# People and Peoples (B)

B. Gratz Brown
B Gratz Brown was an American politician. He was a Liberal Republican governor of Missouri from 1871 until 1873.

B. K. Henagan
B K Henagan was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina during 1840.

Baber
Baber was the founder of the Mogul dynasty which ruled northern India for 300 years. He was born in 1483, dying in 1530.

Babi
The Babi are a Persian religious sect formed in 1843 by Bab Ed Din.

Baby Peggy
Baby Peggy is an actress. She was born in 1917.

Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell was a British soldier. He was born in 1857. He died in 1941. He was the founder of the scouting movement.

Badi Uzza
Badi Uzza is an actress.

Baggara
The Baggara are a Muslim Bedouin people of the Nile Basin.

Baker
A baker is a person who manufacturers bread.

Baldred
Baldred was king of the Heptarchy in 805. He was killed by Egbert, king of Wessex in 823 who took over the kingdom of Heptarchy.

Baldwin I
Baldwin I was the first Latin king of Jerusalem. He was born in 1058 and died in 1118. Having taken part in the first crusade with his eldest brother, Godfrey of Boulogne, he succeeded on the death of Godfrey to the government of Jerusalem in 1100.

Balfour Stewart
Balfour Stewart was a Scottish physicist. He was born in 1828 at Edinburgh and died in 1887. He was educated at St Andrews and Edinburgh. He went to Australia for several years and on his return was appointed successively assistant to Professor Forbes in Edinburgh, director of Kew Observatory, and professor of physics in Owen's College, Manchester. He wrote numerous books.

Bania
The Bania are a Hindu caste of traders (Vishnuites). They are vegetarian and distinguished by thrift and commercial acumen.

Banneret
A banneret is a dignity between baron and knight, which was anciently conferred by the king under the royal standard on the field of battle.

Banshee
A banshee is a fairy who forewarns of death by wailing.

Bantu
The Bantu are a wide-spread race in south Africa, which includes the Zulu, Matabele, Damaras and Mashonas. They were nicknamed Kaffirs (unbelievers) by Islamic traders to south Africa.

Banyarwanda
The Banyarwanda are an indigenous people of Rwanda.

Barbara Bach
Barbara Bach is an actress. She was born in 1951.

Barbara Bain
Barbara Bain is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Barbara Barrie
Barbara Barrie is an actress.

Barbara Bates
Barbara Bates is an actress.

Barbara Baxley
Barbara Baxley is an actress.

Barbara BelGeddes
Barbara BelGeddes is an actress. She was born in 1927.

Barbara Bennett
Barbara Bennett was an actress. She was born in 1902 and died in 1958.

Barbara Bestar
Barbara Bestar is an actress.

Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet is an actress. She was born in 1943.

Barbara Britton
Barbara Britton was an actress. She was born in 1920 and died in 1980.

Barbara Carrera
Barbara Carrera is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Barbara Everest
Barbara Everest was an actress. She was born in 1890 and died in 1968.

Barbara Feldon
Barbara Feldon is an actress. She was born in 1939.

Barbara Hale
Barbara Hale is an actress. She was born in 1922.

Barbara Harris
Barbara Harris is an actress. She was born in 1936.

Barbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey is an actress. She was born in 1948.

Barbara Howard
Barbara Howard is an actress.

Barbara Jefford
Barbara Jefford is an actress. She was born in 1930.

Barbara LaMarr
Barbara LaMarr was an actress. She was born in 1896 and died in 1926.

Barbara Lawrence
Barbara Lawrence is an actress. She was born in 1928.

Barbara Leigh Hunt
Barbara Leigh Hunt is an actress. She was born in 1935.

Barbara Loden
Barbara Loden was an actress. She died in 1980.

Barbara Luna
Barbara Luna is an actress. She was born in 1937.

Barbara McNair
Barbara McNair was an actress.

Barbara Morrison
Barbara Morrison was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1992.

Barbara Mullen
Barbara Mullen was an actress. She was born in 1914 and died in 1979.

Barbara Murray
Barbara Murray is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Barbara Nichols
Barbara Nichols was an actress. She was born in 1929 and died in 1976.

Barbara ONeil
Barbara ONeil was an actress. She was born in 1909 and died in 1980.

Barbara Parkins
Barbara Parkins is an actress. She was born in 1942.

Barbara Payton
Barbara Payton is an actress. She was born in 1934.

Barbara Rhoades
Barbara Rhoades is an actress. She was born in 1947.

Barbara Roberts
Barbara Roberts was an American politician. She was a Democratic governor of Oregon from 1991 until 1995.

Barbara Ruick
Barbara Ruick was an actress. She was born in 1933 and died in 1973.

Barbara Rush
Barbara Rush is an actress. She was born in 1927.

Barbara Seagull
Barbara Seagull is an actress. She was born in 1948.

Barbara Shelley
Barbara Shelley is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck was an actress. She was born in 1907 and died in 1990.

Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele is an actress. She was born in 1938.

Barbara Stuart
Barbara Stuart is an actress.

Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor is an actress. She was born in 1937.

Barber
A barber is someone who shaves and cuts the hair of a client for business. In England, a barber was formerly also a surgeon, and they were called Barber-Surgeons. A London company of barbers was formed in 1308. The union of barbers and surgeons was dissolved in 1540 by an act of Henry VIII fwhich stated that; 'No person using any shaving or barbery in fLondon shall occupy any surgery, letting of blood, or other matter, except fonly drawing of teeth.'

Barbi Benton
Barbi Benton is an actress.

Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand is an actress. She was born in 1942.

Barclayans
see "Bere'ans"

Bard
A bard was a Celtic poet.

Barnabites
The Barnabites were an order of monks established in Milan about 1530 who were much engaged in instructing youth, relieving the sick and aged, and converting heretics.

Barnard Hughes
Barnard Hughes is an actor. He was born in 1915.

Barnett Parker
Barnett Parker was an actor. He was born in 1890 and died in 1941.

Baron
Baron is the lowest rank in English peerage, although it was once the only rank. Its original name was Vavasour which the Saxons changed to Thane and the Normans to Baron.

Baron Munchhausen
Baron Munchhausen was a German soldier. He was born in 1720 and died in 1797. He is remembered for telling exaggerated tales about his adventures during the campaigns he served in. He is the feature of a book, The adventures of Baron Munchhausen written by Rudolph Raspe in 1785.

Baroness Orczy
Baroness Emmusca Orczy was a Hungarian born novelist. She was born in 1865 and died in 1947. She is remembered for writing The Scarlet Pimpernel, which she wrote in 1905.

Baronet
Baronet is the first in rank among the gentry, and the only knighthood that is hereditary. They were instituted by James I in 1611 as a result of the revellion in Ulster, it being required of a baronet on his creation, to pay into the exchequer as much as would maintain 'thirty soldiers three years at eightpence a day in the province of Ulster in Ireland.' It was also required that a baronet should be a gentleman born, and have a clear estate of 1000 pounds per annum.

Barret Oliver
Barret Oliver is an actor.

Barry Beckerman
Barry Beckerman is an actor.

Barry Bostwick
Barry Bostwick is an actor. He was born in 1946.

Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin is an actor.

Barry Crocker
Barry Crocker is an actor.

Barry Evans
Barry Evans is an actor. He was born in 1945.

Barry Fitzgerald
Barry Fitzgerald was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1961.

Barry Foster
Barry Foster is an actor. He was born in 1931.

Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries is an actor.

Barry Jones
Barry Jones was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1981.

Barry Mackay
Barry Mackay is an actor. He was born in 1906.

Barry Miller
Barry Miller is an actor.

Barry Moore
Barry Moore is an actor.

Barry Morse
Barry Morse is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Barry Newman
Barry Newman is an actor. He was born in 1940.

Barry Pain
Barry Pain was an English journalist and humours author. He was born in 1867 and died in 1928. He became editor of 'To-day' in 1897. Thomas Pain was an English author and agitator. He was born in 1737 and died in 1809. He published 'Common Sense' in 1776 which advocated American Independence.

Barry Primus
Barry Primus is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan was an English actor. He was born in 1821 at Birmingham and died in 1891. He made his debut at Cork in 1837 and in 1852 played Hamlet at the Haymarket, London.
Barry Sullivan was an actor. He was born in 1912 and died in 1994.

Barry Van Dyke
Barry Van Dyke is an actor.

Bartolome Murillo
Bartolome Esteban Murillo was a Spanish painter. He was born in 1617 at Seville and died in 1682.

Bartolommeo Borghesi
Count Bartolommeo Borghesi was an Italian archaeologist and numismatist. he was born in 1781 at Savignano and died in 1860. He catalogued the Vatican collection of coins.

Barton Booth
Barton Booth was an English actor during the reigns of Queen Anne and George I. He was born in 1681 and died in 1733.

Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane was an actor. He was born in 1900 and died in 1969.

Barzilla W. Clark
Barzilla W Clark was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Idaho from 1937 until 1939.

Basil Dignam
Basil Dignam was an actor. He was born in 1905 and died in 1979.

Basil Hoffman
Basil Hoffman is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Basil Radford
Basil Radford was an actor. He was born in 1897 and died in 1942.

Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone was an actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1967.

Basil Redford
Basil Redford is an actor.

Basil Ruysdael
Basil Ruysdael was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1960.

Basil Sidney
Basil Sidney is an actor.

Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney was an actor. He was born in 1894 and died in 1968.

Bastarnae
The Bastarnae were a warlike tribe in Podolia and Moldavia. They were hired by Perseus, king of Macedon, in his wars with Rome, 168 BC.

Batak
The Batak are six distinct but related peoples of northern and central Sumatra in Indonesia, speaking Austronesian languages. Their ancestors were Proto-Malayan people fairly isolated in the Sumatran highlands until the early 19th century.

Batwa
The Batwa are a nomad tribe of African pygmies living in the Congo. They were discovered in 1880 by Pogge and Wissmann.

Beah Richards
Beah Richards is an actress.

Beaker People
The Beaker People were formerly thought to be people of Iberian origin who spread out over Europe in the 2nd millennium BC, however, it is now (since about 1990) known that they were in fact an industrialized and highly organised indigenous British stone-age people who built Stonehenge in England. They are called the Beaker People because their remains include earthenware beakers.

Beatrice Arthur
Beatrice Arthur is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Beatrice Campbell
Beatrice Campbell was an actress. She was born in 1923 and died in 1980.

Beatrice Dalle
Beatrice Dalle is an actress. She was born in.

Beatrice Lillie
Beatrice Lillie was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1989.

Beatrice Straight
Beatrice Straight is an actress. She was born in 1916.

Beatrice Varley
Beatrice Varley was an actress. She was born in 1896 and died in 1969.

Beatrix Lehman
Beatrix Lehman is an actress.

Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Beau Brummell
see "George Brummell"

Beauford H. Jester
Beauford H Jester was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1947 until 1949.

Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels was an actress. She was born in 1901 and died in 1971.

Bedrich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana was a Czech composer. He was born in 1824 and died in 1884. He composed The Bartered Bride.

Bekim Fehmiu
Bekim Fehmiu is an actor. He was born in 1932.

Bela Bartok
Bela Bartok was a Hungarian composer. He was born in 1881, dying in 1945.

Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi was an actor. He was born in 1882 and died in 1956.

Belgae
see "Legentiacii"

Belinda Bauer
Belinda Bauer is an actress.

Belinda J. Montgomery
Belinda J Montgomery is an actress. She was born in 1950.

Belle Bennett
Belle Bennett was an actress. She was born in 1891 and died in 1932.

Bellman
see "Bellmen"

Bellmen
Bellmen were appointed in London to proclaim the hour of the night before public clocks became general, and were numerous around 1556. They were to ring a bell at night and cry, 'Take care of your fire and candle, be charitable to the poor, and pray for the dead.'

Belmonts
Belmonts is an actress.

Bemba
The Bemba are an African people of northern Zambia.

Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1969.

Ben Carter
Ben Carter was an actor. He was born in 1911 and died in 1947.

Ben Cross
Ben Cross is an actor. He was born in 1948.

Ben Frank
Ben Frank is an actor.

Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Ben Hammer
Ben Hammer is an actor.

Ben Johnson
Ben Johnson was an actor. He was born in 1920 and died in 1995. A champion rodeo performer, he first arrived in Hollywood in the early 40s as a horse wrangler for Howard Hughes's The Outlaw and was later employed as a double and stuntman in Westerns. He was then discovered by John Ford, who cast him as a cavalry sergeant in two of his films and gave him the star part in The Wagonmaster. He also starred in Mighty Joe Young and other films but has been used for the most part in supporting roles, mainly in Westerns. He won the Academy Award as best supporting actor and the N.Y. Film Critics Award for his performance in The Last Picture Show (1971).

Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson was a British poet and dramatist. He was born in 1573 and died in 1637. He wrote 'Song to Celia'.

Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley is an actor. He was born in 1944.

Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon was an actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1979.

Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Ben S. Paulen
Ben S Paulen was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Kansas from 1925 until 1929.

Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller is an actor.

Ben Turpin
Ben Turpin was an actor. He was born in 1874 and died in 1940.

Ben Vereen
Ben Vereen is an actor. He was born in 1946.

Ben W. Hooper
Ben W Hooper was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Tennessee from 1911 until 1915.

Ben W. Olcott
Ben W Olcott was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Oregon from 1919 until 1923.

Ben Webster
Ben Webster was an actor. He was born in 1864 and died in 1947.

Ben Welden
Ben Welden is an actor. He was born in 1901.

Bendigo
Bendigo (William Thompson) was a British boxer who won the prize ring championship of England in 1839 though little more than a middleweight. He was born in 1811 and died in 1880.

Benita Hume
Benita Hume was an actress. She was born in 1906 and died in 1967.

Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was an Italian dictator. He was born in 1883 at Predappio and died in 1945 when he was executed by Italian Partisans. He founded the fascist movement in 1919 and sided with Hitler during the Second World War.

Benjamin Ames
Benjamin Ames was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Maine from 1821 until 1822.

Benjamin B. Moeur
Benjamin B Moeur was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arizona from 1933 until 1937.

Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Benjamin B Odell Jr was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New York from 1901 until 1904.

Benjamin Bottoms
Benjamin Bottoms is an actor.

Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten was a British composer. He was born in 1913 and died in 1976. He composed Peter Grimes, Turn of the Screw, A Ceremony of Carols, War Requiem.

Benjamin Conley
Benjamin Conley was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Georgia from 1871 until 1872.

Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman and writer. He was born in 1804, dying in 1881.

Benjamin F. Butler
Benjamin F Butler was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 1883 until 1884.

Benjamin F. Perry
Benjamin F Perry was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina during 1865.

Benjamin F. Prescott
Benjamin F Prescott was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1877 until 1879.

Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1841 until 1845.

Benjamin Flanders
Benjamin Flanders was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Louisiana from 1867 until 1868.

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was an American statesman and scientist. He was born in 1706 at Boston and died in 1790.

Benjamin G. Humphreys
Benjamin G Humphreys was an American politician. He was a Whig governor of Mississippi from 1865 until 1868.

Benjamin Guerard
Benjamin Guerard was an American politician. He was a governor of South Carolina from 1783 until 1785.

Benjamin H. Eaton
Benjamin H Eaton was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Colorado from 1885 until 1887.

Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the USA from 1889 to 1893.

Benjamin Jonson
Benjamin Jonson was a rival poet and dramatist to Shakespeare. He was born in 1572 and died in 1637.

Benjamin Meek Miller
Benjamin Meek Miller was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1931 until 1935.

Benjamin Ogle
Benjamin Ogle was an American politician. He was a Federalist governor of Maryland from 1798 until 1801.

Benjamin Pierce
Benjamin Pierce was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of New Hampshire from 1827 until 1828.

Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin R Tillman was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1890 until 1894.

Benjamin Rumford
Benjamin Thompson Rumford was an Anglo-American scientist. He was born in 1753 in Massachusetts and died in 1814.

Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Smith was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of North Carolina from 1810 until 1811.

Benjamin T. Biggs
Benjamin T Biggs was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Delaware from 1887 until 1891.

Benjamin T. Laney
Benjamin T Laney was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1945 until 1949.

Benjamin Waugh
Benjamin Waugh was an English social reformer. He was born at Settle in Yorkshire in 1839 and died in 1908. He founded the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Benjamin Webster
Benjamin Nottingham Webster was an English actor and play write. He was born in 1797 at Bath and died in 1882. He was essentially a character actor, playing grim and serious parts. For many years he was the manager of the Adelphi theatre in London and later of the Haymarket.

Benjamin Williams
Benjamin Williams was an American politician. He was a Democratic-Republican governor of North Carolina from 1799 until 1802.

Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Benny Hill
Benny Hill was an actor. He was born in 1925 and died in 1992.

Benoit
Benoit was a French poet of the 12th century. He wrote Le Roman de Troie which was a source of inspiration to many other writers.

Benoit Ferreux
Benoit Ferreux is an actor. He was born in 1955.

Benton McMillin
Benton McMillin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Tennessee from 1899 until 1903.

Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini was a Florentine goldsmith and sculptor. He was born in 1500 and died in 1571.

Beorna
Beorna was king of the East Angles in 749, reigning jointy with Ethelred and then solely in 758.

Beornred
Beornred was king of Mercia in 755. He was slain.

Beornwulf
Beornwulf was king of Mercia in 821. He was killed by his own subjects.

Beranger
see "Pierre Jean de Beranger"

Berber
The Berbers are a race of people in north Africa.

Bereans
The Bereans (Barclayans) are a sect of dissenters from the Church of Scotland. They originated in Edinburgh in 1773, being founded by Barclay. They profess to follow the ancient Bereans in building their faith and practice upon the Scriptures alone, without regard to any human authority whatever.

Berenice
Berenice was the wife of Ptolemy Euergetes. When her husband went to war in Syria she vowed that if he returned safe she would dedicate her hair to the gods. Upon his safe return she hung her hair in the temple of Venus, from where it disappeared and is said to have been used to form the constellation Coma Berenices.

Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott was an American photographer. She was born in 1898 at Springfield, Ohio and died in 1991. She is famous for her documentation of New York City and for her pioneering camera work in the physical sciences. She studied sculpture in New York City and Paris before turning to photography in the mid-1920s at the suggestion of the American surrealist Man Ray. Through Ray she met the photographer Eugene Atget just before his death in 1927 and worked tirelessly to spread his fame. She Returned to the USA in 1929 and resolved to record New York City with a camera in the manner that Atget had recorded Paris; the result was her epic 'Changing New York'. From the 1940s to the 1960s Abbott explored natural phenomena (such as magnetism) with a camera.

Berghaus
see "Heinrich Berghaus"

Beriah Magoffin
Beriah Magoffin was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1859 until 1862.

Berlinda Lee
Berlinda Lee was an actress. She was born in 1935 and died in 1961.

Bernadette OFarrell
Bernadette OFarrell is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters is an actress. She was born in 1948.

Bernard
Bernard was an actor. He died in 1983.

Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier was an actor. He was born in 1916 and died in 1989.

Bernard Cribbins
Bernard Cribbins is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Bernard Fox
Bernard Fox is an actor.

Bernard Fresson
Bernard Fresson is an actor. He was born in 1933.

Bernard Goetzke
Bernard Goetzke is an actor.

Bernard Hepton
Bernard Hepton is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Bernard King
Bernard King is an actor.

Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee was an actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1981.

Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1991.

Bernard Nedell
Bernard Nedell was an actor. He was born in 1898 and died in 1972.

Bernard of Treviso
Bernard of Treviso was an Italian alchemist. He was born in 1406 at Padua and died in 1490.

Bernard Palissy
Bernard Palissy was a French potter and glass painter. He discovered how to manufacture enamel. He was born in 1510 and died in 1589.

Bernard Vaughan
Bernard Vaughan was a Roman Catholic clergyman. He was born in 1847 and died in 1922. He was for eighteen years a distinguished worker in the religious and civic life of Manchester before transferring to London in 1901 where he continued his work.

Bernardo Tasso
Bernardo Tasso was an Italian poet. He was born in 1493 at Venice and died in 1569. He was the father of Torquato Tasso. He spent his life in the service of Count Guido Rangone, Duchess Renata d'Este, Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno and Duke William of Mantua.

Bernhard Ingemann
Bernhard Severin Ingemann was a Danish poet and novelist. He was born in 1789 and died in 1862. He helped to spread German Romanticism in Denmark. He was the author of the romantic tragedy 'Blanca' published in 1815; the historical novels 'Valdemar Seier' published in 1826, 'Erik Menveds Barndom' published in 1828, and 'Kong Erik' published in 1833; the lyrics 'Holger Danske' published in 1837 and 'Morgen og aftensange' published in 1839.

Bernhardy
see "Gottfried Bernhardy"

Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey is an actor.

Bernie Hamilton
Bernie Hamilton is an actor.

Bernie Williams
Bernie Williams is an actor.

Bert Convy
Bert Convy was an actor. He was born in 1932 and died in 1991.

Bert Freed
Bert Freed is an actor.

Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1967.

Bert Lytell
Bert Lytell was an actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1954.

Bert M. Fernald
Bert M Fernald was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1909 until 1911.

Bert Remsen
Bert Remsen is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Bert Roach
Bert Roach was an actor. He was born in 1891 and died in 1971.

Bert T. Combs
Bert T Combs was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1959 until 1963.

Bertha
Bertha was the wife of Ethelbert, King of Kent. She was a Frankish Princess who married Ethelbert around 560 and converted him to christianity, as a result the religion spread widely through the Anglo-Saxons.

Berthulf
Berthulf was king of Mercia in 838.

Bertice Reading
Bertice Reading was an actress. She died in 1991.

Berton Churchill
Berton Churchill was an actor. He was born in 1876 and died in 1940.

Bertrand Russel
Bertrand Arthur William Russel was a British philosopher and mathematician. He was born in 1872 in Trelleck and died in 1970.

Bertric
Bertric was king of the West Saxons in 784. he died after being posioned by a cup his queen had prepared for another.

Beryl F. Carroll
Beryl F Carroll was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Iowa from 1909 until 1913.

Beryl Mercer
Beryl Mercer was an actress. She was born in 1882 and died in 1939.

Beryl Reid
Beryl Reid is an actress. She was born in 1918.

Bess Armstrong
Bess Armstrong is an actress.

Bessie Love
Bessie Love was an actress. She was born in 1898 and died in 1986.

Betsy Blair
Betsy Blair is an actress. She was born in 1923.

Betsy Brantley
Betsy Brantley is an actress.

Betsy Drake
Betsy Drake is an actress.

Betsy Palmer
Betsy Palmer is an actress. She was born in 1929.

Betsy Russell
Betsy Russell is an actress.

Betta StJohn
Betta StJohn is an actress. She was born in 1930.

Bette Davis
Bette Davis was an actress. She was born in 1908 and died in 1989.

Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an actress. She was born in 1944.

Betty Amann
Betty Amann is an actress.

Betty Balfour
Betty Balfour is an actress. She was born in 1903.

Betty Blythe
Betty Blythe was an actress. She was born in 1893 and died in 1972.

Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley is an actress.

Betty Compson
Betty Compson was an actress. She was born in 1896 and died in 1974.

Betty Connell
Betty Connell is an actress.

Betty Field
Betty Field was an actress. She was born in 1918 and died in 1973.

Betty Garrett
Betty Garrett is an actress. She was born in 1919.

Betty Grable
Betty Grable was an actress. She was born in 1916 and died in 1973.

Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Betty Jane Rhodes
Betty Jane Rhodes is an actress. She was born in 1921.

Betty McDowall
Betty McDowall is an actress.

Betty Perske
see "Lauren Bacall"

Betty Stockfield
Betty Stockfield was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1906.

Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi was an actress. She was born in 1889 and died in 1981.

Beverley Randolph
Beverley Randolph was an American politician. He was a governor of Virginia from 1788 until 1791.

Beverly Adams
Beverly Adams is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Beverly Bonner
Beverly Bonner is an actress.

Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly D'Angelo is an actress. She was born in 1854.

Beverly Garland
Beverly Garland is an actress. She was born in 1926.

Beverly Hope
Beverly Hope is an actress.

Beverly Michaels
Beverly Michaels is an actress. She was born in 1927.

Beverly Tyler
Beverly Tyler is an actress. She was born in 1924.

Beverly Washburn
Beverly Washburn is an actress.

Beverly Wills
Beverly Wills was an actress.

Bhartrihari
Bhartrihari was an Indian poet who lived around 1 BC. He was the reputed author of a book of apophthegms.

Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Bias
Bias was one of the seven sages of Greece. He was born at Priene and lived around 570 BC. He gained repute as a political and legal adviser and has many sayings of practical wisdom attributed to him.

Bibb Graves
Bibb Graves was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1927 until 1931.

Bibi Anderson
Bibi Anderson is an actor.

Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson is an actress. She was born in 1935.

Bibi Besch
Bibi Besch is an actress.

Biff Elliott
Biff Elliott is an actor.

Biff McGuire
Biff McGuire is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Bikila Abebe
Bikila Abebe was an Ethiopian athlete. He was born in 1932 and died in 1973. He won the marathon in the 1960 Rome Olympics and again at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. He was partially paralysed in a motoring accident in 1969 and subsequently competed as an archer in the paraplegic games at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, England.

Bill Bixby
Bill Bixby was an actor. He was born in 1934 and died in 1993.

Bill Burrows
Bill Burrows is an actor.

Bill Campbell
Bill Campbell is an actor.

Bill Clements
Bill Clements was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Texas from 1987 until 1991.

Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arkansas from 1979 until 1981.

Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby is an actor. He was born in 1938.

Bill Dana
Bill Dana is an actor.

Bill Fraser
Bill Fraser was an actor. He died in 1987.

Bill Gerber
Bill Gerber is an actor.

Bill Goodwin
Bill Goodwin was an actor. He was born in 1910 and died in 1958.

Bill Hickman
Bill Hickman is an actor.

Bill Hudson
Bill Hudson is an actor.

Bill Kerr
Bill Kerr is an actor.

Bill Lee
Bill Lee was an actor. He was born in 1928.

Bill Louie
Bill Louie is an actor.

Bill Macy
Bill Macy is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Bill Maynard
Bill Maynard is an actor. He was born in 1928.

Bill McGuire
Bill McGuire is an actor.

Bill McKinney
Bill McKinney is an actress.

Bill Murray
Bill Murray is an actor.

Bill Owen
Bill Owen is an actor. He was born in 1914.

Bill Quinn
Bill Quinn is an actor.

Bill Raisch
Bill Raisch is an actor.

Bill Shine
Bill Shine is an actor. He was born in 1911.

Bill Thurman
Bill Thurman is an actor.

Bill Travers
Bill Travers is an actor. He was born in 1922.

Bill Wallace
Bill Wallace is an actor.

Bill Wallis
Bill Wallis is an actor.

Bill Williams
Bill Williams is an actor. He was born in 1916.

Bill Woods
Bill Woods is an actor.

Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman is an actor. He was born in 1939.

Billie Burke
Billie Burke was an actress. She was born in 1885 and died in 1970.

Billie Dove
Billie Dove is an actress. She was born in 1904.

Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday was an actress. She was born in 1915 and died in 1959.

Billie Whitelaw
Billie Whitelaw is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Billy "Green" Bush
Billy "Green" Bush is an actor.

Billy Benedict
Billy Benedict is an actor. He was born in 1906.

Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal is an actor. He was born in 1948.

Billy DeWolf
Billy DeWolf is an actress.

Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1971.

Billy Gray
Billy Gray is an actor. He was born in 1940.

Billy Halop
Billy Halop is an actor. He was born in 1920.

Billy Mauch
Billy Mauch is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Billy Milton
Billy Milton is an actor. He was born in 1905.

Billy Mumy
Billy Mumy was an actor.

Billy Redden
Billy Redden is an actress.

Billy Wells
Billy Wells is an actress.

Billy-Dee Williams
Billy-Dee Williams is an actor.

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1977.

Binkie Stuart
Binkie Stuart is an actress. She was born in 1932.

Binnie Barnes
Binnie Barnes was an actress. She was born in 1905 and died in 1983.

Biot
see "Jean Biot"

Birgitte Federspiel
Birgitte Federspiel is an actress.

Bisharin
The Bisharin are a people inhabiting Nubia between the Nile and the Red Sea. They are Islamic in religion and live by pasturage.

Bizet
Georges Bizet was a French composer born in Paris in 1838. He died in 1875.

Black Baron
Black Baron was the alias of one Christopher Pile, an English man, who in the mid-1990's wrote a series of computer viruses employing an advanced polymorphic technique he called 'SMEG'. In all three variants of SMEG were developed and distributed; Pathogen, Queeg and Smeg 3.

Blackfeet
The Blackfeet are a north American Indian tribe.

Blair Brown
Blair Brown is an actress. She was born in 1948.

Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician.

Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards was an actor. He was born in 1922 and died in 1971.

Blanche Baker
Blanche Baker is an actress.

Blanche Bingley
Blanche Bingley was a British lawn tennis player. She was born in 1863 and died in 1938. She competed in the first women's championship at Wimbledon in 1884, winning the title in 1886.

Blanche Friderici
Blanche Friderici was an actress. She was born in 1878 and died in 1933.

Blanche Ravalec
Blanche Ravalec is an actress.

Blanche Sweet
Blanche Sweet was an actress. She was born in 1895 and died in 1986.

Blanche Yurka
Blanche Yurka was an actress. She was born in 1887 and died in 1974.

Blanketeers
The Blanketeers were an assembly of some 500 Manchester operatives who in 1817 assembled at St Peter's Field, each carrying provisions and a blanket, proposing to walk to London to lay their grievances before the Prince Regent. The gathering caused some consternation, and the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended. The leaders were taken and imprisoned and the project frustrated.

Blondel
Blondel was a French minstrel and poet of the 12th century. He is a legendary character, tales about him being recorded in 'Chronicles of Rheims'. One story tells how his master was taken prisoner, and Blondel trying to find him walked all Palestine and Germany singing his master's favourite song until at last the song was taken up and answered by the imprisoned master.

Bloody Mary
see "Mary I"

Blue-stocking
A Blue-stocking was a literary lady. The term was applied around the time of Dr Johnson when ladies would hold conversation with distinguished literary men. One of the men, Benjamin Stillingfleet, always wore blue stockings and his conversation was so prized at the meetings that in his absence the ladies would remark, 'we can do nothing without the blue-stockings', and hence the meetings became known as blue-stocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them as blue-stockings.

Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Bo Derek
Bo Derek is an actress. She was born in 1957.

Bo Hopkins
Bo Hopkins is an actor. He was born in 1942.

Bo Svenson
Bo Svenson is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Boadicea
Boadicea was Queen of the Iceni, in Britain during the reign of Nero. She headed a general insurrection of the Britons, attacked Roman settlements and burned London to the ground. She was defeated by Suetonius in 62, and rather than be captured commited suicide with poison.

Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban is an actor. He was born in 1965.

Bob Burns
Bob Burns was an actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1956.

Bob Cummings
Bob Cummings was an actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1990.

Bob Denver
Bob Denver is an actor. He was born in 1935.

Bob Dishy
Bob Dishy is an actor.

Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an actor.

Bob Graham
Bob Graham was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Florida from 1979 until 1987.

Bob Haskins
Bob Haskins is an actor.

Bob Hope
Bob Hope is an actor. He was born in 1903.

Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins is an actor. He was born in 1942.

Bob Lesser
Bob Lesser is an actor.

Bob Martinez
Bob Martinez was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Florida from 1987 until 1991.

Bob Nelson
Bob Nelson is an actor.

Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart is an actor. He was born in 1923.

Bob Nolan
Bob Nolan is an actor.

Bob Steele
Bob Steele is an actor. He was born in 1907.

Bob Sweeney
Bob Sweeney is an actor.

Bobbie Jordan
Bobbie Jordan was an actor. He was born in 1923 and died in 1965.

Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin was an actor. He was born in 1936 and died in 1973.

Bobby DiCicco
Bobby DiCicco is an actress.

Bobby Driscoll
Bobby Driscoll was an actor. He was born in 1937 and died in 1968.

Bobby H. Charles
Bobby H Charles is an actor.

Bobby Henrey
Bobby Henrey is an actor. He was born in 1939.

Bobby Howes
Bobby Howes was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1972.

Bobby Mauch
Bobby Mauch is an actor. He was born in 1925.

Bobby Rydell
Bobby Rydell is an actor. He was born in 1942.

Bobby Van
Bobby Van was an actor. He was born in 1930 and died in 1980.

Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson is an actor.

Bobcat Goldthwait
Bobcat Goldthwait is an actor.

Bobs Watson
Bobs Watson is an actor. He was born in 1931.

Bode
see "John Bode"

Bodil Kjer
Bodil Kjer is an actor.

Boers
The Boers (from the Dutch boer, a farmer) were early Dutch farming colonists in South Africa.

Bogos
The Bogos are a pastoral Hamitic people of Northern Syria.

Bohemond I
Bohemond I was prince of Antioch. He was born in 1056 and died in 1111. He was the eldest son of Robert Guiscard, under whom he served with distinction in the war against Alexius Comnenus, emperor of Byzantium. He took a distinguished part in the first crusade and captured Antioch in 1098 of which he became prince, but was himself captured by the Turks in 1100 and imprisoned for three years. He married a daughter of Philip of France, and with a French army renewed unsuccessfully the war against Alexius.

Boiars
The Boiars were an order of the Russian aristocracy next in rank to the ruling Princes. The order was abolished by Peter the Great.

Boii
The Boii were a Celtic people of northern Italy who were subdued by Scipio Nasica in 191 BC, where upon the survivors sought refuge among the Tauriscans in what is now called (after them) Bohemia.

Bois-Brules
The Bois-Brules are a race of people in North America, the descendants of Canadian, Frenchmen and Indian women. They are also known as half-breeds.

Boito
see "Arrigo Boito"

Bojangles Robinson
Bojangles Robinson was an actor. He was born in 1878 and died in 1949.

Bonar Colleano
Bonar Colleano was an actor. He was born in 1924 and died in 1958.

Bongo
The Bongo are (were?) a Sudanese tribe living between the head-waters of the bahr el-Ghazal and the Ubangi.

Bonheur
see "Rosa Bonheur"

Bonita Granville
Bonita Granville was an actress. She was born in 1923 and died in 1988.

Bonnie Bedelia
Bonnie Bedelia is an actress. She was born in 1946.

Bonnie Bittner
Bonnie Bittner is an actress.

Bonzes
Bonzes was the name used by Europeans for Buddhist priests around 1900.

Bonzo
Bonzo was an actress.

Booker Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American Negro Educationist. He was born in 1858 and died in 1915. The son of a mulatto slave woman and a white man he became the principal of a school in Tuskegee, Alabama and acquired a reputation as an eloquent speaker. In 1892 he founded the Tuskegee Conference and organised the National Negro Business League in 1900. He wrote several books including an autobiography.

Booth 1960-1978
Booth 1960-1978 was an actress.

Booth Gardner
Booth Gardner was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Washington from 1985 until 1993.

Bootlegger
A bootlegger is someone who sells intoxicating liquor in countries where the sale is prohibited. The term was mainly applied in the USA, where it derived from the custom of traders carrying illegal bottles of liquor in the tops of their boots.

Boots Mallory
Boots Mallory was an actress. She was born in 1913 and died in 1958.

Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1969.

Bororos
The Bororos are a South American tribe living in the Brazilian states of Matto Grosso and Goyaz and averaging a height of over six feet. They were reduced in number in 1650 by the Portugese.

Botocudos
The Botocudos (called by themselves Nac-nanuk) are (were?) a tribe of Eastern Brazil. They were savagely exterminated by early European settlers who didn't approve of their cannibalism and strange customs, and in 1900 less than 15,000 remained.

Botticelli
see "Sandro Botticelli"

Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Bourke B Hickenlooper was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Iowa from 1943 until 1945.

Boxers
The Boxers were a Chinese secret society professing fervent nationalism and a hatred of foreigners.

Boz
Boz was a pseudonym adopted by Charles Dickens and under which he wrote a series of literary sketches for the Morning Chronicles which were later published by him in a book called Sketches by Boz. The Pickwick Papers first appeared under this pseudonym, which is a corruption of Moses, a name jocularly given to his youngest brother.

Brad Bird
Brad Bird is an actor.

Brad Davis
Brad Davis was an actor. He was born in 1950 and died in 1991.

Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif is an actor. He was born in 1950.

Brad Harris
Brad Harris is an actor.

Brad Rinn
Brad Rinn is an actor.

Bradd Pitt
Bradd Pitt is an actor.

Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Brahim Haggiag
Brahim Haggiag is an actor.

Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker was an Irish author. He was born in 1847, dying in 1912. He wrote the novel Dracula.

Brandon deWilde
Brandon deWilde was an actor. He was born in 1942 and died in 1972.

Brandon Hurst
Brandon Hurst was an actor. He was born in 1866 and died in 1947.

Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee was an actor. He was born in 1964 and died in 1992.

Bransby Williams
Bransby Williams was an actor. He was born in 1870 and died in 1961.

Braxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg was an American Confederate general. He was born in 1817 at Warren County, North Carolina and died in 1876. He graduated at West Point in 1837, was engaged in the Seminole War of 1837 to 1839 and served with distinction in the Mexican War of 1846 to 1848 under General Taylor, after which he retired from the army in 1856 and became a planter in Louisiana. When the Civil War broke out, Bragg was made in 1861 commander-in-chief of all the state troops in Louisiana. In February 1862 he became a major-general, with his headquarters at Mobile, in command of the second division of the Confederate army, the centre of which he commanded at the Battle of Shiloh.

Braxton Bragg Comer
Braxton Bragg Comer was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Alabama from 1907 until 1911.

Brefni O'Rourke
Brefni O'Rourke was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1945.

Brehon
A brehon was an ancient Irish magistrate. They were hereditary, had lands assigned for their maintenance and administered justice to their tribe.

Brember Wills
Brember Wills was an actor. He was born in 1883 and died in 1948.

Brenda deBanzie
Brenda deBanzie was an actress. She was born in 1915 and died in 1981.

Brenda Joyce
Brenda Joyce is an actress. She was born in 1918.

Brenda Marshall
Brenda Marshall is an actress. She was born in 1915.

Brenda Vaccaro
Brenda Vaccaro is an actress. She was born in 1939.

Brendan T. Byrne
Brendan T Byrne was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Jersey from 1974 until 1982.

Breno Mello
Breno Mello is an actor.

Brent Huff
Brent Huff is an actor.

Brett Halsey
Brett Halsey is an actor.

Bretwalda
A Bretwalda was one of the kings of the Saxon heptarchy, chosen by the others as a leader in a war against their common enemies.

Brian
Brian was an Irish chieftain who became king of Munster in 978, defeated the Danes of Limerick and Waterford, attacked Malachi and became the nominal king of Ireland. He died in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf.

Brian Aherne
Brian Aherne was an actor. He was born in 1902 and died in 1986.

Brian Andrews
Brian Andrews is an actor.

Brian Avery
Brian Avery is an actor.

Brian Benben
Brian Benben is an actor.

Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed is an English actor. He was born in 1937.

Brian Deacon
Brian Deacon is an actor.

Brian Dennehy
Brian Dennehy is an actor. He was born in 1940.

Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1972.

Brian Doyle Murray
Brian Doyle Murray is an actor.

Brian Keith
Brian Keith is an actor. He was born in 1921.

Brian Kerwin
Brian Kerwin is an actor.

Brian Libby
Brian Libby is an actor.

Brian Narelle
Brian Narelle is an actor.

Brian Oulton
Brian Oulton is an actor. He was born in 1908.

Brian Rix
Brian Rix is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Brian Worth
Brian Worth was an actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1978.

Bricktop
Bricktop was an actor. He died in 1984.

Bridget Fonda
Bridget Fonda is an actress. She was born in 1964.

Bridgette Andersen
Bridgette Andersen is an actress.

Brie Howard
Brie Howard is an actor.

Brigitte Auber
Brigitte Auber is an actress.

Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot is an actress. She was born in 1933.

Brigitte Fossey
Brigitte Fossey is an actress. She was born in 1945.

Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen was an actress.

Britannicus
Britannicus was a son of the Roman Emperor Claudius by Messalina. He was born in 42 and died in 56 when he was poisoned by his brother Nero, who was the then Emperor.

Briton Riviere
Briton Riviere was a British painter of animals. He was born in 1840 and died in 1920.

Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland is an actress. She was born in 1942.

Britt Nichols
Britt Nichols is an actress.

Brock Peters
Brock Peters is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford was an actor. He was born in 1910 and died in 1986.

Bromius
Bromius was another name for Dionysus.

Brondon Thomas
Brondon Thomas is an actor.

Bronson Pinchot
Bronson Pinchot is an actor.

Brooke Adams
Brooke Adams is an actress. She was born in 1949.

Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields is an actress. She was born in 1965.

Brooke Smith
Brooke Smith is an actress. She was born in 1968.

Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce Boxleitner is an actor. He was born in 1950.

Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown is an actor.

Bruce Cabot
Bruce Cabot was an actor. He was born in 1904 and died in 1972.

Bruce Carradine
Bruce Carradine is an actor.

Bruce Davison
Bruce Davison is an actor. He was born in 1948.

Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern is an actor. He was born in 1936.

Bruce E. Babbitt
Bruce E Babbitt was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Arizona from 1978 until 1987.

Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Forsyth is an actor. He was born in 1927.

Bruce Gilchrist
Bruce Gilchrist is an actor.

Bruce Glover
Bruce Glover is an actor.

Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon is an actor. He was born in 1919.

Bruce Kimmel
Bruce Kimmel is an actor.

Bruce King
Bruce King was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of New Mexico from 1971 until 1975.

Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was the stage name of Lee Yuen Kam, a Chinese actor and expert in Kung Fu who popularised the martial arts in the west.

Bruce Lester
Bruce Lester is an actor. He was born in 1912.

Bruce Smith
Bruce Smith is drum player with the rock group Public Image Ltd.

Bruce Spence
Bruce Spence is an actor.

Bruce Sundlun
Bruce Sundlun was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Rhode Island from 1991 until 1995.

Bruce Weitz
Bruce Weitz is an actor.

Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis is an actor. He was born in 1941.

Brunehilda
Brunehilda was a Visigothic princess, married to Siegbert I, king of Austrasia. To avenge her sister who was assasinated at the instigation of Fredegonde, she involved her husband in a war with his brother Chilperic, in the course of which Siegebert was murdered and she was taken prisoner. She induced Meroveus, one of Chilperic's sons, to marry her, effected her escape and recovered her authority and maintained it until 613 when she was captured by Fredegonde's son Clothaire II of Soissons who had her put to death for the murder of ten kings and royal princes.

Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz is an actor.

Bruno Kirby
Bruno Kirby is an actor.

Bruno Lawrence
Bruno Lawrence is an actor.

Brut
Brut or Brutus was a hero of Troy, the great-grandson of Aeneas. On his banishment from Italy he managed to reach Albion (Britain) whose gigantic warriors he overcame in battle and so took posession of the island.

Brutti
The Brutti were an ancient people of southern Italy, occupying the interior of Bruttium. They helped Hannibal during the second Punic war and after its conclusion their territory was confiscated and they were declared as public slaves.

Bryan Brown
Bryan Brown is an actor. He was born in 1947.

Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes is an actor. He was born in 1926.

Bryan Marshall
Bryan Marshall is an actor.

Bryant B. Brooks
Bryant B Brooks was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Wyoming from 1905 until 1911.

Bryant Washburn
Bryant Washburn was an actor. He was born in 1988 and died in 1963.

Bubba Smith
Bubba Smith is an actress.

Buck Henry
Buck Henry is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Buck Jones
Buck Jones was an actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1942.

Bud Abbott
Bud Abbott was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1974.

Bud Cort
Bud Cort is an actor. He was born in 1950.

Bud Spencer
Bud Spencer is an actor. He was born in 1929.

Buddy Baer
Buddy Baer is an actor. He was born in 1915.

Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen is an actor. He was born in 1908.

Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackett is an actor. He was born in 1924.

Buddy Lester
Buddy Lester is an actor.

Buddy Roemer
Buddy Roemer was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Louisiana from 1988 until 1992.

Buddy Rogers
Buddy Rogers is an actor. He was born in 1904.

Buffalo Bill
see "William Cody"

Buford Ellington
Buford Ellington was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Tennessee from 1959 until 1963.

Bughis
see "Bugis"

Bugis
The Bugis (Bughis or Buginese) are a native people of southern asia, particularly Celebes and Borneo.

Bull Montana
Bull Montana was an actor. He was born in 1887 and died in 1950.

Buonarroti Michelangelo
Buonarroti Michelangelo was an Italian painter. He was born in 1475 at Caprese and died in 1564. He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Buren R. Sherman
Buren R Sherman was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Iowa from 1882 until 1886.

Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith was an American actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1997.

Burgundians
The Burgundians (Burgundii) were a Teutonic race of people occupying the country between the Oder and the Vistula. They migrated first to to the region of the Upper Rhine, and in the beginning of the fifth century passed into Gaul and obtained posession of the south-eastern part of the country, where they formed a kingdom having its seat of government sometimes at Lyons and sometimes at Geneva. They were finally wholly subdued by the Franks, but not before they had given their name to a region of Western Europe, Burgundy.

Burgundii
see "Burgundians"

Burhred
Burhred was king of Mercia in 852.

Burl Ives
Burl Ives is an actor. He was born in 1909.

Burnet R. Maybank
Burnet R Maybank was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of South Carolina from 1939 until 1941.

Burt Kwouk
Burt Kwouk is an actor. He was born in 1930.

Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster was an actor. He was born in 1913 and died in 1994.

Burt Mustin
Burt Mustin was an actor. He was born in 1884 and died in 1977.

Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds is an actor. He was born in 1936.

Burt Young
Burt Young was an actor.

Burton M. Cross
Burton M Cross was an American politician. He was a Republican governor of Maine from 1952 until 1955.

Busby Berkeley
Busby Berkeley was an American stage and film director and choreographer. he was born in 1895 at Los Angeles, California and died in 1976.

Bushman
The Bushman are an aboriginal people living in south Africa.

Bushranger
Bushrangers were Australian highwaymen, formerly escaped convicts.

Buster Crabbe
Buster Crabbe was an actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1983.

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton was an actor. He was born in 1895 and died in 1966.

Butterfly McQueen
Butterfly McQueen is an actress. She was born in 1911.

Byron Diman
Byron Diman was an American politician. He was a Law and Order party governor of Rhode Island from 1846 until 1847.

Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger was an actor. He was born in 1900 and died in 1970.

Byron Kane
Byron Kane is an actor.

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