Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ba - Bb - Bc - Bd - Be - Bf - Bg - Bh - Bi - Bj - Bk - Bl - Bm - Bn - Bo - Bp - Bq - Br - Bs - Bt - Bu - Bv - Bw - Bx - By - Bz Table of contents 1 Bea 2 Beb 3 Bec 4 Bed - Bek 5 Bel 5.1 Bela - Belk 5.2 Bell 5.3 Belm - Belz 6 Bem - Ben 6.4 Bena - Benm 6.5 Benn 6.6 Beno - Benz 7 Beo - Beq 8 Ber 8.7 Bera - Berf 8.8 Berg 8.9 Berh - Berm 8.10 Bern 8.11 Bero - Berq 8.12 Berr 8.13 Bers - Berz 9 Bes - Bez Bea Beach, Amy, (1867-1944), composer Beach, Sylvia, (born 1887), publisher Beagle, Peter S, (born 1939), US fantasy author Beals, Jennifer (born 1963) US actress Beamon, Bob, (born 1946), athlete Bean, Alan, (born 1932), astronaut Bear, Greg, (born 1951), US science fiction author Beard, Charles A, (born 1874), historian Beard, James, (1903-1985), chef, cookbook writer Beard, Stephanie, Canadian radio and television personality, voice actress Beard, Stymie, (1925-1981), actor Beard, Thomas, (born 1962), musician, composer Bearden, Milton, US spy, author Bearden, Romare, (1914-1988), painter Beardsley, Aubrey, (1872-1898), illustrator Béart, Emmanuelle, (born 1965), French actor Beatrice, Princess of Portugal, (1372-1410), heiress to the throne and wife of John I of Castile Beatrice of Spain Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, (born 1938) Beattie, Ann, (born 1947), writer Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, (1875-1968) Beatty, Clyde, (1903-1965), circus performer, hunter Beatty, David, (1871-1936), British Beatty, Ned, (born 1937), actor Beatty, Warren, (born 1937), US film director Beauchamp-Proctor, Andrew, (1894-1921), fighter pilot Beaudoin, Gerald A, Canadian senator Beaufort, John, 1st Earl of Somerset Beaufort, Margaret, (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII of England Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de, (1732-1799), comedy playwright Beaumier, Colleen, Canadian politican Beaumont, Charles, (died 1967), writer Beaumont, Francis, (1586-1616), poet Beauregard, Alcide, SOE agent, WW II hero Beauregard, P.G.T, (1818-1893), general Beausoleil, musician Beauvoir, Simone de, (1908-1986), French author Beaux, Cecilia, painter Beaven, Robert Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken, Lord, (1879-1964), UK politician & newspaper tycoon Beb Bebel, August, (1840-1913), politician Bebeto, soccer player Bec Bec - Becj Bécaud, Gilbert, (died 2001), musician Beccaria, Giovanni Battista, (1716-1781) Bechdel, Alison, US cartoonist Becher, Ulrich, dramatist, author Bechet, Sidney, (1897-1959), jazz musician Bechstein, Carl, (1826-1900), piano manufacturer Bechstein, Ludwig, (1801-1860), narrator and poet Bechtle, Robert, (born 1932), painter Beck Beck Beck, (born 1970), singer-songwriter, musician Beck, Aaron, psychologist Beck, Beatrix, (born 1914), writer Beck, C.C, (1910-1989), creator of the original Captain Marvel Beck, Dave, (flourished mid-20th century) union leader Beck, Jeff, (born 1944), singer-songwriter, musician Beck, Joe, musician Beck, Kimberly, (born 1956), actor Beck, Ludwig, (1880-1944), General and member of the July Plot Beckenbauer, Franz, (born 1945), footballer Becker, Boris, (born 1967), (Germany) Becker, Donald, Linux programmer Becker, Gary, (born 1930), economist Becker, Jurek, dramatist, author Becker, Jürgen, dramatist, author Becket, Thomas Beckett, Arthur William a, (died 1909), British journalist Beckett, Gilbert Abbott a, (1811-1856), writer Beckett, Gilbert Arthur a, (died 1891), British writer Beckett, Margaret Beckett, Samuel, (1906-1989), Irish-born playwright Beckham, Brice, (born 1976), actor. Beckham, David, (born 1975), association football player Beckinsale, Kate, (born 1973), actress Beckman, Joshua, poet Beckmann, Max, (1884-1950), painter Beckwith, Alan, (born 1952) Becl - Becz Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo, (1836-1870), poet Becquerel, Antoine Henri, (1852-1908), French physicist Becue, Brigitte, swimmer Bed - Bek Bed Bédard, Myriam, (born 1969), Olympic Gold Medal Beddoes, English writer in Germany Bede, (c. 672-735 C.E.), scholastic philosopher, historian Bedford, David, (born 1937), composer Bedi, Kabir, (born 1946), actor Bedrich, (1172-1173), Bohemian aristocrat Bee Beebe, Charles William, (1877-1962), biologist Beefheart, Captain, (born 1941), avant garde blues musician and painter Beekman, Yolande, (1911-1944), SOE agent, WW II heroine Beerbohm, Max, (1873-1956), theater critic Beer, Wilhelm, (1797-1850), astronomer Beernaert, Auguste, Nobel Peace Prize 1908 Beery, Noah, (died 1946), actor Beery, Wallace, (1885-1949), actor Beethoven, Ludwig van, (baptized 1770-1827), German-born composer Bef Beg Beg, Ulugh, (1394-1394), astronomer Beghal, Djamel, alleged Al-Qaida terrorist Beghe, Jason, actor Begin, Menachmen, (1913-1992), Israeli prime minister Begley, Donal, Chief Herald of Ireland, 1981-95 Begley, Ed, Jr, (born 1949), actor Bégué, Georges, (1911-1993), SOE agent, WW II hero Beh Behaim, Martin, (1436-1507), cartographer Behan, Brendan, (1923-1964), playwright, novelist Behan, John, sculptor, Aosdána Beheim-Schwarzenbach, Martin, (1900-1985), narrator, lyricist and essayist Behlendorf, Brian, Apache Behn, Aphra, (1640-1689), poet Behn, Ari, (born 1972), author Behring, Emil Adolf von, (1854-1917), winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 Behr, Jason, (born 1973), actor Bei\ Beiderbecke, Bix, (1903-1931), jazz trumpeter Beinhorn, Elly, (born 1907), pilot Beissel, Henry, (born 1929), Canadian writer Bej Bek Bekkos, John, patriarch of Constantinople Bel Bela - Belk Belafonte, Harry, (born 1927), US singer Belafonte, Shari, (born 1954), US actor and singer Belasco, David, (died 1931), writer, producer Belasco, Lionel, (1881-1967), musician Belen, Ana, musician Belgrano, Manuel Belisarius, (505-565), Roman general Belitt, Ben, poet Beliveau, Jean, ice hockey player Belkom, Edo Van, Canadian writer Bell Bell Bell, Alexander Graham, (1847-1922), inventor Bell, Art, (b. 1945), American paranormal radio host Bell, Arthur William, (1929-1935), British bailiff Bell, Chris, musician Bell, Derek, harpist Bell, Eric Temple, (1883-1960), mathematician Bell, Gertrude, (1868-1926), archaeologist, writer, spy Bell, Gordon, (born 1934), computer engineer Bell, Jamie, (born 1986), actor Bell, Johnathan, (born 19??), televangelist Bell, Jocelyn, astronomer Bell, Karen Nelson, producer, director and musician Bell, Madison Smartt, Waiting for the End of the World (1985), and A Soldier's Joy (1989) amongst others Bell, Marilyn, first person to swim Lake Ontario Bell, Mary, British woman who killed two children at ages 10 and 11 Bell, Marvin, poet Bell, Peter Hansbrough, (1849-1853), American Governor of Texas Bell, Robert, (born 1950), bassist, singer Bell, Steve, (born 1951), contemporary British political cartoonist Bell, Vanessa, (1879-1961), painter Bell, William, Canadian musician, writer Bella, Ivan, astronaut Bellairs, John, (1938-1991), author Bellamy, Ralph (1904-1991), actor Bellamy, Edward, US author Bellamy, Madge (1899-1990), US actress Beller, Kathleen, (born 1956), actress Belli, Giuseppe Gioacchino, (Roman dialect) Belli, Gioconda, (born 1948), poet Belli, Melvin, (1907-1996), attorney, actor Bellingham, John, assassin Bellingham, Linda, actress Bellini, Gentile, (c.1429-1507), Italian painter Bellini, Giovanni, (c.1430-1516), Italian painter Bellini, Jacopo, (c.1400-1470), Italian painter Bellini, Vincenzo, (1801-1835), Italian composer Bellisario, Donald P, (born 1936), US television producer Bellit, Francesco Bellman, Carl Michael, (1740-1795), Swedish musician Bello C., Emiliano, Chilean president Bello, Frank, (born 1965), bassist in the Anthrax rock band Belloc, Hilaire, poet Bellocchio, Marco, film director Bellocq, Ernest J, (1873-1949), photographer Belloni, Allessandra, musician Bellotto, Bernardo, Polish painter Bellow, Saul, (born 1915), writer Bellows, George Wesley, (1882-1925), American painter Belm - Belz Belmondo, Jean-Paul, (born 1933), French actor Belson, Louie, musician Belushi, James, (born 1954), US actor Belushi, John, (1949-1982), US comedian Bely, Andrey, (1880-1934), poet and author Belyayev, Pavel Ivanovich, (1925-1970), cosmonaut Belzer, Richard, (born 1944), actor, comedian Bem - Ben Bem Bembo, Pietro, (1470-1547), Italian cardinal Bemelmans, Ludwig, (1898-1962), painter Ben Bena - Benm Benaderet, Bea, (died 1968), actress Benante, Charlie, (born 1962), musician Benatar, Pat (born 1953), US singer Benaud, Richie, (born 1930), Australian cricket player Ben, Gottfried, German poet Ben Bella, Ahmed, Algerian pro-independence leader Ben-Gurion, David, (1886-1973), founder and prime minister of Israel Benacerraf, Paul, philosopher Benatzky, Ralph, (1884-1957), songwriter Bench, Johnny, (born 1947), Baseball Hall of Famer Benchley, Robert, (1889-1945), writer, actor Bendix, William, (1906-1964), actor Benedict Benedict of Nursia, scholastic philosopher Benedict, Julius, (born 1804), composer Benedict of Aniane, (died 821), monastic founder and saint Benedict I, Pope, (pope 575-579) Benedict II, Pope, (pope 682-683) Benedict III, Pope, (pope 855-858) Benedict IV, Pope, (900-903) Benedict V, Pope, (pope 964-965) Benedict VI, Pope, (pope 972-974) Benedict VII, Pope, (pope 975-983) Benedict VIII, Pope, (pope 1012-1024) Benedict IX, Pope, (Theophylactus, c. 1012-maybe 1055 or 1065) Benedict X, Pope, (reigned 1058-1059; died c. 1073 or 1080) Benedict XI, Pope, (pope 1303-1304), (possibly poisoned) Benedict XII, Pope, (pope 1334-1342) Benedict XIII, Pope, (pope 1724-1730) Benedict XIV, Pope, (1740-1758), Benedict XV, Pope, (1914-1922) Benedict, Ruth Benediktsson, Bjarni, (1963-1970), prime minister Beneke, Tex, (1914-2000), bandleader, singer, saxophone player Benes, Edvard, (1884-1948), Czech president-in-exile Benet, Eric, (born 1970), singer Benet Rose, William, poet Benét, Stephen Vincent, (1898-1943), poet Benford, Gregory, (born 1941), US science fiction author Benhadugah, Abdelhamid, (born 1925), novelist Benigni, Roberto, (born 1952), Italian actor Bening, Annette, (born 1958), US actor Benitez, Clara, matriarch of famous boxing family Benitez, John Benitez, Lucecita singer Benitez, Wilfredo, (born 1958), world champion boxer Benjamin II of Alexandria, (1327-1339), Coptic Pope Benjamin I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople Benjamin, Judah, (1811-1884), Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America Benjamin, Richard, (born 1938), actor Benjamin, Walter, (1892-1940), literary critic and writer Benn Benn, Gottfried, (1886-1956), dramatist, author Benn, Nigel, (born 1964), world champion boxer Benn, Tony, (1925-), British politician Bennett Bennett, Arnold, (1867-1931), English novelist Bennett, Bruce, (born 1909), actor Bennett, Constance, (1904-1965), actress Bennett, Donald, Air Vice-Marshal of RAF Bennett, Duster, musician Bennett, Gwendolyn B, poet Bennett, Henry Gordon, Major General of Australian Imperial Forces Bennett, James Gordon, Jr, (1841-1918), publisher Bennett, Joan, (1910-1990), actress Bennett, Nigel, Canadian writer Bennett, Oli, (1972-2001), financial journalist, WTC attack victim Bennett, Richard Bedford, (1870-1947), eleventh Prime Minister of Canada Bennett, Tony, (born 1926), musician Bennett, W.A.C, (1900-1979), Canadian politician Bennett, William, British flautist Bennett, William, (born 1943), former US Secretary of Education and "drug czar" Bennett, William Andrew Cecil, (1952-1972) Bennett, William R, (born 1932), Canadian politician Bennett, William Richards, (1975-1986) Benni, Stefano, (born 1947) Bennington, Chester, (born 1976), musician Bennit, Nigel, actor Benny, Jack, (1894-1974), actor, comedian Beno - Benz Benoist, Robert, (1895-1944), race car driver, war hero Beňovský, Móric (1746-1786), Slovak explorer, soldier, writer, king of Madagascar Bense, Max, (1910-1990), philosopher Benso, Camillo, count of Cavour Benson, Edward White, (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury Benson, Frank Weston, (1862-1951), American painter Benson, George, (born 1943), musician Bent, Charles, (died 1847), New Mexico pioneer Bentham, Jeremy, (1748-1832), lawyer, eccentric, and philosopher Bentine, Michael, (1922-1996) Bentley, Edmund Clerihew, (1875-1956), author Bentley, Robert, (died 1958), humorist, actor Benton, Bernard, world boxing champion Benton, Brook, (1931-1988), musician Benton, George, former boxer, noted boxing trainer Benton, Robert, film director Benton, Thomas Hart, (1889-1975), painter Benvenuti, Nino, (born 1938), world boxing champion Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer, (born 1858), responsible for revival of Hebrew language Benzinger, Todd, (born 1963), US baseball player Benz, Karl, (1844-1929), automotive pioneer Beo - Beq Beo Bep Beq Ber Bera - Berf Bercovici, Leonardo, (died 1995), writer, director Berdarin, Alain, (died 1994), founder/owner of "Le Crazy Horse Saloon" Beregovoi, Georgi, (1921-1995), astronaut Beregovoi, Georgi Timofeyevich, (1921-1995), cosmonaut Bérégovoy, Pierre, (died 1993), Prime Minister of France Berenger, Tom, (born 1949), US actor Berenguela of Castile, (1180-1246), Castilian monarch Beresford, Bruce, (born 1940), film director Berezhnaya, Elena, (born 1977), figure skating star Berezovoy, Anatoly, astronaut Berg Berg Berg, Alan, (died 1984), radio talk show host Berg, Alban, (1885,-1935), Austrian composer Berg, Carol, author Berg, Dave, (1920-2002), cartoonist for Mad magazine Berg, Gertrude, (1899-1966), actress Berg, Maimu, Estonian writer and politician Berg, Moe, US spy and baseball player Berge, Abraham, Norwegian Prime Minister Bergen, Candice, (born 1946), actress Bergen, Edgar, (1903-1978), US ventriloquist Berger, Helmut, (born 1944), actor Berger, Peter, (born 1925), British Vice-Admiral Berger, Senta, (born 1941), actress Berger, Wilhelm Peterson, Swedish musician Bergh, Henry, (1811-1888), founder of SPCA Berghaus, Ruth, (1927-1996), choreographer, film director Berghmans, Ingrid, judoka Bergier, Arnold Henry, sculptor Bergkamp, Dennis, (born 1969), athlete Bergman, Ingmar, (1918-), Swedish film director Bergman, Ingrid, (1915-1982), Swedish-born actress Bergner, Elisabeth, (died 1986), actress Bergomi, Giuseppe, athlete Bergonzoli, Annibale, Lieutenant-General at Bardia Bergson, Henri, (1859-1941), Nobel Prize Winner Berh - Berm Berh Beri Beria, Lavrenty, (1899-1953), Soviet leader of NKVD Bering, Vitus, (1680-1741) Berio, Luciano, (1925-2003), opera composer Berisha, Sali, (1992-1997), Albanian president Berj Berk Berkeley, Anthony, mystery writer Berkeley, Busby, (1895-1976), film director Berkeley, George, (1685-1753), philosopher Berkowitz, David, "Son of Sam", US serial killer Berl Berlage, Henrik Petrus, architect Berle, Milton, (1908-2002), US actor, comedian Berliner, Emil, (1851-1929), telephone and recording pioneer Berlin, Irving, (1888-1989), composer, songwriter, musician Berlin, Isaiah, (1909-1997), philosopher Berliner, Emile, (1851-1929) gramophone inventor Berlinguer, Enrico, (1922-1984), politician Berlinguer, Mario Berlioz, Hector, (1803-1869), French composer Berlusconi, Silvio, (born 1936) Berm Bermudo I of Asturias, Asturian monarch Bern Bernadotte, Folke, (1895-1948), Swedish count and diplomat Bernall, Cassie, victim of the Columbine massacre Bernard Bernard of Chartres, scholastic philosopher Bernard of Clairvaux, (1090-1153), French scholastic philosopher Bernard, Carlos, actor Bernard Prince of Netherlands Bernard, Emerik, (born 1927), painter. Bernard, Francis, (1712-1779), colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bernard, Nejc, (born 1970), poet Bernard, Sue, (born 1948), Playboy playmate Bernard, Tristan, (1866-1947), writer Bernardi, Herschel, (1923-1986), actor Bernardo, Paul, (born 1964) Bernays, Jakob, (died 1881), philologist Berne, Eric, (1910-70), US psychiatrist, founder of Transactional Analysis Berners-Lee, Tim, inventor of the World Wide Web Bernhard Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince Bernhard, Prince Bernhard, Sandra Bernhard, Thomas, (1931-1989), dramatist, author Bernhardt, Sarah, (1844-1923), French actor Bernier, Sylvie, Canada's first gold medal in Olympic diving Bernik, Janez, (born 1933), painter and graphic artist Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, (1598-1680), Italian architect, sculptor, painter Bernoulli, Daniel, (1700-1782), Switzerland Bernoulli, Jakob, (1654-1705), Swiss mathematician Bernoulli, Johann, (1667-1748), Swiss mathematician Bernoulli, Johann, III, (born 1744), Swiss mathematician Berns, Bert, songwriter Bernsen, Corbin, (born 1954), US actor Bernstein, Elmer, (born 1922), composer Bernstein, Leonard, (1918-1990), US composer Bero - Berq Bero Bérout, Stephen, scholastic philosopher Berp Berq Berr Berra, Yogi, (born 1925), US baseball player Berrigan, Bunny, musician Berrigan, Daniel, poet Berrigan, Philip, (1923-2002), anti-war activist Berrios, Angel O, mayor Berrios, Ruben, (born 1939), politician Berroa, Ignacio, musician Berruguete, Alonso, (1480-1561) Berry Berry, Chu, musician Berry, Chuck, (born 1926), US musician Berry, Fred, (1951-2003), US actor Berry, Halle, (born 1966), US actor Berry, Ken, (born 1933), actor Berry, Richard, musician Berry, Sir Anthony, (1925-1984), British politician Berry, Wendell, poet Berryman, John, poet Bers - Berz Berthelm, Archbishop of Canterbury Berthier, Pierre, chemist Berthlaume, Treffle, (1803-1884), sculptor Berthold, of Moosburg, scholastic philosopher Berthollet, Claude Louis, (1748-1822) Bertolucci, Bernardo, (born 1940), film director Berton, Pierre, (born 1920), popularizer of Canadian history, TV personality, columnist Bertram, Laura, actor Bertrand, Joseph Louis Francois, (1822-1900), mathematician Bertwald, (St.) 693 Berwald, Frans, (1796-1868), composer Berwanger, Jay, (1914-2002), US football star, winner of the first Heisman Trophy Berwick, Dennison, (born 1956), literary travel author now working in fiction Berzelius, Jöns Jacob, (1779-1848), chemist Bes - Bez Besant, Annie, (1847-1933), British mystic Besemer, Jen, (born 1970), surrealist poet and painter Beskow, Elsa, (1874-1953), painter Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, (1784-1846), astronomer, mathematician Bessemer, Henry, (1813-1898), investor of Bessemer steel Besser, Joe, (1907-1988), US actor, member of the Three Stooges Bessette, Gerard, (born 1920), Quebecois author Besson, Luc, (born 1959), French film director Best, Charles, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin Best, George, (born 1946), footballer Bester, Alfred, (1913-1987), US science fiction writer Best, Pete, (born 1941), drummer Bet Betancourt, Ingrid, (born 1961), Colombian politician Betancourt, Rómulo, Venezuelan president Betanzos, Miguel Bethge, Hans, (born 1876), writer Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von, (died 1917), Prussian Prime Minister Bethune, Norman, (1890-1939), battlefield surgeon Betjeman, John, (1906-1984), poet Bettauer, Hugo, novelist Bettelheim, Bruno, (1903-1990), child psychologist, psychiatrist Bettencourt, Liliane, majority owner of L'Oreal, wealthiest person in France Bettenhausen, Gary, (born 1941), race car driver Bettenhausen, Tony, (1916-1961), race car driver Betts, Dickie, (born 1943), musician (The Allman Brothers) Beu Beurling, George, (1921-1948), fighter ace Beuys, Joseph, (1921-1986), artist Bev Bevan, Aneurin, (1897-1960), politician Bevc, Joze, (born 1925), film director Bevilacqua, Alberto, novelist Bevin, Ernest, British politician Bevington, Helen Bevk, Ivan, (1890-1970), author Bew Bewick, Pauline, Aosdána Bex Bey Beyer, Charles Frederick (1813-1876), locomotive engineer[1] Beyer, Henryka, Polish painter Bey, Tanburi Cemil, musician Bez Bez, dancer Beza, Theodore, (1519-1605), reformer in Geneva Bezier, Pierre, (1910-1999), mechanical engineer This article is from Wikipedia. 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