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B Charles Babbage, mathematician, inventor Roger Babson, statistician, business forecaster, writer Judy Baca, artist Lauren Bacall, actor Catherine Bach, actor Pamela Bach, actor Burt Bacharach, composer, songwriter Michele Bachmann, politician, congresswoman Kevin Bacon, actor Erykah Badu, musician Karl Baedeker, publisher Joan Baez, singer Bilbo Baggins, fictional character Frodo Baggins, fictional character Angelo Bagnasco, religious figure Baha’u’llah, religious figure Maria Bailey, entrepreneur, writer, radio host Beryl Bainbridge, writer Scott Baio, actor Ella Baker, civil rights activist Chet Baker, singer, jazz trumpeter Joe Don Baker, actor Josephine Baker, singer, dancer Kathy Baker, actress Kenny Baker, actor LaVern Baker, singer Russell Baker, writer Bonny Lee Bakley, murder victim Scott Bakula, actor, TV producer George Balanchine, choreographer, dancer Alec Baldwin, actor James Baldwin, writer Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator, politician William Baldwin, actor Christian Bale, actor Lucille Ball, actor, comedian J.G. Ballard, writer Martin Balsam, actor Balthus, artist Jamie Bamber, actor Eric Bana, actor Anne Bancroft, actor Edward Bancroft, scientist, spy Antonio Banderas, actor Tallulah Bankhead, actress Dennis Banks, Anishinabe (Ojibwa) activist Russell Banks, writer Tyra Banks, model Banksy, artist Benjamin Banneker, mathematician Ian Bannen, actor John Banner, actor Sir Roger Bannister, runner, physician Steve Bannon, businessman, political figure Frederick Banting, physician Ban Zhao, writer, educator, John Banville, writer Theda Bara, actress Paul Baran, inventor Christine Baranski, actress Ehud Barak, soldier, political figure Amiri Baraka, playwright, poet, activist Adrienne Barbeau, actor Joseph Barbera, animator, producer, Barbie, doll Hannibal Barca, military Leader Javier Bardem, actor Brigitte Bardot, actor Julian Barnes, author Barenaked Ladies, Canadian folk-rock group Bob Barker, game show host Clive Barker, writer, director, Ellen Barkin, actress Alben W. Barkley, former U.S. vice president, politician Charles Barkley, basketball player David Barkley, Soldier Christiaan Barnard, pioneering heart surgeon Julius Barnathan, television executive Barney, TV dinosaur Ben Barnes, actor Julian Barnes, writer P.T. Barnum, showman, entrepreneur Pamela Des Barres, groupie Rona Barrett, gossip columnist, entrepreneur Fantasia Barrino, singer, talent show contestant Chuck Barris, game show host Robert Joseph Barro, economist Ana Beatriz Barros, model Clyde Barrow, outlaw Dave Barry, columnist, author Drew Barrymore, actor Ethel Barrymore, actress John Barrymore, actor Lionel Barrymore, actor Maurice Barrymore , actor Richmond Barthé, American sculptor Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross Billy Barty, actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, dancer, choreographer, Count Basie, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician Kim Basinger, actor Angela Bassett, actress Tomas Bata, industrialist Jason Bateman, actor Kathy Bates, actress Erzsebet Bathory, murderer Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba Batman, fictional superhero Kathleen Battle, operatic soprano Gary Bauer, political figure Anne Baxter, actress Michael Bay, filmmaker Evan Bayh, U.S. Senator Adam Beach , actor Sylvia Beach, publisher, bookstore owner John Beal, actor The Beatles, rock band Queen Beatrix, royalty Ned Beatty, actor Warren Beatty, actor, filmmaker Simon Beaufoy, screenwriter Simone de Beauvoir, writer, feminist Alison Bechdel, illustrator, writer, cartoonist Glenn Beck, TV & radio personality Beck, rock musician David Beckham, soccer player Victoria Beckham, singer, actor Kate Beckinsale, actor Irene Bedard, actor, singer Roy Bedichek, writer, teacher, naturalist Catherine Beecher , Writer and educator James Van Der Beek, actor Geoffrey Beene, fashion designer Charlotte Beers, advertising executive Noah Beery, actor Noah Beery, Jr., actor Nicole Beharie, actor Aphra Behn, writer Jean-Jacques Beineix, director, producer, screenwriter Bérénice Béjo, actor Harry Belafonte, singer, actor, TV producer Shari Belafonte-Harper , model, actress , Barbara Bel Geddes, actress Art Bell, radio personality Kristen Bell, actor Lake Bell, actor, filmmaker Marion Bell, singer, actress, Theresa Hayward Bell, American Indian activist Ralph Bellamy, actor Bellerophon, mythical figure Saul Bellow, novelist Monica Bellucci, actor, model James Belushi, actor John Belushi, actor, comedian Ben Folds Five, alternative rock group Stephen Vincent Benét, writer Peter Benchley, novelist Robert Benchley, writer, actor, critic Roberto Benigni, actor, filmmaker, Annette Bening, actor Elsa Benitez, model Haley Bennett, actor Tony Bennett, jazz singer Jack Benny, comedian Robert Benton, director, screenwriter, Lloyd Bentsen, former U.S. Senator, political figure Beowulf, mythical figure Tom Berenger, actor Senda Berenson , athlete Bruce Beresford, director, screenwriter, producer Peter Berg, actor, filmmaker Bowe Bergdahl, soldier Candice Bergen, actress Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist, comedian, Ingmar Bergman, filmmaker Ingrid Bergman, actor Nate Berkus, interior decorator Milton Berle, comedian Irving Berlin, composer Charles Frambach Berlitz, educator, publisher, Ben Bernanke, economist, government official Tim Berners-Lee, computer scientist Sandra Bernhard, actress comedian Sarah Bernhardt, actor Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor Yogi Berra, baseball player Daniel Berrigan, clergyman, activist Philip Berrigan, activist, clergyman Albert Berry, soldier, parachutist, Chuck Berry, rock musician Halle Berry, actor Sunni Ali Ber, Songhai emperor Bernardo Bertolucci, director, screenwriter Ahmed Best, actor, dancer Pete Best, rock musician Ana Betancourt, political figure, revolutionary Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, activist Jeff Bezos, business personality Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan Jello Biafra, rock musician, activist Frank P. Bibas, radio, television, and film producer Demián Bichir, actor Jill Biden, political relative Joseph Biden, former U.S. Senator, current Vice President Justin Bieber, singer, Internet personality Michael Biehn, actor Jessica Biel, actor Ambrose Bierce, writer, missing person Big Brown, racehorse Kathryn Bigelow, film director Bigfoot, mysterious creature John Biggers, artist Simone Biles, gymnast Billy the Kid, outlaw Maeve Binchy, writer, journalist, Ah Bing, horticulturist, namesake of the Bing cherry Sir Rudolf Bing, opera impresario Hildegard von Bingen, catholic nun, composer, religious figure Juliette Binoche, actor John Birch, missionary, spy Thora Birch, actress Isabella Bird, writer, explorer Larry Bird, basketball player King Birendra, King of Nepal Elizabeth Bishop, poet Joey Bishop, comedian, actor Walter Bishop, Jr., musician Emily Bissell, Christmas Seal designer Jacqueline Bisset, actress Bill Bixby, actor, TV director Björk, singer, songwriter Cathleen Black, publisher Charles Black, Jr., Clint Black, singer, songwriter, Conrad Moffat Black, financier Jack Black, actor, rock musician Karen Black, actor Rebecca Black, singer, internet personality Shirley Temple Black, actress Sir Basil Blackwell, publisher, bookseller Emily Blackwell, physician Ruben Blades, actor, musician, composer Rod Blagojevich, state governor David Blaine, magician John Blair, framer of the Constitution, justice Linda Blair, actor Tony Blair, political Leader Robert Blake, actor, murder suspect Art Blakey, drummer, bandleader, jazz musician Jolene Blalock, actor Cate Blanchett, actor Mel Blanc, actor, voice specialist Bill Blass, fashion designer Yasmine Bleeth, actor Mary J. Blige, singer, songwriter Herblock, editorial cartoonist Ernst Stavro Blofeld, fictional villain Claire Bloom, actress Leopold Bloom, fictional character Orlando Bloom, actor Michael Bloomberg, political figure, business personality Deep Blue, chess computer Blues Traveler, blues/rock band Judy Blume, writer Emily Blunt, actor Nellie Bly, journalist Robert Bly, poet, writer Enid Blyton, writer Steven Bochco, television producer, writer John Boehner, U.S. Representative William Edward Boeing, aircraft manufacturer Budd Boetticher, film director Dirk Bogarde, actor, director Humphrey Bogart, actor Peter Bogdanovich, filmmaker, actor, writer Grace Lee Boggs, activist Eric Bogosian, actor, playwright, monologuist Brigitte Boisselier, chemist Sissela Bok, writer, philosopher, educator Eavan Boland, poet Ray Bolger, dancer, actor, Usain Bolt, runner John Bolton, political figure Michael Bolton, singer, songwriter Erma Bombeck, writer, humorist Danny Bonaduce, actor, radio personality James Bond, fictional superspy Barry Bonds, baseball player John Bonham, drummer Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, clergyman Jon Bon Jovi, musician, songwriter Bono, rock musician, Humanitarian Chaz Bono, celebrity relative, activist Sonny Bono, singer, actor, political figure Cory Booker, U.S. Senator George Boole, mathematician D. Boon, rock musician, guitarist Daniel Boone, explorer Pat Boone, singer, actor, Betty Boop, animated character Lizzie Borden, murder suspect Robert H. Bork, lawyer, jurist Calvin Borel, jockey Victor Borge, pianist, comedian Ernest Borgnine, actor Hieronymus Bosch, painter Amar Bose, physicist Chadwick Boseman, actor Tom Bosley, actor Carol Botwin, writer, social critic Vicky Botwright, squash player Edward Alexander Bouchet, physicist, chemist Pierre Boulez, avant-garde conductor, composer Anthony Bourdain, chef, TV personality Randolph Bourne, writer Caprice Bourret, model, actor Jim Bouton, baseball player, writer Clara Bow, actress Edward Bowes, entrepreneur, radio impresario David Bowie, rock musician, actor Billy Bowlegs , Seminole leader Camilla Parker Bowles , The Duchess of Cornwall; wife of Britain’s Prince Charles Erskine Bowles, U.S. public official Paul Bowles, writer, composer Barbara Boxer, senator from California Bat Boy, fictional character Peck’s Bad Boy, fictional character The Fox Chase Boy, murder victim John Boyega, actor Charles Boyer, actor Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, aviator, world war II figure Danny Boyle, filmmaker Lara Flynn Boyle, actor Peter Boyle, actor Susan Boyle, singer, internet celebrity Beastie Boys, rappers The Backstreet Boys, singers Beach Boys, surfer sound rock group Boyz II Men, R&B/hip-hop group Ray Bradbury, writer Ben Bradlee, editor Benjamin Bradley, inventor Bill Bradley, political figure, basketball player Bob Bradley, soccer coach David Bradley, actor Omar Bradley, military Leader, world war II figure Owen Bradley, record producer Anne Bradstreet, poet Tom Brady, football player Eric Braeden, actor Zach Braff, actor, filmmaker Billy Bragg, singer, songwriter, Tycho Brahe, astronomer Johannes Brahms, composer, pianist Kenneth Branagh, actor, filmmaker Russell Brand, actor, comedian Klaus Maria Brandauer, actor, director, Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, lawyer Marlon Brando, actor Brandy, actress, singer, Robbie Tilley Branscum, writer Herman Russell Branson, physicist Richard Branson, business personality Benjamin Bratt, actor André Braugher, actor Eva Braun, political relative, World War II figure Richard Brautigan, writer, poet Toni Braxton, R&B singer David Brearley, framer of the Constitution, justice Andrew Breitbart, publisher, activist Anders Breivik, murder suspect Arthur Bremer, attempted assassin Paul Bremer, political figure, diplomat John O. Brennan, political figure, CIA Director Walter Brennan, actor Jeremy Brett, actor Stephen Breyer, United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Beau Bridges, actor Jeff Bridges, actor Lloyd Bridges, actor Wilford Brimley, actor Sergey Brin, computer scientist, business personality Christie Brinkley, model Vera Brittain, novelist, poet Jim Broadbent, actor Paula Broadwell, scandal figure, writer Matthew Broderick, actor Jascha Brodsky, violinist, teacher Adrien Brody, actor Tom Brokaw, TV journalist Josh Brolin, actor Emanuel Bronner, soapmaker, nusiness personality Charles Bronson, actor Kelly Brook, model, actor Robert Somers Brookings, business executive, philanthropist Albert Brooks, actor, director, screenwriter Avery Brooks, actor Garth Brooks, country musician, country singer James L. Brooks, director, producer, writer Mel Brooks, comedian, filmmaker Jacob Broom, framer of the Constitution, politician Pierce Brosnan, actor Dr. Joyce Brothers, psychologist, television personality Marx Brothers, comedians Armin Brott, writer, columnist Charlie Brown, comic strip character Bryan Brown, actor Dan Brown, writer Foxy Brown, rapper Gordon Brown, political leader Helen Gurley Brown, magazine editor, writer James Brown, singer, songwriter Jerry Brown, political figure, lawyer John Brown, antislavery activist Melanie Brown, singer Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown, baseball player Rita Mae Brown, author, social activist Scott Brown, politician Tina Brown, magazine publisher Willie Brown, mayor of San Francisco Sylvia Browne, psychic John Moses Browning, gunsmith, inventor Blanche Bruce, political figure Dave Brubeck, jazz musician, pianist Lenny Bruce, comedian Jerry Bruckheimer, producer, filmmaker Carla Bruni, model Charles Francis Brush, engineer, inventor, Robert Brustein, director, drama critic, playwright John Henry Bryan, Jr., business executive Mark Bryan, guitarist Anita Bryant, entertainer Kobe Bryant, basketball player Yul Brynner, actor David Bryson, guitar player John Bryson, business personality, political figure Bucephalus, horse Edna Buchanan, crime reporter, mystery writer Pat Buchanan, political figure, TV personality Pearl S. Buck, writer, activist Jeff Buckley, singer, songwriter, Jimmy Buffett, singer, songwriter Genevieve Bujold, actress Fernando Bujones, ballet dancer James “Whitey” Bulger, gangster, fugitive Sitting Bull, native american Leader Eugene Jacques Bullard, aviator Edward Bullins, playwright Sandra Bullock, actor Carlos Bulosan, writer Ralph Bunche, political figure, activist Gisele Bundchen, model Chang and Eng Bunker, medical curiosity, twins Bugs Bunny, animated character The Easter Bunny, holiday figure Robert Bunsen, inventor, chemist Emma Bunton, singer Guy Burgess, spy Gary Burghoff, actor Bille Burke, actress Billy Burke, actor Brooke Burke, model, TV personality Carol Burnett, comedian Mark Burnett, TV producer Murray Burnett, writer, high school teacher T Bone Burnett, music producer, songwriter Arthur F. Burns, economist Brooke Burns, actor Edward Burns, writer, director, actor George Burns, actor, comedian, Ken Burns, filmmaker Steve Burns, actor, musician Anne Burras, early colonist Sir William Burrell, ship-owner, art collector William S. Burroughs, writer Raymond Burr, actor Roland W. Burris, U.S. Senator, lawyer Ellen Burstyn, actress Amanda Burton, actor LeVar Burton, actor Richard Burton, actor Tim Burton, filmmaker Ian Buruma, journalist, novelist Steve Buscemi, actor Gussie Busch, brewer Brook Busey, writer Gary Busey, actor Bush, rock band Barbara Bush, U.S. first Daughter Barbara Bush, U.S. first Lady George Prescott Bush, political relative Jeb Bush, state governor Jeb Bush, Jr., political relative Jenna Bush, political relative Jenna and Barbara Bush, political relatives, twins Laura Bush, U.S. first Lady Lauren Bush, political relative, model Neil Mallon Bush, political relative Noelle Bush, political relative Prescott Bush, U.S. senator Reggie Bush, football player Jeanie Buss, sports management executive Brett Butler , actor, comedian Gerard Butler, actor Octavia Butler, writer Billy Butlin, holiday camp promoter Ebenezer Butterick, inventor, fashion business executive Beavis & Butthead, cartoon characters Red Buttons, actor, comedian Samuel Byck, attempted assasin Amanda Bynes, actor Rose Byrne, actor David Byrne, musician, singer Rhonda Byrne, movie producer, self-help specialist Robert C. 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  • Charles Babbage, mathematician, inventor
  • Roger Babson, statistician, business forecaster, writer
  • Judy Baca, artist
  • Lauren Bacall, actor
  • Catherine Bach, actor
  • Pamela Bach, actor
  • Burt Bacharach, composer, songwriter
  • Michele Bachmann, politician, congresswoman
  • Kevin Bacon, actor
  • Erykah Badu, musician
  • Karl Baedeker, publisher
  • Joan Baez, singer
  • Bilbo Baggins, fictional character
  • Frodo Baggins, fictional character
  • Angelo Bagnasco, religious figure
  • Baha’u’llah, religious figure
  • Maria Bailey, entrepreneur, writer, radio host
  • Beryl Bainbridge, writer
  • Scott Baio, actor
  • Ella Baker, civil rights activist
  • Chet Baker, singer, jazz trumpeter
  • Joe Don Baker, actor
  • Josephine Baker, singer, dancer
  • Kathy Baker, actress
  • Kenny Baker, actor
  • LaVern Baker, singer
  • Russell Baker, writer
  • Bonny Lee Bakley, murder victim
  • Scott Bakula, actor, TV producer
  • George Balanchine, choreographer, dancer
  • Alec Baldwin, actor
  • James Baldwin, writer
  • Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator, politician
  • William Baldwin, actor
  • Christian Bale, actor
  • Lucille Ball, actor, comedian
  • J.G. Ballard, writer
  • Martin Balsam, actor
  • Balthus, artist
  • Jamie Bamber, actor
  • Eric Bana, actor
  • Anne Bancroft, actor
  • Edward Bancroft, scientist, spy
  • Antonio Banderas, actor
  • Tallulah Bankhead, actress
  • Dennis Banks, Anishinabe (Ojibwa) activist
  • Russell Banks, writer
  • Tyra Banks, model
  • Banksy, artist
  • Benjamin Banneker, mathematician
  • Ian Bannen, actor
  • John Banner, actor
  • Sir Roger Bannister, runner, physician
  • Steve Bannon, businessman, political figure
  • Frederick Banting, physician
  • Ban Zhao, writer, educator,
  • John Banville, writer
  • Theda Bara, actress
  • Paul Baran, inventor
  • Christine Baranski, actress
  • Ehud Barak, soldier, political figure
  • Amiri Baraka, playwright, poet, activist
  • Adrienne Barbeau, actor
  • Joseph Barbera, animator, producer,
  • Barbie, doll
  • Hannibal Barca, military Leader
  • Javier Bardem, actor
  • Brigitte Bardot, actor
  • Julian Barnes, author
  • Barenaked Ladies, Canadian folk-rock group
  • Bob Barker, game show host
  • Clive Barker, writer, director,
  • Ellen Barkin, actress
  • Alben W. Barkley, former U.S. vice president, politician
  • Charles Barkley, basketball player
  • David Barkley, Soldier
  • Christiaan Barnard, pioneering heart surgeon
  • Julius Barnathan, television executive
  • Barney, TV dinosaur
  • Ben Barnes, actor
  • Julian Barnes, writer
  • P.T. Barnum, showman, entrepreneur
  • Pamela Des Barres, groupie
  • Rona Barrett, gossip columnist, entrepreneur
  • Fantasia Barrino, singer, talent show contestant
  • Chuck Barris, game show host
  • Robert Joseph Barro, economist
  • Ana Beatriz Barros, model
  • Clyde Barrow, outlaw
  • Dave Barry, columnist, author
  • Drew Barrymore, actor
  • Ethel Barrymore, actress
  • John Barrymore, actor
  • Lionel Barrymore, actor
  • Maurice Barrymore , actor
  • Richmond Barthé, American sculptor
  • Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross
  • Billy Barty, actor
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov, dancer, choreographer,
  • Count Basie, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
  • Kim Basinger, actor
  • Angela Bassett, actress
  • Tomas Bata, industrialist
  • Jason Bateman, actor
  • Kathy Bates, actress
  • Erzsebet Bathory, murderer
  • Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba
  • Batman, fictional superhero
  • Kathleen Battle, operatic soprano
  • Gary Bauer, political figure
  • Anne Baxter, actress
  • Michael Bay, filmmaker
  • Evan Bayh, U.S. Senator
  • Adam Beach , actor
  • Sylvia Beach, publisher, bookstore owner
  • John Beal, actor
  • The Beatles, rock band
  • Queen Beatrix, royalty
  • Ned Beatty, actor
  • Warren Beatty, actor, filmmaker
  • Simon Beaufoy, screenwriter
  • Simone de Beauvoir, writer, feminist
  • Alison Bechdel, illustrator, writer, cartoonist
  • Glenn Beck, TV & radio personality
  • Beck, rock musician
  • David Beckham, soccer player
  • Victoria Beckham, singer, actor
  • Kate Beckinsale, actor
  • Irene Bedard, actor, singer
  • Roy Bedichek, writer, teacher, naturalist
  • Catherine Beecher , Writer and educator
  • James Van Der Beek, actor
  • Geoffrey Beene, fashion designer
  • Charlotte Beers, advertising executive
  • Noah Beery, actor
  • Noah Beery, Jr., actor
  • Nicole Beharie, actor
  • Aphra Behn, writer
  • Jean-Jacques Beineix, director, producer, screenwriter
  • Bérénice Béjo, actor
  • Harry Belafonte, singer, actor, TV producer
  • Shari Belafonte-Harper , model, actress ,
  • Barbara Bel Geddes, actress
  • Art Bell, radio personality
  • Kristen Bell, actor
  • Lake Bell, actor, filmmaker
  • Marion Bell, singer, actress,
  • Theresa Hayward Bell, American Indian activist
  • Ralph Bellamy, actor
  • Bellerophon, mythical figure
  • Saul Bellow, novelist
  • Monica Bellucci, actor, model
  • James Belushi, actor
  • John Belushi, actor, comedian
  • Ben Folds Five, alternative rock group
  • Stephen Vincent Benét, writer
  • Peter Benchley, novelist
  • Robert Benchley, writer, actor, critic
  • Roberto Benigni, actor, filmmaker,
  • Annette Bening, actor
  • Elsa Benitez, model
  • Haley Bennett, actor
  • Tony Bennett, jazz singer
  • Jack Benny, comedian
  • Robert Benton, director, screenwriter,
  • Lloyd Bentsen, former U.S. Senator, political figure
  • Beowulf, mythical figure
  • Tom Berenger, actor
  • Senda Berenson , athlete
  • Bruce Beresford, director, screenwriter, producer
  • Peter Berg, actor, filmmaker
  • Bowe Bergdahl, soldier
  • Candice Bergen, actress
  • Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist, comedian,
  • Ingmar Bergman, filmmaker
  • Ingrid Bergman, actor
  • Nate Berkus, interior decorator
  • Milton Berle, comedian
  • Irving Berlin, composer
  • Charles Frambach Berlitz, educator, publisher,
  • Ben Bernanke, economist, government official
  • Tim Berners-Lee, computer scientist
  • Sandra Bernhard, actress comedian
  • Sarah Bernhardt, actor
  • Leonard Bernstein, composer, conductor
  • Yogi Berra, baseball player
  • Daniel Berrigan, clergyman, activist
  • Philip Berrigan, activist, clergyman
  • Albert Berry, soldier, parachutist,
  • Chuck Berry, rock musician
  • Halle Berry, actor
  • Sunni Ali Ber, Songhai emperor
  • Bernardo Bertolucci, director, screenwriter
  • Ahmed Best, actor, dancer
  • Pete Best, rock musician
  • Ana Betancourt, political figure, revolutionary
  • Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, activist
  • Jeff Bezos, business personality
  • Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • Jello Biafra, rock musician, activist
  • Frank P. Bibas, radio, television, and film producer
  • Demián Bichir, actor
  • Jill Biden, political relative
  • Joseph Biden, former U.S. Senator, current Vice President
  • Justin Bieber, singer, Internet personality
  • Michael Biehn, actor
  • Jessica Biel, actor
  • Ambrose Bierce, writer, missing person
  • Big Brown, racehorse
  • Kathryn Bigelow, film director
  • Bigfoot, mysterious creature
  • John Biggers, artist
  • Simone Biles, gymnast
  • Billy the Kid, outlaw
  • Maeve Binchy, writer, journalist,
  • Ah Bing, horticulturist, namesake of the Bing cherry
  • Sir Rudolf Bing, opera impresario
  • Hildegard von Bingen, catholic nun, composer, religious figure
  • Juliette Binoche, actor
  • John Birch, missionary, spy
  • Thora Birch, actress
  • Isabella Bird, writer, explorer
  • Larry Bird, basketball player
  • King Birendra, King of Nepal
  • Elizabeth Bishop, poet
  • Joey Bishop, comedian, actor
  • Walter Bishop, Jr., musician
  • Emily Bissell, Christmas Seal designer
  • Jacqueline Bisset, actress
  • Bill Bixby, actor, TV director
  • Björk, singer, songwriter
  • Cathleen Black, publisher
  • Charles Black, Jr.,
  • Clint Black, singer, songwriter,
  • Conrad Moffat Black, financier
  • Jack Black, actor, rock musician
  • Karen Black, actor
  • Rebecca Black, singer, internet personality
  • Shirley Temple Black, actress
  • Sir Basil Blackwell, publisher, bookseller
  • Emily Blackwell, physician
  • Ruben Blades, actor, musician, composer
  • Rod Blagojevich, state governor
  • David Blaine, magician
  • John Blair, framer of the Constitution, justice
  • Linda Blair, actor
  • Tony Blair, political Leader
  • Robert Blake, actor, murder suspect
  • Art Blakey, drummer, bandleader, jazz musician
  • Jolene Blalock, actor
  • Cate Blanchett, actor
  • Mel Blanc, actor, voice specialist
  • Bill Blass, fashion designer
  • Yasmine Bleeth, actor
  • Mary J. Blige, singer, songwriter
  • Herblock, editorial cartoonist
  • Ernst Stavro Blofeld, fictional villain
  • Claire Bloom, actress
  • Leopold Bloom, fictional character
  • Orlando Bloom, actor
  • Michael Bloomberg, political figure, business personality
  • Deep Blue, chess computer
  • Blues Traveler, blues/rock band
  • Judy Blume, writer
  • Emily Blunt, actor
  • Nellie Bly, journalist
  • Robert Bly, poet, writer
  • Enid Blyton, writer
  • Steven Bochco, television producer, writer
  • John Boehner, U.S. Representative
  • William Edward Boeing, aircraft manufacturer
  • Budd Boetticher, film director
  • Dirk Bogarde, actor, director
  • Humphrey Bogart, actor
  • Peter Bogdanovich, filmmaker, actor, writer
  • Grace Lee Boggs, activist
  • Eric Bogosian, actor, playwright, monologuist
  • Brigitte Boisselier, chemist
  • Sissela Bok, writer, philosopher, educator
  • Eavan Boland, poet
  • Ray Bolger, dancer, actor,
  • Usain Bolt, runner
  • John Bolton, political figure
  • Michael Bolton, singer, songwriter
  • Erma Bombeck, writer, humorist
  • Danny Bonaduce, actor, radio personality
  • James Bond, fictional superspy
  • Barry Bonds, baseball player
  • John Bonham, drummer
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, clergyman
  • Jon Bon Jovi, musician, songwriter
  • Bono, rock musician, Humanitarian
  • Chaz Bono, celebrity relative, activist
  • Sonny Bono, singer, actor, political figure
  • Cory Booker, U.S. Senator
  • George Boole, mathematician
  • D. Boon, rock musician, guitarist
  • Daniel Boone, explorer
  • Pat Boone, singer, actor,
  • Betty Boop, animated character
  • Lizzie Borden, murder suspect
  • Robert H. Bork, lawyer, jurist
  • Calvin Borel, jockey
  • Victor Borge, pianist, comedian
  • Ernest Borgnine, actor
  • Hieronymus Bosch, painter
  • Amar Bose, physicist
  • Chadwick Boseman, actor
  • Tom Bosley, actor
  • Carol Botwin, writer, social critic
  • Vicky Botwright, squash player
  • Edward Alexander Bouchet, physicist, chemist
  • Pierre Boulez, avant-garde conductor, composer
  • Anthony Bourdain, chef, TV personality
  • Randolph Bourne, writer
  • Caprice Bourret, model, actor
  • Jim Bouton, baseball player, writer
  • Clara Bow, actress
  • Edward Bowes, entrepreneur, radio impresario
  • David Bowie, rock musician, actor
  • Billy Bowlegs , Seminole leader
  • Camilla Parker Bowles , The Duchess of Cornwall; wife of Britain’s Prince Charles
  • Erskine Bowles, U.S. public official
  • Paul Bowles, writer, composer
  • Barbara Boxer, senator from California
  • Bat Boy, fictional character
  • Peck’s Bad Boy, fictional character
  • The Fox Chase Boy, murder victim
  • John Boyega, actor
  • Charles Boyer, actor
  • Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, aviator, world war II figure
  • Danny Boyle, filmmaker
  • Lara Flynn Boyle, actor
  • Peter Boyle, actor
  • Susan Boyle, singer, internet celebrity
  • Beastie Boys, rappers
  • The Backstreet Boys, singers
  • Beach Boys, surfer sound rock group
  • Boyz II Men, R&B/hip-hop group
  • Ray Bradbury, writer
  • Ben Bradlee, editor
  • Benjamin Bradley, inventor
  • Bill Bradley, political figure, basketball player
  • Bob Bradley, soccer coach
  • David Bradley, actor
  • Omar Bradley, military Leader, world war II figure
  • Owen Bradley, record producer
  • Anne Bradstreet, poet
  • Tom Brady, football player
  • Eric Braeden, actor
  • Zach Braff, actor, filmmaker
  • Billy Bragg, singer, songwriter,
  • Tycho Brahe, astronomer
  • Johannes Brahms, composer, pianist
  • Kenneth Branagh, actor, filmmaker
  • Russell Brand, actor, comedian
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