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Berechiah
Berechiah is a name in the legendary opening segment of the exilarchal list in the medieval Jewish chronicle Seder 'Olam Zuṭa, where he appears as a Babylonian exilarch between Hananiah and Hasadiah.
Bereghinya Planitia
Bereghinya Planitia, a 3,900 km wide lowland plain on Venus at 28.6N 23.6E named in 1985 for a Slavic water spirit; its V-8 quadrangle is known for coronae, arachnoids, and dyke swarms.
Beremagene geperpavec
Beremagene geperpavec (Vyjuvek, B-VEC, beremagene geperpavec-svdt) is a topical HSV-1 vector gene therapy delivering COL7A1 for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa wounds; FDA-approved May 2023, EU April 2025, weekly gel dosing.
Beremytske Nature Park
Beremytske Nature Park (Парк природи «Беремицьке») is a private rewilding and ecotourism site of about 500 ha on the left bank of the Desna River in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. Opened 13 October 2017, it is the first non-state nature project in Ukraine, using Konik horses, Tauros cattle, and natural grazing to restore ancient Polissia ecosystems.
Beren and Lúthien
Beren and Lúthien: Tolkien's First Age love story of the mortal Beren and the Elf-maiden Lúthien who steal a Silmaril from Morgoth; chief of the Silmarillion tales, inspired by Edith Tolkien, collected in the 2017 Christopher Tolkien book.
Beren Saat
Beren Saat (born 1984, Ankara) is a Turkish actress, star of Aşk-ı Memnu, Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? and Netflix's The Gift (Atiye), a two-time consecutive Golden Butterfly Best Actress winner.
Beren Therapeutics
Beren Therapeutics P.B.C. is a Thousand Oaks, California biotechnology company founded in 2020 by Jason Camm that develops adrabetadex for infantile-onset Niemann-Pick disease type C, under FDA priority review.
Berenberg Bank
Berenberg Bank, formally Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co., is a partner-owned German private and investment bank in Hamburg, founded in 1590 and second-oldest bank in continuous existence.
Berend Carp
Berend Carp (Bernard Carp, 1901-1966), Dutch sailor, won 6.5 metres class gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics aboard Oranje with brother Joop Carp and Piet Wernink; later a Bols director in South Africa and ornithologist.
Berend Isermann
Berend Isermann, born 1967 in Kiel, is a German physician and clinical chemist who directs the Institute of Laboratory Medicine at Leipzig University Hospital and studies coagulation proteases in vascular disease.
Berend Smit
Berend Smit is a chemical engineer and professor at EPFL and UC Berkeley who uses molecular simulation to design nanoporous materials, and co-wrote Understanding Molecular Simulation with Daan Frenkel.
Berend T. Jonker
Berend T. Jonker is an American materials physicist and Senior Scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory, known for the first electrical spin injection into silicon and graphene tunnel barriers.
Berengar of Tours
Berengar of Tours (Bérenger de Tours, c. 999–1088) was a French theologian who denied transubstantiation, holding that bread and wine remain in substance after consecration.
Berengaria of Navarre
Berengaria of Navarre, daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre, was queen of England as the wife of Richard I, married in Cyprus in 1191 during the Third Crusade.
Berengarius of Tours
Berengarius of Tours (Bérenger de Tours, c. 999–1088) was a French theologian, schoolmaster at Saint-Martin in Tours, who taught a spiritual Eucharist and was condemned at councils from 1050 to 1080.
Berenger (crater on Iapetus)
Berenger is an 84-km-wide IAU-approved (1982) impact crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus, centered at 62.10°N, 219.70°W, named for a peer in the Song of Roland who killed Estramarin and was killed by Grandoyne.
Berengere Schuh
Bérengère Schuh (born 1984 in Auxerre, France) is a French recurve archer who won Olympic team bronze in Beijing in 2008 and was world indoor champion in 2003.
Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) was an American photographer whose Changing New York series documented the city's architecture, and who preserved and promoted Eugène Atget's archive, later also photographing scientific phenomena.
Bérénice Bejo
Bérénice Bejo (Berenice Consuelo Bejo), French-Argentine actress born 1976 in Buenos Aires; star of The Artist (2012 César, Oscar nomination) and Cannes Best Actress winner for Le Passé (2013); partner of Michel Hazanavicius.
Berenice I of Egypt
Berenice I of Egypt, also Berenike I, was a Macedonian noblewoman who became queen of Egypt as the wife of Ptolemy I Soter and mother of Ptolemy II.
Berenice II
Berenice II, also known as Berenike II, was queen of Ptolemaic Egypt as the wife of Ptolemy III, regent during the Third Syrian War and murdered in 221 BC.
Berenice III
Berenice III, also known as Cleopatra Berenice, was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy IX and the only Ptolemaic queen to rule alone, murdered in 80 BC.
Berenice IV
Berenice IV, also spelled Berenike IV, was queen of Ptolemaic Egypt from 58 to 55 BC, eldest daughter of Ptolemy XII and sister of Cleopatra VII.
Bérénice Marlohe
Bérénice Marlohe, French actress and model born 1979 in Paris, played Bond girl Sévérine in Skyfall (2012); later films include 5 to 7, Song to Song, and Valley of the Gods.
Bérénice Mettler
Bérénice Mettler is a Swiss-trained aerospace engineer who studies how humans and autonomous vehicles plan agile movement, was a tenured University of Minnesota professor, and received a PECASE award in 2017.
Berenice Panchrysos
Berenice Panchrysos, meaning "all-golden," was an ancient gold mining town of the Nubian Desert mentioned by Pliny the Elder, tentatively identified with ruins at Daraheib in the Wadi Allaqi, northern Sudan.
Berenice Venus
The Berenice Venus is a statue of Venus (Aphrodite), named for the ancient city of Berenice at Benghazi in Cyrenaica, which replaced Euesperides around 247 BCE.
Berenstain Bears
The Berenstain Bears, created by Stan and Jan Berenstain, are a bestselling American children's book series begun with The Big Honey Hunt in 1962 under Dr. Seuss, featuring Papa, Mama, Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear, later run by son Mike Berenstain.
Beret
Beret: a round, flat, brimless cap of felted wool, also called the Basque beret or boina. Originating with Béarn shepherds in the Pyrenees, adopted by the Chasseurs alpins in 1891 and later elite military units worldwide.
Berets of the United States Army
The Berets of the United States Army are colored wool headgear used by Army communities for identification. Green signifies Special Forces, maroon denotes airborne units, and tan identifies Rangers.