian) 1908-2002
Berlichingen, Gotz (or Gottfried) von (German knight) 1480-1562
Berlier, Jean-Baptiste (French engineer) 1843-1911
Berlin, Irving (Israel Isidore Baline; Russian-born Am. comp.) 1888-1989
Berlin, Sir Isaiah (Latvian-born English philosopher) 1909-1997
Berlin, Naphtali Zevi Judah "ha-Neziv" (Russian Jewish scholar) 1817-1893
Berliner, Emile (German-born American inventor) 1851-1929
Berlinghieri, Bonaventura (Italian painter) fl. 1235-1244
Berlin Painter (Greek vase painter) fl. 500-460 BC
Berlioz, Louis-Hector (French composer, conductor) 1803-1869
Berman, Bart (Dutch-born Israeli pianist, composer) b.1938
Bermejo, Bartolome (aka Bartolome de Cardenas; Spanish painter) fl. 1474-1495
Bernacchi, Antonio (Italian alto castrato, composer, teacher) 1685-1756
Bernadette of Lourdes, Saint (French religious) 1844-1879
Bernadotte af Wisborg, Folke (Swedish soldier) 1895-1948
Bernal, John Desmond (Irish-born British physicist) 1901-1971
Bernanos, Georges (French writer) 1888-1948
Bernard of Chartres (French Humanist, philosopher) d.c.1130
Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (French ecclesiastic) 1090-1153
Bernard of Cluny (aka Bernard of Morlaix; French monk, poet) 12th cent.
Bernard of Montjoux, Saint (Bernard of Menthon; It. religious) d.1081?
Bernard, Claude (French physiologist) 1813-1878
Bernard, Emile (French painter) 1868-1941
Bernard, Jean-Jacques (French playwright; son of Tristan) 1888-1972
Bernard, Simon (French military engineer) 1779-1839
Bernard, Tristan (born Paul; French playwright, writer) 1866-1947
Bernard de Ventadour (Provencal troubadour) d.1195?
Bernardes, Artur da Silva (Brazilian politician; pres. 1922-26) 1875-1955
Bernardes, Diogo (Portuguese poet) c.1530-1605
Bernardi, Francesco (aka Senesino; Italian alto castrato) 1686-1758
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri (French writer) 1737-1814
Bernardino of Siena, Saint (Italian religious, theologian) 1380-1444
Bernauer, Agnes (German victim) d.1435
Bernays, Edward (Austrian public relations expert, writer) 1891-1995
Berne, Eric Lennard (American psychologist) 1910-1970
Berne, Tim (American musician) b.1954
Berners-Lee, Timothy John (English computer scientist) b.1955
Bernhard (Duke of Saxe-Weimar; German general) 1604-1639
Bernhard (German noble) 1649-1706
Bernhard, Sandra (American comedian, singer, actor, writer) b.1955
Bernhard, Thomas (Austrian playwright, writer, poet) 1931-1989
Bernhardt, Sarah (born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; French actor) 1844-1923
Berni, Francesco (Italian satirist, poet, translator) 1497/8-1535
Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo (It. sculptor, architect, painter) 1598-1680
Bernini, Pietro (Italian sculptor) 1562-1629
Bernis, Francois-Joachim de Pierre de (Fr. cardinal, statesman) 1715-1794
Berno, Anthony (Canadian software engineer) b.1970
Bernoulli, Christoph (Swiss naturalist; grandson of Johann II) 1782-1863
Bernoulli, Daniel (Swiss mathematician; son of Johann I) 1700-1782
Bernoulli, Jakob I (Swiss mathematician; brother of Johann I) 1654-1705
Bernoulli, Jakob II (Swiss mathematician; brother of Johann II) 1759-1789
Bernoulli, Johann I (Swiss mathematician; brother of Jakob I) 1667-1748
Bernoulli, Johann II (Swiss mathematician; son of Johann I) 1710-1790
Bernoulli, Johann III (Swiss astronomer; son of Johann II) 1744-1807
Bernoulli, Nikolaus (Swiss mathematician; nephew of Jakob I) 1687-1759
Bernstein, Aaron (German writer) 1812-1884
Bernstein, Eduard (German writer, politician) 1850-1932
Bernstein, Henry-Leon-Gustave-Charles (French dramatist) 1876-1953
Bernstein, Herman (Russian-born American journalist, writer) 1876-1935
Bernstein, Leonard (born Louis; American composer, conductor) 1918-1990
Bernstein, Michele (French writer; Situationist International) b.1932
Bernstorff, Johann Hartwig Ernst (German diplomat) 1712-1772
Berossus (or Berosus, Berossos, Berosos; Babylonian priest) fl. c.290 BC
Berr, Henri (French historian, philosopher) 1863-1954
Berra, Lawrence Peter "Yogi" (American baseball coach, manager) b.1925
Berridge, Michael John (Rhodesian-born British biologist) b.1938
Berrigan, Daniel (American priest, poet, essayist) b.1921
Berrigan, Ted (American poet, editor) 1934-1983
Berruguete, Alonso (Spanish sculptor, painter; son of Pedro) c.1488-1561
Berruguete, Pedro (aka Pedro Espanol; Spanish painter) d.1504
Berry, Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" (American musician) b.1926
Berry, Edward Wilber (American paleobotanist) 1875-1945
Berry, Martha McChesney (American educator) 1866-1942
Berry, Richard Stephen (American physical chemist) b.1931
Berry, Wendell Erdman (Am. conservationist, farmer, writer) b.1934
Berryer, Pierre-Antoine (French lawyer, politician) 1790-1868
Berryman, John (American poet, biographer, writer, academic) 1914-1972
Bert, Paul (French physiologist, politician) 1833-1886
Bertani, Agostino (Italian physician, revolutionary) 1812-1886
Bertaut, Jean de Caen (French prelate, poet) 1552-1611
Bertha (aka Berta, Berte, Berthe; Carolingian queen) d.783
Berthelier, Philibert (Swiss patriot) c.1465-1519
Berthelot, Philippe-Joseph-Louis (Fr. dipl.; son of Marcelin) 1866-1934
Berthelot, Pierre-Eugene-Marcelin (French chemist) 1827-1907
Berthier, Louis-Alexandre (French soldier, marshal of France) 1753-1815
Berthold of Henneberg (aka Berthold of Mainz; German prelate) 1442-1504
Berthold von Regensburg (German preacher) c.1220-1272
Bertholet, Alfred (Swiss cleric, scholar) 1868-1951
Berthollet, Claude-Louis (French chemist) 1748-1822
Bertillon, Alphonse (French criminologist) 1853-1914
Bertillon, Jacques (French statistician; brother of Alphonse) 1851-1922
Bertin, Francois-Edouard (French journalist; son of elder L.F.) 1797-1871
Bertin, Louis-Francois (French journalist; brother of L.F.) 1766-1841
Bertin de Vaux, Louis-Francois (Fr. journalist, administrator) 1771-1842
Bertin, Louis-Marie-Armand (Fr. journalist; son of elder L.F.) 1801-1854
Bertolucci, Attilio (Italian poet, literary critic, translator) 1911-2000
Berton, Henri "Francois" (French composer; son of Henri-Montan) 1784-1832
Berton, Henri-Montan (French composer; son of Pierre-Montan) 1767-1844
Berton, Pierre (Canadian writer) b.1920
Berton, Pierre-Montan (French musician) 1727-1780
Bertoni, Ferdinando Gasparo (Italian organist, composer) 1725-1813
Bertozzi, Carolyn Ruth (American chemist) b.1966
Bertrand, Gabriel-Emile (French biochemist) 1867-1962
Bertrand, Henri-Gratien (French engineer, general) 1773-1844
Bertrand, Joseph Louis Francois (French mathematician) 1822-1900
Bertrand, Louis-Jacques-Napoleon "Aloysius" (French writer) 1807-1841
Bertrand, Louis-Marie-Emile (French writer) 1866-1941
Bertrand, Marcel-Alexandre (French geologist) 1847-1907
Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube (French poet) 13th cent.
Bertran de Born (French soldier, troubador) d.c.1202-15
Bertuch, Friedrich Justin (German writer, publisher) 1747-1822
Berube, Allan Ronald (American historian, activist, scholar) 1946-2007
Berulle, Pierre de (French prelate) 1575-1629
Berwald, Franz Adolf (Swedish composer, orthopedic surgeon) 1796-1868
Berwinski, Ryszard Wincenty (Polish poet, writer) 1819-1879
Berzelius, Jons Jacob (Swedish chemist) 1779-1848
Berzsenyi, Daniel (Hungarian poet) 1776-1836
Besant, Annie née Wood (Eng. theosophist, Indian polit. leader) 1847-1933
Besant, Sir Walter (English writer, philanthropist) 1836-1901
Beseler, Hans Hartwig von (Prussian general; nephew of Wilhelm) 1850-1921
Beseler, Wilhelm Hartwig (Prussian politician) 1806-1884
Beser, Jacob (Am. radar specialist on Enola Gay & Bock's Car) 1921-1992
Besnard, Paul-Albert (French painter, etcher) 1849-1934
Bespaloff, Alexis Jacques (Romanian-born Am. oenophile, writer) 1934-2006
Bessa Luis, Maria Agustina (Portuguese writer) b.1922
Bessa Victor, Geraldo (Angolan poet, scholar) b.1917
Bessarion (born Basil; Byzantine theologian, Humanist) 1403-1472
Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm (German astronomer, mathematician) 1784-1846
Bessemer, Sir Henry (English engineer, inventor) 1813-1898
Bessenyei, Gyorgy (Hungarian playwright, poet) 1747-1811
Bessey, Charles Edwin (American botanist) 1845-1915
Bessie, Simon Michael (American publisher: Atheneum Publishers) 1916-2008
Bessieres, Jean-Baptiste (Duc d'Istrie; Marshal of France) 1768-1813
Besson, Jacques (French engineer) 1540-1576
Bessus (Ruler of Bactria and Sogdiana) d.c.329 BC
Best, Charles Herbert (American-born Canadian physiologist) 1899-1978
Best, Oswald Herbert (British administrator, writer) 1894-1980
Bester, Alfred (American writer) 1913-1987
Bestia, Lucius Calpurnius (Roman politician) 2nd cent. BC
Bestuzhev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (Russian writer, critic) 1797-1837
Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Aleksey Petrovich (Russian diplomat, polit.) 1693-1766
Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Mikhail Petrovich (Russian diplomat) 1688-1760
Betancourt, Romulo (Venezuelan politician; president 1959-64) 1908-1981
Bethe, Hans Albrecht (German-born American physicist) 1906-2005
Bethell, Richard (1st Baron Westbury; English judge) 1800-1873
Bethencourt, Jean de (French navigator) c.1360-c.1422
Bethlen, Istvan (Hungarian politician) 1874-1947?
Bethlen von Iktar, Gabor (or Gabriel; King of Hungary 1620-21) 1580-1629
Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald Theodor Friedrich von (German pol.) 1856-1921
Bethune, Mary née McLeod (American educator) 1875-1955
Bethune, Maximilien de (Duc de Sully; French statesman) 1560-1641
Betjeman, Sir John (British writer, poet laureate 1972-1984) 1906-1984
Bettelheim, Bruno (Austrian-born American psychologist) 1903-1990
Betterton, Thomas (English actor) c.1635-1710
Betti, Enrico (Italian mathematician) 1823-1892
Betti, Ugo (Italian playwright, magistrate, judge) 1892-1953
Bettinelli, Saverio (Italian writer, critic) 1718-1808
Betto di Biago, Bernardo di "Pinturicchio" (Italian painter) c.1454-1513
Betty, William Henry West (English actor) 1791-1874
Beuckelson, Jan "John of Leiden" (Dutch Anabaptist leader) c.1509-1536
Beust, Friedrich Ferdinand von (German politician) 1809-1886
Beuys, Joseph (German painter, sculptor, activist) 1921-1986
Bevan, Aneurin (Welsh-born British politician, orator) 1897-1960
Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah (American politician, historian) 1862-1927
Beveridge, William Henry (English economist) 1879-1963
Beverly, Robert (American historian) c.1673-1722
Bevin, Ernest (British labor leader, politician) 1881-1951
Bewick, Thomas (English illustrator, wood engraver) 1753-1828
Bey, Hakim (American writer) b.1945
Beyer, Absalon Pedersson (Norwegian Humanist) 1528-1575
Beyers, Christiaan Frederik (South African soldier, politician) 1869-1914
Beyerstein, Barry L. (Canadian psychologist) 1947-2007
Beyle, Marie-Henri (pseudonym Stendhal; French writer) 1783-1842
Bezborodko, Aleksandr Andreyevich (Russian politician) 1747-1799
Beze, Theodore de (Theodorus Beza; French theologian) 1519-1605
Bezout, Etienne (French mathematician) 1730-1783
Bhabha, Homi Jehangir (Indian physicist) 1909-1966
Bhadrabahu I (Indian religious leader) d.298 BC
Bharata (or Bharata Muni; Indian sage) 2nd cent.
Bharati, Subramania C. (Tamil poet, songwriter, essayist) 1882-1921
Bharavi (Indian poet) 7th cent.
Bhartrhari (Indian philosopher, poet) 570?-651?
Bhasa (Indian dramatist) 2nd/3rd cent.
Bhaskara II (aka Bhaskaracarya; Indian mathematician) 1114-c.1185
Bhattacharya, Bhabhani (Indian writer) b.1906
Bhatti (Sanskrit poet, grammarian; writer of Bhattikavya) fl.6th/7th cent.
Bhavabhuti (Indian dramatist, poet) fl. 700
Bhely-Quenum, Olympe (Beninese writer, journalist) b.1928
Bhumibol Adulyadej (American-born Thai king 1946-) b.1927
Bhumindaraja (aka Phra Chao Thai Sa; King of Siam 1709-1733) d.1733
Bhutto, Benazir (Pakistani prime minister 1988-1990) b.1953
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (Pakistani politician) 1828-1979
Biafra, Jello (born Eric Reed Boucher; American musician) b.1958
Bialik (or Byalik), Hayyim Nahman (Ukrainian-born Jewish poet) 1873-1934
Bialoszewski, Miron (Polish poet, playwright, writer) 1922-1983
Bianchini, Francesco (Italian astronomer) 1662-1729
Bianciardi, Luciano (Italian writer) 1922-1971
Bianco, Margery née Williams (English writer) 1881-1944
Biandrata, Giorgio (Georgius Blandrata; It. physician, theol.) c.1515-1588
Bian Zhilin (or Pien Chih-lin; Chinese poet, translator) 1910-2000
Bias of Priene (Greek sage; one of the Seven Sages) 6th cent. BC
Bibaud, Michel (French-Canadian historian, poet) 1782-1857
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (German violinist, composer) 1644-1704
Biber, Stanley (American surgeon: sex reassignment surgery) 1923-2006
Bibescu, Barbu Dimitrie (Romanian politician; brother of G.D.) 1801-1869
Bibescu, Gheorghe Dimitrie (Romanian politician) 1804-1873
Bibic, Bratko (Slovenian accordionist, composer) b.1957
Bibiena (or Bibbiena), Ferdinando Galli da (Italian architect) 1657-1743
Bibulus, Marcus Calpurnius (Roman politician) d.48 BC
Bichat, Marie-Francois-Xavier (French anatomist, physiologist) 1771-1802
Bichel, Peter (Swiss writer, journalist) b.1935
Bickerdyke, Mary Ann née Ball (American relief worker) 1817-1901
Bickerstaff, Isaac (pseudonym of Jonathan Swift) 1667-1745
Bickerstaff, Isaac (pseudonym of Richard Steele in the Tatler) 1672-1729
Bickerstaffe, Isaac (Irish playwright) c.1735-c.1812
Bickersteth, Edward (English evangelical clergyman) 1786-1850
Bickersteth, Edward Henry (English prelate; son of Edward) 1825-1906
Bickford, Bruce (American animator) b.1947
Bidart, Frank (American poet) b.1939
Bidault, Georges (French statesman) 1899-1983
Biddle, Charlie (American-Canadian musician) 1926-2003
Biddle, Francis (French-born American lawyer) 1886-1968
Biddle, James (American naval officer) 1783-1848
Biddle, John (English theologian) 1615-1662
Biddle, Nicholas (American financier) 1786-1844
Bidlack, Benjamin Alden (American diplomat) 1804-1849
Bidwell, John (American pioneer, politician) 1819-1900
Biederman, Charles Josef (American artist, writer) 1906-2004
Biel, Gabriel (German scholastic philosopher) c.1420-1495
Biela, Wilhelm von (German astronomer) 1782-1856
Bielski, Joachim (Polish historian; son of Marcin) 1540-1599
Bielski, Marcin (Polish historian, poet) 1495-1575
Biencourt, Charles de (Baron de Saint-Just; French colonizer) 1591/2-1623/4
Bienerth, Richard von (Austrian politician) 1863-1918
Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne (French col. gov. Louisiana) 1680-1768
Bierce, Ambrose Gwinnett (American journalist, writer) 1842-1914?
Bierstadt, Albert (German-born American painter) 1830-1902
Bierut, Boleslaw (Polish politician) 1892-1956
Bigelow, Charles A. (Am. type historian, academic, designer) b.1945
Bigelow, Erastus Brigham (American inventor; a founder of MIT) 1814-1879
Bigelow, Jacob (American physician, botanist) 1786-1879
Bigelow, John (American writer, diplomat; father of Poultney) 1817-1911
Bigelow, Julian Himely (Am. mathematician, electrical engineer) 1913-2003
Bigelow, Poultney (American traveler, journalist, writer) 1855-1954
Biggers, Earl Derr (Am. writer, journalist; cr. Charlie Chan) 1884-1933
Bigordi, Domenico di Tommaso (Florentine artist) 1449-1494
Bigot, Francois (French administrator) 1703-c.1777
Bigot de Morogues, Marie Kiene (French piano teacher, composer) 1786-1820
Bigsby, John Jeremiah (English physician, geologist) 1792-1881
Bigwood, Jeremy Edmund (Ceylon-born British photojournalist) b.1951
Biko, (Bantu) Stephen (South African revolutionary) 1946-1977
Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore (American politician) 1877-1947
Bild aus Rheinau "Beatus Rhenanus" (Alsatian Humanist) 1485-1547
Bilderdijk, Willem (Dutch poet, scholar, critic) 1756-1831
Bilfinger, Georg Bernhard (German philosopher, mathematician) 1693-1750
Bilge (or Bilge Kagan; Mo-ki-lien; Mongolian ruler) d.734
Billaud-Varenne, Jean-Nicolas (French revolutionary politician) 1756-1819
Billetdoux, Francois (French playwright) 1927-1991
Billinghurst, Guillermo Enrique (Peruvian politician) 1851-1915
Billings, Frederick (American businessman) 1823-1890
Billings, John Shaw (American physician, librarian) 1838-1913
Billings, William (American composer) 1746-1800
Billingsley, William (British artist) 1758-1828
Billington, Elizabeth née Weichsell (English opera singer) 1768-1818
Billroth, (Christian Albert) Theodor (German surgeon) 1829-1894
Bilney (or Bylney), Thomas (English clergyman, martyr) c.1495-1531
Bimbisara (Indian ruler) c.543-491 BC
Binchois (or De Binche), Gilles Egidius (Flemish composer) c.1400-1460
Binchy, Maeve (Irish journalist, writer) b.1940
Bindusara (aka Amitrochates; King of Magadha c.297-272 BC) d.272 BC
Binet, Alfred (French psychologist) 1857-1911
Binger, Louis-Gustave (French explorer, administrator) 1856-1936
Bingham, Eugene Cook (American chemist) 1878-1945
Bingham, George Caleb (American painter) 1811-1879
Bingham, George Charles (3rd Earl of Lucan; English soldier) 1800-1888
Bingham, Hiram (American missionary) 1789-1869
Bingham, Hiram (American missionary; son of Hiram) 1831-1908
Bingham, Hiram (American explorer, politician; son of Hiram) 1875-1956
Bingham, William (American banker, politician) 1752-1804
Bingo Gazingo (born Murray Wachs; Am. poet, postal worker) 1924-2010
Bing Xin (or Ping Hsin; pseud. of Xie Wanying; Chinese writer) 1900-1999
Binkis, Kazys (Lithuanian poet; leader of Four Winds movement) 1893-1942
bin Laden, Osama bin Mohammad (Saudia Arabian Al-Qaeda leader) 1957-2011
Binney, Horace (American lawyer) 1780-1875
Binney, Thomas (English clergyman) 1798-1874
Binnig, Gerd (German physicist) b.1947
Binnya Dala (Ruler of Mon kingdom of Lower Burma 1747-1757) d.1774
Binswanger, Ludwig (Swiss psychiatrist) 1881-1966
Binyon, (Robert) Laurence (English poet, art historian) 1869-1943
Bion (aka Bion of Borysthenes; Greek philosopher) 325?-255? BC
Bion (Greek bucolic poet) fl. 100 BC
Biondo, Flavio (Flavius Blondus; Italian Humanist, historian) 1392-1463
Biot, Jean-Baptiste (Fr. mathematician, physicist, astronomer) 1774-1862
Bioy Casares, Adolfo (Argentinean writer, editor) 1914-1984
Biran, Marie-Francois-Pierre Gonthier de (Fr. polit., writer) 1766-1824
Birch, Louis Charles (Australian geneticist, theologian) 1918-2009
Birch, Thomas (English historian, prelate) 1705-1766
Birchall, Edward Patrick "Ho-Ho the Clown" (American clown) 1923-1988
Bird, Cyril Kenneth (pseudonym Fougasse; British cartoonist) 1887-1965
Bird, Phillip Bradley "Brad" (American film director, writer) b.1957
Bird, Robert Montgomery (American writer, dramatist) 1806-1854
Birdseye, Clarence (American businessman, inventor) 1886-1956
Birdseye, Claude Hale (American topographic engineer) 1878-1941
Birdwood, William Riddell (India-born British soldier) 1865-1951
Birger Jarl (Swedish noble) d.1266
Birger Magnusson (King of Sweden 1290-1318; son of Magnus I) 1280-1321
Birgitta, Saint (Birgitta Birgersdotter; Swedish writer) 1303-1373
Biringuccio, Vannoccio (Italian metallurgist) 1480-c.1539
Birkbeck, George (English physician, educator) 1776-1841
Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith (English jurist, statesman) 1872-1930
Birkhoff, George David (American mathematician, teacher) 1884-1944
Birney, Alfred Earle (Canadian writer, educator) 1904-1995
Birney, James Gillespie (American anti-slavery leader) 1792-1857
Biron, Ernst Johann née Buhren (German politician in Russia) 1690-1772
Birrell, Augustine (English politician, writer) 1850-1933
Birtwistle, Sir Harrison Paul (English composer) b.1934
Biruni, Abu ar-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al- (Arab scholar) 973-1048
Bischof, Werner (Swiss photographer) 1916-1954
Bischoff, John (American composer, musician, teacher, activist) b.1949
Biscop, Simon "Simon Episcopius" (Dutch theologian) 1583-1643
Bishandas (Indian painter) 17th cent.
Bishop, Elizabeth (American poet) 1911-1979
Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley (English conductor, composer) 1786-1855
Bishop, Isabella Lucy née Bird (English traveler, lecturer) 1832-1904
Bishop, John Michael (American microbiologist, immunologist) b.1936
Bishop, John Peale (American poet, writer, critic) 1892-1944
Bishop, William Avery (Canadian aviator) 1894-1956
Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold von (Prussian statesman) 1815-1898
Bismarck-Schonhausen, Herbert Nikolaus von (Prussian diplomat) 1849-1904
Bissell, George Henry (American petroleum pioneer) 1821-1884
Bissell, Melville Reuben (Am. inventor; inv. carpet sweeper) 1843-1889
Bissell, Richard Pike (American writer, playwright) 1913-1977
Bisolati-Bergamaschi, Leonida (Italian politician) 1857-1920
Bitov, Andrei Georgievich (Russian writer) b.1937
Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis (Austrian-born American sculptor) 1867-1915
Bittova, Iva (Moravian musician) b.1958
Bitzer, George William "G.W." (Am. motion-picture cameraman) 1874-1944
Bitzius, Albert (pseudonym Jeremias Gotthelf; Swiss writer) 1797-1854
Bixby, Horace Ezra (American Mississippi river pilot) 1826-1912
Biyidi, Alexandre (pseudonym Mongo Beti; Cameroonian writer) b.1932
Bizet, Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold "Georges" (French composer) 1838-1875
Bizzozero, Giulio Cesare (Italian pathologist) 1846-1901
Bjerknes, Jacob Aall Bonnevie (Swedish-born Am. meteorologist) 1897-1975
Bjerknes, Vilhelm Friman Koren (Norwegian physicist) 1862-1951
Bjorkenheim, Raoul (American musician) b.1956
Bjorneboe, Jens Ingvald (Norw. writer, dramatist,essayist,poet) 1920-1976
Bjornson, Bjornstjerne Martinius (Norw. poet, writer, editor) 1832-1910
Bjornsson, Sveinn (Icelandic politician, diplomat) 1881-1952
Black, Adam (Scottish publisher) 1784-1874
Black, Robert Charles Jr. "Bob" (American anarchist, writer) b.1951
Black, Davidson (Canadian physician, anthropologist) 1884-1934
Black, George (English theatrical manager) 1890-1945
Black, Greene Vardiman (American dentist) 1836-1915
Black, Hugo LaFayette (Am. politician, Supreme Court justice) 1886-1971
Black, Sir James Whyte (Scottish physician, pharmacologist) b.1924
Black, Jeremiah Sullivan (American lawyer) 1810-1883
Black, Joseph (Scottish chemist) 1728-1799
Black, William (Scottish journalist, writer) 1841-1898
Blackburn, Gideon (American clergyman) 1772-1838
Blackburn, Helen (Irish-born British reformer) 1842-1903
Blackburn, Joseph (English painter) c.1730-1774?
Blackburn, Paul (American poet, translator, teacher) 1926-1971
Blackburn, Robert (American artist, teacher, printmaker) 1920-2003
Blackburn, Thomas (English poet, critic) 1916-1977
Blackburne, Francis (Irish lawyer) 1782-1867
Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart (British physicist) 1897-1974
Black Hawk (Ma-ka-ta-i-me-she-kia-kiak; Am. Indian leader) 1767-1838
Blackie, John Stuart (Scottish scholar, man of letters) 1809-1895
Blackmore, Sir Richard (English physician, writer) 1654-1729
Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (English writer) 1825-1900
Blackmun, Harry Andrew (Am. Supreme Court justice 1970-1994) 1908-1999
Blackmur, Richard Palmer (American critic, poet) 1904-1965
Blackstone, Sir William (English jurist) 1723-1780
Blackton, James Stuart (English-born American film director) 1875-1941
Blackwelder, Eliot (American geologist) 1880-1969
Blackwell, Alice Stone (American woman suffrage advocate) 1857-1950
Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa née Brown (American reformer) 1825-1921
Blackwell, Elizabeth (English-born American physician) 1821-1910
Blackwell, Emily (American physician; sister of Elizabeth) 1826-1910
Blackwell, Henry Brown (Eng.-born Am. editor; father of Alice) 1825-1909
Blackwell, John (pseudonym Alun; Welsh poet, writer) 1797-1840
Blackwell, Unita née Brown (Am. rights activist, politician) b.1933
Blackwood, Algernon Henry (English writer, traveler) 1869-1951
Blackwood, Caroline Maureen (Northern Irish writer) b.1931
Blackwood, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple (British diplomat) 1826-1902
Blackwood, John (Scottish publisher; son of William) 1818-1879
Blackwood, William (Scottish publisher) 1776-1834
Blaeu, Cornelius (Dutch geographic publisher; son of Willem) d.1650
Blaeu, Jan (Dutch geographic publisher; son of Willem) d.1673
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (Dutch math., geographer, astronomer) 1571-1638
Blaga, Lucian (Romanian poet, playwright) 1895-1961
Blahoslav, Jan (Czech prelate, writer) 1523-1571
Blaich, Hans Erich (pseud. Dr. Owlglass; Ger. writer, trans.) 1873-1945
Blaine, James Gillespie "the Plumed Knight" (Am. politician) 1830-1893
Blainville, Henri-Marie Ducrotay de (Fr. zoologist, physician) 1777-1850
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" (Scottish-born Brit. pol.) b.1953
Blair, Eric Arthur "George Orwell" (India-born English writer) 1903-1950
Blair, Francis Preston (American journalist, politician) 1791-1876
Blair, Francis Preston Jr. (Am. politician; son of Francis) 1821-1875
Blair, Hugh (Scottish Presbyterian clergyman) 1718-1800
Blair, James (Scottish-born American educator) 1656-1743
Blair, John (Am. jurist; member of Constitutional Convention) 1732-1800
Blair, Montgomery (American politician; son of Francis) 1813-1883
Blair, Preston (American animator, text book writer) 1918-1994
Blair, Robert (Scottish clergyman, poet) 1699-1746
Blais, Marie-Claire (French Canadian writer, poet, playwright) b.1939
Blaise (or Blaize or Blasius), Saint (Armenian prelate, martyr) d.c.316
Blaize, Immodesty (b. Kelly Fletcher; English burlesque dancer) b.1978
Blake, Edward (Canadian politician) 1833-1912
Blake, Eugene Carson (American clergyman) 1906-1985
Blake, George (Scottish journalist, writer) 1893-1961
Blake, James Herbert "Eubie" (American pianist, composer) 1883-1983
Blake, Julian W. "Bud" (American cartoonist: Tiger) 1918-2005
Blake, Sir Peter Thomas (English artist) b.1932
Blake, Ran (American composer, musician) b.1935
Blake, Robert (English admiral) 1599-1657
Blake, Robert (born Michael Gubitosi; Am. actor; Our Gang) b.1933
Blake, William (English artist, poet, engraver, mystic) 1757-1827
Blakelock, Ralph Albert (American painter) 1847-1919
Blakey, Arthur "Art" (Abdullah ibn Buhaina; American musician) 1919-1990
Blalock, Alfred (American surgeon) 1899-1964
Blamey, Sir Thomas Albert (Australian soldier) 1884-1951
Blanc, Jean-Joseph-Charles-Louis (French Socialist) 1811-1882
Blanc, Melvin Jerome (American actor, cartoon voice) 1908-1989
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre-Francois (French aeronaut) 1753-1809
Blanchard, Thomas (American inventor) 1788-1864
Blanche of Castile (Queen of France) 1188-1252
Blanche, Jacques-Emile (French painter) 1861-1942
Blanchet, Nicolas (French harpsichord maker; father of F.E.) c.1660-1731
Blanchet, Francois-Etienne "the Elder" (Fr. harpsichord maker) c.1695-1761
Blanchot, Maurice (French literary theorist, writer) 1907-2003
Blanco Fombona, Rufino (Venezuelan writer, publisher) 1874-1944
Blanco y Erenas, Ramon (Marques de Pena Plata; Span. soldier) 1831-1906
Bland, James A. (American songwriter) 1854-1911
Bland, Richard Parks (American politician) 1835-1899
Blandiana, Ana (Otilia Valeria Coman Rusan; Romanian poet) b.1942
Blane, Sir Gilbert (Scottish physician) 1749-1834
Blank, Les (American documentary filmmaker) 1935-2013
Blanqui, Jerome-Adolphe (Fr. economist; brother of Auguste) 1798-1854
Blanqui, Louis-Auguste (French Socialist, revolutionary) 1805-1881
Blaschka, Leopold (Bohemian artist in glass) d.1895
Blaschka, Rudolph (Bohemian artist in glass; son of Leopold) 1857-1939
Blaschke, Wilhelm Johann Eugen (German mathematician) 1885-1962
Blasco Ibanez, Vicente (Spanish writer, politician) 1867-1928
Blashfield, Edwin Howland (American painter) 1848-1936
Blasis, Carlo (Italian ballet teacher) 1803-1878
Blaskowitz, Johannes (German general) 1883-1948
Blastares, Matthew (Byzantine monk, jurist) 14th cent.
Blatch, Harriot Eaton née Stanton (Am. woman suffrage leader) 1856-1940
Blatchford, Samuel (American Supreme Court justice 1882-1893) 1820-1893
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna née Hahn (Rus.-born Am. theosophist) 1831-1891
Blavet, Michel (French musician, flutist, composer) 1700-1768
Blaznavac, Milivoje Petrovic (Serbian soldier, politician) 1824-1873
Blease, Coleman Livingston (American politician) 1868-1942
Blechen, Karl (German painter) 1798-1840
Bleek, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel (German philologist) 1827-1875
Blegen, Carl William (American archaeologist) 1887-1971
Blegvad, Peter (Am. musician, singer, songwriter, cartoonist) b.1951
Blenkinsop, John (English inventor) 1783-1831
Bleriot, Louis (French pioneer aviator) 1872-1936
Blessington, Marguerite Gardiner née Power (Irish writer) 1789-1849
Blest Gana, Alberto (Chilean writer, diplomat) 1830-1920
Bleuler, Eugen (Swiss psychiatrist) 1857-1939
Blewett, Duncan Bassett (Canadian research psychologist) 1920-2007
Bley, Carla née Borg (American composer, musician) b.1938
Bley, Paul (Canadian musician, composer) b.1932
Blicher, Steen Steensen (Danish poet, writer) 1782-1848
Bligh, William (English naval officer) 1754-1817
Blinn, James F. "Jim" (American? computer scientist) b.1949
Blish, James Benjamin (American writer) 1921-1975
Bliss, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond (English composer) 1891-1975
Bliss, Nathaniel (English astronomer) 1700-1764
Bliss, Tasker Howard (American army officer) 1853-1930
Blitzstein, Marc (American composer) 1905-1964
Blobel, Gunter (German-born American biologist) b.1936
Bloch, Ernest (Swiss-born American composer, teacher) 1880-1959
Bloch, Ernst (German philosopher) 1885-1977
Bloch, Felix (Swiss-born American physicist, educator) 1905-1983
Bloch, Jean-Richard (French essayist, writer, playwright) 1884-1947
Bloch, Joseph Samuel (Austrian rabbi, politician) 1850-1923
Bloch, Konrad Emil (German-born American biochemist) 1912-2000
Bloch, Mark "Pan" (American multi-media artist) b.1956
Block, Herbert Lawrence (American editorial cartoonist) 1909-2001
Blocksidge, Charles William (Australian poet, story writer) 1883-1942
Blodgett, Katherine Burr (American physicist, chemist) 1898-1979
Bloemaert, Abraham (Dutch painter, engraver) 1564-1651
Bloembergen, Nicolaas (Dutch-born American physicist) b.1920
Bloemen, Jan Frans van (Flemish painter; bro. of Pieter) 1662-1748?
Bloemen, Pieter van "Standaert" (Flem. battle & animal painter) 1657-1719
Blois, Francois-Louis de (Flemish religious, mystical writer) 1506-1566
Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (Russian poet, dramatist) 1880-1921
Blom, Frans Ferdinand (Danish archaeologist) 1893-1963
Blomberg, Werner Eduard Fritz von (German army officer) 1878-1946
Blomfield, Sir Arthur William (English architect; son of C.J.) 1829-1899
Blomfield, Charles James (English prelate) 1786-1857
Blomfield, Sir Reginald Theodore (English architect, writer) 1856-1942
Blondel (aka Blondel de Nesle; French trouvere) 12th cent.
Blondel, Francois (Sieur des Croisettes; French architect) 1618-1686
Blondel, Georges (French scholar) 1856-1948
Blondel, Jacques-Francois (French architect) 1705-1774
Blondel, Maurice-Edouard (French philosopher) 1861-1949
Blondin, Charles (born J.F. Gravelet; French tightrope walker) 1824-1897
Blonk, Jaap (Dutch composer, voice performer, sound poet) b.1953
Blood, Thomas (Irish adventurer) c.1618-1680
Bloom, Allan David (American philosopher, writer) 1930-1992
Bloom, Harold (American literary and cultural critic) b.1930
Bloomer, Amelia née Jenks (American reformer) 1818-1894
Bloomfield, Leonard (American linguist) 1887-1949
Bloomfield, Maurice (Austrian-born American philologist) 1855-1928
Bloomfield, Robert (English shoemaker, poet) 1766-1823
Bloor, Ella née Reeve "Mother Bloor" (Am. Communist leader) 1862-1951
Blouet, Paul (pseudonym Max O'Rell; French writer) 1848-1903
Blount, Charles (Earl of Devonshire; English soldier) c.1562-1606
Blount, Charles (English deist, writer) 1654-1693
Blount (or Blunt), Edward (English printer) c.1565-1632?
Blount, Roy Alton Jr. (American humorist, journalist, writer) b.1941
Blount, Thomas (English antiquarian, lexicographer) 1618-1679
Blount, Sir Walter (English soldier) d.1403
Blount, William (American politician) 1749-1800
Blow, David Mervyn (Eng. biophysicist: X-ray crystallography) 1931-2004
Blow, John (English composer, organist) 1649?-1708
Blow, Susan Elizabeth (American educator) 1843-1916
Bloy, Leon (French writer, critic, polemicist) 1846-1917
Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von (Prussian field marshal) 1742-1819
Blucher, Vasily Konstantinovich (pseudonym Galen; Rus. general) 1889-1938
Bluhme, Christian Albrecht (Danish politician) 1794-1866
Bluiett, Hamiet (American musician, composer) b.1940
Blum, Leon (French politician) 1872-1950
Blum, Manuel (Venezuelan computer scientist, cryptographer) b.1938
Blum, Robert (German political agitator, writer, orator) 1807-1848
Blumberg, Baruch Samuel (American virologist) b.1925
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich (German zoologist, anthropologist) 1752-1840
Blumenthal, Leonhard von (Prussian general) 1810-1900
Blumenthal, Oskar (German playwright, critic) 1852-1917
Blunden, Edmund Charles (English poet, critic, scholar) 1896-1974
Blunden, Jeraldyne (American choreographer) 1941?-1999
Blunt, Lady Anne Isabella née Noel (Eng. traveler; wife of W.) 1837-1917
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (English poet, traveler) 1840-1922
Bluntschli, Johann Kaspar (Swiss legal scholar) 1808-1881
Bluth, Donald Virgil "Don" (American animator, studio owner) b.1937
Bly, Robert Elwood (American poet, editor, translator) b.1926
Blyth, Edward (English naturalist) 1810-1873
Blythe, Arthur (American musician, composer) b.1940
Boas, Franz (German-born American anthropologist, ethnologist) 1858-1942
Bobadilla, Francisco de (Spanish officer) d.1502
Bobrikov, Nikolay Ivanovich (Russian general) 1839-1904
Bobrowski, Johannes (German poet, writer) 1917-1965
Bobrzynski, Michal (Polish historian, politician) 1849-1935
Bocage, Manuel Maria Barbosa du (Elmano Sadino; Port. poet) 1765-1805
Boccaccio, Giovanni (French-born Italian writer) 1313-1375
Boccalini, Traiano (Italian satirist) 1556-1613
Boccherini, Ridolfo Luigi (Italian composer, violincellist) 1743-1805
Boccioni, Umberto (Italian painter, sculptor) 1882-1916
Bochart, Samuel (French theologian, philologist) 1599-1667
Bochsa, Robert Nicolas-Charles (French musician, composer) 1789-1856
Bock, Fedor von (German general) 1880-1945
Bock, Hieronymus (H. Tragus; German botanist, physician) 1498-1554
Bockh, August (German classical philologist) 1785-1867
Bocklin, Arnold (Swiss painter) 1827-1901
Bocskay, Istvan (Hung. national leader, prince of Transylvania) 1557-1606
Bodawpaya (aka Mintayagyi Paya; King of Burma 1782-1819) d.1819
Bode, Johann Elert (German astronomer) 1747-1826
Bode, Wilhelm von (German art critic, museum director) 1845-1929
Bodel, Jehan (or Jean; French trouvere, dramatist) c.1167-1210
Bodenheim, Maxwell (born Maxwell Bodenheimer; Am. poet, writer) 1893-1954
Bodenstedt, Friedrich Martin von (German poet, writer) 1819-1892
Bodenstein, Andreas Rudolf (German theologian) c.1480-1541
Bodhidharma (aka Ta-Mo; Daruma; Indian Buddhist monk) 6th cent.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh née Smith (English reformer) 1827-1891
Bodin, Jean (French political philosopher) 1530-1596
Bodley, Sir Thomas (English diplomat, bibliophile) 1545-1613
Bodmer, Johann Jakob (Swiss scholar, critic) 1698-1783
Bodoni, Giambattista (Italian printer, type designer) 1740-1813
Boe, Jacques (pseudonym Jacques Jasmin; French poet, barber) 1798-1864
Boece (or Boethius), Hector (Scottish historian) c.1465-c.1536
Boehm, Sir Joseph Edgar (Austrian-born British sculptor) 1834-1890
Boeing, William Edward (American aircraft industrialist) 1881-1956
Boerhaave, Hermann (Dutch physician) 1668-1738
Boetcker, William John Henry (German-born American clergyman) 1873-1962
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (Roman philosopher) c.480-524
Boethus (Greek sculptor) 2nd cent. BC
Boffrand, Gabriel-Germain (French architect) 1667-1754
Bogan, Louise (American poet, literary critic) 1897-1970
Boganda, Barthelemy (African politician) 1910-1959
Bogardus, James (American inventor) 1800-1874
Bogart, Humphrey De Forest (American actor) 1899-1957
Bogart, John B. (American journalist, news editor) 1848-1921
Bogart, Leo (Polish-born American sociologist, writer) 1921-2005
Bogdanovich, Ippolit Fyodorovich (Russian poet) 1744-1803
Bogdanovich, Peter (Am. film historian, director, writer) b.1939
Bogoraz, Vladimir Germanovich (Russian ethnographer) 1865-1936
Boguslawski, Wojciech (Polish actor, playwright) 1757-1829
Bohlau, Helene (German writer) 1859-1940
Bohlen, Charles Eustis (American diplomat) 1904-1974
Bohlen, Jim (American engineer; co-founded Greenpeace) 1926-2010
Bohl de Faber, Cecilia (pseud. Fernan Caballero; Span. writer) 1796-1877
Bohl von Faber, Johann Nikolaus (German merchant, critic) 1770-1836
Bohm, David Joseph (American physicist, educator) 1917-1992
Bohm, Georg (German organist, composer) 1661-1733
Bohm, Karl (Austrian conductor) 1894-1981
Bohm, Theobald (German flutist, composer) 1794-1881
Bohm-Bawerk, Eugen (Austrian economist, politician) 1851-1914
Bohme, Jakob (German mystic) 1575-1624
Bohmer, Johann Friedrich (German historian) 1795-1863
Bohm-Ermolli, Eduard von (Austrian general) 1856-1941
Bohn, Henry George (English publisher) 1796-1884
Bohomolec, Franciszek (Polish writer, scholar) 1720-1784
Bohr, Aage Niels (Danish physicist; son of Niels) b.1922
Bohr, Harald August (Danish mathematician; brother of Niels) 1887-1951
Bohr, Niels Henrik David (Danish physicist) 1885-1962
Bohtlingk, Otto von (German scholar) 1815-1904
Boiardo, Matteo Maria (Conte di Scandiano; Italian poet) 1441?-1494
Boie, Heinrich Christian (German poet, editor) 1744-1806
Boieldieu, Francois-Adrien (French composer) 1775-1834
Boiffard, Jacques-Andre (French photographer, radiologist) 1902-1961
Boileau, Nicolas "Boileau-Despreaux" (French critic, poet) 1636-1711
Boilly, Louis-Leopold (French painter, lithographer) 1761-1845
Boisguillebert, Pierre Le Pesant de (French economist) 1646-1714
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de (French composer) 1689-1755
Boisrobert, Francois Le Metel de (French dramatist, poet) 1589-1662
Boissy d'Anglas, Francois-Antoine de (French politician) 1756-1826
Boito, Arrigo (born E.G. Giovanni; It. composer, librettist) 1842-1918
Bojer, Johan (Norwegian writer) 1872-1959
Bojo Guksa (Chi-nui; Korean Buddhist leader) 1158-1210
Bo Juyi (or Po Chu-i; Chinese poet) 772-846
Bok, Bart Jan (Dutch-born Am. astronomer; asteroid, crater) 1906-1983
Bok, Edward William (Dutch-born American editor) 1863-1930
Bokenam (or Bokenham), Osbern (English poet) 1392?-1447?
Boland, Eavan Aisling (Irish poet, literary critic) b.1944
Boland, Francois "Francy" (Belgian musician, composer) 1929-2005
Bolcom, William Elden (American composer, pianist) b.1938
Bolden, Charles Joseph "Buddy" (American musician) 1877-1931
Boldini, Giovanni (Italian painter) 1845-1931
Boleslavsky, Richard (Polish-born Am. film & theatrical dir.) 1889-1937
Boleslaw I "Chrobry" (Polish king 1000-1025) 966/7-1025
Boleslaw II "the Bold", "the Generous" (Polish king 1058-1081) 1039-1081
Boleslaw III "Krzywousty" (Polish prince 1102-1138) 1085-1138
Boleslaw IV "Kedzierzawy" (Polish ruler) d.1173
Boleyn, Anne (Queen consort of Henry VIII; mother of Eliz. I) c.1507-1536
Bolin, Bert Rickard Johannes (Swedish meteorologist) 1925-2007
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John (English politician, writer) 1678-1751
Bolivar, Simon (South American soldier, statesman, rev. leader) 1783-1830
Bolkestein, Frederik "Frits" (Dutch politician) b.1933
Boll, Heinrich Theodor (German writer) 1917-1985
Bolland, Jean de (Bollandus; Flemish Jesuit hagiologist) 1596-1665
Bolotowsky, Ilya (Russian-born Am. painter, sculptor, teacher) 1907-1981
Bolt, Robert Oxton (English screenwriter, playwright) 1924-1995
Bolton (or Boulton), Edmund (English poet, antiquarian) 1575?-1633
Bolton, Guy Reginald (English playwright, librettist) 1884-1979
Bolton, Herbert Eugene (American historian) 1870-1953
Bolton, John Gatenby (English-born Australian radio astronomer) 1922-1993
Bolton, John Robert (American diplomat) b.1948
Bolton, Reginald Ernest (English clown, teacher, actor, writer) 1945-2006
Boltwood, Bertram Borden (American scientist) 1870-1927
Boltzmann, Ludwig Eduard (Austrian physicist) 1844-1906
Bolyai, Farkas Wolfgang (Hungarian mathematician) 1775-1856
Bolyai, Janos (Hungarian mathematician; son of Farkas) 1802-1860
Bolzano, Bernhard (Austrian theologian, philosopher, math.) 1781-1848
Bomball, Maria Luisa (Chilean writer) 1910-1980
Bombast von Hohenheim, Philippus (German alchemist, physician) 1493-1541
Bomberg, Daniel (Dutch printer) 1470/80-1550?
Bombieri, Enrico (Italian mathematician, teacher) b.1940
Bomtempo, Joao Domingos (Port. pianist, composer, pedagogue) 1775-1842
Bonaccorsi, Pietro "Perino del Vaga" (Italian painter) 1501-1547
Bonald, Louis-Gabriel-Ambroise de (Fr. publicist, philosopher) 1754-1840
Bonaparte, Carlo (Corsican lawyer; father of Napoleon I) 1746-1785
Bonaparte, Charles Joseph (American lawyer) 1851-1921
Bonaparte, Elizabeth née Patterson (American socialite) 1785-1879
Bonar, Horatius (Scottish clergyman) 1808-1889
Bonard, Louis-Adolphe (French admiral) 1805-1867
Bonaventura, Saint (orig. name Giovanni; Italian philosopher) c.1217-1274
Boncompagni di Mombello, Carlo (Italian jurist, politician) 1804-1880
Boncompagno da Signa (Italian rhetorician) c.1165-c.1240
Bond, Carrie née Jacobs (American songwriter) 1862-1946
Bond, Edward (English playwright) b.1934
Bond, George Phillips (Am. astronomer; son of William Cranch) 1825-1865
Bond, Maya (Japanese-born American singer, songwriter) b.2000
Bond, Sir Robert (Canadian politician) 1857-1927
Bond, Thomas (American physician) 1712-1784
Bond, Thomas Ross (Am. actor, director; Little Rascal: Butch) 1926-2005
Bond, Tommy (American actor; Our Gang: "Tommy": "Butch") b.1927
Bond, William Bennett (English-born Canadian prelate) 1815-1906
Bond, William Cranch (American astronomer) 1789-1859
Bonde, Gustaf (Swedish politician) 1620-1667
Bondfield, Margaret Grace (English trade unionist, politician) 1873-1953
Bone, Henry (English artist) 1755-1834
Bone, Henry Pierce (English enamel painter; son of Henry) 1779-1855
Bone, Sir Muirhead (Scottish etcher, painter) 1876-1953
Boner, Ulrich (aka Bonerius; Swiss writer) fl. 1324-1349
Bonfils, Frederick Gilmer (American newspaper publisher) 1860-1933
Bong, Richard Ira (American army officer, aviator) 1920-1945
Bongars, Jacques (French diplomat, scholar) 1554-1612
Bonghi, Ruggiero (or Ruggero; It. scholar, writer, politician) 1826-1895
Bonham, John Henry (English musician) 1948-1980
Bonheur, Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" (French painter) 1822-1899
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (German theologian) 1906-1945
Boni, Albert (American publisher) 1892-1981
Boniface, Saint (orig. Wynfrid; Eng. Benedictine missionary) c.675-754
Boniface (Margrave of Canossa; Italian ruler) d.1052
Boniface of Savoy (Archbishop of Canterbury) d.1270
Bonifacio, Andres (Filipino insurrectionist) 1863-1897
Bonifacius (Roman general) d.432
Bonin, Eduard von (Prussian general) 1793-1865
Bonington, Richard Parkes (English painter) 1801-1828
Bonini, Severo (Italian composer, organist, writer on music) 1582-1663
Bonivard, Francois (Swiss religious, patriot) 1494?-1570
Bonnard, Abel (French writer) 1883-1968
Bonnard, Pierre (French painter; leading member of Nabis group) 1867-1947
Bonnassieux, Jean-Marie (French sculptor) 1810-1892
Bonnat, Leon-Joseph-Florentin (French painter) 1833-1922
Bonne, Francois de (Duc de Lesdiguires; French soldier) 1543-1626
Bonnefoy, Yves (French poet, critic) b.1923
Bonner (or Boner), Edmund (English prelate) c.1500-1569
Bonner, Robert (Irish-born American newspaper publisher) 1824-1899
Bonner, Yelena (b. Lusik Georgievna Alikhanova; Sov. activist) 1923-2011
Bonnet, Charles (Swiss naturalist, philosopher) 1720-1793
Bonnet, Georges-Etienne (French politician, diplomat) 1889-1973
Bonneval, Claude-Alexandre de (French soldier) 1675-1747
Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de (American army officer) 1796-1878
Bonneville, Nicolas de (French writer) 1760-1828
Bonney, William (born Henry) "Billy the Kid" (American outlaw) 1859?-1881
Bonnier, Gaston (French botanist) 1853-1922
Bono, Salvatore "Sonny" (American singer, politician) b.1935
Bonomi, Ivanoe (Italian politician) 1873-1951
Bononcini, Antonio Maria (It. composer; son of Giovanni Maria) 1677-1726
Bononcini, Giovanni (Italian composer; son of Giovanni Maria) 1670-1747
Bononcini, Giovanni Maria (Italian musical theorist, composer) 1642-1678
Bonpland, Aime-Jacques-Alexandre (French naturalist) 1773-1858
Bonporti, Francesco Antonio (Italian composer) 1672-1749
Bonstetten, Charles Victor de (Swiss writer) 1745-1832
Bontempelli, Massimo (Italian poet, writer, dramatist, critic) 1878-1960
Bontemps, Arna Wendell (American writer, poet, librarian) 1902-1973
Bonvesin da la Riva (Italian poet, teacher, moralist) c.1240-c.1315
Bonvicino (or Buonvicino), Alessandro "Moretto" (It. painter) c.1498-1554
Bookbinder, Roy (American musician) b.1943
Bookchin, Murray (American social ecologist, writer) 1921-2006
Boole, George (English mathematician, logician) 1815-1864
Boone, Daniel (American pioneer) c.1734-1820
Boone, Pat (Charles Edward Boone; American musician) b.1934
Boone, Richard Bently (American musician, singer) 1930-1999
Boorde (or Borde), Andrew (English physician, writer) c.1490-1549
Boorstin, Daniel Joseph (American historian) 1914-2004
Boos, Martin (German clergyman) 1762-1825
Booth, Agnes née Marian Rookes (Australian-born Am. actor) 1846-1910
Booth, Ballington (American Salvation Army commander) 1857-1940
Booth, Barton (English tragic actor) 1681-1733
Booth, Charles (English ship owner, sociological writer) 1840-1916
Booth, Edwin Thomas (American actor; son of Junius) 1833-1893
Booth, Eugene Theodore (American physicist, educator) 1912-2004
Booth, Evangeline Cory (English Salvation Army commander) 1865-1950
Booth, Florence Eleanor Soper (Eng. Salvation Army worker) 1861-1957
Booth, Sir Felix (English distiller) 1775-1850
Booth, George (English political & military leader) 1622-1684
Booth, John Wilkes (Am. actor; Lincoln assassin; son of J.B.) 1838-1965
Booth, Junius Brutus (English-born American actor) 1796-1852
Booth, Junius Brutus (American actor; son of Junius) 1821-1883
Booth, Maud Elizabeth Charlesworth (Am. Salvation Army worker) 1865-1948
Booth, Wayne Clayson (American critic, teacher) b.1921
Booth, William (Eng. religious leader, fdr. of Salvation Army) 1829-1912
Booth, (William) Bramwell (English Salvation Army general) 1856-1929
Booth-Tucker, Emma Moss (English Salvation Army worker) 1860-1903
Booth-Tucker, Frederick St. George de Lautour (S. Army worker) 1853-1929
Bopp, Franz (German philologist) 1791-1867
Bora, Katharina von (German religious) 1499-1552
Borah, William Edgar (American politician) 1865-1940
Borchard, Edwin (American lawyer) 1884-1951
Borchardt, Carl Wilhelm (German mathematician) 1817-1880
Borchardt, Ludwig (German Egyptologist) 1863-1938
Borcherds, Richard Ewen (S. African-born British mathematician) b.1959
Borchert, Wolfgang (German dramatist, writer) 1921-1947
Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg (Norwegian naturalist, explorer) 1864-1934
Borda, Jean-Charles de (Fr. mathematician, nautical astronomer) 1733-1799
Bordeaux, Henry (French writer) 1870-1963
Borden, David (American composer, pianist, educator) b.1938
Borden, Sir Frederick William (Canadian politician) 1847-1917
Borden, Gail (American inventor) 1801-1874
Borden, Lizzie Andrew (American accused murderess) 1860-1927
Borden, Sir Robert Laird (Canadian politician) 1854-1937
Bordet, Jules-Jean-Baptiste-Vincent (Belgian bacteriologist) 1870-1961
Bordone, Paris (Venetian painter) 1500-1571
Bore, Jean Etienne (American planter) 1741-1820
Borel, Felix Edouard Justin Emile (French math., politician) 1871-1956
Borel, Jacques (French writer, translator, critic) b.1925
Borel, Joseph-Pierre (pseudonym Lycanthrope; French writer) 1809-1859
Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso (Italian physicist, physiologist) 1608-1679
Borenius, Tancred (Russian-born Finnish art historian) 1885-1948
Borg, Anita (born Anita Borg Naffz; Am. computer scientist) 1949-2003
Borg, Marcus Joel (American theologian, scholar) 1942-2015
Borgen, Johan Collet Muller (Norwegian writer, dramatist) 1902-1979
Borges, Jorge Luis (Argentinean poet, essayist, writer) 1899-1986
Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio (Italian playwright, writer, critic) 1882-1952
Borgia, Cesare (Italian cardinal, military leader) 1475-1507
Borgia, Saint Francis (Spanish noble, prelate) 1510-1572
Borglum, John Gutzon de la Mothe (American sculptor) 1867-1941
Borgongini-Duca, Francesco (Italian prelate) 1884-1954
Boril (Czar of Bulgarian Empire 1207-1218) 13th cent.
Boring, Edwin Garrigues (American psychologist) 1886-1968
Borja y Aragon, Francisco de (Spanish colonial, poet) c.1577-1658
Borlaug, Norman Ernest (American agronomist, humanist) 1914-2009
Bormann, Martin Ludwig (German Nazi leader) 1900-1945?
Born, Ignaz von (Austrian mineralogist, metallurgist) 1742-1791
Born, Max (German physicist, mathematician) 1882-1970
Borne, Ludwig (born Lob Baruch; German pol. writer, satirist) 1786-1837
Borno, Louis-Eustache-Antoine-Francois-Joseph (Haitian polit.) 1865-1942
Borodin, Aleksandr Porfiryevich (Russian composer, chemist) 1833-1887
Borodin, Mikhail Markovich (Russian diplomat) 1884-1951
Boroevic von Bojna, Svetozar (Austrian general) 1856-1920
Borough (or Burrough, Burrowe), Stephen (English navigator) 1525-1584
Borough (or Burrough, Burrowe), William (English naval officer) 1536-1599
Borowczyk, Walerian (Polish film director, animator, writer) 1923-2006
Borowski, Tadeusz (Polish writer, poet) 1922-1951
Borrelly, Alphonse Louis Nicolas (French asteroid; asteroid) 1842-1926
Borromeo, Saint Carlo (Italian prelate) 1538-1584
Borromeo, Federigo (Italian prelate; cousin of Carlo) 1564-1631
Borromini, Francesco (Italian architect, sculptor) 1599-1667
Borron (or Boron), Robert de (French poet) 12th-13th cent.
Borrow, George Henry (English writer, linguist) 1803-1881
Borst, Lyle Benjamin (American physicist) 1912-2002
Bortniansky, Dmitry Stepanovich (b.Dmytro; Ukrainian composer) 1751-1825
Borwein, David (Lithuania-born Canadian mathematician) b.1924
Borwein, Jonathan Michael (Scotish-born Canadian mathematician) b.1951
Borwein, Peter Benjamin (Scotish-born Canadian mathematician) b.1953
Bosanquet, Bernard (English philosopher) 1848-1923
Bosboom, Johannes (Dutch church & architectural painter) 1817-1891
Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida (Dutch writer) 1812-1886
Boscan Almogaver, Juan (Spanish poet) c.1490-1542
Boscawen, Edward "Old Dreadnaught" (English naval officer) 1711-1761
Bosch, Carl (German industrial chemist, amateur astronomer) 1874-1940
Bosch, Hieronymus (aka Jeroen van Aeken; Dutch painter) 1450-1516
Bosch, Johannes van den (Dutch colonialist) 1780-1844
Bosch, Robert August (German engineer, industrialist) 1861-1942
Bosco, Saint Giovanni Melchior (Italian priest) 1815-1888
Bosco, Henri Ferdinand Joseph Marius (French writer) 1888-1976
Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe (Croatian math., astronomer) 1711-1787
Bose, Sir Jagadis Chandra (Indian physicist, plant physiol.) 1858-1937
Bose, Satyendra Nath (Indian mathematician, physicist) 1894-1974
Bose, Subhas Chandra (Indian politician) 1897-1945
Boselli, Paolo (Italian politician; premier 1916-1917) 1838-1932
Bosendorfer, Ignaz (Austrian piano maker) 1796-1859
Boshier, Derek (English painter, collagist, photographer) b.1937
Bosio, Francois-Joseph (French sculptor) 1768-1845
Bosman, Herman Charles (South African writer) 1905-1951
Bosquet, Pierre-Jean-Francois (French army officer) 1810-1861
Boss, Lewis (American astronomer) 1846-1912
Bosse, Abraham (French painter, engraver, architect) 1602-1676
Bossert, Helmuth Theodor (German philologist, archaeologist) 1889-1961
Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne (French prelate) 1627-1704
Boston, John "John Boston of Bury" (English bibliographer) 15th cent.
Boston, Lucy (born Lucy Maria Wood; English writer) 1892-1990
Boston, Richard (English journalist, film-maker) 1938-2006
Boston, Thomas (Scottish clergyman) 1676-1732
Boswell, Sir Alexander (Scottish antiquary, poet; son of James) 1775-1822
Boswell, James (Scottish lawyer, biographer, diarist) 1740-1795
Boswell, James (Scottish lawyer; son of James) 1778-1822
Bosworth, Joseph (English clergyman, philologist) 1789-1876
Botev, Khristo (Bulgarian poet, patriot) 1848-1876
Both, Jan (Dutch painter) c.1618-1652
Both, Pieter (Dutch colonialist) c.1550-1615
Botha, Louis (South African soldier, politician) 1862-1919
Botha, Pieter Willem (South African president 1978-1989) 1916-2006
Bothe, Walther Wilhelm Georg Franz (German physicist, math.) 1891-1957
Botsaris, Markos (aka Marco Bozzari; Greek patriot) c.1788-1823
Bott, Raoul (Hungarian-born American mathematician) 1923-2005
Botta, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo (Italian physician, historian) 1766-1837
Botta, Paul-Emile (French archaeologist; son of Carlo) 1802-1870
Bottesini, Giovanni (Italian musician, composer) 1821-1889
Bottger (or Bottiger), Johann Friedrich (German ceramist) 1682-1719
Botticelli, Sandro Alessandro di Mariano (Italian painter) 1445-1510
Bottome, Phyllis (English writer) 1884-1963
Bottomley, Gordon (English poet, dramatist) 1874-1948
Bottomley, Horatio William (English journalist, financier) 1860-1933
Bouchardon, Edme (French sculptor) 1698-1762
Boucher, Auguste-Gaspard-Louis (French engraver) 1779-1857
Boucher, Francois (French painter) 1703-1770
Boucher, Jonathan (English clergyman) 1738-1804
Boucher de Crevecoeur de Perthes, Jacques (Fr. archaeologist) 1788-1868
Bouchor, Maurice (French poet, playwright) 1855-1929
Boucicault, Dion (Irish-born American actor, playwright) 1820/2-1890
Boudicca (aka Boadicea; British queen; wife of Prasutagus) d.60
Boudin, Eugene-Louis (French painter) 1824-1898
Boudinot, Elias (American Revolutionary politician) 1740-1821
Boudjedra, Rachid (Algerian writer) b.1941
Boue, Amedee "Ami" (Austrian geologist) 1794-1881
Boufflers, Louis-Francois de (French soldier) 1644-1711
Boufflers, Stanislas-Jean de (French soldier, poet, courtier) 1738-1815
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de (French navigator) 1729-1811
Boughton, George Henry (English painter) 1833-1905
Boughton, Rutland (English composer) 1878-1960
Bouguer, Pierre (French hydrographer, mathematician) 1698-1758
Bouguereau, Adolphe-William (French painter) 1825-1905
Bouilhet, Louis-Hyacinthe (French poet, playwright) 1822-1869
Bouille, Francois-Claude-Amour de (French general) 1739-1800
Boulainvilliers, Henri de (French historian) 1658-1722
Boulanger, Georges-Ernest-Jean-Marie (Fr. general, politician) 1837-1891
Boulanger, Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence (French painter) 1824-1888
Boulanger, Louis (French painter) 1806-1867
Boulanger, Nadia Juliette (French composer, conductor, teacher) 1887-1979
Boule, Pierre-Marcellin (French paleontologist) 1861-1942
Boulez, Pierre (French composer, conductor, writer) b.1925
Boulle (or Boule, Buhl), Andre-Charles (French cabinetmaker) 1642-1732
Boulle, Pierre-Francois-Marie-Louis (French writer) 1912-1994
Boullee, Etienne-Louis (French architect) 1728-1799
Boullongne, Bon "l'Aine" (French artist; son of Louis) 1649-1717
Boullongne, Genevieve (French painter; daughter of Louis) 1645-1710
Boullongne, Louis "le Pere" (French artist) 1609-1674
Boullongne, Louis "le Jeune" (French painter; son of Louis) 1654-1733
Boullongne, Madeleine (French painter; daughter of Louis) 1646-1709
Boulsover, Thomas (English cutler) 1706-1788
Boulter, Hugh (English prelate) 1672-1742
Boulton, Matthew (English manufacturer, engineer) 1728-1809
Boumedienne, Houari (Algerian soldier, politician) 1927-1978
Bouquet, Henry (Swiss-born British officer in America) 1719-1765
Bouquet, Martin "Dom Martin" (French religious) 1685-1754
Bouraoui, Hedi Andre (Tunisian poet, scholar) b.1932
Bourassa, Joseph-Napoleon-Henri (French-Canadian journ., pol.) 1868-1952
Bourbaki, Charles-Denis-Sauter (French general) 1816-1897
Bourbon, Charles de (French general, constable of France) 1490-1527
Bourboune, Mourad (Algerian writer) b.1938
Bourcet, Pierre-Joseph de (French general) 1700-1780
Bourchier, John (2nd Baron Berners; English writer, soldier) c.1469-1533
Bourchier, Thomas (English prelate; archbishop of Canterbury) c.1412-1486
Bourdaloue, Louis (French cleric) 1632-1704
Bourdeille, Pierre de (French soldier, chronicler) c.1540-1614
Bourdelle, Emile-Antoine (French sculptor) 1861-1929
Bourdet, Edouard (French dramatist) 1887-1945
Bourdon, Eugene (French inventor, steam engine industrialist) 1808-1884
Bourdon, Sebastien (French painter) 1616-1671
Bourgain, Jean (Belgian mathematician, educator) b.1954
Bourgault-Ducoudray, Louis-Albert (Fr. composer, musicologist) 1840-1910
Bourgelat, Claude (French veterinarian) 1712-1779
Bourgeois, Leon-Victor-Auguste (French politician) 1851-1925
Bourgeois, Louis (or Loys; French composer) c.1510-1561?
Bourgeois, Louise (French-born American painter, sculptor) 1911-2010
Bourget, Paul-Charles-Joseph (French critic, poet, writer) 1852-1935
Bourguiba, Habib ibn Ali (Tunisian president 1957-1987) 1903-2000
Bourguignon, Louis-Dominique "Cartouche" (French criminal) 1693-1721
Bourignon, Antoinette (Flemish religious) 1616-1680
Bourjaily, Vance Nye (American writer) b.1922
Bourke, Sir Richard (Irish-born British soldier, colonialist) 1777-1855
Bourke, Richard Southwell (Irish-born Brit. pol., colonialist) 1822-1872
Bourke-White, Margaret (orig. surname White; Am. photographer) 1906-1971
Bourmont, Louis-Auguste-Victor de Ghaisnes de (Fr. politician) 1773-1846
Bourne, Francis Alphonsus (English prelate) 1861-1935
Bourne, Hugh (English preacher) 1772-1852
Bourne, Randolph Silliman (American essayist, critic) 1886-1918
Bournonville, Auguste (Danish dancer, choreographer) 1805-1879
Bourrienne, Louis-Antoine Fauvelet de (French diplomat) 1769-1834
Boursault, Edme (French playwright) 1638-1701
Bousono, Carlos (Spanish poet, literary critic) b.1923
Bousquet, Joe (French poet, writer) 1897-1950
Bousset, Wilhelm (German scholar, theologian) 1865-1920
Boussinesq, Joseph Valentin (French physicist) 1842-1929
Boussingault, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Dieudonne (Fr. ag. chemist) 1802-1887
Boutens, Pieter Cornelis (Dutch poet, mystic, scholar) 1870-1943
Bouterwek, Friedrich (German philosopher, critic) 1766-1828
Bouton, Noel (Comte de Chamilly; French soldier) 1636-1715
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros (Egyptian diplomat) b.1922
Boutroux, Etienne-Emile-Marie (French philosopher) 1845-1921
Bouts, Dirck (or Dierick, Dirk, Thierry; Dutch painter) c.1400-1475
Boutwell, George Sewall (American politician) 1818-1905
Bouvard (or Bouvart), Alexis (French astronomer) 1767-1843
Bouvier, John (Italy-born, of French parents, American lawyer) 1787-1851
Bovee, Christian Nestell (American writer, lawyer) 1820-1904
Boveri, Theodor Heinrich (German zoologist) 1862-1915
Bovet, Danielle (Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist) 1907-1992
Bow, Clara (American actor) 1905-1965
Bowden, Mwata (American musician, teacher) b.1947
Bowdich, Thomas Edward (English traveler) 1791-1824
Bowditch, Henry Pickering (American physiologist) 1840-1911
Bowditch, Nathaniel (American mathematician, astronomer) 1773-1838
Bowdler, Thomas (English physician, editor, philanthropist) 1754-1825
Bowdoin, James (American politician) 1726-1790
Bowell, Sir Mackenzie (English-born Canadian politician) 1823-1917
Bowen, Catherine Shober née Drinker (Am. historical biographer) 1897-1973
Bowen, Charles Synge Christopher (English jurist) 1835-1894
Bowen, Edward George (Australian radio astronomer) 1911-1991
Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole (Irish writer) 1899-1973
Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (English colonialist) 1821-1899
Bowen, Imogene (American Upper Skagit Tribe leader) 1935-2007
Bowen, Ira Sprague (American astronomer) 1898-1973
Bowen, John Griffith (India-born British playwright, writer) b.1924
Bowen, Norman Levi (Canadian-born Am. petrologist, chemist) 1887-1956
Bower, Frederick Orpen (English botanist) 1855-1948
Bower (or Bowmaker), Walter (Scottish chronicler) 1385-1449
Bowerbank, James Scott (English naturalist, paleontologist) 1797-1877
Bowering, George (Canadian poet, writer) b.1935
Bowers, Graham (English musician, composer, designer, artist) b.1943
Bowers, Samuel Holloway (American Ku Klux Klan leader) 1924-2006
Bowie, David (born David Robert Jones; English musician) b.1947
Bowie, James (American soldier; invented Bowie knife) 1796-1836
Bowie, Lester (American musician, composer) 1941-1999
Bowie, William (American geologist) 1872-1940
Bowie, William Lester (American musician) 1941-1999
Bowker, Richard Rogers (American editor, writer) 1848-1933
Bowles, Chester (American economist, diplomat) 1901-1986
Bowles, Jane Sydney née Auer (American writer, playwright) 1917-1973
Bowles, Paul Frederic (American writer, composer) 1910-1999
Bowles, Samuel (American newspaper editor) 1797-1851
Bowles, Samuel (American newspaperman; son of Samuel) 1826-1878
Bowles, Samuel (American newspaperman; son of Samuel) 1851-1915
Bowles, William Lisle (English clergyman, poet, critic) 1762-1850
Bowley, Sir Arthur Lyon (English statistician) 1869-1957
Bowman, Isaiah (Canadian-born American geographer, educator) 1878-1950
Bowman, Dr. Karl Murdock (American psychiatrist, researcher) 1888-1973
Bowman, Sir William (English histologist, surgeon) 1816-1892
Bowring, Sir John (English diplomat, writer, linguist) 1792-1872
Bowyer, William "the Younger" (English printer) 1699-1777
Boyce, William (English composer, organist) 1711-1779
Boycott, Charles Cunningham (English estate manager) 1832-1897
Boyd, James (American writer) 1888-1944
Boyd, Linn (American politician) 1800-1859
Boyd, Louis Malcolm "Mal" (American newspaper columnist) 1927-2007
Boyd, Martin a Beckett (Swiss-born Australian writer) 1893-1972
Boyd, William (American actor: Hopalong Cassidy) 1898-1972
Boyd, Zachary (Scottish minister) 1585?-1653
Boyden, Seth (American inventor) 1788-1870
Boyd Orr, John (Scottish teacher, nutritionist, politician) 1880-1971
Boye, Karin Maria (Swedish poet, writer) 1900-1941
Boyen, Hermann von (Prussian general) 1771-1848
Boyer, Alexis (French surgeon) 1757-1833
Boyer, Jean-Baptiste de (Marquis d'Argens; French writer) 1703-1771
Boyer, Jean-Pierre (Haitian politician) 1776-1850
Boyer, Paul Delos (American biochemist) b.1918
Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd; English singer) b.1961
Bo Yibo (Chinese politician; one of Eight Immortals) 1908-2007
Boyle, Kay (American writer, poet, essayist) 1902-1992
Boyle, Robert (Irish-born British physicist, chemist) 1627-1691
Boyle, Willard Sterling (Canadian physicist; co-invented CCD) 1924-2011
Boylston, Zabdiel (American physician) 1679-1766
Boys, Sir Charles Vernon (English physicist, inventor) 1855-1944
Bozeman, John M. (American pioneer; opened Powder River road) 1835-1867
Braak, Menno ter (Dutch critic) 1902-1940
Braaten, Oskar (Norwegian writer, dramatist) 1881-1939
Brabazon, John Theodore Cuthbert Moore- (British aviator) 1884-1964
Brabazon, Reginald (12th Earl of Meath; British philanthropist) 1841-1929
Braccio da Montone (Italian condottiere) 1368-1424
Bracciolini, Francesco (Italian ecclesiastic, poet) 1566-1645
Bracco, Roberto (Italian playwright) 1862-1943
Brace, Charles Loring (American social-service worker) 1826-1890
Bracegirdle, Anne (English actor) c.1663/73-1748
Brackenridge, Hugh Henry (Scottish-born American writer) 1748-1816
Bracquemond, Felix-Joseph-Auguste (French painter, etcher) 1833-1914
Bracton (or Bratton), Henry de (English ecclesiastic, judge) d.1268
Bradbury, John Swanwick (English treasury official) 1872-1950
Bradbury, Malcolm Stanley (British writer, critic) 1932-2000
Bradbury, Norris Edwin (American physicist, administrator) 1909-1997
Bradbury, Ray Douglas (American writer) 1920-2012
Braddock, Edward (British soldier) 1695-1755
Braddock, James Joseph (American boxer) 1905-1974
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (English writer) 1837-1915
Brade, William (English composer, musician) 1560-1630
Bradford, Andrew (American printer; son of William 1663-1752) 1686-1742
Bradford, Gamaliel (American biographer) 1863-1932
Bradford, John (English Protestant martyr) 1510?-1555
Bradford, Roark Whitney Wickliffe (American writer) 1896-1948
Bradford, William (English-born Am. religious & col. leader) 1590-1657
Bradford, William (English-born American printer) 1663-1752
Bradford, William (American printer; nephew of Andrew) 1722-1719
Bradlaugh, Charles (English freethinker, reformer) 1833-1891
Bradley, Andrew Cecil "A.C." (English literary critic, scholar) 1851-1935
Bradley, Edward (pseud. Cuthbert Bede; Eng. clergyman, writer) 1827-1889
Bradley, Francis Herbert (English philosopher; bro. of Andrew) 1846-1924
Bradley, George Granville Bradley (English clergyman, scholar) 1821-1903
Bradley, Henry (English philologist, lexicographer) 1845-1923
Bradley, James (English astronomer) 1693-1762
Bradley, Joseph P. (American Supreme Court justice 1870-1892) 1813-1892
Bradley, Milton (American game publisher, manufacturer) 1836-1911
Bradley, Omar Nelson (American general) 1893-1981
Bradner, Hugh (American physicist; invented neoprene wetsuit) 1915-2008
Bradshaw, George (English printer) 1801-1853
Bradshaw, John (English judge, regicide) 1602-1659
Bradstreet, Anne née Dudley (Eng.-born Am. poet; wife of Simon) c.1612-1672
Bradstreet, Simon (English colonial governor of Massachusetts) 1603-1697
Bradwardine, Thomas "the Profound Doctor" (Eng. cleric, math.) c.1290-1349
Brady, Alice (American actor; daughter of William) 1892-1939
Brady, Grace George (American actor; wife of William) 1879-1961
Brady, James Buchanan "Diamond Jim" (American financier) 1856-1917
Brady, Matthew B. (American photographer) 1823?-1896
Brady, Nicolas (Irish Anglican clergyman) 1659-1726
Brady, William Aloysius (American theatrical producer, manager) 1863-1950
Braga, Antonio (Italian composer, teacher) b.1929
Braga, Joaquim Teofilo Fernandes (Portuguese scholar, writer) 1843-1924
Braga, Rubem (Brazilian journalist, writer) 1913-1990
Bragg, Braxton (American army officer) 1817-1876
Bragg, Melvyn (English writer) b.1939
Bragg, Sir William Henry (English physicist, chemist) 1862-1942
Bragg, Sir William Lawrence (English physicist) 1890-1971
Braguinha (b.Carlos Alberto Ferreira Braga; Brazilian composer) 1907-2006
Brahe, Per "the Younger" (Swedish soldier, statesman) 1602-1680
Brahe, Tycho (Tyge Ottesen Brahe; Danish astronomer; asteroid) 1546-1601
Brahm, Otto (German critic, theatrical director) 1856-1912
Brahmagupta (Indian astronomer) 598-c.665
Brahms, Johannes (German composer, pianist) 1833-1897
Braid, James (Scottish-born British surgeon) 1795-1860
Braid, James (Scottish-born British golfer) 1870-1950
Braidwood, Thomas (Scottish teacher) 1715-1806
Braille, Louis (French blind teacher of the blind) 1809-1852
Braine, John Gerhard (English writer; angry young man) 1922-1987
Brainerd, David (American missionary) 1718-1747
Braithwaite, John (English engineer) 1797-1870
Braithwaite, William Stanley Beaumont (American writer, poet) 1878-1962
Brakhage, James Stanley "Stan" (b.Robert Sanders; Am. filmmaker) 1933-2003
Bramah, Joseph (English engineer) 1748-1814
Bramante, Donato (born Donato d'Agnolo; Italian architect) 1444-1514
Bramhall, John (English prelate) 1594-1663
Bramlette, Milton Nunn (American geologist) 1896-1977
Branca, Glenn (American composer, musician) b.1948
Brancati, Vitaliano (Italian writer, essayist, playwright) 1907-1954
Branch, Taylor (American social historian) b.1947
Brancoveanu (or Brincoveanu), Constantin (Walachian ruler) 1654-1714
Brancusi, Constantin (Romanian sculptor) 1876-1957
Brand, Sir (Christopher Joseph) Quintin (British aviator) 1893-1968
Brand (aka Brandt), Hennig (German alchemist) d.c.1692
Brand, Sir Johannes Henricus (South African politician) 1823-1888
Brand, John (English clergyman, antiquary) 1744-1806
Brand, Stewart (American publisher, editor) b.1938
Brande, William Thomas (English chemist) 1788-1866
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz (Am. Supreme Court justice 1916-1939) 1856-1941
Brandes, Carl Edvard (Danish writer, polit.; brother of Georg) 1847-1931
Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen (Danish literary critic, historian) 1842-1927
Brando, Marlon Jr. (American film, stage actor) b.1924
Brandon, Charles (1st Duke of Suffolk; English soldier) c.1484-1545
Brandon, Richard (English executioner) d.1649
Brandt, Alfred (German tunnel engineer) 1846-1899
Brandt, Georg (Swedish chemist) 1694-1768
Brandt, Willy (born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; West Germ. pol.) 1913-1992
Brandys, Kazimierz (Polist writer, essayist) 1916-2000
Brangwyn, Sir Frank (British painter, decorator) 1867-1956
Branicki (or Branecki), Ksawery Franciszek (Polish soldier) c.1730-1819
Branly, Edouard-Eugene (French physicist) 1844-1940
Brann, William Cowper (American writer, lecturer, editor) 1855-1898
Brannan, Samuel (American pioneer) 1819-1889
Branner, Hans Christian (Danish writer) 1903-1966
Bransfield, Edward (English naval officer) c.1795-1852
Brant, Henry (Canada-born American composer) 1913-2008
Brant, Joseph (born Thayendanegea; Mohawk Indian chief) 1772-1807
Brant (or Brandt), Sebastian (German Humanist, poet) 1458?-1521
Branting, Karl Hjalmar (Swedish journalist, politician) 1860-1925
Brantome, Pierre de (French soldier, chronicler) c.1540-1614
Braque, Georges (French painter) 1882-1963
Brasch, Charles Orwell (New Zealand poet, editor) 1909-1973
Brasidas (Spartan general) d.422 BC
Brassart, Johannes (aka Jean Brassart; Burgundian composer) c.1400-1455
Brasseur, Pierre (born Pierre-Albert Espinasse; French actor) 1905-1972
Brassey, Thomas (English railway contractor) 1805-1870
Brathwaite, Lawson Edward "Kamau" (Barbadian poet, critic) b.1930
Brathwaite (or Brathwait, Brathwayte), Richard (English poet) 1588-1673
Bratianu, Constantin "Dinu" (Romanian politician; son of Ion) 1866-1952?
Bratianu, Ion Constantin (Romanian politician) 1821-1891
Bratianu, Ionel "Ion I.C." (Romanian politician; son of Ion) 1864-1927
Bratianu, Vintila (Romanian politician; son of Ion) 1867-1930
Brattain, Walter Houser (Am. physicist; co-invented transistor) 1902-1987
Brattle, Thomas (American merchant) 1658-1713
Brauchitsch, Heinrich Alfred Hermann Walther von (German gen.) 1881-1948
Braudel, Fernand (French historian, man of letters) 1902-1985
Braun, Alexander Carl Heinrich (German botanist) 1805-1877
Braun, Eva (German woman; mistress, wife of Adolf Hitler) 1912-1945
Braun, Karl Ferdinand (German physicist, inventor) 1850-1918
Braun, Lily née Kretschman (German reformer, writer) 1865-1916
Braun, Otto (German politician) 1872-1955
Braun, Volker (German playwright, writer, poet) b.1939
Braun, Wernher von (German-born Am. engineer, rocket scientist) 1912-1977
Brauner, Victor (Romanian painter) 1903-1966
Braunhut, Harold von (Am. advertiser; Sea-Monkeys, X-Ray spec) 1926-2003
Brautigan, Richard Gary (American writer, poet) 1933-1984
Bravais, Auguste (French physicist) 1811-1863
Bravo, Nicolas (Mexican general, politician) c.1786-1854
Bravo Murillo, Juan Gonzalez (Spanish politician) 1803-1873
Braxton, Anthony (American composer, musician, philosopher) b.1945
Braxton, Carter (American Revolutionary leader) 1736-1797
Bray, Thomas (English clergyman) 1656-1730
Brayley, Edward Wedlake (English topographer, archaeologist) 1773-1854
Bray-Steinburg, Otto Camillus Hugo von (German politician) 1807-1899
Brazdzionis, Bernardas (Lithuanian poet, editor, critic) 1907-2002
Braz Pereira Gomes, Wenceslau (Braz. politician; pres. 1914-18) 1868-1966
Brazza, Pierre-Paul-Francois-Camille Savorgnan de (Fr. expl.) 1852-1905
Breasted, James Henry (Am. Orientalist, archaeologist, hist.) 1865-1935
Breaute, Falkes de (Norman soldier) d.1226
Brebeuf, Saint Jean de (French missionary) 1593-1649
Brecher, Edward Moritz (Am. researcher, writer, journalist) 1911-1989
Brecht, Arnold (German civil servant, political scientist) 1884-1977
Brecht, Bertolt (born Eugen Friedrich; German playwright, poet) 1898-1956
Brecht, George (born George MacDiarmid; Am. artist, composer) b.1924
Breckinridge, John (American politician; grandfather of J.C.) 1760-1806
Breckinridge, John Cabell (Am. politician, vice pres. 1857-61) 1821-1875
Bredero, Gerbrand Adriaenszoon (Dutch playwright, poet) 1585-1618
Brederode, Hendrick van (Dutch nobleman) 1531-1568
Brefeld, (Julius) Oscar (German botanist) 1839-1925
Bregendahl, Marie (Danish writer) 1867-1940
Breguet, Abraham-Louis (French mechanician, watchmaker) 1747-1823
Breguet, Antoine (French electrical engineer, industrialist) 1851-1882
Breguet, Louis-Charles (French airplane manufacturer) 1880-1955
Breguet, Louis-Francois-Clement (French physicist, watchmaker) 1804-1883
Brehm, Alfred Edmund (German zoologist) 1829-1884
Breit, Gregory (Russian-born American physicist, educator) 1899-1981
Breitinger, Johann Jakob (Swiss-German scholar, critic) 1701-1776
Breitkopf, Bernhard Christoph (German printer, publisher) 1695-1777
Breitkopf, Christoph Gottlob (German printer, publisher) 1750-1800
Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (German printer, publisher) 1719-1794
Bremer, Fredrika (Finnish-born Swedish writer, reformer) 1801-1865
Bremond, Henri (French literary critic, historian) 1855-1933
Bremser, Ray (American poet) 1934-1998
Brendan (or Brenainn), Saint (Irish religious, traveler) c.484/6-578
Brennan, Christopher John (Australian poet, scholar) 1870-1932
Brennan, William Joseph Jr. (Am. Supreme Court justice 1956-90) 1906-1997
Brenner, Sydney (South African-born British biologist) b.1927
Brenner, Victor David (Russian-born American sculptor) 1871-1924
Brenner, Yosef Haim (Ukrainian-born Hebrew writer) 1881-1921
Brennus (Gallic chieftain) 4th cent. BC
Brennus (Gallic chieftain) d.279 BC
Brent, Margaret (English-born American colonial) 1600?-1671?
Brentano, Clemens Maria (German dramatist, writer, poet) 1778-1842
Brentano, Franz (German philosopher; nephew of Clemens) 1838-1917
Brentano, Heinrich von (German politician) 1904-1964
Brentano, Lujo (German economist; brother of Franz) 1844-1931
Brentano von Arnim, Bettina (Ger. writer, publisher, composer) 1785-1859
Brenz, Johannes (German reformer) 1499-1570
Brequigny, Louis-Georges-Oudart Feudrix de (French scholar) 1714-1794
Brereton, Lewis Hyde (American army officer) 1890-1967
Bresdin, Rodolphe (French etcher, lithographer) 1825-1885
Bresslau, Harry (German historian, paleographer) 1848-1926
Bresson, Robert (French film director, scriptwriter) 1901-1999
Bretislav I (Prince of Bohemia 1034-1055) 1005?-1055
Breton, Andre (French poet, essayist, critic; Dadaist) 1896-1966
Breton (or Britton, Brittaine), Nicholas (English poet) 1553?-1625?
Breton de los Herreros, Manuel (Spanish dramatist, poet) 1796-1873
Bretonneau, Pierre-Fidele (French physician) 1778-1862
Bretscher, Egon (Swiss organic chemist) 1901-1973
Bretschneider, Carl Gottlieb (German Protestant theologian) 1776-1848
Brett, John Watkins (English pioneer in submarine telegraphy) 1805-1863
Brett, Reginald Baliol (English military reformer) 1852-1930
Breuer, Josef (Austrian physician) 1842-1925
Breuer, Marcel Lajos (Hungarian-born American architect) 1902-1981
Breuil, Henri-Edouard-Prosper (French archaeologist) 1877-1961
Breuker, Willem (Dutch musician, composer, bandleader) b.1944
Breval, Jean-Baptiste Sebastien (French cellist, composer) 1753-1823
Brewer, David Josiah (American Supreme Court justice 1889-1910) 1837-1910
Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (English clergyman, schoolmaster) 1810-1897
Brewer, Kenneth Wayne "Ken" (American poet, teacher) 1941-2006
Brewer, Leo (American physical chemist, educator, teacher) 1919-2005
Brewster, Sir David (Scottish physicist) 1781-1868
Brewster, Lee Greer (American businessman, transvestite) 1943-2000
Brewster, William (English-born American colonial) 1567-1644
Breyer, Stephen Gerald (Am. Supreme Court justice 1994-) b.1938
Breytenbach, Breyten (pseudonym Jan Blom; South African writer) b.1939
Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich (Russian Soviet politician) 1906-1982
Brialmont, Henri-Alexis (Belgian military engineer) 1821-1903
Brialy, Jean-Claude (French Algeria-born Fr. actor, director) 1933-2007
Brian Boru (Irish king 1002-1014) 941-1014
Brian, William Havergal (born William Brian; English composer) 1876-1972
Brianchon, Charles-Julien (French mathematician) 1783-1864
Briand, Aristide (French statesman) 1862-1932
Brice, Fanny (born Fania Borach; American singer, comedian) 1891-1951
Brickhill, Paul Chester Jerome (Australian writer) 1916-1991
Briconnet, Guillaume (French prelate) c.1472-1534
Bridel, Philippe-Sirice (Swiss clergyman, man of letters) 1757-1845
Bridge, Frank (English composer, conductor) 1879-1941
Bridger, James "Jim" (American pioneer, scout) 1804-1881
Bridges, Alfred Renton "Harry" (Austral.-born Am. union leader) 1901-1990
Bridges, Calvin Blackman (American geneticist) 1889-1938
Bridges, Robert Seymour (English poet, poet laureate 1913-1930) 1844-1930
Bridges, Henry Styles (American politician) 1898-1961
Bridget (or Brigid, Birgit), Saint (Swedish religious, mystic) c.1303-1373
Bridgman, Laura Dewey (American blind deaf-mute) 1829-1889
Bridgman, Percy Williams (American physicist) 1882-1961
Bridie, James Osborne Henry Mavor (Scottish playwright) 1888-1951
Briegel, Wolfgang Carl (German organist, composer) 1626-1712
Brieux, Eugene (French dramatist) 1858-1932
Briggs, Charles Augustus (American clergyman, biblical scholar) 1841-1913
Briggs, Clare (American cartoonist) 1875-1930
Briggs, Henry (English mathematician) 1561-1630
Briggs, John Raleigh (Am. physician; peyote report 20-Jun-1886) 1851-1907
Briggs, Lyman James (Am. engineer, physicist, administrator) 1874-1963
Brighouse, Harold (English dramatist) 1882-1958
Bright, Sir Charles Tilston (English telegraph engineer) 1832-1888
Bright, John (English politician, orator) 1811-1889
Bright, Richard (English physician) 1789-1858
Bright, Timothy (English clergyman, inventor) 1551?-1615
Bright, William Rohl "Bill" (American evangelist, writer) 1921-2003
Brightman, Edgar Sheffield (American philosopher) 1884-1953
Brigit of Kildare (or of Ireland), Saint (Irish religious) d.c.524-528
Bril (or Brill), Matthaus (Flemish painter; brother of Paul) 1550-1583
Bril (or Brill), Paul (or Paulus; Flemish painter) 1554-1626
Brill, Fran (American actor, voice actor, puppeteer) b.1946
Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme (Fr. politician, writer, gastronome) 1755-1826
Brillouin, Leon-Nicolas (French physicist; son of Marcel) 1889-1969
Brillouin, Marcel-Louis (French physicist) 1854-1948
Brin, David (American writer, astrophysicist) b.1950
Brin, Sergey (Russian-born Am. entrepreneur; co-fd. Google) b.1973
Brindley, James (English canal engineer) 1716-1772
Brinell, Johan August (Swedish metallurgist) 1849-1925
Brines, Francesco (Spanish poet) b.1932
Brink, Andre Philippus (South African writer; Sestiger) b.1935
Brink, Bernhard ten (Dutch philologist) 1841-1892
Brinkman, Johannes Andreas (Dutch architect) 1902-1949
Brinnin, John Malcolm (Can.-born Am. poet, social historian) 1916-1998
Brinon, Fernand de (French journalist, politician) 1885-1947
Brinster, Ralph Lawrence (American geneticist) b.1932
Brinton, Daniel Garrison (American anthropologist) 1837-1899
Brinvilliers, Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite de (French poisoner) c.1630-1676
Brion, Luis (Colombian naval commander) 1782-1821
Brioschi, Francesco (Italian mathematician) 1824-1897
Briot, Nicolas (French engraver, medallist) 1579/80-1646
Brisbane, Albert (American reformer) 1809-1890
Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall (Scottish soldier, astronomer) 1773-1860
Brisseau-Mirbel, Charles (French botanist) 1776-1854
Brisson, Eugene-Henri (French politician) 1835-1912
Brissot de Warville, Jacques-Pierre (Fr. journ., Rev. leader) 1754-1793
Bristol, Mark Lambert (American naval officer) 1868-1939
Bristow, Benjamin Helm (American lawyer) 1832-1896
Britannicus (born Claudius Tiberius Germanicus; Roman noble) 41-55
Brittain, Vera Mary (English writer) 1896?-1970
Britten, Edward Benjamin (English composer, conductor) 1913-1976
Britton, Elizabeth Knight (American botanist) 1858-1934
Britton, John (English antiquary) 1771-1857
Britton, Nathaniel Lord (American botanist) 1859-1934
Britton, Sherry (born Edith Zack; American burlesque performer) 1918-2008
Britton, Thomas (English coal dealer) 1644-1714
Brizeux, Julien-Auguste-Pelage (French poet) 1803-1858
Broad, Charlie Dunbar (English philosopher) 1887-1971
Broadwood, James (British piano manufacturer; son of John) 1772-1851
Broadwood, John (Scottish-born British piano manufacturer) 1732-1812
Broadwood, Henry Fowler (British piano manu.; grandson of John) 1811-1893
Broca, Pierre-Paul (French surgeon, anthropologist) 1824-1880
Brocard, Pierre-Rene-Jean-Baptiste-Henri (French mathematician) 1845-1922
Broch, Hermann (Austrian writer) 1886-1951
Brock, Sir Isaac (British soldier) 1769-1812
Brock, Sir Thomas (English sculptor) 1847-1922
Brockdorff-Rantzau, Ulrich von (German politician, diplomat) 1869-1928
Brockes, Barthold Heinrich (German poet, magistrate) 1680-1747
Brockhaus, Friedrich (Ger. publisher; son of Friedrich Arnold) 1800-1865
Brockhaus, Friedrich Arnold (German publisher) 1772-1823
Brockhaus, Heinrich (German publisher; son of Friedrich Arnold) 1804-1874
Brockhaus, Hermann (Ger. Orientalist; son of Friedrich Arnold) 1806-1877
Brockhouse, Bertram Neville (Canadian physicist) 1918-2003
Brockway, Howard (American composer) 1870-1951
Brod, Max (Czech-born Austrian writer, essayist) 1884-1968
Brodber, Erna (Jamaican writer) b.1940
Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins (English surgeon) 1783-1862
Brodkey, Harold Roy (b. Harold Roy Weintraub; American writer) 1930-1996
Brodsky, Joseph Aleksandrovich (Russian poet, essayist) 1940-1996
Brodzinski, Kazimierz (Polish poet, scholar) 1791-1835
Brofeldt, Johannes (pseudonym Juhani Aho; Finnish writer) 1861-1921
Brogan, Sir Denis William (British political scientist) 1900-1974
Brogger, Waldemar Christofer (Norw. geologist, mineralogist) 1851-1940
Broglie, Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond de (French physicist) 1892-1987
Broke (or Brooke), Arthur (English poet, translator) d.1563
Broke, Sir Philip Bowes Vere (English naval officer) 1776-1841
Brome, Alexander (English poet, song writer) 1620-1666
Brome, Richard (English dramatist) d.c.1652
Bromfield, Louis (American writer, essayist) 1896-1956
Bromley, Sir Thomas (English judge) 1530-1587
'Bromston (Tibetan Buddhist leader) 1008-1064
Bronck, Jonas (Danish pioneer in America; eponym of Bronx) d.1643?
Bronfman, Andrea Brett née Morrison "Andy" (Am. philanthropist) 1945-2006
Brongniart, Adolphe-Theodore (Fr. botanist; son of Alexandre) 1801-1876
Brongniart, Alexandre (French mineralogist, geologist) 1770-1847
Broniewski, Wladyslaw (Polish poet) 1897-1962
Bronk, Detlev Wulf (American physiologist, educator) 1897-1975
Bronn, Heinrich Georg (German zoologist, paleontologist) 1800-1862
Bronner, David (American biologist, businessman) b.1973
Bronowski, Jacob (English scientist, philosopher) 1908-1974
Bronsart von Schellendorf, Paul (German soldier, politician) 1832-1891
Bronsart von Schellendorf, Walter (German army commander) 1833-1914
Bronsted, Johannes Nicolaus (Danish chemist) 1879-1947
Bronte, Anne (English poet, writer; daughter of Patrick) 1820-1849
Bronte, Charlotte (English writer; daughter of Patrick) 1816-1855
Bronte, Emily Jane (English writer; daughter of Patrick) 1818-1848
Bronte, Patrick (Irish Anglican clergyman) 1777-1861
Bronte, Patrick Branwell (Irish painter; son of Patrick) 1817-1848
Bronzit, Konstantin Eduardovich (Russian animator, director) b.1965
Brooke, Sir Alan Francis (British soldier) 1883-1963
Brooke, Basil Stanlake (Irish politician) 1888-1973
Brooke, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson (English raja of Sarawak) 1829-1917
Brooke, Sir Charles Vyner (Eng. raja of Sarawak; son of James) 1874-1963
Brooke, Edward William (American politician) b.1919
Brooke, Frances Moore (English-born Canadian writer) 1724-1789
Brooke, Henry (Irish poet, writer) c.1703-1783
Brooke, Sir James (India-born English soldier, raja of Sarawak) 1803-1868
Brooke, John Rutter (American army officer) 1838-1926
Brooke, Rupert Chawner (English poet) 1887-1915
Brookes, Sir Norman Everard (Australian tennis champion) 1877-1968
Brookings, Robert Somers (American merchant, philanthropist) 1850-1932
Brookner, Anita (British writer, art historian) b.1928
Brooks, Alfred Hulse (American geologist) 1871-1924
Brooks, Charles William Shirley (English journalist, writer) 1816-1874
Brooks, Cleanth (American literary critic, educator) 1906-1994
Brooks, Frederick Phillips Jr. (American computer engineer) b.1931
Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth (American poet) 1917-2000
Brooks, Maris née Abigail Gowen (Maria del Occidente; Am. poet) 1794?-1845
Brooks, Phillips (American clergyman) 1835-1893
Brooks, Van Wyck (Am. critic, biographer, literary historian) 1886-1963
Brooks, William Keith (American zoologist) 1848-1908
Broom, Robert (Scottish-born South African paleontologist) 1866-1951
Broome, William (English scholar, poet) 1689-1745
Broonzy, William Lee Conley "Big Bill" (American singer) 1893-1958
Brophy, Brigid Antonia (English writer, critic, dramatist) b.1929
Broqueville, Charles de (Belgian politician) 1860-1940
Brorson, Hans Adolf (Danish clergyman, hymnist) 1694-1764
Broschi, Carlo (aka Farinelli; Italian soprano castrato) 1705-1782
Brosio, Manlio (Italian diplomat) 1897-1980
Brosse, Salomon de (French architect) 1571-1624/6
Brosses, Charles de (French scholar) 1709-1777
Brossolette, Pierre (French journalist) 1902-1944?
Brostrom, Axel Ludvig (Swedish ship owner) 1838-1905
Brothers, Joyce Diane née Bauer (American psychologist) 1928-2013
Brothers, Richard (Canadian-born British religious leader) 1757-1824
Brough, Peter (English radio ventriloquist, businessman) 1916-1999
Brougham, Henry Peter (Scottish-born Brit. jurist, politician) 1778-1868
Brougham, John (Irish-born Am. playwright, theater manager) 1814-1880
Broughton, John "Jack" (English boxer) c.1704-1789
Broughton, Rhoda (English writer) 1840-1920
Broun, Matthew Heywood Campbell (American journalist) 1888-1939
Brouncker, William (Irish mathematician) 1620-1684
Broussais, Francois-Joseph-Victor (French physician) 1772-1838
Brout, Robert (American-born Belgian physicist) b.1928
Brouwer (or Brauwer), Adriaen (Flemish painter) 1605/6-1638
Brouwer, Dirk (Dutch-born American astronomer) 1902-1966
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan (Dutch mathematician) 1881-1966
Browder, Earl Russell (American Communist politician) 1891-1973
Brower, David Ross (American environmentalist, writer) 1912-2000
Brower, Ken (Am. environmentalist, writer; son of David) b.1944
Brown, Alexander Crum (Scottish chemist) 1838-1922
Brown, Alice (American writer) 1856-1948
Brown, Anthony Cave (English journalist) 1929-2006
Brown, Sir Arthur Whitten (Scottish-born British aviator) 1886-1948
Brown, A. Whitney (American comedian) b.1952
Brown, Benjamin Gratz (American lawyer) 1826-1885
Brown, Charles Brockden (American writer) 1771-1810
Brown, Chris (American composer, pianist, electronic musician) b.1953
Brown, Claude (American writer) b.1937
Brown, Dee Alexander (American writer, historian) 1908-2002
Brown, Earle (American composer) 1926-2002
Brown, Edmund Gerald Jr. "Jerry" (American politician) b.1938
Brown, Edward Michael (American artist, designer) 1921-1978
Brown, Ernest William (English-born American mathematician) 1866-1938
Brown, Ford Madox (English painter; grandson of John 1735-1788) 1821-1893
Brown, George (Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician) 1818-1880
Brown, George Douglas (pseudonym George Douglas; Scot. writer) 1869-1902
Brown, George Mackay (Scottish poet, playwright, writer) b.1921
Brown, Helen Gurley (American magazine editor) b.1922
Brown, Henry Billings (Am. Supreme Court justice 1890-1906) 1836-1913
Brown, Henry Kirke (American sculptor) 1814-1886
Brown, Herbert Charles (English-born American organic chemist) 1912-2004
Brown, Jacob Jennings (American army officer) 1775-1828
Brown, James (American publisher: Little, Brown & Company) 1800-1855
Brown, James Joseph (American musician) 1933-2006
Brown, James Joe Jr. (American musician) b.1936
Brown, Jesse (American administrator) b.1944
Brown, John (English clergyman) 1715-1766
Brown, John (Scot. physician; fd. Bounonian system of medicine) 1735?-1788
Brown, John (American slavery abolitionist, rebel) 1800-1859
Brown, John (Scottish physician, essayist) 1810-1882
Brown, Sir John (English steel manufacturer) 1816-1896
Brown, John Carter (American librarian; grandson of Nicholas) 1797-1874
Brown, John Mason (American literary critic) 1900-1969
Brown, Judith Ann née Limbourne "Judie" (American activist) b.1944
Brown, Lancelot "Capability Brown" (English landscape gardener) 1715-1783
Brown, Lester Russell (American environmental analyst) b.1934
Brown, Peter Robert Lamont (Irish historian) b.1935
Brown, Trisha (American choreographer, dancer) b.1936
Brown, William Larry (American writer) 1951-2004
Brown, Martha née McClellan (American temperance organizer) 1838-1916
Brown, Michael Stuart (American physiologist) b.1941
Brown, Nicholas (American businessman) 1729-1791
Brown, Olympia (American minister, suffragist) 1835-1926
Brown, Richard Hart "Doc" (Am. biomedical engineer) 1941-2005
Brown, Rita Mae (American writer, poet, screenwriter) b.1944
Brown, Robert (Scottish botanist) 1773-1858
Brown, Ronald Harmon (American administrator) b.1941
Brown, Roy Thomas (American puppeteer, clown, artist) 1932-2001
Brown, Sterling Allen (Am. poet, folklorist, editor, critic) 1901-1989
Brown, Theodore David "Ted" (American radio disc jockey) d.2005
Brown, Thomas (English writer) 1663-1704
Brown, Thomas (Scottish metaphysician) 1778-1820
Brown, Thomas Edward (English poet) 1830-1897
Brown, William Hill (American writer, dramatist) 1765-1793
Brown, William Wells (American writer, lecturer, historian) 1814?-1884
Browne, Charles Farrar (pseudonym Artemus Ward; Am. humorist) 1834-1867
Browne, Edward Granville (English philologist) 1862-1926
Browne, Edward Harold (English theologian, prelate) 1811-1891
Browne, Elliott Martin (British theatrical director, producer) 1900-1980
Browne, Hablot Knight (pseudonym Phiz; English illustrator) 1815-1882
Browne, Harry (Am. writer, investment adviser, Libertarian) 1933-2006
Browne, Isaac Hawkins (English poet) 1705-1760
Browne, Maximillian Ulysses von (Austrian field marshal) 1705-1757
Browne, Robert (English clergyman) c.1550-1633
Browne, Sir Samuel James (India-born British army officer) 1824-1901
Browne, Sir Thomas (English physician, writer) 1605-1682
Browne, Thomas Alexander "Rolf Boldrewood" (Australian writer) 1826-1915
Browne, William (English poet) 1591?-1645?
Browne, William George (English traveler) 1768-1813
Brownell, William Crary (American journalist, literary critic) 1851-1928
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett née Elizabeth Moulton (Eng. poet) 1806-1861
Browning, John Moses (American firearm inventor) 1855-1926
Browning, Robert (English poet) 1812-1889
Brownlee, John Edward (Canadian politician) 1884-1961
Brownlow, William Gannaway (American political leader) 1805-1877
Brownrigg, Sir Robert (British soldier) 1759-1833
Brown-Sequard, Charles-Edouard (French physiologist) 1817-1894
Brownson, Orestes Augustus (American clergyman, writer) 1803-1876
Bru, Hedin (born Hans Jakob Jacobsen; Faroese writer) 1901-1987
Brubeck, David Warren "Dave" (American musician, bandleader) 1920-2012
Bruce, Blanche Kelso (American politician) 1841-1898
Bruce, Sir David (British physician, bacteriologist) 1855-1931
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este (American diplomat) 1898-1977
Bruce, Everend Lester (Canadian geologist) 1884-1949
Bruce, Henry Austin (1st Baron Aberdare; English politician) 1815-1895
Bruce, James (Scottish explorer) 1730-1794
Bruce, John Symon Asher "Jack" (Scottish musician) 1943-2014
Bruce, Lenny (Leonard Alfred Schneider; Am. social critic) 1925-1966
Bruce, Michael (Scottish poet, schoolmaster) 1746-1767
Bruce, Stanley Melbourne (Australian politician) 1883-1967
Bruce, William Speirs (Scottish explorer, naturalist) 1867-1921
Bruch, Max Karl August (German composer, conductor) 1838-1920
Brucioli, Antonio (Italian Humanist) d.1566
Bruck, Karl Ludwig von (Austrian politician) 1798-1860
Brucke, Ernst Wilhelm von (German physician, physiologist) 1819-1892
Brucker, Johann Jakob (German philosopher) 1696-1770
Bruckner, Eduard (German geographer, meteorologist) 1862-1927
Bruckner, Josef Anton (Austrian composer, organist) 1824-1896
Brudenell, James Thomas (7th Earl of Cardigan; English general) 1797-1868
Brueghel, Abraham (Flemish painter; son of Jan the Younger) 1631-1690?
Brueghel, Ambrose (Flemish painter; son of Jan) 1617-1675
Brueghel, Jan Baptist (Flemish painter; great-grandson of Jan) 1670-1719
Brueghel, Jan the Elder "Velvet Brueghel" (Flemish painter) 1568-1625
Brueghel, Jan the Younger (Flemish painter; son of Jan) 1601-1678
Brueghel, Pieter (Flemish painter; father of Jan & Pieter) c.1525/30-1569
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger "Hell Brueghel" (Flemish painter) 1564-1638
Brueys, David-Augustin de (French writer) 1640-1723
Bruggen, Jochem van (South African writer) 1881-1957
Brugiere, Amable-Guillaume-Prosper (Fr. politician, historian) 1782-1866
Brugmann, Friedrich Karl (German philologist) 1849-1919
Brugmans, Anton (Dutch physicist) 1732-1789
Brugnon, Jacques "Toto" (French tennis player; "musketeer") 1895-1978
Brugsch, Heinrich Karl (German Egyptologist) 1827-1894
Bruhl, Heinrich von (Saxon politician) 1700-1763
Bruins, Theo (Dutch pianist, composer, teacher) 1929-1993
Brule, Etienne (French adventurer in America) 1592?-1633
Brum, Baltasar (Uruguayan jurist, politician) 1883-1933
Brumel, Antoine (French composer) c.1460-c.1515
Brumidi, Constantino (Italian-born American painter) 1805-1880
Brummell, George Bryan "Beau Brummell" (English dandy) 1778-1840
Brun, Johan Nordahl (Norwegian prelate, poet, dramatist) 1745-1816
Brun, Rudolf (Swiss politician) c.1300-1360
Bruna, Pablo (Spanish composer, organist, choirmaster) 1611-1679
Brundage, Avery (American businessman, sports leader) 1887-1975
Brune, Guillaume-Marie-Anne (French army officer) 1763-1815
Bruneau, Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred (French composer) 1857-1934
Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard (Fr.-born Brit. inventor, engineer) 1769-1849
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (British engineer; son of Marc) 1806-1859
Brunel, Oliver (Flemish merchant, explorer) c.1540-1585
Brunelleschi (or Brunellesco), Filippo (Florentine architect) 1377-1446
Brunet, Jean (French poet; co-founder of Felibrige, 1854) 1823-1894
Brunet, Jacques-Charles (French bibliographer) 1781-1867
Brunet, Marta (Chilean writer) 1897-1967
Brunetiere, Vincent de Paul-Marie-Ferdinand (French critic) 1849-1906
Brunfels, Otto (German physician, botanist) c.1488-1534
Brunhilde (Frankish queen; daughter of Athanagild) d.613
Brunhoff, Jean de (French children's writer) 1899-1937
Bruni, Antoine-Raymond-Joseph de (French navigator) 1737-1793
Bruni (or Bruno), Leonardo (Leonardo Aretino; It. Humanist) c.1370-1444
Bruning, Heinrich (German politician; chancellor 1930-1932) 1885-1970
Brunn, Francis (German-born American? juggler) 1923-2004
Brunner, Heinrich (German jurist, historian) 1840-1915
Brunner, Heinrich Emil (Swiss theologian) 1889-1966
Brunner, Johann Conrad (Swiss anatomist) 1653-1727
Brunnow, Franz Friedrich Ernst (German astronomer) 1821-1891
Bruno I (or Brun), Saint (German prelate) 925-965
Bruno of Cologne, Saint (German religious) c.1030-1101
Bruno (or Brun) of Querfurt, Saint (German prelate, missionary) c.974-1009
Bruno, Giordano (Italian heliocentrist, philosopher, martyr) 1548-1600
Brunschvicg, Leon (French philosopher) 1869-1944
Brunton, Sir Thomas Lauder (1st baronet; Scottish physician) 1844-1916
Brusewitz, Axel Karl Adolf (Swedish political scientist, hist.) 1881-1950
Brush, Charles Francis (American electrical lighting inventor) 1849-1929
Brush, George de Forest (American painter) 1855-1941
Brusilov, Aleksey Alekseyevich (Russian soldier) 1853-1926
Brustolon, Andrea (Italian woodcarver) 1662-1732
Brutus, Decimus Junius (surnamed Albinus; Roman general) d.43 BC
Brutus, Dennis Vincent (Rhodesian poet, activist) b.1924
Brutus, Lucius Junius (Roman consul 509 BC) 6th cent. BC
Brutus, Marcus Junius (Roman politician, conspirator) 85-42 BC
Bryan, Charles Wayland (American politician; brother of W.J.) 1867-1945
Bryan, Kirk (American geologist) 1888-1950
Bryan, William Jennings (American lawyer, politician) 1860-1925
Bryant, Anita Jane (American singer) b.1940
Bryant, Diadorius Boudleaux (American songwriter) 1920-1987
Bryant, Felice (American poet, songwriter) 1925-2003
Bryant, William Cullen (American poet, editor) 1794-1878
Bryars, Richard Gavin (English composer, musician) b.1943
Bryaxis (Greek sculptor) 4th cent. BC
Bryce Echenique, Alfredo (Peruvian writer) b.1939
Bryce, James (British jurist, historian, diplomat) 1838-1922
Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (English writer, genealogist) 1762-1837
Bryennios, Philotheos (Greek prelate) 1833-1914
Bryennius, Nicephorus (Byzantine soldier, historian) 1062-1137
Bryggman, Erik (Finnish architect) 1891-1955
Bryher (byname of Annie Winifred Ellerman; Eng. writer, poet) 1894-1983
Brynner, Yul (Taidje Khan Jr.; Japanese-born American actor) 1920-1985
Bryson, John Bryan (American photojournalist, actor) 1924-2005
Bryson, Lewis M. III "Lew" (Am. editor, whisky and beer writer) b.1959
Bryson, Reid (American atmospheric scientist, geologist) 1920-2008
Bryusov, Valery Yakovlevich (Russian poet, playwright, writer) 1873-1924
Brzozowski, Stanislaw Leopold (Polish critic, writer) 1878-1911
Brzozowski, Tadeusz (Polish religious) 1749-1820
Buache, Philippe (French geographer, cartographer) 1700-1773
Buade, Louis de (French soldier, colonialist) 1622-1698
Buarque Cristovam Ricardo Cavalcanti (Brazilian economist) b.1944
Bubb Dodington, George (orig. surname Bubb; English politician) 1691-1762
Bubenberg, Adrian von (Swiss soldier) 1431?-1479
Buber, Martin (German Jewish scholar, philosopher, writer) 1878-1965
Bubna von Littitz, Ferdinand von (Austrian soldier) 1768-1825
Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio Maria (Span. general, administrator) 1717-1779
Bucer (or Butzer), Martin (German Protestant reformer) 1491-1551
Buch, Christian Leopold von (Ger. geologist, paleontologist) 1774-1853
Buchan, Alexander (Scottish meteorologist) 1829-1907
Buchan, Elspeth née Simpson (Scottish religious) 1738-1791
Buchan, Sir John (Scottish writer, administrator) 1875-1940
Buchan, William (Scottish physician) 1729-1805
Buchanan, Franklin (American naval officer) 1800-1874
Buchanan, George (Scottish humanist, writer, educator) 1506-1582
Buchanan, James (Am. politician, 15th U.S. president, 1857-61) 1791-1868
Buchanan, James McGill Jr. (American economist) b.1919
Buchanan, Larry (Am. director, producer, screenwriter, editor) 1924-2004
Buchanan, Robert Williams (British poet, writer, playwright) 1841-1901
Bucher, Adolf Lothar (German publicist, diplomat) 1817-1892
Bucher, Walter Herman (American geologist) 1888-1965
Buchheim, Lothar-Guenther (Ger. writer, painter, art collector) 1918-2007
Buchman, Frank Nathan Daniel (American evangelist) 1878-1961
Buchner, Eduard (German chemist, zymologist) 1860-1917
Buchner, F.K.C. Ludwig (German physician, philosopher) 1824-1899
Buchner, Georg (German dramatist) 1813-1837
Buchner, Hans (German bacteriologist; brother of Eduard) 1850-1902
Buchwald, Arthur "Art" (American writer, humorist) 1925-2007
Buck, Frank (American hunter) 1884-1950
Buck, Linda née Brown (American biologist) b.1947
Buck, Pearl Comfort née Sydenstricker (American writer) 1892-1973
Buck, Sir Peter Henry (New Zealand anthropologist, politician) 1880-1951
Buckland, William (English clergyman, geologist) 1784-1856
Buckle, George Earle (English journalist) 1854-1935
Buckle, Henry Thomas (English historian) 1821-1862
Buckley, Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" (American singer, songwriter) 1966-1997
Buckley, Timothy Charles III (Am. singer, songwriter, musician) 1947-1975
Buckley, William Frank Jr. (American writer, editor) 1925-2008
Buckner, Simon Bolivar (American army officer) 1823-1914
Buckner, Simon Bolivar Jr. (American army officer) 1886-1945
Buckstone, John Baldwin (English comedian, playwright) 1802-1879
Bucy, Paul (American neuropathologist) 1904-1992
Budd, William (English physician) 1811-1880
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama; Indian philosopher) c.563-c.483 BC
Buddhaghosa (Indian Buddhist scholar) 5th cent.
Buddhapalita (Indian Buddhist; founded Prasangika school) 5th cent.
Bude, Guillaume (Guglielmus Budaeus; French scholar) 1467-1540
Budenny, Semyon Mikhaylovich (Russian soldier) 1883-1973
Budes, Jean-Baptiste (Comte de Guebriant; French soldier) 1602-1643
Budge, Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis (Eng. archaeologist) 1857-1934
Budgell, Eustace (English writer; cousin of Joseph Addison) 1686-1737
Bueil, Honorat du (Seigneur de Racan; French poet) 1589-1670
Buell, Abel (American metalworker, inventor) 1742-1822
Buell, Don Carlos (American army officer) 1818-1898
Buero Vallejo, Antonio (Spanish playwright) 1916-2000
Buescher, Julianne (American voice actor, puppeteer) b.1965
Buff, Charlotte (German woman; friend of Goethe) 1753-1828
Buffardin, Pierre-Gabriel (French flutist, composer) 1690-1768
Buffier, Claude (French philosopher) 1661-1737
Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (French naturalist) 1707-1788
Buga, Kazimieras (Lithuanian linguist) 1879-1924
Bugaev, Boris Nikolayevich (pseudonym Andrey Bely; Rus. poet) 1880-1934
Bugati, Ettore Arco Isidoro (Italian automobile builder) 1881-1947
Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Thomas-Robert (French soldier) 1784-1849
Bugenhagen, Johannes "Pomeranus" (German Protestant reformer) 1485-1558
Bugge, Elseus Sophus (Norwegian philologist) 1833-1907
Buhl, Vilhelm (Danish politician) 1881-1954
Buhle, Mari Jo (American historian) b.1943
Buhturi, al- (Muslim compiler, scholar of Hadith) 810-870
Buhturi, al- (Muslim poet) 821-897
Buick, David Dunbar (Scottish-born Am. automobile manufacturer) 1854-1929
Buil, Bernardo (Spanish Benedictine monk) c.1450-1520
Buisson, Ferdinand-Edouard (French academic, politician) 1841-1932
Bukhari, al- (Musim scholar) 810-870
Bukharin, Nikolay Ivanovich (Russian Communist leader, editor) 1888-1938
Bukka I (Hindu king 1355-1377) d.1377
Bukoff, Allen (American? Fluxus artist, social psychologist) b.1951
Bukowski, Charles (German-born American writer, poet) 1920-1994
Bulfinch, Charles (American architect) 1763-1844
Bulfinch, Thomas (American mythologist; son of Charles) 1796-1867
Bulgakov, Macarius (born Mikhail Petrovich; Russian prelate) 1816-1882
Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasyevich (Russian writer, playwright) 1891-1940
Bulgakov, Sergey Nikolayevich (Russian economist, theologian) 1871-1944
Bulganin, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (Russian politician, marshal) 1895-1975
Bulgarin, Faddei Venediktovich (Russian journalist, writer) 1789-1859
Bulgaris, Eugenius (Greek theologian) 1716-1806
Bulgarus (Italian jurist; first of "Four Doctors of Bologna) d.1166/7
Bulkeley (or Bulkley), Peter (English-born American clergyman) 1583-1659
Bulkeley, Richard (Irish-born Canadian soldier, politician) 1717-1800
Bull, Ephraim Wales (American horticulturist) 1806-1895
Bull, John (English organist, composer, organ builder) c.1562-1628
Bull, Olaf Jacob Martin Luther (Norwegian poet) 1883-1933
Bull, Ole Bornemann (Norwegian violinist) 1810-1880
Bullant, Jean (French architect) 1520?-1578
Bullard, Sir Edward Crisp (English geophysicist) 1907-1980
Buller, Sir Redvers Henry (British general) 1839-1908
Bullett, Gerald William (English writer) 1893-1958
Bullinger, Heinrich (Swiss reformer; disciple of Zwingli) 1504-1575
Bullins, Ed (American playwright, writer, poet, journalist) b.1935
Bullitt, William Christian (American diplomat) 1891-1967
Bullokar, John (English lexicographer) 1580?-1641?
Bullrich, Silvina (Argentinean writer) 1915-1992
Bulnes, Manuel (Chilean soldier, politician) 1799-1866
Bulow, Adam Heinrich Dietrich von (Prussian soldier) 1757-1808
Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin Karl (Prussian politician) 1849-1929
Bulow, Friedrich Wilhelm von (Prussian general; bro. of Adam) 1755-1816
Bulow, Hans Guido von (German pianist, conductor) 1830-1894
Bulow, Karl Wilhelm Paul von (German general; bro. of Bernhard) 1846-1921
Buloz, Charles (French journalist; son of Francois) 1843-1905
Buloz, Francois (French journalist) 1804-1877
Bultmann, Rudolf Karl (German theologian) 1884-1976
Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle (English diplomat) 1801-1872
Bunau-Varilla, Philippe-Jean (French engineer) 1859-1940
Bunche, Ralph Johnson (American political scientist, diplomat) 1904-1971
Bunin, Ivan Alekseyevich (Russian poet, writer, translator) 1870-1953
Bunker, Edward (American criminal, writer, actor) 1933-2005
Bunker, Ellsworth (American diplomat) 1894-1984
Bunnag, Chuang "Chao Phraya Si Suriyawongse" (Siamese polit.) 1809-1883
Bunner, Henry Cuyler (American poet, writer, editor) 1855-1896
Bunsei (Japanese artist) 15th cent.
Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias von (Prus. diplomat, theologian) 1791-1860
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm (German chemist; perf. Bunsen burner) 1811-1899
Bunting, Basil (English poet) 1900-1985
Bunuel Portoles, Luis (Spanish-born Mexican film director) 1900-1983
Bunyan, John (English preacher, writer) 1628-1688
Buol-Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von (Austrian politician) 1797-1865
Buonamente, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer, violinist) c.1595-1642
Buonarotti, Philippe (Italian-born French revolutionary) 1761-1837
Buontalenti, Bernardo (Florentine theatrical architect) 1536?-1608
Burali-Forti, Cesare (Italian mathematician) 1861-1931
Burbage, James (English actor) 1531-1597
Burbage, Richard "Roscius" (English actor) c.1567-1619
Burbank, Luther (American horticulturist) 1849-1926
Burchard, Samuel Dickinson (American clergyman) 1812-1891
Burchfield, Charles Ephraim (American painter) 1893-1967
Burchill, Julie (British journalist, writer) b.1960
Burckhardt, Georg "Georg Spalatin" (German Humanist) 1484-1584
Burckhardt, Jakob Christopher (Swiss hist. of art & culture) 1818-1897
Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig (Swiss traveler) 1784-1817
Burdach, Karl Friedrich (German physiologist) 1776-1847
Burd'ana, Jacob (aka Jacob Baradai; Syrian prelate) d.578
Burdett, Sir Francis (5th baronet; English politician) 1770-1844
Burdett, Osbert (English biographer, critic) 1885-1936
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina (English philanthropist) 1814-1906
Burebistas (or Burebista; King of Dacia c.60-c.44 BC) d.c.44 BC
Buren, Abigail Van (born P.E. Friedman; Am. advice columnist) b.1918
Burger, Gottfried August (German poet, translator) 1747-1794
Burger, Warren Earl (American Supreme Court justice 1969-1986) 1907-1994
Burgers, Thomas Francois (South African theologian, politician) 1834-1881
Burges, William (English architect) 1827-1881
Burgess, Anthony (John Anthony Burgess Wilson; British writer) 1917-1993
Burgess, Edward (American yacht designer) 1848-1891
Burgess, Frank Gelett (American humorist, illustrator) 1866-1951
Burgess, Hugh (English-born American inventor) c.1825-1892
Burgess, Thornton Waldo (American writer) 1874-1965
Burgi, Joost (or Jobst; Justus Byrgius; Swiss mathematician) 1552-1632
Burgkmair, Hans (German painter, wood engraver) 1473-c.1531
Burgos, Jose (Filipino clergyman, patriot) 1837-1872
Burgoyne, John (British army officer, playwright) 1722-1792
Burgoyne, Sir John Fox (British military engineer; son of John) 1782-1871
Burhoe, Ralph Wendell (America publisher; founded Zygon) 1911-1997
Burian von Rajecz, Stephan von (Austro-Hungarian politician) 1851-1922
Buridan, Jean (Joannes Buridanus; Fr. scholastic philosopher) 1300-1358
Burk (or Burke), Martha Jane née Cannary (Am. frontierswoman) 1852?-1903
Burke, Billie (American actor) 1886-1970
Burke, Edmund (Irish-born British statesman, orator) 1729-1797
Burke, John (Irish genealogist; father of Sir John) 1787-1848
Burke, Sir John Bernard (Irish genealogist, heraldry expert) 1814-1892
Burke, Kenneth Duva (American critic, philosopher, translator) 1897-1993
Burke, Robert O'Hara (Irish explorer) 1820-1861
Burke, Thomas (English writer) 1886-1945
Burke, William (Irish criminal; grave-robber, murderer) 1792-1829
Burks, Arthur Walter (American mathematician) 1915-2008
Burleigh, Harry Thacker (American singer, composer) 1866-1949
Burlingame, Anson (American diplomat) 1820-1870
Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus (English soldier, traveler) 1842-1885
Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley (Eng. playwright; editor of Punch) 1836-1917
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley (English painter, designer) 1833-1898
Burnell, Robert (English bishop) d.1292
Burnes, Sir Alexander (Scottish-born Brit. traveler, diplomat) 1805-1941
Burnet, Sir Frank Macfarlane (Australian physician) 1899-1985
Burnet, Gilbert (Scottish-born British prelate, historian) 1643-1715
Burnet, Thomas (English clergyman) c.1635-1715
Burnett, Charles (American filmmaker) b.1944
Burnett, Frances Eliza née Hodgson (English-born Am. writer) 1849-1924
Burnett, James (Lord Monboddo; Scottish jurist, anthropologist) 1714-1799
Burnett, Leo (American advertiser; created Marlboro Man) 1891-1971
Burnett, Whit (American editor) 1899-1973
Burnett, Sir William (Scottish physician) 1779-1861
Burney, Charles (English organist, composer, musical historian) 1726-1814
Burney, Charles (English classical scholar; son of Charles) 1757-1817
Burney, Fanny (born Frances; aka Madame d'Arblay; Eng. writer) 1752-1840
Burney, James (English naval officer; son of Charles) 1750-1821
Burnham, Daniel Hudson (American architect) 1846-1912
Burnham, Frederick Russell (American explorer) 1861-1947
Burnham, Robert Jr. "Bob" (Am. astronomer, writer; asteroid) 1931-1993
Burnham, Sherburne Wesley (American astronomer; asteroid) 1838-1921
Burnouf, Emile-Louis (French Orientalist; son of Jean-Louis) 1821-1907
Burnouf, Eugene (French Orientalist; son of Jean-Louis) 1801-1852
Burnouf, Jean-Louis (French philologist) 1775-1844
Burns, Anthony (American slave) 1834-1862
Burns, Sir George (Scottish ship owner) 1795-1890
Burns, George (born Nathan Birnbaum; American actor, comedian) 1896-1996
Burns, Sir John (Scottish ship owner; son of Sir George) 1829-1901
Burns, John Elliot (English labor leader) 1858-1943
Burns, Robert (Scottish national poet) 1759-1796
Burns, Tommy (born Noah Brusso; Canadian boxer) 1881-1955
Burns, William John (American detective) 1861-1932
Burnside, Ambrose Everett (American army officer) 1824-1881
Burnside, Robert Lee "R.L." (American musician) 1926-2005
Burpee, Washington Atlee (Canadian-born American seedsman) 1858-1915
Burr, Aaron (American politician; 3rd vice president 1801-05) 1756-1836
Burrell, Kenneth Earl "Kenny" (American musician, singer) b.1931
Burritt, Elihu "the Learned Blacksmith" (American pacifist) 1810-1879
Burroughs, Edgar Rice (American writer; created Tarzan) 1875-1950
Burroughs, Joan née Adams nee Vollmer (American Beat) 1924-1951
Burroughs, John (American naturalist, essayist) 1837-1921
Burroughs, William Seward (American inventor) 1855-1898
Burroughs, William Seward (American writer) 1914-1997
Burroughs, William Seward Jr. "Billy" (American writer) 1947-1981
Burrows, Ronald Montagu (English archaeologist) 1867-1920
Burrus, Sextus Afranius (Roman general) d.62
Burt, Sir Cyril Lodowic (English psychologist) 1883-1971
Burt, Maxwell Struthers (American writer, poet) 1882-1954
Burt, William Austin (American surveyor, inventor) 1792-1858
Burton, Gary (American vibraphonist, radio host) b.1943
Burton, Harold Hitz (American Supreme Court justice 1945-1958) 1888-1964
Burton, John Hill (Scottish historian) 1809-1881
Burton, Richard (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; Welsh actor) 1925-1984
Burton, Sir Richard Francis (British explorer, Orientalist) 1821-1890
Burton, Robert "Democritus Junior" (English clergyman, writer) 1577-1640
Burton, Timothy William "Tim" (American film director, writer) b.1958
Burton, William Meriam (American chemist) 1865-1954
Bury, John Bagnell (Irish-born British historian) 1861-1927
Busbecq (or Busbeck, Bousbecq), Ghislain de (Flemish diplomat) 1522-1592
Busby, Richard (English clergyman, schoolmaster) 1606-1695
Buscemi, Steven Vincent "Steve" (American actor, film director) b.1957
Busch, Adolphus (German-born Am. businessman, philanthropist) 1839-1913
Busch, Frederick Matthew (American critic, editor, writer) b.1941
Busch, Wilhelm (German illustrator, poet) 1832-1908
Busche, Hermann von dem "Pasiphilus" (German scholar, Humanist) 1468-1534
Busching, Anton Friedrich (German geographer) 1724-1793
Buschmann, Johann Karl Eduard (German philologist) 1805-1880
Busenbaum (or Busembaum), Hermann (German Jesuit theologian) 1600-1668
Bush, Barbara née Pierce (American first lady, 1989-1993) b.1925
Bush, George Herbert Walker (41st U.S. president, 1989-1993) b.1924
Bush, George Walker (American politician; president 2001-) b.1946
Bush, John Ellis "Jeb" (American politician) b.1953
Bush, Laura Lane née Welch (American first lady 2001-) b.1946
Bush, Neil Mallou (American banker, businessman) b.1955
Bush, Prescott Sheldon (American businessman, politician) 1895-1972
Bush, Vannevar (American electrical engineer, administrator) 1890-1974
Bush-Brown, Henry Kirke (orig. surname Bush; American sculptor) 1857-1935
Bushman, Francis Xavier (American actor) 1883-1966
Bushmiller, Ernest "Ernie" (American cartoonist: "Nancy") 1905-1982
Bushnell, David (American submarine inventor) 1742?-1824
Bushnell, David Pearsall (American businessman: binoculars) 1913-2005
Bushnell, Horace (American clergyman) 1802-1876
Busiri, al- (Arab poet) c.1212-c.1295
Busken Huet, Conrad (Dutch literary critic, writer) 1826-1886
Busnois, Antoine (French composer, poet; Burgundian School) c.1430-1492
Buson (Taniguchi Buson; Yosa Buson; Japanese poet, painter) 1716-1783
Busoni, Ferruccio Benvenuto (Italian pianist, composer) 1866-1924
Buss, Leo William (American? evolutionary biologist) b.1953/54
Busse, Hermann Eris (German writer) 1891-1947
Bussone, Francesco "Carmagnola" (Italian condottiere) c.1385-1432
Bussy, Antoine-Alexandre-Brutus (French chemist) 1794-1882
Bussy-d'Amboise, Louis de Clermont de (French nobleman) c.1549-1579
Bussy-Rabutin, Roger de (French libertine) 1618-1693
Bustamante, Anastasio (Mexican general, politician) 1780-1853
Bustamante y Sirven, Antonio Sanchez de (Cuban jurist) 1865-1951
Bustani, Butrus al- (Arabic scholar) 1819-1883
Bustelli, Franz Anton (Swiss sculptor) 1723-1763
Butades of Sicyon (Greek sculptor) fl. 600? BC
Butcher, Clyde Edman (American photographer) b.1942
Butcher, John (English musician, improviser, composer) b.1954
Butcher, Samuel Henry (British scholar) 1850-1910
Butenandt, Adolph Friedrich Johann (German biochemist) 1903-1995
Butler, Alban (English clergyman, hagiographer) 1710-1773
Butler, Arthur Gray (English rugby master, educator) 1831-1909
Butler, Benjamin Franklin (American army officer, politician) 1818-1893
Butler, Elizabeth Southerden née Thompson (English painter) 1850-1933
Butler, Ellis Parker (American humorist) 1869-1937
Butler, Frederick Guy (South African poet, playwright) 1918-2001
Butler, George (English clergyman, educator) 1774-1853
Butler, Henry Montague (English educator; son of George) 1833-1918
Butler, John (American Loyalist) 1728-1796
Butler, Joseph (English theologian) 1692-1752
Butler, Josephine Elizabeth née Gray (English reformer) 1828-1906
Butler, Nicholas Murray (Am. philosopher, diplomat, educator) 1862-1947
Butler, Octavia Estelle "Junie" (American writer) 1947-2006
Butler, Pierce (Am. jurist; Supreme Court justice 1922-1939) 1866-1939
Butler, Ralph Starr (American advertising executive, teacher) 1882-1971
Butler, Richard Girnt (Am. engineer, bigot; fd. Aryan Nation) 1918-2004
Butler, Samuel (English poet, satirist) 1612-1680
Butler, Samuel (English writer, essayist, critic) 1835-1902
Butler, Smedley Darlington (American marine officer) 1881-1940
Butler, Walter N. (American soldier; son of John) d.1781
Butler, Sir William Francis (Irish-born British army officer) 1838-1910
Butlerov, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich (Russian chemist) 1828-1886
Butor, Michel-Marie-Francois (French writer, essayist) b.1926
Butschli, Otto (German zoologist) 1848-1920
Butt, Dame Clara Ellen (English contralto) 1872-1936
Butt, Isaac (Irish lawyer, nationalist leader) 1813-1879
Butterfield, John (American businessman: American Express Co.) 1801-1869
Butterfield, William (English architect) 1814-1900
Butterick, Ebenezer (American tailor, inventor) 1826-1903
Butterworth, George Sainton Kaye (Eng. composer, folk dancer) 1885-1916
Button, Stephen Decatur (American architect) 1803-1897
Button, Sir Thomas (English navigator) d.1634
Buxtehude, Dietrich (Danish organist, lutenist, composer) 1637-1707
Buxton, Charles (English politician; son of Sir Thomas) 1823-1871
Buxton, Sydney Charles (English administrator; son of Charles) 1853-1934
Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell (English philanthropist) 1786-1845
Buxtorf, Johann "the Elder" (German Hebraist) 1564-1629
Buxtorf, Johann "the Younger" (German Hebraist) 1599-1664
Buyantu (Chi Yen-tsung; Mongol emperor 1311-1320) 14th cent.
Buyrette, Pierre-Laurent (pseud. Dormont de Belloy; Fr. dram.) 1727-1775
Buys, Paulus (Dutch politician) 1531-1594
Buys Ballot, Christoph Hendrik Diederik (Dutch meteorologist) 1817-1890
Buysse, Cyriel (Flemish writer, playwright) 1859-1932
Buzzati, Dino (Italian journalist, dramatist, writer) 1906-1972
By, John (English engineer) 1781-1836
Byard, John "Jaki" (American musician, composer) 1922-1999
Byatt, Antonia Susan née Drabble (English scholar, writer) b.1936
Byers, Clark (American sign-painter: "See Rock City") 1915-2004
Bykov, Vasily Vladimirovich (Belorussian writer) b.1924
Byng, George (1st Viscount Torrington; British admiral) 1663-1733
Byng, John (British naval officer) 1704-1757
Byng, Julian Hedworth George (British field marshal) 1862-1935
Bynkershoek, Cornelis van (Dutch jurist) 1673-1743
Bynum, Caroline née Walker (American Medieval scholar, teacher) b.1941
Byrd of Westover, William (American planter, satirist, diarist) 1674-1744
Byrd, Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture II (American musician) 1932-2013
Byrd, Harry (American politician; brother of Richard) 1887-1966
Byrd, Joseph Hunter (American composer, arranger, producer) b.1937
Byrd, Richard Evelyn (American naval officer, polar explorer) 1888-1957
Byrd, William (English organist, composer) 1543-1623
Byrd, William "William Byrd of Westover" (American planter) 1674-1744
Byrne, David (Scottish-born American musician) b.1952
Byrne, Francis Barry (American architect) 1883-1967
Byrne, John Keyes (pseudonym Hugh Leonard; Irish playwright) b.1926
Byrne, Robert Eugene (American editor, writer) b.1930
Byrne, William Matthew Jr. (Am. judge; Pentagon Papers judge) 1930-2006
Byrnes, James Francis (American politician, jurist) 1879-1972
Byrns, Joseph Wellington (American politician) 1869-1936
Byrom, John (English poet) 1692-1763
Byron, George Gordon Noel "Lord Byron" (English poet) 1788-1824
Byron, John "Foul-weather Jack" (English navigator) 1723-1786

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