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Table of contents

1 Ba 1.1 Baa 1.2 Bab 1.3 Bac 1.4 Bad 1.5 Bae 1.6 Baf 1.7 Bag 1.8 Bah 1.9 Bai 1.10 Baj 1.11 Bak 1.12 Bal 1.13 Bam 1.14 Ban 1.15 Bao 1.16 Bap 1.17 Baq 1.18 Bar 1.18.1 Bara 1.18.2 Barb 1.18.3 Barc 1.18.4 Bard 1.18.5 Bare 1.18.6 Barg 1.18.7 Barh 1.18.8 Bari 1.18.9 Bark 1.18.10 Barl 1.18.11 Barn 1.18.12 Baro 1.18.13 Barr 1.18.14 Bart 1.18.15 Baru 1.18.16 Barw 1.18.17 Bary 1.18.18 Barz 1.19 Bas 1.20 Bat 1.21 Bau 1.22 Bav 1.23 Baw 1.24 Bax 1.25 Bay 1.26 Baz 2 Bb 3 Bc 4 Bd

Ba

Baa

• Baade, Walter, (1893-1960), astronomer
• Baader, Andreas, (1944-77), German leader of Red Army Faction
• Baader, Franz Xaver von, (1765-1841), philosopher

Bab

• Baba, Meher, Indian mystic
• Baba, Satya Sai, (born 1926), Indian spiritualist
• Babacic, Esad, (born 1965), poet
• Babbage, Charles, (1791-1871), British computational pioneer
• Babbitt, Bruce, (Democrat) 1978-1987
• Babbitt, Milton, (born 1916), composer
• Babel, Isaak, (1894-1940), author
• Babilonia, Tai, (born 1959), figure skating star
• Babington, Churchill, (1821-1889), botanist, archaeologist
• Babur, (1483-1530), the founder of India's Mughal Empire

Bac

• Bacall, Lauren, (born 1924), US actor
• Bacardí, Facundo, merchant, founder or Bacardi
• Bacaredda, Antonio
• Bacaredda, Ottone
• Bacchelli, Riccardo, novelist
• Bacchylides, (died c. 467 BC), poet
• Bacciarelli, Marcello, Polish painter
• Bacharach, Yair, (born 1639), German rabbi
• Bach, Barbara, actor
• Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, (1714-1788), composer
• Bach, Johann Christian, (1735-1782), composer
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, (1685-1750), composer
• Bach, Richard, (born 1936), writer of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• Bacharach, Burt, (born 1929), and Hal David
• Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, (1690-1771)
• Bachchan, Amitabh, (born 1942), Indian actor
• Bache, Alexander Dallas, (1806-1867)
• Bache, Francis Edward, (1833-1858), composer
• Bacheller, Irving, A Man for the Ages
• Bachiler, Stephen, (15??-1656)
• Bachman, Randy, (born 1943), singer
• Bachmann, Ingeborg, (1926-1973), poet
• Bach, Sebastian, (born 1968), musician ("Skid Row")
• Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, (1710-1784), composer
• Backhaus, Wilhelm, (1884-1969), pianist
• Backus, Billy, (born 1943), world champion boxer
• Backus, Jim, (died 1989), actor
• Bacon, Francis, (1909-1992), British Artist
• Bacon, Henry, (1866-1924), architect (Lincoln Memorial)
• Bacon, Sir Francis, (1561-1626) British Scientific Philospher
• Bacon, John, (1740-1799), sculptor
• Bacon, Kevin, (born 1958), US actor
• Bacon, Leonard, (1802-1881), poet
• Bacon, Lise, Canadian senator
• Bacon, Lloyd, film director
• Bacon, Nicholas, (1509-1579), English politician
• Bacon, Roger, (1214-1294), also known as Dr Mirabilis
• Baconthorpe, John, scholastic philosopher
• Bacsanyi, Janos, (1763-1845), poet

Bad

• Badalocchio, Sisto
• Baden, Max von, (1867-1929)
• Baden-Powell, Lord Robert, (1857-1941), Scouting founder
• Bader, Douglas, (1910-1982), WW2 RAF fighter ace without legs
• Badinter, Pierre, lawyer, statesman and anti death sentence activist
• Badoglio, Pietro, (1871-1956), Italian WW2 field marshal
• Badu, Erykah, (born 1971), musician

Bae

• Baekeland, Leo, plastic
• Baels, Mary Lilian, (1916-2002), Princess de Rethy
• Baer, Karl Ernst von, (1792-1876), naturalist
• Baer, Max, (died 1959), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• Baer, Max, Jr, (born 1937), actor
• Baertsoen, Albert, (born 1866), Flemish painter, etcher
• Baer, William Jacob, (1860-1941), American painter
• Baez, Joan, (born 1941), US singer-songwriter

Baf

• Baffin, William, (1584-1622), explorer

Bag

• Bagaza, Jean-Baptiste, Burundi president
• Bagdasarian, Ross, (1919-1972), musician, actor
• Bagg, Robert, poet
• Bagge, Peter, US comic creator
• Baggesen, Jens Immanuel, (1764-1826)
• Baggio, Roberto, (born 1967), Association football player
• Baghy, Julio, poet
• Bagian, James, astronaut
• Bagnacavallo, Bartolommeo, (1484-1542)
• Bagneris, Vernel, writer, director, actor, dancer
• Bagnold, Enid, National Velvet
• Bagnold, Ralph A, (1896-1990)
• Bagration, Peter, (1765-1812), Russian general

Bah

• Bahaullah, (1817-1892), Prophet-Founder of the Bahai Faith.
• Bahcall, John, astronomer
• Bahia, Luis Carlos, musician
• Bahlsen, Werner, (1904-1985), biscuit producer
• Bahram I of Persia, (AD 274-277), from 273 to 276.
• Bahram II of Persia, (277-294), from 276 to 293.
• Bahram III of Persia, year 293.
• Bahram IV of Persia, (389-399), from 388 to 399.
• Bahram V of Persia, (420-439), from 420 to 438.
• Bahram VI of Persia, from 590 to 591.
• Bahrdt, Karl Friedrich, (1741-1792), German theologian, adventurer
• Bahr, Egon, (born 1922), SPD
• Bahro, Rudolf, (1935-1997), dissident

Bai

• Bai, Ling
• Baikie, William Balfour, (1824-1864)
• Bail, Murray, (born 1941), novelist
• Bayley, Barrington J, British science fiction writer
• Bailey, Bill, (Space Cadets)
• Bailey, Bob, musician
• Bailey, Buster, musician
• Bailey, Chris, frontman for punk rock band The Saints
• Bailey, D.F, Canadian writer
• Bailey, David, (born 1938), photographer
• Bailey, Derek, (born 1932), musician
• Bailey, Donovan, (born 1967), sprinter
• Bailey, Gamaliel, (1807-1859)
• Bailey, Garnet, (1948-2001), ice hockey player & scout
• Bailey, Liberty Hyde, (1858-1954)
• Bailey, Mildred, (1907-1951), musician
• Bailey, Nathan, (died 1742)
• Bailey, Pearl, (1918-1990), singer
• Bailey, Philip James, (1816-1902)
• Bailey, Samuel, (1791-1870)
• Baille, Faustino Cesare
• Baille, Ludovico
• Baillet, Adrien, (1649-1706)
• Baillie, Joanna, (1762-1851), poet
• Baillie, Lady Grizel, (1665-1746)
• Baillie, Robert, (1602-1662)
• Baillie of Jerviswood, (died 1684)
• Bailly, Jean Sylvain, (1736-1793), astronomer
• Baily, Edward Hodges, (1788-1867)
• Baily, Francis, (1774-1844)
• Baily, William Hellier, (1867-1875)
• Bain, Alexander, (1818-1903), philosopher
• Bain, Ali, fiddler
• Bain, Andrew Geddes, (1797-1864)
• Bain, Alexander, (1818-1903), philosopher
• Bain, Barbara, (born 1932), actress
• Bain, Conrad, (born 1923), Canadian/American actor
• Bainbridge, Beryl, (born 1934), novelist
• Bainbridge, John, (1582-1643)
• Bainbridge, William, (1774-1833), naval commander
• Baines, Edward, (1774-1848), British newspaperman, politician
• Baini, Giuseppe, (1775-1844)
• Baio, Scott, (born 1961), US actor
• Baird, Henry Martyn, (1832-1906)
• Baird, John Logie, (1888-1946), British inventor
• Baird, Sir David, (1757-1829)
• Baird, Tadeus, opera composer
• Baiter, Johann Georg, (1801-1877), philologist
• Baiul, Oksana, (born 1977), figure skater
• Baius, Michael, (1513-1589)

Baj

• Bajiyoperak, Wachan, musician
• Bajza, Joseph, (1804-1858)

Bak

• Bake, Jan, (1787-1864)
• Bakeman, Daniel F, (1760-1869), Revolutionary war veteran
• Baker, Alan, mathematician
• Baker, Benjamin, (1840-1907), civil engineer
• Baker, Carroll, (born 1931), actress
• Baker, Chet, (died 1988), musician
• Baker, David, musician
• Baker, Dusty, (born 1949), baseball player, coach
• Baker, Ellen, astronaut
• Baker, George, Canadian senator
• Baker, Ginger, (born 1939), musician
• Baker, Henry, (1698-1774)
• Baker, Howard, (born 1925), former Senator from Tennessee, former White House Chief of Staff
• Baker, James, (born 1930), US politician
• Baker, Josephine, (1906-1975), US-born entertainer
• Baker, Kathy, (born 1947), actress
• Baker, Kenny, (born 1934), actor
• Baker, Laurie, (born 1917), England-born Indian architect
• Baker, Lavern, (born 1928), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member
• Baker, Michael, astronaut
• Baker, Mickey, musician
• Baker, Nancy Kassebaum, (born 1932) US Senator (1978-1996)
• Baker, Rick, (born 1950), film makeup artist
• Baker, Russell, (born 1925), columnist
• Baker, Sam Aaron, governor
• Baker, Sir Benjamin, (1840-1907), civil engineer
• Baker, Sir Richard, (1568-1644,1645)
• Baker, Sir Samuel White, (1821-1893)
• Baker, Thomas, (1656-1746)
• Baker, Valentine Aker Pasha, (1827-1887)

  See also Baker

• Bakhuysen, Ludolf, (1631-1708), painter
• Bakker, Jim, (born 1939), disgraced US TV evangelist
• Bakker, Tammy Faye, (born 1942), televangelist
• Bakocz, Tamas
• Bakr, Abu, (573-634), caliph
• Bakshi, Anand, (1920-2002), Indian lyricist
• Bakshi, Ralph, (born 1938), cartoonist, film director, video producer
• Bakula, Scott, (born 1954), American television actor
• Bakunin, Mikhail, (1814-1876), Russian anarchist

Bal

• Balaguer, Joaquin, (1906-2002), Dominican Republic President
• Balaguer, Victor, (1824-1901)
• Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich , (1836-1910), composer
• Balanchine, George, (1904-1983), (O.S.)
• Balandin, Alexander, astronaut
• Balantic, France, (1921-1943), poet
• Balash of Persia, from 484 to 488.
• Balbi, Adrian, (1782-1848)
• Balbinus, Roman Emperor
• Balbo, Cesare, (1789-1853)
• Balbo, Italo, Italian aviator
• Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, (c. 1475-1519), Spanish explorer
• Baldaccini, Cesar, sculptor
• Balde, Jakob, (1604-1668)
• Baldi, Bernardino, (1533-1617), mathematican
• Baldinger, Ernst Gottfried, (1738-1804)
• Baldinucci, Filippo, (1625-1697)
• Baldovinetti, Alessio, (1427-1499)
• Baldry, Long John, musician
• Balduccio, Giovanni di, sculptor
• Balduinus, Jacobus, (died 1225)
• Baldung, Hans, (1484-1545), painter
• Baldus de Ubaldis, Petrus, (1327-1406)
• Baldwin I of Jerusalem, (died 1118), king of Jerusalem
• Baldwin I of Constantinople, (d. 1205)
• Baldwin II of Jerusalem, (died 1131)
• Baldwin II of Constantinople, (1217-1273)
• Baldwin III of Jerusalem, (1143-1162)
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, (died 1185)
• Baldwin V of Jerusalem, (died 1186)
• Baldwin, Alec, (born 1958), actor
• Baldwin, Daniel, US actor
• Baldwin, James, (1924-1987), writer
• Baldwin, James Mark, (1861-1934)
• Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Baldwin of Maflix, scholastic philosopher
• Baldwin, Robert, (1804-1858)
• Baldwin, Roger Nash, 1884-1981, founder American Civil Liberties Union
• Baldwin, Stanley, (1867-1947), British prime minister
• Baldwin, Stephen, (born 1966), actor
• Baldwin, William, (born 1963), actor
• Bale, Christian, (born 1974), actor
• Bale, John, (1495-1563)
• Bales, Peter, (1547-1610?)
• Balfe, Michael William, (1808-1870), composer
• Balfour, Alison, a "notorious witch"
• Balfour, Arthur James, (1848-1930), Foreign Secretary
• Balfour, Francis Maitland
• Balfour, Robert, (1550?-1625?)
• Balfour, Sir James, (died 1584)
• Balguy, John, (1686-1748)
• Balin, Marty, (born 1943), musician
• Balk, Christianne, (W. Whitman winner - Bindweed)
• Balk, Fairuza, (born 1974), US actress and wiccan
• Balkenende, Jan Peter, (born 1956), prime minister
• Ball, John, (1585-1640)
• Ball, Lucille, (1911-1989), US comedy actress
• Ball, Murray, : Footrot Flats
• Ball, Sir Alexander John, (1759-1809)
• Ball, Thomas, (1819-1911)
• Ballagh, Robert, painter, Aosdána
• Ballance, John, (1839-1893)
• Ballanche, Pierre Simon, (1776-1847)
• Ballantine, Carl, (born 1922), actor
• Ballantine, William, (1812-1887)
• Ballantyne, Robert Michael, (1825-1894)
• Ballard, Florence, (died 1976), singer with The Supremes
• Ballard, Hank, (1936-2003), musician
• Ballard, J. G, (born 1930), British author of Crash, Empire of the Sun
• Ballew, Chris, (born 1965), musician
• Ballivian, Adolfo
• Ballivian, José
• Ballen, Albert inventor of cruise ships
• Balling, Erik, (born 1924)
• Ballmer, Steve, (born 1956), executive at Microsoft
• Ballou, Hosea, (1771-1852)
• Balmaceda, José Manuel, Chilean president
• Balmer, Johann, (1825-1898), physicist
• Balmes, Jaime Luciano, (1810-1848)
• Balnaves, Henry, (1512?-1579)
• Baloh, Miha, (born 1928), actor.
• Balsam, Martin, (1914-1996), actor
• Balsham, Hugh de, (died 1286)
• Baltard, Louis, (1764-1846)
• Baltazar, Tony, (born 1967), boxer
• Balthus, (1908-2001), (Count Balthasas Klossowski de Rola)
• Baltzar, Thomas, (c.1630-1663), violinist
• Balue, Jean, (c. 1421-1491), French cardinal, statesman
• Baluze, Etienne, (1630-1718)
• Balzac, Jean Louis Guez de, (1594-1654), French playwright
• Balzary, Michael, bassist for American funk metal band the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Bam

• Bambaataa, Afrika, (born 1960), songwriter
• Bamberger, Ludwig, (1823-1899)
• Bamford, Samuel, (1788-1872)
• Bampton, John, (1690-1751)

Ban

• Ban, Ivo, (born 1949), actor.
• Bana, Eric, (born 1968), actor
• Banach, Stefan, (1892-1945), Pole
• Banchieri, Adriano, (c. 1557-1634), composer
• Bancroft, Anne, (born 1931), US actor
• Bancroft, George, (1882-1956), actor
• Bancroft, Hubert Howe, (1832-1918)
• Bancroft, Richard, (1544-1610), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Bancroft, Squire, (1841-1926)
• Band, Luna, musician
• Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, (1840-1914), archaeologist
• Bandello, Matteo, (1480-1562)
• Banderas, Antonio, (born 1960), Spanish actor
• Bandinelli, Bartolommeo, (1493-1560), sculptor
• Bandini, Angelo Maria, (1726-1800)
• Bandura, Albert, psychologist
• Banér, Gustaf, Swedish soldier
• Banér, Johan, (1596-1641), Swedish soldier
• Bangs, Lester, (died 1982), music journalist, author, musician
• Banim, John, (1798-1842)
• Bank, Aaron, founder of US Special Forces
• Bankhead, Tallulah, (1902-1968), US actress
• Banks, Ernie, (born 1931), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Banks, George Linnaeus, (1821-1881)
• Banks, Gordon, (born 1937), athlete
• Banks, Iain, (born 1954), British mainstream and space opera author, aka Iain M. Banks
• Banks, Joseph, (1743-1820), biologist, botanist
• Banks, Lynne Reid, Indian in the Cupboard series
• Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, (1816-1894)
• Banks, Peter, musician
• Banks, Russell, (born 1940), author of The Sweet Hereafter
• Banks, Thomas, (1735-1805)
• Banks, Tommy, Canadian senator
• Banks, Tyra, (born 1973), US model
• Bannatyne, George, (1545-1608)
• Banneker, Benjamin, (1731-1806), 18th century astronomer
• Bannen, Ian, (died 1999), actor
• Bannerji, Himani, Canadian writer
• Bannerman, Helen, (died 1899), author
• Bannink, Harry, (died 1999), Dutch songwriter, aged 70
• Bannister, Charles, (1738-1804)
• Bannister, Edward Mitchell, (1828-1901), painter
• Bannister, Roger, (born 1929), athlete, first "Miracle Mile"
• Banting, Frederick, (1891-1941), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
• Banton, Buju, (born 1973), musician and singer
• Banton, Pato, singer-songwriter, musician
• Banville, John, novelist
• Banville, Theodore Faullain de, (1823-1891)

Bao

• Bao Dai, (died 1926), last emperor of Vietnam

Bap

• Baptiste, Nicolas Anselme, (1761-1835)
• Baquet, Achille, patriarch of Constantinople

Baq

• Baquet, Achille, musician
• Baquet, George, musician

Bar

Bara

• Barab, Seymour, (born 1921), composer
• Baranoff-Rossine, Vladimir, (1888-1944), painter
• Bar, Francois de, (1538-1606)
• Bara, Theda, (1890-1955), silent film actress
• Barabash, Volodimir, Canadian writer
• Barahona de Soto, Luis, (1548-1595)
• Barak, Ehud, (1942-), Israeli politician
• Baraka, Amiri, (aka Leroi Jones)
• Baratier, Johann Philipp, (1721-1740)
• Baratynski, Jewgenij Abramovich, (1800-1844)

Barb

• Barba Porfirio Jacob, (Colombian poet)
• Barbachano, Miguel, (1806-1859) Yucatecan politician
• Barbarin, Louis, (1902-1997), jazz drummer
• Barbarin, Paul, (1902-1966), jazz drummer
• Barbaro, Ermolao, (1454-1493)
• Barbaroux, Charles Jean Marie, (1767-1794)
• Barbauld, Anna Letitia, (1743-1825), poet
• Barbeau, Adrienne, (born 1945), American actress
• Barbera, Joseph, (born 1911), cartoonist
• Barber, Bruce, Canadian writer
• Barber, Samuel, (1910-1981), composer
• Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de, (1745-1837)
• Barber, Red, (1908-1992), baseball announcer, sports journalist
• Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules Amédée, (1808-1889)
• Barbeyrac, Jean, (1674-1744)
• Barbie, Klaus, (1913-1991), French Nazi
• Barbier, Antoine Alexandre, (1765-1825), French librarian
• Barbier, George, (1865-1945), illustrator
• Barbier, Henri Auguste, (1805-1882)
• Barbier, Louis, (1593-1670), French bishop.
• Barbieri, Giovannia Fancesco, (1591-1666), Italian painter.
• Barbirolli, John, (1899-1970), conductor
• Barbon, Nicholas, (c. 1640-1698)
• Barbour, John, (c. 1316-1395), poet
• Barbusse, Henri, (1873-1935), French novelist, journalist
• Barbé-Marbois, Francis

Barc

• Barclay, Alexander, (c. 1476-1552)
• Barclay, John, (1582-1621)
• Barclay, Robert, Governor of New Jersey
• Barclay, William, (1546-1608)
• Barclay, William, (1907-1978)

Bard

• Bard, Alexander, Swedish musician, philospher
• Bardas, Byzantine Emperor
• Bardeen, John, (1908-1991), inventor
• Bardem, Javier, (born 1969), actor
• Bardette, Trevor, (died 1977), actor
• Bardili, Christoph Gottfried, (1761-1808)
• Bardin, John Franklin, US author, novelist
• Bardot, Brigitte, (born 1934), French actress
• Bardoux, Agenor, (1829-1897)
• Bardwell, Leland, Aosdána

Bare

• Bare, Bobby, musician
• Barebone, Praise-God, (c. 1596-1679), also known as Barbon
• Bareham, Steve, Canadian writer
• Barenblatt, Grigory, mathematician
• Barenboim, Daniel, (born 1942), pianist, conductor
• Barents, Willem, (1550?-1597), Dutch explorer
• Bares, Equidad, musician
• Barère, Bertrand, de Vieuzac, (1755-1841)
• Baresi, Franco, (born 1960), Italian athlete
• Baretti, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio, (1719-1789)

Barg

• Barga, Pietro da, sculptor

Barh

• Barham, Richard Harris, (1788-1845)

Bari

• Bari, Judi, (1949-1997), activist
• Baricco, Alessandro, novelist
• Baring-Gould, Sabine, (1834-1924), songwriter
• Baring-Gould, William S, (1913-1967)

Bark

• Barker, Bob, (born 1923), game show host, television personality
• Barker, Clive, (born 1952), British horror author
• Barker, Edmund Henry, (1788-1839)
• Barker, George, poet
• Barker, Harley Granville, dramatist, author
• Barker, Les, British comedian
• Barker, Lex, (1919-1973), actor
• Barker, Pat, author
• Barker, Ronnie, (born 1929), British comedian
• Barkley, Alben W, (1877-1956), former Vice President of the United States
• Barkley, Charles, (born 1963), basketball player
• Barks, Carl, (1901-2000), US Donald Duck cartoonist

Barl

• Barl, Matija, (born 1940), actor.
• Barlach, Ernst, (1870-1938), sculptor
• Barlow, Clarence, composer
• Barlow, Gary, singer-songwriter
• Barlow, George Hilarow, (1762-1847)
• Barlow, Joel, (1754-1812), American novelist
• Barlow, John Perry, (born 1947), (of EFF fame) and Bob Weir
• Barlow, Peter, (1776-1862)

Barn

• Barnacle, Norah, wife of James Joyce
• Barnard, Anne, (1750-1825)
• Barnard, Christiaan, (or Barnaard, 1922-2001), South African Surgeon
• Barnard, Edward, (USA, 1857-1923), astronomer
• Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, (1809-1889)
• Barnard, George Grey, (1863-1938)
• Barnard, Henry, (1811-1900)
• Barnardo, Thomas John, (1845-1905)
• Barnave, Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie, (1761-1793)
• Barnby, Joseph, (1838-1896)
• Barnefield, Richard, (1574-1627), poet
• Barnes, Albert, (1798-1870)
• Barnes, Barnabe, (c. 1569-1609), English poet
• Barnes, Djuna, (1892-1982), author
• Barnes, Edward, (1776-1838)
• Barnes, Ernie, (born 1938), painter
• Barnes, Geoffrey, (born 1972), painter
• Barnes, Henry, traffic
• Barnes, John, author
• Barnes, John, football player
• Barnes, Joshua, (1654-1712)
• Barnes, Julian, (born 1946), author of England, England
• Barnes, Peter, dramatist, author
• Barnes, Robert, (1495-1540)
• Barnes, Steven, (born 1952), author
• Barnes, Thomas, (1785-1841)
• Barnes, William, (1801-1886), poet
• Barnet, Charlie, musician
• Barnett, Denis, (born 1906), British air chief marshal
• Barnett, John, (1802-1890)
• Barnett, Samuel Augustus, (1844-1913)
• Barneveld, Raymond van, darts player
• Barnfield, Richard, (1574-1627)
• Barnum, Phineas Taylor, (1810-1891), US showman

Baro

• Baron, Joey, musician
• Baronius, Caesar, (1538-1607), historian
• Baross, Gabor, (1848-1892), Hungarian statesman

Barr

• Barr, Roseanne, (born 1952), American actress and comedian
• Barragan, Luis, architect
• Barragan, Raul (born 1959), alleged airline hacker
• Barrande, Joachim, (1799-1883)
• Barraqué, Jean, (1928-1973), composer
• Barras, Paul François Jean Nicolas, (1755-1829)
• Barrault, Jean-Louis, (1910-1994), actor, director
• Barre, Isaac, (1726-1802)
• Barrera, Marco Antonio, (born 1974), world boxing champion
• Barrès, Maurice, (1862-1923)
• Barret, Lawrence, (1838-1891), actor
• Barrett, David, 1972-09-15 to 1975-12-22
• Barrett, Elizabeth, poet
• Barrett, Lucas, (1837-1862), English naturalist
• Barrett, Majel, (born 1936), United States actress
• Barrett, Syd, (born 1946), of Pink Floyd
• Barrett, Wilson, (1846-1904), actor
• Barrie, Chris, (born 1960), (Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire)
• Barrie, J.M, (1860-1937), British novelist and dramatist
• Barrie, James Matthew, creator of Peter Pan
• Barrière, Theodore, (1823-1877), French dramatist
• Barrili, Antonio Giulio, (1836-1908)
• Barrington, Daines, (1727-1800), English naturalist
• Barrington, George, (born 1755)
• Barrington, John Shute, (1678-1734)
• Barrington, Samuel, (1729-1800), naval commander
• Barrington, Shute, (1734-1826)
• Barrington, William Wildman Shute, (1717-1793), British statesman
• Barrios, Justo Rufino, (1835-1885), Central American leader
• Barris, Chuck, (born 1929), game show host, producer, writer
• Barrois, Charles, (1851-1939), geologist
• Barron, Stephanie, author
• Barros, João de, (1496-1570)
• Barrot, Camille Hyacinth Odilon, (1791-1873)
• Barrow, Clyde, (died 1933), and Bonnie Parker, US outlaws
• Barrow, Isaac, (1630-1677), mathematician
• Barrow, John, (1764-1848)
• Barrowe, Henry, (1550-1593), English Puritan and Separatist.
• Barry, Ann Street, (1734-1801)
• Barry, Charles, (1795-1860), architect
• Barry, Daniel, astronaut
• Barry, Dave, comedian
• Barry, Elizabeth, (1658-1713)
• Barry, Gerald, composer, member of Aosdána
• Barry, James, (1795?-1865), British army surgeon
• Barry, James, British painter
• Barry, Jeff, and Ellie Greenwich
• Barry, John (American naval commander)
• Barry, John (composer), (born 1933), composer
• Barry, John Wolfe, engineer
• Barry, Kevin
• Barry, Marion, Jr, (born 1936), mayor of Washington, DC
• Barry, Philip, dramatist
• Barry, Redmond, (1813-1880)
• Barry, Rick, (died 1944), basketball star
• Barry, Sebastian, novelist, member of Aosdána
• Barry, Spranger, (1719-1777)
• Barrymore, Drew, (born 1975), US actress
• Barrymore, Ethel, (1879-1959), actor
• Barrymore, John, (1882-1942), actor
• Barrymore, Lionel, (1878-1954), actor

Bart

• Barth, Marisa Ferretti, Canadian senator
• Bartholin, Erasmus, (died 1698), Danish mathematician
• Bartholomew, Freddie, (1924-1992), actor
• Bart, Jean, (1651-1702)
• Bart, Lionel, (1930-1999), songwriter
• Bartel, Paul, actor, director, writer, producer
• Bartels, Hans von, (1856-1913), German painter
• Barth, Karl, (1886-1968)
• Barthe, Richmond, (1901-c.1990), painter
• Barthelme, Donald, author
• Barthelmess, Richard, (1895-1963), actor
• Barthez, Fabian, athlete
• Bartholdi, Frederic, (1834-1904), French architect
• Bartholin, Caspar, the Elder, (1585-1629)
• Bartholin, Caspar, the Younger, (1655-1738)
• Bartholin, Rasmus, (1625-1698)
• Bartholomew I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
• Bartholomew, Dave, musician, composer, promoter
• Bartholomew of Bologna, scholastic philosopher
• Bartholomew of Salerno, scholastic philosopher
• Bartholomew of Tours, scholastic philosopher
• Bartlett, Bruce, musician
• Bartlett, Jennifer, (born 1941), painter
• Bartlett, Josiah, (died 1795), a signatory of the Declaration of Independence
• Bartoe, John, astronaut
• Bartoldy, Felix Mendelssohn, (1809-1847), composer
• Bartol, Vladimir, (1903-1967), author
• Bartolommeo, Fra, (1474-1517), painter
• Bartolozzi, Francesco, (1728-1815), painter
• Barton, Clara, (1821-1912), founder of the Red Cross??
• Barton, Edmund, (1849-1920), first Prime Minister of Australia
• Bartók, Béla, (1881-1945), Hungarian composer
• Barty, Billy, (1924-2000), actor

Baru

• Baruch, Bernard, (1870-1965), business person

Barw

• Barwin, Gary, Canadian writer

Bary

• Bary, Anton de, (1831-1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist
• Barye, Antoine-Louis, sculptor
• Barylli, Gabriel, dramatist, author
• Baryshnikov, Mikhail, (1948-), Russian ballet dancer

Barz

• Barzel, Rainer, (1962-1964 and 1982-1983 - affairs), German government minister
• Barzin, Leon, (1900-1999), conductor

Bas

• Base, Graham, Animalia
• Basehart, Richard, (1914-1984), actor
• Baselitz, Georg, (born 1938), painter and sculptor
• Basevi, George, architect
• Basheer, Vaikom Muhammad, (1908-1994), novelist
• Bashkirtseff, Marie, (1860-1884), Ukranian painter
• Basie, Count, (1904-1984), musician, composer
• Basil I, (died 886), Byzantine Emperor
• Basil II, (958-1025), Byzantine Emperor
• Basil II Carnaterus, patriarch of Constantinople
• Basil III, patriarch of Constantinople
• Basil III, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
• Basil II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
• Basil of Caesarea, (ca. 330-379)
• Basilio, Carmen, (born 1927), world champion boxer
• Basil I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
• Basiliscus, Byzantine Emperor
• Basil, Toni, (born 1943), singer, dancer, choreographer
• Basinger, Kim, (born 1953), US actor
• Basquiat, Jean-Michel, (1960-1988), painter
• Bass, Alfie, comedian
• Bassa, Fidel, world champion boxer
• Bassani, Giorgio, (died 2000), 84, Italian writer (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis)
• Bassano, painter
• Bassett, Angela, (born 1958), actress
• Bassey, Shirley, (born 1937), singer
• Bass, Lance, (born 1979), musician ("NSYNC")
• Bastiat, Frederic, (1801-1850), economist

Bat

• Bata, John, (died 1965), shoe manufacturer
• Bata, Thomas, industrialist, Bata Shoes
• Bate, Henry, scholastic philosopher
• Bateman, Jason, (born 1969), actor
• Bateman, Robert, (born 1930), painter
• Bates, Alan, (born 1934), actor
• Bates, Daisy, US civil rights activist
• Bates, Frederick, governor
• Bates, H.E, (1905-1974)
• Bates, Katherine Lee, (1859-1929), poet, author of America the Beautiful
• Bates, Kathy, (born 1948), actor
• Bates, Martin Van Buren, big US man
• Bates, Ronald, Canadian writer
• Bateson, Patrick, biologist
• Bathelmess, Richard, (1895-1963), actor
• Bathori, Jane, (1877-1970), opera singer
• Bathory, Christopher, (born 1530), a prince of Transylvania
• Bathory, Erzsëbet ("Elizabeth"), (1560-1614), bloodthirtsty Hungarian countess
• Batista, Fulgencio, (1901-1973), Cuban military dictator
• Batistuta, Gabriel, football player
• Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo, (1708-1787), painter
• Bators, Stiv, (1949-1990), musician ("The Dead Boys")
• Batten, Jennifer, musician
• Battle, Hinton, (born 1956), dancer
• Battle, Kathleen, (born 1948), opera singer
• Baturin, Yuri, astronaut

Bau

• Baudelaire, Charles-Pierre, (1821-1867), French poet
• Baudin, Nicholas, 18th century French explorer, mapped the West Australian coastline.
• Baudino, Gael, author, mostly fantasy
• Baudot, Emile, (1845-1903), communications
• Baudouin I of Belgium, (7 September, 1930-31 July, 1993), Belgian monarch
• Baudry, Patrick, astronaut
• Bauer, Bill, Canadian writer
• Baugher, Joe, (born 1941), researcher, aviation author
• Bauer, Bruno, (1809-1882), philosopher
• Bauer, Nancy, Canadian writer
• Bauer, Steven, Hollywood star
• Bauer, Wilhelm, (1822-1875), engineer
• Bauer, Wolfgang, dramatist, author
• Baugh, Sammy, (born 1914), American football star
• Bauhin, biologist
• Baumann, Johannes, (1874-1953), Swiss president
• Baum, L. Frank, (1856-1919), US writer ofThe Wizard of Oz
• Baumel, Judith, (The Weight of Numbers - Whitman award)
• Baum, Vicki, (1888-1960), writer
• Baur, Ferdinand Christian, (1792-1860), theologian
• Bausch, Pina, (born 1940), dancer

Bav

• Bavier, Frances, (1902-1989), actress
• Bavier, Simeon, (1825-1896), Swiss president

Baw

• Bawab, John, Maronite Patriarch

Bax

• Bax, Arnold, (1883-1953), composer
• Baxter, Anne, (1923-1985), actress
• Baxter, Charles, American author, novelist
• Baxter, James K, (1926-1972), poet
• Baxter, Stanley, (born 1928), actor
• Baxter, Stephen, (born 1957), British science fiction author
• Baxter, Warner, (1889-1951), actor

Bay

• Bayar, Celal, Turkish president
• Bayer, Johann, (1572-1625), astronomer
• Bayerlein, Fritz, German Panzer general
• Bayes, Thomas, (1702-1761), mathematician, statistician
• Bayley, Barrington, British science fiction author
• Baylor, Don, baseball player and coach
• Baylor, Elgin, (born 1934), National Basketball Association star

Baz

• Bazna, Elyesa, double-agent

Bb

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