Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Emma Stone
Ethan Hawke
John Philip Sousa
Charles Dow
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
King Gustavus Adolphus
Heinrich Schütz
All Personalities (1084 listed)
Bangalore Nagarathnamma
Carnatic Vocalist, Cultural Activist & Builder of Saint Tyagaraja Samadhi Memorial
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States & Nobel Laureate
Barbara Bel Geddes
Emmy & Golden Globe-Winning Actress (Miss Ellie in Dallas & Hitchcock's Vertigo)
Barry Keoghan
BAFTA Award-Winning & Academy Award-Nominated Irish Actor, Acclaimed for The Banshees of Inisherin, Saltburn, and The Batman
Baruj Benacerraf
Immunologist & Nobel Prize Laureate
BD Wong
Tony Award-Winning American Actor, Film Star & Groundbreaking Asian-American Pioneer
Beatrice Faumuina
World Champion Discus Thrower (1997), Two-Time Commonwealth Gold Medalist & ONZM
Begum Rokeya
Pioneer Feminist, Writer & Social Reformer
Ben Bradlee
Legendary Executive Editor of The Washington Post, Watergate Champion & Presidential Medal of Freedom Laureate
Ben Foster
Actor & Dramatic Method Artist
Bengali-Fodé Koita
Guinean International Footballer, Africa Cup of Nations Striker & Ligue 1 / Süper Lig Star
Benjamin Banneker
African-American Polymath, Astronomer, Almanac Author & Surveyor of Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Netanyahu
9th Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present) & Sayeret Matkal Captain
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court & Author of the Historic Dred Scott Dissent
Benvenuto Cellini
Italian Renaissance Master Sculptor, Goldsmith & Autobiographer
Bernard Tomic
Australian Professional Tennis Player, Four-Time ATP Tour Champion & Wimbledon Quarterfinalist