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

Tim Breedon

Tim Breedon

Independent Non-Executive Director at Barclays

Tim Breedonis Independent Non-Executive Director at Barclays. Skills, experience and contribution Significant experience in strategic planningExtensive financial services experienceDetailed knowledge ...

Nicholas Brendon

Nicholas Brendon

American actor

Date of Birth: 12 April 1971
Age: 54

Nicholas Brendon Schultzwas an American actor, artist, and writer. He is best known for playing Xander Harris in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and Kevin Lynch in Criminal ...

Abigail Breslin

Abigail Breslin

American actress

Date of Birth: 14 April 1996
Age: 30

Abigail Breslinis an American actress. Following a string of film parts as a young child, she rose to prominence at age 10 when she played Olive Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), for which she re...

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Thierry Breton

EU Commissioner for Home Market

Thierry Bretonis a French businessman and politician who has been serving as the European Commissioner for Internal Market since 2019. He previously was a professor at Harvard Business School and a Fi...

Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers

American singer-songwriter

Date of Birth: 17 August 1994
Age: 31

Phoebe Lucille Bridgersis an American singer-songwriter. Her indie folk music typically centers around acoustic guitar and electronic production, with melancholic lyrical themes. She has received four...

Stephen Brien

Stephen Brien

Chairman

Dr Stephen Brienis Chair, SSAC. Dr Stephen Brien was appointed as Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee from 14 September 2020. Stephen is passionate about finding solutions to reduce povert...

Jon Brierley

Jon Brierley

Managing Director, Lennon James Property

John Brierleyis Acting Managing Director of Lennon James Property.

Mark Bright

Mark Bright

English sports correspondent

Date of Birth: 6 June 1962
Age: 63

Mark Abraham Brightis an English sports correspondent and former footballer. Born to a Gambian father and English mother, he was adopted into a foster family in Stoke-on-Trent at an early age. He play...

Steve Brine

Steve Brine

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care

Date of Birth: 28 January 1974
Age: 52

Steve Brine(born 28 January 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester since 2010. Prior to his political career, he worked as a BB...

Stuart Broad

Stuart Broad

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 24 June 1986
Age: 39

Stuart Christopher John Broadis an English cricketer who plays Test cricket for the England cricket team and is a former One Day and Twenty 20 International captain. Broad was a member of the England ...

James Broadbent

James Broadbent

Actor

Date of Birth: 24 May 1949
Age: 77

James (Jim) Broadbentis an English actor. He won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role as John Bayley in the feature film Iris (2001), as well as winning a BAFTA TV Award a...

Calvin (Snoop Dogg) Broadus

Calvin (Snoop Dogg) Broadus

American rapper and songwriter

Date of Birth: 20 October 1971
Age: 54

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (Snoop Dogg)is an American rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor, and entrepreneur. His fame dates to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cov...

Barbara Broccoli

Barbara Broccoli

American-British film and stage producer

Date of Birth: 18 June 1960
Age: 65

Barbara Dana Broccoliis an American-British film and stage producer, best known internationally for her work on the James Bond film series. With her half-brother Michael G. Wilson, Broccoli held overa...

Isaac Brock

Isaac Brock

American musician

Date of Birth: 9 July 1975
Age: 50

Isaac Kristofer Brockis an American musician who is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and banjoist for the indie rock band Modest Mouse, as well as his side project band, Ugly Casanova. As a song...

Jeremy Brock

Jeremy Brock

British writer and director

Jeremy Brockis a British writer and director whose works include the screenplays Mrs Brown, Driving Lessons, The Last King of Scotland, Charlotte Gray, and The Eagle. Brock has also written two plays ...

Danny Brocklehurst

Danny Brocklehurst

English screenwriter and playwright

Danny Brocklehurst(born June 1971 in Hyde, Cheshire) is an English screenwriter and playwright. He has won both BAFTA and Royal Television Society writing awards. He was featured in the writers' secti...

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

American actor

Date of Birth: 21 March 1962
Age: 64

Matthew Broderickis an American actor. His roles include the Golden Globe–nominated portrayal of the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), the voice of adult Simba in Disney's The Lion K...

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

American actor

Date of Birth: 14 April 1973
Age: 53

Adrien Nicholas Brodyis an American actor. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring as Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he won the Academy Awar...

Adam Brody

Adam Brody

American actor

Date of Birth: 15 December 1979
Age: 46

Adam Jared Brodyis an American actor. His breakout role was as Seth Cohen on the Fox television series The O.C. (2003–2007). Brody appeared in films including Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Thank You for Sm...

James Peter Brokenshire

James Peter Brokenshire

Minister of State for Security

Date of Birth: 8 January 1968
Age: 58

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...