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Bumpy Johnson
Bumpy Johnson (Ellsworth Raymond Johnson, 1905-1968), Harlem crime boss and "Godfather of Harlem" subject, enforcer for Stephanie St. Clair, Dutch Schultz rival, Genovese ally, Alcatraz inmate, mentor of Frank Lucas.
Bun (JavaScript runtime)
Bun is a JavaScript and TypeScript runtime and toolkit created by Jarred Sumner in 2021 and built by Oven as a drop-in replacement for Node.js.
Bun B
Bun B (Bernard James Freeman, born 1973) is an American rapper from Port Arthur, Texas, one half of Southern rap duo UGK with Pimp C, solo Trill albums, Rice teaching, Trill Burgers.
Bún bò Huế
Bún bò Huế (bún bò Huế, Hue beef noodle soup) is a spicy Vietnamese noodle soup from Huế, built on lemongrass, fermented shrimp paste, and chili oil, with thick round noodles, beef shank, and pork hock, distinct from pho.
Bun Butter Jam
Bun Butter Jam (பன் பட்டர் ஜாம்) is a 2025 Tamil romantic comedy-drama directed by Raghav Mirdath, marking Bigg Boss star Raju Jeyamohan's lead debut, released 18 July 2025 with music by Nivas K Prasanna.
Bun E. Carlos
Bun E. Carlos (Brad M. Carlson, born 1951, Rockford, Illinois) is the original drummer, archivist, and set list writer of Cheap Trick, later founder of Tinted Windows and Candy Golde, 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and 2016 solo album Welcome to Bunezuela!.
Bun Hay Mean
Bun Hay Mean, also known as "Chinois marrant," was a French stand-up comedian and actor. He gained fame in 2014 for his shows that played on stereotypes.
Bun'ei Campaign
The Bun'ei Campaign (文永の役) was the first Mongol invasion of Japan: in 1274 a Yuan-Goryeo fleet of about 900 ships landed at Hakata Bay, Kyushu, and withdrew after one day.
Bunad
The bunad is a Norwegian national costume based on rural folk dress, largely designed in the 20th century and worn by about 70 percent of Norwegian women.
Bunaken Tangkoko Minahasa Biosphere Reserve
Bunaken Tangkoko Minahasa Biosphere Reserve (Cagar Biosfer), North Sulawesi, Indonesia: UNESCO biosphere reserve designated 28 October 2020, 746,405.92 ha in the Coral Triangle, over 130 mammal species, core areas Bunaken National Park and Tangkoko.
Bunamiodyl
Bunamiodyl (buniodyl, Orabilex) was a tri-iodinated oral cholecystographic contrast agent introduced in 1958 and withdrawn from Canadian, US, and UK markets in 1963 after causing acute renal failure with tubular necrosis.
Bunazosin
Bunazosin (Detantol R) is a quinazoline alpha-1 adrenoceptor blocker used orally for hypertension and topically to lower intraocular pressure in glaucoma, improving ocular blood flow.
Bunbury, Western Australia
Bunbury, known as Goomburrup in Noongar, is Western Australia's largest regional city, a coastal port about 175 kilometers south of Perth serving the South West region.
Buncefield fire
The Buncefield fire was a vapor cloud explosion and five-day fire at an oil depot near Hemel Hempstead, England, on 11 December 2005, injuring 43 people.
Buncheong ware
Buncheong ware (분청사기) is Korean stoneware produced from the late Goryeo dynasty into the mid-16th century, coated with white slip and decorated by seven named techniques.
Bunching (accelerator physics)
Bunching in accelerator physics is the process of grouping a continuous charged-particle beam into short, dense bunches synchronized with the accelerator's radiofrequency fields so particles arrive at the correct phase.
Bunco
Bunco (bunko) is a luck-based social dice game for 12 players at 3 tables, rolling 3 dice per round for the round number; 1-in-216 Bunco odds, Victorian-era origins, 1996 revival, monthly women's bunco nights.
Buncombe County
Buncombe County, North Carolina: mountain county formed in 1792, county seat Asheville, population 269,452 (2020); named for Colonel Edward Buncombe, governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners, hit hard by Hurricane Helene in 2024.
Bunda
Bunda is a district (and town council) in Mara Region, Tanzania, on Lake Victoria near Serengeti National Park. Population 335,061 (2012); subsistence agriculture, livestock, fishing, and cotton dominate the economy.
Bundahishn
The Bundahishn (بندهشن) is a Middle Persian Zoroastrian encyclopedic work on cosmogony, cosmology, geography, and legend, given its final redaction in the 9th century CE.
Bundan
Bundan (文壇) is the Japanese term for the literary establishment, the social world of writers and critics that formed with modern publishing in the Meiji period.
Bundar
Bundar (بندar), full name Muhammad ibn Bashshar al-Abdi, was a ninth-century Basran hadith memorizer who narrated for sixty-seven years and whose material reaches the Sahih collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline
The Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline is a 60.4 km natural gas pipeline in northwestern Germany, completed in 2011, linking the Etzel storage facility to the Dutch gas grid.
Bundee Aki
Bundee Aki (Fua Leiofi Bundellu Aki), born 1990 in Auckland, is a Samoan-descended New Zealand-born centre for Connacht and Ireland, a 2018 and 2023 Grand Slam winner, two-time British & Irish Lion, and 2024 Irish citizen.
Bundela dynasty
The Bundela dynasty (बुंदेला वंश) was a Rajput ruling lineage of Bundelkhand in central India, chiefly ruling from Orchha, founded in 1531, and reaching its peak under Bir Singh Deo.
Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand is a semi-arid region of central India, about 70,000 km² across southern Uttar Pradesh and northern Madhya Pradesh, named for the Bundela dynasty, known for the Chandelas, Khajuraho, recurrent drought, and the Ken-Betwa Link Project.
Bundelkhand Agency
The Bundelkhand Agency was a British political agency administering the native states of Bundelkhand in central India, one of six agencies of the Central India Agency.
Bundesgesetzblatt (Germany)
Bundesgesetzblatt (BGBl.), Germany's federal law gazette: promulgates statutes and statutory instruments in Part I and treaties in Part II since 23 May 1949; edited by the Federal Ministry of Justice, electronic-only on recht.bund.de since 1 January 2023.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz is a monthly German public health journal edited at the Robert Koch Institute, published by Springer since 1999, ISSN 1436-9990/1437-1588, Impact Factor 1.6 (2025).
Bundesliga
Bundesliga (Fußball-Bundesliga): Germany's top men's football division, founded by DFB decision in 1962 and first played 1963/64 with 16 clubs. Distinguished by promotion/relegation play-offs, the 50+1 ownership rule, and Europe's highest average attendances.