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• 1488 CEBernard van OrleyBernard van Orley (between 1487 and 1491 – 6 January 1541), also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert…
• 1948 CEBernard-Henri LévyBernard-Henri Georges Lévy (French: [bɛʁnaʁ ɑ̃ʁi ʒɔʁʒ levi]; born 5 November 1948) is a French public…
• 1439 CEBernardine of FeltreBernardine of Feltre (sometimes Bernardinus of Feltre; 1439 – 28 September 1494) was a Friar Minor and…
• 1776 CEBernardino DrovettiBernardino Michele Maria Drovetti (January 7, 1776 – March 5, 1852) was an Italian collector of antiquities…
• 1460 CEBernardino FungaiBernardino Fungai (1460 – c. 1516) was an Italian painter whose work marks the transition from late Gothic…
• 1480 CEBernardino LuiniBernardino Luini (c. 1480/82 – June 1532) was a north Italian painter from Leonardo's circle during the High…
• 1509 CEBernardino TelesioBernardino Telesio (Italian: [bernarˈdiːno teˈlɛːzjo]; 7 November 1509 – 2 October 1588) was an Italian…
• 1499 CEBernardino de SahagúnBernardino de Sahagún (c. 1499 – 5 February 1590) was a Franciscan friar, missionary priest and pioneering…
• 1380 CEBernardino of SienaBernardino of Siena, OFM (also Bernardine or Bernadine; born Bernardino degli Albizzeschi; 8 September 1380 –…
• 1420 CEBernardo BandiniBernardo Bandini Baroncelli (15 January 1420 – 29 December 1479) was a Florentine merchant and a protagonist…
• 1941 CEBernardo BertolucciBernardo Bertolucci ( BUR-tə-LOO-chee; Italian: [berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi]; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018)…
• 1290 CEBernardo DaddiBernardo Daddi (c. 1280 – 1348) was an early Italian Renaissance painter and the leading painter of Florence…
• 1470 CEBernardo DoviziBernardo Dovizi of Bibbiena (4 August 1470 – 9 November 1520) was an Italian cardinal and comedy writer…
• 1887 CEBernardo HoussayBernardo Alberto Houssay (April 10, 1887 – September 21, 1971) was an Argentinian physiologist. Houssay was a…
• 1778 CEBernardo O'HigginsBernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Spanish pronunciation: [beɾˈnaɾðo oˈ(x)iɣins]; 20 August 1778 – 24 October 1842)…
• 1409 CEBernardo RossellinoBernardo di Matteo del Borra Gamberelli (1409–1464), better known as Bernardo Rossellino, was an Italian…
• 1428 CEBernardo di Niccolò MachiavelliBernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli (between 1426 and 1429 – 1500) was a citizen of Florence and father to…
• 1900 CEBernardus Johannes AlfrinkBernardus Johannes Alfrink (5 July 1900 – 17 December 1987) was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic…
• 1889 CEBernhard KarlgrenKlas Bernhard Johannes Karlgren (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbæ̌ːɳaɖ ˈkɑ̂ːɭɡreːn]; 15 October 1889 – 20 October…
• 1875 CEBernhard LichtenbergBernhard Lichtenberg (German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ˈlɪçtn̩ˌbɛʁk]; 3 December 1875 – 5 November 1943) was a German…
• 1826 CEBernhard RiemannGeorg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛʁnhaʁt ˈʁiːman]; 17 September 1826 – 20 July…
• 1849 CEBernhard von BülowBernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Prince of Bülow (German: Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin Fürst von Bülow [fɔn…
• 1942 CEBernice Johnson ReagonBernice Johnson Reagon (October 4, 1942 – July 16, 2024) was an American song leader, composer, professor of…
• 978 CEBerno of ReichenauBerno (c. 978 – 7 June 1048) was the Abbot of Reichenau from his appointment by Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor…
• 1440 CEBernt NotkeBernt Notke (c. 1440 – before May 1509) was a late Gothic artist from the Baltic region. He has been…
• 400 BCEBerossusBerossus or Berosus (Ancient Greek: Βηρωσσός, romanized: Bērōssos; possibly derived from Late Babylonian…
• 1942 CEBert SakmannBert Sakmann (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁt ˈzakˌman]; born 12 June 1942) is a German cell physiologist. He…
• 1949 CEBert VogelsteinBert Vogelstein (born 1949) is director of the Ludwig Center, Clayton Professor of Oncology and Pathology and…
• 1949 CEBertalan FarkasBertalan Farkas (Hungarian: [ˈfɒrkɒʃ ˈbɛrtɒlɒn], born August 2, 1949) is the first Hungarian cosmonaut, space…
• 1849 CEBertha BenzBertha Benz (German: [ˈbɛʁta ˈbɛnts]; née Cäcilie Bertha Ringer; 3 May 1849 – 5 May 1944) was a German…
• 1843 CEBertha von SuttnerBaroness Bertha Sophie Felicitas von Suttner (Austrian German: [ˈbɛrtaː fɔn ˈzʊtnɐ]; née Countess Kinsky von…
• 1841 CEBerthe MorisotBerthe Marie Pauline Morisot (French: [bɛʁt mɔʁizo]; 14 January 1841 – 2 March 1895) was a French painter…
• 1446 CEBerthold FurtmeyrBerthold Furtmeyr was a German miniaturist, attested as a citizen of Regensburg between 1470 and 1501. He…
• 1318 CEBerthold SchwarzBerthold Schwarz O.F.M. (sometimes spelled Schwartz), also known as Berthold the Black and der Schwartzer…
• 1898 CEBertolt BrechtEugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht…
• 1140 CEBertran de BornBertran de Born (Occitan: [beɾˈtɾan de ˈbɔɾn]; 1140s – by 1215) was a baron from the Limousin in France, and…
• 1872 CEBertrand RussellBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English…
• 1320 CEBertrand du GuesclinBertrand du Guesclin (Breton: Beltram Gwesklin; c. 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or…
• 1932 CEBeryl BainbridgeDame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) was an English writer. She was primarily…
• 400 BCEBessusBessus or Bessos (Old Persian: *Bayaçā; Ancient Greek: Βήσσος), also known by his regnal name Artaxerxes V…
• 1985 CEBethanie Mattek-SandsBethanie Mattek-Sands (née Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American inactive professional…
• 1785 CEBettina von ArnimBettina von Arnim (born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano; 4 April 1785 – 20 January 1859) was…
• 1209 CEBettisia GozzadiniBettisia Gozzadini (1209 – 2 November 1261), was a Bolognese jurist who lectured at the University of Bologna…
• 1921 CEBetty FriedanBetty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading…
• 1981 CEBeyoncéBeyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter…
• 570 CEBhartṛhariBhartṛhari (Devanagari: भर्तृहरि; Bhartrihari; fl. c. 5th to 6th century CE), was an Indian philosopher of…
• 1114 CEBhaskara IIBhāskara II ([bʰɑːskərə]; c. 1114–1185), commonly known as Bhāskarāchārya (lit. 'Bhāskara the teacher'), was…
• 600 CEBhaskara-IBhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680) was a 7th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer who was the first to write…
• 1927 CEBhumibol AdulyadejBhumibol Adulyadej (5 December 1927 – 13 October 2016), titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 9 June 1946…
• 1000 CEBi ShengBi Sheng (died 1051) was a Chinese artisan and engineer during the Song dynasty (960–1279), who invented the…
• 1447 CEBiagio RossettiBiagio Rossetti (c. 1447 – 1516) was an Italian architect and urbanist from Ferrara. A military engineer…
• 400 BCEBian QueBian Que (Chinese: 扁鵲; 407 – 310 BC) was an ancient Chinese figure traditionally said to be the earliest…
• 2000 CEBianca AndreescuBianca Vanessa Andreescu (Romanian pronunciation: [andreˈesku]; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian…
• 1942 CEBianca PitzornoBianca Pitzorno (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbjaŋka pitˈtsorno]; born 12 August 1942) is an Italian writer best…
• 599 BCEBias of PrieneBias of Priene (Ancient Greek: Βίας; fl. 6th century BC) was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of…
• 1913 CEBibha ChowdhuriBibha Chowdhuri (3 July 1913 – 2 June 1991) was an Indian particle physicist known for her investigations…
• 1465 CEBiernat of LublinBiernat of Lublin (Polish: Biernat z Lublina, Latin Bernardus Lublinius, ca. 1465 – after 1529) was a Polish…
• 1946 CEBigas LunaJosé Juan Bigas Luna (19 March 1946 – 5 April 2013) was a Spanish film director, designer and artist. His…
• 1933 CEBill AndersWilliam Alison Anders (17 October 1933 – 7 June 2024) was a United States Air Force major general, electrical…
• 1946 CEBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who…
• 1937 CEBill CosbyWilliam Henry Cosby Jr. ( KOZ-bee; born July 12, 1937) is an American former comedian, actor, and media…
• 1928 CEBill MollisonBruce Charles "Bill" Mollison (4 May 1928 – 24 September 2016) was an Australian researcher, author…
• 1955 CEBill NyeWilliam Sanford Nye (born November 27, 1955) is an American science communicator, television presenter, and…
• 1893 CEBill TildenWilliam Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American tennis…
• 1951 CEBill ViolaWilliam John Viola Jr. (US: VY-oh-lə, UK: VEE-oh-lə; January 25, 1951 – July 12, 2024) was an American video…
• 2001 CEBillie EilishBillie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( EYE-lish; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter.…
• 1915 CEBillie HolidayBillie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music…
• 1943 CEBillie Jean KingBillie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King…
• 1972 CEBillie Joe ArmstrongBillie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician, songwriter and actor. He is best known…
• 1955 CEBilly Bob ThorntonBilly Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and…
• 1942 CEBilly ConnollySir William Connolly (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish actor, musician, television presenter, artist and…
• 1918 CEBilly GrahamWilliam Franklin Graham Jr. (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist, ordained…
• 1949 CEBilly JoelWilliam Martin Joel ( JOHL; born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the…
• 1906 CEBilly WilderBilly Wilder (born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian and American film director…
• 1966 CEBilly ZaneWilliam George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the…
• 1955 CEBinali YıldırımBinali Yıldırım (born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last prime…
• 1998 CEBindi IrwinBindi Sue Irwin (/bɪn.di/; born 24 July 1998) is an Australian conservationist, zookeeper, actress, and…
• 1491 CEBindo AltovitiBindo Altoviti (26 November 1491 – 22 January 1557) of the Altoviti family was an Italian banker and one of…
• 319 BCEBindusaraBindusara (r. c. 297 – c. 273 BCE) was the second Mauryan emperor of Magadha in Ancient India. The ancient…
• 1903 CEBing CrosbyHarry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. One of the…
• 429 BCEBion of AbderaBion of Abdera (c. 430 – 370 BC) (Greek: Βίων ὁ Ἀβδηρίτης, gen. Βίωνος) was a Greek mathematician and…
• 324 BCEBion of BorysthenesBion of Borysthenes (Greek: Βίων Βορυσθενίτης; c. 325 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek philosopher. After being sold…
• 119 BCEBion of SmyrnaBion (Βίων ) was an ancient Greek bucolic poet from Smyrna, probably active at the end of the second or…
• 1945 CEBirendra of NepalShree Panch Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: वीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; 29 December 1945 – 1 June…
• 1210 CEBirger JarlBirger Jarl or Birger Magnusson (c. 1210 – 21 October 1266) was a Swedish statesman and regent, jarl, and a…
• 767 CEBishr the BarefootBishr ibn al-Ḥārith (Arabic: بشر بن الحارث) better known as Bishr al-Ḥāfī (Bishr the Barefoot) (Arabic: بشر…
• 1950 CEBjarne StroustrupBjarne Stroustrup (Danish: [ˈbjɑːnə ˈstʁʌwˀstʁɔp]; born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist…
• 1965 CEBjörkBjörk Guðmundsdóttir ( BYURK, Icelandic: [pjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouhtɪr̥]; born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic…
• 1956 CEBjörn BorgBjörn Rune Borg (Swedish: [ˈbjœːɳ ˈbɔrj]; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former professional tennis player.…
• 1945 CEBjörn UlvaeusBjörn Kristian Ulvaeus (Swedish: [ˈbjœːɳ ɵlˈvěːɵs]; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, singer…
• 1832 CEBjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( BYURN-sən, Norwegian: [ˈbjø̂ːɳstjæːɳə mɑrˈtiːnɪʉ̂s ˈbjø̂ːɳsɔn]; 8 December…
• 1160 CEBlacatzBlacatz, known in French genealogy as Blacas de Blacas III (1165–1237), was the feudal lord of Aups and a…
• 1623 CEBlaise PascalBlaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher…
• 300 CEBlaise of SebasteBlaise of Sebaste (Greek: Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, Hágios Blásios; Armenian: Սուրբ Վլաս; Latin: Blasius; martyred 316…
• 1188 CEBlanche of CastileBlanche of Castile (Spanish: Blanca de Castilla; French: Blanche de Castille; 4 March 1188 – 27 November…
• 1490 CEBlasco Núñez VelaBlasco Núñez Vela (c. 1490 – January 18, 1546) was the first Spanish viceroy of South America ("Viceroyalty…
• 1761 CEBlasius MerremBlasius Merrem (4 February 1761 – 23 February 1824) was a German naturalist, zoologist, ornithologist…
• 1155 CEBlondel de NesleBlondel de Nesle (French pronunciation: [blɔ̃dɛl də nɛl]) – either Jean I of Nesle (c. 1155 – 1202) or his…
• 1978 CEBob BryanRobert Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded…
• 1941 CEBob DylanBob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.…
• 1938 CEBob KahnRobert Elliot Kahn (born December 23, 1938) is an American electrical engineer who, along with Vint Cerf…
• 1945 CEBob MarleyRobert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist.…
• 1942 CEBob RossRobert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter and art instructor who created…
• 1943 CEBobby FischerRobert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh…
• 1946 CEBobby RushBobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist, and pastor who served as the…
• 1297 CEBoccaccio di ChellinoBoccaccino di Chellino (d. 1349) was the father of the famous Florentine Renaissance writer, Giovanni…
• 200 BCEBocchus IBocchus, often referred to as Bocchus I for clarity, was king of Mauretania from c. 111 – 80 BCE. He was…
• 1745 CEBodawpayaBodawpaya (Burmese: ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား, pronounced [bódɔ̀ pʰəjá]; Thai: ปดุง; 11 March 1745 – 5 June 1819) was the…
• 440 CEBodhidharmaBodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is…
• 480 CEBoethiusAnicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (Latin: Boetius; c. 480 – 524 AD), was…
• 1960 CEBogaletch GebreBogaletch "Boge" (pronounced Bo-gay) Gebre (1950s – 2 November 2019) was an Ethiopian scientist and activist.…
• 1883 CEBogdan FilovBogdan Dimitrov Filov (Bulgarian: Богдан Димитров Филов; 10 April 1883 – 1 February 1945) was a Bulgarian…
• 1595 CEBohdan KhmelnytskyZynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (c. 1595 – 6 August 1657) was a Ruthenian…
• 1108 CEBohemond II of AntiochBohemond II (1107/1108 – February 1130) was Prince of Taranto from 1111 to 1128 and Prince of Antioch from…
• 1621 CEBohuslav BalbínBohuslav Balbín (3 December 1621 – 29 November 1688) was a Czech writer, historian, geographer and Jesuit. He…
• 200 BCEBoiorixBoiorix or Boeorix was a king of the Cimbri tribe during the Cimbrian War. He is most known for his…
• 1847 CEBolesław PrusAleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus (Polish…
• 300 BCEBolus of MendesBolus of Mendes (Ancient Greek: Βῶλος ὁ Μενδήσιος, Bōlos ho Mendēsios; fl. 3rd century BC) was a philosopher…
• 400 BCEBomilcarBomilcar (Punic: 𐤁𐤃‬𐤌𐤋‬𐤒‬𐤓‬𐤕‬, bdmlqrt) was a Carthaginian commander in the war against Agathocles of…
• 1150 CEBonanno PisanoBonanno Pisano (born in Pisa; fl. 1170s–1180s) was an Italian sculptor, mixing Byzantine and classical…
• 1210 CEBonaventura BerlinghieriBonaventura Berlinghieri (fl. 1235–1244) was an Italian painter from Lucca, of the Gothic period. He was son…
• 1598 CEBonaventura CavalieriBonaventura Francesco Cavalieri (Latin: Bonaventura Cavalerius; 1598 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian…
• 1221 CEBonaventureBonaventure (born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop…
• 370 CEBoniface IPope Boniface I (Latin: Bonifatius I; 4 September 422) was the bishop of Rome from 28 December 418 to his…
• 1150 CEBoniface I, Marquess of MontferratBoniface I (Italian: Bonifacio del Monferrato; Greek: Βονιφάτιος Μομφερρατικός, romanized: Vonifatios…
• 540 CEBoniface IIIPope Boniface III (Latin: Bonifatius III) was the bishop of Rome from 19 February 607 to his death on 12…
• 550 CEBoniface IVPope Boniface IV (Latin: Bonifatius IV; 550 – 8 May 615) was the bishop of Rome from 608 to his death on 8…
• 600 CEBoniface VPope Boniface V (Latin: Bonifatius V; died 25 October 625) was the bishop of Rome from 23 December 619 to his…
• 1235 CEBoniface VIIIPope Boniface VIII (Latin: Bonifacius PP. VIII, Italian: Bonifacio VIII; born Benedetto Caetani; c. 1230 – 11…
• 1355 CEBonifaci FerrerBoniface Ferrer (1350–1417) was a Carthusian monk, brother of Saint Vincent Ferrer, and translator of the…
• 1495 CEBonifacius AmerbachBonifacius Amerbach (1495–April 1562) was a jurist, scholar, an influential humanist and the rector of the…
• 350 CEBonifatiusBonifatius (or Bonifacius; also known as Count Boniface or Comes Bonifacius; died 432) was a Roman general…
• 590 CEBoranBoran (also spelled Buran, Middle Persian: ) was the Sasanian queen (banbishn) of Iran from 630 to 632, with…
• 1397 CEBorghese di Piero BorgheseBorghese di Piero Borghese, also Borghese di Piero, (1397 – c. 1463) was an Italian painter of the Florentine…
• 1956 CEBoris AkuninGrigori Chkhartishvili (born 20 May 1956), better known by his pen name Boris Akunin, is a Georgian and…
• 1905 CEBoris BalinskyBorys Ivanovych Balinsky (23 September 1905 – 1 September 1997) was a Ukrainian-South African biologist…
• 1967 CEBoris BeckerBoris Franz Becker (German: [ˈboːʁɪs ˈbɛkɐ]; born 22 November 1967) is a German former professional tennis…
• 1946 CEBoris BerezovskyBoris Abramovich Berezovsky (Russian: Борис Абрамович Березовский, Hebrew: בוריס ברזובסקי; 23 January 1946 –…
• 827 CEBoris I of BulgariaBoris I (also Bogoris), venerated as Saint Boris I (Mihail) the Baptizer (Church Slavonic: Борисъ /…
• 1894 CEBoris III of BulgariaBoris III (Bulgarian: Борѝс III; Boris Treti; 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1894 – 28 August 1943) was the…
• 1964 CEBoris JohnsonAlexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who was Prime…
• 1939 CEBoris KolkerBoris Grigorevich Kolker (Russian: Борис Григорьевич Колкер; born July 15, 1939, in Tiraspol, Moldavian ASSR…
• 1959 CEBoris NemtsovBoris Yefimovich Nemtsov (Russian: Борис Ефимович Немцов [bɐˈrʲis jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪmˈtsof]; 9 October 1959 –…
• 1890 CEBoris PasternakBoris Leonidovich Pasternak (10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1890 – 30 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet poet…
• 1908 CEBoris PiotrovskyBoris Borisovich Piotrovsky, also Piotrovskii (Russian: Бори́с Бори́сович Пиотро́вский; February 14 [O.S.…
• 1908 CEBoris RybakovBoris Aleksandrovich Rybakov (Russian: Борис Александрович Рыбаков; 3 June 1908, Moscow – 27 December 2001…
• 1882 CEBoris ShaposhnikovBoris Mikhaylovich Shaposhnikov (Russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Ша́пошников) (2 October [O.S. 20 September] 1882…
• 1896 CEBoris SkossyreffBoris Mikhailovich Skossyreff (12 January 1896 – 27 February 1989) was a Belarusian adventurer, international…
• 1920 CEBoris VianBoris Vian (French: [bɔʁis vjɑ̃]; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily…
• 1884 CEBoris VladimirtsovBoris Yakovlevich Vladimirtsov (Russian: Борис Яковлевич Владимирцов; 20 July [O.S. 8 July] 1884 – 17 August…
• 1904 CEBoris Vorontsov-VelyaminovBoris Aleksandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov (Russian: Борис Александрович Воронцов-Вельяминов; February 14…
• 1931 CEBoris YeltsinBoris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served…
• 1400 CEBornio da SalaBornio da Sala (beginning of the 15th century, in Bologna – 13 August 1496, in Bologna) was an Italian…
• 1960 CEBorys GudziakBorys Andrij Gudziak (born 24 November 1960) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church serving, since…
• 500 CEBorzūyaBorzuya (or Burzōē or Burzōy or Borzouyeh, Persian: بُرْزویه) was a Persian physician in the late Sasanian…
• 844 CEBoso of ProvenceBoso of Provence (French: Boson; c. 841 – 11 January 887) was the first non-Carolingian pretender to the…
• 1922 CEBoutros Boutros-GhaliBoutros Boutros-Ghali (14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who…
• 1959 CEBoyko BorissovBoyko Metodiev Borisov (born 13 June 1959) is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria…
• 1904 CEBozorg AlaviBozorg Alavi (Persian: بزرگ علوی; February 2, 1904 – February 18, 1997) was an influential Iranian writer…
• 450 CEBozorgmehrBozorgmehr-e Bokhtagan (Middle Persian: Wuzurgmihr ī Bōkhtagān), also known as Burzmihr, Dadmihr and…
• 852 CEBořivoj IBořivoj I (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbor̝ɪvoj], Latin: Borzivogius, c. 852 – c. 889) was the first historically…
• 598 CEBrahmaguptaBrahmagupta (c. 598 – c. 668 CE) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer who is credited as the first…
• 1847 CEBram StokerAbraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer, barrister, literary critic, and theatre…
• 1465 CEBramantinoBartolomeo Suardi (c. 1456 – c. 1530) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly active in his native Milan.
• 1892 CEBranislaw TarashkyevichBranislaw Adamavich Tarashkyevich (20 January 1892 – 29 November 1938) was a Belarusian public figure…
• 1935 CEBranka RaunigBranka Raunig (Serbian: Бранка Рауниг; 1 January 1935 – 13 June 2008) was a Bosnian archaeologist…
• 500 BCEBrasidasBrasidas (Greek: Βρασίδας, died 422 BC) was a Spartan general and statesman and is considered to be the most…
• 486 CEBrendan the NavigatorBrendan of Clonfert (c. AD 484 – c. 577) is one of the early Irish monastic saints and one of the Twelve…
• 1965 CEBrené BrownCasandra Brené Brown (born November 18, 1965) is an American academic, author and podcaster. Brown is known…
• 1000 CEBretislaus IBretislav I (Czech: Břetislav I.; c. 1002 – 10 January 1055), known as the "Bohemian Achilles", of the…
• 1925 CEBrian AldissBrian Wilson Aldiss (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor…
• 1968 CEBrian CoxBrian Edward Cox (born 3 March 1968) is an English physicist and musician. He is a professor of particle…
• 1940 CEBrian David JosephsonBrian David Josephson (born 4 January 1940) is a British theoretical physicist and emeritus professor at the…
• 1938 CEBrian DennehyBrian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor. Renowned for his performances on…
• 1948 CEBrian EnoBrian Eno ( EE-noh; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is an English musician, songwriter, record…
• 1963 CEBrian GreeneBrian Randolph Greene (born February 9, 1963) is an American physicist known for his research on string…
• 1800 CEBrian Houghton HodgsonBrian Houghton Hodgson (1 February 1801 – 23 May 1894) was a British diplomat, naturalist and ethnologist who…
• 1942 CEBrian KernighanBrian Wilson Kernighan (born 30 January 1942) is a Canadian computer scientist. He worked at Bell Labs and…
• 1955 CEBrian KobilkaBrian Kent Kobilka (born May 30, 1955) is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in…
• 1947 CEBrian MaySir Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, animal welfare activist, and astrophysicist.…
• 1940 CEBrian O'LearyBrian Todd O'Leary (January 27, 1940 – July 28, 2011) was an American scientist, author, and NASA astronaut…
• 1967 CEBrian SchmidtBrian Paul Schmidt (born 24 February 1967) is an American Australian astrophysicist at the Australian…
• 1942 CEBrian WilsonBrian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter and record…
• 501 CEBridei IBridei son of Maelchon (died c. 586) was King of the Picts from 554 to 584. Sources are vague or…
• 1931 CEBridget RileyBridget Louise Riley (born 24 April 1931) is an English painter known for her op art paintings. She lives and…
• 1303 CEBridget of SwedenBridget of Sweden, OSsS (c. 1304 – 23 July 1373), also known as Birgitta Birgersdotter and Birgitta of…
• 1801 CEBrigham YoungBrigham Young ( BRIG-əm; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He…
• 1938 CEBrigitte JordanBrigitte Jordan was a German-American professor, scientist, and consultant who was described as the midwife…
• 1981 CEBritney SpearsBritney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she…
• 1503 CEBronzinoAgnolo di Cosimo (Italian: [ˈaɲɲolo di ˈkɔːzimo]; 17 November 1503 – 23 November 1572), usually known as…
• 1685 CEBrook TaylorBrook Taylor (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician and barrister best known for…
• 1957 CEBruce BeutlerBruce Alan Beutler ( BOYT-lər; born December 29, 1957) is an American immunologist and geneticist. Together…
• 1958 CEBruce DickinsonPaul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English musician who is best known as the lead vocalist of…
• 1941 CEBruce NaumanBruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media…
• 1949 CEBruce SpringsteenBruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.…
• 1220 CEBrunetto LatiniBrunetto Latini (who signed his name Burnectus Latinus in Latin and Burnecto Latino in Italian; c. 1220–1294)…
• 1809 CEBruno BauerBruno Bauer (German: [baʊɐ]; 6 September 1809 – 13 April 1882) was a German philosopher, theologian, and…
• 1985 CEBruno MarsPeter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American…
• 1944 CEBruno PlatterBruno Platter (born 21 March 1944) is a former Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. He was the order's 65th…
• 1913 CEBruno PontecorvoBruno Pontecorvo (Italian: [ponteˈkɔrvo]; Russian: Бру́но Макси́мович Понтеко́рво, Bruno Maksimovich…