List of people by name: Be

List of people by name: Be

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 - Bc - Bd - Be - Bf - Bg - Bh - Bi - Bj - Bk - Bl - Bm - Bn - Bo - Bp - Bq - Br - Bs - Bt - Bu - Bv - Bw - Bx - By - Bz

Bea - Beb - Bec - Bed-Bee - Beg-Bek - Bel - Bem - Ben - Ber - Bes - Bet-Beu - Bev-Bez

Bea

Beac-Bear - Beat - Beau-Beav

Beac-Bear

Beach, Amy, (1867-1944), composer
Beach, Sylvia, (born 1887), publisher
Beagle, Peter S, (born 1939), US fantasy author
Beals, Jennifer (born 1963) US actress
Beamon, Bob, (born 1946), athlete
Bean, Alan, (born 1932), astronaut
Bear, Greg, (born 1951), US science fiction author
Beard, Charles A, (born 1874), historian
Beard, James, (1903-1985), chef, cookbook writer
Beard, Stephanie, Canadian radio and television personality, voice actress
Beard, Stymie, (1925-1981), actor
Beard, Thomas, (born 1962), musician, composer
Bearden, Milton, US spy, author
Bearden, Romare, (1914-1988), painter
Beardsley, Aubrey, (1872-1898), illustrator
Beardsley, Monroe (1915-1985), U.S. philosopher
B�art, Emmanuelle, (born 1965), French actor

Beat

Beatrice, Princess of Portugal, (1372-1410), heiress to the throne and wife of John I of Castile
Beatrice of Spain
Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, (born 1938)
Beattie, Ann, (born 1947), writer
Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, (1875-1968)
Beatty, Clyde, (1903-1965), circus performer, hunter
Beatty, David, (1871-1936), British
Beatty, Ned, (born 1937), actor
Beatty, Warren, (born 1937), US film director

Beau-Beav

Beauchamp-Proctor, Andrew, (1894-1921), fighter pilot

Beaudoin, Gerald A, Canadian senator

Beaufort, John, 1st Earl of Somerset
Beaufort, Margaret, (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII of England
Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de, (1732-1799), comedy playwright
Beaumier, Colleen, Canadian politican
Beaumont, Charles, (died 1967), writer
Beaumont, Florence (c1912-1967), activist
Beaumont, Francis, (1586-1616), poet
Beauregard, Alcide, SOE agent, WW II hero
Beauregard, P.G.T, (1818-1893), general
Beausoleil, musician
Beauvoir, Simone de, (1908-1986), French author
Beaux, Cecilia, painter
Beaven, Robert
Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken, Lord, (1879-1964), UK politician & newspaper tycoon

Beb

Bebel, August, (1840-1913), politician
Bebeto, soccer player

Bec

Beca-Becj - Beck - Becq-Becu

Beca - Becj

B�caud, Gilbert, (died 2001), musician
Beccaria, Giovanni Battista, (1716-1781)
Bechdel, Alison, US cartoonist
Becher, Ulrich, dramatist, author
Bechet, Sidney, (1897-1959), jazz musician
Bechstein, Carl, (1826-1900), piano manufacturer
Bechstein, Ludwig, (1801-1860), narrator and poet
Bechtle, Robert, (born 1932), painter

Beck

Beck
- Beck, (born 1970), singer-songwriter, musician
- Beck, Aaron, psychologist
- Beck, Beatrix, (born 1914), writer
- Beck, C.C, (1910-1989), creator of the original Captain Marvel
- Beck, Dave, (flourished mid-20th century) union leader
- Beck, Jeff, (born 1944), singer-songwriter, musician
- Beck, Joe, musician
- Beck, Kimberly, (born 1956), actor
- Beck, Ludwig, (1880-1944), General and member of the July Plot

Becke-Beckw

Beckenbauer, Franz, (born 1945), footballer
Becker, Boris, (born 1967), (Germany)
Becker, Donald, Linux programmer
Becker, Gary, (born 1930), economist
Becker, Jurek, dramatist, author
Becker, J�rgen, dramatist, author
Becket, Thomas
Beckett, Arthur William a, (died 1909), British journalist
Beckett, Gilbert Abbott a, (1811-1856), writer
Beckett, Gilbert Arthur a, (died 1891), British writer
Beckett, Margaret
Beckett, Samuel, (1906-1989), Irish-born playwright
Beckham, Brice, (born 1976), actor.
Beckham, David, (born 1975), association football player
Beckinsale, Kate, (born 1973), actress
Beckman, Joshua, poet
Beckmann, Max, (1884-1950), painter
Beckwith, Alan, (born 1952)

Becq-Becu

Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo, (1836-1870), poet

Becquerel, Antoine Henri, (1852-1908), French physicist
Becue, Brigitte, swimmer

Bed-Bee

B�dard, Myriam, (born 1969), Olympic Gold Medal
Beddoes, English writer in Germany
Bede, (c. 672-735 C.E.), scholastic philosopher, historian
Bedford, David, (born 1937), composer
Bedi, Kabir, (born 1946), actor
Bedrich, (1172-1173), Bohemian aristocrat
Beebe, Charles William, (1877-1962), biologist
Beefheart, Captain, (born 1941), avant garde blues musician and painter
Beekman, Yolande, (1911-1944), SOE agent, WW II heroine
Beerbohm, Max, (1873-1956), theater critic
Beer, Wilhelm, (1797-1850), astronomer
Beernaert, Auguste, Nobel Peace Prize 1908
Beery, Noah, (died 1946), actor
Beery, Wallace, (1885-1949), actor
Beethoven, Ludwig van, (baptized 1770-1827), German-born composer

Beg-Bek

Beg, Ulugh, (1394-1394), astronomer
Beghal, Djamel, alleged Al-Qaida terrorist
Beghe, Jason, actor
Begin, Menachmen, (1913-1992), Israeli prime minister
Begley, Donal, Chief Herald of Ireland, 1981-95
Begley, Ed, Jr, (born 1949), actor
B�gu�, Georges, (1911-1993), SOE agent, WW II hero
Behaim, Martin, (1436-1507), cartographer
Behan, Brendan, (1923-1964), playwright, novelist
Behan, John, sculptor, Aosd�na
Beheim-Schwarzenbach, Martin, (1900-1985), narrator, lyricist and essayist
Behlendorf, Brian, Apache
Behn, Aphra, (1640-1689), poet
Behn, Ari, (born 1972), author
Behring, Emil Adolf von, (1854-1917), winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901
Behr, Jason, (born 1973), actor
Beiderbecke, Bix, (1903-1931), jazz trumpeter
Beinhorn, Elly, (born 1907), pilot
Beissel, Henry, (born 1929), Canadian writer
Bekkos, John, patriarch of Constantinople

Bel

Bela-Belk - Bell - Belm-Belz

Bela - Belk

Belafonte, Harry, (born 1927), US singer
Belafonte, Shari, (born 1954), US actor and singer
B�langer, Mauril, Canadian politician
Belasco, David, (died 1931), writer, producer
Belasco, Lionel, (1881-1967), musician
Belen, Ana, musician
Belgrano, Manuel
Belisarius, (505-565), Roman general
Belitt, Ben, poet
Beliveau, Jean, ice hockey player
Belkom, Edo Van, Canadian writer

Bell

Bell
- Bell, Alexander Graham, (1847-1922), inventor
- Bell, Art, (b. 1945), American paranormal radio host
- Bell, Arthur William, (1929-1935), British bailiff
- Bell, Chris, musician
- Bell, Derek, harpist
- Bell, Eric Temple, (1883-1960), mathematician
- Bell, Gertrude, (1868-1926), archaeologist, writer, spy
- Bell, Gordon, (born 1934), computer engineer
- Bell, Jamie, (born 1986), actor
- Bell, Johnathan, (born 19??), televangelist
- Bell, Jocelyn, astronomer
- Bell, Karen Nelson, producer, director and musician
- Bell, Madison Smartt, Waiting for the End of the World (1985), and A Soldier's Joy (1989) amongst others
- Bell, Marilyn, first person to swim Lake Ontario
- Bell, Mary, British woman who killed two children at ages 10 and 11
- Bell, Marvin, poet
- Bell, Peter Hansbrough, (1849-1853), American Governor of Texas
- Bell, Robert, (born 1950), bassist, singer
- Bell, Steve, (born 1951), contemporary British political cartoonist
- Bell, Vanessa, (1879-1961), painter
- Bell, William, Canadian musician, writer

Bella-Bellm

Bella, Ivan, astronaut

Bellairs, John, (1938-1991), author
Bellamy, Ralph (1904-1991), actor
Bellamy, Edward, US author
Bellamy, Madge (1899-1990), US actress
Beller, Kathleen, (born 1956), actress
Belli, Giuseppe Gioacchino, (Roman dialect)
Belli, Gioconda, (born 1948), poet
Belli, Melvin, (1907-1996), attorney, actor
Bellingham, John, assassin
Bellingham, Linda, actress
Bellini, Gentile, (c.1429-1507), Italian painter
Bellini, Giovanni, (c.1430-1516), Italian painter
Bellini, Jacopo, (c.1400-1470), Italian painter
Bellini, Vincenzo, (1801-1835), Italian composer
Bellisario, Donald P, (born 1936), US television producer
Bellit, Francesco
Bellman, Carl Michael, (1740-1795), Swedish musician

Bello

Bello C., Emiliano, Chilean president

Bello, Frank, (born 1965), bassist in the Anthrax rock band
Belloc, Hilaire, poet
Bellocchio, Marco, film director
Bellocq, Ernest J, (1873-1949), photographer
Belloni, Allessandra, musician
Bellotto, Bernardo, Polish painter
Bellow, Saul, (born 1915), writer
Bellows, George Wesley, (1882-1925), American painter

Belm - Belz

Belmondo, Jean-Paul, (born 1933), French actor
Belson, Louie, musician
Belushi, James, (born 1954), US actor
Belushi, John, (1949-1982), US comedian
Bely, Andrey, (1880-1934), poet and author
Belyayev, Pavel Ivanovich, (1925-1970), cosmonaut
Belzer, Richard, (born 1944), actor, comedian

Bem

Bembo, Pietro, (1470-1547), Italian cardinal
Bemelmans, Ludwig, (1898-1962), painter

Ben

Ben-Bend - Bene - Benf-Benj - Benn - Beno-Bent - Benv-Benz

Bena - Bend

Benaderet, Bea, (died 1968), actress

Benante, Charlie, (born 1962), musician

Benatar, Pat (born 1953), US singer
Benaud, Richie, (born 1930), Australian cricket player
Ben, Gottfried, German poet
Ben Bella, Ahmed, Algerian pro-independence leader
Ben-Gurion, David, (1886-1973), founder and prime minister of Israel
Benacerraf, Paul, philosopher
Benatzky, Ralph, (1884-1957), songwriter
Bench, Johnny, (born 1947), Baseball Hall of Famer
Benchley, Robert, (1889-1945), writer, actor
Bendix, William, (1906-1964), actor
Bennington, Chester, lead singer for Linkin Park

Bene

Bened

Benedict

Benedict
- Benedict of Nursia, scholastic philosopher
- Benedict, Julius, (born 1804), composer
- Benedict of Aniane, (died 821), monastic founder and saint
- Benedict I, Pope, (pope 575-579)
- Benedict II, Pope, (pope 682-683)
- Benedict III, Pope, (pope 855-858)
- Benedict IV, Pope, (900-903)
- Benedict V, Pope, (pope 964-965)
- Benedict VI, Pope, (pope 972-974)
- Benedict VII, Pope, (pope 975-983)
- Benedict VIII, Pope, (pope 1012-1024)
- Benedict IX, Pope, (Theophylactus, c. 1012-maybe 1055 or 1065)
- Benedict X, Pope, (reigned 1058-1059; died c. 1073 or 1080)
- Benedict XI, Pope, (pope 1303-1304), (possibly poisoned)
- Benedict XII, Pope, (pope 1334-1342)
- Benedict XIII, Pope, (pope 1724-1730)
- Benedict XIV, Pope, (1740-1758),
- Benedict XV, Pope, (1914-1922)
- Benedict, Ruth

Benedik

Benediktsson, Bjarni, (1963-1970), prime minister

Benek-Benet

Beneke, Tex, (1914-2000), bandleader, singer, saxophone player

Benes, Edvard, (1884-1948), Czech president-in-exile
Benet, Eric, (born 1970), singer
Benet Rose, William, poet
Ben�t, Stephen Vincent, (1898-1943), poet

Benf-Benj

Benford, Gregory, (born 1941), US science fiction author
Benhadugah, Abdelhamid, (born 1925), novelist
Benigni, Roberto, (born 1952), Italian actor
Bening, Annette, (born 1958), US actor
Benitez, Clara, matriarch of famous boxing family
Benitez, John
Benitez, Lucecita singer
Benitez, Wilfredo, (born 1958), world champion boxer
Benjamin II of Alexandria, (1327-1339), Coptic Pope
Benjamin I, Patriarch, patriarch of Constantinople
Benjamin, Judah, (1811-1884), Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America
Benjamin, Richard, (born 1938), actor
Benjamin, Walter, (1892-1940), literary critic and writer

Benn

Benn, Gottfried, (1886-1956), dramatist, author
Benn, Nigel, (born 1964), world champion boxer
Benn, Tony, (1925-), British politician

Bennett

Bennett
- Bennett, Arnold, (1867-1931), English novelist
- Bennett, Bruce, (born 1909), actor
- Bennett, Constance, (1904-1965), actress
- Bennett, Donald, Air Vice-Marshal of RAF
- Bennett, Duster, musician
- Bennett, Gwendolyn B, poet
- Bennett, Henry Gordon, Major General of Australian Imperial Forces
- Bennett, James Gordon, Jr, (1841-1918), publisher
- Bennett, Joan, (1910-1990), actress
- Bennett, Nigel, Canadian writer
- Bennett, Oli, (1972-2001), financial journalist, WTC attack victim
- Bennett, Richard Bedford, (1870-1947), eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
- Bennett, Tony, (born 1926), musician
- Bennett, W.A.C, (1900-1979), Canadian politician
- Bennett, William, British flautist
- Bennett, William, (born 1943), former US Secretary of Education and "drug czar"
- Bennett, William Andrew Cecil, (1952-1972)
- Bennett, William R, (born 1932), Canadian politician
- Bennett, William Richards, (1975-1986)

Benni-Benny

Benni, Stefano, (born 1947)
Bennington, Chester, (born 1976), musician
Bennit, Nigel, actor
Benny, Jack, (1894-1974), actor, comedian

Beno - Bent

Benoist, Robert, (1895-1944), race car driver, war hero
Beňovsk�, M�ric (1746-1786), Slovak explorer, soldier, writer, king of Madagascar
Bensa�d, Daniel (born 1946), philosopher and Trotskyist politician
Bense, Max, (1910-1990), philosopher
Benso, Camillo, count of Cavour
Benson, Edward White, (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury
Benson, Frank Weston, (1862-1951), American painter
Benson, George, (born 1943), musician
Bent, Charles, (died 1847), New Mexico pioneer
Bentham, Jeremy, (1748-1832), lawyer, eccentric, and philosopher
Bentine, Michael, (1922-1996)
Bentley, Edmund Clerihew, (1875-1956), author
Bentley, Robert, (died 1958), humorist, actor
Benton, Bernard, world boxing champion
Benton, Brook, (1931-1988), musician
Benton, George, former boxer, noted boxing trainer
Benton, Robert, film director
Benton, Thomas Hart, (1889-1975), painter

Benv-Benz

Benvenuti, Nino, (born 1938), world boxing champion
Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer, (born 1858), responsible for revival of Hebrew language
Benzinger, Todd, (born 1963), US baseball player
Benz, Karl, (1844-1929), automotive pioneer

Ber

Bera-Berf - Berg - Beri-Berm - Bern - Bero-Berr - Bers-Berz

Bera - Berf

Bercovici, Leonardo, (died 1995), writer, director

Berdarin, Alain, (died 1994), founder/owner of "Le Crazy Horse Saloon"

Beregovoi, Georgi, (1921-1995), astronaut
Beregovoi, Georgi Timofeyevich, (1921-1995), cosmonaut
B�r�govoy, Pierre, (died 1993), Prime Minister of France
Berenger, Tom, (born 1949), US actor
Berenguela of Castile, (1180-1246), Castilian monarch
Beresford, Bruce, (born 1940), film director
Berezhnaya, Elena, (born 1977), figure skating star
Berezovoy, Anatoly, astronaut

Berg

Berg
- Berg, Alban, (1885,-1935), Austrian composer
- Berg, Carol, author
- Berg, Dave, (1920-2002), cartoonist for Mad magazine
- Berg, Gertrude, (1899-1966), actress
- Berg, Maimu, Estonian writer and politician
- Berg, Moe, US spy and baseball player
Berge, Abraham, Norwegian Prime Minister
Bergen, Candice, (born 1946), actress
Bergen, Edgar, (1903-1978), US ventriloquist
Berger, Helmut, (born 1944), actor
Berger, Peter, (born 1925), British Vice-Admiral
Berger, Senta, (born 1941), actress
Berger, Wilhelm Peterson, Swedish musician
Bergh, Henry, (1811-1888), founder of SPCA
Berghaus, Ruth, (1927-1996), choreographer, film director
Berghmans, Ingrid, judoka
Bergier, Arnold Henry, sculptor
Bergkamp, Dennis, (born 1969), athlete
Bergman, Ingmar, (1918-), Swedish film director
Bergman, Ingrid, (1915-1982), Swedish-born actress
Bergner, Elisabeth, (died 1986), actress
Bergomi, Giuseppe, athlete
Bergonzoli, Annibale, Lieutenant-General at Bardia
Bergson, Henri, (1859-1941), Nobel Prize Winner

Beri - Berm

Beria, Lavrenty, (1899-1953), Soviet leader of NKVD
Bering, Vitus, (1680-1741)
Berio, Luciano, (1925-2003), opera composer
Berisha, Sali, (1992-1997), Albanian president
Berkeley, Anthony, mystery writer
Berkeley, Busby, (1895-1976), film director
Berkeley, George, (1685-1753), philosopher
Berkowitz, David, "Son of Sam", US serial killer
Berlage, Henrik Petrus, architect
Berle, Milton, (1908-2002), US actor, comedian
Berliner, Emil, (1851-1929), telephone and recording pioneer
Berlin, Irving, (1888-1989), composer, songwriter, musician
Berlin, Isaiah, (1909-1997), philosopher
Berliner, Emile, (1851-1929) gramophone inventor
Berlinguer, Enrico, (1922-1984), politician
Berlinguer, Mario
Berlioz, Hector, (1803-1869), French composer
Berlusconi, Silvio, (born 1936)
Bermudo I of Asturias, Asturian monarch
Berman, Bart, Dutch-Israeli pianist

Bern

Berna-Berne

Bernadotte, Folke, (1895-1948), Swedish count and diplomat
Bernall, Cassie, victim of the Columbine massacre
Bernard
- Bernard of Chartres, scholastic philosopher
- Bernard of Clairvaux, (1090-1153), French scholastic philosopher
- Bernard, Carlos, actor
- Bernard Prince of Netherlands
- Bernard, Emerik, (born 1927), painter.
- Bernard, Francis, (1712-1779), colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts
- Bernard, Nejc, (born 1970), poet
- Bernard, Sue, (born 1948), Playboy playmate
- Bernard, Tristan, (1866-1947), writer
Bernardi, Herschel, (1923-1986), actor
Bernardo, Paul, (born 1964)
Bernays, Jakob, (died 1881), philologist
Berne, Eric, (1910-70), US psychiatrist, founder of Transactional Analysis
Berners-Lee, Tim, inventor of the World Wide Web

Bernh-Berns

Bernhard
- Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince
- Bernhard, Prince
- Bernhard, Sandra
- Bernhard, Thomas, (1931-1989), dramatist, author
Bernhardt, Sarah, (1844-1923), French actor
Bernier, Sylvie, Canada's first gold medal in Olympic diving
Bernik, Janez, (born 1933), painter and graphic artist
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, (1598-1680), Italian architect, sculptor, painter
Bernoulli, Daniel, (1700-1782), Switzerland
Bernoulli, Jakob, (1654-1705), Swiss mathematician
Bernoulli, Johann, (1667-1748), Swiss mathematician
Bernoulli, Johann, III, (born 1744), Swiss mathematician
Berns, Bert, songwriter
Bernsen, Corbin, (born 1954), US actor
Bernstein, Elmer, (born 1922), composer
Bernstein, Leonard, (1918-1990), US composer

Bero-Berr

B�rout, Stephen, scholastic philosopher

Berra, Yogi, (born 1925), US baseball player
Berrigan, Bunny, musician
Berrigan, Daniel, poet
Berrigan, Philip, (1923-2002), anti-war activist
Berrios, Angel O, mayor
Berrios, Ruben, (born 1939), politician
Berroa, Ignacio, musician
Berruguete, Alonso, (1480-1561)
Berry
- Berry, Chu, musician
- Berry, Chuck, (born 1926), US musician
- Berry, Fred, (1951-2003), US actor
- Berry, Halle, (born 1966), US actor
- Berry, Ken, (born 1933), actor
- Berry, Richard, musician
- Berry, Sir Anthony, (1925-1984), British politician
- Berry, Wendell, poet
Berryman, John, poet

Bers - Berz

Berthelm, Archbishop of Canterbury

Berthier, Pierre, chemist

Berthlaume, Treffle, (1803-1884), sculptor
Berthold, of Moosburg, scholastic philosopher
Berthollet, Claude Louis, (1748-1822)
Bertolucci, Bernardo, (born 1940), film director
Berton, Pierre, (born 1920), popularizer of Canadian history, TV personality, columnist
Bertram, Laura, actor
Bertrand, Joseph Louis Francois, (1822-1900), mathematician
Bertwald, (St.) 693
Berwald, Frans, (1796-1868), composer
Berwanger, Jay, (1914-2002), US football star, winner of the first Heisman Trophy
Berwick, Dennison, (born 1956), literary travel author now working in fiction
Berzelius, J�ns Jacob, (1779-1848), chemist

Bes

Besant, Annie, (1847-1933), British mystic
Besemer, Jen, (born 1970), surrealist poet and painter
Beskow, Elsa, (1874-1953), painter
Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, (1784-1846), astronomer, mathematician
Bessemer, Henry, (1813-1898), investor of Bessemer steel
Besser, Joe, (1907-1988), US actor, member of the Three Stooges
Bessette, Gerard, (born 1920), Quebecois author
Bessler, Johann Ernst Elias (1680-1745), inventor[1]
Besson, Luc, (born 1959), French film director
Best, Charles, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
Best, George, (born 1946), footballer
Bester, Alfred, (1913-1987), US science fiction writer
Best, Pete, (born 1941), drummer

Bet-Beu

Betancourt, Ingrid, (born 1961), Colombian politician
Betancourt, R�mulo, Venezuelan president
Betanzos, Miguel
Bethge, Hans, (born 1876), writer
Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von, (died 1917), Prussian Prime Minister
Bethune, Norman, (1890-1939), battlefield surgeon
Betjeman, John, (1906-1984), poet
Bettauer, Hugo, novelist
Bettelheim, Bruno, (1903-1990), child psychologist, psychiatrist
Bettencourt, Liliane, majority owner of L'Oreal, wealthiest person in France
Bettenhausen, Gary, (born 1941), race car driver
Bettenhausen, Tony, (1916-1961), race car driver
Betts, Dickie, (born 1943), musician (The Allman Brothers)
Beurling, George, (1921-1948), fighter ace
Beuys, Joseph, (1921-1986), artist

Bev-Bez

Bevan, Aneurin, (1897-1960), politician

Bevc, Joze, (born 1925), film director

Bevilacqua, Alberto, novelist

Bevin, Ernest, British politician

Bevington, Helen

Bevk, Ivan, (1890-1970), author

Bewick, Pauline, Aosd�na

Beyer, Charles Frederick (1813-1876), locomotive engineer[1]

Beyer, Henryka, Polish painter

Bey, Tanburi Cemil, musician

Bez, dancer

Beza, Theodore, (1519-1605), reformer in Geneva

Bezier, Pierre, (1910-1999), mechanical engineer