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

Shirley Graham Du Bois	American composer and writer	1896–1977
W.E.B. Du Bois	American sociologist, histori…	1868–1963
Max Boisot	British academic and educator	1943–2011
Milutin Bojić	Serbian playwright and poet (…	1892–1917
Hilary Bok	American philosopher	1959
George Henry Boker	American poet, playwright, an…	1823–1890
Irina Bokova	Bulgarian diplomat	1952
Eavan Boland	Irish poet	1944
J. Kevin Boland	Catholic bishop	1935
Roberto Bolaño	Chilean author	1953–2003
Jean Shinoda Bolen	American psychiatrist	1936
Isa Boletini	Kosovo Albanian guerilla lead…	1864–1916
Anne Boleyn	Second wife of Henry VIII of …	1501–1536
Dermot Bolger	Irish writer	1959
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke	English politician and Viscou…	1678–1751
Simón Bolívar	Venezuelan military and polit…	1783–1830
Frits Bolkestein	Dutch politician	1933
Uwe Boll	German restaurateur and forme…	1965
Heinrich Böll	German author, novelist, and …	1917–1985
Ilya Bolotowsky	artist	1907–1981
Jair Bolsonaro	Brazilian president elect	1955
Robert Bolt	English playwright	1924–1995
Christian Boltanski	French sculptor, photographer…	1944–2021
John R. Bolton	American lawyer and diplomat	1948
Ludwig Boltzmann	Austrian physicist	1844–1906
Farkas Bolyai	Hungarian mathematician	1775–1856
Erma Bombeck	When I stand before God at th…	1927–1996
David Bomberg	painter	1890–1957
Enrico Bombieri	mathematician	1940
Gustave Le Bon	French psychologist	1841–1931
Hebe de Bonafini	President of the Association …	1928
Surya Bonaly	French figure skater	1973
Margaret Wander Bonanno	American writer	1950
Beef Bonanza	punk rock musician in The Bon…
Andrew Bonar	British minister	1810–1892
Horatius Bonar	British minister and poet	1808–1889
Bonaventure	franciscan, bishop, cardinal,…	1221–1274
Edward Bond	English writer best known as …	1934
Michael Bond	English author, creator of Pa…	1926–2017
Patrick Bond	American academic	1961
Ruskin Bond	British Indian writer	1934
Hermann Bondi	British mathematician and cos…	1919–2005
David Bone	commodore and author (b. 1874…	1874–1959
Rupert Boneham	American mentor, television p…	1964
John Henry Boner	American writer	1845–1903
Lisa Bonet	American actress	1967
Isaac Bonewits	Neopagan leader, author, and …	1949–2010
Kyril Bonfiglioli	British art dealer	1928–1985
Dietrich Bonhoeffer	German Lutheran pastor, theol…	1906–1945
John Bonica	Anesthesiologist; pioneer in …	1917–1994
Andrés Bonifacio	Filipino nationalist and revo…	1863–1897
Pierre Bonnard	French painter and printmaker	1867–1947
Yelena Bonner	human rights activist in the …	1923–2011
Bono	Irish rock musician, singer o…	1960
Edward de Bono	Maltese physician	1933
Emilio De Bono	Italian General	1866–1944
Waldemar Bonsels	German writer	1880–1952
Vanna Bonta	Italian-American writer, poet…	1958–2014
Grady Booch	American software engineer	1955
Murray Bookchin	American libertarian socialis…	1921–2006
Cory Booker	35th Class 2 senator for New …	1969
Sheri Booker	American author, poet
George Boole	English mathematician, philos…	1815–1864
Corrie ten Boom	Dutch resistance hero and wri…	1892–1983
Daniel Boone	American settler	1734–1820
J. Allen Boone	American writer	1882–1965
Daniel J. Boorstin	American historian	1914–2004
Neal Boortz	American author, journalist, …	1945
Lil Boosie	American rapper from Baton Ro…	1982
Elayne Boosler	American comedian	1952
Max Boot	American writer and historian	1969
Barton Booth	famous dramatic actor of the …	1681–1733
Edwin Booth	19th century American actor	1833–1893
William Booth	British Methodist preacher	1829–1912
Kim Bora	South Korean director	1981
Gian Domenico Borasio	physician, specialist of pall…	1962
Alice Borchardt	American fiction writer	1939–2007
David Boreanaz	American actor, famous for An…	1969
Émile Borel
Nathaniel Borenstein	American computer scientist	1957
Benjamin Boretz	American composer	1934
Victor Borge	Danish and US-American comedi…	1909–2000
Jorge Luis Borges	Argentine short-story writer,…	1899–1986
Cesare Borgia	Duke of Romagna and former Ca…	1475–1507
Edwin Boring	American psychologist	1886–1968
Luciana Borio	American physician and public…
Boyko Borissov	Bulgarian politician	1959
Robert Bork	American legal scholar	1927–2012
Hal Borland	American journalist and writer	1900–1978
Norman Borlaug	American biologist	1914–2009
Frank Borman	NASA astronaut	1928
Martin Bormann	Nazi leader and private secre…	1900–1945
Max Born	physicist	1882–1970
Ludwig Börne	German writer	1786–1837
Giraut de Bornelh	French writer	1138–1220
Kate Bornstein	American author, playwright, …	1948
Alexander Borodin	Russian composer, doctor and …	1833–1887
Tadeusz Borowski	Polish writer and journalist	1922–1951
George Borrow	English author	1803–1881
Ralph Borsodi	American economist	1886–1977