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Blahovishchenske Raion
Blahovishchenske Raion (Благовіщенський район), formerly Ulianovskyi Raion, was a district of Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Blahovishchenske; created 1923, renamed 2016, abolished 2020 into Holovanivsk Raion.
Blai Corona
Blai Corona is a 125-km-diameter corona, a ring-fractured volcano-tectonic feature, on Venus at 0.4S, 134.5E, named for a Celtic fertility goddess and IAU-approved in 1994.
Blaikfjället
Blaikfjället is a sub-alpine plateau and nature reserve in Vilhelmina and Dorotea, Västerbotten, Sweden, with 30,000 ha of mires, a Ramsar site (no. 2167, 2013), aapa mires, primeval spruce forest, and rich birdlife.
Blaine Anderson
Blaine Anderson is a fictional gay character on Fox's Glee, portrayed by Darren Criss; lead Warbler at Dalton Academy introduced in season 2 with "Teenage Dream," and Kurt Hummel's partner, one of TV's first same-sex couples with lead-couple weight.
Blaine C. McKusick
Blaine C. McKusick (1918–2005) was an American organic chemist who spent 37 years at DuPont and directed the Haskell Laboratory, later shaping national laboratory safety practices.
Blaine Gabbert
Blaine Gabbert, NFL quarterback, 10th overall pick of 2011 draft by Jacksonville out of Missouri; journeyman starter for 49ers, Cardinals, Titans, then Tom Brady's and Patrick Mahomes' backup.
Blaine Milam
Blaine Keith Milam (TDCJ #999558), Texas death row inmate convicted in 2010 of capital murder of 13-month-old Amora Carson; executed by lethal injection September 25, 2025, after stays in 2019 and 2021 over bite-mark science and intellectual-disability claims.
Blaine Trump
Blaine Trump (Martha Lindley Blaine Beard), American socialite and philanthropist, ex-wife of Robert Trump (married 1984, divorced after 25 years), cofounder and vice chair of God's Love We Deliver.
Blaine Wilhour
Blaine Wilhour is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 110th district, known for opposing tax increases.
Blair Academy
Blair Academy, founded 1848 in Blairstown, New Jersey, is a coeducational Presbyterian-founded boarding and day school for grades 9-12 on a 463-acre campus, with about 460 students, $81,950 boarding tuition, and a Blair-Peddie football rivalry dating to 1903.
Blair Atholl
Blair Atholl (Blàr Athall) is a Perthshire village at the Rivers Tilt and Garry confluence in the Cairngorms National Park, known for Blair Castle, seat of the Dukes of Atholl, its 16th-century watermill, and its 1863 Highland Main Line railway station.
Blair Brown
Blair Brown (Bonnie Blair Brown), American stage, film, and TV actress born April 23 in Washington, D.C. Known for Molly Dodd (five Emmy nominations), Jacqueline Kennedy in Kennedy (1983), Nina Sharp on Fringe, and the 2000 Tony Award for Copenhagen.
Blair Cochrane
Blair Onslow Cochrane (1853-1928), British yachtsman and Royal Victoria Yacht Club official; won 1908 Olympic gold in the 8-metre class helming Cobweb, later OBE and Deputy Sheriff of Hampshire.
Blair County
Blair County is a fifth-class county in south central Pennsylvania, formed February 26, 1846 from Huntingdon and Bedford Counties and named for John Blair. County seat Hollidaysburg, largest city Altoona, FIPS 42013, 2020 population 122,822.
Blair Horn
Blair Horn (born 1961) is a Canadian rower who won gold in the men's coxed eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Canada's first men's eight Olympic rowing title, and later became a corporate lawyer.
Blair House
Blair House, the President's Guest House at 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, is the official U.S. guest residence for visiting heads of state, presidents-elect, and state funeral families, purchased by the government in 1942 and run by the State Department's Office of the Chief of Protocol.
Blair Johnson
Blair Johnson is an American exercise physiologist at the University at Buffalo who studies water immersion, breathing control, and concussion, and received a 2017 PECASE award.
Blair Redford
Blair Redford (David Blair Redford, born 1983, Atlanta) is an American actor known for Thunderbird/John Proudstar in The Gifted, Ethan Whitehorse in The Lying Game, and roles in Passions, Satisfaction, and Burlesque.
Blair Tindall
Blair Alston Mercer Tindall (1960-2023), American oboist, journalist, and author of the 2005 memoir Mozart in the Jungle, adapted into an Amazon Prime series; Grammy-nominated freelance oboist with the New York Philharmonic and Broadway pits.
Blair Tuke
Blair Tuke, full name Andrew Blair Tuke, is a New Zealand sailor who won Olympic silver in 2012, gold in 2016, and silver in 2020 in the 49er class with Peter Burling.
Blair Underwood
Blair Erwin Underwood (born 1964, Tacoma, Washington) is an American actor, director, and producer known for Jonathan Rollins on L.A. Law, two Golden Globe nominations, Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire and A Soldier's Play, and recent roles in Longlegs, Youngblood, and Fox's Doc.
Blair Waldorf
Blair Waldorf (Blair Cornelia Waldorf) is the scheming Upper East Side heroine Cecily von Ziegesar created for the 2002 Gossip Girl novels, played by Leighton Meester in the 2007–2012 TV series; a 2027 sequel novel was announced.
Blair Walsh
Blair Walsh (born 1990) is a former NFL placekicker for the Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks, 2012 first-team All-Pro rookie, known for a missed 27-yard field goal in the 2016 wild-card loss to Seattle.
Blair Witch
Blair Witch is an American horror franchise from the found-footage film The Blair Witch Project (1999) by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It spans Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000), Blair Witch (2016), a 2019 Bloober Team game, and a planned Blumhouse-Lionsgate reboot set for September 24, 2027.
Blair Witch (film)
Blair Witch (2016) is Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett's found-footage sequel to The Blair Witch Project, shot secretly as The Woods, following James Donahue into Maryland's Black Hills Forest; it earned mixed reviews (RT 38%, Metacritic 47).
Blair Witch (video game)
Blair Witch (2019) is a first-person psychological horror game by Bloober Team, published by Lionsgate Games, released August 30, 2019 on Xbox One and PC. Ex-cop Ellis and dog Bullet search Black Hills Forest; camcorder puzzles, tracked endings, Metacritic 69.
Blaire White
Blaire White, American trans woman YouTuber and center-right political commentator, host of The Blaire White Project podcast; supports Trump, opposes trans women in sports and youth transition care, 1.5 million YouTube subscribers.
Blaise Bula
Blaise Bula (born 1967, Kinshasa) is a Congolese singer and composer, a member of Wenge Musica and founding member of Wenge BCBG, known for the hit "Okota".
Blaise Compaoré
Blaise Compaoré, Burkinabé army officer and president of Burkina Faso 1987–2014, took power in the 1987 coup that killed Thomas Sankara, ruled 27 years, fell in the 2014 term-limit insurrection, and was sentenced to life in absentia in 2022.
Blaise Gisbert
Blaise Gisbert (1657–1731) was a French Jesuit rhetorician and preacher whose treatise on sacred eloquence, expanded in 1715, was translated into English, German, Italian, and Latin.