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

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