Persons

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Burt Bacharach

Composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist

Burt Freeman Bacharachis an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Ha...

David Baddiel

English comedian

David Lionel Baddielis an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, author and singer. He became known for his early work alongside Rob Newman in The Mary Whitehouse Experience and later for his come...

Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch

Politician

Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch(born 2 January 1980) is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Levelling Up Communities and Minister of State for Equalities since 2021. A member of the Conser...

Kemi Badenoch

Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Kemi Badenochis a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Minister of State for Levelling Up Com...

Penn Badgley

American actor

Penn Dayton Badgleyis an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and as Joe Goldberg in the Netflix thriller series You (2018–pres...

Benoit Badiashile

French professional footballer

Benoît Ntambue Badiashile Mukinayi Bayais a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Chelsea and the France national team. Club career Monaco On 5 February 2018, ...

Joseph Baena

American actor

Joseph Baenais an American actor and fitness model, who is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Career Fitness modeling Baena was featured on the cover of the Men's Health March 2022 issue, highlighting ...

Mark Bailey

English actor, comedian, musician and singer

Mark Robert Bailey (Bill Bailey)is an English actor, comedian, musician and singer. He is known for his role as Manny in the sitcom Black Books and his appearances on the panel shows Never Mind the Bu...

Andrew Bailey

Governor of the Bank of England since 16 March 2020.

Andrew John Baileyis a British central banker who has been Governor of the Bank of England since 16 March 2020. Previously he served as the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from January 2004 until...

Leon Bailey

Jamaican professional footballer

Leon Patrick Baileyis a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Jamaica national team. Bailey arrived in Europe at the age of 13 and pl...

Mark Bailey

English musician

Mark Robert "Bill" Baileyis an English musician, comedian, actor and television presenter. He is known for his role as Manny in the sitcom Black Books (2000–2004), and for his regular appearances on t...

Jonathan Bailey

English actor

Jonathan Stuart Baileyis an English actor known for his comedic, dramatic, and musical roles on stage and screen. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, a...

Jacqueline Baillie

Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party

Jacqueline Marie Baillieis a Scottish politician who has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2020. She has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Dumbarton constit...

Adrienne Bailon-houghton

American television personality

Adrienne Eliza Bailon-Houghtonis an American television personality, singer, and actress. She is a former member of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. From 2013 to 2022, Bailon was a co-host o...

Matthew Bair

American singer

Matthew Bairknown professionally asMatthew Komais an American singer, songwriter, DJ, and record producer. Songs written or co-written by Koma include "Spectrum", "Find You", and Grammy Award-winner "...

Jonathan Bairstow

English cricketer

Jonathan Marc Bairstowis an English cricketer who plays internationally for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Yorkshire, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including...

Kenneth Baker

English actor

Kenneth George Bakerwas an English actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, ...

Sean Baker

American filmmaker

Sean Bakeris an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing independent feature films about the lives of marginalized people, especially immigrants and sex workers. His films include Take Out (...

Steven Baker

British former politician

Steven John Bakeris a British former politician who served as Minister of State for Northern Ireland between 2022 and 2024. He is a former Royal Air Force engineer, consultant and banker. A member of ...

Mark Baker

English animator and producer

Mark Bakeris an English animator and producer whose works include the Oscar-nominated short films The Hill Farm (1988), The Village (1993) and Jolly Roger (1998). He is also known for co-creating Pepp...