Authors by B

Charles Bukowski 555

American writer 1920–1994

Kobe Bryant 32

American basketball player 1978–2020

Henri Barbusse 197

French novelist 1873–1935

Robert Browning 179

English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era 1812–1889

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

Samuel Beckett 122

Irish novelist, playwright, and poet 1906–1989

Corbin Bleu	American actor, model, dancer…	1989
Fritz Bleyl	German artist	1880–1966
Louis-Marie de Blignières	French traditionalist Catholi…	1949
Didymus the Blind	Coptic church theologian	313–398
Alan Blinder	economist	1945
Blink-182
Antony Blinken	American government official …	1962
James Blish	American author	1921–1975
Hans Blix	Swedish politician	1928
Karen Blixen	Danish writer	1885–1962
Paul Blobel	German SS officer and Holocau…	1894–1951
Ernst Bloch	German philosopher	1885–1977
Felix Bloch
Marc Bloch	French historian, medievalist…	1886–1944
Barbara Block	American marine biologist	1958
Francesca Lia Block	American children's writer	1962
Jay A. Block
Lawrence Block	American writer	1938
Henry Blodget	American equity research anal…	1966
Nicolaas Bloembergen	Dutch-born American physicist	1920–2017
Peter of Blois	French poet and diplomat
Alexander Blok	poet	1880–1921
Eric Blom	Swiss-born British-naturalise…	1888–1959
Werner von Blomberg	German field marshal	1878–1946
Phillip Blond	British philosopher	1966
Allan Bloom	American philosopher, classic…	1930–1992
Amy Bloom	Fiction writer, screenwriter,…	1953
Godfrey Bloom	UK EU parliament member	1949
Harold Bloom	American literary critic and …	1930–2019
Howard Bloom	American publicist and author	1943
Orlando Bloom	British actor	1977
Paul Bloom	Canadian/American psychologist	1963
Michael Bloomberg	American businessman and poli…	1942
Robert Bloomfield	British writer	1766–1823
Charles M. Blow	American journalist	1970
Jonathan Blow	American video game designer …	1971
Léon Bloy	French writer, poet and essay…	1846–1917
Blu	American rapper and music pro…	1983
Hans Blüher	German journalist and writer	1888–1955
Jason Blum	American film producer	1969
Jenna Blum	American writer	1970
Léon Blum	French politician	1872–1950
William Blum	American author and historian	1933–2018
Baruch Samuel Blumberg	American doctor	1925–2011
Judy Blume	American children's writer	1938
Michael A. Blume	American nuncio	1946
Earl Blumenauer	American politician	1948
Edmund Blunden	English poet, author and lite…	1896–1974
James Blunt	English singer-songwriter	1974
Roy Blunt	American politician	1950
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt	English poet and writer	1840–1922
Rikka Blurhound	Malaysian cosplayer and nutri…
Don Bluth	American animator	1937
Robert W. Bly	American writer	1957
Bert Blyleven	Major League Baseball player …	1951
Ann Blyth	American actress	1928
Randy Blythe	American musician	1971
Enid Blyton	author	1897–1968
Vasily Blyukher	Soviet military commander	1889–1938
Charles Maung Bo	Burmese Roman Catholic Archbi…	1948
Wang Bo	Tang Dynasty poet	650–676
Augusto Boal	Brazilian writer	1931–2009
Charles Boarman	US Navy Rear Admiral	1795–1879
Franz Boas	German-American anthropologist	1858–1942
David Boaz	libertarian, author and editor	1953
Norberto Bobbio	Italian legal scholar	1909–2004
Ricky Bobby
Martin Bobrow	geneticist	1938
Johannes Bobrowski	German author	1917–1965
Giovanni Boccaccio	Italian author and poet	1313–1375
Leo Boccardi	Italian nuncio	1953
Umberto Boccioni	Italian painter and sculptor	1882–1916
Mel Bochner	American artist	1940
Bodhidharma	Chinese philosopher and Buddh…	483–540
Christoffer Boe	Danish filmmaker	1974
Lauren Boebert	American politician	1986
Barry Boehm	American software engineer	1935
John Boehner	Former Speaker of the United …	1949
Allan Boesak	South African anti-apartheid …	1946
Paul Boese
Ivan Boesky	American investor, white-coll…	1937
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius	philosopher of the early 6th …	480
Étienne de La Boétie	French judge, writer and phil…	1530–1563
Humphrey Bogart	American actor	1899–1957
Neil Bogart	American music executive	1943–1982
Alexander Bogdanov	Physician, philosopher, writer	1873–1928
Grace Lee Boggs	social activist and feminist	1915–2015
Hale Boggs	American politician	1914–1972
John Bogle		1929–2019
Eric Bogosian	actor, playwright, monologist…	1953
John of Bohemia	Czech king and warrior	1296–1346
Chris Bohjalian	American novelist	1962
Nils Bohlin	Swedish inventor	1920–2002
David Bohm	American theoretical physicist	1917–1992
Jakob Böhme	German Christian mystic and t…	1575–1624
Aage Niels Bohr	Danish physicist	1922–2009
Niels Bohr	Danish physicist	1885–1962
Karanvir Bohra	Indian actor	1982
Matteo Maria Boiardo	Italian writer	1441–1494
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux	French poet and critic	1636–1711