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
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- Bo Hi Pak, founder's right-hand man, 1960s through 1990s
- Boal, Augusto, (born 1931), dramatist
- Boardman, Peter, (1950-1982), British climber
- Boas, Franz, (1858-1942), linguist
- Boas, Orlando Villas, indianist
- Bobet, Louison, cyclist
- Bobko, Karol, astronaut
- Bobola, Andrew, (born 1590), Jesuit missionary and martyr.
- Bobrikov, Nikolai Ivanovich (1839-1904), Russian governor-general of Finland
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, (1313-1375), Italian novelist
- Boccara, Frida, musician
- Boccherini, Luigi, (1743-1805), composer
- Bocelli, Andrea, (born 1958), Italian musician
- Bochco, Steven, (born 1943), US producer, writer
- Bock, Fedor von, German Field marshal
- Bock, Feodor von, German soldier
- Bock, Ior, Finnish eccentric cult leader
- Böcklin, Arnold, (1827-1901), painter
- Bocuse, Paul, (born 1926), Chief cook
- Bode, Johann Elert, (1747-1826), astronomer
- Bodelschwingh, Friedrich von, (1831-1910), theologian
- Bodewig, Kurt, (2000-2002), German government minister
- Bode, Wilhelm von, (1845-1929), art historian
- Bodhidharma, (440-528), buddhist saint
- Bodine, Geoff, (born 1949), automobile racer
- Bodley, Seóirse, member of Aosdána
- Bodmer, Johann Jakob, (1698-1783)
- Bodmer, Karl, (1809-1893), US painter of the American West
- Boeckler, Hans, (1875-1951), unionist and politician
- Boehm, Gottfried, architect
- Boehm-Bawerk, Eugen von, economist
- Boeing, William, (born 1881), engineer
- Boelcke, Oswald, (1891-1916), World War I fighter ace
- Boerhaave, Herman, (1668-1738), physician
- Boerigter, Marc, athlete
- Boétie, Etienne de La, philosopher and politician
- Boëthius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, (AD 480-524 or 525), philosopher
- Boethius, of Dacia, scholastic philosopher
- Boezeman, Ko, (died 1941), Dutch resistance fighter
- Boff, Leonardo, (born 1938), theologian
- Bofill, Ricardo, (born 1939), architect
- Boganda, Barthelemy, (died 1959), first President of the Central African Republic
- Bogan, Louise, poet
- Bogan, Lucille, musician
- Bogarde, Dirk, (1921-1999), actor
- Bogart, Humphrey, (1899-1957), US actor
- Bogdanovich, Peter, (born 1939), film director
- Bogdanov, Michael, (born 1938), film director and theatre manager
- Boggs, Dock, musician
- Boggs, Hale, (died 1972), Congressman from Louisiana
- Boggs, Lilburn W, governor
- Boggs, Wade, (born 1958), baseball player
- Bogguss, Suzy, (born 1956), country singer
- Bogosian, Eric, (born 1953), actor, writer
- Boguszewski, Krzysztof, Polish painter
- Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen von, (1851-1914), economist
- Bohm, Hark, (born 1939), film director
- Bohr, Aage Niels, (born 1922)
- Bohr, Niels, (1885-1962), Danish physicist
- Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas, (1636-1711), poet
- Boismard, Marie-Emile, o.p.
- Boisson, Pierre, general and governor of Equatorial Africa
- Boitano, Brian, (born 1963)
- Boito, Arrigo, (1842-1918), Italian composer, opera composer
- Bojado, Francisco (born 1983) boxer
- Bojetu, Berta, (1946-1997), poet
- Bok, Bart, (1906-1983), astronomer
- Bok, Christian, (born 1966), author of Eunoia
- Bok, Hannes, (1914-1964), author
- Bok, Hans, illustrator
- Bokassa, Jean-Bedel, (1921-1996), Central African Republic emperor
- Boland, Eavan, (born 1944), poet
- Boland, Frederick, Diplomat and Irish delegate to UN
- Boland, John Pius, double Olympic medal-winner/tennis,1896
- Bolan, Marc, (1947-1977), musician (T-Rex)
- Bolat, Latif, musician
- Bolcom, William, (born 1938), composer, musician
- Bolden, Buddy, (1877-1930), musician, "inventor of jazz"(?)
- Bolden, Charles, astronaut
- Boldrewood, Rolf, (1826-1915), novelist
- Bolduc, Madame, singer, songwriter, harmonicist, violinist
- Bolduc, Roch, Canadian senator
- Boleslaus II, (1058-1079), King from 1076-1079, deposed
- Boleslaus III, (999-1002), Bohemian aristocrat
- Boleslaus III of Poland, (1107-1138), Polish ruler
- Boleslaus II of Poland, (1058-1079), King from 1076-1079, deposed
- Boleslaus II the Pious, (972-999), Bohemian aristocrat
- Boleslaus I of Poland, (966-1025), sometimes called the Great, Poland
- Boleslaus IV of Poland, (1146-1173), Polish ruler
- Boleslaus V , Duke of Poland, (1243-1279), Polish ruler
- Boleslav I of Bohemia, (935-972), Bohemian aristocrat
- Bolet, Jorge, concert pianist
- Boleyn, Anne, (1507-1536), later second Queen consort of Henry VIII of England)
- Bolger, Dermot, novelist, member of Aosdána
- Bolger, Ray, (1904-1987), actor, dancer
- Bolinger, Dwight, (1907-1992), linguist
- Bolin, Tommy, (died 1976), rock guitarist (Deep Purple)
- Bolivar, Simon, (1783-1830), South American independence leader
- Boliver, Angel, Mexican painter
- Boljka, Janez, (born 1931), sculptor.
- Bolkiah, Hassanal
- Bolland, Gerardus J. P, (died 1922), Dutch philosopher.
- Bollandist, (1596-1665), hagiographer
- Böll, Heinrich, (1917-1985), author
- Bolling, Reuben, : Tom the Dancing Bug Contemporary American polticial
- Bolocco, Cecilla, Ex-Miss Universe, now married to ex-president of Argentina Carlos Menem.
- Bologna, Joseph, (born 1938), actor
- Bolster, Stephanie, Canadian writer
- Bolt, Robert, (1924-1995), dramatist
- Bolton, Charles Thomas, astronomer
- Bolton, Michael, (born 1954), US singer
- Boltzmann, Ludwig, (1844-1906), physicist, 1844-1906, born in Vienna
- Bolyai, Farkos Wolfgang, (1775-1856), mathematician
- Bolyai, Janos, (1802-1860), non-euclidean geometry
- Bolzano, Bernard, (1781-1848), philosopher, mathematician, and theologian
- Bombardier, Joseph, snowmobiles
- Bombeck, Erma, (1927-1996), US humorist, writer
- Bomberg, David, (1890-1957), painter
- Bombieri, Enrico, (born 1940), mathematician
- Bonaduce, Danny, (born 1959), actor
- Bonamy, Samuel, (1758-1771), British bailiff
- Bonanno, Joseph, (1905-2002), US mafioso
- Bonano, Sharkey, (1904-1972), musician
- Bonaparte, Charles, (born 1803)
- Bonaparte, Joseph, (1768-1844), King of Naples
- Bonaparte, Mathilde, (born 1820), hostess and socialite
- Bonaparte, Napoleon, (1769-1821), Corsican General & Emperor of France
- Bond, Christopher, governor
- Bond, Graham, musician
- Bond, Julian, (born 1940), civil rights activist (cofounder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, chairman
- Bond, Katherine, author
- Bond, Michael, Author of Paddington Bear series
- Bond, Nigel, snooker player
- Bond, Ward, (1903-1960), actor
- Bondar, Roberta, first Canadian woman in space
- Bondarchuk, Sergei, (1920-1994), film director
- Bonde, Gustav, (1620-1667), Swedish politician
- Bondeson, August, Swedish writer
- Bondevik, Kjell Magne, (1997-2000), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Bondfield, Margaret, (1873-1953), politician and feminist
- Bondone, Giotto di, (1267-1337), painter
- Bondra, Peter, NHL hockey player
- Bonds, Barry, (born 1964), Major League Baseball player
- Bonds, Bobby, (1946-2003), baseball player and coach
- Bondy, Luc, (born 1948), film and theatre director
- Bone, Scott Cordelle, (Rep.) 1921-1925
- Bonestell, Chesley, (died 1986), US science fiction visual artist
- Bonet, Lisa, (born 1967), US actress
- Bonetti, Peter, (born 1941), athlete
- Bonewits, Isaac, (born 1949), American author
- Bong, Richard, (1920-1945), US Fighter ace
- Bongo, Ali, magician
- Bonham, Jason, (born 1966), musician
- Bonham, John, (1948-1980), drummer (Led Zeppelin)
- Bonham, Tracy, musician
- Bonheur, Rosa, (1822-1899), painter
- Bonhöffer, Dietrich, (1906-1945), German theologian
- Boniek, Zbigniew, athlete
- Boniface I, Pope, (pope 417-418)
- Boniface II, Pope, (pope 526-530)
- Boniface III, Pope, (pope 604-606)
- Boniface IV, Pope, (pope 615-618)
- Boniface IX, Pope, (pope 1390-1404)
- Boniface V, Pope, (pope 615-618)
- Boniface VI, Pope, (pope 891-896)
- Boniface VII, Pope
- Boniface VIII, Pope, (pope 1303-1304)
- Boniface of Savoy, (1245-1263), 1241 or 1245
- Boniface, Saint, (680-755)
- Bonifacio, Andres
- Bonin-Piassarro, Claude, painter
- Bonjol, Tuanku Imam, (1772-1864), Indonesian religious and military leader
- Bonnanaro, Francesco Carboni di
- Bonnard, Pierre, (1867-1947), painter
- Bonner, Neville, politician
- Bonnet, Charles, (1720-1793), botanist
- Bonney, Thomas George, (1833-1923), geologist
- Bonnot de Condillac, Etienne, (1715-1780), philosopher
- Bonnot, Jules, French anarchist bank robber
- Bono, (born 1960), lead singer of Irish rock band U2
- Bono, Mary, (born 1961), Congresswoman from California
- Bonorva, Paolo Mossa di
- Bono, Sonny, (1935-1998), US pop musician and Congressman
- Bonsels, Waldemar, (1880-1952), writer
- Bonsignori, Francesco, (1460-1519), painter
- Bontemps, Arna Wendell, poet
- Bonvin, Roger, (1907-1982), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Booker, James, musician
- Boole, George, (1815-1864), philosopher, mathematician
- Boon, Louis Paul, Flemish journalist and novelist
- Boone, Daniel, (1734-1820), American frontiersman
- Boone, Debby, (born 1956), singer
- Boone, Pat, (born 1934), US musician
- Boone, Richard, (died 1981), actor
- Boorman, John, (born 1933), film director
- Boosler, Elayne, (born 1952), comedienne
- Booth, Edwin, (born 1833), actor
- Booth, John Wilkes, (1838-1865), US assassin of Abraham Lincoln
- Booth, Margaret, (1898-2002), film editor
- Booth, Philip, poet
- Booth, Shirley, (1898-1992), actor
- Booth, William, (1829-1912), and Catherine Booth (Salvation Army cofounders)
- Bopone, Richard, (1917-1981), actor
- Bopp, Franz, (1791-1867), linguist
- Borchardt, Carl Wilhelm, (born 1817), mathematician
- Borcherds, Richard Ewen, mathematician
- Borchert, Jochen, (1994-1998), German government minister
- Borchert, Wolfgang, (1921-1947), dramatist, author
- Borden, Lizzie, (1860-1927), US accused murderess - thought to have killed her parents with an axe
- Borduas, Paul-Émile, abstract painter (Les Automatistes)
- Borghese, Camillo, (born 1552), later Pope Paul V
- Borglum, Gutzon, (died 1941), sculptor
- Borgoño, Luis Barros, Chilean president
- Borivoj, (870-895), Bohemian aristocrat
- Borivoj II, (1101-1107), Bohemian aristocrat
- Bor, Matej, (1913-1956), poet
- Bor-Komorowski, Tadeusz, Polish general and leader of Warsaw Uprising
- Boran, of Persia, and others from 630 to 631.
- Borcic, Bogdan, painter and graphic artist.
- Bordeaux, Henri, (1870-1963), French novelist
- Borden, Robert Laird, (1854-1937), eighth Prime Minister of Canada
- Bordet, Jules, (1870-1961), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919
- Bordon, Rado, (1915-1992), poet
- Boreanaz, David, (born 1971), actor
- Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel, French mathematician
- Borell II, Count of Barcelona, (died 992), Count of Barcelona from 947 to 992.
- Borg, Arne, swimmer
- Borg, Bjorn, (born 1956), Swedish tennis professional
- Borg, Carl Oscar, (1879-1947)
- Borge, Victor, (1909-2000), Danish comedian
- Borgen, Johan, author
- Borger, Dimmu, musician
- Borges, Jorge Luis, (1899-1986), Argentinean writer
- Borghese, Valerio, Naval lieutenant commander
- Borgia, Cesare, (1476-1507), Renaissance politician
- Borgia, Lucrezia, (1480-1519), Renaissance ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI
- Borgnine, Ernest, (born 1917), US actor
- Boris III, of Bulgaria, (1894-1943), Bulgarian monarch
- Borman, Frank, astronaut
- Bormann, Juana, (1903-1945), an SS officer at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen death camps.
- Bormann, Martin, (1900-probably 1945), German nazi leader
- Born, Max, (1882-1970), German physicist
- Borodin, Alexander, (1833-1887), Russian composer
- Boros, Julius, (died 1994), golfer
- Borowski, Tadeusz, poet
- Borrel, Andrée, (1919-1944), SOE agent, WW II heroine
- Borromini, Francesco, (1599-1667), Italian architect
- Borrow, George, American novelist
- Borson, Roo, (born 1952), Canadian writer
- Borsuk, Karol, (1905-1982), Pole
- Borten, Per, (1965-1971), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Bortkiewicz, Ladislaus, (1868-1931), mathematician, statistician
- Boru, Brian, (940-1014), High King of Ireland
- Borzage, Frank, (1893-1952), film director
- Borzov, Valeri, (born 1949), track & field
- Bos, Wouter, Dutch social democrat leader
- Boscana, Lucy, actress
- Boscawen, Edward, (1711-1761), naval commander
- Bosch-Gimpera, Pere, (1891-1974), anthropologist
- Bosch, Hieronymus, (c.1460-1518), painter
- Bosch, Orlando, alumnus of Fort Benning, Georgia
- Boscovich, Rudjer Josip, (1711-1787), Croat-Italian
- Bose, Jagadis Chandra
- Bose, Miguel, (born 1956), singer
- Boselli, Luigi
- Boseon, Yoon, South Korean president
- Bose, Satyendra Nath, (1894-1974), physicist
- Bose, Subhas Chandra, Indian nationalist
- Bosin, Blackbear, (1921-1980), native American artist, Wichita, Kansas.
- Bosley, Tom, (born 1927), US actor
- Bosman, Herman Charles, (1905-1951), author
- Bosnich, Mark, (born 1972), athlete
- Bosschaert, Ambrosius, (1573-1612), painter
- Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne, (1627-1704)
- Bossy, Michel, ice hockey player
- Bossy, Mike, (born 1957), ice hockey player
- Boston, Lucy M, Green Knowe series
- Boston, Ralph, (born 1939), athlete
- Bostwick, Barry, (born 1945), actor
- Boswell, James, (1740-1795), Scotland
- Boswell, John, (1947-1994), mediævalist and gay history
- Botano, Brian, (born 1963), figure skating champion
- Botha, Louis, (died 1919), South African politician
- Bothe, Herta, camp guard at Bergen-Belsen who beat prisoners
- Bothe, Walther, (1891-1957), physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954
- Bothmann, Hans, (1911-1946), a Commandant of the Chelmno death camp in central Poland
- Bötsch, Wolfgang, CSU
- Botta, Mario, (born 1943), Swiss architect
- Botticelli, Alessandro
- Botticelli, Sandro, (1445-1510), Italian painter
- Bottiger, Karl, (born 1760)
- Bottomley, Horatio, British politician and journalist
- Bottoms, Timothy, (born 1951), actor
- Botvinnik, Mikhail, (1911-1995), chess player
- Bouch, Thomas, (1822-1890), railways
- Boucher, Gaétan, Two Olympic Gold and one bronze Medal - 1984;
- Boucher, Maurice, "Hells Angels" leader
- Bouck, William C, Democratic, 1843-1844
- Boudinot, Elias, (1740-1821), second President of the United States in Congress assembled under the Articles of Confederation
- Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
- Bougeureau, William-Adophe, (1825-1905), painter
- Anatoli Boukreev, (1958-1997), Russian climber
- Boulanger, Lili, (1893-1918), composer
- Boulanger, Nadia, (1887-1979), composer
- Boulard, Henri, (died 1825), literary figure
- Boulez, Pierre, (born 1925), France avant garde composer
- Boulle, Pierre, (1912-1994), French author
- Boumedienne, (died 1978), president of Algeria.
- Boumendienne, Houari, (1965-1978)
- Bounds, Leonard Victor (born 1964), author/statistician
- Bourassa, Henri, (1868-1952), Quebec politician
- Bourbaki, Nicolas, fictional mathematician serving as a pseudonym for a cabal
- Bourbon-Condé, Louis Antoine de, Duc d'Enghien, (born 1772)
- Bourchier, Thomas, (c. 1404-1486), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Bourdelle, Antoine, (1861-1929), French sculptor
- Bourdieu, Pierre, (1930-2002), French philosopher
- Bourelly, Jean-Paul, musician
- Bourgain, Jean, mathematician
- Bourgeois, Louise, (born 1911), visual artist
- Bourguiba, Habib, (1957-2000), president of Tunisia
- Bourke-White, Margaret, (born 1906), US aviator
- Bourne, Possum, (1956-2003), rally driver
- Bournonville, August, (1805-1879)
- Bourque, Ray, 5 time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy
- Bourvil, (1917-1970), (André Raimbourg), actor
- Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, (born 1922), UN secretary general
- Boutsen, Thierry, racing driver
- Bouvier-Kennedy, Jacqueline, (1929-1994)
- Bova, Ben, (born 1932), US science fiction author
- Bovet, Daniel, (born 1907), 1957 Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine
- Boving, Nidholas, Canadian writer
- Bové, José, (born 1954), anti-globalization activist
- Bow, Clara, (1905-1965), US actress
- Bowdler, Thomas, (born 1754), medical doctor and literary censor
- Bowdoin, James, (1726-1790) American intellectual leader and revolutionary
- Bowdoin, James III, (1752-1811) American philanthropist and diplomat
- Bowell, Mackenzie, (1823-1917)
- Bowen, Norman L, (1887-1956), petrologist
- Bowe, Riddick, (born 1967), world champion boxer
- Bowering, George, (born 1935), Canadian writer
- Bowering, Marilyn, Canadian writer
- Bowers, Edgar, poet
- Bowersox, Kenneth, astronaut
- Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth, (1900-2002), (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), consort of King George VI
- Bowes, Major, (died 1946), radio host
- Bowie, David, (born 1947), British musician
- Bowie, Oden, governor
- Bowie, Robert, governor
- Bowlegs, Billy, (Seminole)
- Bowles, Chester, (died 1986), politician
- Bowles, Paul, (1910-1999), novelist
- Bowlly, Al, popular vocalist
- Bowser, William John, 1915-12-15 to 1916-11-23
- Boxer, Barbara, US politician
- Box, George, statistician
- Boyce, Max, entertainer
- Boyce, Tommy, and Bobby Hart
- Boyce, William, (born 1711), composer.
- Boyd, David, Canadian writer
- Boyd, Edwin Alonzo, bank robber
- Boyd, George Elroy, Canadian writer
- Boyd, Jimmy, (born 1940), actor, singer
- Boyd, John, (1927-1997), inventor of the decision cycle
- Boyd, Liona, classical guitarist
- Boyd, Malcolm, US televangelist
- Boyd, Marx Alexander, (1563-1601), poet
- Boyd, William, (1895-1972), actor
- Boye, Karin, Swedish writer
- Boyer, Charles, (1897-1978), French actor
- Boyer, Daniel C, (born 1971), artist
- Boyer, Ken, (1931-1982), baseball star
- Boyington, Pappy, (died 1988), US WW2 fighter pilot
- Boylan, Clare, Aosdána
- Boylan, Sean, long-time manager of All-Ireland winning Meath football team
- Boyle, Kay, (A Glad Day)
- Boyle, Peter, (born 1935), actor
- Boyle, Robert, (1627-1691), physicist
- Boyle, T. Coraghessan, author of The Road to Wellville, The Tortilla Curtain and A Friend of the Earth
- Boytronic, German synthpop band
- Boznanska, Olga, Polish painter
- Bozzo, Laura, (born 1950), Peruvian talk show host