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Boris Zaytsev
Boris Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (Борис Михайлович Зайцев, 1937–2000), Soviet ice hockey goaltender with Dynamo Moskva; won 1964 Olympic gold and 1963–64 World and European titles, later Dynamo coach. Not Oleg Zaytsev.
Boris Zaytsev (writer)
Boris Konstantinovich Zaytsev (Борис Константинович Зайцев) was a Russian writer and dramatist of the Silver Age, recognized before 1917, who emigrated to Paris in 1922.
Borislav Gidikov
Borislav Gidikov (Борислав Гидиков), Bulgarian weightlifter born 1965 in Pazardzhik; 1988 Seoul Olympic middleweight (≤75 kg) gold with 375.0 kg total, 1987 World Champion, 1986 middleweight snatch world record holder.
Borislav Slavov (Борислав Славов)
Borislav Slavov (Борислав Славов), Bulgarian video game composer born 1973 in Sofia; composer of Divinity: Original Sin II and Baldur's Gate 3, winner of the 2024 BAFTA Games Music Award, now scoring Larian's Divinity.
Boriswave
Boriswave is an informal British political term for the sharp increase in UK immigration after the 2021 points-based visa system began. Net migration rose to 873,000 by 2022.
Bořivoj I of Bohemia
Bořivoj I of Bohemia (c. 852 – c. 889) was the first historically documented Přemyslid prince of Bohemia, first mentioned in the Fulda Annals in 872.
Borja Ibáñez
Borja Ibáñez is a Spanish interventional cardiologist and Scientific Director of the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) in Madrid, best known for leading the REBOOT trial.
Borja Iglesias
Borja Iglesias (Borja Iglesias Quintás, born 1993), Spanish striker nicknamed El Panda, Celta Vigo forward and 2026 World Cup winner with Spain; former Espanyol and Real Betis (€28m) centre-forward.
Borja Mayoral
Borja Mayoral (born 1997, Parla) is a Spanish centre-forward from Real Madrid's academy who played for Wolfsburg, Levante, Roma, and Getafe; Europa League top scorer 2020-21, Zarra Trophy 2023-24, 111 career goals.
Borja Valero
Borja Valero Iglesias (born 1985, Madrid) is a Spanish retired central midfielder; Real Madrid youth product who became the Spanish player with most Fiorentina appearances (233), also played for Inter, Villarreal, West Brom, and Mallorca, and won one Spain cap.
Borjana Krišto
Borjana Krišto is a Bosnian politician and lawyer serving as Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country's head of government.
Börje Johansson
Börje Johansson, born in 1943, is a Swedish condensed matter physicist known for his theory of rare-earth and actinide elements and for high-pressure geophysics, including his 2003 Nature paper on iron in the Earth's inner core.
Borje Leander
Börje Leander (Oscar Börje Leander, 1918–2003), Swedish footballer, AIK centre-half 1938–53 with 249 Allsvenskan games, 23 Sweden caps, and 1948 London Olympic football gold; also a bandy player.
Börje Salming
Börje Salming (Anders Börje Salming), nicknamed "The King," was a Swedish defenseman who starred for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1973 to 1989 and entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996.
Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome
Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome (BFLS, Börjeson syndrome) is a rare X-linked recessive neurodevelopmental disorder caused by PHF6 variants at Xq26, causing intellectual disability, obesity, hypogonadism, hypotonia, and coarse facies, mainly in males.
Borjigin (Боржигин)
Borjigin (Боржигин) is the royal Mongol clan of Genghis Khan, also called the Golden Clan, ancestor-name Borjigidai; it ruled the Mongol Empire and Yuan dynasty, and remains Mongolia's most chosen surname.
Borland
Borland, initially Borland International, was an American software company in Scotts Valley, California, founded by Philippe Kahn in 1983 and known for Turbo Pascal, dBASE, and Delphi.
Borley Rectory
Borley Rectory, a Victorian Essex rectory built in 1863 and burned in 1939, was called England's most haunted house through Harry Price's investigations and the disputed 1956 SPR report.
Borlova
Borlova (Borló) is a village in Turnu Ruieni commune, Caraș-Severin, Romania, on the Sebeș tributary of the Timiș; a Roman-era gold-mining site with an 1885 coin hoard and a 2021 population of 1,342.
Bormio
Bormio, an Alpine town in Alta Valtellina, province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy, famed for nine thermal springs feeding three spas (Bormio Terme, Bagni Vecchi, Bagni Nuovi), the 2,758 m Stelvio Pass road (1825), Giro d'Italia cycling, and World Cup skiing.
Bormiskos
Bormiskos (Βορμίσκος), also spelled Bromiscus, a Classical settlement in Mygdonia, Macedonia, near the Strymonic Gulf and Lake Bolbe; Brasidas stopped there (Thucydides 4.103.1) and it paid 1,000 drachmai Athenian tribute in 422/1 BC.
Born a Crime
Born a Crime (2016) is Trevor Noah's comic memoir of growing up as the illegal mixed-race son of a white Swiss father and Xhosa mother under apartheid's Immorality Act; a #1 NYT bestseller, Thurber Prize winner, and love letter to his mother Patricia.
Born again
Born again, or new birth, is a Christian term for spiritual rebirth drawn from John 3; since the 1970s "born-again Christian" has also been a common American religious and political self-identification.
Born Again (Black Sabbath album)
Born Again (1983) is Black Sabbath's eleventh studio album, with Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan replacing Ronnie James Dio; recorded at the Manor Studio, reached UK No. 4, toured with a Stonehenge set that inspired Spinal Tap.
Born Again (comics)
Daredevil: Born Again is a 1986 Marvel Comics arc in Daredevil #227-233 by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, in which Karen Page sells Daredevil's identity and the Kingpin destroys Matt Murdock's life; collected in 1987 and namesake of the Disney+ series.
Born Again (Lisa song)
Born Again is a 2025 song by LISA of BLACKPINK featuring Doja Cat and RAYE, the fourth single from her album Alter Ego. Originally a leaked 2021 RAYE demo, it peaked at UK No. 13 and US Hot 100 No. 69.
Born Again (The Notorious B.I.G. album)
Born Again, released 1999 on Bad Boy/Arista, is the first posthumous compilation album by The Notorious B.I.G., built from unreleased verses and guest collaborations, topping the Billboard 200 and going double platinum.
Born approximation
The Born approximation is a first-order perturbative method in quantum scattering theory, introduced by Max Born in 1926, which replaces the total wavefunction with the incident plane wave.
Born coordinates
Born coordinates, also called rotating cylindrical coordinates, are a coordinate chart for Minkowski spacetime whose spatial axes rotate at constant angular velocity, describing observers on a rotating disk.
Born for the Spotlight (影后)
Born for the Spotlight (影后) is a 2024 Taiwanese Netflix drama, 12 episodes, written and directed by Yen Yi-wen, starring Hsieh Ying-hsuan and Cheryl Yang as rival actresses; it topped Netflix Taiwan within 48 hours.