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Blaise Matuidi
Blaise Matuidi, French midfielder born 1987 in Toulouse, World Cup 2018 winner with 84 France caps; played for Troyes, Saint-Étienne, PSG, Juventus, and Inter Miami before retiring in 2022; now an entrepreneur.
Blaise Metreweli
Blaise Metreweli (born 1977) is a British intelligence officer and the 18th Chief of MI6, known as 'C', the first woman to lead the Secret Intelligence Service. Formerly Director General 'Q' for technology, she took office 1 October 2025, succeeding Sir Richard Moore.
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French mathematician, physicist, and religious writer; built the Pascaline calculator, founded probability theory with Fermat, proved atmospheric pressure on the Puy de Dôme, and wrote the Provinciales and Pensées.
Blaise reaction
The Blaise reaction, developed by Edmond Blaise in 1901, is an organic reaction joining an α-halo ester and a nitrile with zinc to give β-keto esters.
Blaise Zabini
Blaise Zabini, a Slytherin student in Harry Potter's year, named without description in Philosopher's Stone and revealed in Half-Blood Prince (2005) as a tall Black son of a wealthy seven-times-widowed witch; a fandom blank slate.
Blaiz Fayah
Blaiz Fayah is a French dancehall and reggae singer, born in Paris to a Martinican family, who is a leading European figure of the Martinican dancehall subgenre shatta.
Blaize
Blaize, formerly ThinCI, is an American edge AI computing company in El Dorado Hills, California, that designs the low-power Graph Streaming Processor for AI inference.
Blake Anderson
Blake Raymond Anderson (born 1984) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter, co-creator and star of Comedy Central's Workaholics (2011–2017), founder of Mail Order Comedy, host of the This Is Important podcast, and distinct from namesakes such as Blake Anderson Hanley.
Blake Bell
Blake Bell, 'Belldozer,' Oklahoma quarterback turned NFL tight end; 24 college rushing TDs, 2015 4th-round pick, 117 NFL games, 65 catches, 3 Super Bowl titles with the Chiefs.
Blake Bortles
Blake Bortles, former NFL quarterback; third overall 2014 draft pick by Jacksonville from UCF; Jaguars starter 2014-18, 2015 franchise passing records, 2017 AFC Championship run; retired 2022 after Rams backup stint.
Blake Butera
Blake Butera (born Aug. 7, 1992), Washington Nationals MLB manager since October 2025 and youngest since 1972; former Tampa Bay Rays farm director, 258-144 minor league manager.
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers is an American plant genomicist at UC Davis known for pioneering small RNA sequencing in crops and elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.
Blake Clark
Blake Clark (born 1946, Macon, Georgia) is an American stand-up comedian and character actor, Farmer Fran in The Waterboy, a veteran of Adam Sandler comedies, and the voice of Slinky Dog in the Toy Story films since Toy Story 3, succeeding Jim Varney.
Blake Corum
Blake Corum is an American football running back for the Los Angeles Rams, drafted 83rd overall in 2024 after winning a national championship with Michigan in the 2023 season.
Blake Crouch
Blake Crouch (born 1978, Statesville, North Carolina) is an American thriller and science fiction novelist, author of Dark Matter, Recursion, Upgrade, and the Wayward Pines trilogy, and showrunner of the Apple TV+ Dark Matter adaptation.
Blake Doriot
Blake Doriot is an American politician and Republican member of the Indiana Senate representing District 12, elected in 2016 after 24 years as Elkhart County Surveyor.
Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards (1922–2010), American film director, producer, and screenwriter, born William Blake Crump; creator of the Pink Panther series with Peter Sellers, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 10, and Victor/Victoria, husband of Julie Andrews.
Blake Garrett
Blake Garrett (Nolan Blake Garrett, 1992–2026), American child actor active 2004–2006; played Mike in Barney's Colorful World, Live! and Plug in How to Eat Fried Worms, winning a shared 2007 Young Artist Award.
Blake Gendebien
Blake Gendebien is a second-generation dairy farmer from Lisbon, New York, and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in New York's 21st district in the 2026 election.
Blake Griffin
Blake Griffin, first overall pick of the 2009 NBA Draft, is a retired six-time All-Star power forward of the Lob City Clippers, 2011 Rookie of the Year and dunk champion, later of the Pistons, Nets and Celtics, retired April 2024.
Blake Harrell
Blake Harrell is an American college football coach, 23rd head coach of the East Carolina Pirates since November 2024 after serving as interim coach and defensive coordinator; 14-5 record with consecutive Military Bowl wins over NC State and Pittsburgh.
Blake Harrison
Blake Harrison (born 1985) is an English actor from Peckham, London, best known as Neil Sutherland in The Inbetweeners (2008-2010) and its films; also Dave in Todd Margaret, Private Pike in Dad's Army, and A Very English Scandal.
Blake Horvath
Blake Horvath is an American college football quarterback who starred at the Naval Academy from 2022 to 2025, rushing for the longest run in Navy history.
Blake Island
Blake Island, Antarctica: small island in Bone Bay, Trinity Peninsula (63°39'S, 59°02'W), named Blake Islet in 1948 for Midshipman Patrick John Blake of Bransfield's 1819-20 Williams voyage; also Isla Blake and Islote Laura. Distinct from Blake Island, Washington.
Blake Jenner
Blake Jenner (born 1992, Miami) is an American actor and singer who won The Glee Project season 2, played Ryder Lynn on Glee, and starred in Everybody Wants Some!!, The Edge of Seventeen, and American Animals.
Blake Johnson
Blake Johnson is an American Republican politician who has represented Arkansas Senate District 21 since 2015, serves as Senate Majority Leader, and lost the March 2026 Republican primary to Jeremy Wooldridge.
Blake Lively
Blake Lively (born Blake Ellender Brown, 1987) is an American actress, Gossip Girl's Serena van der Woodsen (2007–2012), star of The Age of Adaline and A Simple Favor, wife of Ryan Reynolds, and litigant in the It Ends With Us dispute with Justin Baldoni.
Blake Martinez
Blake Martinez, NFL linebacker for the Packers, Giants, and Raiders, retired in 2022 to run Blake's Breaks, a Pokémon card business later banned from Whatnot, then briefly returned with the Panthers and Steelers.
Blake Masters
Blake Masters is an American technology executive, venture investor, and Republican politician who lost Arizona's 2022 Senate race to incumbent Mark Kelly by about 5 points.
Blake McIver Ewing
Blake McIver Ewing (born 1985) is an American actor, singer, and composer, known as Derek on Full House and Waldo in The Little Rascals, later a musical theater performer, vocal coach, and composer for visual media.