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B - 1720 biographies |
Browne, Jackson - (born 1948), musician
Browne, Kale - (born 1950), soap opera actor
Browne, Noel - politician
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett - (1806-1861), English poet
Browning, John Moses - (1855-1926), inventor
Browning, Kurt - (born 1966), figure skater
Browning, Robert - (1812-1889), English poet
Browning, Tod - (1882-1962), actor, director, writer, producer
Brownlee, John E. - (1884-1961), Canadian politician
Brownson, Nathan - (1742-1796), Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress
Broz, Josip - (May 7, 1892 - May 4, 1980), formal name of the Yugoslav WWII resistance leader and later president for life nicknamed "Tito"
Brubeck, Dave - (born 1920), composer, musician
Bruce, David - pivotal typecaster 1838
Bruce, Jack - (born 1943), musician
Bruce, Lenny - (1925-1966), U.S. satirist
Bruce, Nigel - (died 1953), actor
Bruch, Max - (1838-1920), composer
Bruch, Walter - (1908-1990), engineer
Bruckheimer, Jerry - (born 1945), U.S. film and television producer
Bruckner, Anton - (1824-1896), composer
Brudenell, James Thomas, Earl of Cardigan - (d. 1868), UK military leader
Brueghel, Jan, the Elder - (1568-1625), painter
Brueghel, Jan, the Younger - (1601-1678), painter
Brueghel, Pieter, the Elder - (c.1520-1569), Belgian painter (the Brueghel usually intended if context does not indicated otherwise)
Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger - (1564-1638), painter
Bruhns, Nicolaus - (1665-1697), composer
Bruinov, Boris - (1922-1997), actor
Brumel, Antoine - (c.1475-c.1520), composer
Brumel, Valeriy - (1942-2003), track and field athlete
Brummel, Beau - (born 1778), British fashion leader
Brun, Viggo - (1885-1978), mathematician
Bruna, Dick - (born 1927), graphical artist
Brundage, Avery - (1887-1975), International Olympic Committee President
Brundtland, Gro Harlem - Norwegian politician
Brune, Guillaume Marie Anne - (1763-1815), French soldier
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom - (1806-1859), bridgebuilder, shipbuilder
Brunel, Marc Isambard - (1769-1849), engineer
Brunelleschi, Filippo - (1377-1446), Italian architect
Brunies, George - (1902-1974), jazz trombonist
Brunner, John - (1934-1995), British science fiction writer
Bruno, Frank - boxer
Bruno, Giordano - (1548-1600), Italian philosopher
Brust, Steven - (born 1955), U.S. author
Brutus - (c. 85-42 BC), conspirator against, and murderer of Julius Caesar
Bryan, William Jennings - (1860-1925), U.S. Secretary of State
Bryant, William Cullen - (1794-1878), poet
Bryars, Gavin - (born 1943), composer
Brynner, Yul - (1915?-1985), U.S. actor
Bryson, Peabo - (born 1951), pop singer
Buarque, Chico - singer
Bubka, Sergey - (born 1963), Russian athlete (pole vault)
Bucer, Martin - (born 1491), German Protestant reformer
Buchan, John - (1875-1940), Scottish author
Buchanan, James - (1791-1868), 15th President of the United States
Buchanan, James M. - (born 1919), economist
Buchanan, Jensen - (born 1962), soap opera actress
Buchanan, Ken - (born 1945), world champion boxer
Buchholz, Horst - (died 2003), German actor
Buchli, James - astronaut
Buck, Leffert L. - (1837-1909)
Buck, Pearl S. - (1892-1973), The Good Earth
Buck, Pearl S. - (1892-1973), The Good Earth
Buck, Peter - (born 1956), musician
Buckeridge, Anthony - Jennings school stories
Buckey, Jay - astronaut
Buckingham, Lindsey - (born 1949), of Fleetwood Mac
Buckingham, Vic - (1915? - January, 1995), English association footballer and manager
Buckley, Betty - (born 1947), actress
Buckley, Jeff - (1966-1997), singer-songwriter
Buckley, Tim - musician
Buckley, William F., Jr. - (born 1925), writer, political commentator
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Sr. - Confederate general during American Civil War
Buczek, Barbara - (born 1940), composer
Budarin, Nikolai - astronaut
Budd, Harold - (born 1936), musician
Budd, Zola - athlete
Budde, Robert - Canadian writer
Budding, Edwin Beard - (1795-1846), lawnmower and adjustable spanner
Budrys, Algis - (born 1931), US science fiction author
Buechner, Frederick - (born 1926), American author
Bueno, Maria - (born 1939), tennis player
Buffett, Jimmy - (born 1946), musician
Buffie, Margaret - Canadian writer
Bugner, Joe - boxer
Buhl, Hermann - (1924-1957), Austrian climber - first ascent of Nanga Parbat
Bujold, Genevieve - (born 1942), actress
Bujold, Lois McMaster - (born 1949), US science fiction writer of Vorkosigan series
Bukowski, Charles - (1920-1994), US author
Bukreev, Boris Y. - (1859-1962), Soviet mathematician
Bulfinch, Charles - architect
Bulgakov, Mikhail - (1891-1940), Russian author of The Master and Margarita fame
Bull, Gerald - (1928-1990), engineer
Bull, John - (1562-1628), composer
Bullinger, Heinrich - (1504-1575), Swiss reformer
Bulloch, Archibald - (c 1730-1777), Governor of Georgia, Continental Congressman
Bullock, Alan - historian
Bullock, Sandra - (born 1964), US actor
Bulwer Lytton, Edward George - (1803-1873), the annual bad writing contest is named after him
Bulychev, Kir - (1934-2003), Russian science fiction writer
Bunge, Mario - (born 1919), philosopher
Bunin, Ivan Alekseyevich - (1870-1953), First Russian Nobel Prize Winner
Bunning, James Paul David Jim - (born 1931), baseball player
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm - (1811-1899), chemist
Bunshaft, Gordon - (1909-1990), architect
Bunting, Basil - poet
Bunton, Emma - (born 1976), British singer and ex-member of Spice Girls
Bunyan, John - (1628-1688), author of Pilgrim's Progress, Baptist preacher
Buonarroti, Michelangelo - (1475-1564), Italian painter
Buonarroti, Philippe - French Revolution
Burbage, Richard - (died 1619), actor
Burbank, Daniel - astronaut
Burbank, Luther - (1849-1926), biologist, botanist
Burbidge, Margaret - astronomer
Burchett, Wilfred - (1911-1983), journalist
Burckhardt, Jacob - (1818-1897), art historian
Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig - (1784-1814), traveller, orientalist
Burdon, Eric - (born 1940), musician
Buretsu - emperor of Japan
Burgee, John - architect
Burgess, Anthony - (1917-1993), British writer
Burgess, Thomas - (1756-1837), British author/philosopher
Burgh, Hubert de - (1165-1243), justiciar
Burghoff, Gary - (born 1943), US actor of MASH's Radar fame
Burgoyne, John - (1723-1792), Lieutenant-General who surrendered British Army at Saratoga
Buridan, John - scholastic philosopher
Burke, Billie - (1885-1970), actress, The Wizard of Oz
Burke, Brooke - (born 1971), television personality
Burke, Delta - (born 1956), actress
Burke, Edmund - (1729-1797), Irish philosopher
Burke, James - boxer, 1809-1845
Burke, John - (1859-1937), U.S. lawyer and judge, Secretary of the Treasury
Burke, Kathy - actor
Burke, Solomon - (born 1936), musician
Burke, Tom - (1875 - 1929), track and field athlete
Burkhard, Gedeon - actor
Burnard, Bonnie - Canadian writer
Burnell, Robert - (died 1292), Archbishop of Canterbury
Burnet, David G. - (1788-1870) iterim President of Texas
Burnet, Gilbert - (1643-1715), Scottish divine, author
Burnet, Jacob - (1770-1853), judge and U.S. Senator from Ohio
Burnet, William - (1688-1728), British governor in American Colonies
Burnett, Carol - (born 1935), singer, actress, comedienne
Burnett, Frances Hodgson - author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden
Burnett, Johnny - (died 1964), singer (boating accident)
Burnett, William - (1799-1861), British physician and Naval officer
Burnette, Dorsey - (1932-1979), musician
Burney, Charles - (1726-1814), historian
Burney, Charles scholar - (1757-1817), scholar
Burney, Fanny - (died 1840), novelist
Burnham, Daniel - architect
Burnquist, Bob - professional skateboarder
Burns, George - (1896-1996), US stand-up comedian
Burns, Ken - (born 1953), television producer and director
Burns, Robert - (1759-1796), poet
Burns, Tommy - (1881-1955), World Heavyweight boxing Champion
Burnside, Ambrose - (1824-1881), American Civil War general
Burr, Aaron - (1756-1836), Vice President of the United States
Burr, Raymond - (1917-1993), actor
Burrell, Kenny - musician
Burroughs, Edgar Rice - (1875-1950), US author of Tarzan fame
Burroughs, William S. - (1914-1997), British author
Burroughs, William Seward - (1855-1898), inventor of the calculator
Burrs, Mick - Canadian writer
Bursch, Daniel - astronaut
Burstyn, Ellen - (born 1932), actor
Burton, Amanda - (born 1957), Irish actress
Burton, Richard - (1925-1984), Welsh actor
Burton, Sir Richard Francis - (1821-1890), explorer, translator, orientalist
Burton, Tim - (born 1958), US film director
Bury, John Bagnell - (1861-1927), historian
Buscemi, Steve - (born 1957), US actor
Busch, Adam - American actor
Busch, Wilhelm - (1832-1908), poet
Busey, Gary - (born 1944), actor
Bush, Alan - (1900-1995), composer, opera composer
Bush, Kate - (born 1958), British musician
Bush, Vannevar - (1890-1974), inventor of hypertext
Bushman, Francis X. - (1883-1966), US actor
Bushnell, Candace - (born 1959) New York columnist, book writer
Bushnell, Nolan - (born 1943), video game pioneer
Busiek, Kurt - US comic book scripter of Astro City fame
Busoni, Ferruccio - (1866-1924), composer
Butala, Sharon - (born 1940), Canadian writer
Butkus, Dick - (born 1942), American football player
Butler, Brett - baseball player
Butler, Daws - (1916-1988), voice actor
Butler, James , 2nd Duke of Ormond - (1703-1704), Irish leader
Butler, James, 1st Duke of Ormonde - (died 1688), Irish statesman, soldier
Butler, Jerry - musician
Butler, John - (1728-1796) Loyalist (Tory) leader in the American Revolution
Butler, Judith - (born 1956), feminist philosopher
Butler, Octavia - (born 1947), US science fiction author
Butler, Samuel - (1612-80), English novelist, poet
Butragueno - athlete
Butt, Isaac - Home Rule leader
Buttel, Fred - sociologist
Butterbean - boxer
Butterfield, Paul - (1942-1987), musician
Butterworth, George - (1885-1916), composer
Button, Dick - (born 1929), Olympic gold medal figure skater
Buxtehude, Dietrich - (1637-1707), Danish composer
Buxton, Adam - (born 1969), comedian
Buzzati, Dino - (1906-1972), Italian author
Byard, Jaki - (alto sax, piano)
Byas, Don - (b.1912-d.1972), jazz saxophonist
Byatt, A. S. - (born 1936), novelist
Bygraves, Max - (born 1922), British comedian
Bykovsky, Valery - (born 1934), astronaut
Byng, John - (died 1757), British Admiral
Byrd, Donald - musician
Byrd, Richard E. - (1888-1957), explorer
Byrd, William - (1543-1623), composer
Byrne, David - (born 1952), singer-songwriter
Byrne, Donald - (1930-1976), American chess master
Byrne, Gabriel - (born 1950), Irish actor
Byrne, Gay - (1962-1999)
Byrne, John - (born 1950), Canadian-born US comic creator, painter
Byron King, Ada - (of , 1815-1852), British lady and the "first computer programer"
Byron, Don - musician
Byron, George Gordon Noel - (1788-1824), Lord Byron, poet
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