People

Luciano Berio

Born October 24, 1925, in Oneglia, Italy; died May 27, 2003, in Rome, Italy. Composer. For some five decades before his death, Luciano Berio was one of the twentieth century's most prolifi...

Irving Berlin

Born: May 11, 1888 Temun, Russia Died: September 22, 1989 New York, New York Russian-born American composer and songwriter ...

Gail Berman

1956 Television and film executive By the mid-2000s, despite a constant roller coaster ride in the ratings, the Fox channel emerged as one of the edgiest and most innov...

Gail Berman

President of Paramount Studios Born c. 1957, in Bellmore, NY; married Bill Masters (a television scriptwriter); children: two. Education: University ...

Dorrit J. Bern

Chief Executive Officer of Charming Shoppes Born c. 1950; married Steve Bern (a business consultant); children: Chad, Collier, Tyler. Education: Univ...

Wolfgang Bernhard

Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Born Wolfgang Ayerle in September, 1960, in Böhen, Germany. Education: Earned master's degree in electrical engineeri...

Elmer Bernstein

During a career that spanned five decades, American film composer Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004) remained at the top of his field. Refusing to be stylistically pigeonholed, his movies...

Leonard Bernstein

Born: August 25, 1918 Lawrence, Massachusetts Died: October 14, 1990 New York, New York American composer, conductor, and pianist ...

Elmer Bernstein

Born April 4, 1922, in New York, NY; died on August 18, 2004, in Ojai, CA. Composer. Elmer Bernstein composed more than 200 films and television programs in a career that spanned more than...

Chuck Berry

Born: October 18, 1926 San Jose, California African American singer, musician, and songwriter Chuck Berry, known as the "father of rock and roll," has ...

Patients Know Best

Healthcare

Patients Know Best is a British social enterprise, with an aim of putting patients in control of their own medical records. Patients Know Best also integrates into the NHS Con

George Best

Born May 22, 1946, in Belfast, Northern Ireland; died of multiple organ failure, November 25, 2005, in London, England. Professional soccer player. George Best was England's top soccer sta...

Hans Bethe

Born Hans Albrecht Bethe, July 2, 1906, in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine; died of congestive heart failure, March 6, 2005, in Ithaca, New York. Physicist. Over the course of his more than 60...

Mary Mc Leod Bethune

Born: July 10, 1875 Mayesville, South Carolina Died: May 18, 1955 Daytona Beach, Florida African American educator Ma...

Benazir Bhutto

Born: June 21, 1953 Karachi, Pakistan Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto became prime minister of Pakistan in 1988. She was the first woman ...

Owen Bieber

Born: December 28, 1929 Grand Rapids, Michigan American union leader From 1983 to 1995 Owen Bieber was president of the United Automobile, Aerosp...

J. Darius Bikoff

Chief Executive Officer of Energy Brands Born c. 1962, in New York; son of William (owner of a real estate management company and metals importer) and Suzie (a homemaker) Bikoff; ...

Billboard

Advertising and media

Billboard is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of MRC Media & Info. The magazine provides mus

Larry Bird

Born: December 7, 1956 West Baden, Indiana American basketball player and coach Few players have left a mark on 1980s professional basketball like Larr...

Paul Biya

President of Cameroon Born February 13, 1933, in Mvomeka'a, Cameroon; married Jeanne Atyam, 1960 (divorced); married Chantal, 1994; children: three. Education: ...