Alphabetical Author Index. Click a date to go to the Born (or Died) Today page for that author.
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| Name | Occupation | Born | Died |
| Baba, Sathya Sai | ??/??/???? | ||
| Babbage, Charles | English mathematicia | 12/26/1792 | 10/20/1871 |
| Babbit, Bruce | US Sec. Interior | 06/27/1938 | |
| Babitz, Eve | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Bacall, Lauren | US actor | 09/16/1924 | |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | German music | 03/21/1685 | 07/28/1750 |
| Bach, Richard | US writer | 06/23/1936 | |
| Bachelard, Gaston | French writer | 06/27/1884 | ??/??/1962 |
| Backus, Jim | US actor | 02/25/1913 | 07/03/1989 |
| Bacon, Francis | English writer | 01/22/1561 | 04/09/1626 |
| Bacon, Kevin | US actor | 07/08/1958 | |
| Baden-Powell, Robert | English military | 02/22/1857 | 01/08/1941 |
| Baer, Arthur | ??/??/1896 | ??/??/1975 | |
| Baer, Jr., Max | US actor | 12/04/1937 | |
| Baez, Joan | US music singer | 01/09/1941 | |
| Bagehot, Walter | English economist | 02/03/1826 | 03/24/1877 |
| Bagnold, Enid | English writer | 10/27/1889 | 03/31/1981 |
| Bailey, Covert | US fitness guru | ??/??/???? | |
| Bailey, David | English photographer | 01/02/1938 | |
| Bailey, F. Lee | US lawyer | 06/10/1933 | |
| Bailey, Pearl | US singer | 03/29/1918 | 08/17/1990 |
| Bailey, Philip James | English writer | 04/22/1816 | 09/06/1902 |
| Baker, Anita | US singer | 01/26/1958 | |
| Baker, James | US pol | 04/28/1930 | |
| Baker, Josephine | US singer entertaine | 06/03/1906 | 04/12/1975 |
| Baker, Mettie | US Prince's mother | ??/??/???? | |
| Baker, Russell | US writer | 08/14/1925 | |
| Bakker, Jim | US televangelist | 01/02/1939 | |
| Bakker, Tammy Faye | US bimbo | 03/07/1942 | |
| Bakunin, Mikhail | Russian revolutionary | 05/30/1814 | 07/01/1876 |
| Baldwin, Alec | US actor | 04/03/1958 | |
| Baldwin, Faith | US writer | 10/01/1893 | 03/18/1978 |
| Baldwin, James | US writer | 08/02/1924 | 12/01/1987 |
| Baldwin, Stanley | English PM (38) | 08/03/1867 | 12/14/1947 |
| Balfour, Sir Arthur James | English PM (33) | 07/25/1848 | 03/19/1930 |
| Ball, George Wildman | US UN rep | 12/21/1909 | 05/26/1994 |
| Ball, Lucille | US comic actor | 08/06/1911 | 04/26/1989 |
| Ball, Molly | ??/??/???? | ||
| Ballard, Hank | US singer songwriter | 11/18/1927 | 03/02/2003 |
| Ballard, J. G. | US writer | 11/15/1930 | |
| Ballou, Hosea | US clergy | 04/30/1771 | 06/07/1852 |
| Bambara, Toni Cade | writer | 03/25/1939 | 12/09/1995 |
| Bancroft, Anne | US actor | 09/17/1931 | 06/06/2005 |
| Bancroft, George | US historian | 10/03/1800 | 01/17/1891 |
| Bancroft, Hubert Howe | US historian | 05/05/1832 | 03/02/1918 |
| Bangs, Lester | US writer | 12/13/1948 | 04/30/1982 |
| Bankhead, Tallulah | US actor | 01/31/1903 | 12/12/1968 |
| Banks, Lynne Reid | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Banks, Tyra | US supermodel | 12/04/1973 | |
| Banks-Smith, Nancy | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bannister, Sir Roger | English runner | 03/23/1929 | |
| Baraka, Imamu Amiri | US writer | 10/07/1934 | |
| Barbauld, Anna Laetitia | English writer | 06/20/1743 | 03/09/1825 |
| Barbour, Anne | flight attendant | ??/??/???? | |
| Bardem, Javier | Spanish actor | 05/01/1969 | |
| Bardot, Brigitte | French actor | 09/28/1934 | |
| Barger, Sonny | US Hell's Angels founde | ??/??/???? | |
| Barker, Clive | English writer | 10/05/1952 | |
| Barker, Joel | ??/??/???? | ||
| Barker, Ronnie | English actor | 09/25/1929 | |
| Barkin, Ellen | US actor | 04/16/1954 | |
| Barkley, Alban W. | US VP (35) | 11/24/1877 | 04/30/1956 |
| Barkley, Charles | US basketball player | 02/20/1963 | |
| Barlow, John Perry | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Barnard, Dr. Christiaan | S. African surgeon | 11/08/1922 | 09/02/2001 |
| Barnes, Beth | US? writer? | ||
| Barnes, Clive | English critic | 05/13/1927 | |
| Barnes, Djuna | US writer | 06/12/1892 | 06/18/1982 |
| Barnes, Julian | English writer | 01/19/1946 | |
| Barnes, Peter | writer | ??/??/1931 | |
| Barney, Natalie Clifford | US writer | 10/31/1876 | 02/02/1972 |
| Barnum, P. T. | US showman | 07/05/1810 | 04/07/1891 |
| Barr, Amelia E. | English-US writer | 03/29/1831 | 03/10/1919 |
| Barr, Rosanne | US comc actor | 11/03/1952 | |
| Barragan, Luis | Mexican architect | ??/??/1902 | ??/??/1988 |
| Barratt, Michael | sportscaster | ??/??/???? | |
| Barres, Maurice | French writer, pol | 08/19/1862 | 12/05/1923 |
| Barrett, Colleen C. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Barrett, Jan | ??/??/???? | ||
| Barrett, Rona | US gossip columnist | 10/08/1936 | |
| Barrett, Tim | US writer, educator | 03/15/1953 | |
| Barrie, James M. | Scottish writer | 05/09/1860 | 06/19/1937 |
| Barrows, Sydney Biddle | US Mayflower Madam | 01/14/1952 | |
| Barry, Dave | US writer | 07/03/1947 | |
| Barry, Lynda | US comic writer | 01/02/1956 | |
| Barry, Jr., Marion | US Mayor (DC) | 03/06/1936 | |
| Barrymore, Drew | US actor | 02/22/1975 | |
| Barrymore, Ethel | US actor | 08/15/1879 | 06/18/1959 |
| Barrymore, John | US actor | 02/15/1882 | 05/29/1942 |
| Barrymore, Lionel | US actor | 04/28/1878 | 11/15/1954 |
| Barth, John | US writer | 05/27/1930 | |
| Barth, Karl | Swiss theologian | 05/10/1886 | 12/10/1968 |
| Barthes, Roland | French critic | 11/12/1915 | 03/25/1980 |
| Barton, Bruce | US ad man | 08/05/1886 | 07/05/1967 |
| Barton, Clara | US humanitarian | 12/25/1821 | 04/12/1912 |
| Barton, R. S. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Baruch, Bernard M. | US economist | 08/19/1870 | 06/20/1965 |
| Baryshnikov, Mikhail | Latvian-US dancer | 01/28/1948 | |
| Barzan, Gerald | ??/??/???? | ||
| Barzun, Jacques | French educator | 11/30/1907 | |
| Basho, | Japanese poet | ??/??/1644 | 11/28/1694 |
| Basie, Count | US bandleader | 08/21/1904 | 04/26/1984 |
| Basinger, Kim | US actor | 12/08/1953 | |
| Bassey, Shirley | Welsh singer | 01/08/1937 | |
| Bates, Sir Alan | English actor | 02/17/1934 | 12/27/2003 |
| Battelle, Phyllis | US journalist | 01/04/1922 | |
| Battista, Orlando A. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Baudelaire, Charles | French writer | 04/09/1821 | 08/31/1867 |
| Baum, L. Frank | US writer | 05/15/1856 | 05/06/1919 |
| Baum, Vicki | Austrian-US writer | 01/24/1888 | 08/29/1960 |
| Baumol, William | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bavasi, Buzzie | sports baseball | ??/??/???? | |
| Bax, Clifford | English writer | ??/??/1886 | ??/??/1962 |
| Bayly, T(homas). H(anes). | writer | ??/??/1797 | ??/??/1839 |
| Beadle, Elias Root | US minister | 10/13/1812 | 01/06/1879 |
| Beal, Louise | ??/??/???? | ||
| Beard, Charles A. | US historian | 11/27/1874 | 09/01/1948 |
| Beard, Henry | chef | ??/??/???? | |
| Beard, James | US chef | 05/05/1903 | 01/21/1985 |
| Beaton, Sir Cecil | English fashion photographer | 01/14/1904 | 01/18/1980 |
| Beatty, Paul | ??/??/???? | ||
| Beatty, Warren | US actor | 03/30/1937 | |
| Beaverbrook, Lord William Maxwell Aitken | Canadian statesman | 05/25/1879 | 06/09/1964 |
| Beck, Barry | US? NY Ranger | ??/??/???? | |
| Becker, Walter | US musician (Steely Dan | 02/20/1950 | |
| Beckett, Samuel | Irish writer | 04/13/1906 | 12/22/1989 |
| Beckmann, Petr | Czech scholar | ??/??/1924 | 08/03/1993 |
| Becon, Thomas | theologian | ??/??/???? | |
| Bedelia, Bonnie | US actor | 03/25/1946 | |
| Beecham, Sir Thomas | English conductor | 04/29/1897 | 03/08/1961 |
| Beecher, Henry Ward | US writer | 06/24/1813 | 03/08/1887 |
| Beerbohm, Sir Max | English writer, illustrator | 08/24/1872 | 05/20/1956 |
| Behan, Brendan | Irish writer | 02/09/1923 | 03/20/1964 |
| Behn, Aphra | English writer | 07/10/1640 | 04/16/1689 |
| Behrman, S. N. | US writer | 06/09/1893 | 09/09/1973 |
| Bejar, Hada | ??/??/???? | ||
| Belafonte, Harry | US singer | 03/01/1927 | |
| Belichick, Bill | US Browns' coach | 04/16/1952 | |
| Bell, Alexander Graham | US inventor | 03/03/1847 | 08/02/1922 |
| Bell, Eric Temple | Scottish mathematician | 02/07/1883 | 12/21/1960 |
| Bell, George | US White Sox player | 10/21/1959 | |
| Bell, Helen | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bell, Lillian | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bellamy, Ralph | US actor | 06/17/1904 | 11/29/1991 |
| Belli, Melvin | US attorney | 07/29/1907 | 07/09/1996 |
| Belloc, Hillaire | English writer | 07/27/1870 | 07/16/1953 |
| Bellow, Saul | Canadian writer | 06/10/1915 | 04/05/2005 |
| Belmont, Eleanor Robson | English-US actor writer | 12/13/1879 | 10/24/1979 |
| Belushi, John | US comic actor (SNL) | 01/24/1949 | 03/05/1982 |
| ben Maimon, Moses | Spanish philosopher | 03/30/1135 | 12/13/1204 |
| Ben Yaacoe, Israeli consul Ofra | ??/??/???? | ||
| Ben-Gurion, David | Israeli Prime Minister | 10/16/1886 | 12/01/1973 |
| Benatar, Pat | US singer | 01/10/1953 | |
| Bench, Johnny | US baseball player | 12/07/1947 | |
| Benchley, Robert | US writer | 09/15/1889 | 11/21/1945 |
| Benedict, Ruth | ??/??/???? | ||
| Benet, Stephen Vincent | US writer | 07/22/1898 | 03/13/1943 |
| Benfield, John | ??/??/???? | ||
| Benjamin, Walter | German-born writer | 07/15/1892 | 09/26/1940 |
| Benn, Ernest | English publisher | 06/25/1875 | 01/17/1954 |
| Benn, Tony | English politician | 04/03/1925 | |
| Bennett, Alan | English writer | 05/09/1934 | |
| Bennett, Arnold | English writer | 05/27/1867 | 05/27/1931 |
| Bennett, Constance | US actor | 10/22/1904 | 07/24/1965 |
| Bennett, Joan | US actor | 02/27/1910 | 12/07/1990 |
| Bennett, William | US drug czar | ??/??/???? | |
| Benny, Jack | US comic | 02/14/1894 | 12/27/1974 |
| Benson, A(rthur) C(hristopher) | English writer | 04/24/1862 | 06/17/1925 |
| Benson, Edward Frederic | English writer | 07/24/1867 | 02/29/1940 |
| Benson, Ragnar | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Bentham, Jeremy | English philosopher | 02/15/1748 | 06/06/1832 |
| Bentley, Edmund Clerihew | English writer | 07/10/1875 | 03/30/1956 |
| Bentley, Jon | 04/16/1951 | ||
| Bentsen, Lloyd | US Rep (TX) | 02/11/1921 | |
| Berenson, Bernard | Lithuania-US historian | 06/26/1865 | 10/06/1959 |
| Beresford, Lord Charles | English admiral | 02/10/1846 | 09/06/1919 |
| Bergen, Candice | US actor | 05/09/1946 | |
| Bergen, Edgar charly mccarthy | US actor | 02/16/1903 | 09/30/1978 |
| Berger, John | English painter | 11/05/1926 | |
| Berger, Sally | ??/??/???? | ||
| Berger, Thomas | US writer | 07/20/1924 | |
| Bergeron, Trader Vic | US restauranteur | ??/??/???? | |
| Bergman, George | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bergman, Ingmar | Swedish director | 07/14/1918 | |
| Bergman, Ingrid | Swedish actor | 08/29/1915 | 08/29/1982 |
| Bergson, Henri | French writer | 10/18/1859 | 01/04/1941 |
| Berkeley, Ellen Perry | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Berkowitz, David "Son of Sam" | US serial killer | 06/01/1953 | |
| Berle, Milton | US comic actor | 07/12/1908 | 03/27/2002 |
| Berlin, Irving | US music composer | 05/11/1888 | 09/22/1989 |
| Berlioz, Hector | French composer | 12/11/1803 | 03/08/1869 |
| Bernanos, Georges | French writer | 02/20/1888 | 07/05/1948 |
| Bernard, Jeffrey | English writer | 05/27/1932 | 09/04/1997 |
| Berne, Eric | US writer | 03/10/1910 | 07/15/1970 |
| Berners, Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson | English composer | 09/18/1883 | 04/19/1950 |
| Bernhard, Sandra | US comic actor | 06/06/1955 | |
| Bernhardt, Sarah | French actor | 10/22/1844 | 03/26/1923 |
| Bernstein, Al | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bernstein, Carl | US writer | 02/14/1944 | |
| Bernstein, Elmer | US composer | 04/04/1922 | 08/18/2004 |
| Bernstein, Jeremy | US physicist | 12/31/1929 | |
| Bernstein, Leonard | US music conductor | 08/25/1918 | 10/14/1990 |
| Berra, Yogi | US sports baseball | 05/12/1925 | |
| Berry, Halle | US actor | 08/14/1968 | |
| Berry, Mary Frances | US writer | 02/17/1938 | |
| Bertolotti, William | ??/??/???? | ||
| Berton, Pierre | Canadian writer | 07/12/1920 | 11/30/2004 |
| Bester, Alfred | US writer | 12/18/1913 | 09/30/1987 |
| Bethell, Baron Westbury Richard | English | ??/??/???? | |
| Betjeman, Sir John | English writer | 08/28/1906 | 05/19/1984 |
| Betti, Ugo | Italian playwright | 02/04/1892 | 06/09/1953 |
| Bevan, Aneurin | Welsh pol | 11/15/1897 | 07/06/1960 |
| Beveridge, W. H. | English economist | 03/05/1879 | 03/16/1963 |
| Bevin, Ernest | English foreign minister | 03/09/1881 | 04/14/1951 |
| Bhartrihari, | ??/??/0625 | ||
| Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali | Pakistani statesman | 01/05/1928 | 04/04/1979 |
| Biafra, Jello Eric Boucher | US music singer | 06/17/1958 | |
| Bibesco, Elizabeth | writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Bibesco, Elizabeth Asquith | English writer | 02/26/1897 | 04/07/1945 |
| Bierce, Ambrose | US writer | 06/24/1842 | ??/??/1914 |
| Bijani, Laden & Laleh | Irani conjoined twins | 01/27/1974 | 07/08/2003 |
| Billings, Josh | US writer | 04/21/1818 | 10/14/1885 |
| Billington, Michael | ??/??/???? | ||
| Binder, Mike | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bing, Rudolf | Austrian NY Met opera manager | 01/09/1902 | 09/02/1997 |
| Bird, Larry | US basketball coach | 12/07/1956 | |
| Bird, Rose Elizabeth | US chief justice (CA) | 11/02/1936 | 12/04/1999 |
| Birkett, Lord William Norman | ??/??/1883 | ??/??/1962 | |
| Birrell, Augustine | English politician, scholar | 01/19/1850 | 11/20/1933 |
| Bishop, Elizabeth | US writer | 02/08/1911 | 10/06/1979 |
| Bishop, Jim | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Bishop, Stephen | US songwriter | 11/14/1951 | |
| Bissett, Jacqueline | US actor | 09/13/1944 | |
| Bjork, | Icelandic music singer | 11/21/1965 | |
| Black, Hugo L. | US Supreme Court | 02/27/1886 | 09/25/1971 |
| Black, Jack | US actor, singer | 04/07/1969 | |
| Black, Lewis | US comic | 08/30/1948 | |
| Blackman, Honor | English actor | 08/22/1925 | |
| Blackmore, Ritchie | English music singer | 04/14/1945 | |
| Blackmun, Harry A. | US Supreme Court | 11/12/1908 | 03/04/1999 |
| Blackstone, William | English jurist | 07/10/1723 | 02/14/1780 |
| Blackwell, Mr. | US fashion maven | 08/29/1922 | |
| Blackwell, Alice Stone | US suffragist | 09/14/1857 | 03/15/1950 |
| Blackwell, Elizabeth | English-US physician, writer | 02/03/1821 | 05/31/1910 |
| Blaha, Henry | ??/??/???? | ||
| Blaik, Red | US football coach | 02/15/1897 | 05/06/1989 |
| Blaine, David | US magician | 04/04/1973 | |
| Blair, Tony | British PM (51) | 06/05/1953 | |
| Blair, Virginia | ??/??/???? | ||
| Blake, Eubie | US songwriter | 02/07/1883 | 02/12/1983 |
| Blake, William | English writer | 11/28/1757 | 08/12/1827 |
| Blanc, Mel | US voice artist | 05/30/1908 | 07/10/1989 |
| Blanchett, Cate | Australian actor | 05/14/1969 | |
| Blandford, Linda | ??/??/???? | ||
| Blanton, Smiley | ??/??/???? | ||
| Blass, Bill | US fashion designer | 06/22/1922 | 06/12/2002 |
| Blavatsky, Madame Helene Petrovna | Russian writer | 08/12/1831 | 05/08/1891 |
| Bleeth, Yasmine | US actor | 06/14/1968 | |
| Blessington, Marguerite | English writer | 09/01/1789 | 03/03/1849 |
| Bliss, Lara | ??/??/???? | ||
| Blodgett, Harriet | ??/??/???? | ||
| Blondell, Joan | US actor | 08/30/1909 | 12/25/1979 |
| Bloom, Orlando | English actor | 01/13/1977 | |
| Bloomfield, Robert | English writer | 12/03/1766 | 08/19/1823 |
| Blount, Jr., Roy | US writer | 10/04/1941 | |
| Bluestone, Ed | ??/??/1949 | ||
| Bluestone, Steve | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bly, Mary | ??/??/???? | ||
| Boccaccio, Giovanni | Italian wrtier | ??/??/1313 | 12/21/1375 |
| Boeckmann, Jerry | ??/??/???? | ||
| Boesky, Ivan | US | ??/??/???? | |
| Bogart, Humphrey | US actor | 01/23/1899 | 01/14/1957 |
| Bohr, Niels Henrik David | Danish science | 10/07/1885 | 11/18/1962 |
| Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas | French writer | 11/01/1636 | 03/13/1711 |
| Bok, Derek | 03/22/1930 | ||
| Bolan, Marc T. Rex | English music singer | 09/30/1947 | 09/16/1977 |
| Bombeck, Erma | US writer comic | 02/21/1927 | 04/22/1996 |
| Bon Jovi, Jon | US music singer | 03/02/1962 | |
| Bonaparte, Napoleon | French pol | 08/15/1769 | 05/05/1821 |
| Bond, Julian | US Rep (GA) | 01/14/1940 | |
| Bone, James | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bonhoeffer, Dietrich | German theologian | 02/04/1906 | 04/09/1945 |
| Bonnano, Margaret | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bonner, Dan | newsman | ??/??/???? | |
| Bono, Sonny | US singer actor pol | 02/16/1935 | 01/05/1998 |
| Bono Allman etc., Cher | US singer actor | 05/20/1946 | |
| Boone, Daniel | US explorer | 11/02/1734 | 09/26/1820 |
| Boone, Pat | US singer | 06/01/1934 | |
| Boorstin, Dr. Daniel J. | US historian | 10/01/1914 | 02/28/2004 |
| Boosler, Elayne | US comic | 08/18/1952 | |
| Booth, Dr. Andrew | ??/??/???? | ||
| Booth, Edwin | US actor | 11/13/1833 | 06/07/1893 |
| Booth, William | English religious leader | 04/10/1829 | 08/20/1912 |
| Boothroyd, Basil | ??/??/1910 | ??/??/1988 | |
| Boren, James H. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Borge, Victor | US singer | 01/03/1909 | 12/23/2000 |
| Borger, Gloria | ??/??/???? | ||
| Borges, Jorge Luis | Argentinian writer | 08/24/1899 | 06/14/1986 |
| Borgman, Jim | cartoonist | ??/??/???? | |
| Borland, Hal | US journalist | 05/14/1900 | ??/??/1978 |
| Bormann, Martin | German nazi | 06/17/1900 | 05/??/1945 |
| Born, Max | German physicist | 12/11/1882 | 01/05/1970 |
| Borrow, George | English linguist | 07/05/1803 | 07/26/1881 |
| Bostwick, Saul | dress designer | ??/??/???? | |
| Boswell, James | English biographer | 10/29/1740 | 05/19/1795 |
| Boswell, Mrs. James | English wife | 10/29/1740 | 05/19/1795 |
| Bottome, Phyllis | ??/??/1884 | ??/??/1963 | |
| Bourke-White, Margaret | US photojournalist | 06/14/1904 | 08/27/1971 |
| Bourne, Alec | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bova, Ben | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Bovee, Christian Nestell | US writer | 02/22/1820 | ??/??/1904 |
| Bowden, Bobby | US sports coach | 11/08/1929 | |
| Bowen, Lord | English? | ??/??/???? | |
| Bowen, Catherine Drinker | US writer | 01/01/1897 | 11/01/1973 |
| Bowen, Elizabeth | Irish writer | 06/07/1899 | 02/22/1973 |
| Bowen, Ezra | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bowie, David | English singer | 01/08/1947 | |
| Bowles, Paul | US writer | 12/30/1910 | 11/18/1999 |
| Bowles, Tamsin | UK Weatherpixie | 04/21/1968 | |
| Bowman, Dr. Karl | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bowra, Sir Cecil Maurice | English writer | 04/08/1898 | 07/04/1971 |
| Boxer, Barbara | US politician (Rep-CA) | 11/11/1940 | |
| Boyd, Louise Arner | US explorer | 09/16/1887 | 09/14/1972 |
| Boyle, Lara Flynn | US actor | 03/24/1970 | |
| Boynton, Sandra | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brabazon, Lord John Theodore Cuthbert | English aviator, racer | 02/08/1884 | 05/17/1964 |
| Bracken, John | US military | ??/??/???? | |
| Bracken, Peg | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Bradbury, Sir Malcolm | English writer | 09/07/1932 | 11/28/2000 |
| Bradbury, Ray | US writer | 08/22/1920 | |
| Bradlee, Ben | US newspaper editor | 08/26/1921 | |
| Bradley, Francis H. | English philosopher | 01/30/1846 | 09/18/1924 |
| Bradley, Marion Zimmer | US writer | 06/03/1930 | 09/25/1999 |
| Bradley, General Omar | US military | 02/12/1893 | 04/08/1981 |
| Bradshaw, John | US philosopher | 06/29/1933 | |
| Bradstreet, Anne | English-US writer | ??/??/1612 | 09/16/1672 |
| Bragg, Billy | English music singer | 12/20/1957 | |
| Bragg, William | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brahe, Tycho | Danish astronomer | 12/14/1546 | 10/24/1601 |
| Brahms, Caryl | ??/??/1901 | ??/??/1982 | |
| Braiker, Harriet | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bramah, Ernest | ??/??/1868 | ??/??/1942 | |
| Branagh, Kenneth | Irish actor | 12/10/1960 | |
| Brand, Othal | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brand, Stewart | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brandeis, Louis D. | US Supreme Court | 11/13/1856 | 10/05/1941 |
| Brando, Marlon | US actor | 04/03/1924 | 07/01/2004 |
| Brandon, Dick | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brandwein, Leonard | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brann, William Cowper | ??/??/???? | ||
| Braque, Georges | French artist | 05/13/1882 | 03/31/1963 |
| Braude, Jacob | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brautigan, Richard | US writer | 01/30/1935 | 10/25/1984 |
| Brecher, Irving | US screenwriter | 01/17/1914 | |
| Brecht, Bertolt | German writer | 02/10/1898 | 08/14/1956 |
| Bremer, Sylvia | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brenan, Gerald | English writer | 04/07/1894 | 01/19/1987 |
| Brennan, Jr., William J. | US Supreme Court | 04/25/1906 | 07/24/1997 |
| Brenner, David | US comic | 02/04/1945 | |
| Brenner, Sydney | ??/??/???? | ||
| Breslau, Karen | US Newsweek reporter | ??/??/???? | |
| Breslin, Jimmy | US writer | 10/17/1930 | |
| Breton, Andre | French writer | 02/18/1896 | 09/28/1966 |
| Brewery, Capital | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brewster, Jr., Kingman | US educator, diplomat | 06/17/1919 | 11/08/1988 |
| Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich | Russian political leader | 12/19/1906 | 11/10/1982 |
| Brice, Fanny | US comic actor | 10/29/1891 | 05/29/1951 |
| Bridges, Edward | ??/??/1892 | ??/??/1969 | |
| Bridges, Robert | English writer | 10/23/1844 | 04/21/1930 |
| Brien, Alan | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bright, John | English writer | 11/16/1811 | 03/27/1889 |
| Bright, Susie | US writer | 03/25/1958 | |
| Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme | French pol | 04/01/1755 | 02/02/1826 |
| Brinkley, Christie | US model | 02/02/1954 | |
| Brinkley, David | US newsman | 07/10/1920 | 06/11/2003 |
| Brisbane, Arthur | US writer | 12/12/1864 | 12/25/1936 |
| Britchky, Seymour | ??/??/???? | ||
| Britt, Steuart H. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Britten, Benjamin | English composer | 11/22/1913 | 12/04/1976 |
| Broch, Hermann | German writer | 11/01/1886 | 05/30/1951 |
| Brock, Alice May | 02/28/1941 | ||
| Brock, Lou | US baseball player | 06/18/1939 | |
| Broderick, Matthew | US actor | 03/21/1962 | |
| Brodsky, Joseph | Russian writer | 05/24/1940 | 01/28/1996 |
| Brogan, Jimmy | US comic | 09/18/1948 | |
| Brokaw, Tom | US telejournalist | 02/06/1940 | |
| Bronowski, Jacob | Polish-UK mathematician | 01/18/1908 | 08/22/1974 |
| Bronson, Charles | US actor | 11/03/1921 | 08/30/2003 |
| Bronte, Anne | English writer | 01/17/1820 | 05/28/1849 |
| Bronte, Charlotte | English writer | 04/21/1816 | 03/31/1889 |
| Bronte, Emily | English writer | 07/30/1818 | 12/19/1848 |
| Brooke, Rupert | English writer | 08/03/1887 | 04/23/1915 |
| Brookner, Anita | English writer | 07/16/1928 | |
| Brooks, Albert | US actor, writer | 07/22/1947 | |
| Brooks, Garth | US singer | 02/07/1962 | |
| Brooks, Gwendolyn | US writer | 06/07/1917 | 12/03/2000 |
| Brooks, Louise | US actor | 11/14/1906 | 08/08/1985 |
| Brooks, Mel | US writer actor | 06/28/1926 | |
| Brooks, Phillips | English-US religion | 12/13/1835 | 01/23/1893 |
| Brooks, Van Wyck | US historian, critic | 02/16/1886 | 05/02/1963 |
| Brophy, Brigid | English writer | 06/12/1929 | 08/07/1995 |
| Brosnan, Pierce | Irish actor | 05/16/1953 | |
| Brothers, Dr. Joyce | US shrink, writer | 10/20/1928 | |
| Brotherton, J. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brougham, Henry Peter | English politician | 12/19/1778 | 05/07/1868 |
| Broun, Heywood C. | US writer | 12/07/1888 | 12/18/1939 |
| Broun, Heywood Hale | US writer actor | 03/10/1918 | 09/05/2001 |
| Brower, David | US environmentalist | 07/01/1912 | 11/05/2000 |
| Brown, A. Whitney | US writer actor (SNL) | 07/08/1952 | |
| Brown, Craig | ??/??/1957 | ||
| Brown, Gene | ??/??/???? | ||
| Brown, Helen Gurley | US writer | 02/18/1922 | |
| Brown, James | US music singer | 05/03/1928 | |
| Brown, Jerry | US pol | 04/07/1938 | |
| Brown, John Mason | US critic | 07/03/1900 | 03/16/1969 |
| Brown, Larry | US comic | 09/14/1940 | |
| Brown, Les | US bandleader | 03/14/1912 | 01/04/2001 |
| Brown, Rita Mae | US writer | 11/28/1944 | |
| Brown, Ruth | US singer | 01/30/1928 | |
| Brown, Solyman | dentist | ??/??/???? | |
| Browne, Cecil | ??/??/???? | ||
| Browne, Coral | actor | 07/23/1913 | 05/29/1991 |
| Browner, Joey | US Minnesota Viking | ??/??/???? | |
| Browning, Elizabeth Barrett | English writer | 03/06/1806 | 06/29/1861 |
| Browning, Robert | English writer | 05/07/1812 | 12/12/1889 |
| Broyles, Frank | US U of Ark. coach | ??/??/???? | |
| Brubeck, Dave | US composer | 12/06/1920 | |
| Bruce, Lenny | US comic | 10/13/1925 | 08/03/1966 |
| Bruce, Nigel | English actor | 02/04/1895 | 10/08/1953 |
| Brustein, Robert | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bryan, William Jennings | US statesman | 03/19/1860 | 07/26/1925 |
| Bryant, Anita | US singer, model | 03/25/1940 | |
| Bryant, Paul "Bear" | US sports football | 09/11/1913 | 01/26/1983 |
| Bryant, William C. | US writer, editor | 11/03/1794 | 06/12/1878 |
| Bryce, James | Irish writer, diplomat | 05/10/1838 | 01/22/1922 |
| Brynner, Yul | Russian actor | 07/11/1920 | 10/10/1985 |
| Bryson, Bill | US writer | 11/10/1946 | |
| Buber, Martin | German religion | 02/08/1878 | 06/13/1965 |
| Buchan, John | Scottish writer | 08/26/1875 | 02/11/1940 |
| Buchanan, James | US President (15) | 04/23/1791 | 06/01/1868 |
| Buchanan, Pat | US columnist | 11/02/1938 | |
| Buchanan, Roy | US guitarist | 09/23/1939 | 08/14/1988 |
| Buchwald, Art | US columnist | 10/20/1925 | |
| Buck, Pearl S. | US writer | 06/26/1892 | 03/06/1973 |
| Buckler, Rick | English drummer (Jam) | 12/06/1955 | |
| Buckley, James | US Senate candidate | 03/09/1923 | |
| Buckley, William F. | US writer | 11/24/1925 | |
| Buddha, | Indian religious leader | 04/08/0563 | ??/??/0483 |
| Buder, Sister Madonna | US nun, triathlete | 07/22/1930 | |
| Buffett, Jimmy | US singer | 12/25/1946 | |
| Buffett, Warren | US investor | 08/30/1930 | |
| Buhner, Jay | US Mariners outfielder | ??/??/???? | |
| Bukowski, Charles | US writer | 08/16/1920 | 03/09/1994 |
| Bulko, Bill | ??/??/???? | ||
| Bull, Sitting | US native chief | 12/15/1890 | |
| Bull, Thomas | director personnel | ??/??/???? | |
| Buller, Arthur | ??/??/1874 | ??/??/1944 | |
| Bullock, Sandra | US actor | 07/26/1965 | |
| Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G. | English writer | 05/25/1803 | 01/18/1873 |
| Bunche, Dr. Ralph Johnson | US diplomat | 08/07/1904 | 12/09/1971 |
| Bunker, Archie Carroll O'Conno | US actor | 08/02/1924 | 06/21/2001 |
| Bunting, Basil | English writer | 03/01/1900 | 04/17/1985 |
| Bunuel, Luis | Mexican filmmaker | 02/22/1900 | 07/29/1983 |
| Bunyan, John | English writer | 11/28/1628 | 08/31/1688 |
| Buonarotti, Michelangelo | Italian artist | 03/06/1475 | 02/18/1564 |
| Buono, Victor | US actor | 02/03/1938 | 01/01/1982 |
| Burbank, Luther | US science botanist | 03/07/1849 | 04/11/1926 |
| Burchill, Julie | US writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Burdon, Eric | English singer | 04/05/1941 | |
| Burgess, Anthony | English writer | 02/25/1917 | 11/25/1993 |
| Burgess, Gelett | US writer | 01/30/1866 | 09/17/1951 |
| Burgin, G. B | ??/??/???? | ||
| Burke, Billie | US actor | 08/07/1885 | 05/14/1970 |
| Burke, Delta | US actor | 07/30/1956 | |
| Burke, Edmund | English statesman | 01/12/1729 | 07/09/1797 |
| Burke, Johnny | US music song writer | 10/03/1908 | 02/25/1964 |
| Burnett, Carol | US comic actor | 04/26/1933 | |
| Burnett, Leo | US ad man | 10/21/1891 | 06/07/1971 |
| Burney, Fanny | English writer | 06/13/1752 | 01/06/1840 |
| Burns, Edward | US actor | 01/29/1968 | |
| Burns, George | US comic actor | 01/20/1896 | 03/09/1996 |
| Burns, Peter | English singer(Dead or Alive | 08/05/1959 | |
| Burns, Robert | Scottish writer | 01/25/1759 | 07/21/1796 |
| Burr, Raymond | Canadian actor | 05/21/1917 | 09/12/1993 |
| Burroughs, Edgar Rice | English writer | 09/01/1875 | 03/19/1950 |
| Burroughs, John | US naturalist, writer | 04/03/1837 | 03/29/1931 |
| Burroughs, William S. | US writer | 02/05/1914 | 08/02/1997 |
| Burstyn, Ellen | US actor | 12/07/1932 | |
| Burton, Isabel | English writer | 03/20/1831 | 03/21/1896 |
| Burton, Richard | Welsh actor | 11/10/1925 | 08/05/1984 |
| Burton, Sir Richard Francis | English scholar, explorer | 03/19/1821 | 10/20/1890 |
| Burton, Robert | English writer | 02/08/1577 | 01/25/1640 |
| Buscaglia, Leo | US writer | 03/31/1925 | 06/12/1998 |
| Buscemi, Steve | US actor | 12/13/1957 | |
| Bush, Barbara | US First Lady (42) | 06/08/1925 | |
| Bush, George Herbert Walker | US President (41) | 06/12/1924 | |
| Bush, George W. | US President (43) | 07/06/1946 | |
| Bush, Kate | English music singer | 07/30/1958 | |
| Bush, Laura Welch | US first lady (44) | 11/04/1946 | |
| Bush, Vannevar | US engineer | 03/11/1890 | 06/28/1974 |
| Butler, Nicholas Murray | US educator | 04/02/1862 | 12/07/1947 |
| Butler, R. A. | ??/??/1902 | ??/??/1982 | |
| Butler, Samuel | English writer | 12/04/1875 | 06/18/1902 |
| Butler, Sir William F. | English writer | ??/??/???? | |
| Buttons, Red | US comic actor | 02/05/1919 | |
| Butz, Earl | US Pol secty Agr | 07/03/1909 | |
| Byrd, Admiral Richard E. | US explorer | 10/25/1888 | 03/11/1957 |
| Byrd, Robert C. | ??/??/???? | ||
| Byrne, David | US singer | 05/14/1952 | |
| Byrne, Robert | US quotemonger | 05/22/1930 | |
| Byrnes, James F. | US politician | 05/02/1879 | 04/09/1972 |
| Byrom, John | English writer | 02/29/1692 | 09/23/1763 |
| Byron, Lord George Gordon | English writer | 01/22/1788 | 04/29/1824 |