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

Alastair Borthwick	British journalist	1913–2003
Bion of Borysthenes	ancient greek philosopher	-325–-246 BC
Eugene N. Borza	American historian	1935
Johannes Bosboom	Dutch painter	1817–1891
Robert Bosch	German industrialist, invento…	1861–1942
John Bosco	Italian Roman Catholic priest…	1815–1888
Roger Joseph Boscovich	Croat-Italian physicist	1711–1787
Jagadish Chandra Bose	Bengali polymath, physicist, …	1858–1937
Rahul Bose	Indian actor	1967
Subhas Chandra Bose	Indian nationalist leader and…	1897–1945
Chadwick Boseman	American actor	1976–2020
Pierre Bosquet	Marshal of France	1810–1861
Marie Bilders-van Bosse	painter from the Netherlands	1837–1900
Larry Bossidy	American businessman	1935
David Bossie	American political activist	1965
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet	French bishop and theologian	1627–1704
Andrew Bostom	American writer	1900
Thomas Boston	Scottish church leader, theol…	1676–1732
Nick Bostrom	Swedish philosopher	1973
James Boswell	Scottish lawyer, diarist and …	1740–1795
Shmuley Boteach	American Orthodox rabbi and w…	1966
Ana Botella	Spanish politician	1953
Fernando Botero	Colombian artist	1932–2023
Javier Botet	Spanish actor	1977
Pik Botha	South African politician	1932–2018
P. W. Botha	South African prime minister	1916–2006
Anne Lynch Botta	writer, poet, socialite	1815–1891
Horatio Bottomley	English financier, journalist…	1860–1933
David Bottoms	American writer	1949
Alain de Botton	Swiss writer	1969
Mikhail Botvinnik	Soviet chess player	1911–1995
Dalil Boubakeur		1940
Édouard Boubat	French photographer	1923–1999
Jonathan Boucher	English minister	1738–1804
Edward Bouchet	African American academic	1852–1918
Dion Boucicault	Irish actor and dramatist	1820–1890
Eugène Boudin	French painter	1824–1898
William-Adolphe Bouguereau	French painter	1825–1905
Jamelle Bouie	American columnist and politi…	1987
Anatoli Boukreev	Russian mountain climber	1958–1997
Kenneth E. Boulding	British-American economist	1910–1993
Pierre Boulez	French composer, conductor, w…	1925–2016
Michael Boulter	British paleobiologist	1942
Marjorie Boulton	British writer	1924–2017
Matthew Boulton	English industrialist, busine…	1728–1809
Houari Boumédiène	Huari Bumedien	1932–1978
Edward McKendree Bounds	clergyman of the Methodist Ep…	1835–1913
Henri Bourassa	Canadian politician	1868–1952
Anthony Bourdain	Chef and food writer	1956–2018
Louis Bourdaloue	French serman writer	1632–1704
Pierre Bourdieu	French sociologist, anthropol…	1930–2002
Francis William Bourdillon	British poet	1852–1921
Dominique Bourg	French philosopher, specialis…	1953
Pierre Bourgault	Canadian politician	1934–2003
Louise Bourgeois	American and French sculptor	1911–2010
Marguerite Bourgeoys	French colonist and foundress	1620–1700
Paul Bourget	French writer	1852–1935
Philippe Bourgois	American anthropologist	1956
Habib Bourguiba	Tunisian politician	1903–2000
Randolph Bourne	American writer	1886–1918
Louise Bours	British politician	1968
Raphael Bousso	American physicist	1971
Sofia Boutella	Algerian dancer and actress	1982
Jim Bouton	American baseball player, wri…	1939–2019
Boutros Boutros-Ghali	6th Secretary-General of the …	1922–2016
Nicolas Bouvier	Swiss writer, artist and trav…	1929–1998
Pierre Bouvier	Canadian musician	1979
Ben Bova	American science fiction and …	1932
James Bovard	American journalist	1956
Christian Nestell Bovee	American writer	1820–1904
Charles Bowen	English judge	1835–1894
Elizabeth Bowen	Irish writer	1899–1973
Rhys Bowen	British writer of children's …	1941
Marvin Bower	American business theorist	1903–2003
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon	Queen consort of King George …	1900–2002
David Bowie	British musician, actor, reco…	1947–2016
Tim Bowler	English children's writer	1953
Chester Bowles	American politician	1901–1986
Paul Bowles	American composer, writer, tr…	1910–1999
Ralston Bowles	American musician	1952
Samuel Bowles	American economist	1939
William Lisle Bowles	English priest, poet and crit…	1762–1850
Hetty Bowman		1838–1872
Isa Bowman	British actress	1874–1958
Karl Bowman	American psychiatric research…	1888–1973
John Bowring	4th Governor of Hong Kong	1792–1872
George E. P. Box	British statistician	1919–2013
Barbara Boxer	American politician	1940
Richard Boyatzis	American business theorist	1946
Geoff Boycott	cricket player of England	1940
Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd	British writer and minister	1825–1899
Brandon Boyd	American rock singer, writer …	1976
Gregory A. Boyd	American theologian and pastor	1957
Linn Boyd	American politician	1800–1859
Stowe Boyd	information technologist	1953
William Boyd	British writer	1952
Amanda Boyden	American writer
Joseph Boyden	Canadian writer	1966
John Boyega	British Nigerian actor	1992
Carl B. Boyer	American mathematician	1906–1976