People

Michael Ball

Fashion designer Born c. 1964; son of a musician. Education: Attended the University of California—Los Angeles. Addresses: H...

David Baltimore

Born: March 7, 1938 New York, New York American virologist The American virologist David Baltimore was only thirty-seven years old when he receiv...

HonorÉ de Balzac

Born: May 20, 1799 Tours, France Died: August 19, 1850 Paris, France French novelist The French novelist Honoré de Ba...

Mary Bancroft

Author and intelligence analyst Mary Bancroft (1903–1997) had a colorful career as a journalist and spy for the United States in Switzerland during World War II. Bancroft was best ...

Anne Bancroft

Born Anna Maria Louise Italiano, September 17, 1931, in New York, NY; died of uterine cancer, June 6, 2005, in New York, NY. Actress. Award-winning star of stage and screen Anne Bancroft w...

Starling Bank

Banks and investments

Starling Bank is a digital challenger bank based in the United Kingdom, which focuses on current and business account products. Headquartered in London, Starling Bank is

The UK Infrastructure Bank

Banks and investments

The UK Infrastructure Bank is a British state-owned development bank. It is intended to help with the UK Government's plan to reach net-zero carbon by 2050 and to support

Saxo Bank

Banks and investments

Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank specializing in online trading and investment. It was founded as a brokerage firm in 1992, under the name Midas Fondsmæglerselskab (English:&

NatWest (National Westminster Bank)

Banks and investments

National Westminster Bank, commonly known as NatWest, is a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1968 by the merger of&n

Kent Reliance (OneSavings Bank)

Banks and investments

Kent Reliance is a banking services provider and trading name of OneSavings Bank plc, based in Kent, England. It was founded in 1898 as the Chatham & District Reliance Building

Banksy

Artist Born Robert Banks, c. 1975, in Bristol, England. Addresses: Agent —c/o Lazarides Gallery, 8 Greek St., London W1D 4DG, United Ki...

Benjamin Banneker

Born: November 9, 1731 Baltimore County, Maryland Died: October 9, 1806 Baltimore County, Maryland African American scientist and in...

Frederick Banting

Born: November 14, 1891 Alliston, Ontario, Canada Died: February 21, 1941 Newfoundland, Canada Canadian medical researcher and scien...

Agatha Barbara

Politician Agatha Barbara (1923–2002) achieved several significant firsts for women in her native Malta. During her long career devoted to social and economic reform, Barbara was ...

Mrs. Barbauld

British author Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825) was one of just a handful of women writers of her era. Referred to as Mrs. Barbauld in the literature of the time, the largely hom...

Tiki Barber

Professional football player Born Atiim Kiambu Barber, April 7, 1975, in Roanoke, VA; son of James (J.B.) and Geraldine Barber; married Ginny Cha (a fashion publicist), c. 1...

Klaus Barbie

Born: October 25, 1913 Bad Godesberg, Germany Died: September 25, 1991 Lyon, France German military leader Klaus Barb...

Barclays

Banks and investments

Barclays plc is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service c

Google Bard

Computers and software

Google Bard is a conversational artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Google, based on the LaMDA family of large language models. It was developed as a d

Home Bargains

Consumer goods

Home Bargains is a British variety store chain founded in 1976 by Tom Morris in Liverpool, England, as Home and Bargain. It is the trading name of TJ Morris Ltd