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

Raegan Butcher	American actor and singer	1969
Dawn Butler	British politician	1969
Geezer Butler	English musician, bassist and…	1949
Josephine Butler	British feminist	1828–1906
Judith Butler	American philosopher and gend…	1956
Nicholas Murray Butler	American philosopher, diploma…	1862–1947
Octavia E. Butler	American science fiction writ…	1947–2006
Rab Butler	British politician	1902–1982
Samuel Butler	novelist	1835–1902
Smedley D. Butler	United States Marine Corps Ge…	1881–1940
William Allen Butler	American lawyer	1825–1902
Tom Butler-Bowdon	Australian writer	1967
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss	English judge	1933
Sikandar Butshikan
Hassan Butt	British-Pakistani activist	1980
Munir Butt	British diplomat	1940–2015
Herbert Butterfield	British historian	1900–1979
Pete Buttigieg	American politician	1982
Mary Butts	Novelist	1890–1937
Earl Butz	American government official	1909–2008
Charles Buxton	English brewer, philanthropis…	1823–1871
Tony Buzan	British psychologist	1942–2019
Lewis Buzbee	American writer	1957
Dino Buzzati	Italian writer	1906–1972
Winnie Byanyima	Ugandan aeronautical engineer…	1959
Betsy Byars	American children's writer	1928
A. S. Byatt	English fiction writer and cr…	1936
Max Bygraves	Singer, comedian, actor	1922–2012
Vasil Bykaŭ	Belarusian writer	1924–2003
Witter Bynner	American author	1881–1968
Andrew Bynum	American basketball player	1987
Richard Evelyn Byrd	Medal of Honor recipient and …	1888–1957
William Byrd	British composer	1543–1623
David Byrne	Scottish alternative rock mus…	1952
Ed Byrne	Irish comedian	1972
Gabriel Byrne	Irish actor, film director, f…	1950
John Byrne	American author and artist of…	1950
Rhonda Byrne	Australian writer and producer	1951
Robert Byrne	American chess player and wri…	1928–2013
Michael J. Byrnes	American Roman Catholic archb…	1958
John Byrom	Poet, inventor of a shorthand…	1692–1763
George Gordon Byron	English poet and a leading fi…	1788–1824
Yoo Byung-eun	South Korean religious leader…	1941–2014