Persons

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

Josh Brolin

American actor

Josh James Brolinis an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). After years of decline, Brolin had a resurgence w...

Lucia Bronze

English professional footballer

Lucia Roberta Tough Bronzeis an English professional footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in the history of the women’s game. Born on 28 October 1991 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Bron...

Harry Brook

English cricketer

Harry Cherrington Brookis an English cricketer who plays international cricket for England and domestic cricket for Yorkshire. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm medium pace. He...

Kelly Brook

English model, actress

Kelly Brookis an English model, actress, and media personality. She is known for her modelling work in the UK, and in the US for her role as Prudence on the NBC sitcom One Big Happy (2015). Brook bega...

Alexander Brooker

English journalist

Alexander James Brookeris an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4. Since 2012 Brooker has co-hosted The Last Leg, a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills a...

Faye Brookes

English actress

Faye Alicia Brookesis an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Kate Connor on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. In 2021, she competed in the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice,...

James Brooks

American director

James Lawrence Brooksis an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films ...

Jack Brooksbank

English businessman

Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank(born 3 May 1986) is an English businessman who is married to Princess Eugenie, a niece of King Charles III. Education and career Brooksbank was educated at Stowe Scho...

Pierce Brosnan

Irish actor and film producer

Pierce Brendan Brosnanis an Irish actor and film producer. He is best known as the fifth actor to play secret agent James Bond in the Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (Golden...

James Gordon Brown

British politician

James Gordon Brown HonFRSEis a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequ...

Melanie (Mel B) Brown

English singer

Melanie Janine Brown, commonly known asMel BorMelanie B, is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress. She rose to fame in the mid 1990s as a member of the pop girl group the ...

Kerry Brown

British academic

Kerry Brownis a British academic, author and sinologist specialising in Chinese history, international relations and politics. Brown is a current Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau C...

Keith Brown

Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP)

Keith James Brownis a Scottish politician serving as Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2018. He is a former Royal Marines commando and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliame...

Christopher Brown

American singer

Christopher Maurice Brownis an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A pop and hip-hop-influenced R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "King of R&B" by some ...

Camille Brown

Dancer

Camille A. Brownis a dancer, choreographer, director and dance educator. She is the Founder & Artistic Director of Camille A. Brown & Dancers, and has congruently choreographed commissioned pieces for...

Jon Brown

TV writer

Jon Brownis TV writer. Jon has created and written a number of successful TV shows including the hit comedy Dead Pixels (E4) which ran 2 series, described by The Guardian as ‘gut-bustingly funny … the...

Carrie Brownstein

American musician and actress

Carrie Rachel Brownsteinis an American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian. She first came to prominence as a member of the band Excuse 17 before forming the rock trio Sleater-Kinney. Du...

Kenneth Bruce

Scottish broadcaster

Kenneth Robertson Bruceis a Scottish broadcaster who is best known for hosting his long-running weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 from 1986 to 1990, and then again from 1992 to 2023. He will deb...

Benjamin Bruce

English musician

Benjamin Paul Bruceis an English musician. He is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of rock band Asking Alexandria and has also performed as a solo artist. Bruce founded the band while he was liv...

Peter Bruce

British chemist

Sir Peter George Bruceis a British chemist, and Wolfson Professor of Materials in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. Between 2018 and 2023, he served as Physical Secretary and Vi...