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- Aristotle
one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers - Arius
a Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336) - Arminius, Armin, Hermann
German hero - Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon
Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609) - Armstrong, Louis Armstrong, Satchmo
United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971) - Armstrong, Neil Armstrong
United States astronaut - Arnold, Benedict Arnold
United States general and traitor in the American Revolution - Arnold, Matthew Arnold
English poet and literary critic (1822-1888) - Arnold of Brescia
Italian theologian who censured the worldly possessions of monks and the temporal power of bishops and was condemned for dogmatic errors by the Second Lateran Council (early 12th century) - Arp, Jean Arp, Hans Arp
Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich - Arrhenius, Svante August Arrhenius
Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (1859-1927) - Artaxerxes I, Artaxerxes
king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC) - Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes II
king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC) - Arthur, King Arthur
a legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure) - Arthur, Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, President Arthur
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886) - Asanga
Indian religious leader and founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in India (4th century) - Asch, Sholem Asch, Shalom Asch, Sholom Asch
United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957) - Ashe, Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe
United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993) - Ashton, Sir Frederick Ashton
British choreographer (1906-1988) - Ashurbanipal, Assurbanipal, Asurbanipal
king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC) - Asimov, Isaac Asimov
United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992) - Astaire, Fred Astaire
United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987) - Astor, John Jacob Astor
United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848) - Astor, Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor
British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964) - Ataturk, Kemal Ataturk, Kemal Pasha, Mustafa Kemal
Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938) - Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great
(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism - Athelstan
the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939) - Attila, Attila the Hun, Scourge of God, Scourge of the Gods
king of the Huns - Attlee, Clement Attlee, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee
British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967) - Auchincloss, Louis Auchincloss, Louis Stanton Auchincloss
United States writer (born in 1917) - Auden, W. H. Auden, Wystan Hugh Auden
United States poet (born in England) (1907-1973) - Audubon, John James Audubon
United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851) - St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, Augustine, Augustine of Hippo
(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church - Augustus, Gaius Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian
Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC - Austen, Jane Austen
English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817) - Averroes, ibn-Roshd, Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd
Arabian philosopher born in Spain - Avicenna, ibn-Sina, Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina
Arabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher - Avogadro, Amedeo Avogadro
Italian physicist noted for his work on gases - Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach
German baroque organist and contrapuntist - Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans
English statesman and philosopher - Bacon, Roger Bacon
English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation - Baedeker, Karl Baedeker
German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859) - Bailey, Nathan Bailey, Nathaniel Bailey
English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently - Bailey, Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey
United States singer (1918-1990) - Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
Russian anarchist - Balanchine, George Balanchine
United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983) - Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519) - Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
English statesman - Baldwin, James Baldwin, James Arthur Baldwin
United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987) - Balenciaga, Cristobal Balenciaga
Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972) - Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
English statesman - Ball, Lucille Ball
United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) - Balthazar, Balthasar
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus - Balzac, Honore Balzac, Honore de Balzac
French novelist - Bankhead, Tallulah Bankhead
uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968) - Banks, Sir Joseph Banks
English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) - Bannister, Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) - Banting, F. G. Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Banting
Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) - Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones
United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934) - Barany, Robert Barany
Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936) - Barbarossa, Khayr ad-Din
Barbary pirate (died in 1546) - Barber, Samuel Barber
United States composer (1910-1981) - Bardeen, John Bardeen
United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991) - Barkley, Alben Barkley, Alben William Barkley
United States politician and lawyer - Barnum, P. T. Barnum, Phineas Taylor Barnum
United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891) - Barrie, James Barrie, J. M. Barrie, James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie
Scottish dramatist and novelist - Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe
United States actor - Barrymore, Georgiana Barrymore, Georgiana Emma Barrymore
United States actress - Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore
United States actor - Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore
United States actress - Barrymore, John Barrymore
United States actor - Barth, John Barth, John Simmons Barth
United States novelist (born in 1930) - Barth, Karl Barth
Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968) - Barthelme, Donald Barthelme
United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989) - Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor - Bartholin, Caspar Bartholin
Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629) - Bartlett, John Bartlett
United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905) - Bartlett, Robert Bartlett, Robert Abram Bartlett, Captain Bob
United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946) - Bartok, Bela Bartok
Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music - Baruch
a disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah - Baruch, Bernard Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch
economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965) - Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948) - Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great
(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century - Bathsheba
(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David - Baudelaire, Charles Baudelaire, Charles Pierre Baudelaire
a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867) - Baum, Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Brown
United States writer of children's books (1856-1919) - Bayard, Seigneur de Bayard, Chevalier de Bayard, Pierre Terrail, Pierre de Terrail
French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524) - Bayes, Thomas Bayes
English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) - Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle
United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989) - Beaumont, Francis Beaumont
English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616) - Beaumont, William Beaumont
United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853) - Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir
French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986) - Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken
British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada) - Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 - Beckett, Samuel Beckett
a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France - Becquerel, Henri Becquerel, Antoine Henri Becquerel
French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908) - Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede
(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) - Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher
United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887) - Beerbohm, Max Beerbohm, Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm
English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956) - Beethoven, van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music) - Begin, Menachem Begin
Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) - Behrens, Peter Behrens
German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory buildings (1868-1940) - Belisarius
Byzantine general under Justinian I - Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922) - Bell, Vanessa Bell, Vanessa Stephen
English painter - Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905) - Bellarmine, Bellarmino, Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine
Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) - Bellini, Vincenzo Bellini
Italian composer of operas (1801-1835) - Belloc, Hilaire Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Peter Belloc
English author (born in France) remembered especially for his verse for children (1870-1953) - Bellow, Saul Bellow, Solomon Bellow
United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005) - Belshazzar
(Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II - Benchley, Robert Benchley, Robert Charles Benchley
United States humorist (1889-1945) - Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict
Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547) - Benedict XIV, Prospero Lambertini
pope who was a patron of the arts and who denounced the cruelty to the indigenous peoples of South America (1675-1758) - Benedict XV, Giacomo della Chiesa
pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922) - Benedict, Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton
United States anthropologist (1887-1948) - Benet, William Rose Benet
United States writer - Benet, Stephen Vincent Benet
United States poet - Ben Gurion, David Ben Gurion, David Grun
Israeli statesman (born in Poland) and active Zionist who organized resistance against the British after World War II - Benjamin
(Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel - Bennett, Floyd Bennett
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928) - Benny, Jack Benny, Benjamin Kubelsky
United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974) - Bentham, Jeremy Bentham
English philosopher and jurist - Benton, Thomas Hart Benton, Old Bullion
United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858) - Benton, Thomas Hart Benton
United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975) - Berg, Alban Berg
Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935) - Bergman, Ingmar Bergman
Swedish film director who used heavy symbolism and explored the psychology of the characters (born 1918) - Bergman, Ingrid Bergman
Swedish film actress (1915-1982) - Bergson, Henri Bergson, Henri Louis Bergson
French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941) - Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin - Bering, Vitus Bering, Behring, Vitus Behring
Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741) - Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753) - Berlage, Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934) - Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline
United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989) - Berlioz, Hector Berlioz, Louis-Hector Berlioz
French composer of romantic works (1803-1869) - Bernard, Claude Bernard
French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878) - Bernhardt, Sarah Bernhardt, Henriette Rosine Bernard
French actress (1844-1923) - Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy - Bernoulli, Jakob Bernoulli, Jacques Bernoulli, James Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician (1654-1705) - Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli, Jean Bernoulli, John Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician (1667-1748) - Bernoulli, Daniel Bernoulli
Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics (1700-1782) - Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein
United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) - Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra
United States baseball player (born 1925) - Berry, Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry
United States rock singer (born in 1931) - Bertillon, Alphonse Bertillon
French criminologist (1853-1914) - Bertolucci, Bernardo Bertolucci
Italian filmmaker (born in 1940) - Berzelius, Jons Jakob Berzelius
Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848) - Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846) - Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer
British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898) - Best, C. H. Best, Charles Herbert Best
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978) - Bethe, Hans Bethe, Hans Albrecht Bethe
United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005) - Bethune, Mary McLeod Bethune
United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955) - Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge, First Baron Beveridge
British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963) - Bevin, Ernest Bevin
British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951) - Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914) - Binet, Alfred Binet
French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911) - bin Laden, Osama bin Laden, Usama bin Laden
Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957) - Bismarck, von Bismarck, Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto von Bismarck, Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Iron Chancellor
German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) - Bizet, Georges Bizet
French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875) - Black, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple
popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) - Black, Joseph Black
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) - Black Hawk, Makataimeshekiakiak
Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838) - Blair, Tony Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) - Blake, William Blake
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827) - Bleriot, Louis Bleriot
French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936) - Bligh, William Bligh, Captain Bligh
British admiral - Blitzstein, Marc Blitzstein
United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964) - Bloch, Ernest Bloch
United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959) - Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok
Russian poet (1880-1921) - Bloomfield, Leonard Bloomfield
United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949) - Boccaccio, Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375) - Bodoni, Gianbattista Bodoni
Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813) - Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen
German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy - Boell, Heinrich Boell, Heinrich Theodor Boell
German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985) - Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
a Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason - Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart
United States film actor (1899-1957) - Bohr, Niels Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr
Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations - Boleyn, Anne Boleyn
the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I - El Libertador, Bolivar, Simon Bolivar
Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule - Boltzmann, Ludwig Boltzmann
Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of gases (1844-1906) - Bond, Julian Bond
United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940) - Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world - Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle of Germany
(Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith - Boniface VIII, Benedetto Caetani
pope who declared that Catholic princes are subject to the pope in temporal as well as in theological matters (1235-1303) - Bonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid
United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881) - Bontemps, Arna Wendell Bontemps
United States writer (1902-1973) - Boole, George Boole
English mathematician - Boone, Daniel Boone
an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820) - Booth, John Wilkes Booth
United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) - Borges, Jorge Borges, Jorge Luis Borges
Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986) - Borgia, Cesare Borgia
Italian cardinal and military leader - Borgia, Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519) - Born, Max Born
British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970) - Borodin, Aleksandr Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin
Russian composer (1833-1887) - Bosch, Hieronymus Bosch, Jerom Bos
Dutch painter (1450-1516) - Bose, Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose
Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles - Boswell, James Boswell
Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795) - Botticelli, Sandro Botticelli, Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi
Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510) - Bougainville, Louis Antoine de Bougainville
French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811) - Boulez, Pierre Boulez
French composer of serial music (born in 1925)