| 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 |
| Beuys, Joseph (German painter, 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) |
b.1949 |
| Beyle, Marie-Henri (pseud. Stendhal) (French novelist) |
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; author 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 (b. Eric 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) |
b.1910 |
| 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 |
| 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 (pseud. of Jonathan Swift) |
1667-1745 |
| Bickerstaff, Isaac (pseud. 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 |
| 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, 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, author) |
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 |
| 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 |
| Bing Xin (or Ping Hsin) (pseud. of Xie Wanying)(Chinese writer) |
b.1900 |
| Binkis, Kazys (Lithuanian poet; leader of Four Winds movement) |
1893-1942 |
| bin Laden, Osama bin Mohammad (Saudia Arabian Al-Qaeda leader) |
b.1957 |
| 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, Thomas (English historian) |
1705-1766 |
| Bird, (Cyril) Kenneth (pseud. Fougasse) (British cartoonist) |
1887-1965 |
| 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) |
1884-1944 |
| Birney, Alfred Earle (Canadian writer, educator) |
b.1904 |
| Birney, James Gillespie (American anti-slavery leader) |
1792-1857 |
| Biron, Ernst Johann (orig. Buhren) (Ger. politician in Russia) |
1690-1772 |
| Birrell, Augustine (English politician, writer) |
1850-1933 |
| Biruni, Abu ar-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al- (Arab scholar) |
973-1048 |
| Bischof, Werner (Swiss photographer) |
1916-1954 |
| 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) |
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 (pseud. Jeremias Gotthelf) (Swiss writer) |
1797-1854 |
| Bixby, Horace Ezra (American Mississippi river pilot) |
1826-1912 |
| Biyidi, Alexandre (pseud. 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, 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 (American politician, jurist) |
1886-1971 |
| Black, Sir James Whyte (British pharmacologist) |
b.1924 |
| Black, Jeremiah Sullivan (American lawyer) |
1810-1883 |
| Black, Joseph (Scottish chemist) |
1728-1799 |
| Black, William (Scottish journalist, novelist) |
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) |
1926-1971 |
| 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 novelist) |
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 |
| Blackwood, Algernon Henry (English novelist, 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 (ps. George Orwell) (India-born Eng. 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, 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 |
| Blake, Edward (Canadian politician) |
1833-1912 |
| Blake, Eugene Carson (American clergyman) |
1906-1985 |
| Blake, George (Scottish journalist, novelist) |
1893-1961 |
| Blake, James Herbert "Eubie" (American pianist, composer) |
1883-1983 |
| Blake, Julian W. "Bud" (American cartoonist: Tiger) |
1918-2005 |
| 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, 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, author) |
b.1907 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 novelist, diplomat) |
1830-1920 |
| Bleuler, Eugen (Swiss psychiatrist) |
1857-1939 |
| Blewett, Duncan Bassett (Canadian research psychologist) |
1920-2007 |
| Bley, Carla (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 |
| 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 |
| Bloch, Ernest (Swiss-born American composer) |
1880-1959 |
| Bloch, Ernst (German philosopher) |
1885-1977 |
| Bloch, Felix (Swiss-born American physicist) |
1905-1983 |
| Bloch, Jean-Richard (French essayist, writer, playwright) |
1884-1947 |
| Bloch, Joseph Samuel (Austrian rabbi, politician) |
1850-1923 |
| Block, Herbert Lawrence (American editorial cartoonist) |
b.1909 |
| 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, author) |
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 (orig. J.F. Gravelet) (Fr. 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 (pseud. 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 G., Jr. (American humorist, journalist, novelist) |
b.1941 |
| Blount, Thomas (English antiquarian, lexicographer) |
1618-1679 |
| Blount, Sir Walter (English soldier) |
d.1403 |
| Blount, William (American politician) |
1749-1800 |
| Blow, John (English composer) |
1649?-1708 |
| Blow, Susan Elizabeth (American educator) |
1843-1916 |
| Bloy, Leon (French novelist, critic, polemicist) |
1846-1917 |
| Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von (Prussian field marshal) |
1742-1819 |
| Blucher, Vasily Konstantinovich (pseud. Galen) (Rus. general) |
1889-1938 |
| Bluhme, Christian Albrecht (Danish politician) |
1794-1866 |
| Bluiett, Hamiet (American musician) |
b.1940 |
| Blum, Leon (French politician) |
1872-1950 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bly, Robert Elwood (American poet, editor, translator) |
b.1926 |
| Blyth, Edward (English naturalist) |
1810-1873 |
| 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 |
| Bock, Fedor von (German general) |
1880-1945 |
| Bock, Hieronymus (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 (b. 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 (pseud. 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 |
| Bogoraz, Vladimir Germanovich (Russian ethnographer) |
1865-1936 |
| Boguslawski, Wojciech (Polish actor, playwright) |
1757-1829 |
| Bohlau, Helene (German novelist) |
1859-1940 |
| Bohlen, Charles Eustis (American diplomat) |
1904-1974 |
| Bohl de Faber, Cecilia (pseud. Fernan Caballero) (Spanish nov.) |
1796-1877 |
| Bohl von Faber, Johann Nikolaus (German merchant, critic) |
1770-1836 |
| Bohm, David (American physicist) |
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 |
| 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 |
| Boisrobert, Francois Le Metel de (French dramatist, poet) |
1589-1662 |
| Boissy d'Anglas, Francois-Antoine de (French politician) |
1756-1826 |
| Boito, Arrigo (orig. E.G. Giovanni) (It. composer, librettist) |
1842-1918 |
| Bojer, Johan (Norwegian novelist) |
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 American astronomer) |
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 |
| 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 |
| Boll, Heinrich Theodor (German writer) |
1917-1985 |
| Bolland, Jean de (Bollandus) (Flemish Jesuit hagiologist) |
1596-1665 |
| 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 |
| 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? |
| 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, 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 (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 (Philippine insurrectionist) |
1863-1897 |
| Bonifacius (Roman general) |
d.432 |
| Bonin, Eduard von (Prussian general) |
1793-1865 |
| Bonington, Richard Parkes (English painter) |
1801-1828 |
| 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 |
| 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 (orig. 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) |
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 |
| Boorde (or Borde), Andrew (English physician, writer) |
c.1490-1549 |
| Boorstin, Daniel Joseph (American historian) |
b.1914 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 novelist) |
1870-1963 |
| 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 (pseud. Lycanthrope) (French writer) |
1809-1859 |
| Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso (Italian physicist, physiologist) |
1608-1679 |
| Borenius, Tancred (Russian-born Finnish art historian) |
1885-1948 |
| Borg, Anita (b. Anita Borg Naffz) (Am. computer scientist) |
1949-2003 |
| 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) |
b.1914 |
| Bormann, Martin Ludwig (German Nazi leader) |
1900-1945? |
| Born, Ignaz von (Austrian mineralogist, metallurgist) |
1742-1791 |
| Born, Max (German physicist) |
1882-1970 |
| Borne, Ludwig (orig. 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 |
| Borowski, Tadeusz (Polish writer, poet) |
1922-1951 |
| 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 author, linguist) |
1803-1881 |
| Borst, Lyle Benjamin (American physicist) |
1912-2002 |
| Bortnyansky, Dmitry Stepanovich (Russian composer) |
1751-1825 |
| Bosanquet, Bernard (English philosopher) |
1848-1923 |
| Bosboom, Johannes (Dutch church & architectural painter) |
1817-1891 |
| Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida (Dutch novelist) |
1812-1886 |
| Boscan Almogaver, Juan (Spanish poet) |
c.1490-1542 |
| Boscawen, Edward "Old Dreadnaught" (English naval officer) |
1711-1761 |
| Bosch, Carl (German industrial chemist) |
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 |
| 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 (b.Lucy Maria Wood) (English writer) |
1892-1990 |
| Boston, Richard (English journalist, film-maker) |
b.1938 |
| 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) |
1891-1957 |
| Botsaris, Markos (Marco Bozzari) (Greek patriot) |
c.1788-1823 |
| 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) |
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 |
| 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) |
b.1911 |
| Bourget, Paul-Charles-Joseph (French critic, poet, novelist) |
1852-1935 |
| Bourguiba, Habib ibn Ali (Tunisian president 1957-1987) |
b.1902 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 nov., short-story 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, Samuel Holloway (American Ku Klux Klan leader) |
1924-2006 |
| Bowie, David (orig. David Robert Jones) (English musician) |
b.1947 |
| Bowie, James (American soldier; invented Bowie knife) |
1796-1836 |
| Bowie, Lester (American musician) |
1941-1999 |
| Bowie, William (American geologist) |
1872-1940 |
| Bowie, William Lester (American musician) |
1941-1999 |
| Bowker, Richard Rogers (American editor, author) |
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) |
1711-1779 |
| Boycott, Charles Cunningham (English estate manager) |
1832-1897 |
| Boyd, James (American novelist) |
1888-1944 |
| Boyd, Linn (American politician) |
1800-1859 |
| 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 nutritionist) |
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 |
| Boy George (George Alan O'Dowd) (English singer) |
b.1961 |
| Bo Yibo (Chinese politician; one of Eight Immortals) |
1908-2007 |
| Boyle, Kay (American author, poet, essayist) |
1902-1992 |
| Boyle, Robert (Irish-born British physicist, chemist) |
1627-1691 |
| 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 novelist, dramatist) |
1881-1939 |
| Brabazon, John Theodore Cuthbert Moore- (British aviator) |
1884-1964 |
| Brabazon, Reginald (12th Earl of Meath) (Brit. 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 novelist, critic) |
b.1932 |
| Bradbury, Ray Douglas (American writer) |
b.1920 |
| Braddock, Edward (British soldier) |
1695-1755 |
| Braddock, James Joseph (American boxer) |
1905-1974 |
| Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (English novelist) |
1837-1915 |
| 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 |
| 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, Joaquim Teofilo (Fernandes) (Port. scholar, writer) |
1843-1924 |
| Braga, Rubem (Brazilian journalist, writer) |
b.1913 |
| Bragg, Braxton (American army officer) |
1817-1876 |
| Bragg, Melvyn (English novelist) |
b.1939 |
| Bragg, Sir William Henry (English physicist) |
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 Brahe) (Danish astronomer) |
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 novelist; angry young man) |
1922-1987 |
| Brainerd, David (American missionary) |
1718-1747 |
| Braithwaite, John (English engineer) |
1797-1870 |
| Bramah, Joseph (English engineer) |
1748-1814 |
| Bramante, Donato (orig. Donato d'Agnolo) (Italian architect) |
1444-1514 |
| Bramhall, John (English prelate) |
1594-1663 |
| Bramlette, Milton Nunn (American geologist) |
1896-1977 |
| Brancati, Vitaliano (Italian writer, essayist, playwright) |
1907-1954 |
| Brancoveanu (or Brincoveanu), Constantin (Walachian ruler) |
1654-1714 |
| Brancusi, Constantin (Romanian sculptor) |
1876-1957 |
| Brand, Sir (Christopher Joseph) Quintin (British aviator) |
1893-1968 |
| Brand (also 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 (orig. Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm)(West Germ. pol.) |
1913-1992 |
| Brandys, Kazimierz (Polist writer, essayist) |
b.1916 |
| 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 author, 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, Joseph (Thayendanegea) (Mohawk Indian chief) |
1772-1807 |
| Brant (or Brandt), Sebastian (German Humanist, poet) |
1458?-1521 |
| Branting, Karl Hjalmar (Swedish Socialist leader, statesman) |
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 |
| 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) |
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 |
| 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) |
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) |
b.1907 |
| 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 (orig. Eugen Friedrich) (Ger. playwright, poet) |
1898-1956 |
| 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 |
| 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 novelist, reformer) |
1801-1865 |
| Bremond, Henri (French literary critic, historian) |
1855-1933 |
| Brendan (or Brenainn), Saint (Irish religious, traveler) |
c.484/6-578 |
| Brennan, Christopher John (Australian poet, scholar) |
1870-1932 |
| Brennan, William Joseph Jr. (American jurist) |
b.1906 |
| 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, novelist, 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 |
| 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) |
b.1907 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Brewster, Sir David (Scottish physicist) |
1781-1868 |
| Brewster, Lee Greer (American businessman, transvestite) |
1943-2000 |
| Brewster, William (English-born American colonial) |
1567-1644 |
| Breytenbach, Breyten (pseud. Jan Blom) (South African writer) |
b.1939 |
| Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich (Russian Soviet politician) |
1906-1982 |
| Brialmont, Henri-Alexis (Belgian military engineer) |
1821-1903 |
| Brian Boru (Irish king 1002-1014) |
941-1014 |
| Brian, William Havergal (English composer) |
1876-1972 |
| Brianchon, Charles-Julien (French mathematician) |
1783-1864 |
| Briand, Aristide (French statesman) |
1862-1932 |
| Brice, Fanny (orig. Fanny 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, editor,social hist.) |
b.1916 |
| Brinon, Fernand de (French journalist, politician) |
1885-1947 |
| 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 (orig. Claudius Tiberius Germanicus) (Roman noble) |
41-55 |
| Brittain, Vera Mary (English writer) |
1896?-1970 |
| Britten, Edward Benjamin (English composer) |
1913-1976 |
| Britton, Elizabeth Knight (American botanist) |
1858-1934 |
| Britton, John (English antiquary) |
1771-1857 |
| Britton, Nathaniel Lord (American botanist) |
1859-1934 |
| 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 novelist) |
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 |
| Brockway, Howard (American composer) |
1870-1951 |
| Brod, Max (Czech-born Austrian writer, essayist) |
1884-1968 |
| Brodber, Erna (Jamaican novelist) |
b.1940 |
| Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins (English surgeon) |
1783-1862 |
| Brodkey, Harold Roy (b.Harold Roy Weintraub) (American writer) |
1930-1996 |
| Brodsky, Joseph Alexandrovich (Russian-born American poet) |
b.1940 |
| Brodzinski, Kazimierz (Polish poet, scholar) |
1791-1835 |
| Brofeldt, Johannes (pseud. 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 |
| 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, novelist; daughter of Patrick) |
1820-1849 |
| Bronte, Charlotte (English novelist; daughter of Patrick) |
1816-1855 |
| Bronte, Emily Jane (English novelist; daughter of Patrick) |
1818-1848 |
| Bronte, Patrick (Irish Anglican clergyman) |
1777-1861 |
| Bronte, Patrick Branwell (Irish painter; son of Patrick) |
1817-1848 |
| 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, novelist) |
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, novelist) |
1816-1874 |
| Brooks, Cleanth (American literary critic, educator) |
1906-1994 |
| Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth (American poet) |
b.1917 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
b.1928 |
| Brothers, Richard (Canadian-born British religious leader) |
1757-1824 |
| 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 novelist) |
1840-1920 |
| Broun, Matthew Heywood Campbell (American journalist) |
1888-1939 |
| Brouncker, William (Irish mathematician) |
1620-1684 |
| Broussais, Francois-Joseph-Victor (French physician) |
1772-1838 |
| 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 novelist) |
1771-1810 |
| Brown, Claude (American writer) |
b.1937 |
| Brown, Dee Alexander (American novelist, historian) |
1908-2002 |
| 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 (pen name George Douglas) (Scot. nov.) |
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, Edmund Gerald Jr. "Jerry" (American politician) |
b.1938 |
| 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, 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, 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 (pseud. 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 (pseud. 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, author) |
1605-1682 |
| Browne, Thomas Alexander (ps. Rolf Boldrewood) (Austral. nov.) |
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 (b.Hans Jakob Jacobsen) (Faroese writer) |
1901-1987 |
| Brubeck, David Warren (American bandleader) |
b.1920 |
| 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) |
b.1943 |
| 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) |
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) |
1824-1896 |
| Brudenell, James Thomas (7th Earl of Cardigan) (Eng. 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 novelist) |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bryusov, Valery Yakovlevich (Rus. poet, playwright, novelist) |
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) (Eng. 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 author, administrator) |
1875-1940 |
| Buchan, William (Scottish physician) |
1729-1805 |
| Buchanan, Franklin (American naval officer) |
1800-1874 |
| Buchanan, George (Scottish humanist, author, educator) |
1506-1582 |
| Buchanan, James (Am. politician, 15th U.S. president, 1857-61) |
1791-1868 |
| Buchanan, James McGill (American economist) |
b.1919 |
| Buchanan, Larry (Am. director, producer, screenwriter, editor) |
1924-2004 |
| Buchanan, Robert Williams (British poet, novelist, 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) |
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, Pearl Comfort née Sydenstricker (American novelist) |
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, 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 |
| 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) |
b.1916 |
| Buff, Charlotte (German woman; friend of Goethe) |
1753-1828 |
| Buffier, Claude (French philosopher) |
1661-1737 |
| Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (French naturalist) |
1707-1788 |
| Buga, Kazimieras (Lithuanian linguist) |
1879-1924 |
| Bugaev, Boris Nikolayevich (ps. Andrey Bely) (Rus. poet, nov.) |
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 |
| 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 educator) |
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 |
| 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 (orig. Mikhail Petrovich) (Russian prelate) |
1816-1882 |
| Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasyevich (Russian novelist, 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; 1st 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) |
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 novelist) |
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 diplomat) |
1904-1971 |
| Bunin, Ivan Alekseyevich (Russian poet, novelist) |
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, Luis (Spanish-born Mexican movie director) |
1900-1983 |
| Bunyan, John (English preacher, writer) |
1628-1688 |
| Buol-Schauenstein, Karl Ferdinand von (Austrian politician) |
1797-1865 |
| 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-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 (P.E. Friedman) (American 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 (Philippine clergyman, patriot) |
1837-1872 |
| Burgoyne, John (British army officer, playwright) |
1722-1792 |
| Burgoyne, Sir John Fox (British military engineer; son of John) |
1782-1871 |
| 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 |
| 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, Frances Eliza née Hodgson (English-born Am. writer) |
1849-1924 |
| Burnett, James (Lord Monboddo) (Scot. jurist, anthropologist) |
1714-1799 |
| Burnett, Leo (American advertiser; created Marlboro Man) |
b.1915 |
| 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 (orig. Frances; aka Madame d'Arblay) (Eng. nov.) |
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, Sherburne Wesley (American astronomer) |
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 (orig. Nathan Birnbaum) (Am. 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 (orig. 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 |
| Burritt, Elihu "the Learned Blacksmith" (American pacifist) |
1810-1879 |
| Burroughs, Edgar Rice (American writer; created Tarzan) |
1875-1950 |
| Burroughs, John (American naturalist, essayist) |
1837-1921 |
| Burroughs, William Seward (American inventor) |
1855-1898 |
| Burroughs, William Seward (American writer) |
1914-1997 |
| 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) |
1882-1954 |
| Burt, William Austin (American surveyor, inventor) |
1792-1858 |
| Burton, Harold Hitz (American Supreme Court justice 1945-1958) |
1888-1964 |
| Burton, John Hill (Scottish historian) |
1809-1881 |
| Burton, Richard (Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.) (British actor) |
1925-1984 |
| Burton, Sir Richard Francis (British explorer, Orientalist) |
1821-1890 |
| Burton, Robert (ps. Democritus Junior) (Eng. clergyman, author) |
1577-1640 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
1890-1974 |
| Bush-Brown, Henry Kirke (orig. surname Bush) (Am. 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 |
| Buson (Taniguchi Buson; Yosa Buson) (Japanese poet, painter) |
1716-1783 |
| Busoni, Ferruccio Benvenuto (Italian pianist, composer) |
1866-1924 |
| Busse, Hermann Eris (German novelist) |
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 chemist) |
b.1903 |
| 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) |
b.1918 |
| 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 (American educator) |
1862-1947 |
| Butler, Octavia Estelle "Junie" (Am. writer; MacArthur genius) |
1947-2006 |
| Butler, Pierce (American jurist; Supreme Court justice 1922-39) |
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 novelist, 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 |
| Button, Stephen Decatur (American architect) |
1803-1897 |
| Button, Sir Thomas (English navigator) |
d.1634 |
| Buxtehude, Dietrich (Danish organist, 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 novelist, playwright) |
1859-1932 |
| Buzzati, Dino (Italian journalist, dramatist, writer) |
1906-1972 |
| By, John (English engineer) |
1781-1836 |
| 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 |
| Byrd of Westover, William (American planter, satirist, diarist) |
1674-1744 |
| Byrd, Harry (American politician; brother of Richard) |
1887-1966 |
| 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 (American editor, writer) |
b.1930 |
| Byrne, William Matthew Jr. (Am. judge; Pentagon Papers judge) |
1930-2006 |
| Byrnes, James Francis (American politician) |
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 |