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Brandon Micheal Hall

Brandon Micheal Hall (born 1993, Anderson, South Carolina) is a Juilliard-trained American actor, star of ABC's The Mayor as Courtney Rose, CBS's God Friended Me as Miles Finer, TBS's Search Party as Julian, and Broadway's Trouble in Mind.

Brandon Quinn

Brandon Quinn (Brandon Quinn Swierenga, born 1977, Aurora, Colorado) is an American TV and film actor known as Tommy Dawkins in Big Wolf on Campus and Ronnie Sullivan in Netflix's Sweet Magnolias, also lead of BET's Rebel and Gabe Duncroft on The Fosters.

Brandon Routh

Brandon Routh (born 1979, Des Moines, Iowa) is an American actor and former model, full name Brandon James Routh, cast by Bryan Singer as Superman in Superman Returns (2006); later the Atom on The CW and Superman again in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, creator of the Mistborn saga and The Stormlight Archive, who completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time.

Brandon Sklenar

Brandon Sklenar (born 1990, Dover, New Jersey) is an American actor known for Spencer Dutton in Yellowstone prequel 1923 and films It Ends with Us, Drop, and The Housemaid.

Brandon Soo Hoo

Brandon Soo Hoo (born 1995, Pasadena, California) is an American actor and martial artist known for Tran in Tropic Thunder, Scott Fuller in From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, Beast Boy in DC animated films, and Mech Cadets.

Brandon T. Jackson

Brandon T. Jackson (Brandon Timothy Jackson, born 1984, Detroit) is an American actor and stand-up comedian known for Junior in Roll Bounce, Alpa Chino in Tropic Thunder, and Grover Underwood in the Percy Jackson films.

Brandon Tartikoff

Brandon Tartikoff (1949-1997), American TV executive, president of NBC Entertainment 1980-1991; rebuilt last-place NBC into the top-rated network with Cheers, The Cosby Show, Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice; later Paramount chairman; died of Hodgkin's disease at 48.

Brandon Victor Dixon

Brandon Victor Dixon (born 1981, Gaithersburg, Maryland) is an American actor, singer, and producer: Tony nominee for The Color Purple, Shuffle Along, and Hell's Kitchen, Broadway's Aaron Burr in Hamilton, Emmy-nominated Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar Live, and Tony-winning producer of Hedwig and Moulin Rouge!.

Brandon Wilson (actor)

Brandon Wilson (born 1993, Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actor, not the 1971 producer-director Brandon David Wilson. Best known as Turner in Nickel Boys (2024), winning the Gotham Breakthrough Performer award and 2025 BAFTA Breakthrough US selection.

Brandy

Brandy, from Dutch brandewijn (burned wine), is a spirit distilled from fermented fruit juice or wine, most often grapes; includes Cognac, Armagnac, calvados, grappa, and pisco, with legal standards on distillation strength, aging, and bottling.

Brandy (album)

Brandy (album) is the self-titled 1994 Atlantic debut by Brandy Norwood, released at age 15; produced mainly by Keith Crouch, it went quadruple platinum and spawned "I Wanna Be Down", "Baby", and "Brokenhearted".

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" is a 1972 soft-rock story song by Looking Glass, written by Elliot Lurie about an invented barmaid; it hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in August 1972 and was revived by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

Brandy & Mr. Whiskers is a Disney Channel animated comedy (2004–2006) created by Russell Marcus, starring Kaley Cuoco as a pampered dog and Charlie Adler as a rabbit stranded in the Amazon.

Brandy Alexander

Brandy Alexander: classic dessert cocktail of cognac, dark crème de cacao, and cream in equal parts, shaken and topped with grated nutmeg; brandy variant of the gin Alexander, an IBA Unforgettable.

Brandy Clark

Brandy Clark (born 1975, Morton, Washington) is an American country/Americana singer-songwriter, Grammy winner for "Dear Insecurity," writer of "Follow Your Arrow" and "Mama's Broken Heart," Shucked composer, and creator of the album the bird.

Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion

Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion (2024) is an HBO documentary by Eva Orner exposing toxic workplace culture, discrimination, and one-size sizing at teen brand Brandy Melville, plus fast fashion's waste in Prato, Italy and Accra, Ghana.

Brandy Melville

Brandy Melville, Italian-founded teen fast fashion retailer run by CEO Stephan Marsan, sells most clothing in one XS/S size, markets only via Instagram, and faced the 2024 Brandy Hellville documentary and 2026 fitting-room closures.

Brandy Norwood

Brandy Norwood (born 1979, McComb, Mississippi), the mononym Brandy, is an American R&B singer and actress; platinum 1994 debut, 13-week No. 1 "The Boy Is Mine" with Monica, Grammy winner, star of Moesha and Cinderella, nicknamed the Vocal Bible.

Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis (born 1960, New Orleans) is an American jazz saxophonist, three-time Grammy winner, NEA Jazz Master (2011 family award), leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, founder of Marsalis Music, and composer for film and Broadway.

Branislav Nušić

Branislav Nušić (Бранислав Нушић, 1864 to 1938, born Alkibijad Nuša) was a Serbian writer, playwright, and satirist whose comedies, above all Gospođa ministarka (1929), remain in the repertoire of theaters across the former Yugoslav region.

Brann Dailor

Brann Dailor, American drummer, co-vocalist and lyricist of Atlanta progressive metal band Mastodon, which he co-founded in 2000; Grammy winner for "Sultan's Curse," later led the band after Brent Hinds's 2025 death.

Brannon Braga

Brannon Braga (born 1965, Bozeman, Montana) is an American TV writer, producer, and director, the most prolific writer in Star Trek history (TNG, Voyager, Enterprise, Generations, First Contact), later creator of Salem and producer-director of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

Branscombe Richmond

Branscombe Richmond, born 1955 in Los Angeles, is an American actor, stuntman, producer, and singer of Native Hawaiian and Tahitian descent, known as Bobby Sixkiller in Renegade, the voice of Gibraltar in Apex Legends, and Kimo in Finding 'Ohana.

Branston (brand)

Branston (brand) covers two unrelated British food brands: Branston Pickle, a sweet brown vegetable relish first made by Crosse & Blackwell in 1922, now owned by Mizkan Euro, and Branston Ltd, the Lincolnshire potato supplier founded in 1968.

Brant Daugherty

Brant Daugherty (Brant David Daugherty), American actor born 1985 in Mason, Ohio; played Noel Kahn on Pretty Little Liars (2010–2016), Luke Sawyer in Fifty Shades Freed, and stars in and writes Hallmark movies with wife Kimberly Daugherty.

Brant von Hoffman

Brant von Hoffman (Brant Van Hoffmann) is an American actor known as Kyle Blankes in Police Academy (1984) and Sgt. Blanks in Police Academy 3 (1986), with film roles from 1984 to 1999 and TV guest spots including Arrested Development.

Brantley Gilbert

Brantley Gilbert, fully Brantley Keith Gilbert, is an American country rock singer and songwriter from Georgia, born in 1984, whose hits include the 7x Platinum "Bottoms Up."

Branwell Brontë

Branwell Brontë (Patrick Branwell Brontë, 1817–1848), English painter, poet, and only brother of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, known for the Pillar Portrait and Gun Group of his sisters, his failed careers, and his death at 31.

Brass band

Brass band: an ensemble of brass and percussion instruments, especially the British-style all-brass band with treble-clef scoring. Origins in 1810s regimental bands, 1851 Belle Vue contest, test-piece tradition, NABBA, folk and New Orleans variants.