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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-Bd - Be - Bf - Bg - Bh - Bi - Bj - Bk - Bl - Bm - Bn - Bo - Bp - Bq - Br - Bs - Bt - Bu - Bv - Bw - Bx - By - Bz
Baa-Bab - Bac - Bad-Baf - Bag - Bah - Bai - Baj - Bak - Bal - Bam - Ban - Bao-Baq - Bar - Bas - Bat - Bau - Bav-Bax - Bay - Baz
Especially frequent names: Baker Barry
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 Bernhard (1676-1749),composer
- Bach, Johann Christian, (1735-1782), composer
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, (1685-1750), composer
- Bach, Richard, (born 1936), writer of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- Bach, Sebastian, (born 1968), musician ("Skid Row")
- Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, (1710-1784), composer
- Bacharach, Burt, (born 1929), and Hal David
- Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, (1690-1771)
- Bachhan, Abhishek, Indian actor
- 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
- 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
- Bahaji, Said, alleged Al-Qaida terrorist
- 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)
- Bailyn, Bernard, (born 1922), American historian, Pulitzer Prize winner
- 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
Baka - Bake - Bakf - Bakz
Baka - Bake
People named Bake - Bakea - Bakeq - Baker - Bakes - Bakez
People named Bake
- Bake, Jan, (1787-1864)
Bakea - Bakeq
- Bakeman, Daniel F, (1760-1869), Revolutionary war veteran
Baker
People named Baker
- Baker, Alan, mathematician
- Baker, Arthur
- Baker, Benjamin, Sir, (1840-1907), civil engineer
- Baker, Carroll, (born 1931), actress
- Baker, Cheryl
- Baker, Chet, (died 1988), musician
- Baker, Colin
- Baker, David, musician
- Baker, Dusty, (born 1949), baseball player, coach
- Baker, Ellen, astronaut
- Baker, George, Canadian senator
- Baker, George Pierce
- Baker, Ginger, (born 1939), musician
- Baker, Henry, (1698-1774)
- Baker, Hobey
- 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, Julius, US flautist
- Baker, Kathy, (born 1947), actress
- Baker, Kenneth
- Baker, Kenny, (born 1934), actor
- Baker, Laurie, (born 1917), England-born Indian architect
- Baker, LaVern
- 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, Richard, Sir, (1568-1644,1645)
- Baker, Richard, Sir (early 17th century man of letters)
- Baker, Richard (U.S. politician)
- Baker, Rick, (born 1950), film makeup artist
- Baker, Russell, (born 1925), columnist
- Baker, Sam Aaron, governor
- Baker, Samuel White, Sir, (1821-1893)
- Baker, Thomas, (1656-1746)
- Baker, Tom
- Baker, Valentine Aker Pasha, (1827-1887)
Bakera - Bakerz
Bakes - Bakez
Bakf - Bakz
- 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)
- Balogh, Mary, author
- 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
- Bambara, Toni Cade, (1939-1995), writer, college professor
- 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
- Štefan Banič (1870-1941), parachute inventor, philanthopist
- 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 - Barb - Barc-Bard - Bare-Barh - Bari-Bark - Barl - Barn - Baro - Barr - Bart - Baru-Barz
People named Bar
Bara
Barb
Barc
Bard
Bare
Barg
Barh
Bari
Bark
Barl
Barn
Baro
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People named Barr
- Barr, Roseanne, (born 1952), American actress and comedian
Barra
- 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
Barrb - Barre
- 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
Barrf - Barri
- 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
Barrj - Barro
- 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.
Barrp - Barrz
People named Barry
- 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
- Bartet, Jeanne Julia, (1854-1941), French actress
- 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, (1729-1795), a signatory of the Declaration of Independence
- Bartlett, Neil, (born 1932), chemist
- 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 I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Basil II, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Basil II Carnaterus, patriarch of Constantinople
- Basil III, patriarch of Constantinople
- Basil III, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
- Basil of Caesarea, (ca. 330-379)
- Basil, Toni, (born 1943), singer, dancer, choreographer
- Basilio, Carmen, (born 1927), world champion boxer
- Basiliscus, Byzantine Emperor
- Basinger, Kim, (born 1953), US actor
- Baskerville, John (1706-1775), printer, typefounder
- Basquiat, Jean-Michel, (1960-1988), painter
- Bass, Alfie, comedian
- Bass, Lance, (born 1979), musician ("NSYNC")
- 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
- Bastiat, Frederic, (1801-1850), economist
Bat
- Bata, John, (died 1965), shoe manufacturer
- Bata, Tomas, 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, Nicolas, 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
- Baudrillard, Jean, (born 1929), philosopher
- Baudry, Patrick, astronaut
- Bauer, Bill, Canadian writer
- 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
- Baugher, Joe, (born 1941), researcher, aviation author
- Bauhin, Gaspard, (1560-1624), biologist
- Bauhin, Jean, (1541-1613), biologist
- Baum, L. Frank, (1856-1919), US writer of The Wizard of Oz
- Baum, Vicki, (1888-1960), writer
- Baumann, Johannes, (1874-1953), Swiss president
- Baumel, Judith, (The Weight of Numbers - Whitman award)
- 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
- Bax, Ernest Belfort, (1854,1926), journalist and philosopher
- 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
- Bazalgette, Joseph William (1819-1891)
- Bazna, Elyesa, double-agent
