List of people by name: Be

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• Beach, Amy[?], (1867-1944), composer
• Bean, Alan, (born 1932), Apollo 12 - 1969
• Bear, Greg, author
• Bearden, Romare, (1914-1988), painter
• Beardsley, Aubrey, (1872-1898), illustrator
• Béart, Emmanuelle, (born 1965), French actor
• Beatrice of Spain[?]
• Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, (born 1938)
• Beatty, Clyde[?], circus performer, hunter
• Beatty, David, (1871-1936), British
• Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester, (1875-1968)
• Beatty, Warren, (born 1937), film director
• Beaudoin, Gerald A.[?], Canadian senator
• Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de, (1732-1799), comedy playwright
• Beaumont, Francis[?], (1586-1616), poet
• Beauregard, P.G.T., (1818-1893), General
• Beausoleil[?], musician
• Beauvoir, Simone de, (1908-1986), 20th century author
• Beaux, Cecilia, painter
• Beaven, Robert[?], 1882-06-13 to 1883-01-29
• Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken, (1879-1964), UK politician & newspaper tycoon
• Bebeto[?], soccer player
• Bécaud, Gilbert[?], musician
• Beccaria, Giovanni Battista, (1716-1781)
• Bechdel, Alison, US cartoonist of Dykes to Watch Out For
• Becher, Ulrich[?], dramatist, author
• Bechet, Sidney, (1897-1959), jazz musician
• Bechtle, Robert[?], (born 1932), painter
• Beck, (born 1970), singer-songwriter, musician
• Beck, Aaron[?], psychologist
• Beck, C.C., (1910-1989), creator of the original Captain Marvel
• Becker, Jurek[?], dramatist, author
• Becker, Jürgen[?], dramatist, author
• Beck, Jeff, singer-songwriter, musician
• Beck, Joe[?], musician
• Beck, Kimberly, (born 1956), actor
• Beck, Ludwig, (1880-1944), General and member of the July Plot
• Beckenbauer, Franz, (born 1945), footballer
• Becker, Boris, (Germany)
• Becker, Donald, Linux Ethernet drivers, Beowulf clustering
• Becker, Gary, (born 1930), economist
• Becket, Thomas, (111x-1170), (St.) 1162
• Beckett, Gilbert Abbott a, (1811-1856), writer
• Beckett, Samuel, (possibly 1906-1989), Irish-born playwright
• Beckham, David, (born 1975), association football player
• Beckman, Joshua, poet
• Beckmann, Max, (1884-1950), painter
• Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo[?], (1836-1870), poet
• Becquerel, Antoine Henri, (1852-1908), French physicist
• Bédard, Myriam, (born 1969), Olympic Gold Medal
• Becue, Brigitte[?], swimmer
• Beddoes[?], (English writer in Germany)
• Bede, (c. 672-735 C.E.), scholastic philosopher, historian
• Bedford, David, (born 1937), composer
• Bedrich[?], (1172-1173), Bohemian aristocrat
• Beebe, Charles William, (1877-1962), biologist
• Beefheart, Captain, (born 1941), avant garde blues musician and painter
• Beer, Wilhelm[?], (1797-1850), astronomer
• Beernaert, Auguste[?], Nobel Peace Prize 1908
• Beery, Wallace, (1885-1949), actor
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, (baptizied 1770-1827), German-born composer
• Beg, Ulugh, (1394-1394), astronomer
• Beghe, Jason[?], actor
• Begin, Menachmen, (1913-1992), Israeli prime minister
• Begley, Donal[?], Chief Herald of Ireland, 1981-95
• Behaim, Martin, (1436-1507), cartographer
• Behan, Brendan[?], (1923-1964), playwright, novelist
• Behan, John, sculptor, Aosdána
• Behlendorf, Brian[?], Apache
• Behn, Aphra, (1640-1689), poet
• Behn, Ari, (born 1972), author
• Behring, Emil Adolf von, (1854-1917)
• Beiderbecke, Bix, (1903-1931), jazz trumpeter
• Beissel, Henry, (born 1929), Canadian writer
• Bekkos, John[?], patriarch of Constantinople
• Belafonte, Harry, (born 1927), singer
• Belasco, David[?], writer, producer, wandered New York dressed as the Bishop of Broadway
• Belasco, Lionel, (born 1881; died New York City, c. 1967), musician
• Belen, Ana[?], musician
• Belgrano, Manuel[?]
• Belisarius, General, (505-565), of the Byzantine Empire
• Belitt, Ben[?], poet
• Beliveau, Jean[?], ice hockey player
• Belkom, Edo Van[?], Canadian writer
• Bell, Alexander Graham, (1847-1922), Telephone, National Geographic, Hydrofoil
• Bell, Arthur William[?], (1929-1935), British bailiff
• Bell, Chris[?], musician
• Bell, Derek[?], harpist
• Bell, Eric Temple, (Scotland & USA, 1883-1960), mathematician
• Belli, Giuseppe Gioacchino[?], (Roman dialect)
• Bell, Jocelyn[?], astronomer
• Bell, Karen Nelson[?], producer, director and musician
• Bell, Madison Smartt, Waiting for the End of the World[?] (1985), and A Soldier's Joy[?] (1989) amongst others
• Bell, Marilyn, first person to swim Lake Ontario
• Bell, Marvin[?], poet
• Bello C., Emiliano[?], Chilean president
• Bell, Peter Hansbrough[?], (1849-1853), American Governor of Texas
• Bell, Steve, (born 1951), : contemporary British political cartoonist
• Bell, Vanessa, (1879-1961), painter
• Bell, William, Canadian musician, writer
• Bella, Ivan[?], astronaut
• Bellairs, John, (1938-1991), author
• Bellamy, Edward, Looking Backward, 2000-1887[?]
• Belli, Gioconda[?], (born 1948), poet
• Belli, Melvin[?], attorney, actor
• Bellingham, John[?], assassin
• Bellini, Gentile, (c.1429-1507), Italian painter
• Bellini, Giovanni, (c.1430-1516), Italian painter
• Bellini, Jacopo, (c.1400-1470), Italian painter
• Bellini, Vincenzo, (1801-1835), Italian composer
• Bellit, Francesco[?]
• Bellman, Carl Michael, (1740-1795), Swedish musician
• Belloc, Hilaire[?], poet
• Belloc, Hillaire[?], American novelist
• Bellocchio, Marco[?], film director
• Bellocq, Ernest J., (1873-1949), photographer
• Belloni, Allessandra[?], musician
• Bellotto, Bernardo[?], Polish painter
• Bellow, Saul, (born 1915), Henderson the Rain King
• Bellows, George Wesley[?], (1882-1925), American painter
• Belmondo, Jean-Paul, (born 1933), French actor
• Belson, Louie[?], musician
• Belushi, John, (1949-1982), comedian
• Bely, Andrey[?], (1880-1934), poet and author
• Belyayev, Pavel, astronaut
• Belyayev, Pavel Ivanovich[?], (1925-1970), cosmonaut
• Bemelmans, Ludwig[?], (1898-1962), painter
• Ben, Gottfried[?], German poet
• Ben Bella, Ahmed[?], Algerian pro-independence leader
• Ben-Gurion, David, (1886-1973), founder of Israel, Prime Minister of Israel (1948-1953 and 1955-1963)
• Benacerraf, Paul[?], philosopher
• Benatzky, Ralph[?], songwriter
• Benedict of Nursia, scholastic philosopher
• Benedict I, Pope, (pope 575-579)
• Benedict II, Pope, (pope 682-683)
• Benedict III, Pope, (pope 855-858)
• Benedict IV, Pope[?], (900-903)
• Benedict V, Pope, (pope 964-965)
• Benedict VI, Pope, (pope 972-974)
• Benedict VII, Pope, (pope 975-983)
• Benedict VIII, Pope, (pope 1012-1024)
• Benedict IX, Pope, (Theophylactus, c. 1012-maybe 1055 or 1065)
• Benedict X, Pope, (reigned 1058-1059; died c. 1073 or 1080)
• Benedict XI, Pope, (pope 1303-1304)
• Benedict XII, Pope, (pope 1334-1342)
• Benedict XIII, Pope, (pope 1724-1730)
• Benedict XIV, Pope, (1740-1758),
• Benedict XV, Pope, (1914-1922)
• Benedict, Ruth
• Benediktsson, Bjarni[?], (1963-1970), prime minister
• Benes, Edvard, (1884-1948), Czech president-in-exile
• Benet Rose, William[?], poet
• Benét, Stephen Vincent[?], poet
• Benford, Gregory, (born 1941), author
• Benigni, Roberto, (born 1952), Italian actor
• Bening, Annette[?], actor
• Benitez, Clara, matriarch of famous boxing family
• Benitez, John[?]
• Benitez, Lucecita singer
• Benitez, Wilfredo, (born 1958), world champion boxer
• Benjamin II of Alexandria[?], (1327-1339), Coptic Pope
• Benjamin I, Patriarch[?], patriarch of Constantinople
• Benjamin, Judah[?], (1811-1884), Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America
• Bennett, Henry Gordon[?], Major General of Australian Imperial Forces[?]
• Bennett, Richard Bedford, (1870-1947)
• Bennett, William Andrew Cecil[?], 1952-08-01 to 1972-09-15
• Bennett, William Richards[?], 1975-12-22 to 1986-08-06
• Benn, Gottfried, (1886-1956), dramatist, author
• Benn, Nigel, (born 1964), world champion boxer
• Benn, Tony, (1925-), British politician
• Bennett, Arnold, (1867-1931), English novelist
• Bennett, Donald[?], Air Vice-Marshal of RAF
• Bennett, Duster[?], musician
• Bennett, Gwendolyn B.[?], poet
• Bennett, Nigel[?], Canadian writer
• Bennett, Oli[?], (1972-2001), financial journalist, WTC attack victim
• Bennett, Tony, musician
• Bennett, W.A.C., (1900-1979), Canadian politician
• Bennett, William R., (born 1932), Canadian politician
• Benni, Stefano, (born 1947), is most popular work in English
• Bennit, Nigel[?], actor
• Benny, Jack, (1894-1974), actor, comedian
• Benso, Camillo, count of Cavour
• Benson, Edward White, (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Benson, Frank Weston[?], (1862-1951), American painter
• Benson, George, (born 1943), musician
• Bentham, Jeremy, (1748-1832), lawyer, eccentric, and philosopher
• Bentine, Michael, (1922-1996), (The Goon Show)
• Bentley, Edmund Clerihew, (1875-1956), author
• Benton, Brook[?], musician
• Benton, Robert[?], film director
• Benton, Thomas Hart[?], (1889-1975), painter
• Benz, Karl, automotive pioneer
• Beregovoi, Georgi, (1921-1995), astronaut
• Beregovoi, Georgi Timofeyevich[?], (1921-1995), cosmonaut
• Berezovoy, Anatoly[?], astronaut
• Berg, Alban, (1885,-1935), Austrian composer
• Berg, Carol[?], author
• Berg, Moe[?], American spy and baseball player
• Berge, Abraham[?], Norwegian Prime Minister
• Bergen, Edgar, (1903-1978), ventriloquist
• Berger, Wilhelm Peterson[?], Swedish musician
• Bergh, Henry, (1811-1888)
• Berghmans, Ingrid[?], judoka
• Bergier, Arnold Henry, sculptor
• Bergkamp, Dennis, (born 1969), athlete
• Bergman, Ingmar, (1918-), Swedish film director
• Bergman, Ingrid, (1915-1982), Swedish-born actress
• Bergomi, Giuseppe[?], athlete
• Bergonzoli, Annibale, Lieutenant-General at Bardia
• Bergson, Henri, (1859-1941), Nobel Prize Winner
• Beria, Larventy[?], chief of NKVD
• Beria, Lavrenty, (1899-1953), Leader of NKVD
• Bering, Vitus, (1680-1741)
• Berio, Luciano, (1925-2003), opera composer
• Berisha, Sali[?], (1992-1997), Albanian president
• Berkeley, Anthony[?], mystery writer (The Poisoned Chocolates Case)
• Berkeley, Busby[?], film director
• Berkeley, George, (1685-1753), philosopher
• Berkowitz, David[?], "Son of Sam[?]" serial killer
• Berlage, Henrik Petrus[?], architect
• Berle, Milton, (1908-2002), actor, comedian
• Berlin, Irving, (1888-1989), composer, songwriter, musician
• Berlin, Isaiah, (1909-1997), philosopher
• Berliner, Emile, (1851-1929) gramophone inventor
• Berlinguer, Enrico, (1922-1984)
• Berlinguer, Mario
• Berlioz, Hector, (1803-1869), French composer
• Berlusconi, Silvio, (born 1936)
• Bernadotte, Folke, (1895-1948), Swedish count
• Bernard of Chartres, scholastic philosopher
• Bernard of Clairvaux, (1090-1153), French scholastic philosopher
• Bernard, Carlos, actor
• Bernard Prince of Netherlands[?]
• Bernard, Emerik[?], (born 1927), painter.
• Bernard, Nejc[?], (born 1970), poet
• Bernardo, Paul, (born 1964)
• Bernard, Tristan, (1866-1947)
• Berners-Lee, Tim, inventor of the World Wide Web
• Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince
• Bernhard, Prince
• Bernhard, Sandra
• Bernhard, Thomas[?], dramatist, author
• Bernhardt, Sarah, (1844-1923), French actor
• Bernier, Sylvie[?], Canada's first gold medal in Olympic diving
• Bernik, Janez[?], (born 1933), painter and graphic artist.
• Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, (1598-1680), Italian architect, sculptor, painter
• Bernoulli, Daniel, (1700-1782), Switzerland (1700-1782)
• Bernoulli, Jakob, (1654-1705), Swiss mathematician
• Bernoulli, Johann[?], (1667-1748), Swiss mathematician
• Berns, Bert, songwriter
• Bernstein, Leonard, (1918-1990), American composer
• Bérout, Stephen[?], scholastic philosopher
• Berrigan, Bunny[?], musician
• Berrigan, Daniel[?], poet
• Berrigan, Philip, (1923-2002), anti-war activist
• Berrios, Angel O. mayor
• Berrios, Ruben, (born 1939), politician
• Berroa, Ignacio[?], musician
• Berry, Chu[?], musician
• Berry, Chuck, (born 1926), musician
• Berry, Halle, actor
• Berry, Richard[?], musician
• Berry, Sir Anthony, (1925-1984), British politician
• Berry, Wendell[?], poet
• Berryman, John[?], poet
• Berthelm[?], Archbishop of Canterbury
• Berthier, Pierre[?], : discovered the properties of Bauxite
• Berthlaume, Treffle, (1803-1884), sculptor
• Berthold, of Moosburg[?], scholastic philosopher
• Berthollet, Claude Louis, (1748-1822)
• Bertolucci, Bernardo, (born 1940), film director
• Berton, Pierre, (born 1920), popularizer of Canadian history, TV personality, columnist
• Bertram, Laura, actor
• Bertrand, Joseph Louis Francois[?], (1822-1900), mathematician
• Bertwald[?], (St.) 693
• Berwald, Frans[?], (1796-1868), composer
• Berwald, Franz[?], Swedish musician
• Berwick, Dennison, (born 1956), literary travel author now working in fiction
• Berzelius, Jöns Jacob, (1779-1848), chemist
• Besant, Annie, (1847-1933), British mystic
• Beskow, Elsa, (1874-1953), painter
• Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, (1784-1846), astronomer, mathematician
• Bessemer, Henry, (1813-1898), steel
• Bessette, Gerard, (born 1920), Quebecois author
• Besson, Luc, (born 1959), French film director
• Best, Charles, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
• Best, George[?], footballer
• Bester, Alfred, (1913-1987), US science fiction writer
• Betancourt, Ingrid, (born 1961), Colombian politician
• Betancourt, Rómulo[?], Venezuelan president
• Betanzos, Miguel
• Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von, (died 1917), Prussian Prime Minister
• Bethune, Norman, (1890-1939), battlefield surgeon
• Betjeman, John, (1906-1984), poet
• Bettauer, Hugo[?], novelist
• Bettencourt, Liliane[?], majority owner of L'Oreal, wealthiest person in France
• Beurling, George, (1921-1948), fighter ace
• Beuys, Joseph, (1921-1986), artist
• Bevan, Aneurin, (1897-1960), politician
• Bevc, Joze[?], (born 1925), film director.
• Bevilacqua, Alberto[?], novelist
• Bevin, Ernest[?], British politician
• Bevington, Helen[?], (Dr. Johnson's Waterfall)
• Bevk, Ivan[?], (1890-1970), author
• Bewick, Pauline[?], Aosdána
• Beyer, Henryka[?], Polish painter
• Bey, Tanburi Cemil[?], musician
• Bez[?], dancer for The Happy Mondays
• Beza, Theodore, (1519-1605), reformer in Geneva
• Bezier, Pierre, (1910-1999), mechanical