People

Michelle Bachelet

President of Chile Born Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria, September 29, 1951, in Santiago, Chile; daughter of Alberto Bachelet Martínez (an Air Force general) and Ángela Jer...

Francis Bacon

Born: October 28, 1909 Dublin, Ireland Died: April 28, 1992 Madrid, Spain English painter and artist The English arti...

Roger Bacon

Born: c. 1214 Ilchester, Somerset, England Died: c. 1292 Oxford, England English philosopher The medieval English phi...

Joan Baez

Born: January 9, 1941 Staten Island, New York American musician, singer, and activist American folk singer Joan Baez is recognized for her nonviolent, ...

John N. Bahcall

Born John Norris Bahcall, December 30, 1934, in Shreveport, LA; died of a rare blood disorder, August 17, 2005, in New York, NY. Astrophysicist and astronomer. Princeton astrophysicist Joh...

F. Lee Bailey

Born: June 10, 1933 Waltham, Massachusetts American attorney and author F. Lee Bailey is a "superstar" lawyer and best-selling author. Bailey has...

Josephine Baker

Born: June 3, 1906 St. Louis, Missouri Died: April 12, 1975 Paris, France African American dancer and singer Josephin...

Bakkavor

Industry and Production

Bakkavör is an international food manufacturing company specialising in fresh prepared foods. The Group's head office is in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchan

George Balanchine

Born: January 22, 1904 St. Petersburg, Russia Died: April 30, 1983 New York, New York Russian-born American choreographer ...

James Baldwin

Born: August 2, 1924 New York, New York Died: November 30, 1987 Saint-Paul-de-Vance, France African American author and playwright ...

Christian Bale

January 30, 1974 • Pembrokeshire, Wales Actor Christian Bale has performed a feat that is astonishing for most Hollywood actors. Although he became a professional perfo...

Balenciaga

Consumer goods

Balenciaga SA is a Spanish luxury fashion house currently headquartered in Paris. It designs, manufactures and markets ready-to-wear footwear, handbags, and accessories, and licenses its name and bran

Alan Ball

Screenwriter, producer, and director Born in Georgia, 1957, son of an aircraft inspector and a homemaker. Education: Florida State University, bachelor's d...

Lucille Ball

Born: August 6, 1911 Jamestown, New York Died: April 26, 1989 Los Angeles, California American actress and comedienne ...

Farrow & Ball

Industry and Production

Farrow & Ball is a British manufacturer of paints and wallpapers largely based upon historic colour palettes and archives. The company is particularly well known for the unusual names of its produ

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...