Authors by B

Charles Bukowski 555

American writer 1920–1994

Kobe Bryant 32

American basketball player 1978–2020

Robert Browning 179

English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era 1812–1889

Henri Barbusse 197

French novelist 1873–1935

Mikhail Bakunin 63

Russian revolutionary, philosopher, and theorist of collect… 1814–1876

Saul Bellow 103

Canadian-born American writer 1915–2005

Tim Burton 43

American filmmaker 1958

Robert Baden-Powell 23

lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and… 1857–1941

The Notorious B.I.G. 19

American rapper 1972–1997

William Blake 249

English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827

Anthony B	Jamaican deejay and singer	1976
Bun B	American rapper from Texas; 1…	1973
Heinrich Baab	German Gestapo officer	1908
Báb	Iranian prophet; founder of t…	1819–1850
Meher Baba	Indian mystic	1894–1969
Sathya Sai Baba	Indian guru	1926–2011
Tupeni Baba	Fijian politician	1941
Haidakhan Babaji	teacher in northern India
Mahavatar Babaji	Hindu Yogi
Leo Babauta		1973
Charles Babbage	mathematician, philosopher, i…	1791–1871
Irving Babbitt	American academic and literar…	1865–1933
Milton Babbitt	American composer	1916–2011
Natalie Babbitt	American children's writer an…	1932–2016
Isaac Babel	Russian language journalist, …	1894–1940
François-Noël Babeuf	French political agitator and…	1760–1797
Jacques Babinet	French physicist, mathematici…	1794–1872
Eve Babitz	American author	1943
David Baboulene	UK author	1960
Patrik Baboumian	German strength-athlete	1979
Babur	1st Mughal Emperor	1483–1530
Lauren Bacall	American actress, model	1924–2014
Ricardo Baccay		1961
Andrew Bacevich	United States Army officer	1947
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach	German harpsichordist and com…	1714–1788
Erich von dem Bach	German politician and SS func…	1899–1972
Johann Sebastian Bach	German late baroque era compo…	1685–1750
Richard Bach	American spiritual writer	1936
Sebastian Bach	Canadian singer	1968
Burt Bacharach	American pianist, composer an…	1928
Abhishek Bachchan	Indian actor	1976
Amitabh Bachchan	Indian actor	1942
Ayub Bachchu	Musician, singer, songwriter	1962–2018
Gaston Bachelard	French writer and philosopher	1884–1962
Roselyne Bachelot	French politician	1946
Ingeborg Bachmann	Austrian poet and author	1926–1973
Michele Bachmann	American politician	1956
Paolo Bacigalupi	American science fiction and …	1972
Wilhelm Backhaus	German pianist, Knight Comman…	1884–1969
Susan Backlinie	former actress and stuntwoman	1946
John Backus	American computer scientist	1924–2007
Francis Bacon	English philosopher, statesma…	1561–1626
Leonard Bacon	American Congregational preac…	1802–1881
Roger Bacon	medieval philosopher and theo…	1220–1292
George Bacouni	Greek Catholic Archbishop	1962
Shah Badakhshi	Indian poet
`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni	Indian historian	1540–1615
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	Malaysian politician	1939
Fani Badayuni	Indian writer	1879–1961
David Baddiel	British comedian, novelist an…	1964
Robert Baden-Powell	lieutenant-general in the Bri…	1857–1941
Douglas Bader	British World War II flying a…	1910–1982
Penn Badgley	American actor and musician	1986
Ernst Badian	Austrian classical scholar	1925–2011
Alain Badiou	French writer and philosopher	1937
Michael Badnarik	American software engineer	1954
Pietro Badoglio	Italian general during both W…	1871–1956
Erykah Badu	American neo-soul singer	1971
Kenneth Bae	American missionary held as p…	1968
Karl Baedeker
Jim Baen	American publisher and editor	1943–2006
Larry Baer	MLB Executive	1957
Will Christopher Baer	American writer	1966
Hans Christian von Baeyer	American physicist	1938
Joan Baez	American singer	1941
John C. Baez	American mathematician and ma…	1961
Walter Bagehot	British journalist, businessm…	1826–1877
Roberto Baggio	Italian association football …	1967
Jim Baggott	British writer	1957
Julianna Baggott	Author	1969
Khosrow Bagheri	Iranian philosopher of educat…	1957
Enid Bagnold	English dramatist, playwright…	1889–1981
Hovhannes Bagramyan	Soviet military commander	1897–1982
Banda Singh Bahadur	Sikh military commander	1670–1716
Guru Tegh Bahadur	The ninth Guru of Sikhism	1621–1675
Bahá'u'lláh	founder of the Bahá'í Faith	1817–1892
John N. Bahcall	American physicist	1934–2005
Julius Bahnsen	German philosopher	1830–1881
Hermann Bahr	austrian dramatic, publicist …	1863–1934
Sultan Bahu	Punjabi poet	1630–1691
Li Bai	Chinese poet of the Tang dyna…	701–762
Meera Bai	Hindu mystic poet
Annette Baier	New Zealand philosopher	1929–2012
Alice A. Bailey	esoteric, theosophist, writer	1880–1949
Bill Bailey	English comedian, musician, a…	1965
Elisabeth Tova Bailey	writer
F. Lee Bailey	American lawyer	1933
J. Michael Bailey	American psychologist	1957
Jonathan Bailey	British actor	1988
Pearl Bailey	American singer	1918–1990
Philip James Bailey	British writer and poet	1816–1902
Thomas A. Bailey	American historian	1902–1983
Trevor Bailey	England Test cricketer, crick…	1923–2011
Bruce Baillie	American film director	1931
Joanna Baillie	Scottish poet and dramatist	1762–1851
Louis Le Bailly	Royal Navy admiral	1915–2010
Bernard Bailyn	American historian	1922
Alexander Bain	Scottish philosopher and educ…	1818–1903
Beryl Bainbridge	English novelist	1932–2010
Frank Bainimarama	Prime Minister of Fiji	1954