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Bracken, Thomas - (1843-1898), NZ poet, author and politician
Brackett, Leigh - (1915-1978), U.S. science fiction author
Bradbury, Ray - (born 1920), US Science Fiction author
Braddock, Edward - (1695?-1755), 18th century British General
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth - (1837-1915), English novelist
Bradford, Andrew - (1686-1742), American colonial printer
Bradford, Barbara Taylor - (born 1933), author
Bradford, Karleen - Canadian writer
Bradford, William - (1590-1657) Leader of Plymouth Colony
Bradlee, Benjamin - (born 1921), journalist
Bradley, Bill - (born 1943), basketball player, US Senator
Bradley, Ed - (born 1941), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent
Bradley, F. H. - philosopher
Bradley, Henry - editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
Bradley, James - (1693-1762), astronomer
Bradley, Marion Zimmer - (1930-1999), U.S. fantasy writer
Bradley, Milton - (1836-1911), maufacturer, lithographer, game maker
Bradley, Omar - (1893-1981), WW2 U.S. general
Bradley, Tom - (1917-1998), mayor of Los Angeles, California
Bradley, Tom - author
Bradman, Sir Donald - (1908-2001), cricket player
Bradshaw, John - psychologist
Bradshaw, Terry - (born 1948), football quarterback
Bradshaw, Tiny - (1905-1958), musician
Bradwardine, Thomas - (c. 1290-1349), philosopher, Archbishop of Canterbury
Brady, Charles - astronaut
Braeden, Eric - (born 1941), soap opera actor
Bragg, Billy - (born 1957), composer, singer-songwriter, musician
Bragg, Braxton - (1817-1876), Confederate general
Bragg, Melvyn - television presenter
Brahe, Nils - (1604-1632)
Brahe, Nils Magnus - (1790-1844), Swedish politician
Brahe, Per - (1602-1680), Swedish politician
Brahe, Tycho - (1546-1601), Danish-born astronomer
Brahms, Johannes - (1833-1897), German composer
Braille, Louis - (1809-1852), inventor
Brain, Dennis - (1922-1957), French horn player
Braine, John - author of Room at the Top and The Jealous God
Brakhage, Stan - (1933-2003), filmmaker
Bramante, Donato - (1444-1514), Italian architect
Bramble, Livingstone - (born 1960), St. Kitts world champion boxer
Branagh, Kenneth - (born 1960), film director, actor
Brancati, Vitaliano - novelist
Brancusi, Constantin - (1876-1957), sculptor
Brand, Dionne - Canadian writer
Brand, Elton - NBA basketball player
Brand, Jo - British stand-up comedian
Brand, Max - (1893-1944), author
Brand, Neville - (1920-1992), actor
Brand, Vance - astronaut
Brandeis, Louis - (born 1856), U.S. Supreme Court justice
Branden, Nathaniel - (born 1930), psychologist, philosopher, Ayn Rand fan
Brandenstein, Daniel - astronaut
Brandis, Jonathan - (1976-2003) U.S. actor
Brando, Marlon - (born 1924), U.S. actor
Brandoli, Anna - (born 1945), Italian illustrator
Brandstrom, Elsa - (born 1888), "The Angel of Siberia"
Brandt, Bill - (1904-1983), photographer
Brandt, Di - (born 1952), Manitoba poet and literary critic
Brandt, Karl - (1904-1948)
Branson, Richard - (born 1950)
Branting, Hjalmar - (1860-1925), politician
Braque, Georges - (1882-1963), sculptor
Brassai - (1899-1984), photographer
Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne - (1814-1874), ethnographer
Brassova, Princess - (1880-1952)
Brattain, Walter Houser - (born 1902), transistor co-inventor
Braud, Wellman - (1891-1966), jazz string-bass musician
Braudel, Ferdinand - historian
Brault, Jacques - (born 1933), Canadian writer
Braun, Carl Ferdinand - physicist
Braun, Karl Ferdinand - (1850-1918), 1909 Nobel Prize in physics
Braun, Lily - (1865-1916), writer
Braun, Wernher von - (1912-1977), German rocket scientist
Brautigan, Richard - (1935-1984), U.S. novelist, poet
Brawley Hughes, Josephine - (1839-1926), American women's right and alcohol abolition supporter
Braxton, Anthony - alto
Braxton, Toni - (born 1968), U.S. musician
Brazier, Arthur M. - Minister, community activist, civil rights leader
Breashears, David - (fl. 1990s), American mountaineer and filmmaker
Breathed, Berke - U.S. Cartoonist and creator of Bloom County
Breau, Lenny - musician
Brecht, Bertolt - (1898-1956), German Three-penny Opera lyricist
Breckinridge, John C. - (died 1875), Vice President of the United States
Bree, Andrew - Irish Swimmer
Breen, Joseph - (born 1958), soap opera actor
Bregovic, Goran - composer
Breguet, Abraham Louis - (1747-1823), watchmaker
Brehm, Alfred - (1829-1884), zoologist
Breitner, Paul - athlete
Brel, Jacques - (1929-1978), actor, composer, director, writer
Bremer, Fredrika - (1801-1865), Swedish writer
Bremner, Billy - athlete
Bremner, Rory - (born 1961), British comedian
Brendan, Saint - Irish abbot who allegedly sailed the Atlantic Ocean
Brennan, Christopher - (1870-1932) Australian poet
Brennan, Walter - (1894-1974), Academy Award winning actor
Brenner, Ernst - (1856-1911), Swiss president
Brentano, Clemens - (1778-1842), poet
Brentano, Franz - (1853-1920), philosopher
Breslin, Jimmy - (born 1930), writer
Bresslaw, Bernard - (1934-1993), British comedian
Bresson, Robert - (1907-1999), French film director
Bretislav I - (1035-1055), Bohemian aristocrat
Bretnor, Reginald - (1911-1992), author
Breton, Nicholas - (1542-1626), poet
Brett, Brian - Canadian writer
Brett, Jeremy - (1933-1995), actor
Brett, Simon - (born 1945), (whodunnits)
Breuer, Jim - comedian
Brewer, Teresa - (born 1931), singer
Brewster, David - (1781-1868), Scottish physicist
Brewster, Harlan Carey - 1916 November 23 - 1918 March 1
Brewster, Henry P. - (1816-1884), Texas lawyer, soldier, and Attorney General
Breytenbach, Breyten - (born 1939), South African poet, writer and painter
Brezina, Thomas - (born 1968), author
Briand, Aristide - (1915-1917), French Prime Minister
Brice, Fanny - (1891-1951), singer, comedienne, actress
Bricklin, Dan - co-creator of VisiCalc, the first personal spreadsheet program
Bricusse, Leslie - songwriter
Bridge, Frank - (1879-1941), composer
Bridger, Jim - (1804-1881), pioneer
Bridges, Jeff - (born 1949), U.S. actor
Bridges, Lloyd - (1913-1998), U.S. actor
Bridges, Robert - (1844-1930), poet
Bridges, Roy - astronaut
Brier, Kathy - (born 1975), soap opera and Broadway actress
Briggs, Henry - (1556-1630), English mathematician
Brightman, Sarah - (born 1960), U.S. singer
Brigid, Saint - Irish saint and bishop
Brigode, Ace - ( d. 1960), U.S. bandleader
Brilliart, Julie - (1751 - 1816), Roman Catholic nun, foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
Brimley, Wilford - (born 1934), actor
Brin, David - (born 1950), U.S. science fiction writer
Brinch Hansen, Per - Dutch computer scientist (concurrency theory)
Brindley, James - (1716-1772), canals, watermills
Bringhurst, Robert - Canadian writer
Brinkley, Christie - (born 1954), U.S. model
Brinkley, David - (1920-2003), broadcast journalist
Briscoe, Andrew - (1810-1849), Leader in the Texas Revolution
Briscoe, Dolph - (1973-1979), Governor of Texas
Brissaud, Pierre - (1885-1964), French illustrator, painter
Bristol, Arthur L. - (1886-1942), U.S. Navy admiral
Britten, Benjamin - (1913-1976), composer, opera composer
Broadbent, Jim - (born 1949), actor
Broca, Paul - (born 1824), anthropologist
Brock, Isaac - (1769-1813)
Brock, Lou - (born 1939), baseball star
Brockhouse, Bertram - designed the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope
Brocquy, Louis le - (born 1916), Saoi of Aosdána, painter
Brod, Max - (1884-1968), author
Brodsky, Joseph - (1940-1996), poet
Brody, Adrien - (born 1973), actor
Brody, Bruiser - (1946-1988), wrestler
Brokaw, Tom - (born 1940), U.S. TV news anchorman
Brolin, James - (born 1940), actor
Bromige, David - Canadian writer
Bron, Eleanor - British comedian
Bronfman, Charles - (born 1931), industrialist
Bronfman, Samuel - "Seagrams" distillery founder
Bronson, Charles - (born 1921), U.S.-born actor
Bronson, Rick - Former Coca-cola employee
Bronsted, Johannes Nicolaus - (1879-1947), physical chemist
Bronstein, David - (born 1924), chess player
Brood, Herman - (1946-2001), rock musician and artist
Brook, Peter - (born 1925), theatre director
Brooke, Alan - (1883-1963), British Field Marshal
Brooke, Edward William, III - (born 1919), U.S. politician
Brooke, Rupert - (1887-1925), English poet
Brookes, Noel - British bookseller
Brookmeyer, Bob - musician
Brookner, Anita - English novelist
Brooks, Albert - (born 1947), comedian
Brooks, Avery - (born 1948), U.S. actor
Brooks, Cleanth - (1906-1994), U.S. literary critic
Brooks, Garth - (born 1962), U.S. country musician
Brooks, Gwendolyn - (born 1917), poet
Brooks, Hadda - (1916-2002), musician
Brooks, James L. - (born 1940), producer, writer
Brooks, Louise - (1906-1985), actor
Brooks, Mel - (born 1926), U.S. comedian
Brooks, Meredith - U.S. musician
Brooks, Overton - (1897-1961), U.S. Congressman
Brooks, Shelton - (1886-1975), songwriter
Brooks, Terry - (born 1944), U.S. fantasy author
Broom, Robert - (1866-1951), paleontologist
Broonzy, Big Bill - (born 1893), musician
Brosnan, Pierce - (born 1953), Irish-born James Bond Actor
Brossard, Nicole - (born 1943), formalist poet
Brossolette, Pierre - French Resistance activist
Brotzmann, Peter - (alto, tenor, bass)
Broughton, Rhoda - (1840-1920), novelist
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan - (1881-1966), mathematician
Brovina, Flora - poet
Broward, Napoleon Bonaparte - US Governor of Florida
Brown, Alton - (born 1962), U.S. TV Chef
Brown, Arthur - (born 1944), British rock and roll singer
Brown, B. Gratz - governor
Brown, Bobby - (born 1969), singer
Brown, Capability - (1716-1783), English landscape architect/gardener
Brown, Charles - (1922-1999), U.S. blues singer
Brown, Charles Brockden - US novelist
Brown, Clarence - (1890-1987), U.S. film director
Brown, Clifford - (1930-1956), U.S. jazz trumpeter
Brown, Curtis - astronaut
Brown, David - (1904-1993), British entrepreneur
Brown, David M. - (1956-2003), U.S. astronaut
Brown, Dee - (1908-2002), U.S. novelist & historian
Brown, Derren - (born 1971), British psychological illusionist
Brown, Edmund G. - (died 1996), Governor of California
Brown, Eric - (born 1960), science fiction author
Brown, Ford Madox - (1821-1893), English painter
Brown, Fredric - (1906-1972), science fiction and mystery author
Brown, George Spencer - or Brown, G. Spencer, British mathematician
Brown, Gordon - (born 1951), Labour-Party Chancellor of the Exchequer
Brown, Guillermo E. - musician
Brown, Isaac N. - (1817-1889), U.S. and Confederate Naval Officer
Brown, James - (born 1928), U.S. soul singer ("Soul Brother Number One")
Brown, Jim - (born 1936), American football star
Brown, John doctor - (1735-1788), Scottish physician who developed his own medical "system"
Brown, John physician - (1810-1882), Scottish physician and essayist
Brown, John pioneer - (1737-1812), pioneer and statesman from North Carolina
Brown, John theologian - (1722-1787), Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
Brown, Julie - U.S. actress and singer
Brown, Junior - U.S. country singer
Brown, Les - (1912-2001), [[big band|big-band] leader
Brown, Lew - U.S. lyricist
Brown, Margaret - Titanic survivor aka Molly Brown
Brown, Mark - astronaut
Brown, Melanie - British singer aka Scary Spice
Brown, Michael - painter
Brown, Milton - musician
Brown, Nacio Herb - (1896-1964) US songwriter
Brown, Panama Al - (1902-1951), first hispanic world boxing champion
Brown, Paul - (1908-1991), National Football League coach
Brown, Peter - singer (including in Paper Doll)
Brown, Ray - (died 2002), musician
Brown, Red - (full name Tom "Red" Brown), (1888-1958), New Orleans jazz trombonist and bandleader
Brown, Ron - (1941-1996), US Dem. Nat'l Comm. chair and Secretary of Commerce
Brown, Rosemary - claimed musical medium
Brown, Ruth - (born 1928), U.S. singer
Brown, Sir George - British military officer of the 19th century
Brown, Steve - (1890-1965) U.S. jazz bass player
Brown, Theo Wade - British designer and eccentric
Brown, Thomas - (fl. 18th century) Scottish philosopher
Brown, Thomas Edward - (1830-1897), poet
Brown, Thomas Townsend - (1905-1985), scientist
Brown, Tom - (fl. 17th century), satirical writer
Brown, Willie - (born 1934), mayor of San Francisco, California -2003
Browne, Charles Farrar - (1834-1867), (Artemus Ward)
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