Baa

• Baade, Walter, (1893-1960), astronomer
• Baader, Andreas, (1944-77), German leader of Red Army Faction
• Baader, Franz Xaver von, (1765-1841), philosopher

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Baffin, William, (1584-1622), explorer

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• Bajiyoperak, Wachan, musician
• Bajza, Joseph, (1804-1858)

• Bake, Jan, (1787-1864)

• Bakeman, Daniel F, (1760-1869), Revolutionary war veteran

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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, 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 Dai, (died 1926), last emperor of Vietnam

• Baptiste, Nicolas Anselme, (1761-1835)
• Baquet, Achille, patriarch of Constantinople

People named Bar

• Bar, Francois de, (1538-1606)

• Bara, Theda, (1890-1955), silent film actress
• Barab, Seymour, (born 1921), composer
• Barabash, Volodimir, Canadian writer
• Barahona de Soto, Luis, (1548-1595)
• Barak, Ehud, (1942-), Israeli politician
• Baraka, Amiri, (aka Leroi Jones)
• Baranoff-Rossine, Vladimir, (1888-1944), painter
• Baratier, Johann Philipp, (1721-1740)
• Baratynski, Jewgenij Abramovich, (1800-1844)

• Barba Porfirio Jacob, (Colombian poet)
• Barbachano, Miguel, (1806-1859) Yucatecan politician
• Barbarin, Louis, (1902-1997), jazz drummer
• Barbarin, Paul, (1902-1966), jazz drummer
• Barbaro, Ermolao, (1454-1493)
• Barbaroux, Charles Jean Marie, (1767-1794)
• Barbauld, Anna Letitia, (1743-1825), poet
• Barbeau, Adrienne, (born 1945), American actress
• Barbera, Joseph, (born 1911), cartoonist
• Barber, Bruce, Canadian writer
• Barber, Samuel, (1910-1981), composer
• Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de, (1745-1837)
• Barber, Red, (1908-1992), baseball announcer, sports journalist
• Barbey d'Aurevilly, Jules Amédée, (1808-1889)
• Barbeyrac, Jean, (1674-1744)
• Barbie, Klaus, (1913-1991), French Nazi
• Barbier, Antoine Alexandre, (1765-1825), French librarian
• Barbier, George, (1865-1945), illustrator
• Barbier, Henri Auguste, (1805-1882)
• Barbier, Louis, (1593-1670), French bishop.
• Barbieri, Giovannia Fancesco, (1591-1666), Italian painter.
• Barbirolli, John, (1899-1970), conductor
• Barbon, Nicholas, (c. 1640-1698)
• Barbour, John, (c. 1316-1395), poet
• Barbusse, Henri, (1873-1935), French novelist, journalist
• Barbé-Marbois, Francis

• Barclay, Alexander, (c. 1476-1552)
• Barclay, John, (1582-1621)
• Barclay, Robert, Governor of New Jersey
• Barclay, William, (1546-1608)
• Barclay, William, (1907-1978)

• Bard, Alexander, Swedish musician, philospher
• Bardas, Byzantine Emperor
• Bardeen, John, (1908-1991), inventor
• Bardem, Javier, (born 1969), actor
• Bardette, Trevor, (died 1977), actor
• Bardili, Christoph Gottfried, (1761-1808)
• Bardin, John Franklin, US author, novelist
• Bardot, Brigitte, (born 1934), French actress
• Bardoux, Agenor, (1829-1897)
• Bardwell, Leland, Aosdána

• Bare, Bobby, musician
• Barebone, Praise-God, (c. 1596-1679), also known as Barbon
• Bareham, Steve, Canadian writer
• Barenblatt, Grigory, mathematician
• Barenboim, Daniel, (born 1942), pianist, conductor
• Barents, Willem, (1550?-1597), Dutch explorer
• Bares, Equidad, musician
• Barère, Bertrand, de Vieuzac, (1755-1841)
• Baresi, Franco, (born 1960), Italian athlete
• Baretti, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio, (1719-1789)

• Barham, Richard Harris, (1788-1845)

• Bari, Judi, (1949-1997), activist
• Baricco, Alessandro, novelist
• Baring-Gould, Sabine, (1834-1924), songwriter
• Baring-Gould, William S, (1913-1967)

• Barker, Bob, (born 1923), game show host, television personality
• Barker, Clive, (born 1952), British horror author
• Barker, Edmund Henry, (1788-1839)
• Barker, George, poet
• Barker, Harley Granville, dramatist, author
• Barker, Les, British comedian
• Barker, Lex, (1919-1973), actor
• Barker, Pat, author
• Barker, Ronnie, (born 1929), British comedian
• Barkley, Alben W, (1877-1956), former Vice President of the United States
• Barkley, Charles, (born 1963), basketball player
• Barks, Carl, (1901-2000), US Donald Duck cartoonist

• Barl, Matija, (born 1940), actor.
• Barlach, Ernst, (1870-1938), sculptor
• Barlow, Clarence, composer
• Barlow, Gary, singer-songwriter
• Barlow, George Hilarow, (1762-1847)
• Barlow, Joel, (1754-1812), American novelist
• Barlow, John Perry, (born 1947), (of EFF fame) and Bob Weir
• Barlow, Peter, (1776-1862)

• Barnacle, Norah, wife of James Joyce
• Barnard, Anne, (1750-1825)
• Barnard, Christiaan, (or Barnaard, 1922-2001), South African Surgeon
• Barnard, Edward, (USA, 1857-1923), astronomer
• Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, (1809-1889)
• Barnard, George Grey, (1863-1938)
• Barnard, Henry, (1811-1900)
• Barnardo, Thomas John, (1845-1905)
• Barnave, Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie, (1761-1793)
• Barnby, Joseph, (1838-1896)
• Barnefield, Richard, (1574-1627), poet
• Barnes, Albert, (1798-1870)
• Barnes, Barnabe, (c. 1569-1609), English poet
• Barnes, Djuna, (1892-1982), author
• Barnes, Edward, (1776-1838)
• Barnes, Ernie, (born 1938), painter
• Barnes, Geoffrey, (born 1972), painter
• Barnes, Henry, traffic
• Barnes, John, author
• Barnes, John, football player
• Barnes, Joshua, (1654-1712)
• Barnes, Julian, (born 1946), author of England, England
• Barnes, Peter, dramatist, author
• Barnes, Robert, (1495-1540)
• Barnes, Steven, (born 1952), author
• Barnes, Thomas, (1785-1841)
• Barnes, William, (1801-1886), poet
• Barnet, Charlie, musician
• Barnett, Denis, (born 1906), British air chief marshal
• Barnett, John, (1802-1890)
• Barnett, Samuel Augustus, (1844-1913)
• Barneveld, Raymond van, darts player
• Barnfield, Richard, (1574-1627)
• Barnsley, Michael, fractal geometer
• Barnum, Phineas Taylor, (1810-1891), US showman
• Barnwell, Robert, (1761-1814), American congressman from South Carolina
• Barnwell, Robert W, (1801-1882), U.S. and Confederate Senator from South Carolina

• Baron, Joey, musician
• Baronius, Caesar, (1538-1607), historian
• Baross, Gabor, (1848-1892), Hungarian statesman

• Barr, Roseanne, (born 1952), American actress and comedian

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• Baruch, Bernard, (1870-1965), business person

• Barwin, Gary, Canadian writer

• Bary, Anton de, (1831-1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist
• Barye, Antoine-Louis, sculptor
• Barylli, Gabriel, dramatist, author
• Baryshnikov, Mikhail, (1948-), Russian ballet dancer

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Bavier, Frances, (1902-1989), actress
• Bavier, Simeon, (1825-1896), Swiss president

• 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

• 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