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Last Updated on 9/30/02
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		  Howie B: Howard Bernstein (Scottish music producer/deejay/keyboardist with U2 and Bjork)
		 Jazzie B: Beresford Romeo (English rap singer with Soul II Soul)
 The Fabulous Sports Babe: Nanci Donnellan (syndicated radio sports show hostess)
		    Babur: Zahir ud-Din Mohammad (Mongol emperor of India, 1526-1530; founder of Mongol Dynasty)
	   Baby Anna Lehr: Anna McKim [aka Anna Dvorak] (dance instructor/movie actress/wartime ambulance driver, b1911 d1979)
	  Baby Bhanurekha: Rekha (Indian child & adult movie actress, b1947)
	  Baby Bianchinne: Katherine Bianchi (single-film movie actress (1918))
	      Baby Biffle: Joan Biffle (single-film child movie actress (1941))
	      Baby De Rue: Carmen De Rue (child movie actress, b1908 d1986)
	    Baby Dumpling: Larry Simms (child movie actor - appeared in many Blondie films playing Alexander Bumstead, b1934)
		 Babyface: Kenneth Brian Edmonds (singer/songwriter/keyboardist/music producer, b1959)
	      Baby French: Georgia French (child movie actress, b@1914)
		Baby Jane: Juanita Quigley (child & adult movie actress, b1931) [Wonder whatever happened to her?]
	      Baby Le Roy: Ronald Le Roy Overaker (child movie actor (up to age 8)/youngest actor to ever receive 'star' billing, b1932)
	      Baby Lester: Lester William Berke (screenwriter/movie actor)
	      Baby Lovett: Samuel Lovett (drummer/movie actor, b1894 d1989)
	     Baby Parsons: Harriet Parsons (single-film child movie actress (1912)/movie director/producer, b1906 d1983)
	       Baby Peggy: Margaret Montgomery [aka Diana Serra Cary] (child & adult movie actress/writer, b1918)
	       Baby Sandy: Alexandra Lee Henville (child movie actress (up to age 5)/legal secretary, b1938)
	       Baby Spice: Emma Lee Bunton (English singer/dancer/Spice Girl, b1976? b1978?)
	    Baby Twinkles: Florence Hunter [nn: Twinks] (British child movie actress, b1914 d2000)
	      Baby Vanaja: Vanaja Naalam (Indian single-film child movie actress (1942))
	    Lauren Bacall: Betty Joan Perske (movie & stage actress, b1924)
	     Barbara Bach: Barbara Goldbach (movie & tv actress/wife of Ringo Starr, b1947)
	   Catherine Bach: Catherine Bachman (tv actress, known for playing Hazzardous parts, b1954)
	      P.D.Q. Bach: Peter Schickele (musical composer/educator/satirist, b1935)
	   Sebastian Bach: Sebastian Bierk (Broadway star/lead singer of metal band Skid Row, b1968)
	  Richard Bachman: Stephen Edwin King (U.S. horror novelist/screenwriter, b1947)
	     Henny Backus: Henriette Kaye (movie actress)
		Don Backy: Aldo Caponi (Italian movie actor/composer, b1938)
	      Erykah Badu: Erykah Wright (R&B singer/songwriter, b1972)
	       Buddy Baer: Jacob Henry Baer (boxer/movie actor, b1915)
+                Max Baer: Maximilian Adelbert Baer (heavyweight boxing champion/movie, radio & stage actor, b1909 d1959)
	      Bagdad Cafe: Out of Rosenheim (1988 film directed by Percy Adlon)
	      Baha'U'Llah: Mirza Husayn Ali (Persian philosopher/founder of the Baha'i faith, b1817 d1892)
	    F. Lee Bailey: Francis Lee Bailey (celebrated attorney, b1933)
*            James Bailey: James A. McGinnis (co-owner of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, b1847 d1906)
	   Mildred Bailey: Mildred Rinker (early jazz singer)
	     Pearl Bailey: Pearly Mae Bailey [nn: Dickie] (singer/stage actress, b1918 d1990)
	     Razzy Bailey: Rasie Michael Bailey (country western entertainer, b1939)
		Bil Baird: William B. Baird (puppeteer)
		Art Baker: Arthur Shank (movie, radio & tv actor, b1898 d1966)
	      Buddy Baker: Elzie Baker (professional auto racer)
	       Chet Baker: Chesney Henry Baker (jazz trumpeter/singer, b1929 d1988)
	     Cheryl Baker: Rita Crudgington (singer with group Bucks Fizz/tv host, b1954)
	  Josephine Baker: Frida Josephine McDonald (jazz & blues singer/dancer/actress/spy, b1906 d1975)
	     LaVern Baker: Dolores Williams [aka Bea Baker] (rhythm & blues singer, b1929 d1997)
	       Jim Bakker: Jim Orsen (discredited evangelist preacher)
	George Balanchine: Georgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze [aka Mr. B] (Russian dancer/choreographer, b1904 d1983)
	      Bela Balasz: Hubert Bauer (Hungarian author, b1884 d1949)
	     Alec Baldwin: Alexander Rae Baldwin, III (movie & stage actor, b1958)
	     Alex Baldwin: William Edmund Butterworth, III (U.S. military novelist, b1929)
	 Margaret Baldwin: Margaret Weis (writer)
		Ina Balin: Ina Rosenberg (movie actress, b1937 d1990)
	     Lucille Ball: Lucille Desiree Hunt [aka Dianne Belmont as a model] (model/movie, stage & tv actress/comedienne, b1911 d1989)
	     J.G. Ballard: James Graham Ballard (Shanghai-born medical student/science fiction novelist/tv screenplay-writer/movie actor, b1930)
	     Kaye Ballard: Catherine Gloria Balotta (movie & tv actress/comedienne, b1926)
		  Balthus: Balthasar Klossowski (French painter, b1908 d2001)
		      Bam: Brandon C. Margera [aka Brendan Margera] (professional skater/film & tv actor: MTV's Jackass show, b1979)
	 Afrika Bambaataa: Kevin Donovan (rap singer/DJ, b1960) {took name from a 19th century Zulu chief}
	    Anne Bancroft: Anna Maria Luisa Italiano (movie actress, b1931)
	 Antonio Banderas: Jose' Antonio Dominguez Banderas (Spanish movie, stage & tv actor, b1960)
		 Mo Bandy: Marion Bandy (country western entertainer, b1944)
	       D.R. Banet: Ray Bradbury (sci-fi author, b1920) {used this NdG in Dime Mystery, July 1945}
		The Banjo: Andrew Barton Paterson (Australian journalist/poet/songwriter - Waltzing Matilda (1895), b1864 d1941)
	     Edward Banks: Ray Bradbury (sci-fi author, b1920) {used this NdG, chosen by the editor, in Weird Tales, July 1945}
	      Vilma Banky: Vilma Lonchit (Hungarian-American movie actress/silent film star, b1902)
	      R.C. Bannon: Daniel Shipley (country western entertainer, b1945)
	       Theda Bara: Theodosia Goodman [aka Theda Bara Brabin] (movie actress/vamp, b1890 d1955)
	     Amiri Baraka: Leroi Jones (controversial rapper/poet)
		  Barbara: Monique Serf (French soprano music hall singer/actress, b1930 d1997)
	     Barbeque Bob: Robert Hicks (blues guitarist/singer)
	     Glenn Barber: Martin Glenn Barber (country western entertainer, b1935)
	       Red Barber: Walter Lanier (sportscaster)
		 Barbette: Van der Clyde Broodway (U.S. music hall female impersonator, b1899 d1972)
		   Barbie: Barbara Millicent Roberts (plastic toy doll invented by Ruth & Elliot Handler and named after their daughter, b1959)
	     Roy Barcroft: Howard Clifford Ravenscroft (Western movie & tv actor, b1902 d1969)
	  Brigitte Bardot: Camille Javal (sexy French movie actress/model/animal rights activist, b1933)
	   Mijanou Bardot: Mijanou Javal [aka Marie-Jeanne Bardot] (sexy French movie actress/sister of Brigitte, b1939)
		Lynn Bari: Marjorie Fisher (pert movie actress, b1915 d1989)
	       B.J. Barie: John Oellerich (movie & tv actor)
	       Lex Barker: Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. (movie actor/10th movie Tarzan, b1919 d1973)
		Ma Barker: Kate Barker (criminal mastermind, d1935)
	     A.M. Barnard: Louisa May Alcott (author)
	  Barry K. Barnes: Nelson Barry Mackintosh Barnes (British movie & stage actor, b1906 d1965)
	    Binnie Barnes: Gitelle Gertrude Maude Barnes (British chorus girl/movie actress, b1905 d1998)
	 Priscilla Barnes: Joann Witty (Penthouse Pet (March '76)/movie & tv actress, b1955)
	      P.T. Barnum: Phineas Taylor Barnum (American showman & circus owner/sucker seeker, b1810 d1891)
	   Carlie Barrett: Carlton Barrett (Jamaican reggae drummer with Bob Marley & The Wailers)
	    Edith Barrett: Edith Williams (movie actress, b1907 d1977)
	   Judith Barrett: Lucille Kelly (movie actress, b1914)
	     Rona Barrett: Rona Burnstein [aka Mrs. William Trowbridge] (journalist/gossip columnist)
	      Syd Barrett: Roger Keith Barrett (British lead rock & roll singer/guitarist/songwriter with Pink Floyd, b1946)
	  Sir J.M. Barrie: James Matthew Barrie (playwright)
	      Mona Barrie: Mona Smith (Australian movie actress, b1909)
	     Wendy Barrie: Nargaret Wendy Jenkins (English movie/tv actress/tv hostess, Oky Doky?, b1912 d1978)
	     Chris Barron: Chris Gross (singer/musician with Spin Doctors)
	     Donald Barry: Donald Barry de Acosta [aka Red] (40's western movie & tv actor/director, b1912 d1980)
	       Gene Barry: Eugene Klass (movie, stage & tv actor/Bat man, b1921)
	       Jack Barry: Jack Barasch (tv producer/game show host/movie actor, b1918 d1984)
	       John Barry: John Barry Prendergast (British composer, b1933)
	  Diana Barrymore: Diane Blanche Barrymore Blythe (movie actress/writer, b1921 d1960)
	   Drew Barrymore: Andrew Barrymore (movie actress, b1976)
	  Ethel Barrymore: Ethel May Blythe [nn: First Lady of the American Theater] (movie, stage & tv actress, b1879 d1959)
	   John Barrymore: John Sidney Blythe (movie & stage actor, b1882 d1942)
	 Lionel Barrymore: Lionel Blythe (stage actor/playwright, b1878 d1954)
	Maurice Barrymore: Herbert Blythe (movie & stage actor/playwright)
	      Lionel Bart: Lionel Begleiter (British composer/lyricist, b1930 d1999)
	     Belle Barthe: Annabelle Saltzman (singer)
      Freddie Bartholomew: Frederick Llewellyn (English film actor, b1924 d1992) {was brought up by his aunt, Millicent Bartholomew}
	      Sy Bartlett: Sacha Baraniev (Russian writer/movie producer, b1900 d1978)
	       Eva Bartok: Martha Szoke (Hungarian movie actress, b1926)
	     Clara Barton: Clarissa Harlowe Barton (nurse/humanitarian/founder of the Red Cross, b1821 d1912)
	      Billy Barty: William John Bertanzetta (actor)
		    Basia: Basia Trzetrzelewska (Polish jazz-pop singer/songwriter)
	      Count Basie: William Allen Basie (jazz pianist/band leader/composer/arranger, b1904 d1984)
	       Alan Bates: Arthur Bates (British movie actor, b1934)
	   Florence Bates: Florence Rabe (matronly movie actress, b1988 d1954)
	       H.E. Bates: Herbert Ernest Bates (author)
		   Batman: Bruce Wayne (fictional millionnaire/superhero)
	      Stiv Bators: Steve Bators (punk rock singer/guitarist with The Dead Boys, b1950? d1991)
	  Jamie Lyn Bauer: Norma Marvhne Bauer (movie, stage & tv actress, often seen on the daytime soaps most Days Of Our Lives)
	     Steven Bauer: Rocky Echaveria (movie & tv actor/former Melanie Griffith spouse, b1956)
	    L. Frank Baum: Lyman Frank Baum [aka Edith Van Dyne, Floyd Akers, Schyler Staunten, Suzanne Metcalf, Laura Bancroft, John Estes Cook] (fantasy genre author/movie actor/director, b1856 d1919)
	     Beryl Baxter: Beryl Ivory (British movie actress, b1926)
       George Owen Baxter: Max Brand (author)
	      Jane Baxter: Feodora Forde (British movie actress, b1909)
		Sarah Bay: Rosalba Neri (Italian movie actress)
	    M. Dean Bayer: Joe R. Lansdale (writer)
+              Nora Bayes: Leonora Goldberg [nn: The Wurzburger Girl] (vaudeville singer/composer - Shine On Harvest Moon/movie & stage actress, b1880 d1928)
	    Beverly Bayne: Pearl von Name (silent-movie actress, b1894 d1982)
	      Herve Bazin: Jean Pierre Marie Herve-Bazin (French author/educator, b1911 d1996)
		Prince Be: Attrell Cordes (singer with PM Dawn, b1970)
		    Beaky: John Dymond (British guitarist, b1944)
		John Beal: Alexander Bliedung (movie actor, b1909)
		L.L. Bean: Leon Leonwood Bean (mail-order catalogue merchant, b1872 d1967)
		 Mr. Bean: Rowan Atkinson (British actor/writer/silent goofball comedian, b1955)
	       Orson Bean: Dallas Frederick Burrows [aka Roger Duck, Hornsby Shirtwaist] (actor/comedian/writer/panelist, b1928)
	      Paul Bearer: Dick Bennick (writer)
	    Warren Beatty: Henry Warren Beaty (actor/director/producer, b1937)
	   J.E. Beaucaire: Woody Allen (film executive producer - Woody's little 'in' joke) {Monsieur Beaucaire is the title of a 1946 Bob Hope film}         
	 Charles Beaumont: Charles Nutt (writer)
	    Hugh Beaumont: Eugene Hugh Beaumont (movie & tv actor - Leave It To Beaver, b1909 d1982)
	   Susan Beaumont: Susan Black (British movie actress, b1936)
		     Beck: Bek David Campbell [aka Beck Hansen] (singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1970)
	    Kimberly Beck: Kimberly Hilton (movie & tv actress, b1956)
	     Marilyn Beck: Marilyn Mohr (show business reporter)
	   Bonnie Bedelia: Bonnie Culkin (movie, stage & tv actress, b1946)
	    Janet Beecher: Janet Beecher Meysenburg (movie actress, b1884 d1955)
	Captain Beefheart: Don Van Vilet (rock & roll singer with 4.5-octave range/guitarist/harmonica player/keyboardist/painter/multiple sclerosis victim, b1941)
		Beelzebub: Satan (devilishly evil character)
	     S.N. Behrman: Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (playwright, b1893 d1973)
	  Bix Beiderbecke: Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke (jazz cornetist/trumpeter/pianist/composer)
	  Harry Belafonte: Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (singer/movie, stage & tv actor, b1927)
       Barbara Bel Geddes: Barbara Geddes Lewis (movie & tv actress, best known for matriarchal role in tv's Dallas, as well as a Hitchcock gig involving a shank of lamb, b1921? b1922?)
		   Belita: Maria Belita Gladys Lyne Jepson-Turner (ice skater/ice dancer/movie actress, b1923? b1924?)
       Veronique Beliveau: Nicole Monique [aka Veronique] (Canadian pop music singer)
	       Acton Bell: Anne Brontë (British novelist, b1820 d1849)
    Alexander Graham Bell: Alexander Bell (inventor of the monthly telephone bill, b1847 d1922) {Bell had no middle name at birth, but always craved one.  Met a man called Alexander Graham, and Bell started using the borrowed middle name.}
	   Cool Papa Bell: James Bell (professional baseball outfielder/Negro Baseball League star, b1903 d1991)
	      Currer Bell: Charlotte Brontë (British novelist, b1816 d1855)
	       Ellis Bell: Emily Jane Brontë (British novelist, b1818 d1848)
	       Marie Bell: Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey (distinguished French movie actress, b1900 d1985)
		 Rex Bell: George F. Beldam (Western movie & tv actor/Lieut. Governor of Nevada, b1905 d1962)
	     William Bell: William Yarborough (country-soul singer/pianist, b1937? b1939?)
	    Madge Bellamy: Margaret Philpott (movie actress, b1903)
	       Lulu Belle: Myrtle Cooper [aka "Radio Queen of America"] (country music singer, b1913)
	   Hilaire Belloc: Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc (French-born British travel writer/children's book author/biographer/member of Parliament, b1870 d19??)
	    Louie Bellson: Luigi Balassone (Big Band percussionist)
	   August Belmont: August Schoenberg (German-born banker/horse fancier, obviously with a sense of humor, b1816 d1890) {When selecting a less Jewish-sounding surname, he realized that Schoen -berg and Bel-mont both roughly translate to "beautiful mountain"!}
	    Diane Belmont: Lucille Ball (actress/comedienne - used this name early in her career as a model)
	      Andrei Bely: Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev [aka Andrei Byely] (Russian novelist/critic/Symbolist poet, b1880 d1934)
	   Richard Beymer: George Richard Beymer (movie & tv actor/director/cinematographer, b1938)
	      Pat Benatar: Patricia Andrejewski  (rock & roll singer, b1953)
	    Dirk Benedict: Dirk Niewoehner (movie actor, b1945)
	 Richard Benedict: Riccardo Benedetto (movie actor, b1916)
	       Tex Beneke: Gordon Beneke (movie actor, b1914)
	    Lucky Benetti: Luciano Benetti (movie actor)
	 David Ben-Gurion: David Grun [aka David Green] (Polish-born newspaper editor/Israeli statesman, b1886 d1973)
		    Benji: Higgins (pound puppy that starred in the film Benji)
	     Alma Bennett: Belle Bennett (movie actress/silent film vamp, b1889 d1958)
	    Bruce Bennett: Herman Brix (discus athlete/movie actor/8th movie Tarzan, b1909)
	  Compton Bennett: Robert Compton-Bennett (British movie editor/director, b1900 d1974)
	  Michael Bennett: Michael DiFiglia (dancer/choreographer/director, b1943 d1987)
	     Tony Bennett: Antonio Dominick Benedetto (musician/painter/singer who misplaced his heart, b1926)
	       Jack Benny: Benjamin Kubelsky (comedian/movie & tv actor, b1894 d1974)
	       Ray Benson: Ray Benson Siefert (country western entertainer, b1951)
	    Robbie Benson: Robert Segal (movie & tv actor/director/producer/screenwriter/cartoon voicist/college professor, b1956)
	    Steven Benson: Joe D'Amato (writer)
	     E.C. Bentley: Edmund Clerihew Bentley (British journalist/poet/mystery writer)
	     Barbi Benton: Barbi Klein (actress/Playboy bunny/country singer)
	     Brook Benton: Benjamin Franklin Pierre  (soul singer/songwriter)
	       A.J. Benza: Alfredo Joseph Benza [aka 'Pope Benza'] (gossip columnist/mysterious tv personality that reports on Hollywood scandals with E!'s)
	     Tom Berenger: Thomas Michael Moore (movie, stage & tv actor, b1950)
+            Polly Bergen: Nellie Paulina Burgin (singer/movie, stage & tv actress/tv hostess, b1930)
	    Helmut Berger: Helmut Steinberger (movie & tv actor, b1944)
	   Ingmar Bergman: Ernst Ingmar Bergman (Swedish film director/producer/screenwriter/scriptwriter/singer, 1918)
	Elisabeth Bergner: Elisabeth Ettel (British  movie actress, b1898 d1986)
	    Bunny Berigan: Roland Bernhart (singer/trumpeter/bandleader, b1908 d1942)
	 Anthony Berkeley: Anthony Berkeley Cox (British mystery writer)
	   Busby Berkeley: William Berkeley Enos (director/choreographer, b1895 d1976)
	     Milton Berle: Milton  Berlinger (brash comedian/movie & tv actor/tv host, b1908)
	    Irving Berlin: Israel Isidore Baline (Russian-born songwriter/composer, God Bless him! b1888 d1989)
	   Busby Berkeley: William Berkeley Enos (choreographer/director, b1895 d1976)
	   Shelley Berman: Sheldon Berman (comedian/monologuist/recording artist/actor, b1926)
	     Lord Berners: Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson (composer/author)
	  Sarah Bernhardt: Rosine  Bernard (French movie & stage actress, b1844 d1923)
	 Johann Bernoulli: Jean Bernoulli (Swiss mathematician, b1667 d1748)
	       Yogi Berra: Lawrence Peter Berra (baseball player/philosopher, b1925)
	      Chuck Berry: Charles Edward Berry (R&B singer/guitarist/songwriter, b1926)
	       Dave Berry: David Holgate Grundy (British R&B/R&R singer/guitarist, who always had This Strange Effect on his audiences, b1941)
	      Jules Berry: Jule Paufichet (French movie actor, b1883 d1951)
	Francesca Bertini: Elena Seracini Vitiello (Italian silent-movie actress/director, b1888 d1985)
	       Bibi Besch: Bibi Huber (Austrian-born movie actress, b1940, d1976)
	       Joe Besser: Jerome Besser (movie & tv actor, known for his roles with the Abbott & Costello comedy team)
	      Billy Bevan: William Bevan Harris (Australian-born movie, opera & stage actor, b1887 d1957)
		Hakim Bey: Peter Lamborn Wilson (author/editor/poet/radio talk show host/sufist)
	       Turhan Bey: Turhan Gilbert Selahattin Schultavey  (writer/movie & tv actor/producer, b1920)
	     Jello Biafra: Eric Boucher (punk rock singer with The Dead Kennedys)
       Sieur de Bienville: Jean Baptiste Le Moyne (French governor of Louisiana/founder of New Orleans)
	 Notorious B.I.G.: Christopher Wallace [aka Biggie Smalls] (deceased hustler/rap artist, b1972 d1997)
		  Mr. Big: Arnold Rothstein (early 20th century criminal mastermind)
	   The Big Bopper: Jiles Perry Richardson [nn: Jape] (rock & roll singer/songwriter/radio disc jockey/victim of plane old gravity, b1930 d1959)
		 Big Gipp: Cameron Gipp (hip-hop singer with the 'Goodie Mob')
	 Mr. Bigglesworth: Ted Nude Gent (feline actor that played Dr.Evil's denuded pet in the 1999 flick, Austin Powers - The Spy That Shagged Me)
		    Bigio: Giuseppe Biaggi (Swiss TV showman, b1948)
		Big Maceo: Major Merriweather (blues piano player)
	     Big Maybelle: Mabel Louise Smith (soul & blues singer)
		  Big Pun: Christopher Rios [aka Big Punisher, Big Moon Dog] (Puerto Rican rapper, b1972 d2000)
	       Acker Bilk: Bernard Stanley Bilk (British songwriter/composer/clarinetist/jazz musician/composer/bandleader/painter, b1929) {'Acker' is a hometown term that means 'mate' or friend'}
      Barbara Billingsley: Barbara Lillian Combes (movie & tv actress - Leave It To Beaver, b1922)
	    Billy the Kid: Henry McCarty [aka William H. Bonney, Jr.] [aka "Little Casino"] (19th-century western bad guy, b1859 d1881)
	 Billy the Kid II: Billy Claiborne (19th-century gunslinger-wannabe)
	     Chilly Billy: Bill Cardille (writer)
		      Bim: Roy Forbes (Canadian rock singer/songwriter, b1953) {father nicknamed him from the song, Bimbo, Where You Gonna Goyo}
	     Stanley Bing: Gil Swartz (Fortune magazine columnist/CBS-TV executive)
	    Raymond Birch: Charles L. Johnson (rag-time musician/composer)
	      Billie Bird: Bird B. Stowell (movie & tv actress, b1908)
	  Cordwainer Bird: Harlan Ellison (writer)
      Birdman of Alcatraz: Robert F. Stroud (murderer/ornithologist who actually spent 26 yrs. raising birds at Levenworth - Alcatraz didn't allow pets!, b1890 d1963)
	      Tala Birell: Natalie Bierl (movie, stage & tv actress, b1907 d1958)
     George A. Birmingham: James Owen Hannay (Irish clergyman/novelist, b1865 d1950)
		Ed Bishop: George Bishop (tv actor, b1932)
	      Joey Bishop: Joseph Abraham Gottlieb (comedian/tv talk show host/movie actor/panelist/Rat Pack member, b1918)
	     Julie Bishop: Jacqueline Brown [aka Jacqueline Wells] (movie actress, b1914)
	     Whit Bissell: Whitner Bissell (movie actor, b1919 d1981)
	Jacqueline Bisset: Winifred Jacqueline Fraser-Bisset (British-born movie & tv actress, b1944)
	      G.W. Bitzer: Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer [aka Billy Bitzer] (movie cinematographer/director/writer/actor (Lucky Jim - 1909), b1872 d1944)
	     George Bizet: Alexandre Cesar Leopold Bizet (French opera composer, b1838 d1875)
	  Brynjolf Bjarme: Henrik Johan Ibsen [nn: Father of Realist Drama] (Norwegian dramatist, b1828 d1906)
		    Bj”rk: Bj”rk Gudmundsdottir (impish Icelandic singer/keyboardist/dancer, b1965)
	      Cilla Black: Priscilla Maria Veronica White (English hat-check girl/singer/tv actress, b1943)
	      Karen Black: Karen Blanche Ziegler (movie actress/dancer, b1942)
	       Blackbeard: Capt. Edward Teach [aka Edward Thatch] (privateer and pirate)
	     Black Beaver: Suck-tum-mah-kway (prominent Delaware Tribe indian scout/interpreter for the Union during the Civil War/Baptist minister, b1806 d1880)
	     Black Canary: Dinah Drake Lance (fictional superhero)
		Black Rob: Robert Ross (rapper/felon)
       The Black Stallion: Charm (Arabian horse that was the subject of Walter Farley's famous 1941 classic novel)
       The Black Stallion: Casole' (Arabian horse that played the title role in the 1979 film adaptation of Farley's book)
	  John Blackthorn: Gary Hart (lawyer/U.S. Senator/presidential candidate whose campaign was scuttled by a bit of Monkey Business/novelist)
	    Mr. Blackwell: Richard Blackwell (American fashion designer/critic known for his "Worst-Dressed List")
       Scrapper Blackwell: Francis Blackwell (blues guitar player)
	  Alexander Blade: John W. Jakes (sci-fi author)
	     David Blaine: David Blaine White (street magician/tv performer, b1973)
	    Vivian Blaine: Vivienne Stapleton (vivacious movie actress, b1921)
	      Betsy Blair: Elizabeth Boger (movie actress, b1923)
	      Janet Blair: Martha Janet  Lafferty (vivacious movie & tv actress, b1921) {who was born in Blair, PA}
	     Amanda Blake: Beverly Louise Neill (tv actress known for role as Kitty on Gunsmoke, b1931 d1989)
	      Blind Blake: Arthur Phelps [aka, Arthur Blake, Blind Arthur] (blues guitar player)
	      Eubie Blake: James Hubert Blake (jazz pianist/composer/bandleader, b1883 d1983)
	  Katherine Blake: Dorothy Blake Walter [aka Kay Blake, Katherine Ross] (writer, b1908)
		Kay Blake: Dorothy Blake Walter [aka Katherine Blake, Katherine Ross] (writer, b1908)
	      Marie Blake: Edith Blossom MacDonald (movie actress, b1896 d1978)
	   Nicholas Blake: Cecil Day-Lewis (British poet laureate/critic/mystery writer, b1904 d1972)
	     Oliver Blake: Oliver Prickett (movie, stage & tv character actor with a wildly distinctive face, b1905 d1992) {used real name for his stage work}
	     Pamela Blake: Adele Pearce (movie & tv actress, b1918) {performed under her real name until 1942}
	     Robert Blake: Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi (movie & tv actor/producer/director, b1933)
		Toe Blake: Hector Blake (professional hockey player, b1912 d1995)
       Francois Blanchard: Jean-Pierre Blanchard (French balloonist, b1753)
	      Ralph Blane: Ralph Uriah Hunsecker (composer/lyricist, b1914)
	      Sally Blane: Elizabeth Jane Young (movie & tv actress/sister of Loretta Young, b1910 d1997)
	  Mookie Blaylock: Daron Oshay Blaylock (professional basketball player w/the Atlanta Hawks, b1967)
	    Oliver Bleeck: Ross Thomas (author - wrote 5 novels using this nom de plume, b1926 d1995)
	     Rocky Bleier: Robert Bleier (professional NFL runningback with the Pittsburgh Steelers)
	       Carla Bley: Carla Borg (jazz pianist/organist/composer, b1938)
	     Johnny Blitz: John Madansky (punk rocker with The Dead Boys)
	    Joan Blondell: Rosebud Blustein [aka Rose Joan Blondell] (vaudvillian/movie, stage & tv actress, b1906 d1979)
		  Blondie: Deborah Harry (punk rock's peroxide pixie)
	  Charles Blondin: Jean Francois Gravelet (French acrobat/tightrope-walker)
	     Claire Bloom: Patricia Claire Bloom (British movie actress, b1931)
	       Luka Bloom: Barry Moore (Irish singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1955) {'Luka' from the Suzanne Vega song; 'Bloom' from James Joyce's Ulysses}
	      Kurtis Blow: Kurtis Walker [aka Kool DJ Kurt] (rap singer/keyboardist, b1959)
		Baby Blue: Paul Clayton ('60s folk singer/LSD fatality) {subject of Bob Dylan's song It's All Over Now, Baby Blue}
		 Ben Blue: Benjamin Bernstein (Canadian movie, stage & tv actor/comedian/dancer/vaudvillian, b1901 d1975)
	  Little Joe Blue: Joseph Valery, Jr. (blues singer)
	       Sugar Blue: James Whiting (blues singer) {from the song Sugar Blues by Sidney Bechet}
		Bluebeard: Chavalier Raoul (ficticious 17th-century French wife-murderer)
		Bluebeard: Henri Desire Landru (early 20th-century wife-murderer with 10 victims)
	   Lady Bluebeard: Anna Shaw (America's first female serial killer, d19??)
	       Nellie Bly: Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (journalist/civil rights leader, b1867 d1922)
	     Larry Blyden: Ivan Lawrence Blieden (movie, stage & tv actor/game show host of What's My Line, b1925 d1975)
	     Betty Blythe: Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter (silent-movie actress, b1893 d1972)
	       Doctor Bob: Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith (co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, b1879 d1950)
		Bob & Ray: Bob Elliott (b1923) and Ray Goulding (b1922 d1990) (radio/tv satirists)
	The Bobbsey Twins: Bert & Nan Bobbsey are the older set, Flossie & Freddie the younger (fictional characters b1904 in the famous Edward Stratemeyer [aka Laura Lee Hope] novels)
	 Sir Dirk Bogarde: Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde (British movie character actor/director, b1921)
	     Suzy Bogguss: Susan Kay Boggus (country western entertainer, b1956)
	       Marc Bohan: Roger Maurice Louis Bohan (French fasion designer)
	       Marc Bolan: Mark Feld (British rock & roll singer/guitarist with T. Rex, b1947 d1977)
	  Florinda Bolkan: Florinda Soares Bulcao (Brazilian movie actress/screenwriter/director/producer, b1941)
	   Michael Bolton: Michael Bolotin (singer/songwriter/composer/saxaphonist, b1954)
	     Erma Bombeck: Erma Louise Fiste (columnist/author/tv actress/humorist who never ate daisies, b1927 d1996)
		  Bon Bon: George Tunnell (singer)
	      Johnny Bond: Cyrus  Whitfield Bond (country western singer/songwriter/movie & tv actor/author, b1915 d1978)
	      Ronnie Bond: Ronald Bullis (English rock & roll drummer with The Troggs)
	     Beulah Bondi: Beulah Bondy (movie actress, b1889 d1981)
	  Gary U.S. Bonds: Gary Anderson (singer/songwriter, b1939)
		Mr. Bones: Percy Danforth (musician, d1992)
	     Mars Bonfire: Dennis Eugene McCrohan (Canadian singer/songwriter who was Born to Be Wild)
	       Joe Bonham: Ed Naha (writer)
	     Rosa Bonheur: Marie Rosalie Bonheur (French painter)
	     Jon Bon Jovi: John Francis Bongiovi (lead rock & roll singer/guitarist with musical group Bon Jovi, b1962)
      Terry Nelson Bonner: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (writer)
		   Bonnie: Bonnie Parker [of Bonnie & Clyde] (bank robber/murderer/Public Enemy, b1910 d1934)
		     Bono: {see 'Bono Vox'}
	       Sonny Bono: Salvatore Philip Bono (singer/songwriter/comedian/author/mayor/congressman/man of the people, b1935 d1998, epitaph: "And the beat goes on.")
	Charlotte Bookman: Charlotte Shapiro Zolotow (author/editor, b1915)
		   Boomer: Dakota (the protagonist's dog in the film Independence Day)
		Pat Boone: Charles Eugene Boone (singer/entertainer/movie actor/tv host, b1934)
	     Brutus Booth: Junius Booth (English stage actor/John Wilke's dad)
	      James Booth: James Geeves-Booth (English veteran character movie, stage & tv actor, b1933)
	    Shirley Booth: Thelma Booth Ford  (tv actress, b1907 d1992)
	       Booty Babe: Kimberly Falkenburg [aka Kimberly] (professional wrestler)
	     Victor Borge: Borge Rosenbaum [nn: The Unmelancholy Dane] (Danish comedian/actor/pianist/conductor/humorist)
	Scipione Borghese: Scipione Caffarelli (Italian cardinal/art collector)
	   Gutzon Borglum: John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (sculptor of Mt. Rushmore)
	  Ernest Borgnine: Ermes Effron Borgnino (wonderfully talented movie & tv actor, b1917)
	Hieronymous Bosch: Hieronymous van Aeken (15th-century Flemish painter)
	 Boston Strangler: Albert H. DeSalvo [aka "The Measuring Man", "The Green Man"] (serial sexual molester/serial killer, b1931 d1973)
	      Eve Boswell: Eva Keleti (Hungarian-British singer, b 1922 d1998)
	       P.W. Botha: Pieter Willem Botha (ex-South African president)
	Sandro Botticelli: Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi (Italian painter)
	  Anthony Boucher: William Anthony Parker White (U.S. author/journalist/editor, b1911 d1968)
	  Barbara Bouchet: Barbara Gutscher (movie actress, b1943)
	   Chili Bouchier: Dorothy Irene Boucher (English movie, stage & tv actress, b1909 d1999)
	  Ingrid Boulting: Ingrid Munnik (South African-born movie & tv actress, b1947)
		  Bourvil: André Raimbourg [aka Andrel] (French movie actor/stand-up comic, b1917 d1970)
	  Elizabeth Bowen: Dorothea Cole (author)
     Camilla Parker Bowes: Camilla Shand (British consort of Prince Charles, b1947)
	      David Bowie: David Robert Hayward Stenton Jones (British actor/musician/singer/songwriter/music producer/body-painter, b1947) {had to change name because of Davy Jones of The Monkees}
		Edgar Box: Gore Vidal (writer)
	    Boxcar Willie: Lecil Travis Martin [aka Marty Martin] (country music entertainer/rail-rider/train whistle-impersonator, b1931 d1999)
		Joe Boxer: Nick Graham (shorts-sighted Canadian entrepreneur that made a career out of underwear)
	    Chef Boyardee: Hector Boiardi (Italian chef who moved to America, perfected his spaghetti & meatballs and then got canned, b1897 d1985)
	       Nancy Boyd: Edna St. Vincent Millay (U.S. poet, b1892 d1950)
	     Stephen Boyd: Stephen William Millar (Irish-born movie & tv actor, b1928 d1977)
		      Boz: Charles John Huffam Dickens (English novelist, who could often Twist a Bleak Tale, b1812 d1870)
	   Bozo the Clown: Larry Harmon (clown creator/portrayor; Bozo was b1946)
	      Jan Bradley: Addie Bradley [aka Janice Johnson] (soul singer, b1943)
	     Owen Bradley: Williams Owen Bradley (country western entertainer, b1915 d1998)
	      Carol Brady: Carol Tyler Martin (fictional re-married tv mom on The Brady Bunch)
	Diamond Jim Brady: James Buchanan Brady (famous U.S. investor/speculator)
		Pat Brady: Robert Ellsworth O'Brady (movie & tv actor/comedian/country singer/Roy Rogers' comic sidekick, b1914 d1972)
	      Scott Brady: Gerald Kenneth Tierney (tough-looking movie & tv actor, b1924)
	     Heather Brae: Heather Utzig (model/actress/AFLAC associate)
	     Eric Braeden: Hans Gudegast (German-born American not-so Young & Restless movie & tv actor/former Rat, b1943)
	      Billy Bragg: Steven William Bragg (British singer/songwriter/musician, b1957)
	    Ernest Bramah: Ernest Bramah Smith (British author of detective stories)
		 Bramante: Donato d'Agnolo (15th-century Italian architect)
	     Dollar Brand: Adolph Johannes Brand [aka Abdullah Ibrahim] (South African-born jazz pianist)
		Max Brand: Frederick Schiller Faust (American novelist, b1892 d1949)
	    Rebecca Brand: Suzy McKee Charnas (writer)
	    Henry Brandon: Heinrich von Kleinbach (German-born movie, stage & tv actor, who tended towards menacing character roles, b1912 d1990)
	      Paul Brandt: Paul Rennee Belobersycky (Canadian-born country music entertainer, b1972)
		 X Brands: Jay X. Brands (tv actor, b1927)
		   Brandy: Brandy Norwood (singer/musician/actress, b1979)
	    Donnie Brasco: Joe Pistone (FBI agent who posed as Mafia casino operator in early 1980's)
		  Brassai: Gyula Halasz (Hungarian-born photographer)
	  Pierre Brasseur: Pierre-Albert Espinasse (French movie actor/writer, b1905 d1972)
	   Bart Braverman: Bartley Louis Braverman (movie actor)
	      Bobo Brazil: Houston Harris (professional wrestler)
		Kim Bread: John Marwood Cleese (British lawyer/comedian/movie & tv actor/voicist, b1939) {this NdG used on Starship Titanic CD-ROM computer game}
		   B-Real: Louis Freese (actor/rap singer with Cypress Hill)
	      Peter Breck: Joseph Peter Breck (movie actor)
	       El Brendel: Elmer G. Brendel (fake-Swedish comedian, b1890 d1964)
	     Evelyn Brent: Mary Elizabeth Riggs (movie actress, b1899 d1975)
	     George Brent: George Brendon Nolan (Irish movie & tv actor, b1904 d1979)
	     Romney Brent: Romulo Larralde (Mexican movie & tv actor/screenwriter, b1902 d1976)
	     Edmund Breon: Edmund McLaverty (amiable, monocled British movie actor, b1882 d1951)
	     Jeremy Brett: Peter Jeremy William Huggins (British movie & tv actor, b1933 d1995)
	    Teresa Brewer: Teresa Breuer (singer/actress, b1931)
	       Mary Brian: Louise Dantzler (charming movie actress, b1908)
	      Fanny Brice: Fannie Borach [nn: Baby Snooks] (comedienne/singer/dancer/movie, radio & stage actress, b1891 d1951)
		 Bricktop: Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (American cabaret singer, b1894 d1984) {she was proprietress of Blacktop Cafe' in Paris}
	       Ann Bridge: Mary O'Malley (writer)
	     Beau Bridges: Lloyd Vernet Bridges, III (movie & tv actor, b1941)
		Brilliant: Grigori Yakovlevich Sokolnikov (Polish-born Soviet administrator/1st Soviet Finance Minister, b1888 d1939)
	   Valerie Brisco: Valerie Hooks (Olympic runner, b1960)
	     Carl Brisson: Carl Pedersen (Danish movie actor, b1895 d1958)
*           Laura Bristow: Irina Derevko (fictional mother of protagonist Sydney on ABC-TV show Alias)
	   Poppy Z. Brite: Melissa Ann Brite (Goth/stripper/artist's model/novelist/bi-sexual/Lost Soul)
	      Elton Britt: James Britt Baker (country western entertainer, b1913 d1972)
		May Britt: Maybritt Wilkens (Swedish movie actress, b1933)
	  Morgan Brittany: Suzanne Cupito (movie & tv actress, b1953)
	  Barbara Britton: Varbara Brantingham Crukor (movie actress, b1920 d1980)
	     Steve Brodie: John Stevens (tough-looking movie & tv actor, b1919)
*            James Brolin: James Bruderlin (movie & tv actor/director/producer, b1940)
	  Charles Bronson: Charles Buchinsky (tough, somber movie actor, b1921) {used Buchinsky in his 1st 11 films}
	  Yetta Bronstein: Jeanne Abel (ficticious Bronx grandmother & 1964 and 1968 presidential candidate, portrayed for the media by the wife of noted prankster Alan Abel)
	      Il Bronzino: Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano (16th-century Flemish mannerist painter)
	      Clive Brook: Clifford Hardman Brook (gentlemanly British movie actor, b1887 d1974)
	    Hillary Brook: Beatrice Peterson (statuesque movie & tv actress, b1914)
	    Albert Brooks: Albert Lawrence Einstein (comic movie actor/director, b1947)
	     Elkie Brooks: Elaine Bookbinder (English rock & roll singer)
	     Garth Brooks: Troyal Garth Brooks (singer/songwriter/musician, b1962)
	 Geraldine Brooks: Geraldine Stroock (intense movie & tv actress, b1925 d1977)
	       Kix Brooks: Leon Eric Brooks III [of Brooks & Dunn] (country singer/guitarist, b1955)
	       Mel Brooks: Melvin Kaminsky (writer/director/actor/2000-year-old man, b1926)
	   Phyllis Brooks: Phyllis Weiler (blonde movie actress, b1914)
	   Stephen Brooks: James Gardner Brooks, Jr. (tv actor - FBI, Days of Our Lives, b1942 d1999)
       Dr. Joyce Brothers: Joyce Diane Bauer (radio & tv psychologist/entertainer)
	     Arthur Brown: Arthur Wilson (English rock & roll singer/songwriter, b1944)
	 Capability Brown: Lancelot Brown (18th-century British landscape gardener)
	     Carter Brown: Alan G. Yates (British-born Australian paperback crime story writer, b1923 d1985)
	     Divine Brown: Estella Maria Thompson (Hollywood street entertainer/acquaintance of Hugh Grant)
	       Foxy Brown: Inga Fung Marchand (rap singer, b1979) {named after title character in actress Pam Grier's 1974 film, Foxy Brown}
	  Gatemouth Brown: Clarence Brown (blues singer/songwriter/musician, b1924)
	    Georgia Brown: Georgia Klot (allegedly sweet British cabaret songstress, b1933)
	      Jerry Brown: Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr. [aka Governor Moonbeam] (politician/former governor of CA)
	     Joe E. Brown: Joseph Evan Brown (vaudvillian/comedic actor, known for having a larger than average oral cavity, b1892 d1973)
	      Kelly Brown: Elford Cornelious Kelly Kingman Brown (actor/ballet dancer)
	      Lefty Brown: James Brown (tennis player/movie & tv actor)
	     Maxine Brown: Ella Maxine Brown (country music entertainer with The Browns, b1932)
	    Michael Brown: Michael Lookofsky (keyboardist/songwriter with The Left Banke)
   Unsinkable Molly Brown: Margaret T. Brown (seamstress/'gold-strike' nouveau riche/socialite/philanthropist/R.M.S. Titanic survivor/French Legion of Honor recipient, b1868 d1932)
		Pat Brown: Edmund Gerald Brown, Sr. (lawyer/politician/former governor of CA, b1905 d1996)
	       Ruth Brown: Ruth Weston [nn: Miss Rhythm] (jazz singer/movie, stage & tv actress, b1928)
	  T. Graham Brown: Anthony Graham Brown (country music entertainer, b1954)
	     Thomas Brown: Thomas Moore [aka Thomas Little] (Irish poet, b1779 d1852)
	       Tony Brown: William Anthony Brown (lecturer/tv personality/Journalist)
	    Vanessa Brown: Smylla Brind (demure movie actress, b1928)
	   Jackson Browne: Clyde Jackson Browne (guitarist/pianist/singer/songwriter/composer/political activist, b1948)
    Mary Margaret Brownie: Prymaat (Earth alias of fictional movie alien Conehead, b1955)
	     Tod Browning: Charles Albert Browning (movie producer/director/writer, b1882)
	       Bobbe Brox: Josephine Brock (American vocalist, d1999)
	      David Bruce: Marden McBroom (movie actor, b1914 d1976)
		 Ed Bruce: William Edwin Bruce, Jr.(country music entertainer, b1940)
	      Lenny Bruce: Leonard Alfred Schneider (propriety-envelope-pushing nightclub comedian/movie actor/animation voicist/screenwriter/director, b1925 d1966)
	      Nigel Bruce: William Nigel Bruce (elementary British movie actor who played Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes flicks, b1895 d1953)
	   Virginia Bruce: Helen Virginia Briggs (movie actress, b1910 d1982)
	    Cousin Brucie: Bruce Norrow (radio disk-jockey)
	       Erik Bruhn: Belton Evers (ballet dancer)
	    Beau Brummell: George Bryan Brummell (19th-century British fashion plate/gambler, b1778 d1840)
	      Brut force?: Marci Brickhouse (beautiful brunette actress/model who sacks Troy Aikman in the Brut cologne commercial, b1968?)
		   Brutus: Marcus Junius Brutus (Roman general/et tu assassin?)
	       Dora Bryan: Dora Broadbent (British movie actress, b1923)
	      David Bryan: David Rashbaum (heavy metal keyboardist with Bon Jovi band)
	       Jane Bryan: Jane O'Brien (movie actress, b1918)
	      Bear Bryant: Paul William Bryant (legendary football coach) {who wrestled a bear for $1 as a youth}
	 Boudleaux Bryant: Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant (country music entertainer, b1920 d1987)
	    Felice Bryant: Matilda Genevieve Scaduto (country music entertainer, b1925)
	     Jimmy Bryant: Ivy James Bryant (country music entertainer, b1925)
	      Yul Brynner: Taidje Kahn [aka Youl Bryner] (Swiss, folliclly-challenged actor, best known for his portrayal of the sovereign in The King & I, b1915 d1985)
	     Peabo Bryson: Robert Bryson (soul singer/music producer)
	     John Bubbles: John William Sublett (movie actor/tap dancer/comedian/1st Negro to appear on The Tonight Show, b1902 d1986)
	    Jack Buchanan: Joe R. Lansdale (writer)
	    Pearl S. Buck: Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker (novelist/Nobel Prize winner, b1892 d1973)
  William F. Buckley, Jr.: William Frank Buckley, Jr. (conservative political commentator/author/editor)
     Henrietta Buckmaster: Henrietta Henkle Stephens (author/journalist)
		Zola Budd: Zola Budd Pieterse (South African Olympic runner, b1966)
		   Buddah: Siddhartha Gautama Buddha (Indian philosopher who had the Nirvana to invent Buddhism)
		    Buddy: Chance, Chase, Eagle, Joey, Rush & Zach (six canines needed to replace Buddy in the movie sequel Air Bud: Golden Retriever - the original Buddy died after the 1st film)
		Don Budge: John Donald Budge (professional tennis player/1st to win tennis' 'Grand Slam' (1938), b1915)
	       Bebe Buell: Beverle Lorence Buell (model/Playboy Playmate/movie & tv actress, b1953)
		     Buff: Marcus Bagwell [The Handsome Stranger, Buff Bagwell, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Fabian] (professional wrestler)
	      Ashley Buff: Philip Legg (punk rocker with 'Essential Logic')
	     Buffalo Bill: William Matthewson (1860's government scout/buffalo hunter)
	     Buffalo Bill: William Frederick Cody (American adventurer/hunter/scout/showman, b1846 d1917)
	      Buffalo Bob: Robert Schmidt [aka Bob E. Smith] (his Doody was to host a children's tv show in the 50's, b1917 d1998)
	     L.T.J. Bukem: Danny Williamson (British DJ/music producer/record label owner, b1967) {NdG from Hawaii Five-0's "book 'em, Danno"}
	    Jm J. Bullock: Jim Bullock (tv actor)
	     Ned Buntline: Edward Zane Carroll Judson (politician/originator of 'dime novel')
	     Victor Buono: Charles Victor Buono (movie & tv actor/poet, b1938 d1982)
	     Kay Burdekin: Katharine Burdekin (writer)
	  Anthony Burgess: John Anthony Burgess Wilson (British author/journalist/essayist, b1917 d1993)
	     Billie Burke: Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (movie, stage & tv actress/comedienne/Good Witch, b1885 d1970)
	     Burkina Faso: Upper Volta (African country - name changed in 1984)
	      Burne-Jones: Edward Coley (painter)
	   T-Bone Burnett: John Henry Burnett (rhythm & blues singer/songwriter, b1945? b1948?)
	  Smiley Burnette: Lester Alvin Burnette (country western entertainer/movie & tv actor, b1911 d1967)
	     George Burns: Nathan Birnbaum [aka Eddie DeLight] (comedian/writer/Grace-full movie & tv actor, b1896 d1996)
*               Mr. Burns: Charles Montgomery Burns (Springfield's powerful animated millionaire from The Simpsons)
		Tex Burns: Louis Dearborn LaMoore (U.S. novelist, specializing in westerns, b1908 d1988)
	       Henry Burr: Harry H. McClaskey [nn: The Dean of Ballad Singers] (Canadian ballad singer/actor)
	      Abe Burrows: Abram Solman Borowitz (stage-musical librettist/screenwriter/tv panelist/director, b1910 d1985)
	     Eddie Burrup: Elizabeth Durack (82-year-old Irish author who pretended from 1994-97 to be a male Australian Aboriginal artist)
	    Ellen Burstyn: Edna Rae Gilhooly [aka Erica Dean, Kerri Flynn, Ellen McRae] (movie actress, b1932)
	     LeVar Burton: LeVardis Robert Martyn Burton, Jr. (Enterprising movie & tv actor, b1957)
	   Richard Burton: Richard Walter Jenkins, Jr. (brooding Welsh movie actor, b1925 d1984)
	    Leo Buscaglia: Felice Leonardo Buscaglia [nn: Dr. Hug] (educator/author/lecturer on interpersonal relationships)
		 Jeb Bush: John Ellis Bush (governor of Florida/son of a former president of the U.S./brother of a currently selected president of the U.S.)
       Francis X. Bushman: Francis Xavier Bushman (movie, stage & tv actor/director/writer, b1883 d1966)
	    Ralph Bushman: Ralph Everly Bushman  (movie actor, b1903 d1978)
	    Prince Busler: Buster Campbell (Jamaican reggae singer/songwriter, b1938)
	      Daws Butler: Charles Dawson (cartoon voicist/voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Capt. Crunch, etc., b1916 d1988)
	     Edith Butler: Marie Nicole Butler (Canadian teacher/singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1942)
	     Pearl Butler: Pearl Dee Jones (country music entertainer, b1966)
	       Butterbean: Eric Esch [aka 'King of the Four Rounders'] (311-pound professional boxer, b1967)
	      Red Buttons: Aaron Chwatt (movie actor/vaudvillian/comedian who never got a dinner, b1919) {who worked as a bellboy, wearing a jacket w/48 buttons}
		 Kuda Bux: Khudah Bukhsh [nn: Mystic Man with the X-Ray Eyes] (magician/illusionist)
	   Robert C. Byrd: Cornelius Calvin Sales, Jr. (U.S. senator from West Virginia)
	       Edd Byrnes: Edward Breitenberger (Kookie tv actor/singer/emcee/77 Sunset Stripper, b1933)
	       Lord Byron: George Gordon (English poet, b1788 d1824)
		Tom Byron: Thomas Bryan Taliaferro, Jr. (adult film actor/director/writer/producer/rock musician, b1961)
	     Walter Byron: Walter Butler (British movie actor, b1899 d1972)


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