List of people by name: Bq

• Bo Hi Pak, founder's(?) right-hand man, 1960s through 1990s
• Boal, Augusto, (born 1931), dramatist
• Boardman, Peter, (1950-1982), British climber
• Boas, Franz, (1858-1942), linguist
• Boas, Orlando Villas, indianist
• Bobet, Louison, cyclist
• Bobko, Karol, astronaut
• Bobola, Andrew, (born 1590), Jesuit missionary and martyr
• Bobrikov, Nikolai Ivanovich (1839-1904), Russian governor-general of Finland
• Boccaccio, Giovanni, (1313-1375), Italian novelist
• Boccara, Frida, musician
• Boccherini, Luigi, (1743-1805), composer
• Bocelli, Andrea, (born 1958), Italian musician
• Bochco, Steven, (born 1943), US producer, writer
• Bock, Fedor von, German Field marshal
• Bock, Feodor von, German soldier
• Bock, Ior, Finnish eccentric cult leader
• Böcklin, Arnold, (1827-1901), painter
• Bocuse, Paul, (born 1926), Chief cook
• Bode, Johann Elert, (1747-1826), astronomer
• Bodelschwingh, Friedrich von, (1831-1910), theologian
• Bodewig, Kurt, (2000-2002), German government minister
• Bode, Wilhelm von, (1845-1929), art historian
• Bodhidharma, (440-528), Buddhist saint
• Bodine, Geoff, (born 1949), automobile racer
• Bodley, Seóirse, member of Aosdána
• Bodmer, Johann Jakob, (1698-1783)
• Bodmer, Karl, (1809-1893), US painter of the American West
• Boeckler, Hans, (1875-1951), unionist and politician
• Boehm, Gottfried, architect
• Boeing, William, (born 1881), engineer
• Boelcke, Oswald, (1891-1916), World War I fighter ace
• Boerhaave, Herman, (1668-1738), physician
• Boerigter, Marc, athlete
• Boétie, Étienne de La, (1530-1563), French philosopher and politician
• Boëthius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, (AD 480-524 or 525), philosopher
• Boethius, of Dacia, scholastic philosopher
• Boezeman, Ko, (died 1941), Dutch resistance fighter
• Boff, Leonardo, (born 1938), theologian
• Bofill, Ricardo, (born 1939), architect
• Boganda, Barthelemy, (died 1959), first President of the Central African Republic
• Bogan, Louise, poet
• Bogan, Lucille, musician
• Bogarde, Dirk, (1921-1999), actor
• Bogart, Humphrey, (1899-1957), US actor
• Bogdanovich, Peter, (born 1939), film director
• Bogdanov, Michael, (born 1938), film director and theatre manager
• Boggs, Dock, musician
• Boggs, Hale, (died 1972), US Congressman from Louisiana
• Boggs, Lilburn W., governor
• Boggs, Wade, (born 1958), baseball player
• Bogguss, Suzy, (born 1956), country singer
• Bogosian, Eric, (born 1953), actor, writer
• Boguszewski, Krzysztof, Polish painter
• Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen von, (1851-1914), economist
• Bohm, Carl (1844-1920), composer
• Bohm, David (1917-1992), physicist
• Böhm, Georg (1661-1733), composer
• Bohm, Hark, (born 1939), film director
• Böhm, Karl (1894-1981), conductor
• Bohr, Aage Niels, (born 1922)
• Bohr, Niels, (1885-1962), Danish physicist
• Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas, (1636-1711), poet
• Boismard, Marie-Emile
• Boisson, Pierre, general and governor of Equatorial Africa
• Boitano, Brian, (born 1963), figure skater
• Boito, Arrigo, (1842-1918), Italian composer, opera composer
• Bojado, Francisco (born 1983) boxer
• Bojetu, Berta, (1946-1997), poet
• Bok, Bart, (1906-1983), astronomer
• Bok, Christian, (born 1966), author of Eunoia
• Bok, Hannes, (1914-1964), author
• Bok, Hans, illustrator
• Bokassa, Jean-Bedel, (1921-1996), Central African Republic emperor
• Boland, Eavan, (born 1944), poet
• Boland, Frederick, diplomat, Irish delegate to UN
• Boland, John Pius, double Olympic medal-winner/tennis,1896
• Bolan, Marc, (1947-1977), musician (T-Rex)
• Bolat, Latif, musician
• Bolcom, William, (born 1938), composer, musician
• Bolden, Buddy, (1877-1930), musician, "inventor of jazz"(?)
• Bolden, Charles, astronaut
• Boldrewood, Rolf, (1826-1915), novelist
• Bolduc, Madame, singer, songwriter, harmonicist, violinist
• Bolduc, Roch, Canadian senator
• Boleslaus I of Poland, (966-1025), sometimes called the Great, Poland
• Boleslaus II of Poland, (1058-1079), Polish ruler
• Boleslaus II the Pious, (972-999), Bohemian aristocrat
• Boleslaus III of Poland, (1107-1138), Polish ruler
• Boleslaus III, (999-1002), Bohemian aristocrat
• Boleslaus IV of Poland, (1146-1173), Polish ruler
• Boleslaus V , Duke of Poland, (1243-1279), Polish ruler
• Boleslav I of Bohemia, (935-972), Bohemian aristocrat
• Bolet, Jorge, concert pianist
• Boleyn, Anne, (1507-1536), second Queen consort of Henry VIII of England)
• Bolger, Dermot, novelist, member of Aosdána
• Bolger, Ray, (1904-1987), actor, dancer
• Bolinger, Dwight, (1907-1992), linguist
• Bolin, Tommy, (died 1976), rock guitarist (Deep Purple)
• Bolivar, Simon, (1783-1830), South American independence leader
• Boliver, Angel, Mexican painter
• Boljka, Janez, (born 1931), sculptor
• Bolkiah, Hassanal
• Bolland, Gerardus J. P., (died 1922), Dutch philosopher
• Bollandist, (1596-1665), hagiographer
• Böll, Heinrich, (1917-1985), author
• Bolling, Reuben, US cartoonist (Tom the Dancing Bug)
• Bolocco, Cecilla, ex-Miss Universe
• Bologna, Joseph, (born 1938), actor
• Bolster, Stephanie, Canadian writer
• Bolt, Robert, (1924-1995), dramatist
• Bolton, Charles Thomas, astronomer
• Bolton, Michael, (born 1954), US singer
• Boltzmann, Ludwig, (1844-1906), physicist
• Bolyai, Farkos Wolfgang, (1775-1856), mathematician
• Bolyai, Janos, (1802-1860), mathematician, non-euclidean geometry
• Bolzano, Bernard, (1781-1848), philosopher, mathematician, and theologian
• Bombardier, Joseph, snowmobile maker
• Bombeck, Erma, (1927-1996), US humorist, writer
• Bomberg, David, (1890-1957), painter
• Bombieri, Enrico, (born 1940), mathematician
• Bonaduce, Danny, (born 1959), actor
• Bonamy, Samuel, (1758-1771), British bailiff
• Bonanno, Joseph, (1905-2002), US mafioso
• Bonano, Sharkey, (1904-1972), musician
• Bonaparte, Charles, (born 1803)
• Bonaparte, Joseph, (1768-1844), King of Naples
• Bonaparte, Mathilde, (born 1820), hostess and socialite
• Bonaparte, Napoleon, (1769-1821), Corsican general, Emperor of France
• Bond, Christopher, governor
• Bond, Graham, musician
• Bond, Julian, (born 1940), civil rights activist
• Bond, Katherine, author
• Bond, Michael, author of Paddington Bear series
• Bond, Nigel, snooker player
• Bond, Ward, (1903-1960), actor
• Bondar, Roberta, first Canadian woman in space
• Bondarchuk, Sergei, (1920-1994), film director
• Bonde, Gustav, (1620-1667), Swedish politician
• Bondeson, August, Swedish writer
• Bondevik, Kjell Magne, (1997-2000), Norwegian Prime Minister
• Bondfield, Margaret, (1873-1953), politician and feminist
• Bondone, Giotto di, (1267-1337), painter
• Bondra, Peter, hockey player
• Bonds, Barry, (born 1964), baseball player
• Bonds, Bobby, (1946-2003), baseball player and coach
• Bondy, Luc, (born 1948), film and theatre director
• Bone, Scott Cordelle, (Rep.) 1921-1925
• Bonestell, Chesley, (died 1986), US science fiction visual artist
• Bonet, Lisa, (born 1967), US actress
• Bonetti, Peter, (born 1941), athlete
• Bonewits, Isaac, (born 1949), US author
• Bong, Richard, (1920-1945), US fighter ace
• Bongo, Ali, magician
• Bonham, Jason, (born 1966), musician
• Bonham, John, (1948-1980), drummer (Led Zeppelin)
• Bonham, Tracy, musician
• Bonheur, Rosa, (1822-1899), painter
• Bonhöffer, Dietrich, (1906-1945), German theologian
• Boniek, Zbigniew, athlete
• Boniface I, Pope, (pope 417-418)
• Boniface II, Pope, (pope 526-530)
• Boniface III, Pope, (pope 604-606)
• Boniface IV, Pope, (pope 615-618)
• Boniface IX, Pope, (pope 1390-1404)
• Boniface V, Pope, (pope 615-618)
• Boniface VI, Pope, (pope 891-896)
• Boniface VII, Pope
• Boniface VIII, Pope, (pope 1303-1304)
• Boniface of Savoy, (1245-1263)
• Boniface, Saint, (680-755)
• Bonifacio, Andres
• Bonin-Piassarro, Claude, painter
• Bonjol, Tuanku Imam, (1772-1864), Indonesian religious and military leader
• Bonnanaro, Francesco Carboni di
• Bonnard, Pierre, (1867-1947), painter
• Bonner, Neville, politician
• Bonnet, Charles, (1720-1793), botanist
• Bonney, Thomas George, (1833-1923), geologist
• Bonnot de Condillac, Etienne, (1715-1780), philosopher
• Bonnot, Jules, French anarchist bank robber
• Bono, (born 1960), lead singer of Irish rock band U2
• Bono, Mary, (born 1961), US congresswoman from California
• Bonorva, Paolo Mossa di
• Bono, Sonny, (1935-1998), US pop musician and congressman
• Bonsels, Waldemar, (1880-1952), writer
• Bonsignori, Francesco, (1460-1519), painter
• Bontemps, Arna Wendell, poet
• Bonvin, Roger, (1907-1982), Swiss Federal Councilor
• Booker, James, musician
• Boole, George, (1815-1864), philosopher, mathematician
• Boon, Louis Paul, Flemish journalist and novelist
• Boone, Daniel, (1734-1820), US frontiersman
• Boone, Debby, (born 1956), singer
• Boone, Pat, (born 1934), US musician
• Boone, Richard, (died 1981), actor
• Boorman, John, (born 1933), film director
• Boosler, Elayne, (born 1952), comedienne
• Booth, Edwin, (born 1833), actor
• Booth, John Wilkes, (1838-1865), US assassin of Abraham Lincoln
• Booth, Margaret, (1898-2002), film editor
• Booth, Philip, poet
• Booth, Shirley, (1898-1992), actor
• Booth, William, (1829-1912), and Catherine Booth (Salvation Army cofounders)
• Bopone, Richard, (1917-1981), actor
• Bopp, Franz, (1791-1867), linguist
• Borchardt, Carl Wilhelm, (born 1817), mathematician
• Borcherds, Richard Ewen, mathematician
• Borchert, Jochen, (1994-1998), German government minister
• Borchert, Wolfgang, (1921-1947), dramatist, author
• Borden, Lizzie, (1860-1927), US accused murderess
• Borduas, Paul-Émile, abstract painter (Les Automatistes)
• Borghese, Camillo, (born 1552), later Pope Paul V
• Borglum, Gutzon, (died 1941), sculptor
• Borgoño, Luis Barros, Chilean president
• Borivoj, (870-895), Bohemian aristocrat
• Borivoj II, (1101-1107), Bohemian aristocrat
• Bor, Matej, (1913-1956), poet
• Bor-Komorowski, Tadeusz, Polish general and leader of Warsaw Uprising
• Boran, of Persia
• Borcic, Bogdan, painter, graphic artist
• Bordeaux, Henri, (1870-1963), French novelist
• Borden, Robert Laird, (1854-1937), Prime Minister of Canada
• Bordet, Jules, (1870-1961), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919
• Bordon, Rado, (1915-1992), poet
• Boreanaz, David, (born 1971), actor
• Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel, French mathematician
• Borell II, Count of Barcelona, (died 992), Count of Barcelona
• Borg, Arne, swimmer
• Borg, Bjorn, (born 1956), Swedish tennis professional
• Borg, Carl Oscar, (1879-1947)
• Borge, Victor, (1909-2000), Danish comedian
• Borgen, Johan, author
• Borger, Dimmu, musician
• Borges, Jorge Luis, (1899-1986), Argentinean writer
• Borghese, Valerio, Naval lieutenant commander
• Borgia, Cesare, (1476-1507), Renaissance politician
• Borgia, Lucrezia, (1480-1519), Renaissance ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI
• Borgnine, Ernest, (born 1917), US actor
• Boris III, of Bulgaria, (1894-1943), Bulgarian monarch
• Borman, Frank, astronaut
• Bormann, Juana, (1903-1945), SS officer at Nazi death camps
• Bormann, Martin, (1900-probably 1945), German Nazi leader
• Born, Max, (1882-1970), German physicist
• Borodin, Alexander, (1833-1887), Russian composer
• Boros, Julius, (died 1994), golfer
• Borowski, Tadeusz, poet
• Borrel, Andrée, (1919-1944), SOE agent, WW II heroine
• Borromini, Francesco, (1599-1667), Italian architect
• Borrow, George, American novelist
• Borson, Roo, (born 1952), Canadian writer
• Borsuk, Karol, (1905-1982)
• Borten, Per, (1965-1971), Norwegian Prime Minister
• Bortkiewicz, Ladislaus, (1868-1931), mathematician, statistician
• Boru, Brian, (940-1014), High King of Ireland
• Borzage, Frank, (1893-1952), film director
• Borzov, Valeri, (born 1949), track & field
• Bos, Wouter, Dutch social democrat leader
• Boscana, Lucy, actress
• Boscawen, Edward, (1711-1761), naval commander
• Bosch-Gimpera, Pere, (1891-1974), anthropologist
• Bosch, Hieronymus, (c.1460-1518), painter
• Bosch, Orlando
• Boscovich, Rudjer Josip, (1711-1787)
• Bose, Jagadis Chandra
• Bose, Miguel, (born 1956), singer
• Boselli, Luigi
• Boseon, Yoon, South Korean president
• Bose, Satyendra Nath, (1894-1974), physicist
• Bose, Subhas Chandra, Indian nationalist
• Bosin, Blackbear, (1921-1980), native American artist
• Bosley, Tom, (born 1927), US actor
• Bosman, Herman Charles, (1905-1951), author
• Bosnich, Mark, (born 1972), athlete
• Bosschaert, Ambrosius, (1573-1612), painter
• Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne, (1627-1704)
• Bossy, Michel, ice hockey player
• Bossy, Mike, (born 1957), ice hockey player
• Boston, Lucy M., Green Knowe series
• Boston, Ralph, (born 1939), athlete
• Bostwick, Barry, (born 1945), actor
• Boswell, James, (1740-1795), Scotland
• Boswell, John, (1947-1994), mediævalist and gay history
• Botha, Louis, (died 1919), South African politician
• Bothe, Herta, German camp guard at Bergen-Belsen who beat prisoners
• Bothe, Walther, (1891-1957), physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954
• Bothmann, Hans, (1911-1946), commandant of the Chelmno death camp in central Poland
• Bötsch, Wolfgang, Christian Social Union in Bavaria
• Botta, Mario, (born 1943), Swiss architect
• Botticelli, Alessandro
• Botticelli, Sandro, (1445-1510), Italian painter
• Bottiger, Karl, (born 1760)
• Bottomley, Horatio, British politician and journalist
• Bottoms, Timothy, (born 1951), actor
• Botvinnik, Mikhail, (1911-1995), chess player
• Bouch, Thomas, (1822-1890), railways
• Boucher, Gaétan, Two Olympic Gold and one bronze Medal - 1984;
• Boucher, Maurice, "Hells Angels" leader
• Bouck, William C.
• Boudinot, Elias, (1740-1821), American President of the Continental Congress
• Boudinot, Elias, (1800-1839), Cherokee Indian journalist and publisher
• Boudinot, Elias Cornelius, (1835-1890) Confederate Colonel and Congressman
• Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
• Bougeureau, William-Adophe, (1825-1905), painter
• Anatoli Boukreev, (1958-1997), Russian climber
• Boulanger, Lili, (1893-1918), composer
• Boulanger, Nadia, (1887-1979), composer
• Boulard, Henri, (died 1825), literary figure
• Boulez, Pierre, (born 1925), France avant garde composer
• Boulle, Pierre, (1912-1994), French author
• Boumedienne, (died 1978), president of Algeria
• Boumendienne, Houari, (1965-1978)
• (born 1964), author/statistician
• Bourassa, Henri, (1868-1952), Quebec politician
• Bourbaki, Nicolas, fictional mathematician serving as a pseudonym for a cabal
• Bourbon-Condé, Louis Antoine de, Duc d'Enghien, (born 1772)
• Bourchier, Thomas, (c. 1404-1486), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Bourdelle, Antoine, (1861-1929), French sculptor
• Bourdieu, Pierre, (1930-2002), French philosopher
• Bourelly, Jean-Paul, musician
• Bourgain, Jean, mathematician
• Bourgeois, Louise, (born 1911), visual artist
• Bourguiba, Habib, (1957-2000), president of Tunisia
• Bourke-White, Margaret, (born 1906), US aviator
• Bourne, Possum, (1956-2003), rally driver
• Bournonville, August, (1805-1879)
• Bourque, Ray
• Bourvil, (1917-1970), (André Raimbourg), actor
• Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, (born 1922), UN secretary general
• Boutsen, Thierry, racing driver
• Bouvier-Kennedy, Jacqueline, (1929-1994)
• Bova, Ben, (born 1932), US science fiction author
• Bovet, Daniel, (born 1907), 1957 Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine
• Boving, Nidholas, Canadian writer
• Bové, José, (born 1954), anti-globalization activist
• Bow, Clara, (1905-1965), US actress
• Bowden, Mark, screen writer
• Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838), US mathematician, writer on navigation
• Bowdler, Thomas, (born 1754), medical doctor and literary censor
• Bowdoin, James, (1726-1790) American intellectual leader and revolutionary
• Bowdoin, James III, (1752-1811) American philanthropist and diplomat
• Bowell, Mackenzie, (1823-1917)
• Bowen, Norman L., (1887-1956), petrologist
• Bowe, Riddick, (born 1967), world champion boxer
• Bowering, George, (born 1935), Canadian writer
• Bowering, Marilyn, Canadian writer
• Bowers, Edgar, poet
• Bowersox, Kenneth, astronaut
• Bowes-Lyon, Elizabeth, (1900-2002), (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), consort of King George VI
• Bowes, Major, (died 1946), radio host
• Bowie, David, (born 1947), British musician
• Bowie, Oden, governor
• Bowie, Robert, governor
• Bowlegs, Billy
• Bowles, Chester, (died 1986), politician
• Bowles, Paul, (1910-1999), novelist
• Bowlly, Al, popular vocalist
• Bowser, William John
• Boxer, Barbara, US politician
• Box, George, statistician
• Boyce, Max, entertainer
• Boyce, Tommy, and Bobby Hart
• Boyce, William, (born 1711), composer
• Boyd, David, Canadian writer
• Boyd, Edwin Alonzo, bank robber
• Boyd, George Elroy, Canadian writer
• Boyd, Jimmy, (born 1940), actor, singer
• Boyd, John, (1927-1997), inventor of the decision cycle
• Boyd, Liona, classical guitarist
• Boyd, Malcolm, US televangelist
• Boyd, Marx Alexander, (1563-1601), poet
• Boyd, William, (1895-1972), actor
• Boye, Karin, Swedish writer
• Boyer, Charles, (1897-1978), French actor
• Boyer, Daniel C., (born 1971), artist
• Boyer, Ken, (1931-1982), baseball star
• Boyington, Pappy, (died 1988), US WW2 fighter pilot
• Boylan, Clare, Aosdána
• Boylan, Sean, long-time manager of All-Ireland winning Meath football team
• Boyle, Kay
• Boyle, Peter, (born 1935), actor
• Boyle, Robert, (1627-1691), physicist
• Boyle, T. Coraghessan, author of The Road to Wellville, The Tortilla Curtain and A Friend of the Earth
• Boznanska, Olga, Polish painter
• Bozzo, Laura, (born 1950), Peruvian talk show host