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B. Leza
B. Leza, pen name of Francisco Xavier da Cruz (1905–1958), was a Cape Verdean composer from Mindelo who revolutionized the morna and wrote songs for Cesária Évora.
B. M. Srikantaiah
B. M. Srikantaiah (Belluru Mailarayya Srikantaiah), known as B.M. Sri, was an Indian Kannada writer and educationist whose 1921 English Geetagalu helped found modern Kannada literature.
B. P. Koirala
Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (विश्वेश्वरप्रसाद कोइराला), known as BP, was a Nepali politician and writer, Nepal's first elected prime minister in 1959, and a pioneer of psychological realism in Nepali literature.
B. P. Singh
B. P. Singh (Brijendra Pal Singh), Indian TV producer-director, FTII cinematography graduate, creator of CID (Sony, 1998) and Aahat, Fireworks Productions founder, FTII chairman 2018-2020.
B. R. Chopra (बालदेव राज चोपड़ा)
Baldev Raj Chopra (बालदेव राज चोपड़ा), known as B.R. Chopra, 1914-2008, Indian Hindi film director-producer (Naya Daur, Kanoon, Humraaz) and creator of the 94-episode Doordarshan serial Mahabharat (1988-90); Dadasaheb Phalke Award 1998, elder brother of Yash Chopra.
B. S. Mardhekar
B. S. Mardhekar (Bal Sitaram Mardhekar, बाळ सीताराम मर्ढेकर; 1909–1956) was a Marathi poet, novelist, and critic whose 1947 collection Kahi Kavita introduced modernist technique into Marathi poetry.
B. Saroja Devi
B. Saroja Devi (1938-2025), also called Abhinaya Saraswathi and Kannadathu Paingili, was an Indian actress and the first female superstar of Kannada cinema, with over 200 films across Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi, including 161 consecutive lead roles from 1955 to 1984.
B. Traven
B. Traven, pseudonym of a German-Mexican novelist also known as Ret Marut, author of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Death Ship; twelve novels, 40 million copies, identity still disputed.
B. V. Karanth
B. V. Karanth, born Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth (1929–2002), was an Indian theater director and film music composer from Karnataka who led three major theater institutions and scored Chomana Dudi.
B. W. Vilakazi
B. W. Vilakazi, born Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, was a South African Zulu poet, novelist, and linguist who wrote the first book of poems published in isiZulu.
B.A. Pass
B.A. Pass (बी.ए. पास) is a 2012 Hindi neo-noir erotic thriller directed by Ajay Bahl, adapted from Mohan Sikka's short story Railway Aunty; released 2 August 2013, starring Shadab Kamal and Shilpa Shukla, and an Osian's Cinefan Best Film winner.
B.A.P (South Korean band)
B.A.P (비에이피, Best Absolute Perfect) was a six-member South Korean hip hop boy band formed by TS Entertainment, debuting with "Warrior" in January 2012; it disbanded in 2019 after a 2014 contract lawsuit and reunited as BANG&JUNG&YOO&MOON in 2024.
B.C. (comic strip)
B.C. is a syndicated American newspaper comic strip created by Johnny Hart, debuting February 17, 1958. Cavemen with modern anachronisms; famous for the Zot anteater, religious controversy, the 1968 Reuben, and continuation by Hart's grandsons.
B.G. (rapper)
B.G. (Christopher Noel Dorsey, born 1980), also Baby Gangsta or B. Gizzle, New Orleans rapper and founding Hot Boys member on Cash Money Records, known for "Bling Bling" and the 1999 platinum album Chopper City in the Ghetto.
B.G. Knocc Out
B.G. Knocc Out (Al Hasan Naqiyy, born Arlandis Hinton, 1975), Compton rapper, Eazy-E protege on "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" (1993), Real Brothas (1995) with brother Dresta, imprisoned 1998, later solo albums.
B.I (rapper)
B.I (비아이, Kim Han-bin, born 1996) is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and 131 Label executive who led iKON, wrote "Love Scenario" and "Whistle", left the group in 2019 over a drug scandal, and debuted solo with Waterfall (2021).
B.o.B
B.o.B (Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., born 1988) is an American rapper from Decatur, Atlanta, whose 2010 debut The Adventures of Bobby Ray topped the Billboard 200 and whose later career included flat-Earth controversy.
B.Y.O.B. (song)
B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs) is a 2005 anti-Iraq War single by System of a Down from Mezmerize, written by Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian, produced with Rick Rubin, and winner of the 2006 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.
B'Day
B'Day is Beyoncé's second solo studio album, released September 4, 2006 on her 25th birthday. Recorded secretly in two weeks with Rodney Jerkins, the Neptunes, Rich Harrison, and Swizz Beatz, it won the 2007 Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album and was reissued in 2026.
B'Elanna Torres
B'Elanna Torres is the half-Klingon, half-human chief engineer of USS Voyager in Star Trek: Voyager, played by Roxann Dawson; a former Maquis who marries Tom Paris, mother of Miral, known for the episodes Faces, Extreme Risk, and Lineage.
B*Witched
B*Witched is an Irish girl group formed in Dublin in 1997 with Edele and Keavy Lynch, Sinéad O'Carroll, and Lindsay Armaou, whose first four singles all hit UK number one; dropped in 2002, they reunited in 2012 and still tour.
B1A4 (비원에이포)
B1A4 (비원에이포), "Be the one, All for one", is a South Korean boy group that debuted in April 2011 under WM Entertainment with Let's Fly; named for members' blood types (1 B, 4 A), self-producing, now a trio of CNU, Sandeul, Gongchan.
B2 (music)
Bi-2 (Би-2) is a Russian-language rock band of Belarusian origin, founded in 1988, best known for the Brat 2 soundtrack and the hit «Полковнику никто не пишет».
B2C
B2C, also known as Born 2 Conquer, is a Ugandan vocal harmony trio of Mr Lee, Bobby Lash, and Delivad Julio, known for Gutujja and Munda Awo.
B2K
B2K (Boys of the New Millennium) was a Los Angeles R&B boy band of Omarion, Lil Fizz, Raz-B, and J-Boog, active 2001–2004, known for "Bump, Bump, Bump" and You Got Served, reunited for 2019 and 2026 tours.
B62 Studios
B62 Studios is a Mumbai film production house founded by brothers Aditya Dhar and Lokesh Dhar, named after their Lajpat Nagar home. Known for Article 370, Dhoom Dhaam, Baramulla, and the Dhurandhar franchise with Jio Studios.
Ba Cissoko
Ba Cissoko is a Guinean band formed around 1999 by kora player Ba Cissoko, the Kouyaté brothers, and Ibrahima Bah, fusing the electrified kora with rock, reggae, funk, and jazz.
Ba Sheng Gan Zhou: Evening Clouds
Ba Sheng Gan Zhou (八声甘州) is a Song dynasty cipai, a 97-character lyric pattern adapted from a Tang frontier melody, best known for Liu Yong's autumn rain poem.
Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (बा बहू और बेबी)
Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (बा बहू और बेबी), also written Baa Bahu Aur Baby, is a Hindi Star Plus comedy-drama (2005–2010) by Hats Off Productions about matriarch Godavari Thakkar's Mumbai joint family, starring Sarita Joshi, Deven Bhojani, and Benaf Dadachandji.
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme first printed in 1744 in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, sung to "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman" (Roud 4439); wool-tax and slavery readings are theories without proof.