Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
T. C. Boyle
Author Born Thomas John Boyle, December 2, 1948, in Peekskill, NY; son of a janitor/bus driver and secretary; married Karen Kvashay, 1974; children: Kerrie, Milo, Spencer. ...
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator and author Born Sandra K. Boynton, April 3, 1953, in Orange, NJ; married Jamie McEwan (an author); children: Caitlin, Keith, Devin, Darcy. Education: ...
Francois Bozize
President of the Central African Republic Born in 1946 in Gabon; children: Francois, Jr. Education: Attended a college for military officers in Bouar in th...
Ray Bradbury
Born: August 22, 1920 Waukegan, Illinois American writer, editor, poet, screenwriter, and dramatist Ray Bradbury was among the first authors to combine...
Ed Bradley
Born: June 22, 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania African American television and radio journalist Award-winning American journalist Ed Bradley remains be...
Tom Brady
August 3, 1977 • San Mateo, California Football player By the mid-2000s Tom Brady was the undisputed king of the gridiron. In ...
Mathew Brady
Born: c. 1823 Warren County, New York Died: January 15, 1896 New York, New York American photographer The American ph...
Zach Braff
Actor, screenwriter, and director Born April 6, 1975; son of Hal (an attorney) and Anne Braff (a therapist). Education: Northwestern University, B.A....
Johannes Brahms
Born: May 7, 1833 Hamburg, Germany Died: April 3, 1897 Vienna, Austria German composer, pianist, and conductor The Ge...
Louis Braille
Born: January 4, 1809 Coupvray, France Died: January 6, 1852 Paris, France French teacher and advocate for the blind ...
Louis Brandeis
Born: November 13, 1856 Louisville, Kentucky Died: October 5, 1941 Washington, D.C. American Supreme Court justice Lo...
Marlon Brando
Born: April 3, 1924 Omaha, Nebraska American actor American actor Marlon Brando has fascinated the public with his intense onscreen presence. His...
Marlon Brando
Born Marlon Brando, Jr., April 3, 1924, in Omaha, NE; died of lung failure, July 1, 2004, in Los Angeles, CA. Actor. In the post World War II world of cinema, no one stood out like Marlon ...
Wernher von Braun
Born: March 23, 1912 Wirsitz, Germany Died: June 16, 1977 Alexandria, Virginia German-born American scientist The Ger...
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Born February 4, 1902, in Mexico City, Mexico; died of natural causes, October 19, 2002, in Mexico City, Mexico. Photographer. Manuel Alvarez Bravo's photographs represented the height of ...
Rose Marie Bravo
Chief Executive Officer of Burberry Born Rose Marie La Pila, c. 1951, in the Bronx, New York, NY; daughter of a hair-salon owner and a seamstress; married and divorced; married Wi...
L. Paul Bremer
United States diplomat Born Lewis Paul Bremer III, September 30, 1941, in Hartford, CT; married Frances Winfield, 1966; children: two. Education: Gra...
Leonid Brezhnev
Born: December 12, 1906 Kamenskoe, Ukraine, Russia Died: November 10, 1982 Moscow, Russia Russian political leader and general secre...
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Larry Page c. 1973 • East Lansing, Michigan Entrepreneur Sergey Brin August 21, 1973 • ...
Nancy Brinker
Founder of Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Born December 6, 1946, in Peoria, IL; daughter of Marvin (a commercial real-estate developer) and Eleanor (a homemaker; maiden n...