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• 1590 CEBahar Banu BegumBahar Banu Begum (Persian: بهار بانو بیگم; 9 October 1590 – 8 September 1653), meaning "spring lady", was a…
• 749 CEBahloolBahlūl (Arabic: بهلول) was the common name of Wāhab ibn Amr (Arabic: واهب ابن عمرو), a companion of Musa…
• 501 CEBahman JadhuyahBahman Jādhūyah/Jādūyah (also Jādhōē/Jādōē; New Persian: بهمن جادویه), or Bahman Jādhawayh (Middle Persian…
• 1517 CEBahram MirzaBahram Mirza Safavi (Persian: بهرام میرزای صفوی, romanized: Bahrām Mīrzā Safavī; 15 September 1517 – 11…
• 406 CEBahram VBahram V (also spelled Wahram V or Warahran V; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), also known as Bahram Gur (New…
• 1817 CEBaháʼu'lláhBaháʼu'lláh (Persian: [bæhɒːʔolːɒːh], born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian…
• 1547 CEBahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilīBaha al-Din al-Amili (Arabic: بهاء الدين العاملي; Persian: بهاءالدین عاملی: 18 February 1547 – 1 September…
• 772 CEBai JuyiBai Juyi (also Bo Juyi or Po Chü-i; Chinese: 白居易, Mandarin pinyin Bái Jūyì; 772–846), courtesy name Letian…
• 1201 CEBaijuBaiju Noyan or Baichu (Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠵᠤ ᠨᠣᠶᠠᠨ; Chagatai: بایجو نویان; Chinese: 拜住; pinyin: Bàizhù; in…
• 1501 CEBairam KhanMuhammad Bairam Khan (Persian: محمد بیرم خان; 18 January 1501 – 31 January 1561), commonly known as Bairam…
• 720 CEBaizhang HuaihaiBaizhang Huaihai (Chinese: 百丈懷海; pinyin: Bǎizhàng Huáihái; Wade-Giles: Pai-chang Huai-hai; Japanese: Hyakujō…
• 1967 CEBajram BegajBajram Rushit Begaj (born 20 March 1967) is an Albanian former military officer, physician and politician…
• 1706 CEBakht Singh of MarwarBakht Singh (16 August 1706 – 21 September 1752), also known as Bakhat Singh, was an 18th-century Indian Raja…
• 1547 CEBakht-un-Nissa BegumBakht-un-Nissa Begum (c. 1547 – 2 June 1608) was a Mughal princess and a daughter of the Mughal emperor…
• 1856 CEBal Gangadhar TilakBal Gangadhar Tilak (born Keshav Gangadhar Tilak (pronunciation: [keʃəʋ ɡəŋɡaːd̪ʱəɾ ʈiɭək]); 23 July 1856 – 1…
• 178 CEBalbinusDecimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus (c. 178 – July/August 238 AD) was Roman emperor with Pupienus for three…
• 1432 CEBaldassare EstenseBaldassare Estense (ca. 1443 – after 1504) was an Italian painter. He was born in Reggio, has been supposed…
• 1481 CEBaldassare PeruzziBaldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (7 March 1481 – 6 January 1536) was an Italian architect and painter, born in a…
• 1478 CEBaldassarre CastiglioneBaldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico (Italian: [baldasˈsaːre kastiʎˈʎoːne]; 6 December 1478 – 2 February…
• 1596 CEBaldassarre LonghenaBaldassare Longhena (1598 – 18 February 1682) was an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he…
• 1401 CEBaldo Angelo AbatiBaldo Angelo Abati (in Latin Baldus Angelus Abatius; born in Gubbio) was an Italian physician and naturalist.…
• 1172 CEBaldwin I of ConstantinopleBaldwin I (Dutch: Boudewijn; French: Baudouin; July 1172 – c. 1205) was the first Emperor of the Latin Empire…
• 1927 CEBalkrishna DoshiBalkrishna Vithaldas Doshi (26 August 1927 – 24 January 2023) was an Indian architect. He is an important…
• 1604 CEBaltasar GraciánBaltasar Gracián y Morales (Spanish: [baltaˈsaɾ ɣɾaˈθjan]; 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658), better known as…
• 1908 CEBalthusBalthasar Klossowski (French: [klɔsɔfski]; February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), also known as Balthus…
• 1401 CEBalázs MagyarBlaise Magyar (Hungarian: Magyar Balázs), also Blaž the Magyar, was a military commander and officer of state…
• 1957 CEBamir TopiBamir Myrteza Topi (born 24 April 1957) is an Albanian diplomat and politician who served as President of…
• 32 CEBan ChaoBan Chao (32–102 CE), courtesy name Zhongsheng, was a Chinese diplomat, explorer, and military general of the…
• 32 CEBan GuBan Gu (AD 32–92) was a Chinese historian, poet, and politician best known for his part in compiling the Book…
• 1944 CEBan Ki-moonBan Ki-moon (Korean: 반기문; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the…
• 50 CEBan YongBan Yong (Chinese: 班勇; Wade–Giles: Pan Yung, died c. 128 CE), courtesy name Yiliao (宜僚), was the youngest son…
• 45 CEBan ZhaoBan Zhao (Chinese: 班昭; 45 or 49 – c. 117/120 CE), courtesy name Huiban (Chinese: 惠班), was a Chinese…
• 1973 CEBanksyBanksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director. He has never…
• 800 CEBanū MūsāThe Banū Mūsā, literally the Sons of Musa, refers to a Persian family of polymaths, astronomers…
• 152 CEBao XinBao Xin (152–192) was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern…
• 979 CEBaosheng DadiPoh Seng Tai Tay (Chinese: 保生大帝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pó-seng tāi-tè), also known as Taitokong (Chinese: 大道公…
• 1226 CEBar HebraeusGregory Barhebraeus or Bar Hebraeus (Syriac: ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ, romanised: Grīgōrīyōs bar ʿEbrāyā; 1226 – 30…
• 1961 CEBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of…
• 1827 CEBarbara BodichonBarbara Bodichon (8 April 1827 – 11 June 1891), born Barbara Leigh Smith, was an English educationalist…
• 1941 CEBarbara EhrenreichBarbara Ehrenreich (AIR-ən-rike; née Alexander; August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author…
• 1419 CEBarbara FuggerBarbara Fugger (née Bäsinger; 1419 – 23 July 1497) was a German businessperson and banker.
• 1945 CEBarbara G. AdamsBarbara Georgina Adams, FRSA (19 February 1945 – 26 June 2002) was a British Egyptologist, archaeologist, and…
• 1903 CEBarbara HepworthDame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies…
• 1959 CEBarbara KrauseBarbara Krause (later Wanja, born on 7 July 1959 in East Berlin) is a former freestyle swimmer from East…
• 1945 CEBarbara KrugerBarbara Kruger (born January 26, 1945) is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with the…
• 1939 CEBarbara LiskovBarbara Jane Liskov (née Huberman; born November 7, 1939) is an American computer scientist who has made…
• 1929 CEBarbara WaltersBarbara Jill Walters (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022) was an American broadcast journalist and…
• 1995 CEBarbora KrejčíkováBarbora Krejčíková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbarbora ˈkrɛjtʃiːkovaː]; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech…
• 1986 CEBarbora StrýcováBarbora Strýcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbarbora ˈstriːtsovaː]; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as…
• 1942 CEBarbra StreisandBarbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand ( STRY-sand; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress…
• 154 CEBardaisanBardaisan (11 July 154 – 222 AD; Syriac: ܒܪ ܕܝܨܢ, Bar Dayṣān; also Bardaiṣan), known in Arabic as ibn Dayṣān…
• 940 CEBardas Phokas the YoungerBardas Phokas (or Phocas) (Greek: Βάρδας Φωκᾶς) (c. 940–13 April 989) was a Byzantine general who took a…
• 1290 CEBarlaam of SeminaraBarlaam of Seminara (Bernardo Massari, as a layman; c. 1290 – 1348) or Barlaam of Calabria (Greek: Βαρλαὰμ…
• 1720 CEBaron MunchausenBaron Munchausen (German: [ˈmʏnçˌhaʊzn̩] ) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf…
• 1723 CEBaron d'HolbachPaul Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (French: [dɔlbak]; 8 December 1723 – 21 January 1789), known as d'Holbach, was a…
• 1917 CEBarry CommonerBarry Commoner (May 28, 1917 – September 30, 2012) was an American cellular biologist, college professor, and…
• 1909 CEBarry GoldwaterBarry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the…
• 1951 CEBarry MarshallBarry James Marshall (born 30 September 1951) is an Australian physician, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or…
• 1484 CEBartholomew V. WelserPrince Bartholomeus Welser (25 June 1484 in Memmingen – 28 March 1561 in Amberg) was a German banker. In 1528…
• 1487 CEBartholomäus Bernhardi of FeldkirchenBartholomäus Bernardi (1487–1551) was the rector and a professor of physics and philosophy at the University…
• 1420 CEBarthélemy d'EyckBarthélemy d'Eyck, van Eyck or d' Eyck (c. 1420 – after 1470), was an Early Netherlandish artist who worked…
• 1797 CEBarthélémy Du MortierBarthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (French: [baʁtelemi ʃaʁl ʒozɛf dymɔʁtje]; 3 April 1797 – 9 July 1878) was…
• 1350 CEBartolino da NovaraBartolino (Bertolino) Ploti da Novara (died 1406–1410) was an Italian military architect and engineer. He was…
• 1330 CEBartolo di FrediBartolo di Fredi (c. 1330 – 26 January 1410), also called Bartolo Battiloro, was an Italian painter, born in…
• 1511 CEBartolomeo AmmannatiBartolomeo Ammannati (18 June 1511 – 13 April 1592) was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at…
• 1407 CEBartolomeo BonBartolomeo Bon (also spelled Buon; died after 1464) was an Italian sculptor and architect from Campione…
• 1655 CEBartolomeo CristoforiBartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kriˈstɔːfori di franˈtʃesko]; May 4…
• 1449 CEBartolomeo MarchionniBartolomeo Marchionni (late 15th to early 16th century) was a Florentine merchant established in Lisbon…
• 1488 CEBartolomeo MarlianoGiovanni Bartolomeo Marliano (1488 - 26 July 1566) was an Italian antiquarian and topographer, most notable…
• 1450 CEBartolomeo MontagnaBartolomeo (or Bartolommeo) Montagna (UK:, US:, Italian: [bartolo(m)ˈmɛːo monˈtaɲɲa]; 1450?– 11 October 1523)…
• 1756 CEBartolomeo PaccaBartolomeo Pacca (27 December 1756, Benevento – 19 April 1844, Rome) was an Italian cardinal, scholar, and…
• 1470 CEBartolomeo TromboncinoBartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 – 1535 or later) was an Italian composer of the middle Renaissance. He is…
• 1480 CEBartolomeo VenetoBartolomeo Veneto (active 1502–31) was an Italian painter who worked in Venice, the Veneto (the mainland)…
• 1430 CEBartolomeo VivariniBartolomeo or Bartolommeo Vivarini (c. 1432 – c. 1499) was an Italian Renaissance painter, known to have…
• 1448 CEBartolomeo della GattaBartolomeo della Gatta (1448–1502), born Pietro di Antonio Dei, was an Italian (Florentine) painter…
• 1480 CEBartolommeo BerrecciBartolomeo Berrecci (1480 Pontassieve, Italy – 1537 Kraków, Poland) was an Italian Renaissance architect who…
• 1440 CEBartolomé BermejoBartolomé Bermejo (c. 1440 – c.1501) was a Spanish painter who adopted Flemish painting techniques and…
• 1617 CEBartolomé Esteban MurilloBartolomé Esteban Murillo ( mure-IL-oh, m(y)uu-REE-oh, Spanish: [baɾtoloˈme esˈteβam muˈɾiʎo]; late December…
• 1821 CEBartolomé MitreBartolomé Mitre (26 June 1821 – 19 January 1906) was an Argentine general, statesman and author. He was…
• 1484 CEBartolomé de las CasasBartolomé de las Casas, OP (US: lahss KAH-səss; Spanish pronunciation: [baɾtoloˈme ðe las ˈkasas]); 11…
• 1925 CEBaruch Samuel BlumbergBaruch Samuel Blumberg (July 28, 1925 – April 5, 2011), known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician…
• 1920 CEBaruj BenacerrafBaruj Benacerraf Lasry (October 29, 1920 – August 2, 2011) was a Venezuelan and American immunologist, who…
• 1910 CEBarys KitBarys Kit (April 6, 1910 – February 1, 2018) was a Belarusian-American rocket scientist.
• 1134 CEBasavaBasava (1131–1196), also called Basavēśvara and Basavaṇṇa, was an Indian philosopher, poet, Lingayat social…
• 600 CEBashir ibn Sa'adBashir ibn Sa'd al-Ansari (Arabic: بشير بن سعد الأنصاري, romanized: Bashīr ibn Saʿd al-Anṣārī; died 633 CE)…
• 714 CEBashshar ibn BurdAbū Muʿādh Bashshār ibn Burd (Arabic: أبو معاذ بشّار بن برد; 714–783), nicknamed al-Muraʿʿath (Arabic…
• 811 CEBasil IBasil I, nicknamed "the Macedonian" (Greek: Βασίλειος ὁ Μακεδών, romanized: Basíleios ō Makedṓn; 811 – 29…
• 958 CEBasil IIBasil II Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος, romanized: Basíleios Porphyrogénnētos; 958 – 15…
• 950 CEBasil MesardonitesBasil Mesardonites (Greek: Βασίλειος Μεσαρντονίτης, died 1016) was the Catapan of Italy, representing the…
• 1892 CEBasil RathbonePhilip St. John Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was an English actor. Born in South Africa and…
• 1394 CEBasil ValentineBasil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century…
• 290 CEBasil of AncyraSaint Basil of Ancyra (Greek: Βασίλειος), was a Christian priest and saint in Ancyra, Galatia during the 4th…
• 329 CEBasil of CaesareaBasil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (330 – 1 or 2 January 379), was an early Christian…
• 117 CEBasilidesBasilides (Greek: Βασιλείδης) was an early Christian Gnostic religious teacher in Alexandria, Egypt who…
• 1403 CEBasilios BessarionBessarion (Greek: Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist…
• 1981 CEBassel KhartabilBassel Khartabil (Arabic: باسل خرطبيل; 22 May 1981 – 3 October 2015), also known as Bassel Safadi (باسل…
• 1984 CEBasshunterJonas Erik Altberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjûːnas ˈêːrɪk ˈâltbærj]; born 22 December 1984), known…
• 600 BCEBathycles of MagnesiaBathycles of Magnesia (Greek: Βαθυκλής) was an Ionian sculptor of Magnesia on the Maeander. He was…
• 1364 CEBaude CordierBaude Cordier (fl. early 15th century) was a French composer in the ars subtilior style of late medieval…
• 1355 CEBawa Lal DayalBawa Lal Dayal, also known as Lal Das Bairagi, was a 15th-century Indian saint, revered in Hinduism.
• 804 CEBayazid BastamiBāyazīd Basṭāmī, (d. 875), commonly known as the Sultān-ul-Ārifīn (King of Those Who Know) was a Persian Sufi…
• 1354 CEBayezid IBayezid I (Ottoman Turkish: بايزيد اول; Turkish: I. Bayezid), also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt (Ottoman…
• 1921 CEBeatrice MintzBeatrice Mintz (January 24, 1921 – January 3, 2022) was an American embryologist who contributed to the…
• 1941 CEBeatrice TinsleyBeatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (27 January 1941 – 23 March 1981) was a British-born New Zealand astronomer and…
• 1373 CEBeatrice of PortugalBeatrice (Portuguese: Beatriz, pronounced [bi.ɐˈtɾiʃ]; 7–13 February 1373 – c. 1420) was the only surviving…
• 1866 CEBeatrix PotterHelen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter (…
• 1938 CEBeatrix of the NetherlandsBeatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːjaːtrɪks ˌʋɪlɦɛlˈminaː ˈʔɑr(ə)mɡɑrt]; born 31…
• 731 CEBeatus of LiébanaBeatus of Liébana (Spanish: Beato; c. 730 – c. after 785) was a monk, theologian, and author of the…
• 1890 CEBechara El KhouryBechara Khalil El Khoury (Arabic: بشارة خليل الخوري; 10 August 1890 – 11 January 1964) was a Lebanese…
• 672 CEBedeBede, OSB (Old English: Bēda [ˈbeːdɑ]; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the…
• 1879 CEBedřich HroznýBedřich Hrozný (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbɛdr̝ɪx ˈɦrozniː]; 6 May 1879 – 12 December 1952), also known as…
• 1824 CEBedřich SmetanaBedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical…
• 1926 CEBeji Caid EssebsiBeji Caid Essebsi (or es-Sebsi; Arabic: الباجي قائد السبسي, romanized: al-Bājī Qā’id as-Sibsī,; 29 November…
• 1997 CEBelinda BencicBelinda Bencic (pronounced [ˈbelinda ˈbentʃitʃ]; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player.…
• 505 CEBelisariusFlavius Belisarius (Latin pronunciation: [bɛ.lɪˈsaː.ri.ʊs]; Greek: Βελισάριος; c. 500 – March 565) was a…
• 1997 CEBella ThorneAnnabella Avery Thorne (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress, singer, and writer. She first received…
• 1999 CEBelle DelphineMary-Belle Kirschner (born 23 October 1999), better known as Belle Delphine, is a British social media…
• 1953 CEBen BernankeBen Shalom Bernanke ( bər-NANG-kee; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist who served as the 14th…
• 1951 CEBen CarsonBenjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author…
• 1951 CEBen FeringaBernard Lucas "Ben" Feringa (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛrnɑrt ˈlykɑz bɛn ˈfeːrɪŋɣaː]; born 18 May 1951) is a…
• 1974 CEBen GoldacreBen Michael Goldacre (born 20 May 1974) is a British physician, academic and science writer. He is the first…
• 1572 CEBen JonsonBen Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 18 August 1637 [or possibly 6 August]) was an English playwright, poet and…
• 1894 CEBen NicholsonBenjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter and sculptor of…
• 1926 CEBen Roy MottelsonBenjamin Roy Mottelson (9 July 1926 – 13 May 2022) was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975…
• 1415 CEBenedetto Accolti the ElderBenedetto Accolti (1415 in Arezzo – 26 September 1464 in Florence) was an Italian jurist, humanist and…
• 1866 CEBenedetto CroceBenedetto Croce, ( KROH-chay; Italian: [beneˈdetto ˈkroːtʃe]; 25 February 1866 – 20 November 1952) was an…
• 1240 CEBenedetto I ZaccariaBenedetto I Zaccaria (c. 1235 – 1307) was an Italian admiral of the Republic of Genoa. He was the Lord of…
• 1442 CEBenedetto da MaianoBenedetto da Maiano (1442 – 24 May 1497) was an Italian Early Renaissance sculptor.
• 1936 CEBenedict AndersonBenedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was an Anglo-Irish political…
• 1741 CEBenedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 [O.S. January 3, 1740] – June 14, 1801) was an American-born British…
• 1950 CEBenedict GrossBenedict Hyman Gross (June 22, 1950 – December 19, 2025) was an American mathematician who was a professor at…
• 525 CEBenedict IPope Benedict I (Latin: Benedictus I; died 30 July 579) was the bishop of Rome from 2 June 575 to his death…
• 635 CEBenedict IIPope Benedict II (Latin: Benedictus II) was the bishop of Rome from 26 June 684 to his death on 8 May 685.…
• 810 CEBenedict IIIPope Benedict III (Latin: Benedictus III; died 17 April 858) was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal…
• 900 CEBenedict IVPope Benedict IV (Latin: Benedictus IV; c. 840 – 30 July 903) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal…
• 1280 CEBenedict XIIPope Benedict XII (Latin: Benedictus XII, Italian: Benedetto XII, French: Benoît XII; 1285 – 25 April 1342)…
• 1927 CEBenedict XVIPope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was the head of the…
• 480 CEBenedict of NursiaBenedict of Nursia (Latin: Benedictus Nursiensis; Italian: Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March 480 – 21 March 547)…
• 1632 CEBenedictus de SpinozaBaruch (de) Spinoza (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus…
• 1416 CEBenedikt KotruljevićBenedetto Cotrugli (Croatian: Benedikt "Beno" Kotruljević; 1416–1469) was a Ragusan merchant, economist…
• 1454 CEBenedikt RejtBenedikt Rejt (often spelled Benedikt Ried; c. 1450 – between 1531 and 1536) was a leading medieval architect…
• 1833 CEBenedykt DybowskiBenedykt Tadeusz Dybowski (12 May 1833 – 31 January 1930) was a Polish naturalist and physician.
• 1934 CEBengt I. SamuelssonBengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 5 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K.…
• 1806 CEBenito JuárezBenito Pablo Juárez García (Latin American Spanish: [beˈnito ˈpaβlo ˈxwaɾes ɣaɾˈsi.a]; 21 March 1806 – 18…
• 1841 CEBenito MenniBenedict Menni, OH (11 March 1841 – 24 April 1914), born Angelo Ercole Menni Figini, was an Italian Roman…
• 1883 CEBenito MussoliniBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician, journalist, and…
• 1843 CEBenito Pérez GaldósBenito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós (Spanish pronunciation: [beˈnito ˈpeɾeθ ɣalˈðos]; 10 May 1843 – 4…
• 1731 CEBenjamin BannekerBenjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer…
• 1913 CEBenjamin BrittenEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer…
• 1767 CEBenjamin ConstantHenri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a…
• 1898 CEBenjamin FondaneBenjamin Fondane (French: [bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ fɔ̃dan]) or Benjamin Fundoianu (Romanian: [benʒaˈmin fundoˈjanu]; born…
• 1706 CEBenjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was…
• 1833 CEBenjamin HarrisonBenjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving…
• 1817 CEBenjamin JowettBenjamin Jowett (modern variant; 15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was an English writer, classical scholar…
• 1897 CEBenjamin Lee WhorfBenjamin Atwood Lee Whorf (April 24, 1897 – July 26, 1941) was an American linguist and fire prevention…
• 1968 CEBenjamin ListBenjamin List (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛnjamiːn ˈlɪst]; born 11 January 1968) is a German chemist who is one…
• 1906 CEBenjamin MazarBenjamin Mazar (Hebrew: בנימין מזר; born Binyamin Zeev Maisler, June 28, 1906 – September 9, 1995) was a…
• 1949 CEBenjamin NetanyahuBenjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949), nicknamed "Bibi", is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has…
• 1706 CEBenjamin RobinsBenjamin Robins (1707 – 29 July 1751) was a pioneering British scientist, Newtonian mathematician, and…
• 1903 CEBenjamin SpockBenjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998), widely known as Dr. Spock, was an American…
• 1753 CEBenjamin ThompsonColonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (26 March 1753 – 21 August 1814), was an American-born…
• 1738 CEBenjamin WestBenjamin West (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an American-born British painter who specialised in…
• 1946 CEBenny AnderssonGöran Bror Benny Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɛ̌nːʏ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician…
• 1959 CEBenny GantzBenjamin "Benny" Gantz (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ [binjaˈmin ˈbeni ˈɡant͡s]; born 9 June 1959) is…
• 1909 CEBenny GoodmanBenjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known…
• 1924 CEBenoit MandelbrotBenoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and…
• 1420 CEBenozzo GozzoliBenozzo Gozzoli (pronounced [beˈnɔttso ˈɡɔddzoli, – ˈɡɔttsoli]; born Benozzo di Lese; c. 1421 – 4 October…
• 1799 CEBenoît Paul Émile ClapeyronBenoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (French: [klapɛʁɔ̃]; 26 January 1799 – 28 January 1864) was a French engineer and…
• 1470 CEBenvenida AbrabanelBenvenida Abrabanel (Hebrew: בנבנידה אברבנאל), also written as Benvenida Abravanel, was a Sephardic…
• 1481 CEBenvenuto TisiBenvenuto Tisi (Italian: [beɱveˈnuːto ˈtiːzi]; 1481 – September 6, 1559), also known as Il Garofalo (Italian…
• 500 CEBeopheung of SillaBeopheung (r. 514–540 AD) was the 23rd monarch of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was preceded…
• 800 CEBeorhtricBeorhtric (meaning "magnificent ruler"; also spelled Brihtric) (died 802) was the King of Wessex from 786 to…
• 1881 CEBer BorochovDov Ber Borochov (Russian: Дов-Бер Бо́рохов; 3 July [O.S. 21 June] 1881 – 17 December 1917) was a Marxist…
• 1200 CEBerechiah ha-NakdanBerechiah ben Natronai Krespia ha-Nakdan (Hebrew: ברכיה בן נטרונאי הנקדן; fl. 12th–13th century) was a Jewish…
• 1898 CEBerenice AbbottBerenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her…
• 339 BCEBerenice I of EgyptBerenice I (Ancient Greek: Βερενίκη; c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to…
• 266 BCEBerenice IIBerenice II Euergetis (267 or 266 – 221 BCE; Greek: Βερενίκη Ευεργέτις, Berenikē Euergetis, "Berenice the…
• 119 BCEBerenice IIIBerenice III (Greek: Βερενίκη; 120–80 BC), also known as Cleopatra, ruled between 101 and 80 BC. Modern…
• 76 BCEBerenice IV of EgyptBerenice IV Epiphaneia (Ancient Greek: Βερενίκη; c. 70s BC–55 BC, born and died in Alexandria, Egypt) was…
• 1017 CEBermudo III of LeónBermudo III or Vermudo III (c. 1015 – 4 September 1037) was the king of León from 1028 until his death. He…
• 1580 CEBernabé CoboBernabé Cobo (born at Lopera in Spain, 1582; died at Lima, Peru, 9 October 1657) was a Spanish Jesuit…
• 1492 CEBernal Díaz del BrawlBernal Díaz del Castillo (c. 1492 – 1/2/3 January 1584) was a Spanish conquistador who participated as a…
• 1824 CEBernard AltumJohann Bernard Theodor Altum (31 January 1824 – 1 February 1900) was a German Catholic priest, zoologist, and…
• 1949 CEBernard ArnaultBernard Jean Étienne Arnault (born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman. He is the chairman and chief…
• 1781 CEBernard BolzanoBernard Bolzano (UK:, US:; German: [bɔlˈtsaːno]; Italian: [bolˈtsaːno]; born Bernardus Placidus Johann…
• 1756 CEBernard Germain de LacépèdeBernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ etjɛn…
• 1911 CEBernard KatzSir Bernard Katz, FRS (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁnaʁt kat͡s]; 26 March 1911 – 20 April 2003) was a…
• 1939 CEBernard KouchnerBernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins…
• 1657 CEBernard Le Bovier de FontenelleBernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (French: [fɔ̃tənɛl]; 11 February 1657 – 9 January 1757), also called Bernard…
• 1913 CEBernard LovellSir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell ( LUV-əl; 31 August 1913 – 6 August 2012) was an English physicist and…
• 1921 CEBernard LownBernard Lown (June 7, 1921 – February 16, 2021) was a Lithuanian-American cardiologist and inventor. Lown was…
• 1938 CEBernard MadoffBernard Lawrence Madoff (April 29, 1938 – April 14, 2021) was an American financier, con artist, and stock…
• 1670 CEBernard MandevilleBernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch…
• 1870 CEBernard Mannes BaruchBernard Mannes Baruch (August 19, 1870 – June 20, 1965) was an American financier and statesman. After…
• 1887 CEBernard MontgomeryField Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976)…
• 1921 CEBernard d'EspagnatBernard d'Espagnat (22 August 1921 – 1 August 2015) was a French theoretical physicist, philosopher of…
• 1655 CEBernard de MontfauconDom Bernard de Montfaucon, O.S.B. (French: [də mɔ̃fokɔ̃]; 13 January 1655 – 21 December 1741) was a French…
• 1140 CEBernard de VentadourBernart de Ventadorn (also Bernard de Ventadour or Bernat del Ventadorn; c. 1130–1140 – c. 1190–1200) was an…
• 1091 CEBernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint…
• 797 CEBernard of ItalyBernard (797 – 17 April 818) was the King of Italy, from 810 to 817, within the Carolingian Empire. He was an…