Category: Biography
Bjorn Borg Bjorn Borg (1956 ), Swedish tennis player. He won the French Open Championship in 1974, 1975, 1978, and 1979 and is the only man to have won the …
William Booth William Booth (1829-1912), British founder of the Salvation Army. The son of a Nottingham builder, he underwent a religious conversion at 15, first becoming a Methodist and …
Simon Bolivar Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), South American soldier and statesman, who liberated six South American republics from Spain. A descendant of wealthy Spanish colonists in Venezuela, he returned from …
Niels Bohr Niels Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist. Bohr studied in Copenhagen, where he later became professor of physics and director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics. While working in …
Humphrey Bogart Humphrey Bogart full name Humphrey De Forest Bogart (1899-1957), US actor. He is famous for his portrayal of the tough guy in such films as San Quentin …
Boadicea Boadicea, Latin name of Boudicca (61 AD), Queen of the Iceni, a British tribe of East Anglia. Her husband King Prasutagus had allied himself with the Roman invaders, …
Louis Bleriot Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, the first man to fly across the English Channel. He conducted experiments with gliders and biplanes and subsequently developed his own powered …
William Blake William Blake (1757-1827), British engraver, painter, and poet. He trained and worked as an engraver, writing poetry in his spare time at first. He later published books …
