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Brian Bergen

Brian Bergen is an American Republican politician representing New Jersey's 26th district in the General Assembly since 2020, its Republican whip since 2024, and a former Apache helicopter pilot.

Brian Berkowitz

Brian Berkowitz is a hydrologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, known for showing that contaminant transport in geological media is often non-Fickian.

Brian Berry

Brian Joe Lobley Berry (1934–2025) was a British-born geographer who led geography's quantitative revolution and became the youngest social scientist elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Brian Billick

Brian Billick (born 1954), NFL coach and broadcaster; Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator 1992-98 (556-point 1998 offense), Baltimore Ravens head coach 1999-2007, won Super Bowl XXXV, 85-67 record.

Brian Bilston

Brian Bilston is the pseudonym of an Oxford-based English poet and novelist, dubbed the 'poet laureate of Twitter'; author of You Took the Last Bus Home, Diary of a Somebody, and Sounds Made by Humans with The Catenary Wires.

Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed (born 9 October 1936, Mexborough, Yorkshire) is an English actor known for Z-Cars, I, Claudius, Flash Gordon's Vultan, Blackadder, and Star Wars, and for Everest expeditions without oxygen.

Brian Bloom

Brian Bloom (born 1970) is an American actor, voice actor, and screenwriter: young Patsy in Once Upon a Time in America, Dusty Donovan on As the World Turns, Brock Pike in The A-Team, voice of Captain America and B.J. Blazkowicz, and lead Call of Duty writer.

Brian Boitano

Brian Boitano, born 1963, is an American figure skater who won the 1988 Olympic gold in men's singles, defeating rival Brian Orser in the Battle of the Brians.

Brian Bojko

Brian Bojko is an American aerospace engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory specializing in computational modeling of solid fuel combustion, who received the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Brian Bonsall

Brian Bonsall (Brian Eric Bonsall, born 1981, Torrance, California) is an American rock musician and former child actor: Andy Keaton on Family Ties (1986-1989), Alexander Rozhenko on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992-1994), and Preston Waters in Blank Check (1994); retired at 14, later guitarist for The Ataris.

Brian Boru

Brian Boru (Brian Bórama, Brian mac Cennétig), d. 1014, Dál Cais king of Munster and high-king of Ireland from 1002; killed at Clontarf, 23 April 1014; famed via the Cogadh Gáedhel re Gallaibh legend.

Brian Boru Peak

Brian Boru Peak, a 2,507 m mountain in the Hazleton Mountains, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, highest summit of the Rocher de Boule Group with 1,832 m prominence, named for the Irish king Brian Boru.

Brian Bosworth

Brian "The Boz" Bosworth, born 1965, Oklahoma linebacker for Oklahoma (1984-86), only two-time Butkus Award winner, 1985 national champion, College Football Hall of Fame 2015; Seattle Seahawks 1987-89, 24 games, shoulder injury ended career.

Brian Bovell

Brian Bovell (born 1959, London) is an English actor known for Babylon (Spark), The Bill (DC Rob Thatcher), Gimme Gimme Gimme (Jez), Hollyoaks (Leo Valentine), Andor (Jemboc), and a 1982 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award.

Brian Boyle

Brian Boyle, born 1984 in Hingham, Massachusetts, American NHL center, 2003 first-round pick (26th, Kings), Boston College alum, 871 NHL games, 2017-18 Masterton Trophy winner after leukemia diagnosis, retired 2023, NHL Network analyst.

Brian Brinkley

Brian Brinkley (born 1953 in Bedford, England) is a British former competitive swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

Brian Brobbey

Brian Brobbey (born 2002, Amsterdam) is a Dutch centre-forward for Sunderland and the Netherlands. Ajax academy product, brief RB Leipzig spell, €20m 2025 transfer; known for physicality, hold-up play, and 2026 World Cup breakout.

Brian Brown (immunologist)

Brian D. Brown is a Canadian-trained immunologist who directs the Icahn Genomics Institute at Mount Sinai in New York, developing functional genomics tools like Perturb-map to turn the immune system against cancer.

Brian Buchanan

Brian Buchanan is an American politician, a Republican member of the Indiana Senate representing District 7 since 2018, and chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Technology.

Brian Burch

Brian Burch (born 1975, Phoenix, Arizona) is U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, confirmed 49-44 in August 2025, and co-founder and former president of the CatholicVote advocacy group.

Brian Burke (ice hockey)

Brian Burke (born 1955) is an American ice hockey executive, lawyer, and broadcaster who won the 2007 Stanley Cup as general manager of the Anaheim Ducks.

Brian Burkheiser

Brian Burkheiser is the American clean vocalist who co-founded Michigan metalcore band I Prevail in 2013, sang on Lifelines, Trauma and True Power, and left in May 2025 to launch his solo project Scatterbrain.

Brian Burley

Brian Burley is an American politician and Republican nominee for the U.S. House in California's 42nd District in 2026, and a trustee on the Huntington Beach City School District Board.

Brian Burns (American football)

Brian Burns, NFL outside linebacker and edge rusher for the New York Giants; drafted 16th overall in 2019 by Carolina Panthers, traded to Giants in 2024 for a second-round pick, signed a five-year deal up to $150M, career-high 16.5 sacks in 2025, tore his ACL in 2026 Week 3.

Brian C. Callaghan

Brian C. Callaghan is an American neurologist and neuromuscular specialist at the University of Michigan known for research on diabetic neuropathy and reducing low-value diagnostic testing.

Brian C. H. Steele

Brian C. H. Steele (Brian Charles Hilton Steele) was a British solid-state ionics researcher at Imperial College London who pioneered lithium battery electrodes and died in 2003.

Brian C. Lea

Brian Charles Lea (born 1983) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Tennessee since 2026, nominated by President Donald J. Trump.

Brian C. Muraresku

Brian C. Muraresku is an American author and lawyer whose New York Times bestselling 2020 debut, The Immortality Key, argues psychedelics shaped ancient Greek and early Christian ritual.

Brian C. Wimes

Brian C. Wimes is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri since 2012, appointed by President Barack Obama.

Brian Cage

Brian Cage (Brian Christopher Button, born 1984) is an American professional wrestler in AEW and Ring of Honor, nicknamed The Machine; former IMPACT World, X-Division, FTW, Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods, and ROH Television and Six-Man Tag Team Champion.