People

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 ...

Imperial Brands

Consumer goods

Imperial Brands plc is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, England. It is the world's fourth-largest international cigarette company measure

Wernher von Braun

Born: March 23, 1912 Wirsitz, Germany Died: June 16, 1977 Alexandria, Virginia German-born American scientist The Ger...

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...

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 ...

Bravo

Advertising and media

Bravo is an American basic cable television network, launched on December 8, 1980. It is owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBC

Thoma Bravo

Banks and investments

Thoma Bravo, LP, is an American private equity and growth capital firm based in Chicago. It is known for being particularly active in acquiring enterprise software c

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...

Black Sheep Brewery

Industry and Production

The Black Sheep Brewery is a brewery in Masham in the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. History The Black Sheep Brewery was established by

Leonid Brezhnev

Born: December 12, 1906 Kamenskoe, Ukraine, Russia Died: November 10, 1982 Moscow, Russia Russian political leader and general secre...

Bridges

Banks and investments

Bridges was founded in 2002 by Sir Ronald Cohen, Michelle Giddens and Philip Newborough, driven by a shared belief that business and investment can play a vital role in solving some of our most pressi

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...

David Brinkley

Born David McClure Brinkley, July 10, 1920, in Wilmington, NC; died after complications from a fall, June 11, 2003, in Houston, TX. Broadcast journalist. Veteran American newscaster David ...

The University of Bristol

Science and education

The University of Bristol is a red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trac

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)

Science and education

The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a public research university, located in and around Bristol, England, UK. With more than 30

BritBox

Advertising and media

BritBox is an online digital video subscription service, founded by BBC Studios and ITV, operating in nine countries across North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa. It is focu