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

Anselme Bellegarrigue	French anarchist	1813
TY Bello	Nigerian singer
Hilaire Belloc	writer	1870–1953
Saul Bellow	Canadian-born American writer	1915–2005
Monica Bellucci	Italian actress	1964
Jim Belushi	American actor, comedian, sin…	1954
John Belushi	American comedian, actor, and…	1949–1982
Richard Belzer	American actor and comedian	1944
Reinout Willem van Bemmelen	Dutch geologist	1904–1983
Mordechai Ben-Ari	Israeli computer scientist	1948
David Benatar	South African philosopher	1966
Peter Benchley	American author and screenwri…	1940–2006
Robert Benchley	American comedian	1889–1945
Julien Benda	French essayist	1867–1956
Aimee Bender	Novelist, short story writer	1969
Lauretta Bender	American neuropsychiatrist	1897–1987
Peter Urs Bender
Brian Michael Bendis	American comic book writer an…	1967
Mario Benedetti	Uruguayan journalist, novelis…	1920–2009
Paola Di Benedetto	Italian showgirl, model, tele…	1995
Paul K. Benedict	American anthropologist, ment…	1912–1997
Ruth Benedict	American anthropologist and f…	1887–1948
Guðmundur Benediktsson	Icelandic footballer and spor…	1974
Peter Benenson	English human rights activist	1921–2005
Leslie Z. Benet	American pharmaceutical scien…	1937
Stephen Vincent Benét	poet, short story writer, nov…	1898–1943
Gregory Benford	Science fiction author and as…	1941
Elizabeth Benger	British writer	1775–1827
David Ben-Gurion	Israeli politician, Zionist l…	1886–1973
Annette Bening	American actress	1958
David Benioff	writer	1970
Marc Benioff	American businessman	1964
Mario Abdo Benítez	51.° President of Paraguay	1971
Rafael Benítez	Spanish association football …	1960
Georges C. Benjamin	american public health offici…	1952
Judah P. Benjamin	American politician and lawyer	1811–1884
Medea Benjamin	American political activist a…	1952
Walter Benjamin	German literary critic, philo…	1892–1940
Ernst Benkard
Richard Benkin	American journalist
Gottfried Benn	German novelist, poet	1886–1956
Nigel Benn	British boxer	1964
Tony Benn	British Labour Party politici…	1925–2014
Gerrit Benner	Dutch painter	1897–1981
Alan Bennett	English actor, author	1934
Arnold Bennett	English novelist	1867–1931
Belinda Bennett	cruise ship captain from Sain…
Billy Bennett	British comedian	1887–1942
Bruce Bennett	actor	1906–2007
Joan Bennett	American actress	1910–1990
John G. Bennett	British mathematician and aut…	1897–1974
Naftali Bennett	Prime Minister of Israel	1972
Richard Rodney Bennett	English composer and pianist	1936–2012
Tony Bennett	American singer	1926
William J. Bennett	American politician	1943
Henry L. Benning	Confederate Army general	1814–1875
Chester Bennington	American singer-songwriter	1976–2017
Warren Bennis	American leadership expert	1925–2014
Jack Benny	comedian, vaudeville performe…	1894–1974
Isaac de Benserade	French writer	1613–1691
Tal Ben-Shahar	American psychologist	1970
A. C. Benson	English essayist, poet, autho…	1862–1925
Amber Benson	actress from the United States	1977
E. F. Benson	novelist	1867–1940
Ezra Taft Benson	President of The Church of Je…	1899–1994
George Benson	American musician	1943
Jodi Benson	American voice actress, actre…	1961
Lee Benson	American journalist
Jeremy Bentham	British philosopher, jurist, …	1748–1832
Edmund Clerihew Bentley	British writer	1875–1956
Richard Bentley	English classical scholar and…	1662–1742
Toni Bentley	Australian writer	1958
Jim Benton
Lloyd Bentsen	American politician	1921–2006
Cliff Bentz	American politician	1952
Craig Benzine	Filmmaker, comedian, presenter	1980
Pierre-Jean de Béranger	French poet and chansonnier	1780–1857
Edward V. Berard
James Berardinelli	American film critic	1967
John Bercow	British politician and Speake…	1963
Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov	president of Turkmenistan	1957
Nikolai Berdyaev	Russian philosopher	1874–1948
John Berendt	American writer	1939
Bernard Berenson	American art critic	1865–1959
Lord Charles Beresford	Royal Navy admiral	1846–1919
Boris Berezovsky	Russian mathematician	1946–2013
Alban Berg	Austrian composer	1885–1935
David Berg	Children of God founder	1919–1994
Elizabeth Berg	American novelist	1948
Moe Berg	baseball player, spy	1902–1972
Stephen Jay Berg	Fifth bishop of the Roman Cat…	1951
Yehuda Berg	American writer	1972
Mirco Bergamasco	Italian rugby union player	1983
Bowe Bergdahl	American soldier captured by …	1986
Edgar Bergen	American actor, radio perform…	1903–1978
John Berger	British painter, writer and a…	1926–2017
Peter L. Berger	Austrian-born American sociol…	1929–2017
Ric Berger	Swiss professor of design, de…	1894–1984
Sandy Berger	US National Security Advisor	1945–2015
Thomas Berger	German writer	1952