Count Basie Count Basie, real name William Basie (1904-1984). Black US jazz bandleader. He studied the piano as a child and joined Bennie Moten’s big band in the …
Bela Bartok Bela Bartok (1881-1945). Hungarian composer and pianist. Having first appeared in public at the age of ten, he became a concert pianist as a young man. …
John Barrymore John Barrymore (1882-1942), US actor, a member of a distinguished Anglo-American family of actors. He made his stage debut in 1903 and was soon idolized by …
James Matthew Barrie James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937). Scottish dramatist and novelist. He is best known for the children’s fairy-tale play Peter Pan (1904), which developed from a series …
Dr Thomas John Barnardo Dr Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905). British philanthropist. He studied medicine in London and founded the first ‘Dr Barnardo’s Home’ for destitute children in Stepney …
Christiaan Barnard Christiaan Barnard (1922). South African surgeon. After much practical research into heart surgery at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, he performed the first human …
Daniel Barenboim Daniel Barenboim (1942- ). Israeli pianist and conductor. Barenboim was born in Argentina and studied in Salzburg, Paris, and Rome. He made his debut at the …
Brigitte Bardot Brigitte Bardot , stage name of Camille Javal (1933- ). French film actress. A former model, she began her film career in 1954. And God Created …
