Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
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Black Hawk (Sauk leader)
Black, Hugo La Fayette (American jurist & statesman/stateswoman)
Black, James Whyte, Sir (Scottish pharmacologist)
Black, Joseph (Scottish chemist & physician)
Black, Shirley Temple (Vocal Music Artist)
Blackmun, Harry Andrew (American jurist & statesman/stateswoman)
Blackstone, William, Sir (English jurist)
Blackwood, William (Scottish publisher and editor)
Blaine, James Gillespie (American statesman/stateswoman)
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton (Prime Minister of Great Britain / Political Figure)
Blair, Bonnie (American skater)
Blair, John (American jurist)
Blake, James Herbert (Jazz Artist)
Blake, Robert (English military leader)
Blake, William (Poet / Artist)
Blakey, Art (Drummer / Bandleader / Jazz Musician)
Blanc, Louis (French politician, writer & historian)
Blanc, Melvin Jerome (American actor)
Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente (Spanish novelist & politician)
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Hahn (Russian mystic & philosopher)
Blériot, Louis (French inventor & aviator)
Bligh, William (English military leader)
Bloch, Ernest (Swiss-American musician)
Bloch, Konrad Emil (American biochemist)
Block, Herbert Lawrence (American editorial cartoonist)
Bloom, Harold (American critic, writer & scholar)
Bloomfield, Leonard (American linguist)
Bloor, Ella Reeve (American politician)
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von (Prussian military leader)
Blum, Léon (French writer & politician)
Blume, Judy (American novelist)
Boabdil (sultan of Granada)
Boas, Franz (German-American anthropologist)
Boaz (Bible)
Boccaccio, Giovanni (Italian poet & novelist)
Boccherini, Luigi (Italian musician)
Boccioni, Umberto (Italian painter & sculptor)
Bodoni, Gianbattista (Italian printer)
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus (Italian philosopher & statesman/stateswoman)
Bogan, Louise (American poet & critic)
Böhme, Jakob (German mystic)
Boiardo, Matteo Maria (Italian poet & royalty)
Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (French writer, critic & poet)
Boito, Arrigo (Italian musician)
Boleyn, Anne (Royalty)