List of people by name: Be

Table of contents

1 Bea 2 Beb 3 Bec 4 Bed - Bek 5 Bel 5.1 Bela - Belk 5.2 Bell 5.3 Belm - Belz 6 Bem - Ben 6.4 Bena - Benm 6.5 Benn 6.6 Beno - Benz 7 Beo - Beq 8 Ber 8.7 Bera - Berf 8.8 Berg 8.9 Berh - Berm 8.10 Bern 8.11 Bero - Berq 8.12 Berr 8.13 Bers - Berz 9 Bes - Bez

Bea

• Beach, Amy, (1867-1944), composer
• Beach, Sylvia, (born 1887), publisher
• Beagle, Peter S, (born 1939), US fantasy author
• Beals, Jennifer (born 1963) US actress
• Beamon, Bob, (born 1946), athlete
• Bean, Alan, (born 1932), astronaut
• Bear, Greg, (born 1951), US science fiction author
• Beard, Charles A, (born 1874), historian
• Beard, James, (1903-1985), chef, cookbook writer
• Beard, Stephanie, Canadian radio and television personality, voice actress
• Beard, Stymie, (1925-1981), actor
• Beard, Thomas, (born 1962), musician, composer
• Bearden, Milton, US spy, author
• Bearden, Romare, (1914-1988), painter
• Beardsley, Aubrey, (1872-1898), illustrator
• Béart, Emmanuelle, (born 1965), French actor
• Beatrice, Princess of Portugal, (1372-1410), heiress to the throne and wife of John I of Castile
• Beatrice of Spain
• Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, (born 1938)
• Beattie, Ann, (born 1947), writer
• Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, (1875-1968)
• Beatty, Clyde, (1903-1965), circus performer, hunter
• Beatty, David, (1871-1936), British
• Beatty, Ned, (born 1937), actor
• Beatty, Warren, (born 1937), US film director
• Beauchamp-Proctor, Andrew, (1894-1921), fighter pilot
• Beaudoin, Gerald A, Canadian senator
• Beaufort, John, 1st Earl of Somerset
• Beaufort, Margaret, (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII of England
• Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de, (1732-1799), comedy playwright
• Beaumier, Colleen, Canadian politican
• Beaumont, Charles, (died 1967), writer
• Beaumont, Francis, (1586-1616), poet
• Beauregard, Alcide, SOE agent, WW II hero
• Beauregard, P.G.T, (1818-1893), general
• Beausoleil, musician
• Beauvoir, Simone de, (1908-1986), French author
• Beaux, Cecilia, painter
• Beaven, Robert
• Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken, Lord, (1879-1964), UK politician & newspaper tycoon

Beb

• Bebel, August, (1840-1913), politician
• Bebeto, soccer player

Bec

• Bécaud, Gilbert, (died 2001), musician
• Beccaria, Giovanni Battista, (1716-1781)
• Bechdel, Alison, US cartoonist
• Becher, Ulrich, dramatist, author
• Bechet, Sidney, (1897-1959), jazz musician
• Bechstein, Carl, (1826-1900), piano manufacturer
• Bechstein, Ludwig, (1801-1860), narrator and poet
• Bechtle, Robert, (born 1932), painter

• Beck
  • Beck, (born 1970), singer-songwriter, musician
  • Beck, Aaron, psychologist
  • Beck, Beatrix, (born 1914), writer
  • Beck, C.C, (1910-1989), creator of the original Captain Marvel
  • Beck, Dave, (flourished mid-20th century) union leader
  • Beck, Jeff, (born 1944), 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, (born 1967), (Germany)
• Becker, Donald, Linux programmer
• Becker, Gary, (born 1930), economist
• Becker, Jurek, dramatist, author
• Becker, Jürgen, dramatist, author
• Becket, Thomas
• Beckett, Arthur William a, (died 1909), British journalist
• Beckett, Gilbert Abbott a, (1811-1856), writer
• Beckett, Gilbert Arthur a, (died 1891), British writer
• Beckett, Margaret
• Beckett, Samuel, (1906-1989), Irish-born playwright
• Beckham, Brice, (born 1976), actor.
• Beckham, David, (born 1975), association football player
• Beckinsale, Kate, (born 1973), actress
• Beckman, Joshua, poet
• Beckmann, Max, (1884-1950), painter
• Beckwith, Alan, (born 1952)

• Becquer, Gustavo Adolfo, (1836-1870), poet
• Becquerel, Antoine Henri, (1852-1908), French physicist
• Becue, Brigitte, swimmer

Bed - Bek

• Bédard, Myriam, (born 1969), Olympic Gold Medal
• Beddoes, English writer in Germany
• Bede, (c. 672-735 C.E.), scholastic philosopher, historian
• Bedford, David, (born 1937), composer
• Bedi, Kabir, (born 1946), actor
• Bedrich, (1172-1173), Bohemian aristocrat

• Beebe, Charles William, (1877-1962), biologist
• Beefheart, Captain, (born 1941), avant garde blues musician and painter
• Beekman, Yolande, (1911-1944), SOE agent, WW II heroine
• Beerbohm, Max, (1873-1956), theater critic
• Beer, Wilhelm, (1797-1850), astronomer
• Beernaert, Auguste, Nobel Peace Prize 1908
• Beery, Noah, (died 1946), actor
• Beery, Wallace, (1885-1949), actor
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, (baptized 1770-1827), German-born composer

• Beg, Ulugh, (1394-1394), astronomer
• Beghal, Djamel, alleged Al-Qaida terrorist
• Beghe, Jason, actor
• Begin, Menachmen, (1913-1992), Israeli prime minister
• Begley, Donal, Chief Herald of Ireland, 1981-95
• Begley, Ed, Jr, (born 1949), actor
• Bégué, Georges, (1911-1993), SOE agent, WW II hero

• Behaim, Martin, (1436-1507), cartographer
• Behan, Brendan, (1923-1964), playwright, novelist
• Behan, John, sculptor, Aosdána
• Beheim-Schwarzenbach, Martin, (1900-1985), narrator, lyricist and essayist
• Behlendorf, Brian, Apache
• Behn, Aphra, (1640-1689), poet
• Behn, Ari, (born 1972), author
• Behring, Emil Adolf von, (1854-1917), winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901
• Behr, Jason, (born 1973), actor

• Beiderbecke, Bix, (1903-1931), jazz trumpeter
• Beinhorn, Elly, (born 1907), pilot
• Beissel, Henry, (born 1929), Canadian writer

• Bekkos, John, patriarch of Constantinople

Bel

Bela - Belk

• Belafonte, Harry, (born 1927), US singer
• Belafonte, Shari, (born 1954), US actor and singer
• Belasco, David, (died 1931), writer, producer
• Belasco, Lionel, (1881-1967), musician
• Belen, Ana, musician
• Belgrano, Manuel
• Belisarius, (505-565), Roman general
• Belitt, Ben, poet
• Beliveau, Jean, ice hockey player
• Belkom, Edo Van, Canadian writer

Bell

• Bell
  • Bell, Alexander Graham, (1847-1922), inventor
  • Bell, Arthur William, (1929-1935), British bailiff
  • Bell, Chris, musician
  • Bell, Derek, harpist
  • Bell, Eric Temple, (1883-1960), mathematician
  • Bell, Gertrude, (1868-1926), archaeologist, writer, spy
  • Bell, Gordon, (born 1934), computer engineer
  • Bell, Jamie, (born 1986), actor
  • 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, Mary, British woman who killed two children at ages 10 and 11
  • Bell, Marvin, poet
  • Bell, Peter Hansbrough, (1849-1853), American Governor of Texas
  • Bell, Robert, (born 1950), bassist, singer
  • 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, Ralph (1904-1991), actor
• Bellamy, Edward, US author
• Beller, Kathleen, (born 1956), actress
• Belli, Giuseppe Gioacchino, (Roman dialect)
• Belli, Gioconda, (born 1948), poet
• Belli, Melvin, (1907-1996), 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
• Bellisario, Donald P, (born 1936), US television producer
• Bellit, Francesco
• Bellman, Carl Michael, (1740-1795), Swedish musician
• Bello C., Emiliano, Chilean president
• Bello, Frank, (born 1965), bassist in the Anthrax rock band
• Belloc, Hilaire, poet
• Bellocchio, Marco, film director
• Bellocq, Ernest J, (1873-1949), photographer
• Belloni, Allessandra, musician
• Bellotto, Bernardo, Polish painter
• Bellow, Saul, (born 1915), writer
• Bellows, George Wesley, (1882-1925), American painter

Belm - Belz

• Belmondo, Jean-Paul, (born 1933), French actor
• Belson, Louie, musician
• Belushi, Jim, (born 1954), US actor
• Belushi, John, (1949-1982), US comedian
• Bely, Andrey, (1880-1934), poet and author
• Belyayev, Pavel Ivanovich, (1925-1970), cosmonaut
• Belzer, Richard, (born 1944), actor, comedian

Bem - Ben

• Bembo, Pietro, (1470-1547), Italian cardinal
• Bemelmans, Ludwig, (1898-1962), painter

Bena - Benm

• Benaderet, Bea, (died 1968), actress
• Benante, Charlie, (born 1962), musician
• Benatar, Pat (born 1953), US singer
• Benaud, Richie, (born 1930), Australian cricket player
• Ben, Gottfried, German poet
• Ben Bella, Ahmed, Algerian pro-independence leader
• Ben-Gurion, David, (1886-1973), founder and prime minister of Israel
• Benacerraf, Paul, philosopher
• Benatzky, Ralph, (1884-1957), songwriter
• Bench, Johnny, (born 1947), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Benchley, Robert, (1889-1945), writer, actor
• Bendix, William, (1906-1964), actor
• Benedict
  • Benedict of Nursia, scholastic philosopher
  • Benedict, Julius, (born 1804), composer
  • Benedict of Aniane, (died 821), monastic founder and saint
  • 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), (possibly poisoned)
  • 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
• Beneke, Tex, (1914-2000), bandleader, singer, saxophone player
• Benes, Edvard, (1884-1948), Czech president-in-exile
• Benet, Eric, (born 1970), singer
• Benet Rose, William, poet
• Benét, Stephen Vincent, (1898-1943), poet
• Benford, Gregory, (born 1941), US science fiction author
• Benhadugah, Abdelhamid, (born 1925), novelist
• Benigni, Roberto, (born 1952), Italian actor
• Bening, Annette, (born 1958), US 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
• Benjamin, Richard, (born 1938), actor
• Benjamin, Walter, (1892-1940), literary critic and writer

Benn

• Benn, Gottfried, (1886-1956), dramatist, author
• Benn, Nigel, (born 1964), world champion boxer
• Benn, Tony, (1925-), British politician
• Bennett
  • Bennett, Arnold, (1867-1931), English novelist
  • Bennett, Bruce, (born 1909), actor
  • Bennett, Constance, (1904-1965), actress
  • Bennett, Donald, Air Vice-Marshal of RAF
  • Bennett, Duster, musician
  • Bennett, Gwendolyn B, poet
  • Bennett, Henry Gordon, Major General of Australian Imperial Forces
  • Bennett, James Gordon, Jr, (1841-1918), publisher
  • Bennett, Joan, (1910-1990), actress
  • Bennett, Nigel, Canadian writer
  • Bennett, Oli, (1972-2001), financial journalist, WTC attack victim
  • Bennett, Richard Bedford, (1870-1947), eleventh Prime Minister of Canada
  • Bennett, Tony, (born 1926), musician
  • Bennett, W.A.C, (1900-1979), Canadian politician
  • Bennett, William, (born 1943), former US Secretary of Education and "drug czar"
  • Bennett, William Andrew Cecil, (1952-1972)
  • Bennett, William R, (born 1932), Canadian politician
  • Bennett, William Richards, (1975-1986)
• Benni, Stefano, (born 1947)
• Bennington, Chester, (born 1976), musician
• Bennit, Nigel, actor
• Benny, Jack, (1894-1974), actor, comedian

Beno - Benz

• Benoist, Robert, (1895-1944), race car driver, war hero
• Beňovský, Móric (1746-1786), Slovak explorer, soldier, writer, king of Madagascar
• Bense, Max, (1910-1990), philosopher
• 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
• Bent, Charles, (died 1847), New Mexico pioneer
• Bentham, Jeremy, (1748-1832), lawyer, eccentric, and philosopher
• Bentine, Michael, (1922-1996)
• Bentley, Edmund Clerihew, (1875-1956), author
• Bentley, Robert, (died 1958), humorist, actor
• Benton, Bernard, world boxing champion
• Benton, Brook, (1931-1988), musician
• Benton, George, former boxer, noted boxing trainer
• Benton, Robert, film director
• Benton, Thomas Hart, (1889-1975), painter
• Benvenuti, Nino, (born 1938), world boxing champion
• Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer, (born 1858), responsible for revival of Hebrew language
• Benzinger, Todd, (born 1963), US baseball player
• Benz, Karl, (1844-1929), automotive pioneer

Beo - Beq

Ber

Bera - Berf

• Bercovici, Leonardo, (died 1995), writer, director
• Berdarin, Alain, (died 1994), founder/owner of "Le Crazy Horse Saloon"
• Beregovoi, Georgi, (1921-1995), astronaut
• Beregovoi, Georgi Timofeyevich, (1921-1995), cosmonaut
• Bérégovoy, Pierre, (died 1993), Prime Minister of France
• Berenger, Tom, (born 1949), US actor
• Berenguela of Castile, (1180-1246), Castilian monarch
• Beresford, Bruce, (born 1940), film director
• Berezhnaya, Elena, (born 1977), figure skating star
• Berezovoy, Anatoly, astronaut

Berg

• Berg
  • Berg, Alan, (died 1984), radio talk show host
  • Berg, Alban, (1885,-1935), Austrian composer
  • Berg, Carol, author
  • Berg, Dave, (1920-2002), cartoonist for Mad magazine
  • Berg, Gertrude, (1899-1966), actress
  • Berg, Maimu, Estonian writer and politician
  • Berg, Moe, US spy and baseball player
• Berge, Abraham, Norwegian Prime Minister
• Bergen, Candice, (born 1946), actress
• Bergen, Edgar, (1903-1978), US ventriloquist
• Berger, Helmut, (born 1944), actor
• Berger, Peter, (born 1925), British Vice-Admiral
• Berger, Senta, (born 1941), actress
• Berger, Wilhelm Peterson, Swedish musician
• Bergh, Henry, (1811-1888), founder of SPCA
• Berghaus, Ruth, (1927-1996), choreographer, film director
• 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
• Bergner, Elisabeth, (died 1986), actress
• Bergomi, Giuseppe, athlete
• Bergonzoli, Annibale, Lieutenant-General at Bardia
• Bergson, Henri, (1859-1941), Nobel Prize Winner

Berh - Berm

• Beria, Lavrenty, (1899-1953), Soviet leader of NKVD
• Bering, Vitus, (1680-1741)
• Berio, Luciano, (1925-2003), opera composer
• Berisha, Sali, (1992-1997), Albanian president

• Berkeley, Anthony, mystery writer
• Berkeley, Busby, (1895-1976), film director
• Berkeley, George, (1685-1753), philosopher
• Berkowitz, David, "Son of Sam", US serial killer

• Berlage, Henrik Petrus, architect
• Berle, Milton, (1908-2002), US actor, comedian
• Berliner, Emil, (1851-1929), telephone and recording pioneer
• Berlin, Irving, (1888-1989), composer, songwriter, musician
• Berlin, Isaiah, (1909-1997), philosopher
• Berliner, Emile, (1851-1929) gramophone inventor
• Berlinguer, Enrico, (1922-1984), politician
• Berlinguer, Mario
• Berlioz, Hector, (1803-1869), French composer
• Berlusconi, Silvio, (born 1936)

• Bermudo I of Asturias, Asturian monarch

Bern

• Bernadotte, Folke, (1895-1948), Swedish count and diplomat
• Bernall, Cassie, victim of the Columbine massacre
• Bernard
  • 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, Francis, (1712-1779), colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts
  • Bernard, Nejc, (born 1970), poet
  • Bernard, Sue, (born 1948), Playboy playmate
  • Bernard, Tristan, (1866-1947), writer
• Bernardi, Herschel, (1923-1986), actor
• Bernardo, Paul, (born 1964)
• Bernays, Jakob, (died 1881), philologist
• Berne, Eric, (1910-70), US psychiatrist, founder of Transactional Analysis
• Berners-Lee, Tim, inventor of the World Wide Web
• Bernhard
  • Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince
  • Bernhard, Prince
  • Bernhard, Sandra
  • Bernhard, Thomas, (1931-1989), 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
• Bernoulli, Jakob, (1654-1705), Swiss mathematician
• Bernoulli, Johann, (1667-1748), Swiss mathematician
• Bernoulli, Johann, III, (born 1744), Swiss mathematician
• Berns, Bert, songwriter
• Bernsen, Corbin, (born 1954), US actor
• Bernstein, Elmer, (born 1922), composer
• Bernstein, Leonard, (1918-1990), US composer

Bero - Berq

• Bérout, Stephen, scholastic philosopher

Berr

• Berra, Yogi, (born 1925), US baseball player
• 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
• Berruguete, Alonso, (1480-1561)
• Berry
  • Berry, Chu, musician
  • Berry, Chuck, (born 1926), US musician
  • Berry, Fred, (1951-2003), US actor
  • Berry, Halle, (born 1966), US actor
  • Berry, Ken, (born 1933), actor
  • Berry, Richard, musician
  • Berry, Sir Anthony, (1925-1984), British politician
  • Berry, Wendell, poet
• Berryman, John, poet

Bers - Berz

• Berthelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Berthier, Pierre, chemist
• 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
• Berwanger, Jay, (1914-2002), US football star, winner of the first Heisman Trophy
• Berwick, Dennison, (born 1956), literary travel author now working in fiction
• Berzelius, Jöns Jacob, (1779-1848), chemist

Bes - Bez

• Besant, Annie, (1847-1933), British mystic
• Besemer, Jen, (born 1970), surrealist poet and painter
• Beskow, Elsa, (1874-1953), painter
• Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm, (1784-1846), astronomer, mathematician
• Bessemer, Henry, (1813-1898), investor of Bessemer steel
• Besser, Joe, (1907-1988), US actor, member of the Three Stooges
• Bessette, Gerard, (born 1920), Quebecois author
• Besson, Luc, (born 1959), French film director
• Best, Charles, (1899-1978), medical scientist, co-discovered insulin
• Best, George, (born 1946), footballer
• Bester, Alfred, (1913-1987), US science fiction writer
• Best, Pete, (born 1941), drummer

• Betancourt, Ingrid, (born 1961), Colombian politician
• Betancourt, Rómulo, Venezuelan president
• Betanzos, Miguel
• Bethge, Hans, (born 1876), writer
• Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald von, (died 1917), Prussian Prime Minister
• Bethune, Norman, (1890-1939), battlefield surgeon
• Betjeman, John, (1906-1984), poet
• Bettauer, Hugo, novelist
• Bettelheim, Bruno, (1903-1990), child psychologist, psychiatrist
• Bettencourt, Liliane, majority owner of L'Oreal, wealthiest person in France
• Bettenhausen, Gary, (born 1941), race car driver
• Bettenhausen, Tony, (1916-1961), race car driver
• Betts, Dickie, (born 1943), musician (The Allman Brothers)

• 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
• Bevk, Ivan, (1890-1970), author

• Bewick, Pauline, Aosdána

Bey

• Beyer, Charles Frederick (1813-1876), locomotive engineer[1]
• Beyer, Henryka, Polish painter
• Bey, Tanburi Cemil, musician

• Bez, dancer
• Beza, Theodore, (1519-1605), reformer in Geneva
• Bezier, Pierre, (1910-1999), mechanical engineer

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