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Brenda Strong
Brenda Strong (born 1960) is an American actress known as the voice of Mary Alice Young, narrator of Desperate Housewives (2004-2012); also Sue Ellen Mischke on Seinfeld, Ann Ewing on Dallas, Lillian Luthor on Supergirl, and Nora Walker on 13 Reasons Why.
Brenda Taylor
Brenda Taylor refers to two Olympians: Canadian rower Brenda Susan Taylor (born 1962), double 1992 Barcelona gold medallist in coxless fours and eights, and American 400m hurdler Brenda N. Taylor (born 1979), seventh at Athens 2004.
Brenda Vaccaro
Brenda Vaccaro (Brenda Buell Vaccaro, born November 18, 1939) is an American actress of stage, film, and television, distinct from the Wayne, NJ realtor of the same name; known for Midnight Cowboy, Once Is Not Enough, an Emmy for The Shape of Things, and Nonnas (2025).
Brenda Villa
Brenda Villa, American water polo attacker from Commerce, California; four-time Olympian (2000-2012) with silver, bronze, silver, gold; Stanford 2002 NCAA champion; FINA Player of the Decade.
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, known as Brenda Penninx, is a Dutch psychiatric epidemiologist and professor of psychiatry at Amsterdam UMC who studies depressive and anxiety disorders.
Brendan
Brendan, also known as Brendan the Navigator, was an Irish monk and abbot who founded Clonfert monastery and became the hero of a famous medieval voyage tale.
Brendan A. Hurson
Brendan Abell Hurson is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Maryland since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Brendan Allen
Brendan Allen ("All In"), born 1995, American UFC middleweight, BJJ black belt, 28-7 pro (16-4 UFC), 15 submission wins, 2015 IMMAF champion, ranked No. 4 contender.
Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan (Breandán Ó Beacháin, 1923–1964), Irish playwright and novelist, author of The Quare Fellow, The Hostage and Borstal Boy; a former IRA prisoner who wrote in both Irish and English and died at 41 in Dublin.
Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Canadian curler from Spruce Grove/Edmonton, Alberta; won the 2021 Brier and three Grand Slams as skip, played second for Team Gushue 2024-26, then returned to skipping with the Horgan brothers and Geoff Walker for 2026-27.
Brendan Boyle
Brendan F. Boyle (born 1977) is an American Democratic politician who has represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House since 2019, after the 13th district from 2015.
Brendan Bracken
Brendan Bracken (1901–1958), Irish-born British Conservative politician and publisher, Churchill's closest confidant, Minister of Information 1941–45, First Lord of the Admiralty 1945, Viscount Bracken 1952, FT chairman 1945–58.
Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole, New Zealand ballroom and Latin dancer born 1976 in Christchurch; first Strictly Come Dancing champion (2004, Natasha Kaplinsky), pro 2004-2017, 'bad boy of ballroom', now touring with The Legends.
Brendan Cowell
Brendan Cowell (born 1976, Cronulla, NSW) is an Australian actor, playwright, and director. Winner of the Patrick White Playwrights', Griffin, and Philip Parsons awards; wrote Ruben Guthrie and The Sublime; starred in Yerma, Noise, and Avatar: The Way of Water.
Brendan Coyle
Brendan Coyle (David Coyle), English-born Irish actor born 1963 in Corby; Olivier Award winner for The Weir, Emmy-nominated as valet John Bates in Downton Abbey and its three films.
Brendan Crighton
Brendan Crighton is an American Democratic politician from Lynn, Massachusetts, who serves in the state Senate's Third Essex district and chairs the Joint Committee on Transportation.
Brendan D. Manning
Brendan D. Manning is a cell signaling researcher who studies how the PI3K and mTOR pathways control cell growth, and chairs Molecular Metabolism at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Brendan Dassey
Brendan Dassey, Wisconsin juvenile whose 2006 confession to the Teresa Halbach murder, featured in Making a Murderer, was ruled involuntary by federal courts but upheld en banc under AEDPA deference.
Brendan Eich
Brendan Eich is an American programmer who created JavaScript at Netscape in 1995, co-founded the Mozilla project and Mozilla Foundation, served briefly as Mozilla's CEO in 2014, and later co-founded Brave Software.
Brendan Fehr
Brendan Fehr (Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr, born 1977, New Westminster, BC) is a Canadian actor known as Michael Guerin on Roswell, Dr. Drew on The Night Shift, and Jared Booth on Bones, with films including Final Destination and Sugar.
Brendan Fevola
Brendan Fevola, AFL full-forward for Carlton (1999-2009) and Brisbane Lions (2010), dual Coleman Medalist 2006 and 2009, three-time All-Australian, traded then sacked amid off-field incidents, later a Melbourne radio host.
Brendan Fletcher
Brendan Fletcher (born 1981, Comox Valley, British Columbia) is a Canadian character actor. Debut Little Criminals (1995); Genie winner; Rampage trilogy lead; The Revenant, Violent Night, Billy the Kid, Normal (2026).
Brendan Foster
Brendan Foster (Big Bren), born 1948 in Hebburn, England, is a British distance runner who won 10,000m bronze at Montreal 1976, set world records at 3000m and two miles, and founded the Great North Run.
Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser, Canadian-American actor born 1968 in Indianapolis, star of Encino Man, George of the Jungle, and The Mummy trilogy; won the 2023 Best Actor Oscar for The Whale, the first Canadian to do so.
Brendan Frey
Brendan J. Frey is a machine learning and genome biology researcher at the University of Toronto, known for affinity propagation and for cofounding Deep Genomics in 2015.
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson (born 1955, Dublin) is an Irish character actor, former teacher, known for The General, In Bruges, Mad-Eye Moody in Harry Potter, an Emmy for Into the Storm, and an Oscar nomination for The Banshees of Inisherin.
Brendan Hansen
Brendan Hansen, American breaststroke swimmer born 1981 in Havertown, Pennsylvania; three-time Olympian with six medals (3 gold in 4x100 medley relay), world record holder in 100m and 200m breaststroke, 13-time NCAA champion at Texas, later USA Swimming National Junior Team Director.
Brendan Haywood
Brendan Haywood (Baby Huey), born 1979, American NBA center, 13 seasons; drafted 20th overall 2001 by Cleveland, played for Wizards 2001-2010, won 2011 title with Dallas Mavericks; now an NBA and college basketball broadcaster.
Brendan Hines
Brendan Hines (born 1976, Baltimore) is an American actor and singer-songwriter, Eli Loker on Lie to Me, Superian on The Tick, Logan Sanders on Suits, married to Tatiana Maslany since August 2022.
Brendan Hughes
Brendan "the Dark" Hughes (1948–2008), Belfast IRA commander; organized Bloody Friday and the Four Square Laundry attack, led the 1980 Maze hunger strike, and later accused Gerry Adams of ordering Jean McConville's disappearance.