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--Havilah Babcock (1898—1964)
American educator, author, and outdoorsman.

--Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858—1901)
American clergyman.

--Isaac Babel (1894—1940)
Russian short-story writer.

--Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800—1859)
English politician and historian.

--Lauren Bacall [Betty Joan Perske] (b. 1924)
American actress.

--Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
German composer of the Baroque era.

--Richard Bach (b. 1936)
American writer.
_Illusions_ [1977]
_The Bridge Across Forever_ [1984]
_One_ [1988]
_Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit_ [1994]

--Jim Backus (1924—1970)

--Jim Backus (1913—1989)
American actor.

--Francis Bacon (1561—1626)
English philosopher and essayist.
_Meditationes Sacrae_ [1597]
_The Advancement of Learning_ [1605]
_Novum Organum_ [1620]
_Essays_ [1625]

--Jim Bacon (1950—2004)
Premier of Tasmania [1998—2004].

--Joan Baez (b. 1941)
American folk singer.

--Walter Bagehot (1826—1877)
British economist and essayist.
_Physics and Politics_ [1872]
_Lombard Street_ [1873]
_Biographical Studies_ [1907]

--F. Lee Bailey (b. 1933)
American lawyer.

--Francis Bailey (c. 1735—1815)
American printer and journalist.

--Gamaliel Bailey (1807—1859)
American abolitionist editor.

--Pearl Bailey (1918—1990)
American singer and actress.
_Pearl's Kitchen_ [1973]

--Philip James Bailey (1816—1902)
English poet.
_Festus_ [1839]

--Joanna Baillie (1762—1851)
Scottish poet and dramatist.

--Beryl Bainbridge (b. 1934)
English novelist.
_An Awfully Big Adventure_ [1970]

--Karle Wilson Baker (1878—1960)
American poet.

--Russell Baker (b. 1925)
American journalist and columnist.
_Growing Up_ [1982]

--Sidney J. Baker (1912-1976)
New Zealand-born journalist.
_The Australian Language_ [1945]

--George Balanchine (1904—1983)
Russian born choreographer.

--James Baldwin (1924—1987)
American author and playwright.
_Go Tell It On The Mountain_ [1953]
_Notes From a Native Son_ [1955]
_Nobody Knows My Name_ [1961]
_No Name in the Street_ [1972]

--Stanley Baldwin (1867—1947)
British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister.
[1923—1924], [1924—1929], and [1935—1937].

--Arthur James Balfour (1848—1930)
British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister [1920—1925].

--Francis Maitland Balfour (1851—1882)
British biologist and younger brother of Arthur James Balfour.

--John Balguy (1686—1748)
English divine and philosopher.

--Lucille Ball (1911—1989)
American actress, producer, and star of "I Love Lucy."

--W[illis] T[odhunter] Ballard (1903—1980)
{pseuds P. D. Ballard, Harrison Hunt, Neil MacNeil and John Shepherd}
American novelist.
_Say Yes to Murder_ [1942]

--Hosea Ballou (1771—1852)
American theologian.

--Maturin M. Ballou (1820—1895)
American writer and publisher.
_Aztec Land_ [1890]

--Major Sullivan Ballou (1827—1861)
Union Army.

--Honorι de Balzac (1799—1850)
French journalist and writer.
_Physiologie du Mariage_ (The Physiology of Marriage) [1829]
_La Recherche de l'Absolu:_ (The Quest of the Absolute) [1834]
_Le Pθre Goriot_ (Father Goriot or Old Goriot) [1834—1835]
_Illusions Perdues_ (Lost Illusions) [Published in three parts between 1837—1843]

--Helen Bamber (b. 1926)
English psychotherapist.

--George Bancroft (1800—1891)
American historian and public official.
_History of the United States_ 10 vol., [1834—1874]

--Tallulah Bankhead (1903—1968)
American actress.
_Tallulah_ [1952]
Biographies and/or related books about:
Les Israel _Miss Tallulah Bankhead_ [1972]

--St. John Baptiste De La Salle (1651—1719)
French educational reformer and father of modern pedagogy.

--Mrs. Anna Letitia Barbauld [nιe Aikin] (1743—1825)
English poet.

--Franηois Barbι-Marbois (1745—1837)
French statesman who in 1803 negotiated the
Louisiana Purchase with the United States.

--Maurice Baring (1874—1945)
English man of letters.

--Ronnie Barker (1929—2005)
English television comedian, writer, and actor.

--Colonel William L. Barker,
Head of Northern Division, Salvation Army, and organizer of
the Salvation Army Unit in France during the World War.

--Charles Barkley (b. 1963)
American professional basketball player.

--John Perry Barlow (b. 1947)
American poet.

--Clive Barnes (b. 1927)
British journalist and critic.

--Richard J. Barnet (1929—2004)
American author and political activist.
_Roots of War_ [1971]

--Phineas T. Barnum (1810—1891)
American showman.
_Struggles and Triumphs_ [1869]

--Robert Baron (1630-1658)
English author and playwright.

--Michael Barone (b. 1944)
American author and political commentator.

--Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr. (1902—1981)
American art historian.

--Roseanne Barr (b. 1952)
American comedian.

--Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860—1937)
Scottish writer and dramatist.
_The Little Minister_ [1891]
_What Every Woman Knows_ [1908]
_Peter and Wendy_ [1911]
_Peter Pan_ [1928]

--Sir Jonah Barrington (1760—1834)
Irish lawyer, judge and politician.
_Personal Sketches of His Own Times_ [3rd ed., 1871 (1st ed. 1827)]

--Isaac Barrow (1630—1677)
English classical scholar, theologian, and mathematician
who was a teacher of Isaac Newton.

--Dave Barry (b. 1947)
American humorist.
_Dave Barry's Bad Habits_ [1987]
_Dave Barry's Greatest Hits_ [1988]
_Dave Barry in Cyberspace_ [1996]
_Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down_ [2002]
_Boogers Are My Beat_ [2003]

--Marion Barry (b. 1936)
Mayor of Washington DC [1979—1991 & 1995—1999].

--Drew Barrymore (b. 1975)
American actress.

--Ethel Barrymore (1879—1959)
American actress of the Barrymore family.
_Memories_ [1956]

--John Barrymore (John Sidney Blythe) (1882—1942)
Shakespearean actor.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Gene Fowler _Good Night, Sweet Prince_ [1943]

--Stan Barstow (b. 1928)
English novelist.

--Robert L. Bartley (1937—2003)
American journalist and editor of the Wall Street Journal.
Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing.

--Bruce Barton (1886—1967)
American advertising executive, religious writer, and Congressman.

--Bernard Baruch (1870—1965)
American financier.

--Jacques Barzun (b. 1907)
French-born American writer, educator, and cultural historian.
_God's Country and Mine_[1954]
_The House of Intellect_ [1959]
_From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western
Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present_ [2000]

--Herbert Bashford (1871—1928)
American librarian and verse writer.

--Saint Basil (330—379)
Greek religious leader.

--Frederic Bastiat (1801—1850)
French economist.

--William M. Batten (1909—1999)
American businessman; CEO of
JCPenney and Chairman of the NY
Stock Exchange.

--Orlando A. Battista (b. 1917)
Canadian-American chemist and author.

--Charles Baudelaire (1821—1867)
French poet and critic.

--King Baudouin I (1930—1993)
King of the Belgians [1951—1993].

--Gary L. Bauer (b. 1946)
American conservative politician who ran for the Republican nomination in 2000.

--Lord Bauer (1915—2002)
Hungarian-born British economist.

--L. [Lyman] Frank Baum (1856—1919)
American writer.
_Wonderful Wizard of Oz_ [1900]

--Nina Bawden (b. 1925)
British writer of children's books.
_Mothers: Reflections by Daughters_ [1995]

--Arnold Bax (1883—1953)
English composer.
_Farewell, My Youth_ [1943]

--Richard Baxter (1615—1691)
English theologian, pastor, and author.

--Pierre Bayle (1647—1706)
French philosopher.
_Dictionnaire Historique et Critique_ [1697—1702]

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--Roy Bean (1825—1903)
American jurist.

--Cecil Beaton (1904—1980)
English photographer and theatrical designer.
_It Gives Me Great Pleasure_ [1955]

--James Beattie (1735—1803)
Scottish poet and essayist.
_The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius) [1771—1772]

--Pakenham Beatty (1855—1930)
English poet.

--Philippe de Beaumanoir (c.1250—1296)
French jurist.
_Customs of the People of Beauvais_ [c1285]

--Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732—1799)
French playwright and adventurer.
_The Barber of Seville_ [1775]
_The Marriage of Figaro_ [1784]

--Francis Beaumont (c. 1584—1616)
English Jacobean playwright and poet who collaborated with John
Fletcher on comedies and tragedies between 1606 and 1614.
_The Faithful Friends_ [c. 1608]
_The Scornful Ladie_ [1616]
_The Island Princess_

--Lord Beaverbrook (1879—1964)
Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician.

--Cesare Beccaria (1738—1794)
Italian philosopher, Milanese jurist, economist, and criminologist.
_On Crimes and Punishments_ [1764]

--Dave Beck (1894—1993)
American labor leader.

--Samuel Beckett (1906—1989)
Irish dramatist, novelist, and poet.
_Waiting for Godot_ [1955]
_Worstward Ho_ [1983]

--Henry Becque (1837—1899)
French dramatist.
_Querelles litteraires_ [1890]

--Bede the Venerable (672—735)
Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian.
_Ecclesiastical History of the English People_ [731—732]

--Brig. Gen. Barnard E. Bee (1824—1861)
Confederate army general during the American Civil War.

--Sir Thomas Beecham (1879—1961)
English conductor.

--Henry Ward Beecher (1813—1887)
American Congregational minister; brother of
Harriet Beecher Stowe, son of Lyman Beecher.
_Lectures To Young Men: on Various Important Subjects_ [1852]
_Star Papers, or, Experiences of Art and Nature_ [1855]
_Eyes and Ears_ [1863]
_Royal Truths_ [1866]
_Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit_ [1887]
Biographies and/or related books about:
Henry Ward Beecher and Edna Dean Proctor, _Life Thoughts:
Gathered From the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher_ [1858]
Augusta Moore _Notes from Plymouth Pulpit:
From the Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher_ [1859]
Debby Applegate _The Most Famous Man In America_ [2006]

--Lyman Beecher (1775—1865)
Presbyterian clergyman and abolitionist.
[Father of Henry Ward Beecher & Harriet Beecher Stowe.]

--Thomas Beer (1889—1940)
American writer.
_The Mauve Decade_ [1926]

--Sir Max Beerbohm (1872—1956)
English satirist and caricaturist.
_Zuleika Dobson_ [1911]
_And Even Now_ [1920]
Biographies and/or related books about:
Bohun Lynch _Max Beerbohm in Perspective_ [1922]

--Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827)
German composer.

--Mrs Beeton (1836—1865)
English writer.
_The Book of Household Management_ [1861]

--Menachem Begin (1913—1992)
Zionist leader and prime minister of Israel [1977-1983].

--Brendan Behan (1923—1964)
Irish poet, novelist, and playwright.
_The Hostage_ [1958]

--S. N. [Samuel Nathaniel] Behrman (1893—1973)
American screenwriter.

--Arnold Beichman
Hoover Institute Fellow.

--Arnold Beisser (1925—1985)
American doctor and Gestalt therapist.

--Cedric Belfrage (1904—1990)
English born socialist, author, and journalist.
_Away From It All_ [1936]

--Alexander Graham Bell (1847—1922)
Scottish-born American audiologist best known as the inventor of the telephone [1876].

--"Cool Papa" Bell (1901—1991)
American Negro League baseball player.

--Daniel Bell (b. 1919)
American journalist and sociologist.
_The End of Idealogy_ [1960]

--Hilaire Belloc (1870—1953)
British poet, essayist, historian, and novelist.
_A Bad Child's Book of Beasts_ [1896]
_The Modern Traveller_ [1898]
_Cautionary Tales_ [1907]
_A Conversation With a Cat_ [1931]

--Saul Bellow (1915—2005)
Canadian-born American novelist.
_Mr. Sammler's Planet_ [1970]

--Peter Benchley (1940—2006)
American author.

--Robert Benchley (1889—1945)
American humorist and newspaper columnist.
_My Ten Years in a Quandary_ [1936]

--Agnes E. Benedict (1889—1950)
American educator.

--Ruth Benedict (1887—1948)
American anthropologist, teacher, and writer.

--Stephen Vincent Benιt (1898—1943)
American poet and novelist.
_The Devil and Daniel Webster_ [1937]

--Benjamin of Tudela (f. 12th cent.)
Spanish-Jewish rabbi who was the first known European
traveler to approach the frontiers of China.
_Masa'ot Binyamin_ (The Voyages of Benjamin)

--Tony Benn (b. 1925)
British Labour politician.

--Alan Bennett (b. 1934)
English actor and playwright.

--Arnold Bennett (1867—1931)
English novelist.
_The Title_ [1918]

--E. N. Bennett
_Problems of Village Life_ [1914]

--Jill Bennett (1931—1990)
British actress.

--William J. Bennett (b. 1943)
American poiltician and author.
_The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories_ [1993]

--Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelsky] (1894—1974)
American entertainer.

--Robert Hugh Benson (1871—1914)
English novelist who was a son of the Archbishop of
Canterbury and became a Roman Catholic priest.

--Stella Benson (1892—1933)
English novelist and poet.
_This Is the End_ [1917]

--Jeremy Bentham (1748—1832)
English philosopher.
_Principles of Morals and Legislation_ [1789]

--Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875—1956)
English novelist and humorist.

--Barbi Benton (b. 1950)
Playboy bunny and singer.

--Pierre-Jean de Bιranger (1780—1857)
French poet and songwriter.

--Nicolai A. Berdyaev (1874—1948)
Russian philosopher.
_Truth and Revelation_ [1953]

--Bernard Berenson (1865—1959)
American art critic and writer.

--Peter Berger (b. 1929)
American sociologist and Lutheran theologian.
_The Social Construction of Reality_ [1966]
_The Capitalist Revolution_ [1986]

--Sandy Berger (b. 1945)
Clinton National Security Adviser to the Clinton Administration.

--Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (1619—1655)
French satirist and dramatist.
_The Other World: States and Empires of the Moon_ [1656]

--Ingrid Bergman (1915—1982)
Swedish actress.

--Henri Bergson (1859—1941)
French philosopher.

--George Berkeley (1685—1753)
Anglo-Irish philosopher.
_A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge_ [1710]
_Siris_ [1744]

--Milton Berle (Milton Berlinger) (1908—2002)
American comedian.

--Irving Berlin (1888—1989)
American songwriter.

--Louis Hector Berlioz (1803—1869)
French composer.
_Memoires_ [1870]

--Georges Bernanos (1888—1948)
French novelist and esssayist.
_Diary of a Country Priest _ [1936]

--St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090—1153)
Cistercian monk and mystic; the founder and abbot of the abbey of Clairvaux.

--Tristan [Paul] Bernard (1866—1947)
French playwright, novelist, journalist, and lawyer.
_L'Enfant Prodigue du Vesinet_ [1921]

--William Bernbach (1911—1982)
American advertising executive and copywriter.

--Johann Bernhard Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlφwen (1806—1899)
Austrian statesman.

--Sarah Bernhardt (1844—1923)
French actress.
_Memories Of My Life_ [1907]

--Burton Bernstein Staff writer for "The New Yorker" [1957—1992].
_Thurber_ [1975]

--Leonard Bernstein (1918—1990)
American composer "West Side Story," and
conductor of the New York Philarmonic [1958—1969].

--Sid Bernstein (b. 1918)
American music promoter.

--Yogi Berra (b. 1925)
American baseball player and manager; elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Phil Pepe _The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra_ [1965]

--Mary Frances Berry (b. 1938)
American lawyer and administrator.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Brian Lanker _I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America_ [1989]

--Wendell Berry (b. 1934)
American poet, novelist, essayist, philosopher and farmer.

--John Berryman (1914—1972)
American poet.

--Pierre Berton (1920—2004)
Canadian writer.

--Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804—1869)
French critic and literary historian.

--Aneurin Bevan (1897—1960)
British Labour politician.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Michael Foot _Aneurin Bevan_ [1962]

--William Henry Beveridge (1879—1963)
British economist.

--Ernest Bevin (1881—1951)
British trade unionist and statesman.
Biographies and/or related books about:
Alan Bullock _Ernest Bevin_ [1983]

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--The Bhagavad Gita (c. 5th c BC. — 2nd c AD.)
Hindu sacred text.

--Benazir Bhutto (1953—2007)
Pakistani stateswoman.

--Bias (c. 6th cent. B.C.)
Greek politician of Priene; considered one of the Seven Sages of Greece.

--Elizabeth Bibesco (1897—1945)
English writer.

--Joe Biden (b. 1942)
American politician.

--Ambrose Bierce (1842—1914)
American newspaperman, wit, and satirist.
_The Cynic's Word Book_ [1906]
(Retitled in 1911 as _The Devil's Dictionary_.)
_The Devil's Dictionary_ [1911]
_The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce_ [1911]

--"The Big Sleep" [1942 movie]

--Theodore Bikel (b. 1924— )
Austrian-born actor and musician.

--Steve Biko (1946—1977)
South African anti-apartheid campaigner.

--James H. Billington (b. 1929)
American educator and the 13th Librarian of Congress.

--Josh Billings [Henry Wheeler Shaw] (1818—1885)
American humorist.
_Josh Billings: His Sayings_ [1865]
_Josh Billings' Wit and Humor_ [1874]
_Encyclopedia of Wit and Wisdom_ [1874]

--Osama bin Laden (b. 1957)
Terrorist founder of Al-Qaeda.

--Maeve Binchy (b. 1940)
Irish novelist.
_The Glass Lake_ [1994]

--Rudolf Bing (1902—1997)
Austrian-British manager of the Metropolitan Opera.

--Arthur Binstead (1861—1914)
British journalist.
_Pitcher's Proverbs_ [1909]

--Laurence Binyon (1869—1943)
English poet.

--Bion the Borysthenite (325?—255? B.C.)
Greek popular philosopher.

--Max Bircher [Maximilian Oskar Bircher] (1867—1939)
Swiss physician.

--Lord Birkett (1883—1962)
English barrister and judge.

--Jim Bishop
_Days of Summer Past_

--Morris Bishop (1893—1973)
American linguist and writer of light verse.

--Otto von Bismarck (1815—1898)
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia 1862—1890. He unified Germany
with a series of successful wars and became the first Chancellor 1871—1890
of the German Empire.

--Jacqueline Bisset (b. 1944)
British-born American actress.

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--Hugo La Fayette Black (1886—1971)
America lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the Supreme Court [1937—1971].

--Shirley Temple Black (b. 1928)
American child-actress and ambassador to the United Nations.

--Valentine Blacker (1778—1823)
Army officer in the East India Company.

--Ann Blackman
Correspondent for "Time" magazine.

--William Blackstone (1723—1780)
English jurist.
_Commentaries on the Laws of England_ [1765]

--Alexander Blackwell (1709—1749)
British adventurer.

--Tony Blair (b. 1953)
British Labour statesman, Prime Minister [1997-2007].

--Eubie Blake (1887—1983)
American ragtime pianist.

--James W. Blake (1862—1935)
American songwriter.
"The Sidewalks of New York" [1894 song]

--William Blake (1757—1827)
English poet.
_The Marriage of Heaven and Hell_ [c. 1790/93]
_Auguries of Innocence_ [c.1803]
_Jerusalem_ [1815]
_The Everlasting Gospel_ [c.1818]

--Mel Blanc (1908—1989)
American voice actor for cartoons.
_That's Not All, Folks!: My Life in the Golden Age of Cartoons & Radio_ [1988]

--Lloyd Blankfein (b. 1954)
American investment banker.

--Marguerite Blessington (1789—1849)
Irish novelist and poet.
_Desultory Thoughts and Reflections_ [1839]

--William Blezard (1921—2003)
English composer.

--Alan S. Blinder (b. 1945)
American economist.
_Hard Head, Soft Hearts: Tough-Minded Economics for a Just Society_ [1987]

--Karen Blixen (wrote as Isak Dinesen, Pierre Andrιzel) (1885—1962)
Danish writer.

--Lawrence Block (b. 1938)
American crime writer.

--Allan Bloom (1930—1992)
American writer and educator.
_The Closing of the American Mind_ [1987]

--Theresa Bloomingdale (1930—2000)
American humorist and author.

--Lιon Blum (1872—1950)
The first Socialist premier of France.

--Edmund Blunden (1896—1974)
English poet, critic, and scholar.

--Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840—1922)
English poet and publicist.
_My Diaries, 1888—1914_ [1921]

--Bert Blyleven (Rik Aalbert Blyleven) (b. 1951)
Major League baseball player.

--Ronald Blythe (b. 1922)
English writer.
_The View in Winter_ [1979]

--Enid Blyton (1897—1968)
British author of children's books.
_Claudine at St Clare's_ [1944]


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