Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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Buddy O'Connor

b. 1916

Canadian ice hockey player (1916–1977)

Buddy Roberts

b. 1947

American-Canadian wrestler (1947–2012)

Buddy Rogers (wrestler)

American professional wrestler (1921–1992)

Buddy Ryan

American football player, coach, and executive (1931–2016)

Buddy Wakefield

b. 1974

American poet and spoken word artist

Budge Rogers

b. 1939

British Lions & England international rugby union player

Bugsy Siegel

American mobster (1906–1947)

Bùi Thanh Liêm

b. 1949

Bulat Okudzhava

b. 1924

Soviet-Russian singer (1924–1997)

Bulbs Ehlers

American basketball, football, and baseball player

Bülent Arınç

b. 1948

22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey

Bülent Ecevit

b. 1925

Prime Minister of Turkey (1974; 1977; 1978–79; 1999–2002)

Bunny Berigan

American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1908–1942)

Burgess Whitehead

b. 1910

American baseball player (1910–1993)

Burglinde Pollak

b. 1951

East German pentathlete

Burl Ives

b. 1909

American musician and actor (1909–1995)

Burt Bacharach

b. 1928

American composer and songwriter (1928–2023)

Burt Rutan

b. 1943

American aerospace engineer (born 1943)

Burt Young

b. 1940

American actor (1940–2023)

Bushwick Bill

Jamaican-American rapper (1966–2019)

Bussunda

Brazilian comedian

Busta Rhymes

b. 1972

American rapper (born 1972)

Buster Crabbe

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908–1983)

Buster Williams

b. 1942

American jazz bassist