| 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 |
| Baasha (or Baasa) (King of Israel c.900-877 BC) |
9th cent. BC |
| Babalola, Solomon Adeboye (Nigerian poet, scholar) |
b.1926 |
| Baba Taher "'Oryan" (Persian poet) |
c.1000-1055? |
| Babbage, Charles (English mathematician, inventor) |
1792-1871 |
| Babbitt, Bruce Edward (American politician) |
b.1938 |
| Babbitt, Irving (American scholar, educator) |
1865-1933 |
| Babbitt, Isaac (American inventor) |
1799-1862 |
| 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 (pseud. Gracchus Babeuf) (Fr. agitator) |
1760-1797 |
| Babic, Ljubomir (pen name 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. |
| Babson, Roger Ward (American financial statistician) |
1875-1967 |
| Baburen, Dirck van (Dutch painter) |
c.1590-1624 |
| Bacall, Lauren (Perske, Betty Joan) (American actor) |
b.1924 |
| 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 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 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 novelist) |
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 |
| Bachet, Claude-Gaspar (French mathematician) |
1581-1638 |
| Bachman, John (American clergyman, naturalist) |
1790-1874 |
| Bachmann, Ingeborg (Austrian poet, writer) |
1926-1973 |
| Bachofen, Johann Jakob (Swiss jurist, anthropologist) |
1815-1887 |
| 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, author) |
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 |
| 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, Adolf von (German organic 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 (Mirza Hoseyn Ali Nuri) (Persian religious leader) |
1817-1892 |
| Bahar, Mohammad Taqi (Iranian poet) |
1885-1951 |
| Bahcall, John Norris (American astrophysicist) |
1934-2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 (orig. James McGinniss)(Am. 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 (b. 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 |
| 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 novelist) |
b.1933 |
| Bainbridge, John (English astronomer) |
1582-1643 |
| 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 |
| Bairnsfather, Charles Bruce (English soldier, cartoonist) |
1888-1959 |
| Bajer, Fredrik (Danish politician, writer) |
1837-1922 |
| Ba Jin (or Pa Chin) (pen name of Li Feigan) (Chinese writer) |
b.1904 |
| Bajza, Jozsef (Hungarian journalist, poet) |
1804-1858 |
| Baker, Augustine (orig. David) (Welsh religious) |
1575-1641 |
| Baker, Sir Benjamin (English civil engineer) |
1840-1907 |
| Baker, Carlos Heard (American teacher, writer, critic) |
1909-1987 |
| Baker, Chesney Henry "Chet" (American musician) |
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 (orig. Freda J. McDonald) (Am. entertainer) |
1906-1975 |
| Baker, Newton Diehl (American lawyer, politician) |
1871-1937 |
| Baker, Peter "Ginger" (English musician) |
b.1940 |
| Baker, Ray Stannard (pseud. 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 |
| Bakst, Leon (orig. Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg) (Russian artist) |
1866-1924 |
| Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (Russian anarchist, writer) |
1814-1876 |
| Baladhuri, Ahmad ibn Yahya al- (Arab historian) |
d.c.892 |
| Balaguer i Cirera, Victor (Spanish poet, politician, historian) |
1824-1901 |
| 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, Frank Stephen (American calculator inventor) |
1838-1925 |
| Baldwin, Henry (American jurist; Supreme Court justice 1830-44) |
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) |
1884-1981 |
| Baldwin, Stanley (English politician) |
1867-1947 |
| Bale, John (English prelate, author) |
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, 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) |
b.1930 |
| 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 |
| 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 (b. Honore Balssa) (French novelist) |
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 (or Banabhatta) (Sanskrit author) |
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 (orig. Tomaso) (Italian composer) |
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 (orig. 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 |
| Bang, Bernhard Lauritz Frederik (Danish veterinarian) |
1848-1932 |
| 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 |
| Banim, John (Irish poet, playwright, novelist) |
1798-1842 |
| Banim, Michael (Irish author; 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" (English nov.) |
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 |
| Banti, Anna (pen name of Lucia Longhi Lopresti)(It. biographer) |
1895-1985 |
| 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 |
| Baptiste the Elder (orig. Nicolas Anselme) (French actor) |
1761-1835 |
| Baquerizo Moreno, Alfredo (Ecuadorian politician) |
1859-1951 |
| Baquero y Diaz, Gaston (Cuban poet, critic, journalist) |
b.1918 |
| Bar, Francois de (French historiographer) |
1538-1606 |
| Bara, Theda (b. 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 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 |
| Barbauld, Anna Letitia née Aikin (English author, 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 (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 novelist, 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 (orig. Giovanni Battista) (British cond.) |
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, 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 1836-41) |
1783-1841 |
| Barbusse, Henri (French editor, author) |
1873-1935 |
| Barclay, Alexander (Scottish-born? British priest, poet) |
c.1476-1552 |
| Barclay, Florence Louisa née Charlesworth (English novelist) |
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, 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 (Javal, Camille) (French actor) |
b.1934 |
| Bardsley, Warren (Australian cricketer) |
1884-1954 |
| Baren (or Pa Jen) (pen name of Wang Renshu) (Chinese writer) |
1901-1972 |
| Barents, Willem (Dutch navigator) |
c.1550-1597 |
| Barere de Vieuzac, Bertrand (French revolutionist) |
1755-1841 |
| Baretti, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio (Italian critic) |
1719-1789 |
| Barghash ibn Sa'id (Sultan of Zanzibar 1870-1888) |
c.1834-1888 |
| Bargonne, Frederic-Charles (pseud. Claude Farrere) (Fr. nov.) |
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 |
| 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, author; son of Edward) |
1874-1945 |
| Baring, Thomas George (English statesman; son of Sir F.T.) |
1826-1904 |
| Baring-Gould, Sabine (English author) |
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 author) |
1750-1825 |
| Barnard, Chester Irving (American businessman, sociologist) |
1886-1961 |
| Barnard, Christiaan Neethling (South African surgeon) |
b.1922 |
| Barnard, Edward Emerson (American astronomer) |
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 (orig. 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 (drama, dance critic) |
b.1927 |
| 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, author) |
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 author) |
1872-1956 |
| Baron, Devorah (Hebrew writer) (b. in WHITE RUSSIA ???) |
1887-1956 |
| Baron, Michel (orig. Michel Boyron) (French actor) |
1653-1729 |
| Baronio, Cesare (Italian ecclesiastical historian) |
1538-1607 |
| Barozzi, Giacomo "Giacomo da Vignola" (Italian architect) |
1507-1573 |
| Barr, Amelia Edith née Huddleston (English-born Am. novelist) |
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 |
| 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, 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 novelist, dramatist) |
1860-1937 |
| Barrington, Daines (English lawyer, naturalist; son of John) |
1717-1800 |
| Barrington, George (orig. George Waldron) (Irish adventurer) |
1755-1804 |
| Barrington, John Shute (orig. 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 (orig. 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 author) |
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 novelist, short-story 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 |
| 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 (Hungarian composer, pianist, teacher) |
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, author, politician) |
1886-1967 |
| Barton, Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" (Am. fdr. American Red Cross) |
1821-1912 |
| Barton, Sir Derek Harold Richard (British chemist) |
b.1918 |
| Barton, Sir Edmund (Australian politician) |
1849-1920 |
| Barton, Elizabeth "the Maid/Nun of Kent" (English prophet) |
c.1506-1534 |
| 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 novelist) |
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 "Count" (American bandleader, composer, pianist) |
1904-1984 |
| Basil, Saint (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, 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 |
| Basnage, Jacques (French Protestant theologian, historian) |
1653-1725 |
| Basov, Nikolay Gennadiyevich (Russian physicist) |
b.1922 |
| 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) |
b.1916 |
| Bassani, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer) |
c.1657-1716 |
| Bassano, Francesco (Venetian painter; son of Jacopo) |
1549-1592 |
| 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 novelist) |
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 novelist, critic) |
1897-1962 |
| Bate, Walter Jackson (American literary critic, biographer) |
b.1918 |
| 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 novelist, short-story writer) |
1905-1974 |
| Bates, Katharine Lee (American educator, author) |
1859-1929 |
| Bates, Marston (American zoologist) |
1906-1974 |
| Bates, Sir Percy Elly (English ship owner) |
1879-1946 |
| 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 |
| 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-) |
b.1930 |
| 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, Otto (Austrian politician) |
1881-1938 |
| Bauer, Sebastian Wilhelm Valentin (German submarine inventor) |
1822-1875 |
| 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 (orig. Hedvig) (Austrian-born American novelist) |
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) |
1883-1953 |
| Bax, Ernest Belfort (English writer) |
1854-1926 |
| 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, 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 (orig. 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 (pseud. Edna Lyall) (English novelist) |
1857-1903 |
| Bayly, Thomas Haynes (English author, 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, Henri-Emile (French engineer) |
1829-1917 |
| Bazin, Herve (Jean-Pierre-Marie Herve-Bazin) (Fr. poet, writer) |
b.1911 |
| Bazin, Rene-Francois-Nicolas-Marie (French novelist) |
1853-1932 |
| Baziotes, William (American painter) |
1912-1963 |
| Bazna, Elyesa (pseud. 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, 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 |
| 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, 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 novelist, 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 (orig. 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) |
1897-1959 |
| Bechstein, Ludwig (German poet, novelist, 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, Gary Stanley (American economist) |
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 |
| 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 novelist) |
1883-1954 |
| Bedier, Charles-Marie-Joseph (French author, 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 author) |
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, novelist) |
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) |
1770-1827 |
| Beets, Nicolaas (Dutch clergyman, writer) |
1814-1903 |
| Beffroy de Reigny, Louis-Abel (ps. Cousin Jacques) (Fr. dram.) |
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 (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 novelist) |
1880-1966 |
| Beham, Barthel (German painter, engraver; brother of Hans) |
1502-1540 |
| Beham, Hans Sebald (German painter, engraver) |
1500-1550 |
| Behan, Brendan Francis (Irish author, playwright) |
1923-1964 |
| Behler, John Luther (American naturalist, herpetologist) |
1943-2006 |
| Behm, Ernst (German geographer, statistician) |
1830-1884 |
| Behn, Aphra (or Ayfara) (English dramatist, novelist, 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, Samuel Nathaniel (American writer, playwright) |
1893-1973 |
| Behzad (Ostad Kamal od-Din Behzad) (Persian painter) |
c.1455-c.1536 |
| Bei Dao (or Pei-tao) (pen name of Zhao Zhenkai) (Chinese poet) |
b.1949 |
| Beiderbecke, Bix (orig. Leon Bismarck) (American musician) |
1903-1931 |
| Beilby, Sir George Thomas (Scottish industrial chemist) |
1850-1924 |
| Beilstein, Friedrich Konrad (German chemist) |
1838-1906 |
| Beissel, Johann Conrad (German-born American clergyman) |
1690-1768 |
| Beit, Alfred (German-born British financier, philanthropist) |
1853-1906 |
| Beith, John Hay (pseud. Ian Hay) (British novelist, 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 |
| 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, 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, author) |
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) |
b.1919 |
| 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, author) |
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, author) |
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 (Italian composer) |
1801-1835 |
| Bellmann, Carl Michael (Swedish poet-musician) |
1740-1795 |
| Bello, Andres (Venezuelan poet, scholar, author) |
1781-1865 |
| Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (French-born Brit. author) |
1870-1953 |
| Belloc, Marie Adelaide (Mrs. Belloc Lowndes) (Eng. novelist) |
1868-1947 |
| Bellori, Giovanni Pietro (Italian art historian) |
c.1615-1696 |
| Bellotto, Bernardo (aka Canaletto Belotto) (Italian painter) |
1720-1780 |
| Bellow, Saul (b. Solomon Bellows) (Canadian-born Am. writer) |
1915-2005 |
| Bellows, George Wesley (American artist, lithographer) |
1882-1925 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Belter, John Henry (German-born American furniture maker) |
1804-1863 |
| Beltrami, Eugenio (Italian mathematician) |
1835-1899 |
| Belushi, John (American comedian, actor) |
1949-1982 |
| Belyayev, Pavel Ivanovich (Russian astronaut) |
1925-1970 |
| Belzoni, Giovanni Battista (Italian explorer, archaeologist) |
1778-1823 |
| Bem, Jozef (Polish general) |
1794-1850 |
| 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 |
| Benacerraf, Baruj (Venezuelan-born American pathologist) |
b.1920 |
| 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, 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, novelist, 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 (Australian-born British pianist, composer) |
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 novelist, 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) |
b.1919 |
| Bennett, Richard (American actor, producer) |
1872-1944 |
| Bennett, Richard Bedford (Canadian politician) |
1870-1947 |
| Bennett, Robert Russell (American musician) |
1894-1981 |
| 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 (orig. Benjamin Kubelsky) (American comedian) |
1894-1974 |
| Benois, Aleksandr Nikolayevich (Russian painter) |
1870-1960 |
| Benoit, Pierre (French novelist) |
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 (Eng. critic, translator, stage director) |
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, author) |
1923?-1979 |
| Bentsen, Lloyd Millard Jr. (American politician) |
b.1921 |
| Ben-Yehudah, Eliezer (b.Eliezer Yizhak Perelman) |
1858-1922 |
| Benz, Carl Friedrich (German engineer) |
1844-1929 |
| 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 novelist) |
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 (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 novelist) |
1873-1940 |
| Beresford, Charles William de la Poer (British naval officer) |
1846-1919 |
| Beresford, John (Irish politician) |
1738-1805 |
| Beresford, John Davys (English novelist) |
1873-1947 |
| Beresford, John Spencer (Eng.-born Am. psychiatrist, activist) |
1924-2007 |
| Beresford, William Carr (British general) |
1768-1854 |
| Berg, Alban Maria Johannes (Austrian composer) |
1885-1935 |
| Berg, Max (German architect) |
1870-1947 |
| Berg, Paul (American biochemist) |
b.1926 |
| Bergbom, Kaarlo (Finnish author, theatrical producer) |
1843-1906 |
| Bergen, Edgar John (American ventriloquist) |
1903-1978 |
| Berger, John Peter (British novelist, 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 (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 |
| 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 William (English colonial governor) |
1606-1677 |
| Berken, Ludwig van (also Louis de Berquen) (Flemish lapidary) |
15th cent. |
| Berkley, James John (English engineer) |
1819-1862 |
| Berkman, Alexander (Russian-born American anarchist) |
1870-1936 |
| Berkner, Lloyd Viel (American physicist, engineer) |
1905-1967 |
| Berkowitz, David (Son of Sam) (American mass murderer) |
b.1953 |
| Berlage, Hendrik Petrus (Dutch architect) |
1856-1934 |
| Berlanga, Tomas de (Spanish prelate) |
d.1551 |
| Berle, Adolf Augustus (American lawyer, diplomat) |
1895-1971 |
| Berle, Milton (Berlinger, Milton) (American actor, comedian) |
b.1908 |
| 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) |
b.1909 |
| 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 |
| Bermejo, Bartolome (aka Bartolome de Cardenas) (Span. painter) |
fl. 1474-1495 |
| 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 novelist) |
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, nov.; son of Tristan) |
1888-1972 |
| Bernard, Simon (French military engineer) |
1779-1839 |
| Bernard, Tristan (orig. Paul) (French playwright, novelist) |
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 |
| 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 (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 (orig. Henriette-Rosine Bernard) (Fr. 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 (American composer, conductor) |
1918-1990 |
| 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, Yogi (Lawrence Peter) (American baseball coach, manager) |
b.1925 |
| Berrigan, Daniel (American priest, poet, essayist) |
b.1921 |
| 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, Wendell Erdman (Am. conservationist, farmer, writer) |
b.1934 |
| Berryer, Pierre-Antoine (French lawyer, politician) |
1790-1868 |
| Berryman, John (American poet, biographer, novelist, 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 (also 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) |
b.1911 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Berulle, Pierre de (French prelate) |
1575-1629 |
| Berwald, Franz Adolf (Swedish composer) |
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 |
| 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, Victor (Angolan poet, scholar) |
b.1917 |
| Bessarion (orig. 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 |
| 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 author, 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 |