Famous people starting with b - FMSPPL.com

People starting with

Bipin Rawat

First Name Bipin
Born on March 16, 1958
Died on December 8, 2021 (aged 63)
Born in India

General Bipin Rawat, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC is a four star general of the Indian Army. He is the first and current Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India. On 30 December 2019, he was appointed as the first CDS of India and assumed office from 1 January 2020. Prior to taking over as the CDS, he served as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee as well as 27th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II
First Name Barack
Last Name Obama
Born on August 4, 1961 (age 62)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bruce Lee

李振藩
First Name Bruce
Last Name Lee
Born on November 27, 1940
Died on July 20, 1973 (aged 32)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Lee Jun-fan, commonly known as Bruce Lee, was a Chinese-American martial artist, actor, director, martial arts instructor and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that is often credited with paving the way for modern mixed martial arts (MMA). Lee is considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century, who bridged the gap between East and West. He is credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell
First Name Billie
Last Name Eilish
Born on December 18, 2001 (age 22)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained attention in 2015 when she uploaded the song "Ocean Eyes" to SoundCloud, which was subsequently released by the Interscope Records subsidiary Darkroom. The song was written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom she collaborates on music and live shows. Her debut EP, Don't Smile at Me (2017), became a sleeper hit, reaching the top 15 in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Brad Pitt

William Bradley Pitt
First Name Brad
Born on December 18, 1963 (age 60)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He has received multiple awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award for his acting, in addition to another Academy Award, another Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award as producer under his production company, Plan B Entertainment.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Dole

Robert Joseph Dole
First Name Bob
Last Name Dole
Born on July 22, 1923
Died on December 5, 2021 (aged 98)

Robert Joseph Dole is an American retired politician, statesman, and attorney who represented Kansas in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the United States Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure, including three nonconsecutive years as Senate Majority Leader. Prior to his 27 years in the Senate, he served in the U.S House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. Dole was also the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 election and the vice presidential nominee in the 1976 election.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears
First Name Britney
Born on December 2, 1981 (age 42)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Britney Jean Spears is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s, for which she is referred to as the "Princess of Pop". After appearing in stage productions and television series, Spears signed with Jive Records in 1997 at age 15. Her first two studio albums, certified diamond in the US, ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), were global successes and became two of the best-selling albums of all time, along with making her the best-selling teenage artist of all time. The former's title track was named the greatest debut single of all time by Rolling Stone in 2020 and the latter held a 15-year record for fastest-selling album by a female artist in the United States with first-week sales of over 1.3 million copies.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Blake Lively

Blake Ellender Brown
First Name Blake
Last Name Lively
Born on August 25, 1987 (age 36)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Blake Ellender Lively is an American actress. Lively is known for starring as Serena van der Woodsen in the CW drama television series Gossip Girl (2007–2012). She also starred in a number of films, including The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), The Town (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Savages (2012), The Age of Adaline (2015), The Shallows (2016) and A Simple Favor (2018).

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Ben Affleck

Benjamin Geza Affleck
First Name Ben
Last Name Affleck
Born on August 15, 1972 (age 51)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and philanthropist. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi. He later appeared in the independent coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and various Kevin Smith films, including Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and Dogma (1999). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for writing Good Will Hunting (1997), which they also starred in. He then established himself as a leading man in studio films, including the disaster film Armageddon (1998), the war drama Pearl Harbor (2001), and the thrillers The Sum of All Fears and Changing Lanes.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III
First Name Bill
Last Name Gates
Born on October 28, 1955 (age 68)
Height 177 cm | 5'10
Net Worth $124.0B

William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. He is one of the best-known entrepreneurs and pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Boris Johnson

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
First Name Boris
Last Name Johnson
Born on June 19, 1964 (age 59)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician, author, and former journalist who has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary in the May government from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. He has been described as belonging to the ideological tradition of one-nation conservatism, as well as national conservatism.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Brandon Lee

First Name Brandon
Last Name Lee
Born on February 1, 1965
Died on March 31, 1993 (aged 28)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Brandon Bruce Lee was an American actor and martial artist. Lee is also known for being the only son of Bruce Lee and for his accidental death during the production of his breakthrough film The Crow (1994). Lee's father, who died in 1973, was iconic in the field of martial arts both as a practitioner and leading man in their films. Lee followed his father into both of the fields, trained martial arts with some of his father's students and studied acting at Emerson College and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. In 1986, Lee made his screen debut opposite David Carradine in the television film Kung Fu: The Movie, where he received second billing and starred in his first leading role in the Hong Kong action film Legacy of Rage.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Betty White

Betty Marion White
First Name Betty
Last Name White
Born on January 17, 1922
Died on December 31, 2021 (aged 99)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Betty Marion White Ludden is an American actress and comedian. With a television career spanning over 80 years, White has worked longer in that medium than anyone else in the television industry. Regarded as a pioneer of television, she was one of the first women to exert control in front of and behind the camera and is recognized as the first woman to produce a sitcom, which contributed to her receiving the honorary title Mayor of Hollywood in 1955.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Anne Bertolotti
First Name Brittany
Last Name Murphy
Born on November 10, 1977
Died on December 20, 2009 (aged 32)
Height 159 cm | 5'3

Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack was an American actress and singer. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1997 before appearing as Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999).

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Blythe III
First Name Bill
Last Name Clinton
Born on August 19, 1946 (age 77)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

William Jefferson Clinton is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to his presidency, he served as governor of Arkansas and as attorney general of Arkansas (1977–1979). A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton was known as a New Democrat, and many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy. He is the husband of former secretary of state, former U.S. senator, and two-time candidate for president Hillary Clinton.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Benjamín Arellano Félix

First Name Benjamín
Last Name Félix
Born on March 12, 1952 (age 72)
Born in Mexico, Sinaloa

Benjamín Arellano Félix is a former Mexican drug lord who founded and led the Tijuana Cartel or "Arellano-Félix Organization” until his arrest in March 2002.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Charles Cooper
First Name Bradley
Last Name Cooper
Born on January 5, 1975 (age 49)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Bradley Charles Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for various awards, including eight Academy Awards and a Tony Award, and has won two Grammy Awards and a BAFTA Award. Cooper appeared on the Forbes Celebrity 100 three times and on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015. His films have grossed $11 billion worldwide and he has placed four times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Beyoncé

Beyonce Giselle Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Beyoncé is often cited as an influence by other artists.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Brooke Shields

Brooke Christa Camille Shields
First Name Brooke
Last Name Shields
Born on May 31, 1965 (age 58)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Brooke Christa Shields is an American actress and model. She was initially a child model and gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby (1978), in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century. Shields garnered widespread notoriety in the role, and she continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bruno Mars

Peter Gene Hernandez
First Name Bruno
Last Name Mars
Born on October 8, 1985 (age 38)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Peter Gene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and dancer. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for performing in a wide range of musical styles, including pop, R&B, funk, soul, reggae, hip hop, and rock. Mars is accompanied by his band, the Hooligans, who play a variety of instruments, such as electric guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, drums, and horns, and also serve as backup singers and dancers.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
First Name Benedict
Last Name Cumberbatch
Born on July 19, 1976 (age 47)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. A graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester, he continued his training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, obtaining a Master of Arts in Classical Acting. He first performed at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in Shakespearean productions and made his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005. Since then, he has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions After the Dance (2010) and Frankenstein (2011). In 2015, he played the title role in Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Brian Kelly

First Name Brian
Last Name Kelly
Born on October 25, 1961 (age 62)

Brian Keith Kelly is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame, a position he has held since December 2009. Kelly previously served as the head football coach at Grand Valley State University (1991–2003), Central Michigan University (2004–2006), and the University of Cincinnati (2006–2009). He led the Grand Valley State Lakers to consecutive NCAA Division II Football Championships in 2002 and 2003. Kelly's 2012 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team reached the 2013 BCS National Championship Game.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

First Name Bhimrao
Born on April 14, 1891
Died on December 6, 1956 (aged 65)
Born in India

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, also known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer, who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards the untouchables (Dalits), while also supporting the rights of women and labour. He was independent India's first Minister of Law and Justice, and considered as the chief architect of the Constitution of India, and a founding father of the Republic of India.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Billy Preston

William Everett Preston
First Name Billy
Last Name Preston
Born on September 2, 1946
Died on June 6, 2006 (aged 59)

William Everett Preston was an American musician whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, The Rolling Stones, and the Beatles. He went on to achieve fame as a solo artist with hit singles such as "That's the Way God Planned It", the Grammy-winning "Outa-Space", "Will It Go Round in Circles", "Space Race", "Nothing from Nothing", and "With You I'm Born Again". Additionally, Preston co-wrote "You Are So Beautiful", which became a #5 hit for Joe Cocker.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley
First Name Bob
Last Name Marley
Born on February 6, 1945
Died on May 11, 1981 (aged 36)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley's contributions to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide, and made him a global figure in popular culture for over a decade. Over the course of his career Marley became known as a Rastafari icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality. He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for the legalization of marijuana, while he also advocated for Pan-Africanism.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Ben Roethlisberger

Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr., nicknamed "Big Ben", is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Miami University and was drafted by the Steelers in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Barry Keoghan

First Name Barry
Last Name Keoghan
Born on October 10, 1992 (age 31)
Born in Ireland
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Barry Keoghan is an Irish actor. He has appeared in the films Dunkirk, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor and nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male; and Trespass Against Us. He also played the "heartless cat killer" Wayne in the RTÉ drama Love/Hate.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bernie Sanders

Bernard Sanders
First Name Bernie
Born on September 8, 1941 (age 82)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Bernard Sanders is an American politician who has been the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007 and as U.S. Representative for the state's at-large congressional district from 1991 to 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, although he has a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career. Sanders unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and 2020, finishing in second place in both campaigns. Before his election to Congress, he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Billy Beane

First Name Billy
Last Name Beane
Born on March 29, 1962 (age 62)

William Lamar Beane III is an American professional baseball player and current front office executive. He is the executive vice president of baseball operations and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB); he is also minority owner of Barnsley FC of the EFL Championship in England and AZ Alkmaar of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands. From 1984 to 1989 he played in MLB as an outfielder for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics. He joined the Athletics' front office as a scout in 1990, was named general manager after the 1997 season, and was promoted to executive vice president after the 2015 season.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Brie Larson

Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers
First Name Brie
Last Name Larson
Born on October 1, 1989 (age 34)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress and filmmaker. Noted for her supporting work in comedies when a teenager, she has since expanded to leading roles in independent dramas and film franchises, receiving such accolades as an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.1148738861084s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.11248803138733s
t_/pages/new-list-page: 1x 0.11244583129883s
t_/blocks/person-card-article: 30x 0.097572088241577s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0075931549072266s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.002065896987915s
head-facts: 1x 0.0020360946655273s
router_page: 1x 0.0012648105621338s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00043416023254395s
----- END OF DUMP (2024-03-29 01:57:03)  -----