Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

James Peter Brokenshire
Minister of State for Security
James Peter Brokenshire(born 8 January 1968) is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Security at the Home Office from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Conservative Party, he previousl...

Josh Brolin
American actor
Josh James Brolinis an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). After years of decline, Brolin had a resurgence w...

Lucia Bronze
English professional footballer
Lucia Roberta Tough Bronzeis an English professional footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in the history of the women’s game. Born on 28 October 1991 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Bron...

Kelly Brook
English model, actress
Kelly Brookis an English model, actress, and media personality. She is known for her modelling work in the UK, and in the US for her role as Prudence on the NBC sitcom One Big Happy (2015). Brook bega...

Harry Brook
English cricketer
Harry Cherrington Brookis an English cricketer who plays international cricket for England and domestic cricket for Yorkshire. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm medium pace. He...

Alexander Brooker
English journalist
Alexander James Brookeris an English journalist and presenter best known for his television work with Channel 4. Since 2012 Brooker has co-hosted The Last Leg, a Channel 4 panel show with Adam Hills a...

Faye Brookes
English actress
Faye Alicia Brookesis an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Kate Connor on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. In 2021, she competed in the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice,...

James Brooks
American director
James Lawrence Brooksis an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films ...

Jack Brooksbank
English businessman
Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank(born 3 May 1986) is an English businessman who is married to Princess Eugenie, a niece of King Charles III. Education and career Brooksbank was educated at Stowe Scho...

Pierce Brosnan
Irish actor and film producer
Pierce Brendan Brosnanis an Irish actor and film producer. He is best known as the fifth actor to play secret agent James Bond in the Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (Golden...

Melanie (Mel B) Brown
English singer
Melanie Janine Brown, commonly known asMel BorMelanie B, is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress. She rose to fame in the mid 1990s as a member of the pop girl group the ...

James Gordon Brown
British politician
James Gordon Brown HonFRSEis a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequ...

Camille Brown
Dancer
Camille A. Brownis a dancer, choreographer, director and dance educator. She is the Founder & Artistic Director of Camille A. Brown & Dancers, and has congruently choreographed commissioned pieces for...

Kerry Brown
British academic
Kerry Brownis a British academic, author and sinologist specialising in Chinese history, international relations and politics. Brown is a current Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau C...

Jon Brown
TV writer
Jon Brownis TV writer. Jon has created and written a number of successful TV shows including the hit comedy Dead Pixels (E4) which ran 2 series, described by The Guardian as ‘gut-bustingly funny … the...

Christopher Brown
American singer
Christopher Maurice Brownis an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A pop and hip-hop-influenced R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "King of R&B" by some ...

Keith Brown
Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
Keith James Brownis a Scottish politician serving as Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2018. He is a former Royal Marines commando and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliame...

Carrie Brownstein
American musician and actress
Carrie Rachel Brownsteinis an American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian. She first came to prominence as a member of the band Excuse 17 before forming the rock trio Sleater-Kinney. Du...

Fiona Bruce
British journalist
Fiona Elizabeth Bruceis a British journalist, newsreader, and television presenter. She joined the BBC as a researcher for Panorama in 1989, and became the first female newsreader on the BBC News at T...

Kenneth Bruce
Scottish broadcaster
Kenneth Robertson Bruceis a Scottish broadcaster who is best known for hosting his long-running weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 from 1986 to 1990, and then again from 1992 to 2023. He will deb...