Baade, Walter  US (Ger.-born) astronomer & astrophysicist; discovered asteroids Hidalgo 1920, Icarus 1948; corrected erroneous measurements of size of universe _1893-1960
Baader, Andreas  W. Ger. anarchist terrorist; led Red Army Faction with Ulrike Meinhof _1943-1977
Baader, Franz Xavier von  Ger. Catholic mystic & philos. _1765-1841
Baal Shem Tov (orig. Israel ben Eliezer)  Rus. (Pol.-born) Jewish rabbi & religious leader; founder of modern Hasidism _1698-1760
Babangida, Ibrahim  Nigerian dictator, gen., & polit.; pres. of Nigeria 1985-1993; resigned _1941--
Babbage, Charles  Brit. inventor, math., & pioneer computer sci.; designed 1st programmable computer _1792-1871
Babbitt, Bruce Edward  US Dem. polit.; gov. of Arizona 1978-1987; Secy. of Interior 1993-- _1938--
Babbitt, Irving  US critic & literary scholar; leader of New Humanism movement; opposed Romanticism; wrote "Literature and the American College" 1908, "Rousseau and Romanticism" 1919, "On Being Creative" 1932 _1865-1933
Babbitt, Milton Byron  US modernist composer; pioneer of serialism; composed "Composition for Four Instruments" 1948, "Partitions for Piano" 1957, "Philomel" 1964 _1916--
Babcock, Stephen Moulton  US agricultural chem.; discoverer & eponym of Babcock test to determine butterfat content of milk 1890 _1843-1931
Babel, Isaac Emmanuelovich  Rus. dram. & short story aut.; wrote short story collections "Odessa Tales" 1916, "Red Cavalry" 1926 _1894-1941?
Babeuf, Francois Noel (Gracchus Babeuf)  Fr. agrarian agitator & revolutionary; co-led unsuccessful revolt against Directorate 1796; suicide before execution _1760-1797
Babilonia, Tai Reina  US figure skater; partner of Randy Gardner _1960--
Babington, Anthony  Eng. Catholic conspirator; eponym & leader of Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I & place Mary Stuart on Eng. throne; executed _1561-1586
Babiuch, Edward  Pol. polit.; premier of Poland 1980 _1927--
Babson, Roger Ward  US business statistician _1875-1967
Babur (also Baber; Zahir ad-Din Muhammad Babur)  1st Mogul emperor of India 1526-1530 _1483?-1530
Baburen, Dirck van (orig. Thodoe Baburen, also Theodoor Baburen)  Dutch painter _1590?-1624
Bacall, Lauren (orig. Betty Joan Perske)  US actress; wife of Humphrey Bogart 1945; wife of Jason Robards 1961; divorced 1969 _1924--
Bacardi, Facundo, Don  Cuban (Sp.-born) rum businessman; founder & eponym of Bacardi rum distillery 1862 _1816-1886
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel  Ger. composer; son of Johann Sebastian Bach _1714-1788
Bach, Johann Christian  Ger. composer & organist; son of Johann Sebastian Bach _1735-1782
Bach, Johann Sebastian  Ger. composer & organist; composed "The Art of Fugue", "Brandenburg Concerti", "The Well-Tempered Clavier" 1722-1744, "Goldberg Variations" 1742, "Mass in B Minor", "St. Matthew Passion" _1685-1750
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann  Ger. composer & organist; son of Johann Sebastian Bach _1710-1784
Bacharach, Bertram Mark (Burt)  US songwriter _1928--
Bachmann, Carl George  US polit.; House minority whip 1931-1933 _1890-1980
Backus, John  US computer sci.; developed computer language FORTRAN _1924--
Bacon, Augustus Octavius  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1912, 1913 _1839-1914
Bacon, Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans)  Eng aut., courtier, & philos.; advocate of inductive reasoning in science; wrote "Advancement of Learning" 1605, "Novum Organum" 1620, "New Atlantis" 1627 _1561-1626
Bacon, Henry  US architect; designed Lincoln Memorial _1866-1924
Bacon, Nathaniel  American (Eng.-born) colonial leader; led Bacon's Rebellion against William Berkeley; occupied all of Virginia; seized & burned Jamestown 1676 _1647-1676
Bacon, Robert  US diplomat & financier; Secy. of State 1909 _1860-1919
Bacon, Roger (the Wonderful Doctor; the Admirable Doctor; Doctor Mirabilis)  Eng. alchemist, encyclopedist, philos., scholar, & sci. _1220?-1292
Baden, Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince von  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1918; last chancellor of Ger. Empire _1867-1929
Baden-Powell, Olave St. Claire  Eng. founder of Brit. Girl Scouting 1909; wife of Robert Baden-Powell _1857-1941
Baden-Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth  Eng. soldier; fought in Boer War; founder of Brit. Boy Scouting 1907 _1857-1941
Badger, George Edmund  US polit.; Secy. of Navy 1841 _1795-1866
Badham, John  Eng. movie director; directed movies "Saturday Night Fever" 1977, "WarGames" 1983, "Short Circuit" 1986, "Bird on a Wire" 1990, "The Hard Way" 1991, "Point of No Return" 1993 _1939--
Badoglio, Pietro  It. gen. & polit.; prime min. of Italy 1943-1944; resigned _1871-1956
Baedeker, Karl  Ger. aut. & publisher of guidebooks; source of word "baedeker" _1801-1859
Baekeland, Leo Hendrik  US chem.; inventor & eponym of 1st thermo-setting plastic (Bakelite) _1863-1944
Baena Soares, Joao Clemente  Brazilian diplomat; secy-gen. of Organization of American States 1984-- (OAS) _1931--
Baer, Karl Ernst von  Ger. (Estonian-born) anthropologist & embryologist; founder of embryology; founder of comparative embryology _1792-1876
Baer, Max  US boxer; heavyweight boxing champion 1934-1935 _1909-1959
Baeyer, [Johann Friedrich Wilhelm] Adolf von  Ger. chem.; discovered barbituric acid; synthesized indigo dye; NP Chem. 1905 _1835-1917
Baez, Buenaventura  Dominican polit.; pres. of Dominican Rep. 1849-1853, 1865-1866, 1868-1873, 1876-1878; acting pres. of Dominican Rep. 1856-1857 _1810?-1884
Baez, Joan  US folksinger _1941--
Baffin, William  Eng. Arctic explorer; discovered Baffin Bay _1584?-1622
Bagaza, Jean Baptiste  Burundian Tutsi army officer & polit.; overthrew Michel Micombero; pres. of Burundi 1976-1987; overthrown _1946--
Bagehot, Walter  Eng. economist & journalist _1826-1877
Baggio, Roberto  It. soccer player _1967--
Bagot, Charles, Sir  Brit. admin. & diplomat; co-negotiator & co-eponym of Rush-Bagot Treaty 1817; gov-gen. of Canada 1841-1843 _1781-1843
Bagration, Prince Pyotr Ivanovich  Rus. gen. against Napoleon _1765-1812
Baha, Abdul, Sir (also 'Abd al-Baha', Abdul-Baha Abbas; Abbas Effendi, Abbas Efendi)  Baha'i religious leader; leader of Baha'is 1892-1921; son & successor of Baha'ullah _1844-1921
Bahadur Shah  Mogul emperor of India 1707-1712; son of Aurangzeb _1643-1712
Bahadur Shah II  nominal last Mogul emperor of India 1837-1858; served under Brit. rule; deposed by British; son of Akbar II _1775-1862
Baha'ullah (also Baha'u'llah, Baha'Allah; orig. Mirza Husayn Ali [Nuri])  Persian religious leader; founder of Baha'i faith _1817-1892
Bahonar, Muhammad Javi  Iranian polit.; prime min. of Iran 1981; assassinated with Muhummad Ali Raji _1933-1981
Bailey, James Anthony (orig. James McGinness)  US circus showman with Phineas Barnum _1847-1906
Bailey, John Moran  US polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1961-1968 _1904-1975
Bailey, Joseph Weldon  US lawyer & polit.; House minority leader 1897-1899 _1862-1929
Bailey, [Francis] Lee (F. Lee Bailey)  US lawyer _1933--
Bailey, Nathan (also Nathaniel Bailey)  Eng. lexicographer _17XX
Bailey, Pearl Mae  US singer _1918-1990
Baily, Francis  Eng. astronomer; describer & eponym of Baily's beads _1774-1844
Bain, Alexander  Scot. philos. & associationist pychologist _1818-1903
Baird, John Lawrence (Baron Stonehaven)  Brit. admin.; gov-gen. of Australia 1925-1930 _1874-1941
Baird, John Logie  Scot. inventor; father of television _1888-1946
Baird, Spencer Fullerton  US naturalist & zoologist; secy. of Smithsonian Institution 1878-1887 _1823-1887
Baird, Zoe  US lawyer; Bill Clinton's 1st unsuccessful nominee for atty. gen. 1993 _1952--
Bajazet (also Bayazid) I  Turkish sultan 1389-1403 _1347-1403
Bajer, Fredrik  Danish aut., pacifist, & soldier; NP Peace 1908 _1837-1922
Bakaric, Vladimir  Yugoslavian Communist polit. _1912-1983
Bakatin, Vadim Viktorovich  Rus. Soviet polit.; Soviet interior minister 1988-1990; last chairman of KGB 1991; 1st chairman of Interrepublican Security Service 1991-- _1937--
Baker, Alan  Eng. math.; extended Gelfond-Schneider theorem; Fields Medal 1970 _1939--
Baker, George (Father Divine)  US black evangelist & humanitarian _1882?-1965
Baker, George  US cartoonist; created The Sad Sack _1915-1975
Baker, George Fisher  US financier & philanthropist _1840-1931
Baker, George Pierce  US playwriting teacher _1866-1935
Baker, Howard Henry Jr.  US Rep. polit.; Senate minority leader 1977-1981; Senate majority leader 1981-1985; White House chief of staff 1987-1988; son-in-law of Everett Dirksen _1925--
Baker, James Addison III  US Rep. polit.; White House chief of staff 1981-1985, 1992-1993; Secy. of Treasury 1985-1988; Secy. of State 1989-1992 _1930--
Baker, Lafayette Curry  US detective & gen.; head of National Detective Bureau in Civil War _1826-1868
Baker, Newton Diehl  US polit.; mayor of Cleveland 1912-1916; Secy. of War 1916-1921 _1871-1937
Baker, Russell Wayne  US columnist & journalist _1925--
Baker, Samuel White, Sir  Eng. explorer of Africa _1821-1893
Baki (orig. Abdul Mahmud)  Turkish judge & lyric poet _1526-1599
Bakke, Allan Paul  US medical student; plaintiff in court case Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke 1978 _1940--
Bakker, James Orsen (Jim)  US television evangelist; imprisoned for fraud 1986-1994 _1939--
Bakker, Tammy Faye (nee LaValley)  US wife of Jim Bakker 1961; divorced 1992 _19XX--
Bakr, Ahmad Hassan al-  Iraqi dictator & polit.; overthrew Abdul Kassem; prime min. of Iraq 1963; overthrew Abdul Arif 1968; pres. of Iraq 1968-1979; resigned _1914-1982
Bakshi, Ralph  US (Palestinian-born) animator & director _1938--
Bakst, Leon Nikolayevich (orig. Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg)  Rus. painter & costume & set designer _1866-1924
Bakula, Scott  US television actor _19XX--
Bakunin, Mikhail Alexandrovich  Rus. anarchist political philos. _1814-1876
Balaguer [Ricardo], Joaquin  Dominican polit.; pres. of Dominican Rep. 1960-1961, 1966-1978, 1986-- _1907--
Balakirev, Mili Alexeyevich (also Mily Balakirev)  Rus. composer; composed "Islamey", symphonic poem "Thamar", "Overture on Three Russian Themes"; member of The Five _1837-1910
Balak Singh  Indian Sikh religious leader; founded Namdhari (Kuka) sect _1797-1862
Balanchine, George (orig. Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze)  US (Rus.-born) choreographer & dancer _1904-1983
Balard, Antoine Jerome  Fr. chem.; discovered element bromine _1802-1876
Balbo, Italo  It. aviator, marshal, & polit. _1896-1940
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de  Sp. explorer; crossed Americas to Pacific 1513 _1475-1519
Balch, Emily Greene  US pacifist & social reformer; co-founded Women's International League for Peace & Freedom with Jane Addams; NP Peace 1946 _1867-1961
Baldomir, Alfredo  Uruguayan gen. & polit.; pres. of Uruguay 1938-1943 _1884-1948
Baldrige, [Howard] Malcolm Jr. (Mac, Mack)  US polit.; Secy. of Commerce 1981-1987 _1922-1987
Baldung [Grien], Hans (also Hans Gruen)  Ger. painter _1484?-1545
Baldwin I  king of Jerusalem 1100-1118 _1058?-1118
Baldwin III  king of Jerusalem 1143-1162 _1130?-1162
Baldwin, Abraham  US educator & polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1801, 1802 _1754-1807
Baldwin, Alexander Rae III (Alec)  US movie actor; husband of Kim Basinger 1993 _1958--
Baldwin, Dwight Hamilton  US piano manufacturer; eponym & co-introducer of Baldwin piano 1891 _1821-1899
Baldwin, Henry  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1830-1844 _1780-1844
Baldwin, James Arthur  US aut.; wrote autobiographical novel "Go Tell it on the Mountain" 1954, essay collections "Notes of a Native Son" 1955, "The Fire Next Time" 1963 _1924-1987
Baldwin, James Mark  US editor & psychologist; co-founder & 1st editor of Psychological Review 1894-1909 _1861-1934
Baldwin, Roger Nash  US activist; founded American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 1920 _1884-1981
Baldwin, Stanley  Eng. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1923-1924, 1924-1929, 1935-1937 _1867-1947
Balenciaga, Cristobal  Sp. fashion designer _1895-1972
Balewa, Abubakar (Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa)  Nigerian polit.; 1st prime min. of Nigeria 1957-1966; overthrown & killed _1912-1966
Balfe, Michael William  Irish composer & singer _1808-1870
Balfour, Arthur James  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1902-1905; Brit. first lord of the admiralty 1915-1916; Brit. foreign secy. 1916-1919; issuer & eponym of Balfour Declaration 1917; nephew of Marquis of Salisbury _1848-1930
Balfour, Evelyn Barbara (Eve)  Brit. aut. & ecologist; pioneer of organic farming _1898-1990
Baliles, Gerald  US Dem. polit.; gov. of Virginia 1986-1990 _1940--
Ball, Edmund  US can & jar businessman; co-introducer & co-eponym of Ball jar 1886; brother of Frank Ball _1855-1925
Ball, Ernest  US songwriter; composed song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 _1878-1927
Ball, Frank  US can & jar businessman; co-introducer & co-eponym of Ball jar 1886; brother of Edmund Ball _1857-1943
Ball, George Wildman  US diplomat; US ambassador to UN 1968 _1909-1994
Ball, John  Eng. Lollard priest & social agitator; helped incite Wat Tyler's rebellion; executed _13XX-1381
Ball, Joseph Hurst  US polit. _1905-1993
Ball, Lucille Desiree (Lucy)  US television actress; starred in series "I Love Lucy" 1951-1957, "The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" 1957-1959, "The Lucy Show" 1962-1968, "Here's Lucy" 1968-1974 _1911-1989
Balla, Giacomo  It. Futurist painter _1871-1958
Balladur, Edouard  Fr. (Turkish-born) polit.; Fr. finance minister 1986-1988; prime min. of France 1993-- _1929--
Ballantine, Ian Keith  US businessman & paperback publisher; initiated distribution of Penguin Books in US 1939-1945; co-founder & 1st pres. of Bantam Books 1945-1952; founder, eponym, & 1st pres. of Ballantine Books 1952-1974 _1916--
Ballantyne, James  Scot. printer _1772-1833
Ballard, Guy Warren  US cult leader & mystic; founded I AM movement _1878-1939
Ballard, John  Eng. Jesuit Catholic clergyman & conspirator; instigated Anthony Babington to lead Babington Plot; captured & forced to reveal plot; executed _15XX-1586
Ballard, Robert Duane  US ocean explorer & sci.; discovered sunken ship Titanic 1985 _1942--
Ballinger, Richard Achilles  US admin.; Secy. of Interior 1909-1911 _1858-1922
Balliol, John de (also John de Baliol)  Scot. king 1292-1296; abdicated; great-grandson of David I _1249-1315
Ballou, Hosea II  US educator; 1st pres. of Tufts Univ. 1853-1861 (orig. Tufts College) _1796-1861
Balmaceda [y Fernandez], Jose Manuel  Chilean polit.; pres. of Chile 1886-1891; overthrown & killed _1840-1891
Balmer, Johann Jakob  Swi. math. & phys.; discovered Balmer's formula for spectral line wavelengths 1885; eponym of Balmer series of spectral lines _1825-1898
Baltimore, David  US microbiologist; NP Med. 1975 _1938--
Balzac, Honore [de]  Fr. realist nov.; wrote novels "Le Colonel Chabert" 1831, "Eugenie Grandet" 1833, "Father Goriot" 1834 (also "Father Goriot"), as parts of grand cycle "La Comedie Humaine" (also "The Human Comedy") _1799-1850
Banach, Stefan  Pol. math.; co-eponym of Banach-Tarski paradox _1892-1945
Banana, Canaan Sodindo  Zimbabwan clergyman & polit.; 1st pres. of Zimbabwe 1980-1987 _1936--
Bancroft, Anne (orig. Anna Maria Luisa Italiano)  US actress; wife of Mel Brooks 1964 _1931--
Bancroft, George (Father of American History)  US historian; wrote history "History of the United States" 1834-1874; Secy. of Navy 1845-1846 _1800-1891
Bancroft, Richard  Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1604-1610; oversaw translation of King James Bible _1544-1610
Banda, Hastings Kamuzu  Malawian dictator, nationalist, & polit.; 1st prime min. of Malawi 1963-1994; 1st pres. of Malawi 1966-1994 _1906--
Banda Bahadur (orig. Lachhman Dev; Madho Das)  Indian Sikh rebel, hero, & martyr _1670-1716
Bandaranaike, Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias  Ceylonnese-Sri Lankan polit.; prime min. of Sri Lanka 1960-1965, 1970-1977; world's 1st woman elected prime min.; changed name of Ceylon to Sri Lanka 1972 _1916--
Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias  Ceylonnese polit.; prime min. of Ceylon 1956-1959; assassinated; husband of Sirimavo Bandaranaike _1899-1959
Bandello, Matteo  It. aut. & poet _1485-1561
Bangertner, Norman  US polit.; gov. of Utah 1985-1993 _1933--
Bani-Sadr, Abolhassan  Iranian polit.; 1st pres. of Iran 1980-1981 _1933--
Bankhead, Tallulah Brockman  US movie actress; daughter of William Bankhead _1903-1968
Bankhead, William Brockman  US polit.; House majority leader 1935-1937; Speaker of the House 1936-1940; father of Tallulah Bankhead _1874-1940
Banks, Ernest (Ernie)  US baseball player; shortstop & first baseman for Chicago Cubs 1953-1971 _1931--
Banks, Joseph, Sir (the Father of Australia)  Eng. botanist, naturalist, & colonizer in Australia; pres. of Royal Society 1778-1820 _1744-1820
Banks, Nathaniel Prentice  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1855-1857; gov. of Massachusetts 1858-1861 _1816-1894
Banneker, Benjamin  US almanac compiler & city planner _1731-1806
Banning, Margaret Culkin  US aut. _1891-1982
Bannister, Roger Gilbert  Brit. physician & track athlete; ran 1st 4-minute mile 1954 _1929--
Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir  Can. physician & physiologist; with Charles Best, isolated insulin to cure diabetes; NP Med. 1923 _1891-1941
Banzer-Suarez, Hugo  Bolivian army officer & polit.; pres. of Bolivia 1971-1978; overthrown _1926--
Bao Dai (Vinh Thuy)  emperor of Vietnam 1926-1945; resigned; pres. of S. Vietnam 1949-1955; deposed _1913--
Bara, Theda (orig. Theodosia Goodman)  US silent movie actress _1890-1955
Baraka, Imamu Amiri (orig. [Everett] LeRoi Jones)  US dram.; wrote plays "Dutchman" 1964, "The Slave" 1964 _1934--
Barannikov, Viktor Pavlovich  Rus. Soviet admin.; Soviet interior minister 1991; Soviet security minister 1991-1993 _1940--
Baranov, Alexander Andreyevich  Rus. admin; 1st Rus. gov. of Alaska 1790-1818 _1747-1819
Barany, Robert  Aus. physician in Sweden; NP Med. 1914 _1876-1936
Barbara, Agatha  Maltese polit.; pres. of Malta 1982-1987 _1923--
Barbarossa (also Khayr ad-Din)  Barbary pirate _15XX-1546
Barber, Samuel  US composer _1910-1981
Barber, Walter Lanier (Red)  US baseball announcer & sportscaster _1908-1992
Barbera, Joseph Roland (Joe)  US animator with Bill Hanna; co-created Flintstones, Huckleberry Hound, Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear _1911--
Barbie, Nikolaus Jr. (Klaus)  Ger. Nazi admin. _1913-1991
Barbirolli, John, Sir  Eng. cellist & conductor in US; conducted New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1937-1942; conducted Houston Symphony Orchestra 1960-1967 _1899-1970
Barbour, Clarence Augustus  US clergyman & educator; pres. of Brown Univ. 1929-1937 _1867-1937
Barbour, Haley  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1993-- _19XX--
Barbour, James  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1812-1814; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1819; Secy. of War 1825-1828; brother of Philip Barbour _1775-1842
Barbour, John  Scot. poet; wrote Scot. national epic poem "The Brus"; father of Scot. history & poetry _1316?-1395
Barbour, Philip Pendleton  US jurist & polit.; Speaker of the House 1821-1823; Whig vice-pres. cand. 1836; Supr. Ct. justice 1836-1841; brother of James Barbour _1783-1841
Barbour, Walworth  US diplomat _1908-1982
Barbusse, Henri  Fr. nov. & pacifist; wrote novel "Le Feu" 1916 _1873-1935
Barclay, Arthur  Liberian polit.; pres. of Liberia 1904-1911 _1854-1938
Barclay, Edwin  Liberian polit.; pres. of Liberia 1932-1943 _1882-1955
Barclay, Robert  Scot. aut. & Quaker clergyman _1648-1690
Barclay de Tolly, Prince Mikhail  Rus. marshal _1761-1818
Bardeen, John  US phys.; co-inventor of transistor; with Leon Cooper & Robert Schrieffer, developed BCS model of superconductivity; NP Phys. 1956; NP Phys. 1972 _1908-1991
Bardot, Brigitte (orig. Camille Javal)  Fr. movie actress _1934--
Barents, Willem  Dutch explorer _15XX-1597
Baring, Alexander  Brit. diplomat & financier _1774-1848
Baring, Evelyn  Brit. diplomat _1841-1917
Baring, Thomas George (Earl of Northbrook)  Brit. colonial admin.; viceroy of India 1872-1876 _1826-1904
Baring-Gould, Sabine  Eng. clergyman & hymnist; wrote song "Onward, Christian Soldiers" 1864 _1834-1924
Barker, Robert William (Bob)  US television game show host; hosted shows "Truth or Consequences" 1956-1964, "The Price Is Right" 1972-- _1923--
Barkla, Charles Glover  Eng. phys.; discovered characteristic X-ray radiation of elements; NP Phys. 1917 _1877-1944
Barkley, Alben William  US Dem. polit.; Senate majority leader 1937-1947; Senate minority leader 1947-1949; vice-pres. of US 1949-1953; oldest US vice-pres.; 1st recipient of Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award 1949 _1877-1956
Barkley, Charles Wade  US basketball player _1963--
Bar Kokhba (also Bar Kochba, Bar Cochba; orig. Simeon Bar Kosba)  Jewish rebel against Rome 132-135; hailed as messiah _1XX?-135
Barlach, Ernst  Ger. Expressionist sculptor _1870-1938
Bar-Lev, Haim  Israeli (Aus.-born) gen. & polit.; secy-gen. of Labor Party 1978-1994; Israeli ambassador to Russia 1992-1994; eponym of Bar-Lev Line _1924-1994
Barlow, George Hilario, Sir  Brit. admin. in India; acting gov-gen. of Brit. E. India Co. 1805-1807 _1762-1846
Barlow, Joel  US diplomat, poet, & political aut.; wrote history "Columbiad" 1807 _1754-1812
Barnard, Christiaan Neethling  S. African surgeon; performed 1st human heart transplant 1967 _1922--
Barnard, Edward Emerson  US astronomer; discovered Amalthea 1892; discoverer & eponym of Barnard's star (2nd closest star system to Sol, largest known proper motion of any star system) _1857-1923
Barnard, George Grey  US sculptor _1863-1938
Barnard, Henry  US educator & public school reformer _1811-1900
Barnet [y Vinagres], Jose Antonio  Cuban polit.; pres. of Cuba 1935-1936 _1864-1945
Barnett, George  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1914-1920 _1859-1930
Barnum, Phineas Taylor (P. T. Barnum)  US circus showman with James Bailey _1810-1891
Barnum, William Henry  US polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1877-1889 _1818-1889
Baroja [y Nessi], Pio  Sp. nov.; wrote novel cycle "Memorias de un Hombre de Accion" 1913-1931 _1872-1956
Barr, Alfred Hamilton Jr.  US admin. & art historian; 1st director of Museum of Modern Art 1929-1943 _1902-1981
Barr, James  Austr. songwriter; composed song "Waltzing Matilda" _1779-1860
Barr, Joseph Walker  US admin.; Secy. of Treasury 1968-1969 _1918--
Barr, William Pelham  US admin.; Atty. Gen. 1991-1993 _1950--
Barras, Francois Jean Nicolas, Comte de  Fr. polit. & revolutionary; helped overthrow Maximilien Robespierre _1755-1829
Barre, Raymond  Fr. polit.; Fr. finance minister 1976-1978; prime min. of France 1976-1981 _1924--
Barres, [Auguste] Maurice  Fr. nov. & polit.; wrote trilogy "Le Culte de Moi" 1888-1891 _1862-1923
Barrette, Antoine  Can. Quebecois polit.; premier of Quebec 1960 _1899-1968
Barrie, James Matthew, Sir (J. M. Barrie)  Scot. dram. & nov.; wrote autobiographical novels "A Window in Thrums" 1889, "The Little Minister" 1891, plays "Peter Pan" 1904, "What Every Woman Knows" 1908, "Dear Brutus" 1917 _1860-1937
Barron, James  US naval officer; killed Stephen Decatur in duel _1768-1851
Barros, Joao de (the Livy of Portugal)  Port. historian _1496?-1570
Barros [Borgono], Luis  Chilean polit.; acting pres. of Chile 1920; pres. of Chile 1925 _1858-1943
Barros [Luco], Ramon  Chilean polit.; pres. of Chile 1911-1915 _1835-1919
Barrow, Clyde  US bank robber & murder; killed by Texas Rangers; partner of Bonnie Parker _1909-1934
Barrow, Errol Walton  Barbados polit.; prime min. of Barbados 1962-1976, 1986-1987; 1st prime min. of independent Barbados 1966 _1920-1987
Barrow, Isaac  Eng. math. & theol. _1630-1677
Barrow, Robert Hilliard  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1979-1983 _1922--
Barrowclough, Harold Eric, Sir  New Zealand polit.; acting gov-gen. of New Zealand 1957, 1962 _1894-1972
Barry, Dave  US columnist & humorist _1947--
Barry, Jeanne Becu  Fr. mistress of Louis XV _1742-1793
Barry, John  US naval officer in American Revolution _1745-1803
Barry, Marion Shepilov Jr.  US Dem. polit.; 1st director of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1960 (SNCC); mayor of Washington DC 1979-1991; ousted, convicted, & imprisoned on drug charges 1991-1992 _1936--
Barry, Philip  US dram.; wrote play "The Philadelphia Story" 1939 _1896-1949
Barry, Richard Francis III (Rick)  US basketball player & sportscaster; played for San Francisco Warriors 1965-1967, Golden State Warriors 1972-1978 _1944--
Barry, Thomas  Irish military strategist _1897-1980
Barry, William Taylor  US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1829-1835; 1st Postmaster Gen. of Cabinet level _1785-1835
Barrymore, Drew  US actress _1975--
Barrymore, Ethel (orig. Ethel Blythe)  US actress _1879-1959
Barrymore, Georgina Emma (nee Drew)  US actress; daughter of John Drew; wife of Maurice Barrymore _1854-1893
Barrymore, John (orig. John Blythe)  US actor _1882-1942
Barrymore, Lionel (orig. Lionel Blythe)  US actor & composer _1878-1954
Barrymore, Maurice (orig. Herbert Blythe)  Eng. (Indian-born) actor in US; father of Ethel, John, & Lionel Barrymore _1847-1905
Barschel, Uwe  W. Ger. polit. & spy; gov. of Schleswig-Holstein 1982-1987; resigned; murdered _1944?-1987
Bart, Jean (also Jean Barth)  Fr. naval hero _1650-1702
Barth, Carl George Lange  US (Norw.-born) engineer; improved & popularized slide rule _1860-1939
Barth, John Simmons  US nov. & short story aut.; wrote novels "End of the Road" 1958, "Giles Goat-Boy" 1966, "Tidewater Tales" 1988 _1930--
Barth, Karl  Swi. Protestant theol.; opposed humanism _1886-1968
Barthes, Roland  Fr. linguist & literary critic; systematized semiotics _1915-1980
Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste  Fr. sculptor; sculpted Statue of Liberty _1834-1904
Bartholin, Erasmus  Danish phys. & physician; discovered double refraction; brother of Thomas Bartholin _1625-1698
Bartholin, Thomas (the Elder)  Danish math. & physician; discovered human lymphatic system independently of Olof Rudbeck; brother of Erasmus Bartholin _1616-1680
Bartlett, John  US editor & compiler of quotations; published Bartlett's Familiar Quotations 1855 _1820-1905
Bartlett, Samuel Colcord  US Congregational clergyman & educator; pres. of Dartmouth College 1877-1892 _1817-1898
Bartlett, Washington  US polit.; gov. of California 1887 _1824-1887
Bartok, Bela  Hung. composer; composed "Divertimento for Strings", opera "Bluebeard's Castle" 1918, ballets "The Miraculous Mandarin", "The Wooden Prince" _1881-1945
Bartolommeo, Fra (also Baccio della Porta)  It. Florentine painter _1472-1517
Bartolozzi, Francesco  It. engraver _1727-1815
Barton, Clara Harlow  US humanitarian; founder of American Red Cross 1891 _1821-1912
Barton, Derek Harold Richard, Sir  Brit. chem.; NP Chem. 1969 _1918--
Barton, Edmund, Sir  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1901-1903; 1st prime min. of independent Australia _1849-1920
Barton, William  US army officer in American Revolution; designed Great Seal of US _1748-1831
Bartram, John  US botanist _1699-1777
Bartram, William  US naturalist _1739-1823
Baruch, Bernard Mannes  US businessman & polit.; advocate & eponym of Baruch Plan _1870-1965
Baryshnikov, Mikhail  US (Latvian-born) ballet dancer _1948--
Basdevant, Jules  Fr. jurist; Fr. judge on World Court 1946-1964; 2nd pres. of World Court 1949-1952 _1877-1968
Bashev, Ivan Khristo (also Ivan Basev)  Bulgarian diplomat; Bulgarian foreign minister 1962-1971 _1916-1971
Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-  Sudanese gen. & polit.; overthrew Sadiq al-Mahdi 1989; head of state of Sudan 1989--; prime min. of Sudan 1989-- _19XX--
Basie, William (Count Basie)  US jazz bandleader, composer, & pianist _1904-1984
Basil the Great (also Basilius the Great)  Gk. saint & church father; brother of Gregory of Nyssa _329?-379
Basinger, Kim  US movie actress; wife of Alec Baldwin 1993 _1953--
Baskerville, John  Eng. printer & typographer _1706-1775
Basov, Nikolai Gennadiyevich  Rus. phys.; NP Phys. 1964 _1922--
Bates, Edward  US lawyer & polit.; Atty. Gen. 1861-1864 _1793-1869
Bates, Henry Walter  Eng. naturalist; explained mimicry; eponym of Batesian mimicry _1825-1892
Bates, John Coalter  US gen.; army chief of staff 1906 _1842-1919
Bates, John Lewis  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1903-1905 _1859-1946
Bates, Katharine Lee  US poet; wrote song "America the Beautiful" _1859-1929
Bateson, William  Eng. biologist & geneticist; coined word "genetics" _1861-1926
Batista [y Zaldivar], Fulgencio  Cuban dictator & polit.; dictator of Cuba 1933-1938; pres. of Cuba 1940-1944, 1952-1959; overthrown _1901-1973
Batlle [y Berres], Luis Conrado  Uruguayan army officer & polit.; pres. of Uruguay 1947-1951, 1955-1956 _1897-1964
Batlle [y Ordonez], Jose  Uruguayan polit.; pres. of Uruguay 1903-1907, 1911-1915; reformed government to reduce presidential power _1856-1929
Batmunh, Jambyn (also Jambyn Batmonh)  Mongolian Communist polit.; pres. of Mongolia 1984-1990; resigned _1926--
Battani, abu-'Abdullah Muhammad ibn-Jabir al- (also Albategni, Albategnius, Albatenius)  Arab astronomer; made precise astronomic measurements _858?-929
Battle, John Stewart  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1950-1954 _1890-1972
Baturin, Yuri  Rus. admin.; Rus. national security affairs advisor 1994-- _1949--
Baucus, Max Sieben  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Montana 1978-- _1941--
Baudelaire, Charles Pierre  Fr. poet of Decadent & Parnassian movements; wrote poetry collection "Les Fleurs du Mal" 1857 (also "The Flowers of Evil") _1821-1867
Baudouin I (Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha)  king of Belgium 1951-1993; son of Leopold III _1930-1993
Bauer, Gustav Adolf  Ger. polit.; last minister-president of Germany 1919; chancellor of Germany 1919-1920 _1870-1944
Bauer, Otto  Aus. diplomat; Aus. foreign minister 1918-1919; 1st foreign minister of Aus. Rep. _1882-1938
Baugh, Samuel Adrian (Sammy)  US football player & coach; quarterback for Washington Redskins 1937-1952 _1914--
Baum, Lyman Frank (L. Frank Baum)  US journalist & nov.; wrote novel "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" 1900 _1856-1919
Baum, Vicki (orig. Hedvig Baum)  US (Aus.-born) nov.; wrote novel "Grand Hotel" 1930 _1888-1960
Baum, William Wakefield  US cardinal 1976; archbishop of Washington DC 1973-1980 _1926--
Baumanis, Karlis  Latvian songwriter; wrote & composed Latvian national anthem 1873 _1834-1904
Baume, Antoine  Fr. chem. _1728-1804
Bausch, James (Jim)  US athlete; won gold medal in Olympic decathlon 1932 _1906-1974
Bavadra, Timoci Uluivuda  Fijian polit.; prime min. of Fiji 1987; overthrown _1934-1989
Bax, Arnold Edward Trevor, Sir  Brit. composer; composed "In the Faery Hills", "The Garden of Fand", "Tintagel", choral works "Mater ora Filium", "This Worldes Joie" _1883-1953
Baxter, Anne  US actress _1923-1985
Baxter, James Phinney III  US educator & historian; pres. of Williams College 1937-1961 _1893-1975
Baxter, Richard  Eng. aut. & Puritan _1615-1691
Bayar, Mahmud Celal (also Jelal Bayar)  Turkish polit. & economic reformer; prime min. of Turkey 1937-1939; pres. of Turkey 1950-1960; deposed _1884-1986
Bayard, Pierre Terrail, Chevalier de  Fr. military hero _1473?-1524
Bayard, Thomas Francis Sr.  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1881; Secy. of State 1885-1889 _1828-1898
Bayer, Johann  Ger. astronomer; established current system of constellation nomenclature for stars _1572-1625
Bayes, Thomas  Eng. math.; creator & eponym of Bayesian statistics _1702-1761
Bayh, Evan  US polit.; gov. of Indiana 1989-- _1955--
Bayle, Pierre  Fr. critic & philos. _1647-1706
Bayley, William Butterworth  Brit. admin. in India; acting gov-gen. of Brit. E. India Co. 1828 _1782-1860
Bayliss, William Maddock, Sir  Eng. physiologist; co-discovered hormones with Ernest Starling _1860-1924
Baylor, Elgin Gay  US basketball player & coach; played for Los Angeles Lakers (orig. Minneapolis Lakers) 1958-1972; coach of New Orleans Jazz 1976-1979 _1934--
Bazin, Marc Louis  Haitian polit.; pres. of Haiti 1992-1993; prime min. of Haiti 1992-1993 _1932--
Beadle, George Wells  US biologist, educator, & geneticist; studied relation between genes & formation of enzymes; NP Med. 1958; pres. of Univ. of Chicago 1961-1968 _1903-1989
Beam, Jacob Dyneley  US diplomat; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1969-1974 _1908-1993
Beam, James (Colonel Jim Beam)  US bourbon businessman; eponym of Jim Beam bourbon _1864-1947
Beame, Abraham David  US (Eng.-born) polit.; mayor of New York City 1974-1978 _1906--
Beamon, Bob  US track athlete; set world long jump record 1988 _1946--
Bean, Leon Leonwood (L. L. Bean)  US outdoor goods industrialist; founder & eponym of L. L. Bean, Inc. 1934 _1872-1967
Bean, Roy  US judge & lawman _1825-1903
Beard, Charles Austin  US historian; wrote history "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States" 1913, co-wrote history "The Rise of American Civilization" 1927 _1874-1948
Beard, Daniel Carter  US illustrator; founder of US Boy Scouting 1910 _1850-1941
Beard, James  US cook & cookbook aut. _1903-1985
Beard, Mary (nee Ritter)  US feminist & historian; co-wrote history "The Rise of American Civilization" 1927 with Charles Beard; wife of Charles Beard 1900 _1876-1958
Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent  Eng. illustrator _1872-1898
Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmine Armgard)  queen of Netherlands 1980--; daughter of Juliana _1938--
Beatriz  Port. queen 1383-1385; ruled under regency 1383-1385; daughter of Fernando I _1372-1409
Beattie, David Stuart, Sir  New Zealand polit.; gov-gen. of New Zealand 1980-1985 _1924--
Beattie, James  Scot. poet _1735-1803
Beatty, David  Brit. adm. in World War I _1871-1936
Beatty, Warren (orig. Henry Warren Beaty)  US movie actor, director, & producer; brother of Shirley MacLaine _1937--
Beaufort, Francis, Sir  Brit. adm.; developed Beaufort scale of wind speed _1774-1857
Beaufort, Henry  Eng. cardinal & polit. _1374?-1447
Beauharnais, Alexandre, Vicomte de  Fr. polit. & soldier; fought in American Revolution; executed; 1st husband of Josephine de Beauharnais 1779 _1760-1794
Beauharnais, Hortense Eugenie Cecile  Fr. wife of Louis Bonaparte 1802; daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais; stepdaughter of Napoleon I; mother of Napoleon III _1783-1837
Beauharnais, Josephine de (orig. Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie)  Fr. 1st wife of Napoleon I 1796; divorced 1809 _1763-1814
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de  Fr. businessman & comic dram.; wrote plays "The Barber of Seville" 1775, "The Marriage of Figaro" 1784 _1732-1799
Beaumont, Francis  Eng. dram.; wrote play "The Woman Hater" 1607?, co-wrote with John Fletcher plays "The Knight of the Burning Pestle", "Philaster", "The Maid's Tragedy", "A King and No King", "Cupid's Revenge", "The Coxcomb" _1584-1616
Beaumont, William  US surgeon; studied digestion in patient with hole in chest from bullet wound _1785-1853
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (P. G. T. Beauregard)  US-Confederate gen.; superintendent of US Military Academy 1861; attacked Fort Sumter, beginning Civil War 1861 _1818-1893
Beauvoir, Simone de  Fr. aut., feminist, & philos.; wrote "The Second Sex" 1949-1950 _1908-1986
Beaver, Hugh, Sir  Brit. publisher; suggester & publisher of 1st "The Guiness Book of World Records" 1955 _1890-1967
Beaver, James Addams  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1887-1891 _1837-1914
Beaverbrook, William Aitken 1st baron  Brit. (Can.-born) publisher _1879-1964
Bebel, August  Ger. aut., labor leader, & polit.; leader of Social Democratic Party _1840-1913
Bechamel, Louis de  Fr. financier & gourmet; eponym of bechamel sauce _16XX-1703
Becher, Johannes  E. Ger. lyricist; wrote E. Ger. national anthem _1891-1958
Beck, Charles Clarence (C. C. Beck)  US cartoonist; created Captain Marvel _1910-1989
Beck, David (Dave)  US labor leader; pres. of Teamsters 1952-1957 _1894-1993
Beck, Josef  Pol. diplomat _1894-1944
Becker, Gary Stanley  US economist & sociologist; NP Econ. 1992 _1930--
Becket, Thomas [a]  Eng. prelate & saint; archbishop of Canterbury 1162-1170; murdered; canonized 1173 _1162-1170
Beckett, Margaret Mary (nee Jackson)  Brit. polit.; interim leader of Labor Party 1994 _1943--
Beckett, Samuel Barclay  Irish aut., dram., & nov. in France; wrote plays "Waiting for Godot" 1952 (also "En attendant Godot"), "Endgame" 1957, "Happy Days" 1961; NP Lit. 1969 _1906-1989
Beckford, William Thomas  Eng. art collector & aut. _1760-1844
Beckley, John James  US (Eng.-born) admin.; 1st clerk of US House of Representatives 1789-1807; ex officio librarian of Congress 1802-1807 _1757-1807
Beckmann, Max  Ger. Expressionist painter _1884-1950
Beckwith, Charlie Alvin  US army officer; led abortive raid to rescue US hostages in Iran 1980 _1929-1994
Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo  Sp. lyric poet _1836-1870
Becquerel, [Antoine] Henri  Fr. phys.; discovered radioactivity 1896; discovered radioactive electron emission by uranium; NP Phys. 1903 _1852-1908
Beddoes, Thomas Lovell  Eng. aut.; suicide _1803-1849
Bede (the Venerable Bede)  Eng. historian, saint, & scholar; originated dating of events anno domini (A.D.); wrote history "An Ecclesiastical History of the English People" 731; father of Eng. history; canonized 1899 _673?-735
Bedjaoui, Mohammed  Algerian lawyer; Algerian justice minister 1964-1970; Algerian ambassador to UN 1979-1982; Algerian judge on World Court 1982--; pres. of World Court 1994-- _1929--
Bednorz, Johannes Georg  Ger. phys.; co-discovered high-temperature ceramic superconductivity; NP Phys. 1987 _1950--
Beebe, Charles William  US naturalist & ocean explorer; inventor of bathysphere _1877-1962
Beecham, Thomas, Sir  Eng. conductor; founded Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1946 _1879-1961
Beecher, Henry Ward  US abolitionist & clergyman; brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe _1813-1887
Beecher, Lyman  US clergyman; father of Henry Ward Beecher & Harriet Beecher Stowe _1775-1863
Beel, Louis Joseph Maria  Dutch polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1946-1948, 1958-1959 _1902-1977
Beer, Wilhelm  Ger. astronomer; mapped moon & Mars; brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer _1797-1850
Beerbohm, [Henry] Maximilian, Sir (Max)  Eng. aut., caricaturist, critic, essayist, & satirist; wrote essay collections "The Works of Max Beerbohm" 1896, "The Happy Hypocrite" 1897, novel "Zuleika Dobson" 1912 _1872-1956
Beerenbrouck, Charles Joseph Maria Ruys de  Dutch polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1918-1925, 1929-1933 _1873-1936
Beernaert, Auguste Marie Francois  Belgian polit.; NP Peace 1909 _1829-1912
Beethoven, Ludwig van  Ger. Romantic composer; composed "3rd Symphony" (also "Eroica"), "6th Symphony" (also "Pastoral"), "9th Symphony" (also "Choral"), "Diabelli Variations", "Kreutzer Sonata", opera "Fidelio" _1770-1827
Beggs, James Montgomery  US admin.; admin. of NASA 1981-1985 _1926--
Begin, Menachem Wolfovitch  Israeli (Pol.-born) polit.; leader of Irgun terrorist movement 1944-1948; founded Herut Party 1948; prime min. of Israel 1977-1983; NP Peace 1978 _1913-1992
Begon, Michel  Fr. admin. in Americas; source of word "begonia" _1638-1710
Beguyer de Chancourtois, Alexandre Emile  Fr. geologist; noticed periodicity of elements _1820-1886
Behaim, Martin (also Martin Behain, Martin Boheim)  Ger. geographer; made 1st globe 1492 _1459?-1507?
Behan, Brendan Francis  Irish aut. & dram.; wrote plays "The Quare Fellow" 1956, "The Hostage" 1958, autobiographical novel "Borstal Boy" 1958 _1923-1964
Behring, Emil Adolf von  Ger. bacteriologist; discovered antitoxin for tetanus; suggested use of antitoxin for diphtheria; NP Med. 1901 _1854-1917
Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel  US dram. & journalist; wrote play "The Second Man" 1927 _1893-1973
Beijerinck, Martinus Willem  Dutch botanist; studied tobacco mosaic disease; discovered 1st virus 1898; coined word "virus" _1851-1931
Beilstein, Konrad Friedrich  Rus. chem.; compiled orderly handbook of known chemical compounds "Handbook of Organic Chemistry" _1838-1906
Bekesy, Georg von  US (Hung.-born) phys.; explained human hearing; NP Med. 1961 _1899-1972
Belafonte, Harold George Jr. (Harry)  US singer _1927--
Belasco, David  US dram. & producer _1853-1931
Belaunde [Terry], Fernando  Peruvian polit.; pres. of Peru 1963-1968, 1980-1985 _1912--
Belisarius  Byzantine gen. _505?-565
Beliveau, Jean Marc  Can. hockey player; center for Montreal Canadiens 1951-1971 _1931--
Belknap, William Worth  US admin. & soldier; Secy. of War 1869-1876 _1829-1890
Bell, Alexander Graham  US (Scot.-born) inventor; inventor of telephone _1847-1922
Bell, Andrew  Scot. printer; co-founded Encyclopaedia Britannica with Colin Macfarquhar _1726-1809
Bell, de Benneville (Bert)  US football admin.; commissioner of NFL 1946-1959; merged All-America Football Conference into NFL 1949 _1894-1959
Bell, Eric Temple  US aut., biographer, & math.; wrote biographical collection "Men of Mathematics" 1937 _1883-1960
Bell, Francis Henry Dillon  New Zealand polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1925 _1851-1936
Bell, Griffin Boyette  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1977-1979 _1918--
Bell, James Ford  US grain businessman; pres. of General Mills, Inc. 1928-1934; chairman of General Mills, Inc. 1934-1948 _1879-1961
Bell, [James] Franklin (J. Franklin Bell)  US gen.; army chief of staff 1906-1910 _1856-1919
Bell, John  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1834-1835; Secy. of War 1841; Constitutional Union pres. cand. 1860 _1797-1869
Bell, John Cromwell Jr.  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1947 _1892-1974
Bell, John Stewart  US (N. Irish-born) phys.; discoverer & eponym of Bell's inequality 1960; wrote "Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics" 1987 _1928-1990
Bell, Joseph  Scot. physician; inspiration for character Sherlock Holmes _1837-1911
Bell, Peter Hansbrough  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1849-1853 _1812-1898
Bell, Terrel Howard  US admin. & educator; Secy. of Education 1981-1985 _1921--
Bell, Thomas Montgomery  US polit.; House majority whip 1913-1915 _1861-1941
Bellamy, Carol  US admin.; director of Peace Corps 1993-- _1942--
Bellamy, Edward  US nov. & socialist; wrote utopian novel "Looking Backward: 2000-1887" _1850-1898
Bellamy, Francis  US journalist; wrote Pledge of Allegiance 1892 _1855-1931
Bellamy, Ralph Rexford  US actor _1904-1991
Bellando de Castro, Theophile  Monegasque lyricist & soldier; wrote Monegasque national anthem (adopted 1867) _1820-1903
Bellay, Joachim du  Fr. poet _1522?-1560
Bellingham, John  Brit. assassin of Spencer Perceval; executed _1771-1812
Bellini, Gentile  It. Venetian painter; brother of Giovanni Bellini _1426-1507
Bellini, Giovanni  It. Venetian architect & painter; teacher of Giorgione & Titian; father of Venetian art _1426-1507
Bellini, Jacopo  It. Venetian painter; father of Giovanni Bellini & Gentile Bellini _1400?-1470?
Bellini, Vincenzo  It. operatic composer; composed operas "Norma" 1831, "La Sonnambula" 1831, "I Puritani", "Il Pirata" _1801-1835
Bello, Ahmadu (Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello)  Nigerian polit.; premier of N. Nigeria 1954-1960; killed _1906-1966
Belloc, [Joseph Pierre] Hilaire  Brit. (Fr.-born) aut., Catholic apologist, & poet; wrote poetry collections "The Bad Child's Book of Beasts" 1896, "Cautionary Tales" 1907, religious book "Europe and the Faith" 1920 _1870-1953
Bellow, Saul  US (Can.-born) aut.; wrote novels "The Dangling Man" 1944, "The Adventures of Augie March" 1953, "Henderson the Rain King" 1959, "Herzog" 1964, "Mr. Sammler's Planet" 1970, "Humboldt's Gift" 1975; NP Lit. 1976 _1915--
Bellows, George Wesley  US sports artist & lithographer _1882-1925
Belluschi, Pietro  US (It.-born) architect; designed Pan American Building in new York _1899-1994
Belmont, August  US (Ger.-born) financier & polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1860-1872 _1816-1890
Belmont, Eleanor Robson  US (Eng.-born) actress; inspiration for character Major Barbara in George Bernard Shaw's play "Major Barbara" 1905 _1879-1979
Beltrami, Eugenio  It. math.; proved that non-Euclidean geometry describes geometry on surfaces of constant curvature _1835-1899
Belushi, James (Jim)  US comedian & movie actor; brother of John Belushi _1954--
Belushi, John (the Black Rhino)  US comedian & movie actor; brother of Jim Belushi _1949-1982
Bely, Andrei (pseud. of Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev; also Andrei Byely)  Rus. critic, nov., & Symbolist poet; wrote novels "The Silver Dove" 1910, "Petersburg" 1913, autobiographical novel "Kotik Letayev" 1918 _1880-1934
Benacerraf, Baruj  US (Venezuelan-born) pathologist; NP Med. 1980 _1920--
Benatar, Pat (orig. Patricia Andrejewski)  US singer _1953--
Benavente y Martinez, Jacinto  Sp. dram.; wrote plays "El nido Ajeno" 1893, "Los intereses creados" 1907; NP Lit. 1922 _1866-1954
Benavides [Canseco], Oscar Raimundo  Peruvian army officer & polit.; acting pres. of Peru 1914-1915; pres. of Peru 1933-1939 _1876-1945
Ben Bella, Mohammed Ahmed  Algerian nationalist & polit.; provisional prime min. of Algeria 1962-1963; 1st pres. of Algeria 1963-1965; overthrown _1916--
Bench, Johnny Lee  US baseball player; catcher for Cincinnati Reds 1967-1983 _1947--
Benchley, Peter Bradford  US nov. & screenwriter; wrote novel "Jaws" 1974 _1940--
Benchley, Robert Charles  US actor, aut., drama critic, & humorist; member of the Algonquin Wits _1889-1945
Benda, Julien  Fr. rationalist philos.; opposed Romanticism & Henri Bergson _1867-1956
Bendix, Vincent  US industrialist & automotive inventor _1882-1945
Benedek, Ludwig von  Aus. (Ger.-born) gen. _1804-1881
Beneden, Edouard von  Belgian cytologist; discovered that all cells except gametes contain equal numbers of chromosomes _1846-1910
Benedetti, Vincent, Count  Fr. diplomat _1817-1900
Benedict [of Nursia]  It. monk & saint; founder of Benedictine order; founder of western monasticism _480?-543
Benedict I  It. pope 575-579 _5XX-579
Benedict II  It. saint & pope 684-685 _6XX-685
Benedict III  It. pope 855-858 _8XX-858
Benedict IV  It. pope 900-903 _8XX-903
Benedict V (Grammaticus)  It. pope 964-965 _9XX-965
Benedict VI  It. pope 973-974 _9XX-974
Benedict VII  It. pope 974-983 _9XX-983
Benedict VIII (orig. Theophylact)  It. pope 1012-1024 _9XX-1024
Benedict IX  pope 1032-1045, 1045, 1047-1048 _1012?-1056
Benedict X (orig. Giovanni)  antipope 1058-1059 _10XX
Benedict XI (orig. Nicholas Boccasini)  It. pope 1303-1304 _1240-1304
Benedict XII (orig. Jacques Fournier)  Fr. pope 1335-1342 _12XX-1342
Benedict XIII (orig. Pietro Francesco Orsini)  It. pope 1724-1730 _1649-1730
Benedict XIII (orig. Pedro de Luna)  It. antipope 1394-1417 _1328-1423
Benedict XIV (orig. Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini)  It. pope 1740-1758 _1675-1758
Benedict XV (orig. Giacomo della Chiesa)  It. pope 1914-1922; neutral in World War I _1854-1922
Benedict, Francis Gano  US biochem. _1870-1957
Benedict, Ruth (nee Fulton)  US anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology; wrote "Patterns of Culture" 1934; student of Franz Boas _1887-1948
Benes, Eduard  Czechoslovakian polit.; Czechoslovakian foreign minister 1918-1935; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1921-1922; pres. of Czechoslovakia 1935-1938, 1945-1948; resigned 1938 to protest Munich Agreement _1884-1948
Benet, Stephen Vincent  US poet & short story aut.; wrote poem "John Brown's Body" 1928, short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" 1937 _1898-1943
Benet, William Rose  US aut. & editor; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet _1886-1950
Bengel, Johann Albrecht  Ger. scholar & theol. _1687-1752
Ben-Gurion, David (orig. David Green)  Israeli (Pol.-born) polit. & Zionist; 1st prime min. of Israel 1948-1953, 1955-1963 _1886-1973
Benjamin, Judah Philip  US-Confederate lawyer & polit.; 1st Confederate atty. gen. 1861; Confederate secy. of war 1861-1862; last Confederate secy. of state 1862-1865 _1811-1884
Bennett, Anthony Dominick (Tony; orig. Anthony Benedetto)  US singer _1926--
Bennett, [Enoch] Arnold  Eng. nov.; wrote novel "The Old Wives' Tale" 1908, trilogy "The Clayhanger Family" 1910-1916 _1867-1931
Bennett, Charles Edwin  US classical scholar _1858-1921
Bennett, James Gordon  US (Scot.-born) journalist _1795-1872
Bennett, Richard Bedford  Can. polit.; prime min. of Canada 1930-1935 _1870-1947
Bennett, Robert (Bob)  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Utah 1993-- _1933--
Bennett, [William] Tapley Jr. (W. Tapley Bennett Jr.)  US diplomat; US ambassador to NATO 1977-1983 _1917--
Bennett, William John (Bill)  US Rep. polit.; chairman of National Endowment for the Humanities 1981-1985; Secy. of Education 1985-1989; 1st drug czar 1989-1990; wrote "The Book of Virtues" 1994 _1943--
Benny, Jack (orig. Benjamin Kubelsky)  US comedian _1894-1974
Benoit de Sainte-Maure  Fr. troubador _11XX
Benson, Allan  US editor & socialist; Socialist pres. cand. 1916 _1871-1940
Benson, Edward White  Brit. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1882-1896 _1829-1896
Benson, Ezra Taft  US admin. & Mormon leader; Secy. of Agriculture 1953-1961; pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1985-1994 _1899-1994
Benson, Frank Weston  US painter _1862-1951
Benson, Stephen Allen  Liberian (US-born) polit.; pres. of Liberia 1856-1864 _1816-1865
Benson, William Shepherd  US adm.; 1st chief of naval operations 1915-1919 _1855-1932
Bentham, George  Eng. botanist _1800-1884
Bentham, Jeremy  Eng. jurist, philos., & legal reformer; founder of utilitarianism; wrote "A Fragment on Government" 1776, "Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation" 1789; founded Univ. College _1748-1832
Benti, Tafari  Ethiopian gen. & polit.; head of state of Ethiopia 1974-1977 _1921-1977
Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, Lord  Eng. colonial admin.; gov-gen. of Brit. E. India Co. 1828-1834; 1st gov-gen. of India 1834-1835 _1774-1839
Bentley, Edmund Clerihew  Eng. journalist, nov., & poet; creator & eponym of verse form clerihew; wrote detective novel "Trent's Last Case" 1913 _1875-1956
Bentley, Richard  Eng. critic & scholar _1662-1742
Bentley, Robert  Eng. botanist _1821-1893
Benton, Thomas Hart (Old Bullion)  US polit.; opposed slavery & paper currency; father-in-law of John Fremont _1782-1858
Benton, Thomas Hart  US painter _1889-1975
Bentsen, Lloyd Millard Jr.  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Texas 1971-1992; chairman of Senate Finance Committee 1987-1992; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1988; Secy. of Treasury 1993-- _1921--
Benz, Carl Friedrich (also Karl Benz)  Ger. automotive inventor _1844-1929
Ben-Zvi, Itzhak (orig. Isaac Simselevic)  Israeli (Pol.-born) polit.; pres. of Israel 1952-1963 _1884-1963
Beran, Rudolf  Czechoslovakian polit.; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1938-1939 _1887-1954
Beranger, Pierre-Jean de  Fr. poet & songwriter _1780-1857
Berchtold, Leopold, Count von  Aus.-Hung. polit. _1863-1942
Berdyaev, Nikolai Alexandrovich (also Nikolai Berdyayev)  Rus. libertarian political & religious philos.; wrote "Freedom and the Spirit" 1927, "The Destiny of Man" 1931, "Dreams and Reality" 1949 _1874-1948
Beregovoy, Pierre Eugene  Fr. polit.; Fr. finance minister 1984-1986; prime min. of France 1992-1993; suicide _1925-1993
Berengar I  It. king 888-924; Holy Rom. emperor 915-924 _8XX-924
Berenger, Tom  US actor _1950--
Berenice II of Cyrene  Egyptian princess; wife of Ptolemy III; eponym of constellation Coma Berenices (also Berenice's Hair); only historical human for whom a constellation is named _2XXb-216b?
Berenson, Bernhard (also Bernard)  US (Lithuanian-born) art critic _1865-1959
Beresford, William Carr (Viscount Beresford de Albuera y Cappoquin)  Brit. soldier; led Port. army in Peninsular War 1808-1814; de facto regent of Portugal 1809-1820 _1768-1854
Berg, Alban  Aus. composer; composed "Seven Early Songs", "Chamber Concerto", opera "Wozzeck" 1925; student of Arnold Schonberg _1885-1935
Berg, Morris (Moe)  US baseball player & spy _1902-1972
Berg, Patricia Jane (Patty)  US golfer _1918--
Berg, Paul  US chem.; NP Chem. 1980 _1926--
Bergen, Candice  US television actress; starred in series "Murphy Brown" 1988-- _1946--
Bergen, Edgar John (orig. John Edgar Bergren)  US comedian & ventriloquist; father of Candice Bergen _1903-1978
Berger, Hans  Ger. psychiatrist & inventor of electroencephalograph _1873-1941
Berger, Victor Louis  US (Romanian-born) socialist polit.; 1st socialist elected to Congress 1910 _1860-1929
Bergh, Henry  US humanitarian & reformer; founded ASPCA 1866; co-founded ASPCC _1811-1888
Bergius, Friedrich Karl Rudolph  Ger. chem.; NP Chem. 1931 _1884-1949
Bergland, David  US polit.; Libertarian vice-pres. cand. 1976; Libertarian pres. cand. 1984 _19XX--
Bergland, Robert Selmer (Bob)  US admin.; Secy. of Agriculture 1977-1981 _1928--
Bergman, [Ernst] Ingmar  Swed. movie director; directed movies "Crisis" 1945, "The Seventh Seal" 1957, "Wild Strawberries" 1957, "The Face" 1958, "Shame" 1968, "Cries and Whispers" 1972, "Fanny and Alexander" 1982 _1918--
Bergman, Ingrid  Swed. movie actress _1915-1982
Bergson, Henri Louis  Fr. aut., mystic, & philos.; developed concept of elan vital; wrote "Time and Freewill" 1889, "Matter and Memory" 1896, "Creative Evolution" 1907; NP Lit. 1927 _1859-1941
Bergstrom, George Edwin  US architect; designed Pentagon _1876-1955
Bergstrom, Sune  Swed. biochem.; isolated prostaglandins; NP Med. 1982 _1916--
Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich  Georgian Soviet Communist marshal & polit.; chairman of NKVD 1938-1945; Soviet interior minister 1938-1946, 1953; directed internal security & war production _1899-1953
Bering, Vitus Jonassen  Danish-Rus. Arctic explorer; discovered Bering Strait 1728; sighted Alaska 1741 _1681-1741
Berisha, Sali  Albanian polit.; pres. of Albania 1992-- _19XX--
Berkeley, George  Irish Anglican bishop & philos.; wrote "A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge" 1710, "Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous" 1713 _1685-1753
Berkeley, Lennox Randal, Sir  Eng. composer _1903-1989
Berkeley, William, Sir  Eng. colonial admin. in America; colonial gov. of Virginia 1642-1676; overthrown by Bacon's Rebellion _1606-1677
Berkman, Alexander  Rus.-US anarchist; attempted assassin of Henry Clay Frick 1892; collaborator with Emma Goldman; suicide _1870?-1936
Berkowitz, David (Son of Sam)  US mass murderer; murdered six people 1976-1977 _1953--
Berle, Adolf Augustus Jr.  US diplomat _1895-1971
Berle, Milton (orig. Milton Berlinger; Mr. Television)  US television actor & comedian; starred in series "Texaco Star Theatre" 1948-1953, "The Milton Berle Show" 1954-1956, 1966-1967 _1908--
Berlichingen, Gottfried (also Gotz) von  Ger. adventurer & soldier _1480-1562
Berlin, Irving (orig. Israel Baline)  US (Rus.-born) songwriter & writer of musicals; wrote & composed songs "God Bless America" 1938, "White Christmas" 1942, "There's No Business Like Show Business" 1946 _1888-1989
Berliner, Emile  US (Ger.-born) inventor; invented gramophone & microphone _1851-1929
Berlinguer, Enrico  It. Communist polit.; secy-gen. of It. Communist Party 1972-1984 _1922-1984
Berlioz, [Louis] Hector  Fr. composer; composed "Symphonie Fantastique", "La Damnation de Faust", "Harold in Italy", operas "Les Troyens", "Beatrice and Benedict" _1803-1869
Berlitz, Charles Frambach  US language educator & polyglot _1913?--
Berlusconi, Silvio  It. businessman & polit.; leader of Forza Italia; prime min. of Italy 1994-- _1936--
Bernadette of Lourdes (orig. Bernadette Soubirous)  Fr. saint; canonized 1933 _1844-1879
Bernadotte, Folke, Count  Swed. diplomat; mediated in World War II & in Palestine; assassinated by Jewish extremists; nephew of Gustav V _1895-1948
Bernard, Claude  Fr. physiologist _1813-1878
Bernard of Clairvaux (Thaumaturgus of the West)  Fr. abbot & saint; called for 2nd Crusade 1146; canonized 1173 _1090-1153
Bernardin, Joseph Louis  US cardinal 1983; archbishop of Cincinnati 1972-1982; archbishop of Chicago 1982-- _1928--
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri  Fr. aut. _1737-1814
Berne, Eric Lennard  US (Can.-born) psychologist; developed transactional analysis _1910-1970
Bernhardi, Friedrich von  Ger. (Rus.-born) gen. & military aut. _1849-1930
Bernhardt, Sarah (orig. [Henriette] Rosine Bernard; the Divine Sarah)  Fr. actress _1844?-1923
Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo (also Gianlorenzo Bernini)  It. Baroque architect, painter, & sculptor _1598-1680
Bernoulli, Daniel  Swi. math. & phys.; discoverer & eponym of Bernoulli's equation in hydrodynamics; son of Jean Bernoulli _1700-1782
Bernoulli, Jacques (also James, Jakob)  Swi. math.; coined word "integral" as noun; eponym of lemniscate of Bernoulli; brother of Jean Bernoulli _1654-1705
Bernoulli, Jean (also John, Johann)  Swi. math.; discovered L'Hopital's rule 1694; posed brachistochrone problem 1696 _1667-1748
Bernsstorff, Johann-Heinrich Graf von  Ger. diplomat _1862-1939
Bernstein, Carl  US journalist; uncovered Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward _1944--
Bernstein, Eduard  Ger. socialist political sci. _1850-1932
Bernstein, Leonard  US composer & conductor; conducted New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1958-1969; composed "Jeremiah Symphony" 1942, oratorio "Kaddish" 1963, musicals "On the Town" 1944, "Candide" 1956, "West Side Story" 1957 _1918-1990
Berra, Lawrence Peter (Yogi)  US baseball player, coach, & manager; catcher for New York Yankees 1946-1963; coach of New York Mets 1965-1972, New York Yankees 1975-1984, Houston Astros 1986-1989 _1925--
Berreta, Tomas  Uruguayan polit.; pres. of Uruguay 1947 _1871?-1947
Berrien, John Macpherson  US polit.; Atty. Gen. 1829-1831 _1781-1856
Berry, Charles Edward Anderson (Chuck)  US musician, singer, & songwriter _1926--
Berry, Raymond  US football player & coach _1933--
Berryman, John  US aut. & poet; wrote "The Dispossessed" 1948, "77 Dream Songs" 1964, "His Toy, His Dream, His Rest: 308 Dream Songs" 1968; suicide _1914-1972
Berthelot, Marcelin Pierre Eugene  Fr. chem. & polit. _1827-1907
Berthier, Louis Alexandre (Prince de Neuchatel)  Fr. marshal _1753-1815
Bertholf, Ellsworth Price  US Coast Guard officer; 1st commandant of Coast Guard 1911-1919 _1866-1921
Berthollet, Claude Louis, Count  Fr. chem. _1748-1822
Bertillon, Alphonse  Fr. anthropologist & criminologist; introduced fingerprinting for law enforcement; father of criminology _1853-1914
Bertrand, Jean Jacques  Can. Quebecois polit.; premier of Quebec 1968-1970 _1916--
Bertrand, Joseph  Fr. math. _1822-1900
Berwald, Franz  Swed. composer; composed "Sinfonie Singulaire" 1845 _1796-1868
Berwanger, Jay  US football player; won 1st Heisman Trophy 1935 as halfback for Univ. of Chicago _1915--
Berzelius, Jons Jakob, Baron  Swed. chem. _1779-1848
Besant, Annie (nee Wood)  Eng. social reformer & theosophist mystic in India _1847-1933
Besnard, [Paul] Albert  Fr. etcher & painter _1849-1934
Bessarion, Johannes (also Basilius)  Gk. humanist & cardinal _1395?-1472
Bessborough, Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, Earl of  Eng. admin. in Canada; gov-gen. of Canada 1931-1935 _1880-1956
Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm  Ger. astronomer & math.; developer & eponym of Bessel functions 1824; 1st to calculate distance to a star 1838 _1784-1846
Bessemer, Henry, Sir  Eng. inventor & metallurgist; invented steel-making process _1813-1898
Bessmertnykh, Alexander Alexandrovich  Rus. Soviet diplomat; Soviet foreign minister 1991 _1933--
Besso, Michele Angelo  Swi. phys.; friend & correspondent of Albert Einstein _1873-1955
Best, Charles Herbert  Can. (US-born) physiologist; with Frederick Banting, isolated insulin to cure diabetes _1899-1978
Best, Peter (Pete)  Eng. drummer & musician; drummer for orig. Beatles 1960-1962 _1941--
Bester, Alfred  US science fiction aut. & editor; wrote novels "The Demolished Man" 1953, "Tiger! Tiger!" 1956 (also "The Stars My Destination"); won 1st Hugo Award for novel 1953 _1913-1987
Betancourt, Romulo  Venezuelan polit.; pres. of Venezuela 1945-1948, 1959-1964 _1908-1981
Betancur [Cuartas], Belisario  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1982-1986 _1923--
Bethe, Hans Albrecht  US (Ger.-born) astrophysicist & phys.; explained energy production in stars; NP Phys. 1967 _1906--
Bethlen, Gabriel (also Bethlen Gabor)  Hung. king 1620-1621 _1580-1629
Bethlen, Stefan, Count (also Istvan Bethlen)  Hung. polit.; prime min. of Hungary 1921-1931 _1874-1944?
Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald Theodor von  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1909-1917; resigned _1856-1921
Bethune, Mary (nee McLeod)  US educator _1875-1955
Betjeman, John, Sir  Brit. poet; wrote poetry collections "New Bats in Old Belfries" 1945, "A Few Late Chrysanthemums" 1954, "Collected Poems" 1958; Brit. poet laureate 1972-1984 _1906-1984
Bettelheim, Bruno  US (Aus.-born) child psychologist; studied psychological purpose of fairy tales; wrote "The Uses of Enchantment"; suicide _1903-1990
Betterton, Thomas  Eng. actor _1635?-1710
Bettman, Gary Bruce  US lawyer & hockey admin.; commissioner of NHL 1993-- _1952--
Beust, Friedrich Ferdinand, Count von  Aus.-Ger. diplomat & polit. _1809-1886
Bevan, Aneurin (Nye)  Brit. Welsh labor leader & polit.; by National Health Service Act of 1946, established National Health Service 1948 _1897-1960
Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah  US historian & polit. _1862-1927
Beveridge, William Henry  Eng. economist _1879-1963
Bevilacqua, Anthony Joseph  US cardinal 1991; archbishop of Philadelphia 1988-- _1923--
Bevin, Ernest  Brit. labor leader & polit.; Brit. foreign secy. 1945-1951; helped found NATO 1949 _1881-1951
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (orig. Rajneesh Chandra Mohan)  Indian cult leader in US _1931-1990
Bhaskara  Indian math. _1114-1185?
Bhave, Vinoba  Indian nationalist leader & land reformer; follower of Mohandas Gandhi _1896-1982
Bhekuzulu, Cyprian  Zulu chief 1933-1968; ruled under regency 1933-1946; son of Solomon _1925-1968
Bhunu (also Bunu, Ubane; Ngwane IV)  king of Swaziland 1889-1899; son of Mbandzeni _1873?-1899
Bhutto, Benazir  Pakistani polit.; prime min. of Pakistan 1988-1990, 1993--; daughter of Zalfikar Bhutto _1953--
Bhutto, Zalfikar Ali (also Zulfiqar 'Ali Bhutto)  Pakistani polit.; 1st civilian pres. of Pakistan 1971-1973; prime min. of Pakistan 1972-1977; overthrown; killed _1928-1979
Bibb, George Mortimer  US polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1844-1845 _1776-1859
Bibb, William  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Alabama 1819-1820 _1781-1820
Bich, Marcel, Baron  Fr. (It.-born) ballpoint pen manufacturer; founder & eponym of Societe Bic 1953 (also Bic Co.) _1914-1994
Bidault, Georges  Fr. polit.; provisional pres. of France 1946; prime min. of France 1946, 1949-1950, 1958 _1899-1983
Biddle, Francis Beverly  US (Fr.-born) lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1941-1945 _1886-1968
Biddle, John  Eng. religious leader; founder of Unitarianism _1615-1662
Biddle, Nicholas  US banker & financier; last pres. of 2nd Bank of US 1823-1836; unsuccessfully opposed Andrew Jackson's efforts to close 2nd Bank of US _1786-1844
Biddle, William Phillips  US Marine Corps officer; commandant of Marine Corps 1911-1914 _1853-1923
Biden, Joseph Robinette Jr. (Joe)  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Delaware 1973--; chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee 1987-- _1942--
Bieber, Owen Frederick  US labor leader; pres. of United Automobile Workers 1983-- _1929--
Biehn, Michael  US movie actor; starred in movies "The Terminator" 1984, "Aliens" 1986, "The Seventh Sign" 1988, "The Abyss" 1989, "Navy SEALS" 1990 _1956--
Bielecki, Jan Krzysztof  Pol. economist & polit.; prime min. of Poland 1991 _1951--
Bierce, Ambrose Gwinnett  US aut. & satirist; wrote "The Fiend's Delight" 1872, "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" 1891, "The Devil's Dictionary" 1906 (orig. "The Cynic's Word-book"; disappeared in Mexico _1842-1914?
Bierstadt, Albert  US (Ger.-born) landscape painter _1830-1902
Bierut, Boleslaw  Pol. Communist polit.; pres. of Poland 1945-1952; premier of Poland 1952-1954 _1892-1956
Biesheuvel, Barend Willem  Dutch polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1971-1973 _1920--
Bigler, John  US polit.; gov. of California 1852-1856; brother of William Bigler _1805-1871
Bigler, William  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1852-1855; brother of John Bigler _1814-1880
Bignone, Reynaldo Benito  Argentine gen. & polit.; pres. of Argentina 1982-1983 _1928--
Biko, Steve  S. African civil rights activist; imprisoned & killed _1956-1977
Bilandic, Michael Anthony  US polit.; acting mayor of Chicago 1976-1977; mayor of Chicago 1977-1979 _1923--
Bildt, Carl  Swed. polit.; prime min. of Sweden 1991-1994 _1949--
Biletnikoff, Fred  US football player; Super Bowl MVP 1977 _1943--
Billings, John Shaw  US physician & statistician; collaborator with Herman Hollerith _1839-1913
Billington, James Hadley  US historian & librarian; librarian of Congress 1987-- _1929--
Binet, Alfred  Fr. psychologist & psychometrician; developed concept of intelligence quotient; devised IQ tests _1857-1911
Bingaman, Jesse Francis Jr. (Jeff)  US Dem. polit.; Senator from New Mexico 1983-- _1943--
Bingham, George Caleb  US painter _1811-1879
Bingham, Hiram  US archaeologist & polit.; discovered Machu Picchu 1911; gov. of Connecticut 1925 _1875-1956
Bingham, William  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1797 _1752-1804
Binnig, Gerd Karl  Ger. phys.; co-inventor of scanning tunnel microscope; NP Phys. 1986 _1947--
Bion  Gk. bucolic poet _1XXb
Biondi, Frank Jr.  US entertainment businessman; pres. & CEO of Viacom, Inc. 1987-- _1945--
Biondi, Matt  US swimmer _1965--
Birch, John  US air force intelligence officer; killed by Chinese Communists after end of World War II; eponym of John Birch Society _1918-1945
Bird, Larry Joe  US basketball player; forward for Boston Celtics 1980-1993 _1956--
Bird, Lester  Antiguan polit.; prime min. of Antigua & Barbuda 1994--; son of Vere Bird _1940--
Bird, Vere Cornwall (V. C. Bird)  Antiguan nationalist & polit.; 1st chief minister of Antigua 1960-1967; premier of Antigua 1967-1971, 1976-1981; 1st prime min. of Antigua & Barbuda 1981-1994; father of Antiguan independence _1909--
Birdseye, Clarence Frank  US food industrialist; inventor of frozen food process; founded General Foods Corp. _1886-1956
Birendra [Bir Bikram Shah Dev] (also Shah dev Birendra bir Bikram)  king of Nepal 1972--; son of Mahendra _1945--
Birger  Swed. king 1290-1318; deposed; son of Magnus I _1280?-1321
Birger Magnusson  Swed. admin.; regent of Sweden 1250-1266; father of Magnus I _12XX-1266
Birkavs, Valdis  Latvian polit.; prime min. of Latvia 1993-1994; Latvian foreign minister 1994-- _1942--
Birkbeck, George  Eng. physician _1776-1841
Birkenhead, Earl of (Frederick Edwin Smith)  Eng. jurist & polit. _1872-1930
Birla, Ghanshyam Das  Indian businessman & philanthropist; sponsor of Mohandas Gandhi _1890-1975
Biron, Ernst Johann (orig. Ernst Buhren; Count of Courland)  Ger. polit. in Russia; lover of Anna Ivanovna; established reign of terror as power behind throne _1690-1772
Bishop, Elizabeth  US poet; wrote poetry collections "North and South" 1946, "Cold Spring" 1955 _1911-1979
Bishop, Joey (orig. Joseph Abraham Gottlieb)  US actor & comedian _1918--
Bishop, John Michael  US virologist; NP Med. 1989 _1936--
Bishop, Maurice  Grenada Communist polit.; prime min. of Grenada 1979-1983; overthrown & killed _1945?-1983
Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold von, Prince (the Iron Chancellor)  Ger. Prussian polit.; prime min. of Prussia 1862-1873, 1873-1890; unified Ger. states into empire; chancellor of Germany 1871-1890; 1st chancellor of Ger. Empire _1815-1898
Bissell, William Harrison  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1857-1860 _1811-1860
Bissell, Wilson Shannon  US admin. & lawyer; Postmaster Gen. 1893-1895 _1847-1903
Biswas, Abdul Rahman  Bangladeshi polit.; pres. of Bangladesh 1991-- _19XX--
Bitar, Salah al-Din al-  Syrian dissident, editor, & polit.; co-founded Ba'ath Party 1943 _1912-1980
Bixby, Wilfred Bailey (Bill)  US television actor; starred in series "My Favorite Martian" 1963-1966, "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" 1969-1972, "The Incredible Hulk" 1978-1982 _1934-1993
Biya, Paul  Cameroon polit.; prime min. of Cameroon 1975-1982; pres. of Cameroon 1982-- _1933--
Bizet, Alexandre Cesar Leopold (Georges)  Fr. operatic composer; composed operas "Le Docteur Miracle", "The Pearl Fishers", "The Fair Maid of Perth", "Carmen" _1838-1875
Bizimungu, Pasteur  Rwandan Hutu polit.; pres. of Rwanda 1994--; installed by Rwandan Patriotic Front _19XX--
Bjerknes, Vilhelm  Norw. meteorologist; pioneer of mathematical weather forecasting _1862-1951
Bjornson, Bjornstjerne Martinius  Norw. dram., patriot, & poet; wrote trilogy "Sigurd Slembe" 1862, Norw. national anthem "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" (adopted 1864), epic poem "Arnljot Gelline" 1870; NP Lit. 1903 _1832-1910
Bjornsson, Svein  Icelandic polit.; regent of Iceland 1940-1944; 1st pres. of Iceland 1944-1952 _1881-1952
Black, Clint  US country singer & songwriter; recorded albums "Killin' Time" 1989, "Put Yourself in My Shoes" 1990, "The Hard Way" 1992, "No Time to Kill" 1993 _1962--
Black, Eugene Robert  US banker; chairman of Federal Reserve Board 1933-1934; pres. of World Bank 1949-1963 _1898-1992
Black, Frank Swett  US polit.; gov. of New York 1897-1899 _1853-1913
Black, Hugo LaFayette  US jurist & Dem. polit.; Senator from Alabama 1927-1937; Supr. Ct. justice 1937-1971; wrote decisions for Korematsu v. US 1944, Engle v. Vitale 1962, Gideon v. Wainwright 1963, US v. New York Times Co. 1971 _1886-1971
Black, James, Sir  Brit. biochem.; NP Med. 1988 _1924--
Black, Jeremiah Sullivan  US diplomat & lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1857-1860; Secy. of State 1860-1861 _1810-1883
Black, Joseph  Scot. (Fr.-born) chem.; discovered carbon dioxide 1755 _1728-1799
Black, Robert Brown, Sir  Brit. admin.; gov. of Hong Kong 1958-1964 _1906--
Blackbeard (orig. Edward Teach)  Eng. pirate _16XX-1718
Blackburne, Kenneth William, Sir  Brit. colonial admin.; gov. of Leeward Islands 1950-1956; gov-gen. of Jamaica 1957-1963 _1907-1980
Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart  Brit. phys.; NP Phys. 1948 _1897-1974
Black Hawk (also Makataimeshekiakiak)  Sac chief; defeated in & eponym of Black Hawk War 1832 _1767-1838
Blackmore, Richard Doddridge  Eng. nov.; wrote novel "Lorna Doone" 1869 _1825-1900
Blackmun, Harry Andrew (Old No. 3, Old Number Three)  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1970-1994; wrote decision for Roe v. Wade 1973 _1908--
Blackstone, Harry Jr.  US magician _1934--
Blackstone, William, Sir  Eng. jurist _1723-1780
Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa (nee Brown)  US abolitionist, Congregational-Unitarian preacher, & suffragist; 1st ordained female minister in US 1853; sister-in-law of Elizabeth Blackwell _1825-1921
Blackwell, Elizabeth  US (Eng.-born) physician; 1st female medical school graduate in US 1849 _1821-1910
Blackwell, Henry Brown  US editor & suffragist; brother of Elizabeth Blackwell; husband of Lucy Stone 1855 _1825-1909
Blackwood, William  Scot. publisher _1776-1834
Blades, William  Eng. bibliographer & printer _1824-1890
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon  Dutch cartographer _1571-1638
Blaiberg, Philip  S. African dentist; received 1st human heart transplant 1967 _1909-1969
Blaik, Earl Henry (Red)  US oil businessman & football coach; coach for Army 1927-1934 _1897-1989
Blaine, James Gillespie  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1869-1875; Secy. of State 1881; Rep. pres. cand. 1884; Secy. of State 1889-1892 _1830-1893
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton (Tony)  Brit. polit.; leader of Labor Party 1994-- _1953--
Blair, Bonnie  US speed skater _1964--
Blair, Francis Preston Jr. (Frank)  US polit.; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1868; cousin of B. Gratz Brown _1821-1875
Blair, James  American (Scot.-born) Anglican clergyman & educator; main founder & 1st pres. of College of William & Mary 1693-1743 _1655-1743
Blair, John  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1789-1796 _1732-1800
Blair, Montgomery  US polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1861-1864 _1813-1883
Blake, Edward  Can.-Irish lawyer & polit. _1833-1912
Blake, Eubie  US songwriter _1883-1983
Blake, Eugene Carson  US clergyman; advocate of ecumenism _1906-1985
Blake, Gordon Aylesworth  US air force gen.; director of National Security Agency 1962-1965 (NSA) _1910--
Blake, Henry Arthur, Sir  Brit. admin.; gov. of Hong Kong 1898-1904 _1840-1918
Blake, Lyman Reed  US inventor _1835-1883
Blake, Robert  Eng. adm. _1599-1657
Blake, William  Eng. engraver, illustrator, & poet; wrote collections "Songs of Innocence" 1789, "Songs of Experience" 1794, mystical book "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" 1791; drew "Illustrations to the Book of Job" 1826 _1757-1827
Blakeslee, Albert Francis  US botanist & geneticist _1874-1954
Blamey, Thomas Albert, Sir  Austr. marshal _1884-1951
Blanc, Anthony (also Antoine Blanc)  US (Fr.-born) archbishop; 1st archbishop of New Orleans 1851-1860 _1792-1860
Blanc, [Jean Joseph] Louis  Fr. (Sp.-born) historian & socialist polit.; wrote "Organisation du travail" 1840 (also "Organization of Labor") _1811-1882
Blanc, Melvin Jerome (Mel)  US actor & cartoon voice _1908-1989
Blanchard, Felix Anthony (Doc; Mr. Inside)  US football player; won Heisman Trophy 1945 as fullback for Army _1924--
Blanchard, Hiram  Can. polit.; 1st premier of Nova Scotia 1867 _1820-1874
Blanchard, Jean Pierre Francois  Fr. balloon aviator _1753-1809
Blanchet, Francis Norbert (also Francois Blanchet)  US (Can.-born) archbishop; 1st archbishop of Portland 1846-1881 (orig. Oregon City) _1795-1883
Blanco, Salvador Jorge  Dominican polit.; pres. of Dominican Rep. 1982-1986 _1926--
Blanda, George Frederick  US football player; played for Chicago Bears 1949-1958, Houston Oilers 1960-1966, Oakland Raiders 1967-1975 _1927--
Blanding, Sarah Gibson  US educator; pres. of Vassar College 1946-1964 _1899-1985
Blandy, William Henry Purnell  US naval officer _1890-1954
Blank, Theodor  W. Ger. admin.; 1st W. Ger. defense minister 1955-1956 _1905-1972
Blanqui, Louis Auguste  Fr. socialist revolutionary _1805-1881
Blasco Ibanez, Vicente  Sp. nov.; wrote novels "Blood and Sand" 1908 (also "Sangre y Arena"), "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" 1916 (also "Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis") _1867-1928
Blasdel, Henry Goode  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Nevada 1864-1871 _1825-1900
Blatchford, Samuel  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1882-1893 _1820-1893
Blaustein, Albert Paul  US lawyer & constitutional consultant; drafted Fijian & Liberian constitutions _1921-1994
Blavatsky, Elena Petrovna (also Helena Blavatsky; nee Hahn)  Rus. mystic & Aryan supremacist; founded Theosophist Society 1875 _1831-1891
Blehr, Otto Albert  Norw. polit.; prime min. of Norway 1902-1903, 1921-1923 _1847-1927
Bleriot, Louis  Fr. aviator; made 1st airplane crossing of Eng. Channel 1909 _1872-1936
Bleuler, Eugen  Swi. psychiatrist; coined word "schizophrenia" _1857-1939
Blicher, Steen Steensen  Danish aut. & lyric poet; wrote poetry collection "Traekfuglene" 1838 (also "The Migratory Birds") _1782-1848
Bligh, William  Eng. naval officer; captain of H. M. S. Bounty _1754-1817
Blignaut, Pieter Jeremias  S. African Boer polit.; acting pres. of Orange Free State 1888-1889, 1895-1896 _1841-1909
Bliss, Arthur  Brit. composer; composed "Madam Noy", "Colour Symphony" 1922, symphony "Morning Heroes", suite "Kenilworth" _1891-1975
Bliss, Cornelius Newton  US admin.; Secy. of Interior 1897-1899 _1833-1911
Bliss, Henry  US accident victim; 1st person killed by an automobile _1832?-1899
Bliss, Tasker Howard  US gen.; pres. of Army War College 1903-1905, 1909; army chief of staff 1917 _1853-1930
Blix, Hans Martin  Swed. admin.; Swed. foreign minister 1978-1979; director-general of International Atomic Energy Agency 1981-- _1928--
Bloch, Erich  US (Ger.-born) electrical engineer & admin.; director of National Science Foundation 1984-1990 (NSF) _1925--
Bloch, Ernest  US (Swi.-born) composer; composed "Trois Poemes Juifs", cello rhapsody "Schelomo", violin suite "Baal Shem", symphony "Israel" _1880-1959
Bloch, Felix  US (Swi.-born) phys.; co-discovered nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR; also MRI) with Edward Purcell; NP Phys. 1952 _1905-1983
Bloch, Jean de  Fr. financier & pacifist _1836-1902
Bloch, Konrad Emil  US (Ger.-born) biochem.; NP Med. 1964 _1912--
Bloch, Robert Albert  US horror & science fiction aut.; wrote stories "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper", "The Hellbound Train", novel "Psycho" _1917-1994
Block, Herbert Lawrence (pseud. Herblock)  US political cartoonist _1909--
Block, John Rusling  US admin.; Secy. of Agriculture 1981-1986 _1935--
Bloembergen, Nicolaas  US (Dutch-born) phys.; NP Phys. 1981 _1920--
Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich  Rus. poet; wrote poetry collection "Nocturnal Hours" 1911, poems "The Twelve" 1917, "The Scythians" 1917; son-in-law of Dmitri Mendeleev _1880-1921
Blomberg, Werner von  Ger. Nazi admin.; Ger. defense minister 1933-1938 _1878-1946
Blood, Thomas (Captain Blood, Colonel Blood)  Irish adventurer & thief; made only attempt to steal Brit. crown jewels 1671 _1618?-1680
Bloom, Allan David  US critic, educator, & scholar _1930-1992
Bloom, Harold  US aut., critic, educator, & scholar; wrote "Agon: Towards a Theory of Revisionism" 1981, "The Book of J" 1989, "The American Religion" 1990, "The Western Canon" 1994 _1930--
Bloomer, Amelia (nee Jenks)  US reformer & suffragist; source of word "bloomers" _1818-1894
Bloomfield, Leonard  US linguist & polyglot _1887-1949
Bloomfield, Maurice  US philologist _1855-1928
Blount, Winton Malcolm  US admin.; last Postmaster Gen. 1969-1970 of Cabinet level _1921--
Bloxham, William Dunnington  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1881-1885, 1897-1901 _1835-1911
Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von  Ger. marshal against Napoleon _1742-1819
Bluford, Guion Stewart Jr. (Guy)  US astronaut; 1st black in space 1983 _1942--
Blum, Leon  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1936-1937, 1938; provisional pres. of France 1946-1947; helped draft constitution of Fr. 4th Rep. _1872-1950
Blumberg, Baruch Samuel  US virologist; NP Med. 1976 _1925--
Blume, Judith (Judy; nee Sussman)  US juvenile nov.; wrote novels "Are You There, God It's Me, Margaret" 1970, "Blubber" 1974 _1938--
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich  Ger. naturalist & physiologist _1752-1840
Blumenthal, [Werner] Michael (W. Michael Blumenthal)  US (Ger.-born) businessman; Secy. of Treasury 1977-1979 _1926--
Blundell, Denis  New Zealand polit.; gov-gen. of New Zealand 1972-1977 _1907--
Bluntschli, Johann Kaspar  Swi. jurist _1808-1881
Boadicea (also Boudicca)  queen of the Iceni _0XX-062
Boas, Franz  US (Ger.-born) anthropologist & ethnologist _1858-1942
Bobadilla, Francisco de  Sp. viceroy in West Indies _14XX-1502
Boccaccio, Giovanni  It. aut.; wrote short story collection "Decameron" 1358 _1313-1375
Boccherini, Luigi  It. composer _1743-1805
Boccioni, Umberto  It. Futurist painter, sculptor, & art theorist _1882-1916
Bock, Jerrold Lewis (Jerry)  US songwriter & writer of musicals _1928--
Bode, Johann Elert  Ger. astronomer; eponym of Bode's Law _1747-1826
Bodenheim, Maxwell  US nov. & poet _1895-1954
Bodenstein, Ernst August Max  Ger. chem. _1871-1942
Bodin, Jean  Fr. political philos. _1530-1596
Bodley, Thomas, Sir  Eng. diplomat & scholar; founder & eponym of Bodleian Library 1602 _1545-1613
Bodoni, Giambattista  It. printer & type designer _1740-1813
Boehler, Peter  Moravian church leader _1712-1775
Boeing, William Edward  US aircraft industrialist; founder, eponym, & 1st pres. of Boeing Co. 1916-1922, 1925-1926; 1st CEO of Boeing Co. 1916-1922, 1925-1926 _1881-1956
Boelcke, Oswald  Ger. aviator & combat pilot; with Max Immelmann, father of Ger. air combat _1891-1916
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus  Rom. philos., polit., & scholar; wrote "The Consolation of Philosophy" 524; executed _480?-524
Boethus  Gk. sculptor _1XXb
Boganda, Barthelemy  Central African Rep. polit.; 1st prime min. of Central African Rep. 1958-1959 _1910-1959
Bogardus, James  US inventor _1808-1874
Bogart, Humphrey  US movie actor; husband of Lauren Bacall 1945 _1899-1957
Bogdanovich, Ippolit Federovich (also Fyodorovich)  Rus. poet _1743-1803
Boggs, [Thomas] Hale  US Dem. polit.; House majority whip 1962-1971; House majority leader 1971-1973; member of Warren Commission; disappeared & probably died in airplane crash _1914-1972?
Boggs, Wade Anthony  US baseball player; played for Boston Red Sox 1982-- _1958--
Bogoraz, Vladimir Germanovich  Rus. anthropologist _1865-1936
Bogrov, Dmitri  Rus. revolutionary; assassin of Piotr Stolypin; executed _1887-1911
Bohlen, Charles Eustis (Chip)  US diplomat; US ambassador to Soviet Union 1953-1957 _1904-1974
Bohm, David Joseph  US phys.; co-discoverer & co-eponym of Aharanov-Bohm effect; developer & eponym of Bohmian mechanics _1917-1992
Bohm, Karl  Aus. conductor _1894-1981
Bohme, Jakob (also Jakob Boehme)  Ger. mystic _1575-1624
Bohr, Aage Niels  Danish phys.; NP Phys. 1975; son of Niels Bohr _1922--
Bohr, Niels Henrik David  Danish phys.; proposed 1st quantized model of nuclear atom; NP Phys. 1922 _1885-1962
Boiardo, Matteo Maria (Conte di Scandiano)  It. poet; wrote epic poem "Orlando Innamorato" 1486 _1434-1494
Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas  Fr. critic & satiric poet _1636-1711
Boito, Arrigo  It. composer & poet _1842-1918
Bojaxhiu, Agnes Gonxha (Mother Teresa)  Indian (Albanian-born) humanitarian & missionary; founded Order of the Missionaries of Charity; NP Peace 1979 _1910--
Bojer, Johan  Norw. nov. _1872-1959
Bok, Derek Curtis  US educator & lawyer; pres. of Harvard Univ. 1971-1990; grandson of Edward Bok; son-in-law of Alva Myrdal & Gunnar Myrdal _1930--
Bok, Edward William  US (Dutch-born) aut. & editor; wrote autobiography "The Americanization of Edward Bok" 1920; grandfather of Derek Bok _1863-1930
Bok, Willem Edmund  S. African Boer polit.; 1st state secy. of Transvaal 1880-1888 _1846-1904
Bokassa, Jean Bedel  Central African Rep. dictator & polit.; pres. of Central African Rep. 1966-1979; declared himself emperor 1966; overthrown _1921--
Boker, George Henry  US diplomat, dram., & poet; wrote play "Francesca da Rimini" 1855 _1823-1890
Boland, Patrick Joseph  US polit.; House majority whip 1935-1942 _1880-1942
Bolden, Charles (Buddy)  US bandleader, cornetist, & jazz musician; formed 1st jazz band _1868-1931
Boleslav I (also Boleslaus I; Boleslav the Mighty; also Boleslav Chrobry)  Pol. king 992-1025; son of Mieszko I _9XX-1025
Boleslav II (also Boleslaus II; Boleslav the Bold; also Boleslav Smialy)  Pol. king 1058-1079; son of Casimir I _1039-1081?
Boleslav III (also Boleslaus III; Boleslav the Wry-mouthed; also Boleslav Krzyvousty)  Pol. king 1102-1139?; son of Ladislav I _1086-1139?
Boleslav IV (also Boleslaus IV)  Pol. king 1146-1173; son of Boleslav III _1127?-1173
Boleslav V (also Boleslaus V; Boleslav the Chaste)  Pol. king 1241-1279 _1221?-1279
Boleyn, Anne  Eng. 2nd wife of Henry VIII 1533; executed; cousin of Catherine Howard; mother of Elizabeth I _1507?-1536
Bolger, James Brendan (Jim)  New Zealand polit.; prime min. of New Zealand 1990-- _1935--
Bolingbroke, Viscount Henry St. John  Eng. polit. _1678-1751
Bolivar, Simon  Venezuelan polit. & liberator of S. America; 1st pres. of Bolivia 1825-1826; eponym of Bolivia _1783-1830
Bolkiah Mu'izzudin Waddaulah, Muda Hassanal  sultan of Brunei 1967--; world's richest person _1946--
Boll, Heinrich Theodor  Ger. aut.; wrote novels "The Train was on Time" 1949, "The Unguarded House" 1954, "The Bread of our Early Years" 1955, "The Lost Honor of Katherina Blum" 1975; NP Lit. 1972 _1917-1985
Bollee, Leon  Fr. inventor; invented 1st calculator capable of direct multiplication; established Le Mans racetrack _1870-1913
Bolton, Herbert Eugene  US historian _1870-1953
Bolton, Michael (orig. Michael Bolotin)  US singer & songwriter _1953--
Boltwood, Bertram Borden  US chem. & geologist; 1st demonstrated radioactive dating of rocks 1907 _1870-1927
Boltzmann, Ludwig  Aus. phys.; studied thermodynamics; established equipartition theorem; suicide _1844-1906
Bolyai, Janos  Hung. math.; developed non-Euclidean geometry independently of Nikolai Lobachevsky 1823 _1802-1860
Bolzano, Bernardus Placidus Johann Nepomuk  Czechoslovakian logician & math. _1781-1848
Bombeck, Erma Louise  US aut. & humorist _1927--
Bombelli, Rafael  It. math. _1526-1572
Bonaparte, Charles Joseph  US lawyer; Secy. of Navy 1905-1906; Atty. Gen. 1906-1909 _1851-1921
Bonaparte, Charles Marie  Corsican courtier & lawyer; father of Napoleon I _1746-1785
Bonaparte, Jerome  Corsican-born king of Westphalia 1807-1813; brother of Napoleon I; grandfather of Charles Joseph Bonaparte _1784-1860
Bonaparte, Joseph  Corsican-born king of Naples & Sicily 1806-1808; Sp. king 1808-1813; deposed; brother of Napoleon I _1768-1844
Bonaparte, Louis (Lodewijk I)  Corsican-born king of Netherlands 1806-1810; abdicated; brother of Napoleon I; father of Napoleon III _1778-1846
Bonaparte, Lucien  Corsican Fr. polit.; brother of Napoleon I _1775-1840
Bonaparte, Marie Letizia (nee Ramolino)  Corsican mother of Napoleon I; wife of Charles Marie Bonaparte _1749?-1836
Bonaventura (also Bonaventure; the Seraphic Doctor; orig. Giovanni di Fidanza)  It. saint & Scholastic theol.; canonized 1482 _1217?-1274
Bond, Christopher Samuel (Kit)  US Rep. polit.; gov. of Missouri 1981-1985; Senator from Missouri 1987-- _1939--
Bond, James  US ornithologist; eponym of fictional spy James Bond _1900-1989
Bond, George Phillips  US astronomer; discovered Hyperion & crepe ring of Saturn 1848 independently of William Lassell _1825-1862
Bond, Richard Norman (Rich)  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1992-1993 _1950--
Bond, Shadrack (also Shadrach Bond)  US Dem. polit.; 1st US gov. of Illinois 1818-1822 _1773-1832
Bond, Thomas  US physician; founder of 1st US hospital 1752 _1712-1784
Bond, William Cranch  US astronomer; father of George Bond _1789-1859
Bone, Muirhead, Sir  Scot. etcher & painter _1876-1953
Bonfils, Frederick Gilmer  US journalist _1860-1933
Bongo, Omar Albert Bernard  Gabonese polit.; prime min. of Gabon 1967-1976, 1976-1981; pres. of Gabon 1967-- _1935--
Bonheur, Rosa (orig. Marie-Rosalie)  Fr. painter _1822-1899
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich  Ger. Protestant theol. & anti-Nazi activist; executed by Nazi government after assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler _1906-1945
Boniface (orig. Winfred, Winfrid, Winfrith)  Eng. martyr & saint; Christian apostle in Germany; killed by mob _680?-754?
Boniface of Savoy  Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1241-1270; uncle of Eleanor of Provence _12XX-1270
Boniface I  It. saint & pope 418-422 _3XX-422
Boniface II  Ger. pope 530-532 _4XX-532
Boniface III  It. pope 607 _5XX-607
Boniface IV  It. saint & pope 608-615 _5XX-615
Boniface V  It. pope 619-625 _5XX-625
Boniface VI  It. pope 896 _8XX-896
Boniface VII (orig. Bonifacio Francone)  It. antipope 974-985 _9XX-985
Boniface VIII (orig. Benedetto Gaetani)  It. pope 1295-1303 _1235?-1303
Boniface IX (orig. Piero Tomacelli)  It. pope 1389-1404 _13XX-1404
Boniface III (Count of Montferrat)  It.-born Gk. king 1204-1207 _11XX-1207
Bonior, David Edward  US polit.; House majority whip 1991-- _1945--
Bon Jovi, Jon (orig. John Bongiovi)  US rock singer; lead singer of Bon Jovi _1962--
Bonnard, Pierre  Fr. Intimist painter _1867-1947
Bonner, Edmund  Eng. bishop _1495?-1569
Bonner, Robert  US publisher _1824-1899
Bonner, Robert Cleve  US admin. & judge; director of Drug Enforcement Agency 1990-1993 (DEA) _1942--
Bonnet, Georges Etienne  Fr. diplomat & polit. _1889-1973
Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de  US explorer & soldier _1795?-1878
Bonney, William (orig. Henry Bonney; Billy the Kid)  US outlaw _1859-1881
Bonnier de la Chapelle, Fernand Eugene  Fr. assassin of Jean Francois Darlan; executed _1922-1942
Bono, Sonny (orig. Salvatore Bono)  US polit. & singer; partner of Cher _1935--
Bonomi, Ivanhoe  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1921-1922, 1944-1945 _1873-1951
Bonsal, Stephen  US diplomat & journalist _1865-1951
Bontemps, Arna Wendell  US aut. of Harlem Renaissance _1902-1973
Booke, Sorrell  US television actor _1930-1994
Boole, George  Eng. logician & math.; founder of symbolic logic _1815-1864
Boone, Daniel  US pioneer _1734-1820
Boorda, Jeremy  US adm.; chief of naval operations 1994-- _1938--
Boorstin, Daniel Joseph  US historian; wrote histories "The Americans" 1965-1973, "A History of the United States" 1980, "The Discoverers" 1983; librarian of Congress 1975-1987 _1914--
Booth, Charles  Brit. sociologist _1840-1916
Booth, Edwin Thomas  US actor _1833-1893
Booth, John Wilkes  US actor & conspirator; assassin of Abraham Lincoln; killed _1838-1865
Booth, Junius Brutus  US (Brit.-born) actor _1796-1852
Booth, Newton  US polit.; gov. of California 1871-1875 _1825-1892
Booth, William  Eng. founder of Salvation Army _1829-1912
Boothroyd, Betty  Brit. polit.; speaker of Brit. House of Commons 1992-- _1929--
Boqdo Gegen Khan  last king of Urga 1874-1912; only king of Outer Mongolia 1912-1924 _1870-1924
Borah, William Edgar  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Idaho 1907-1940; opposed US entrance into League of Nations _1865-1940
Borchard, Edwin  US jurist _1884-1951
Borchgrevink, Carsten Egeberg  Norw. Antarctic explorer _1864-1934
Borda, Jean Charles  Fr. math. & phys.; studied fluid mechanics _1733-1799
Borden, Gail  US inventor of condensed milk 1856 _1801-1874
Borden, Lizzie Andrew  US alleged murderer of father & stepmother 1892; acquitted 1893 _1860-1927
Borden, Robert Laird, Sir  Can. polit.; prime min. of Canada 1911-1920 _1854-1937
Bordet, Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent  Belgian bacteriologist; NP Med. 1919 _1870-1961
Borel, [Felix Edouard] Emile  Fr. math. _1871-1956
Boreman, Arthur Inghram  US polit.; 1st US gov. of W. Virginia 1863-1869 _1823-1896
Boren, David Lyle  US Dem. polit.; gov. of Oklahoma 1975-1979; Senator from Oklahoma 1979--; chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Affairs 1987-1993 _1941--
Borg, Bjorn Rune  Swed. tennis player _1956--
Borg Olivier, George  Maltese nationalist & polit.; prime min. of Malta 1950-1955, 1962-1971 _1911-1980
Borge, Victor (orig. Borge Rosenbaum)  US (Danish-born) comedian & pianist _1909--
Borges, Jorge Luis  Argentine nov. & poet; wrote "El Alpeh" 1949, "La Muerta y la Brujula" 1951 (also "Death and the Compass"), "El Hacedor" 1960, "Labyrinths" 1962 _1899-1986
Borgia, Cesare  It. cardinal & soldier; son of Alexander VI _1475?-1507
Borgia, Lucrezia  It. duchess; daughter of Alexander VI _1480-1519
Borglum, [John] Gutzon [de la Mothe]  US sculptor; sculpted Mount Rushmore _1871-1941
Borglum, Solon Hannibal  US sculptor; brother of Gutzon Borglum _1868-1922
Borgmann, Dmitri Alfred  US (Ger.-born) wordplay & word puzzle expert; coined word "logology" _1927-1985
Borgnine, Ernest (orig. Ermes Effron Borgnine)  US actor _1917--
Borgognone (orig. Ambrogio di Stefano de Fossano)  It. artist _1445?-1523
Borie, Adolph Edward  US admin.; Secy. of Navy 1869 _1809-1880
Boris III  king of Bulgaria 1918-1943; dictator of Bulgaria 1935-1943; son of Ferdinand I _1894-1943
Boris Godunov  regent of Russia 1584-1598; Rus. tsar 1598-1605; brother-in-law of Fyodor _1552?-1605
Bork, Robert Heron  US judge; unsuccessful nominee to Supr. Ct. 1987 _1927--
Borlaug, Norman Ernest  US agronomist; NP Peace 1970 _1914--
Bormann, Martin  Ger. Nazi polit. _1900-1945?
Born, Max  Ger. phys.; 1st to interpret Schrodinger wavefunctions in terms of probability distributions; developer & eponym of Born approximation in scattering theory; NP Phys. 1954 _1882-1970
Borno, Louis Eustache Antoine Francois Joseph  Haitian polit.; pres. of Haiti 1922-1930 _1865-1942
Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich  Rus. chem. & composer; composed "Prince Igor", "In the Steppes of Central Asia"; member of The Five _1833-1887
Boross, Peter  Hung. polit.; prime min. of Hungary 1993-- _1928--
Borough, Stephen  Eng. explorer _1525-1584
Borowski, Felix  US composer & music critic _1872-1956
Borrow, George Henry  Eng. aut. _1803-1881
Bortnyanski, Dmitri Stepanovich  Rus. composer _1751?-1825
Borzage, Frank  US movie director; one of 1st two recipients of Academy Award for best director 1928 _1893-1962
Boscan Almogaver, Juan  Sp. poet _1495?-1542
Boscawen, Edward  Brit. adm. _1711-1761
Bosch, Hieronymus (orig. Jerome van Aken)  Dutch allegorical painter _1450?-1516?
Bosch, Karl (also Carl Bosch)  Ger. industrial chem.; NP Chem. 1931; brother-in-law of Fritz Haber _1874-1940
Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe (also Rudjer Josip Boskovic)  Croatian astronomer, math., & phys. in Italy; discovered method for computing orbit of planet from three observations of position _1711?-1787
Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir  Indian biophysicist & plant physiologist _1858-1937
Bose, Satyendra Nath  Indian math. & phys.; co-developer & co-eponym of Bose-Einstein statistics 1924-1925 _1894-1974
Bose, Subhas Chandra  Indian nationalist leader & polit. _1897-1945
Boselli, Paolo  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1916-1917 _1838-1932
Boshoff, Jacobus Nicolaas  S. African Boer polit.; 1st pres. of Orange Free State 1855-1859 _1808-1881
Boskin, Michael Jay  US economist; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1989-1993 _1945--
Bosley, Tom  US television actor; starred in series "Happy Days" 1974-1984, "Murder, She Wrote" 1984-1988, "Father Dowling Mysteries" 1989-1991 _1927--
Boss, Lewis  US astronomer _1846-1912
Bossi, Umberto  It. orator & polit.; founder & leader of Northern League 1982-- (also Lega Nord; Lombard League before 1991, also Lega Lombarda) _1941--
Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne  Fr. aut. & bishop _1627-1704
Bossy, Michael (Mike)  Can. hockey player _1957--
Bostrom, Erik Gustav  Swed. polit.; prime min. of Sweden 1891-1900, 1902-1905 _1842-1907
Boswell, James  Scot. aut. & biographer; wrote "Account of Corsica" 1768, "Life of Samuel Johnson" 1791; friend & biographer of Samuel Johnson _1740-1795
Botha, Louis  S. African gen. & polit.; only first minister of Transvaal 1907-1910; 1st prime min. of Union of S. Africa 1910-1919 _1862-1919
Botha, Pieter Willem  S. African white polit.; prime min. of S. Africa 1978-1984; pres. of S. Africa 1984-1989 _1916--
Botha, Roelof Frederik (Pik)  S. African white diplomat; S. African foreign minister 1977-1994 _1932--
Bothe, Walther Wilhelm Georg Franz  Ger. phys.; NP Phys. 1954 _1891-1957
Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of  Scot. Protestant leader; oversaw murder of Lord Darnley; 3rd husband of Mary Stuart 1567 _1536?-1578
Botta, Paul Emile  Fr. archaeologist & diplomat _1802-1870
Bottger, Johann Friedrich  Ger. alchemist & developer of porcelain _1682-1719
Botticelli, Sandro  It. painter _1445-1510
Botvinnik, Mikhail Moiseyevich  Rus. chess player; world chess champion 1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963 _1911--
Bouchard, Lucien  Can. Quebecois polit.; leader of Bloc Quebecois; supporter of secession of Quebec _1938--
Boucher, Anthony (pseud. of William Anthony Parker White)  US science fiction aut. & editor; co-founded Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 1954 _1911-1968
Boucher, Francois  Fr. painter _1703-1770
Boucher de Crevecoeur de Perthes, Jacques  Fr. archaeologist _1788-1868
Boucicault, Dion (orig. Darley George Boucicault)  US (Irish-born) actor & dram.; wrote plays "The Colleen Bawn" 1860, "The Octoroon" 1861 _1822-1890
Bouck, William  US polit.; gov. of New York 1843-1845 _1786-1859
Boudiaf, Mohammed  Algerian polit.; pres. of Algeria 1992; assassinated _1919-1992
Boudinot, Elias  US polit. in American Revolution; pres. of Continental Congress 1782-1783; 1st pres. of American Bible Society 1816-1821 _1740-1821
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de  Fr. explorer _1729-1811
Bouguereau, Adolphe William  Fr. painter _1825-1905
Bouille, Francois Claude Amour Marquis de  Fr. gen. _1739-1800
Bouilly, Jean Nicolas (poete lachrymal)  Fr. aut. & dram. _1763-1842
Boulanger, Georges Ernest Jean Marie  Fr. gen. & polit.; leader & eponym of pro-reform Boulangist movement; suicide _1837-1891
Boulanger, Nadia Juliette  Fr. conductor & musician; teacher of Aaron Copland & Virgil Thomson _1887-1979
Boulez, Pierre  Fr. composer & conductor; conducted New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1971-1977; composed cantatas "Le Soleil des Eaux", "Le Marteau sans Maitre" _1925--
Boulle, Andre Charles  Fr. cabinetmaker _1642-1732
Boulle, Pierre  Fr. nov.; wrote novels "The Bridge over the River Kwai" 1954, "Planet of the Apes" 1963 _1912-1994
Boult, Adrian, Sir  Eng. conductor; conducted London Philharmonic 1950-1957 _1889-1983
Boulton, Matthew  Eng. inventor & manufacturer _1728-1809
Boumedienne, Houari (orig. Muhammad Boukharouba)  Algerian army officer, nationalist, & polit.; pres. of Algeria 1965-1978 _1927-1978
Boun Oum  Laotian polit. & prince; prime min. of Laos 1949-1950, 1960-1962 _1911-1980
Bourassa, Robert  Can. Quebecois polit.; premier of Quebec 1970-1976, 1985-1994; opponent of secession of Quebec _1933--
Bourbaki, Charles Denis Sauter  Fr. gen. _1816-1897
Bourchier, Thomas  Eng. cardinal; archbishop of Canterbury 1454-1486 _1404?-1486
Bourgeois, Leon Victor Auguste  Fr. polit.; chief founder of League of Nations; NP Peace 1920 _1851-1925
Bourges-Maunoury, Maurice  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1957 _1914--
Bourguiba, Habib ibn Ali  Tunisian polit.; 1st pres. of Tunisia 1957-1987; deposed _1903--
Bourke, Richard Southwell (Earl of Mayo)  Brit. colonial admin.; viceroy of India 1869-1872 _1822-1872
Bourke-White, Margaret  US photojournalist & photographer; created cover photograph for 1st issue of "Life" magazine; photojournalist in World War II & Korea; last interviewer of Mohandas Gandhi; wife of Erskine Caldwell 1939 _1906-1971
Bourque, Ray  Can. hockey player _1960--
Bourmont, Louis Auguste Victor de (Count of Ghaisnes)  Fr. marshal _1773-1846
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros  Egyptian diplomat; secy-gen. of UN 1992-- _1922--
Boutwell, George Sewel  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1851-1853; 1st commissioner of IRS 1862-1863; Secy. of Treasury 1869-1873 _1818-1905
Bovet, Daniele  It. (Swi.-born) pharmacologist & physiologist; NP Med. 1957 _1907-1992
Bow, Clara (the It girl)  US movie actress _1905-1965
Bowditch, Nathaniel  US astronomer & compiler of navigational tables _1773-1838
Bowdler, Thomas  Eng. editor; produced expurgated edition of Shakespeare; source of word "bowdlerize" _1754-1825
Bowdoin, James  US polit.; 1st pres. of American Academy of Arts & Sciences 1780-1790 _1726-1790
Bowe, Riddick  US boxer; heavyweight boxing champion 1992-1993 _1967--
Bowell, Mackenzie, Sir  Can. polit.; prime min. of Canada 1894-1896 _1823-1917
Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole  Irish nov. & short story aut. _1899-1973
Bowen, Ira Sprague  US astrophysicist; director of Mount Wilson Observatory 1946-1964; director of Mount Palomar Observatory 1948-1964; student of Robert Millikan _1898-1973
Bowen, Otis Ray  US polit.; gov. of Indiana 1973-1981; Secy. of HHS 1985-1989 _1918--
Bowen, William Gordon  US economist & educator; provost of Princeton Univ. 1967-1972; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1972-1987 _1933--
Bowie, David (orig. David Robert Jones)  Eng. actor, rock musician, & singer _1947--
Bowie, James  US army officer in Texas; popularizer & eponym of Bowie knife; killed at battle of Alamo _1796-1836
Bowie, Rezin  US inventor; designed Bowie knife; brother of James Bowie _1793-1841
Bowker, Richard Rogers  US editor _1848-1933
Bowles, Chester Bliss  US diplomat & economist; US ambassador to India 1951-1953, 1963-1969 _1901-1986
Bowles, Erskine  US admin.; admin. of Small Business Administration 1993-1994 _1946--
Bowles, Samuel  US editor _1826-1878
Bowles, William Lisle  Eng. antiquary, clergyman, & poet; wrote poetry collections "Fourteen Sonnets" 1789, "The Missionary of the Andes" _1762-1850
Bowman, Isaiah  US educator & geographer _1878-1950
Bowne, Borden Parker  US philos. _1847-1910
Bowring, John, Sir  Eng. aut., polit., & polyglot _1792-1872
Bowron, Fletcher  US polit.; mayor of Los Angeles 1938-1953 _1887-1968
Boxer, Barbara (nee Levy)  US Dem. polit.; Senator from California 1993-- _1940--
Boy George (orig. George Alan O'Dowd)  Eng. rock singer _1961--
Boyce, William  Eng. composer _1710-1779
Boycott, Charles Cunningham  Eng. landlord; source of word "boycott" _1832-1897
Boyd, Alan Stephenson  US admin.; 1st Secy. of Transportation 1967-1969 _1922--
Boyd, Belle  US-Confederate spy in Civil War _1844-1900
Boyd, Federico  Panamanian nationalist leader _1851-1924
Boyd, Linn  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1851-1855 _1800-1859
Boyden, Seth  US inventor _1788-1870
Boyd Orr, John  Scot. agriculturist; NP Peace 1949 _1880-1971
Boyer, Jean Pierre  Haitian gen. & polit.; pres. of Haiti 1820-1843 _1776-1850
Boyer, Joseph  US (Can.-born) inventor & computer industrialist _1848-1930
Boyle, Kay  US nov., poet, & short story aut.; wrote novels "Plagued by the Nightingale" 1931, "Generation Without Farewell" 1960, short story collection "The Smoking Mountain" 1951 _1903-1992
Boyle, Robert  Eng. chem. & phys.; discoverer 1662 & eponym of Boyle's Law _1627-1691
Bozeman, John  US pioneer; opened Bozeman Trail 1862; killed _1835-1867
Bozzaris, Marco (the modern Leonidas)  Gk. patriot & soldier _1788?-1823
Bracken, Brendan, Viscount  Brit. admin.; first lord of the admiralty 1945 _1901-1958
Bracken, Thomas  New Zealand lyricist; wrote New Zealand national anthem "God Defend New Zealand" _1843-1898
Brackett, John Quincy Adams  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1890-1891 _1842-1918
Bradbury, Raymond Douglas (Ray)  US science fiction aut.; wrote short story collections "The Martian Chronicles" 1950, "The Illustrated Man" 1951, novels "Fahrenheit 451" 1953, "Dandelion Wine" 1957 _1920--
Braddock, Edward  Brit. gen. in America; led Brit. forces in French & Indian War _1695-1755
Brademas, John  US polit.; House majority whip 1977-1981 _1927--
Bradford, Robert Fiske  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1947-1949 _1902-1983
Bradford, William  American Pilgrim leader; 2nd gov. of Plymouth colony _1590-1657
Bradford, William  American printer _1663-1752
Bradford, William  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1794-1795 _1755-1795
Bradford, William  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1797 _1729-1808
Bradham, Caleb  US pharmacist & drink industrialist; invented drink Pepsi; founded Pepsi-Cola Co. 1902 _1866-1934
Bradley, Francis Herbert  Eng. idealist philos.; wrote "Appearance and Reality" 1893 _1846-1924
Bradley, Henry  Eng. lexicographer & philologist _1845-1923
Bradley, James  Eng. astronomer _1693-1762
Bradley, Joseph  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1870-1892 _1813-1892
Bradley, Milton  US game industrialist; founder & eponym of Milton Bradley Co. _1836-1911
Bradley, Omar Nelson  US gen.; commanded US ground forces in Normandy invasion in World War II; army chief of staff 1948-1949; 1st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1949-1953 _1893-1981
Bradley, Stephen Row  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1802, 1803, 1808 _1754-1830
Bradley, Thomas (Tom)  US polit.; mayor of Los Angeles 1973-1993 _1917--
Bradley, William Warren (Bill)  US basketball player & Dem. polit.; Senator from New Jersey 1979-- _1943--
Bradshaw, John  Eng. jurist & polit.; presided over trial of Charles I; pres. of Council of State 1649-1659; head of state of Britain 1649-1653 _1602-1659
Bradshaw, Terry Paxton  US football player; quarterback for Pittsburgh Steelers 1970-1984; Super Bowl MVP 1979, 1980 _1948--
Bradstreet, Anne (nee Dudley)  American poet; 1st Eng. poet in America; wrote poetry collection "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America" 1650 _1612?-1672
Bradstreet, John  Eng. military leader in America _1711-1774
Bradstreet, Simon  American colonial polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 16XX; husband of Anne Bradstreet _1603-1697
Bradwardine, Thomas (the Profound Doctor)  Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1349 _1290?-1349
Brady, Cyrus Townsend  US aut. _1861-1920
Brady, James Buchanan (Diamond Jim)  US financier & philanthropist _1856-1917
Brady, James Scott (Jim)  US admin.; White House press secretary 1981; shot by accident in assassination attempt 1981; eponym of Brady Bill _1940--
Brady, Matthew  US photographer of Civil War _1823?-1896
Brady, Nicholas Frederick  US admin.; Secy. of Treasury 1988-1993 _1930--
Brady, Sarah  US gun control activist; wife of James Scott Brady 1973 _1942--
Braga, Joaquim Teofilo  Port. polit.; acting 1st pres. of Portugal 1910-1911; pres. of Portugal 1915 _1843-1924
Bragg, Braxton  US-Confederate gen. _1817-1876
Bragg, Thomas  US-Confederate polit.; gov. of N. Carolina 1854-1858; Confederate atty. gen. 1861-1862 _1810-1872
Bragg, William Lawrence, Sir  Brit. (Austr.-born) phys.; used X-ray diffraction to study crystal structure; youngest recipient of Nobel Prize; NP Phys. 1915; son of William Henry Bragg _1890-1971
Bragg, William Henry, Sir  Brit. phys.; used X-ray diffraction to study crystal structure; NP Phys. 1915; father of William Lawrence Bragg _1862-1942
Brahe, Tycho  Danish astronomer _1546-1601
Brahmagupta  Indian astronomer & math.; discovered zero & negative numbers _598?-665?
Brahms, Johannes  Ger. composer & pianist; composed "Hungarian Dances" _1833-1897
Braid, James  Scot. hypnotist & surgeon; popularizer of hypnotism; coined word "neurohypnotism" _1795?-1861
Braille, Louis  Fr. teacher of the blind; inventor & eponym of Braille system of raised dots _1809-1852
Bramante, Donato (orig. Donato D'Agnolo)  It. architect _1444-1514
Branagh, Kenneth  Brit. (N. Irish-born) movie actor & director; husband of Emma Thompson 1989 _1960--
Branch, John  US polit.; gov. of N. Carolina 1817-1820; Secy. of Navy 1829-1831 _1782-1863
Brancusi, Constantin  Fr. (Romanian-born) sculptor _1876-1957
Brand, Johannes Henricus  S. African Boer polit.; pres. of Orange Free State 1864-1872, 1873-1888 _1823-1888
Brandegee, Frank Bosworth  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1912 _1864-1924
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1916-1939; 1st Jewish justice _1856-1941
Brandes, Georg Morris  Danish literary critic _1842-1927
Brando, Marlon  US movie actor _1924--
Brandt, Willy (orig. Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm)  W. Ger. polit.; mayor of W. Berlin 1957-1966; W. Ger. foreign minister 1966-1969; chancellor of W. Germany 1969-1974; NP Peace 1971 _1913-1992
Branly, Edouard  Fr. phys. _1844-1940
Brannan, Charles Franklin  US admin.; Secy. of Agriculture 1948-1953 _1903--
Branner, John Casper  US educator & geologist; acting pres. of Stanford Univ. 1898-1899; pres. of Stanford Univ. 1913-1915 _1850-1922
Branstad, Terry Edward  US polit.; gov. of Iowa 1983-- _1946--
Brant, Joseph (also Thayendanegea)  Mohawk chief _1742-1807
Brant, Sebastian (also Sebastian Brandt)  Ger. humanist & poet; wrote poem "Narrenschiff" 1494 (also "Ship of Fools") _1457-1521
Branting, Karl Hjalmar  Swed. polit.; prime min. of Sweden 1920, 1921-1923, 1924-1925; NP Peace 1921 _1860-1925
Braque, George  Fr. Fauvist & Cubist painter _1881-1963
Brasidas  Gk. gen. of Sparta _3XXb-422b
Bras Pereira [Gomes], Wenceslau  Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1914-1917, 1917-1918 _1868-1966
Bratianu, Dimitrie  Romanian polit; prime min. of Romania 1888-1892; brother of Ioan Bratianu _1818-1892
Bratianu, Ion  Romanian dictator & polit.; prime min. of Romania 1909-1911, 1913-1918, 1918-1919, 1922-1926, 1927; son of Ioan Bratianu _1864-1927
Bratianu, Ioan Constantin  Romanian polit; prime min. of Romania 1867-1868, 1876-1888 _1822-1891
Bratianu, Vintila  Romanian polit; prime min. of Romania 1927-1928 _1867-1930
Brattain, Walter Houser  US phys.; co-inventor of transistor; NP Phys. 1956 _1902-1987
Bratteli, Trygve Martin  Norw. polit.; prime min. of Norway 1971-1972, 1973-1976 _1910-1984
Brautchitsch, [Heinrich Alfred Hermann Walther] von (also Walter von Brauchitsch)  Ger. marshal; led Ger. army 1938-1941 _1881-1948
Braun, Eva  Ger. mistress of Adolf Hitler; wife of Adolf Hitler 1945; suicide _1912-1945
Braun, Karl Ferdinand  Ger. inventor & phys.; NP Phys. 1909 _1850-1918
Braun, Wernher von  US (Ger.-born) rocket engineer _1912-1977
Bravais, Auguste  Fr. crystallographer & naturalist; classifier & eponym of Bravais lattices _1811-1863
Brazauskas, Algirdas Mikolas Kazevich  Lithuanian Communist polit.; pres. of Lithuania 1993-- _1932--
Brazza, Pierre Paul Francois Camille Savorgnan de  Fr. (It.-born) explorer in Afica; established Fr. control of Congo; founder & eponym of Brazzaville 1883 _1852-1905
Breadner, Lloyd Samuel  Can. air force marshal _1894-1952
Breasted, James Henry  US archaeologist, Egyptologist, & orientalist _1865-1935
Breathed, Berkeley (Berke)  US cartoonist; created Bloom County, Outland _1957--
Breaux, John Berlinger  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Louisiana 1987-- _1944--
Brebeuf, Jean de  Fr. Jesuit missionary in Canada, martyr, & saint; killed by Iroquois; canonized 1930; patron saint of Canada _1593-1649
Brecht, Bertolt Eugen Friedrich (also Bertholt Brecht)  Ger. Communist & dram.; wrote plays "The Threepenny Opera" 1928, "Mother Courage and her Children" 1941, "The Good Woman of Setzuan" 1943, "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" 1949 _1898-1956
Breckinridge, John  US polit.; Atty. Gen. 1805-1806; grandfather of John Cabell Breckinridge _1760-1806
Breckinridge, John Cabell  US-Confederate gen. & polit.; vice-pres. of US 1857-1861; Southern Dem. pres. cand. 1860; last Confederate secy. of war 1865 _1821-1875
Bredow, Adalbert von  Ger. soldier _1814-1890
Breeden, Richard  US admin.; chairman of Securities & Exchange Commission 1989-1993 (SEC) _1949--
Breen, Joseph Ignatius  US movie censor; founded Legion of Decency 1934 _1890-1965
Bremer, Arthur Herman  US conspirator; attempted assassin of George Wallace 1972; plotted assassination of Richard Nixon _1950--
Brendan (also Brennain)  Irish saint & traveler _484?-577
Brennan, Francis  US cardinal _1894-1968
Brennan, J. Keirn  US songwriter; co-wrote song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 _1873-1948
Brennan, Peter Joseph  US admin.; Secy. of Labor 1973-1975 _1918--
Brennan, Thomas Francis  US Catholic bishop; 1st Catholic bishop of Dallas 1891-1893 _1853-1937?
Brennan, William Joseph Jr.  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1956-1990; wrote decisions for Baker v. Carr 1962, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan 1964 _1906--
Brent, Charles Henry  US Episcopal bishop _1862-1929
Brentano, Clemens [von]  Ger. nov. & poet; uncle of Lujo Brentano _1778-1842
Brentano, Heinrich von  W. Ger. diplomat; W. Ger. foreign minister 1955-1961 _1904-1964
Brentano, Ludwig Joseph (Lujo)  Ger. pacifist & political economist; wrote "Die Arbeitengilden der Gegenwart" 1871-1872, "Economic History of England" 1929 _1844-1931
Bresci, Gaetano  It. anarchist; assassin of Umberto I _1869-1901
Bresnahan, Roger Phillip  US baseball player _1879?-1944
Breton, Andre  Fr. critic & Surrealist poet; leader of Surrealist movement; wrote Surrealist manifesto "Le Poisson Soluble" 1924 (also "The Soluble Fish"), novel "Nadja" 1928 _1896-1966
Bretoneau, Pierre  Fr. physician; 1st to describe typhoid fever; coined word "diphtheria" _1778-1862
Brett, George Howard  US baseball player; third baseman for Kansas City Royals 1974-- _1953--
Breuer, Josef  Aus. psychiatrist; early colleague of Sigmund Freud _1824-1925
Breuer, Marcel  US architect _1902-1981
Brewer, David Josiah  US (Turkish-born) jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1889-1910; wrote decision for Muller v. Oregon 1908; nephew of Stephen Johnson Field _1837-1910
Brewster, Benjamin Harris  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1882-1885 _1816-1888
Brewster, David, Sir  Scot. editor, inventor, & phys. _1781-1868
Brewster, Kingman Jr.  US admin., educator, & lawyer; provost of Yale Univ. 1961-1963; pres. of Yale Univ. 1963-1977 _1919-1988
Brewster, William  Pilgrim leader _1567-1644
Breyer, Stephen Gerald  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1994-- _1938--
Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich  Rus. (Ukrainian-born) Soviet polit.; chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet 1960-1964, 1977-1982; secy-gen. of Soviet Communist Party 1964-1982 _1906-1982
Briand, Aristide  Fr. diplomat & polit.; prime min. of France 1909-1911, 1913, 1915-1917, 1921-1922, 1925-1926, 1929; Fr. foreign minister 1915-1917, 1921, 1921-1922, 1925-1926, 1926-1932; NP Peace 1926 _1862-1932
Brice, Calvin Stewart  US polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1889-1892 _1845-1898
Brice, Fanny (orig. Fannie Borach)  US comedienne & singer; sang song "My Man" 1921; created persona Baby Snooks 1937; subject of musical "Funny Girl" 1964 _1891-1951
Bricker, John William  US polit.; gov. of Ohio 1939-1945; Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1944 _1893-1986
Bridger, James (Jim)  US pioneer; 1st white person to see Great Salt Lake 1824 _1804-1881
Bridges, Beau (orig. Lloyd Vernet Bridges III)  US actor; son of Lloyd Bridges _1941--
Bridges, Henry Styles  US polit.; gov. of New Hampshire 1935-1937; Senate minority leader 1952-1953; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1953-1955 _1898-1961
Bridges, Jeff  US actor; son of Lloyd Bridges _1949--
Bridges, Lloyd Vernet Jr.  US actor _1913--
Bridges, Robert Seymour  Eng. poet; wrote poetry collections "The Growth of Love" 1876, "Collected Poems" 1912, "The Spirit of Man" 1916; Brit. poet laureate 1913-1930 _1844-1930
Bridget (also Birgitta, Brigid of Sweden)  Swed. mystic, nun, & saint; canonized 1391 _1303?-1373
Bridgman, Herbert Lawrence  US explorer & journalist _1844-1924
Bridgman, Percy Williams  US phys.; NP Phys. 1946 _1882-1961
Brieux, Eugene  Fr. dram.; wrote plays "The Evasion" 1896, "Maternity" 1903 _1858-1932
Briggs, Ansel  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Iowa 1846-1850 _1806-1881
Briggs, Charles Augustus  US theol. _1841-1913
Briggs, Clare  US cartoonist; created Mr. & Mrs. _1875-1930
Briggs, George Nixon  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1844-1851 _1796-1861
Briggs, Henry  Eng. math.; developed long division; popularized & studied base 10 logarithms _1561?-1630?
Bright, Jesse David  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1854, 1856, 1860 _1812-1875
Bright, John  Eng. orator & polit. _1811-1889
Bright, Richard  Eng. pathologist; eponym of Bright's disease _1789-1858
Brigid (also Bridget, Brigid, Brighid, Bride, Ffraid)  Irish saint; patron saint of scholars & dairy workers _453-523
Brill, Abraham Arden (A. A. Brill)  US psychoanalyst _1874-1948
Brill, Nathan Edwin  US physician _1860-1925
Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme  Fr. gourmet & lawyer _1755-1826
Brillouin, [Marcel] Louis  Fr. phys.; eponym of Brillouin zones _1854-1948
Brindley, Harry Samuel Bickerton  Eng. armaments businessman & manufacturer _1867-1920
Brinegar, Claude Stout  US oil businessman; Secy. of Transportation 1973-1975 _1926--
Brinell, Johann August  Swed. engineer; creator & eponym of Brinell hardness scale _1849-1925
Brinkley, Christie  US model; wife of Billy Joel 1985; divorced 1994 _1953--
Brinkley, David  US television newscaster; appeared in show "ABC This Week" 1981-- _1920--
Brinton, Daniel Garrison  US anthropologist _1837-1899
Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall, Sir  Scot. astronomer & colonial gov. in Australia; gov. of New S. Wales 1821-1825 _1773-1860
Briscoe, Dolph Jr.  US polit.; gov. of Texas 1973-1979 _1923--
Bristow, Benjamin Helm  US polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1874-1876 _1832-1890
Brittain, Marion Luther  US educator; pres. of Georgia Institute of Technology 1922-1944 _1866-1953
Brittan, Leon, Sir  Brit. polit.; Brit. home secy. 1983-1985; Brit. trade & industry secy. 1985-1986; EC commissioner for external foreign affairs 1993-- _1939--
Britten, [Edward] Benjamin, Baron  Eng. composer; composed operas "Peter Grimes", "Billy Budd", "Albert Herring", "The Turn of the Screw", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", variations "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" _1913-1976
Britton, Nathaniel Lord  US botanist _1859-1934
Brizeux, Julien Auguste Pelage  Fr. poet _1803-1858
Broadhead, James Overton  US lawyer & polit.; 1st pres. of American Bar Association 1878 _1819-1898
Broca, Pierre Paul  Fr. anthropologist & neurologist; eponym of Broca's area _1824-1880
Broccoli, Albert Romolo  US movie producer; co-produced James Bond movies _1909--
Brock, Isaac, Sir  Brit. soldier in Canada _1769-1812
Brock, Louis Clark (Lou)  US baseball player; outfielder for St. Louis Cardinals 1964-1979 _1939--
Brock, Thomas, Sir  Eng. sculptor _1847-1922
Brock, William Emerson III  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1977-1981; 1st US Trade Representative 1981-1985; Secy. of Labor 1985-1987 _1930--
Brockhouse, Bertram Neville  Can. phys.; studied inelastic neutron diffraction; NP Phys. 1994 _1918--
Brockway, Zebulon Reed  US penologist _1827-1920
Brod, Max  Israeli (Czechoslovakian-born) aut. & editor; friend & literary executor of Franz Kafka _1884-1968
Broderick, David Colbreth  US polit. _1819?-1859
Broderick, Matthew  US movie actor; starred in movies "WarGames" 1983, "Ladyhawke" 1984, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" 1986, "Biloxi Blues" 1988, "Glory" 1989 _1962--
Brodhead, John Romeyn  US diplomat, historian, & naval officer _1814-1873
Brodie, Benjamin Collins, Sir  Eng. surgeon _1783-1862
Brodie, John Riley  US football player & sportscaster; quarterback for San Francisco 49ers 1957-1973 _1935--
Brodie, William  Scot. clergyman & criminal; inspiration for character Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde _1741-1788
Brodsky, Joseph Alexandrovich (also Iosif Alexandrovich Brodsky)  US (Rus.-born) aut. & poet; wrote poetry collections "Verses on the Winter Campaign" 1980-1981, "Mramor" 1984; NP Lit. 1987; US poet laureate 1991-1992 _1940--
Brogan, Denis William  Brit. aut. & historian _1900-1974
Broglie, Louis Victor Pierre Raymond Prince de  Fr. phys.; proposed wave nature of electrons; NP Phys. 1929 _1892-1987
Brokaw, Thomas John (Tom)  US television newscaster; appeared in news shows "Today" 1976-1982, "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" 1982-- _1940--
Bromfield, Louis  US nov.; wrote novel "Early Autumn" 1926 _1896-1956
Bromley, [David] Allan  US (Can.-born) phys.; presidential science advisor 1989-1993 _1926--
Bronson, Charles (orig. Charles Buchinski)  US movie actor _1922--
Bronsted, Johannes Nicolaus  Danish chem.; co-developed Bronsted-Lowry theory of acids & bases _1879-1947
Bronte, Anne (pseud. Acton Bell)  Eng. nov.; wrote novels "Agnes Gray" 1845, "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" 1848; sister of Charlotte Bronte & Emily Bronte _1820-1849
Bronte, Charlotte (pseud. Currer Bell)  Eng. nov.; wrote novel "Jane Eyre" 1847, unfinished novel "Emma" 1855; sister of Anne Bronte & Emily Bronte _1816-1855
Bronte, Emily Jane (pseud. Ellis Bell)  Eng. nov.; wrote novel "Wuthering Heights" 1847; sister of Anne Bronte & Charlotte Bronte _1818-1848
Bronte, Patrick  Eng. (Irish-born) Anglican clergyman & eccentric; father of Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, & Emily Bronte _1777-1861
Brooke, Alan Francis, Sir (Viscount Alanbrooke)  Brit. marshal _1883-1963
Brooke, Basil Stanlake  Irish polit.; prime min. of N. Ireland 1943-1963 _1888-1973
Brooke, Edward William III  US polit.; 1st black Senator since Reconstruction 1967-1979 _1919--
Brooke, John Ruller  US admin. & gen.; 1st US gov. of Puerto Rico 1898 _1838-1926
Brooke, Robert  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1794-1796 _1751-1799
Brooke, Rupert Chawner  Eng. poet; wrote "1914 and Other Poems" 1915 _1887-1915
Brookings, Robert Somers  US businessman & philanthropist _1850-1932
Brooks, Charlie Jr.  US murderer; 1st criminal executed by lethal injection _1942?-1982
Brooks, Cleanth  US critic; leader of New Criticism school; co-founded journal "Southern Review" 1935 with Robert Penn Warren; wrote "Understanding Poetry" 1938, "Understanding Fiction" 1943 _1906-1994
Brooks, [Troyal] Garth  US country singer & songwriter _1956--
Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth  US poet _1917--
Brooks, John  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1816-1823 _1752-1825
Brooks, Mel (orig. Melvin Kaminsky)  US actor, comedian, & movie director; husband of Anne Bancroft 1964 _1926--
Brooks, Phillips  US Episcopal bishop _1835-1893
Brooks, Preston Smith  US polit.; assaulted Charles Sumner in Senate chamber over slavery speech 1856 _1819-1857
Brooks, Van Wyck  US critic & essayist; wrote "America's Coming-of-Age" 1915, "The Ordeal of Mark Twain" 1920, "Flowering of New England" 1936 _1886-1963
Broome, James  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1853-1857 _1808-1883
Broqueville, Charles, Baron de  Belgian polit.; prime min. of Belgium 1911-1918, 1932-1934 _1860-1940
Brosio, Manlio Giovanni  It. diplomat; secy-gen. of NATO 1964-1971 _1897-1980
Brosnan, Pierce  Irish actor _1953--
Brothers, Joyce Diane (nee Bauer)  US psychologist & television personality _1949--
Brougham, Henry Peter  Scot. jurist & polit.; source of word "brougham" _1778-1868
Broun, Heywood Campbell  US journalist; member of the Algonquin Wits _1888-1939
Brouthers, Dennis Joseph (Big Dan)  US baseball player _1858-1932
Brouwer, Adriaen (also Adriaen Brauwer)  Flemish painter _1606?-1638
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan  Dutch math. & philos.; founded Intuitionism; prover & eponym of Brouwer fixed-point theorem 1915 _1881-1966
Broward, Napoleon Bonaparte  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1905-1909 _1857-1910
Browder, Earl  US Communist polit. _1891-1973
Brown, Aaron Venable  US polit.; gov. of Tennessee 1845-1847; Postmaster Gen. 1857-1859 _1795-1859
Brown, Alexander  US financier _1764-1834
Brown, Arthur Whitten  Scot. aviator; navigated 1st nonstop trans-Atlantic airplane flight 1919, with John Alcock as pilot _1886-1948
Brown, Charles Brockden  US Gothic nov.; 1st professional US aut.; wrote novels "Wieland" 1798, "Ormund" 1799, "Jane Talbot" 1804 _1771-1810
Brown, Edmund Gerald (Pat)  US polit.; gov. of California 1959-1966; father of Jerry Brown _1905--
Brown, Edmund Gerald Jr. (Jerry)  US polit.; gov. of California 1975-1983; son of Pat Brown _1938--
Brown, Ford Madox  Eng. painter; co-founder of Pre-Raphaelite movement 1848 _1821-1893
Brown, Francis  US Congregational clergyman & educator; pres. of Dartmouth College 1815-1819 _1784-1820
Brown, George Alfred, Baron  Brit. diplomat; Brit. foreign secy. 1966-1968 _1914-1985
Brown, George Edward Jr.  US Dem. polit.; chairman of House Science, Space, & Technology Committee 1991-- _1920--
Brown, George Scratchley  US air force gen.; air force chief of staff 1973-1974; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1974-1978 _1918-1978
Brown, Grace  US lover of Chester Gillette; murdered by Chester Gillette when found to be pregnant _18XX-1906
Brown, [Benjamin] Gratz (B. Gratz Brown)  US polit.; gov. of Missouri 1871-1873; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1872; cousin of Francis Blair _1826-1885
Brown, Hank  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Colorado 1981-- _1940--
Brown, Harold  US admin., businessman, educator, & engineer; secy. of air force 1965-1969; pres. of California Institute of Technology 1969-1977; Secy. of Defense 1977-1981 _1927--
Brown, Helen Gurley  US editor; editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine 1965-- _1922--
Brown, Henry Billings  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1890-1906; wrote decision for Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 _1836-1913
Brown, Herbert Charles (orig. Herbert Charles Brovarnik)  US (Eng.-born) chem.; NP Chem. 1979 _1912--
Brown, James  US publisher; co-founder & co-eponym of Little, Brown, & Co. 1837 _1800-1855
Brown, James Joe Jr. (the Godfather of Soul)  US soul singer _1934--
Brown, James Nathaniel (Jim, Jimmy)  US actor & football player; fullback for Cleveland Browns 1957-1965; holds career NFL rushing record _1936--
Brown, Jesse  US admin.; Secy. of Veterans Affairs 1993-- _1944--
Brown, Jesse Leroy  US aviator & naval officer; 1st black US naval aviator; 1st US black killed in Korean War; 1st black eponym of US naval vessel 1973 _1926-1950
Brown, John (Old Brown of Osawatomie)  US radical abolitionist & rebel; executed _1800-1859
Brown, John  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1803, 1804; cousin of John Breckinridge _1757-1837
Brown, John Mason  US literary critic _1900-1969
Brown, Lancelot (Capability Brown)  Eng. landscape architect _1716-1783
Brown, Lee Patrick  US admin.; drug czar 1993-- _1937--
Brown, Louise  Eng. 1st test tube baby _1978--
Brown, Michael Stuart  US physiologist; studied cholesterol; NP Med. 1985 _1941--
Brown, Mordecai Peter (Three-Finger Brown)  US baseball player _1876-1948
Brown, Nacio Herb  US songwriter _1896-1964
Brown, Nicholas  US businessman; founder & eponym of Brown Univ. (orig. College of Rhode Island before 1804) _1729-1791
Brown, Paul  US football coach & owner; founder, eponym, & coach of Cleveland Browns 1950-1962; coach of Cincinnati Bengals 1968-1975 _1908-1991
Brown, Peter Hume  Scot. biographer & historian; wrote "History of Scotland" 1898-1909 _1849-1918
Brown, Robert  Brit. botanist; discoverer & eponym of Brownian motion _1773-1858
Brown, Ronald Harmon (Ron)  US lawyer & polit.; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1989-1993; Secy. of Commerce 1993-- _1941--
Brown, [Arthur] Roy (A. Roy Brown)  Can. aviator in World War I; shot down Red Baron _1893-1944
Brown, Samuel Robbins  US missionary to Orient _1810-1880
Brown, Thomas  Eng. poet & satirist; wrote poem "I do not love thee, Dr. Fell" _1663-1704
Brown, Thomas  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1849-1853 _1785-1867
Brown, Walter Folger  US admin. & polit.; Postmaster Gen. 1929-1933 _1869-1961
Brown, William Wells  US aut. _1815-1884
Browne, Charles Farrar (pseud. Artemus Ward)  US humorist _1834-1867
Browne, Dik  US cartoonist; created Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible _1917-1989
Browne, Hablot Knight (pseud. Phiz)  Eng. painter _1815-1882
Browne, Maximilian Ulysses von  Aus. marshal _1705-1757
Browne, Samuel James, Sir (Sam)  Brit. army officer; inventor & eponym of Sam Browne belt _1824-1901
Browne, William Montague  US-Confederate (Irish-born) admin.; acting Confederate secy. of state 1862 _1823-1883
Brownell, Herbert Jr.  US lawyer & polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1944-1946; Atty. Gen. 1953-1958 _1904--
Brownell, William Crary  US journalist & literary critic _1851-1928
Browner, Carol  US admin.; admin. of Environmental Protection Agency 1993-- (EPA) _1955--
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (nee Moulton)  Eng. poet; wrote poem "How do I love thee, let me count the ways", poetry collection "Sonnets from the Portuguese" 1850; wife of Robert Browning 1846 _1806-1861
Browning, John Moses  US gun inventor & manufacturer _1855-1926
Browning, Jonathan Edmund  US gun inventor & manufacturer _1859-1939
Browning, Orville Hickman  US lawyer; Secy. of Interior 1866-1869 _1806-1881
Browning, Oscar  Eng. educator & historian; wrote history "A History of the Modern World" 1912 _1837-1923
Browning, Robert  Eng. poet; wrote poems "My Last Duchess", "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister", poetry collections "The Ring and the Book" 1868-1869, "Dramatis Personae" 1864; husband of Elizabeth Browning 1846 _1812-1889
Brownlow, William Gannaway  US journalist & polit. _1805-1877
Brown-Sequard, Charles Edouard  Fr. physiologist _1817?-1894
Bruce, Blanche Kelso  US polit.; 2nd black Senator 1875-1881; last black Senator until Edward Brooke _1841-1898
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este  US diplomat; US ambassador to France 1949-1952; US ambassador to W. Germany 1957-1959; US ambassador to Britain 1961-1969; US ambassador to NATO 1974-1976 _1898-1977
Bruce, James (Earl of Elgin and Kincardine)  Brit. colonial admin.; viceroy of India 1862-1863; father of Victor Bruce _1811-1863
Bruce, Stanley Melbourne  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1923-1929 _1883-1967
Bruce, Victor Alexander (Earl of Elgin and Kincardine)  Brit. colonial admin.; viceroy of India 1894-1899; son of James Bruce _1849-1917
Bruch, Max  Ger. composer & conductor _1838-1920
Brucker, Wilbur Marion  US admin.; gov. of Michigan 1931-1932; secy. of army 1955-1961 _1894-1968
Bruckner, Anton  Aus. composer _1824-1896
Brudenell, James Thomas (Earl of Cardigan)  Eng. soldier; led charge at battle of Balaklava 1854; source of word "cardigan" _1797-1868
Brueghel, Pieter (the Elder; also Pieter Breughel, Bruegel)  Flemish painter _1525?-1569
Brueghel, Pieter (the Younger; also Pieter Breughel, Bruegel)  Flemish painter _1564-1638
Bruhl, Heinrich Count von  Ger. prime min. of Saxony 1746-1763 _1700-1763
Brumbaugh, Martin Grove  US polit.; gov. of Pennsylvania 1915-1919 _1862-1930
Brummell, Beorge Bryan (Beau)  Eng. dandy _1778-1840
Brundtland, Gro Harlem  Norw. environmentalist & polit.; prime min. of Norway 1981, 1986-1989, 1990-- _1939--
Brunelleschi, Filippo (also Filippo Brunellesco)  It. architect _1377-1446
Brunetiere, Vincent de Paul Marie Ferdinand  Fr. critic _1849-1906
Brunhart, Hans  Liechtenstein polit.; head of government of Liechtenstein 1978-1993 _1945--
Brunhoff, Jean de  Fr. juvenile aut. & illustrator; created Babar books _1899-1937
Bruning, Heinrich  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1930-1932; resigned _1885-1970
Brunner, Emil  Swi. theol. _1889-1966
Bruno, Giordano  It. heliocentrist, martyr, & philos. _1548-1600
Brusilov, Alexei Alexeyevich  Rus. gen. in World War I _1853-1926
Brutus, Marcus Junius  Rom. polit.; co-assassin of Julius Caesar; lost battle of Philippi 042b; suicide _085b-042b
Bryan, Charles Wayland  US polit.; gov. of Nebraska 1923-1925, 1931-1935; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1924; brother of William Jennings Bryan _1867-1945
Bryan, Richard  US Dem. polit.; gov. of Nevada 1983-1989; Senator from Nevada 1989-- _1937--
Bryan, William Jennings (the Great Commoner)  US lawyer, orator, & polit.; delivered Cross of Gold speech 1896; Dem. pres. cand. 1896, 1800, 1808; Secy. of State 1913-1915; prosecutor in Scopes trial _1860-1925
Bryant, Cecil Farris  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1961-1965 _1914--
Bryant, Paul William (Bear)  US football coach; coach for Univ. of Kentucky 1946-1953; coach for Texas A&M 1954-1957; coach for Univ. of Alabama 1958-1982; best winning record in college football _1913-1983
Bryant, William Cullen  US journalist & poet; wrote poems "Thanatopsis" 1817, "To a Waterfowl" 1817 _1794-1878
Bryce, James  Brit. diplomat & historian _1838-1922
Bryce, James Wares  US computer engineer; pioneer of magnetic data recording _1880-1949
Brynner, Yul (orig. Taidje Khan Jr.)  US (Japanese-born) actor _1917?-1985
Bryukhanov, Nikolai Pavlovich  Rus. Soviet admin.; Soviet finance minister 1926-1930 _1878-1943
Brzezinski, Zbigniew Kazimierz  US (Pol.-born) political sci.; conceived Trilateral Commission 1973; national security advisor 1977-1981 _1928--
Buber, Martin  Israeli (Aus.-born) aut. & Jewish philos.; founded journal "Der Jude" 1916; wrote "I and Thou" 1923 (also "Ich und Du") _1878-1965
Buchan, John, Sir (Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield)  Scot. aut. & polit.; gov-gen. of Canada 1935-1940 _1875-1940
Buchan, Peter  Scot. authority on ballads _1790-1854
Buchan, William  Scot. aut., physician, & popularizer of medicine _1729-1805
Buchanan, Franklin  US-Confederate educator & naval officer; 1st superintendent of US Naval Academy 1845-1847; commanded ship Virginia (orig. Merrimack) against ship Monitor 1862; defeated at battle of Mobile Bay 1864 _1800-1874
Buchanan, James  US diplomat & polit.; Secy. of State 1845-1849; 15th pres. of US 1857-1861; only bachelor US pres. _1791-1868
Buchanan, James McGill Jr.  US economist & political sci.; NP Econ. 1986 _1919--
Buchanan, Patrick Joseph (Pat)  US conservative columnist; cand. for Rep. pres. nomination 1992 _1938--
Buchanan, Thomas  US admin. in Liberia; 1st gov. of Commonwealth of Liberia 1839-1841; cousin of James Buchanan _1808-1841
Buchner, Eduard  Ger. chem.; NP Chem. 1907 _1860-1917
Buchner, Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig  Ger. science aut. _1824-1899
Buchwald, Arthur (Art)  US aut., columnist, dram., & journalist; wrote "The Establishment is Alive and Well in Washington" 1969, "Down the Seine and Up the Potomac" 1977, "While Reagan Slept" 1983 _1925--
Buck, Pearl Comfort (nee Sydenstricker)  US nov. in China; wrote novels "The Good Earth" 1931, "A House Divided" 1935, "Dragon Seed" 1942; NP Lit. 1938 _1892-1973
Buck, Peter, Sir (orig. Te Rangi Hiroa)  New Zealand anthropologist & health admin. _1880-1951
Buckley, William Frank Jr. (Bill)  US conservative aut., columnist, & editor; founded magazine National Review 1955 _1925--
Buckner, Simon Bolivar  US-Confederate polit. & soldier; gov. of Kentucky 1887-1891 _1823-1914
Buckner, Simon Bolivar Jr.  US gen. _1886-1945
Budd, James Herbert  US polit.; gov. of California 1895-1899 _1851-1908
Buddha (orig. Siddharta Gautama; also Gautama Buddha, Sakyamuni, Sakyasinha)  Indian philos. & religious leader; founder of Buddhism _563b?-483b?
Buddy, Charles Francis  US Catholic bishop & educator; 1st Catholic bishop of San Diego 1936-1966; founder & 1st pres. of Univ. of San Diego 1950-1966 _1887-1966
Budenny, Semyon Mikhailovich  Rus. marshal _1883-1973
Buell, Marjorie Henderson  US cartoonist; created Little Lulu _1904-1993
Bueno, Maria Ester Audion  Brazilian tennis player _1939--
Buffett, Warren Edward  US financier & investment businessman; owner of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1965-- _1930--
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de  Fr. math. & naturalist; poser & eponym of Buffon needle problem _1707-1788
Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Thomas Robert  Fr. marshal _1784-1849
Buhari, Muhammadu  Nigerian gen. & polit.; overthrew Shehu Shagari 1983; pres. of Nigeria 1983-1985; overthrown _1942--
Buick, David Dunbar  US (Scot.-born) automobile industrialist; founder & eponym of Buick Co. 1902 _1854-1929
Buisson, Ferdinand Edouard  Fr. educator & pacifist; NP Peace 1927 _1841-1932
Bujold, Genevieve  Can. movie actress _1942--
Bukharin, Nikolai Ivanovich  Rus. Communist editor & polit.; executed _1888-1938
Bukowski, Charles  US (Ger.-born) aut. & poet; wrote novels "Post Office" 1971, "Factotum" 1976, "Hollywood" 1989 _1920-1994
Bulatovic, Momir  Montenegran Yugoslavian polit.; pres. of Montenegro 1990-- _1928--
Bulfinch, Charles  US architect; designed Boston State House 1799; mayor of Boston 1799-1818; designed Massachusetts General Hospital 1820; completed US Capitol 1830 _1763-1844
Bulfinch, Thomas  US aut. & expert on mythology _1796-1867
Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasiyevich  Rus. dram., nov., & satirist; wrote plays "The White Guard" 1926, "The Heart of a Dog", "Master and Margarita", unfinished novel "Black Snow" 1965 _1891-1940
Bulganin, Nikolai Alexandrovich  Rus. Soviet marshal & Communist polit.; mayor of Moscow 1931-1937; Soviet defense minister 1947-1949, 1953-1955; premier of Soviet Union 1955-1958 _1895-1975
Bullis, Harry Amos  US grain businessman; pres. of General Mills, Inc. 1943-1948; chairman of General Mills, Inc. 1948-1959 _1890-1963
Bullitt, William Christian  US diplomat; 1st US ambassador to Soviet Union 1933-1936 _1891-1967
Bullock, Alexander Hamilton  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1866-1869 _1816-1882
Bulnes, Manuel  Chilean gen. & polit.; pres. of Chile 1841-1851 _1799-1866
Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin Karl, Prince von  Ger. polit.; chancellor of Germany 1900-1909 _1849-1929
Bulow, Hans Guido von  Ger. conductor & pianist; son-in-law of Franz Liszt _1830-1894
Bulow, Karl von  Ger. marshal _1864-1921
Bulugan  regent of Mongol Empire 1307; wife of Temur Khan _12XX-1307
Bulwer, [William] Henry Lytton Earle  Eng. diplomat; brother of Edward Bulwer-Lytton; uncle of Robert Bulwer-Lytton _1801-1872
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Lytton, Baron  Eng. dram., nov., & polit.; wrote novels "Eugene Aram" 1832, "The Last Days of Pompeii" 1834, "Harold" 1843 _1803-1873
Bulwer-Lytton, [Edward] Robert (pseud. Owen Meredith)  Brit. poet & polit.; viceroy of India 1876-1880 _1831-1891
Bulwer-Lytton, Victor Alexander George Robert (Earl of Lytton)  Brit. colonial admin.; acting viceroy of India 1925-1926; son of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton _1876-1947
Bumatsende, Gocigiyen  Mongolian Communist polit.; pres. of Mongolia 1940-1953 _1881-1953
Bumpers, Dale  US Dem. polit.; gov. of Arkansas 1971-1975; Senator from Arkansas 1975-- _1925--
Bunche, Ralph Johnson  US diplomat; supervised Israeli-Palestinian negotiations after assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte; NP Peace 1950 _1904-1971
Bundy, McGeorge (Mac)  US admin.; national security advisor 1961-1966; pres. of Ford Foundation 1966-1977; brother of William Bundy _1919--
Bundy, Theodore Robert (Ted)  US mass murderer; murdered thirty-six women; executed _1946-1989
Bundy, William Putnam  US polit.; main drafter of Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1964; editor of magazine "Foreign Affairs" 1972-1984; brother of McGeorge Bundy _1917--
Bunge, Nikolaus von (also Nikolai Christianovich von Bunge)  Rus. (Ukrainian-born) polit.; prime min. of Russia 1887-1895 _1823-1895
Buniakovski, Victor Yakovlevich (also Victor Bunyakovsky)  Rus. math.; discovered Cauchy-Schwarz inequality independently of Hermann Schwarz _1804-1899
Bunin, Ivan Alexeyevich  Rus. nov., poet, & translator in France; wrote novels "The Village" 1910, "The Gentleman from San Francisco" 1914, autobiographical novel "The Well of Days" 1933; NP Lit. 1933 _1870-1953
Bunker, Chang (orig. Chang)  Siamese twin of Eng Bunker; 1st known linked twins to survive _1811-1874
Bunker, Ellsworth  US diplomat; US ambassador to Organization of American States 1964-1966 (OAS); US ambassador to S. Vietnam 1967-1973 _1894-1984
Bunker, Eng (orig. Eng)  Siamese twin of Chang Bunker; 1st known linked twins to survive _1811-1874
Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von  Ger. chem. & inventor; popularizer & eponym of Bunsen burner _1811-1899
Bunshaft, Gordon  US architect _1909-1990
Bunuel, Luis  Mex. (Sp.-born) Surrealist movie director _1900-1983
Bunyan, John  Eng. aut. & preacher ; wrote epic poem "The Pilgrim's Progress" 1678 _1628-1688
Burali-Forti, Cesare  It. math.; eponym of Burali-Forti paradox _1861-1931
Burbage, Richard (Roscius)  Eng. tragic actor _1567?-1619
Burbank, Luther  US horticulturist _1849-1926
Burch, Dean  US lawyer & communications admin.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1964-1965; chairman of Federal Communications Commission 1969-1974 (FCC); director-general of Intelsat 1987-1991 _1927-1991
Burdick, Quentin Northop  US Dem. polit.; Senator from N. Dakota 1960-1992 _1908-1992
Buresch, Karl  Aus. polit.; chancellor of Austria 1931-1932 _1878-1936
Burford, Anne Gorsuch (nee McGill)  US admin. & lawyer; admin. of Environmental Protection Agency 1981-1983 (EPA) _1942--
Burger, Gottfried August  Ger. Romantic poet; wrote ballad "Lenore" 1773 _1747-1794
Burger, Schalk Willem  S. African Boer polit.; acting last pres. of Transvaal 1900-1902 _1852-1918
Burger, Warren Earl  US jurist; Supr. Ct. chief justice 1969-1986; wrote decisions for Lemon v. Kurtzman 1971, Miller v. California 1973, US v. Nixon 1974 _1907--
Burgers, Thomas Francois  S. African Boer polit.; pres. of Transvaal 1872-1875, 1876-1877 _1834-1881
Burgess, Anthony (pseud. of John Anthony Burgess Wilson)  Brit. composer & nov.; wrote novels "A Clockwork Orange" 1962, "Inside Mr. Enderby" 1963, "Earthly Powers" 1980, autobiography "Little Wilson and Big God" 1987 _1917-1993
Burgess, [Frank] Gelett  US humorist & illustrator; wrote poem "I never saw a purple cow" _1866-1951
Burgess, [Warren] Randolph (W. Randolph Burgess)  US diplomat; US ambassador to NATO 1957-1961 _1889-1978
Burgoyne, John  Eng. dram. & gen.; wrote plays "The Maid of the Oaks" 1775, "The Heiress" 1786; defeated at battle of Saratoga 1777 in American Revolution; subject of George Bernard Shaw's play "The Devil's Disciple" 1897 _1722-1792
Buridan, Jean (orig. Iohannis Buridanni)  Fr. logician, phys., & Scholastic philos.; eponym of Buridan's ass; student of William Occam _1297?-1358?
Burk, Martha Jane Canary (Calamity Jane)  US frontierswoman _1852?-1903
Burke, Arleigh Albert  US adm.; chief of naval operations 1955-1961 _1901--
Burke, Charles Henry  US polit.; House minority whip 1913-1915 _1861-1944
Burke, Edmund  Brit. orator, philos., & polit. _1729-1797
Burke, Kenneth  US critic; leader of New Criticism school _1897-1993
Burke, William  Irish criminal; source of word "burke" _1792-1829
Burleson, Albert Sidney  US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1913-1921 _1863-1937
Burlingame, Anson  US diplomat & polit. _1820-1870
Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, Sir  Eng. Pre-Raphaelite designer & painter _1833-1898
Burnet, David Gouverneur  US polit.; acting 1st pres. of Texas Rep. 1836 _1788-1870
Burnet, [Frank] MacFarlane, Sir  Austr. physician; NP Med. 1960 _1899-1985
Burnett, Carol  US actress & comedienne; hosted & eponym of show "The Carol Burnett Show" 1967-1978 _1936--
Burnett, Frances Eliza (nee Hodgson)  US (Eng.-born) nov.; wrote "Little Lord Fauntleroy" 1886, "The Secret Garden" 1909 _1849-1924
Burnett, Peter Hardeman  US polit.; 1st gov. of California 1849-1851 _1807-1895
Burney, Frances (Fanny; Madame D'Arblay)  Eng. diarist & nov.; wrote novel "Evelina" 1778 _1752-1840
Burnham, Daniel Hudson  US architect & city planner _1846-1912
Burnham, Linden Forbes Sampson  Guyanese polit.; premier of Guyana 1964-1966; prime min. of Guyana 1966-1980; pres. of Guyana 1980-1985 _1923-1985
Burnham, Sherburne Wesley  US astronomer _1838-1921
Burnley, James Horace IV  US admin.; Secy. of Transportation 1987-1989 _1948--
Burnouf, Eugene  Fr. orientalist _1801-1852
Burns, Arthur Frank (orig. Arthur Burnzeig)  US (Aus.-Ukrainian-born) banker & diplomat; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1953-1956; chairman of Federal Reserve Board 1970-1978 _1904-1987
Burns, Conrad Ray  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Montana 1989-- _1935--
Burns, George (orig. Nathan Birnbaum)  US actor & comedian _1896--
Burns, John Anthony  US polit.; gov. of Hawaii 1962-1974 _1909-1975
Burns, John Elliot  Eng. labor leader & socialist polit.; co-led London dock strike 1889 with Tom Mann _1858-1943
Burns, Kenneth Lauren (Ken)  US documentary filmmaker; created 11-hour documentary "The Civil War" 1990, 18-hour documentary "Baseball" 1994 _1953--
Burns, Robert (the Bard of Ayrshire)  Scot. national poet; wrote poems "The Address to a Mouse" 1785, "Auld Lang Syne" 1789?, "Tam o' Shanter" 1790 _1759-1796
Burns, Tommy (orig. Noah Brusso)  US (Can.-born) heavyweight boxer _1881-1955
Burns, William Haydon  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1965-1967 _1912--
Burns, William John  US detective; director of Bureau of Investigation 1921-1924 (FBI after 1924) _1861-1932
Burnside, Ambrose Everett  US gen. in Civil War; gov. of Rhode Island 1866-1869; source of word "sideburns" _1824-1881
Burr, Aaron  US Presbyterian clergyman & educator; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1748-1757; father of Aaron Burr _1716-1757
Burr, Aaron  US conspirator & polit.; vice-pres. of US 1801-1805; killed Alexander Hamilton in dueL _1756-1836
Burr, Raymond (orig. William Stacey Burr)  US (Can.-born) actor; portrayed Perry Mason; starred in series "Perry Mason" 1957-1966 _1917-1993
Burrill, Thomas Jonathan  US botanist _1839-1916
Buritt, Elihu  US linguist & reformer _1810-1879
Burroughs, Edgar Rice  US aut.; pioneer of pulp science fiction; wrote Tarzan series (including novel "Tarzan of the Apes" 1914), Barsoom series (including novel "A Princess of Mars" 1917) _1875-1950
Burroughs, John  US essayist & naturalist _1837-1921
Burroughs, William Seward  US aut.; wrote novels "Junkie" 1953, "The Naked Lunch" 1959, "Interzone" 1989, co-wrote "The Exterminator" 1960 _1914--
Burroughs, William Seward  US businessman & inventor; invented adding machine & cash register; founder & eponym of Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 1885 _1855-1898
Burrows, William Ward  US Marine Corps officer; 1st commandant of Marine Corps 1798-1804 _1758-1805
Burstyn, Ellen (orig. Edna Gilhooley)  US actress _1932--
Burton, Ernest DeWitt  US educator & theol.; pres. of Univ. of Chicago 1923-1925 _1856-1925
Burton, Harold Hitz  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1945-1958 _1888-1964
Burton, LeVar  US (W. Ger.-born) television actor _1957--
Burton, Richard (orig. Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.)  US (Welsh-born) actor; 5th husband of Elizabeth Taylor 1964; divorced 1974; 6th husband of Elizabeth Taylor 1975; divorced 1976 _1925-1984
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir  Brit. explorer & orientalist; discovered Lake Tanganyika 1858 _1821-1890
Burton, Robert (pseud. Democritus Junior)  Eng. aut., clergyman, & scholar; wrote "Anatomy of Melancholy" 1621 _1577-1640
Burton, Tim  US movie director _1958--
Buscaglia, [Felice] Leonardo (Leo)  US aut. & lecturer; wrote "Personhood; the Art of Being Fully Human" 1978, "Living, Loving and Learning" 1982 _1925?--
Busch, Adolphus  US (Ger.-born) brewer & businessman _1839-1913
Busenello, Giovanni Francesco (also Gian Businello, Gianfranco Busenello)  It. librettist; wrote opera "The Coronation of Poppaea" (also "L'Incoronazione di Poppea") _1598-1659
Bush, Barbara (nee Pierce)  US wife of George Bush 1945 _1925--
Bush, George Herbert Walker  US Rep. polit.; US ambassador to UN 1971-1972; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1973-1974; director of CIA 1976-1977; vice-pres. of US 1981-1989; 41st pres. of US 1989-1993; Rep. pres. cand. 1992 _1924--
Bush, Vannevar  US electrical engineer; pioneer designer of analog computers _1890-1974
Bushmiller, Ernest Paul (Ernie)  US cartoonist; created Nancy _1905-1982
Bushnell, Nolan  US computer game designer & industrialist; created game Pong 1972; founded Atari _1943--
Busoni, Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto  It. composer & pianist; composed "Fantasia Contrappuntistica", wrote & composed operas "Doktor Faust", "Arlecchino", "Turandot" 1917 _1866-1924
Bustamante, Anastasio  Mex. gen. & polit.; pres. of Mexico 1829-1832, 1837-1841 _1780-1853
Bustamante [y Sirven], Antonio Sanchez de  Cuban jurist _1865-1951
Bustamente, Jose Luis  Peruvian lawyer & polit.; pres. of Peru 1945-1948 _1894-1989
Bustamante, William Alexander, Sir  Jamaican polit. & reformer; founded Jamaica Labor Party 1943; prime min. of Jamaica 1953-1955, 1962-1967; 1st prime min. of independent Jamaica 1962; resigned _1884-1977
Bute, Earl of (John Stuart)  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1762-1763 _1713-1792
Butenandt, Adolph Friedrich Johann (also Adolf Friedrick Johann Butenandt)  Ger. biochem.; NP Chem. 1939 _1903--
Buthelezi, Mangosuthu Gatsha  S. African black Zulu polit.; leader of Inkatha Freedom Party 1975--; chief minister of KwaZulu 1976-1994; S. African home affairs minister 1994--; grandson of Dinuzulu _1928--
Butkus, Richard (Dick)  US actor & football player; linebacker for Chicago Bears 1965-1973 _1942--
Butler, Benjamin Franklin  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1833-1838 _1795-1858
Butler, Benjamin Franklin  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1883-1884 _1818-1893
Butler, Charles  Eng. aut. & philologist _1565-1647
Butler, David  US polit.; 1st US gov. of Nebraska 1867-1871 _1829-1891
Butler, Joseph  Eng. theol. _1692-1752
Butler, Milo  Bahamian admin.; 1st gov-gen. of Bahamas 1973-1979 _1906-1979
Butler, Nicholas Murray  US educator & polit.; pres. of Columbia Univ. 1902-1945; Rep. vice-pres. cand. 1912 after death of John Sherman; pres. of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1925-1945; NP Peace 1931 _1862-1947
Butler, Paul  US lawyer; chairman of Dem. National Committee 1955-1960 _1905-1961
Butler, Pierce  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1922-1939 _1866-1939
Butler, Richard Austen  Brit. (Indian-born) polit.; wrote Education Act of 1944; Brit. foreign secy. 1963-1964 _1902-1982
Butler, Samuel  Eng. satiric poet; wrote mock-heroic poem "Hudibras" 1663-1678 _1612-1680
Butler, Samuel  Eng. composer, nov., & satiric aut.; wrote mock-utopian novel "Erewhon" 1872, autobiographical novel "The Way of All Flesh" 1903 _1835-1902
Butler, William Morgan  US polit.; chairman of Rep. National Committee 1924-1928 _1861-1937
Butler, William Orlando  US polit.; Dem. vice-pres. cand. 1848 _1791-1880
Butschli, Otto  Ger. zoologist _1848-1920
Butt, Isaac  Irish polit. _1813-1879
Butterfield, Daniel  US composer & army officer in Civil War; composed song "Taps" 1862 _1831-1901
Butterworth, [William] Walton (W. Walton Butterworth)  US diplomat; 1st US ambasador to EC 1959-1962 _1903-1975
Buttigieg, Anton  Maltese polit.; pres. of Malta 1976-1981 _1912-1983
Button, Richard (Dick)  US figure skater _1929--
Buttons, Red (orig. Aaron Chwatt)  US comedian _1919--
Butts, Alfred Mosher  US architect; inventor of game Scrabble 1933 _1899-1993
Butz, Earl Lauer  US admin.; Secy. of Agriculture 1971-1976 _1909--
Buxtehude, Dietrich (also Diderik Buxtehude)  Danish composer & organist; composed "The Last Judgment" _1637-1707
Buxton, Sidney Charles (Viscount Buxton)  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; gov-gen. of Union of S. Africa 1914-1920 _1853-1934
Buyantu Khan (Ayurparibhadra)  ruler of Mongol Empire 1311-1320; brother of Kulug Khan _1285-1320
Buyoya, Pierre  Burundian Tutsi army officer, polit., & reformer; overthrew Jean Baptiste Bagaza; pres. of Burundi 1987-1993 _1949--
Buys-Ballot, Christoph Heinrich  Dutch math. & meteorologist _1817-1890
By, John  Eng. military engineer _1781-1836
Byng, George  Brit. adm. _1663-1733
Byng, Julian Hedworth George  Brit. admin. & gen. in Canada; gov-gen. of Canada 1921-1926 _1862-1935
Byrd, Harry Flood  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1926-1930; father of Harry Flood Byrd Jr. _1887-1966
Byrd, Harry Flood Jr.  US polit.; chairman of Senate Finance Committee 1955-1965; son of Harry Flood Byrd _1914--
Byrd, Richard Evelyn  US adm., aviator, & polar explorer; 1st human to fly over N. Pole 1925; 1st human to fly over S. Pole 1929 _1888-1957
Byrd, Robert Carlyle  US Dem. polit.; Senator from W. Virginia 1959--; Senate majority whip 1971-1977; Senate majority leader 1977-1981, 1987-1989; Senate minority leader 1981-1987; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1989-- _1917--
Byrd, William  Eng. composer; composed "Cantiones Sacrae", "Songs of Sadnes and Pietie", "Songs of Sundrie Natures", Anglican mass "Great Service" _1543-1623
Byrne, Jane Margaret Burke (orig. Margaret Jane Burke)  US polit.; mayor of Chicago 1979-1983 _1934--
Byrnes, James Francis  US jurist & polit.; Supr. Ct. justice 1941-1942; Secy. of State 1945-1947; gov. of S. Carolina 1951-1955 _1879-1972
Byrns, Joseph Wellington  US polit.; House majority leader 1933-1935; Speaker of the House 1935-1936 _1869-1936
Byron, George Gordon, Baron (Lord Byron)  Eng. poet & satirist; wrote narrative poems "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" 1812, "Giaour" 1813, "Lara" 1814, "Siege of Corinth" 1816, "Beppo" 1818, "Don Juan" 1819-1824 _1788-1824
Byron, John (Foulweather Jack)  Brit. adm. & explorer; discovered Ellice Islands 1764 (later Tuvalu), Gilbert Islands 1765 (later Kiribati); gov. of Newfoundland 1769-1772; grandfather of Lord Byron _1723-1786

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