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Brian A. Barsky
Brian A. Barsky is a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, known for the Beta-spline in computer-aided geometric design and for displays that correct vision without eyeglasses.
Brian A. Ference
Brian A. Ference is a cardiologist and genetic epidemiologist, Professor at Cambridge and Milan, known for 2016 New England Journal of Medicine genetic studies of LDL cholesterol lowering.
Brian A. Hemmings
Brian A. Hemmings is a Swiss-based molecular biologist who identified protein kinase B (Akt), a major anti-cancer drug target, at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel.
Brian A. Jackson
Brian A. Jackson, born Brian Anthony Jackson, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Louisiana since 2010.
Brian A. Korgel
Brian A. Korgel is an American chemical engineer at the University of Texas at Austin known for solution-grown silicon nanowires and nanocrystal-ink solar cells, who co-founded Innovalight.
Brian A. Lail
Brian A. Lail is an American electrical engineer who researches infrared and optical antennas, and is a professor and department head at Florida Institute of Technology.
Brian A. Larkins
Brian A. Larkins (1946–2025) was an American plant molecular biologist whose work on maize seed storage proteins helped establish plant molecular biology as a field.
Brian A. MacVicar
Brian A. MacVicar is a neuroscientist and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia whose research showed astrocytes actively regulate brain blood flow.
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek is an American psychologist at the University of Virginia, co-developer of the Implicit Association Test and co-founder of the Center for Open Science.
Brian A. Wandell
Brian A. Wandell is an American vision scientist at Stanford University, a National Academy of Sciences member known for mapping visual field maps in the human cortex and studying reading development.
Brian Acton
Brian Acton is an American software engineer who co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum, sold it to Facebook in 2014, and later co-founded the Signal Foundation, Signal's nonprofit backer.
Brian Adams (South Carolina politician)
Brian Adams (born 1969, in Mt. Clemens, Michigan) is a Republican South Carolina senator for District 44 who worked in law enforcement and property appraisal.
Brian Adams (wrestler)
Brian Keith Adams (1964-2007), ring name Crush, American wrestler trained by Antonio Inoki; third member of Demolition, later KroniK in WCW; died of combined drug intoxication.
Brian Aherne
Brian Aherne, full name William Brian de Lacy Aherne (1902 to 1986), was an Anglo-American stage and screen actor Oscar-nominated for playing Emperor Maximilian in Juarez (1939).
Brian Anderson (chemical engineer)
Brian J. Anderson is an American chemical engineer at West Virginia University who studies natural gas hydrates and CO2 sequestration, winning the 2012 PECASE award.
Brian Armstrong (businessman)
Brian Armstrong, born 1983, is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, in 2012 and serves as its chief executive.
Brian Ascher
Brian Ascher is an American venture capitalist who has been a Partner at the Palo Alto firm Venrock since 1998, known for early investments in Vocera, Tudou, DATAllegro, Adify, and SlideShare.
Brian Atwater
Brian Atwater is an American geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey who used coastal geology to prove the Cascadia subduction zone produces great earthquakes and tsunamis.
Brian Auger
Brian Auger (born 18 July 1939) is a British Hammond B-3 organist and pianist, leader of the Trinity and Oblivion Express, whose 1968 hit 'This Wheel's on Fire' and the album Closer to It! earned him the title Godfather of Acid Jazz; distinct from the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Brian Austin Green
Brian Austin Green (born Brian Green, 1973) is an American actor, Knots Landing and Beverly Hills, 90210 David Silver for all 10 seasons, ex-husband of Megan Fox, One Stop Carnival rapper, BH90210 and DWTS alum.
Brian Azzarello
Brian Azzarello (born 1962, Cleveland) is an American comics writer, best known for the Eisner-winning Vertigo crime series 100 Bullets with artist Eduardo Risso, plus Wonder Woman, Joker, and Batman work for DC.
Brian Babin
Brian Babin, Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 36th District since 2015, dentist and former mayor of Woodville, chairs the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in the 119th Congress.
Brian Baird
Brian Baird (born 1956), American clinical psychologist and Democratic U.S. Representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district, 1999-2011; later president of Antioch University Seattle and 4Pirz Communication in Edmonds, Washington.
Brian Banks (American football)
Brian Banks, Long Beach Poly linebacker and USC recruit, wrongfully convicted of rape in 2003, exonerated May 24, 2012, then signed by the Atlanta Falcons in 2013.
Brian Banks (film)
Brian Banks is a 2018 American biographical drama directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Aldis Hodge as a high school football star wrongly convicted of rape who won exoneration with help from the California Innocence Project.
Brian Barczyk
Brian Barczyk (1969–2024), American reptile breeder and YouTube personality, founder of BHB Reptiles and the Reptarium zoo in Utica, Michigan; died of pancreatic cancer while building LegaSea Aquarium.
Brian Baumgartner
Brian Bruce Baumgartner (born 1972, Atlanta) is an American actor, Kevin Malone on NBC's The Office (2005–2013), a Daytime Emmy and SAG Award winner, host of An Oral History of The Office, and Cameo's first $1 million celebrity.
Brian Bedford
Brian Bedford (1935-2016), English stage actor and director, Tony winner for The School for Wives (1971), 29 seasons at Canada's Stratford Festival, Broadway Lady Bracknell (2011), voice of Disney's 1973 Robin Hood; not the Bedford town or musician.
Brian Bell
Brian Bell, American guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of Weezer since the 1994 Blue Album, replacing Jason Cropper; also leads The Relationship, plays Gibson guitars, and uses E-flat Weezer tuning.
Brian Benben
Brian Benben (born 1956, Winchester, Virginia) is an American actor, star of HBO's Dream On as Martin Tupper, later Dr. Sheldon Wallace on Private Practice and Max on Imposters; married to Madeleine Stowe.