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Bert Schneider
Bert Schneider (Julius Gustav Albert Schneider, 1897–1986) was a Canadian boxer, born in Cleveland, who won welterweight gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics for Canada and later turned professional.
Bert Trautmann
Bert Trautmann (Bernhard Carl Trautmann, 1923-2013), German goalkeeper for Manchester City 1949-1964 with 545 appearances; former POW who played the 1956 FA Cup final's last 17 minutes with a broken neck.
Bert van Marwijk
Bert van Marwijk (Lambertus van Marwijk), Dutch football manager born 1952 in Deventer; won the 2002 UEFA Cup with Feyenoord and led the Netherlands to the 2010 World Cup final, later coaching Saudi Arabia, Australia, and the UAE.
Bertalan Papp
Bertalan Papp (1913–1992), Hungarian sabre fencer, two-time Olympic team gold medalist (London 1948, Helsinki 1952) and world team champion 1953 and 1954; later Honvéd fencing head and film stuntman. Distinct from the UWW Greco-Roman wrestler of the same name.
Berti Vogts
Berti Vogts (Hans-Hubert Vogts, born 1946), German defender and manager; 1974 World Cup and 1972 Euro winner with West Germany, Borussia Mönchengladbach 1965-1979, and Germany head coach 1990-1998 who won EURO 1996.
Bertil Nordahl
Bertil Nordahl (Karl Bertil Emanuel Nordahl), Swedish footballer, 1948 Olympic gold center half, brother of Gunnar and Knut Nordahl; 15 caps, Guldbollen 1948, Atalanta professional.
Bertrand Gille
Bertrand Gille (born 1978, Valence), nicknamed Bobo, French handball pivot, brother of Guillaume Gille; double Olympic champion 2008 and 2012, world champion 2001 and 2011, European champion 2006 and 2010, IHF World Player of the Year 2002, 268 France caps.
Bertrand Traoré
Bertrand Isidore Traoré, born 1995 in Bobo-Dioulasso, is a Burkinabé left-footed right winger who captained Burkina Faso (91 caps) and played for Chelsea, Ajax, Lyon, Aston Villa, Villarreal, Sunderland, and Wolves.
Berwyn Jones
Berwyn Jones (Thomas Berwyn Jones, 1940-2007), Welsh sprinter and rugby league footballer from Rhymney; equalled the 4x110 yards world record (40.0, White City 1963) with Britain, then won three Great Britain caps with Wakefield Trinity and Bradford Northern.
Beryl Gastaldello
Beryl Gastaldello (Béryl Gastaldello), born 1995 in Miramas, is a French sprint swimmer, three-time Olympian, captain of the French women's team, holder of the mixed 4x50 m freestyle relay world record and multiple French short-course records.
Besart Berisha
Besart Berisha (born 1985), Kosovar-Albanian striker; A-League all-time top scorer with 142 goals in 236 games for Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory, and Western United; four Championships, two Golden Boots; now Melbourne Victory Youth coach.
Beşiktaş J.K.
Beşiktaş J.K. (Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü), founded 1903 in Istanbul, is a Turkish multi-sport club whose football team holds 16 Süper Lig titles, the league's only unbeaten championship (1991-92), and a 48-match unbeaten streak.
Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball)
Beşiktaş J.K. men's basketball, Istanbul section of the 1903 multi-sport club; founded 1933, 2011-12 Turkish league, Cup and EuroChallenge winner, 2025-26 EuroCup finalist, 2026-27 EuroLeague debutant.
Beslan Mudranov
Beslan Mudranov (Беслан Мудранов), born 1986, is a retired Russian judoka who won the 60 kg gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Russia's first medal there.
Best of the Super Juniors
Best of the Super Juniors (BOSJ, ベスト・オブ・ザ・スーパージュニア), formerly Top of the Super Juniors, is NJPW's annual round-robin junior heavyweight (under 100 kg) tournament, founded 1988; the winner earns an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship shot, most recently won by YOH in 2026.
Bestia
Bestia is an Italian Rams-group gambling card game, also known as la bestia, played with a 40-card Italian deck; trick winners share the pool, and a player taking no trick pays the whole pot into the next deal.
Bet365 Stadium
Bet365 Stadium (formerly Britannia Stadium, 1997-2016) is Stoke City FC's 30,089-seat all-seater home in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Opened 1997, cost £14.7m, replaced the Victoria Ground; renamed for bet365 in 2016.
Beth Botsford
Beth Botsford (Elizabeth Anne Botsford, born 1981), American backstroke swimmer from Baltimore's NBAC; double gold medalist at Atlanta 1996 (100 m backstroke, medley relay) at age 15; later NCAA champion and college coach.
Beth Mead
Beth Mead (born 1995, Whitby) is an English forward; Sunderland 77 goals in 78 games, Arsenal 2017-2026, EURO 2022 Golden Boot and Player of the Tournament, BBC Sports Personality 2022, now Manchester City.
Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Copeland, née Kociański), American retired WWE wrestler nicknamed The Glamazon; three-time Women's Champion, Divas Champion, 2017 WWE Hall of Fame inductee, second woman in the Royal Rumble, wife of Edge.
Beth Rodden
Beth Rodden, American rock climber, Yosemite first ascensionist of Lurking Fear (FFA with Tommy Caldwell) and Meltdown 5.14c, 2000 Kyrgyzstan kidnapping survivor, author of A Light Through the Cracks.
Beth Shriever
Beth Shriever (Bethany Kate Shriever, born 1999, Leytonstone) is a British BMX racer, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist and three-time elite world champion (2021, 2023, 2025).
Beth Tweddle
Beth Tweddle (born 1985) is a British retired artistic gymnast who won three world titles and six European championships, taking Olympic bronze on the uneven bars at London 2012.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, American tennis player, WTA doubles world No. 1 (January 2017), 30 doubles titles, five women's doubles Slams with Lucie Safarova, five mixed doubles titles, 2016 Rio Olympic mixed doubles gold with Jack Sock.
Bethany Hamilton
Bethany Hamilton (born 1990), American professional surfer from Kauai, Hawaii, who lost her left arm to a tiger shark in 2003, returned a month later, won the 2005 NSSA national title, and inspired Soul Surfer.
Bethe Correia
Bethe Correia, "Pitbull", Brazilian UFC women's bantamweight from Campina Grande, Paraíba; challenged Ronda Rousey at UFC 190 (2015, 34-second KO loss), retired 2021 with an 11-6-1 record.
Bethesda Game Studios
Bethesda Game Studios (BGS), Rockville, Maryland-based RPG developer behind The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield; four straight Game of the Year winners, Creation Engine, Microsoft-owned since 2021.
Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, American video game publisher founded 1986 by Christopher Weaver in Rockville, Maryland; publisher of The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, DOOM, Wolfenstein; ZeniMax Media subsidiary owned by Microsoft since 2021.
Bethpage Black Course
Bethpage Black Course, Bethpage State Park, Long Island: public Tillinghast/Burbeck course opened 1936; 7,465 yards, slope 155; first public course to host the U.S. Open (2002) and the 2025 Ryder Cup, won by Europe.
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (also Betnijah Laney), born 1993, American WNBA guard-forward from Clayton, Delaware; Rutgers; 2015 draft pick 17. 2020 Most Improved Player, 2021 All-Star, 2024 champion with New York Liberty, now Washington Mystics.