Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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Bellay, Joachim du (French statesman/stateswoman)
Bellini (Italian painters)
Bellini, Vincenzo (Italian musician)
Belloc, Hilaire (English writer)
Bellow, Saul (Writer)
Bellows, George Wesley (American painter & artist)
Belo, Carlos Felipe Ximenes (Indonesian Catholic politician)
Belshazzar (Son of Nebuchadnezzar II and last king of Babylon)
Bemelmans, Ludwig (Austrian-born American illustrator and writer)
Ben Bella, Ahmed (Algerian statesman/stateswoman)
Ben Gurion, David (Prime Minister of Israel)
Bench, Johnny Lee (American baseball player)
Benchley, Robert Charles (Writer / Actor / Critic)
Benedict of Nursia, Saint (French theologian)
Benedict XV (Italian pope)
Benedict XVI (Religious Figure)
Benedict, Ruth Fulton (American anthropologist)
Beneš, Eduard (Czech president)
Benét, William Rose (American poet & writer)
Benjamin (Bible)
Benjamin, Asher (American architect)
Benjamin, Judah Philip (American-English jurist & statesman/stateswoman)
Bennett, (Enoch) Arnold (English novelist & dramatist)
Bennett, Floyd (American aviator and Arctic explorer)
Bennett, James Gordon (1795-1872, American newspaper publisher)
Bennett, Richard Bedford (Canadian statesman/stateswoman)
Benny, Jack (Spoken Word Artist)
Benoît de Sainte-Maure (French novelist)
Benoit Samuelson, Joan (American distance runner)
Bentham, Jeremy (Philosopher)
Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish (English statesman/stateswoman)
Benton, Thomas Hart (U.S. Senator)
Benton, Thomas Hart (American painter)
Benz, Karl Friedrich (German engineer)
Berenson, Bernard (American critic & artist)
Berg, Alban (Austrian musician)
Berg, Patricia Jane (American golfer)
Berg, Paul (American biologist)
Bergh, Henry (American reformer)
Bergman, Ingmar (Filmmaker)
Bergson, Henri Louis (French philosopher)
Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich (Russian statesman/stateswoman)
Bering, Vitus (Danish-Russian explorer)
Berkeley, Busby (American dancer & filmmaker)
Berkeley, George (English-Irish philosopher & theologian)
Berkeley, William, Sir (American statesman/stateswoman)
Berle, Milton (Comedian)