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Badshahi Angti

Badshahi Angti (বাদশাহী আংটি), "The Emperor's Ring", is a detective novel by Satyajit Ray, the first full-length novel in his Feluda series, published in 1969.

Badshahi Mosque (بادشاہی مسجد)

Badshahi Mosque, or Badshahi Masjid, meaning the Imperial Mosque, is a Mughal-era congregational mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, commissioned by Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673.

Badtameez Gill

Badtameez Gill is an unreleased Hindi comedy-drama directed by Navjot Gulati, starring Vaani Kapoor, Aparshakti Khurana, Paresh Rawal, and Sheeba Chaddha, set in Bareilly and London. Shot in 2024, its planned November 29, 2024 release was postponed for lack of a buyer.

Badu Bonsu II

Badu Bonsu II, also written Badu Bonso II, was king of the Ahanta people on the Gold Coast of present-day Ghana, executed by the Dutch in 1838.

Badugi

Badugi: four-card triple-draw lowball poker variant, also called a rainbow low hand game; aces low, no pairs or repeated suits, best hand A-2-3-4 of four suits; WSOP $1,500 bracelet event since 2023.

Baduizm

Baduizm is Erykah Badu's debut album (Kedar/Universal, February 11, 1997), a jazz-, soul-, and hip-hop-infused record that defined neo-soul, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, went triple platinum, and won two Grammys including Best R&B Album.

Baduy people

Baduy people (Orang Kanekes): a Sundanese indigenous community in Kanekes Village, Lebak, Banten, Indonesia, divided into stricter Inner and looser Outer Baduy, following Sunda Wiwitan and pikukuh customary law.

Badwater Basin

Badwater Basin, in Death Valley National Park, California, is the lowest point in North America at 282 ft (86 m) below sea level, a ~200-square-mile salt flat of sodium chloride formed in a subsiding pull-apart basin, site of ancient Lake Manly and the 2023–2024 temporary lake.

Badwater Ultramarathon

Badwater Ultramarathon (Badwater 135): 135-mile invitational ultramarathon each July from Death Valley's Badwater Basin to Mt. Whitney Portal, 45-hour limit, held since 1987, called the world's toughest foot race.

Bae Doona (배두나)

Bae Doona (배두나), born 1979 in Seoul, is a South Korean actress known for Barking Dogs Never Bite, The Host, Air Doll, Cloud Atlas, Sense8, and The Silent Sea, with work across Korea, Japan, Hollywood, and Netflix.

Bae Hyeon-gyeong

Bae Hyeon-gyeong (배현경), originally named Baek Ok-sam, was a Goryeo general and first-grade founding merit subject who helped enthrone Wang Geon in 918 and died in 936.

Bae Jung-son

Bae Jung-son (배중손) was a Goryeo general who led the Sambyeolcho revolt against the Mongol invasion, setting up a government on Jindo Island until its fall in 1271.

Bae Ki-sik

Bae Ki-sik (배기식) is a South Korean technology entrepreneur who founded RIDI Corporation, known for Ridibooks, in 2008 and made it South Korea's first content platform unicorn in 2022.

Bae Kyung-hoon

Bae Kyung-hoon (배경훈) is a South Korean AI expert and politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, formerly head of LG AI Research.

Bae Suzy (배수지)

Bae Suzy (배수지), born Bae Su-ji in 1994, is a South Korean singer and actress who debuted with Miss A under JYP in 2010, then starred in Dream High, Architecture 101, Start-Up, Anna, and Doona!.

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is a British defense, aerospace, and security company formed in 1999 by the merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems, with sales of £30.7bn in 2025.

BAE Systems Hawk

The BAE Systems Hawk, also known as the BAe Hawk, is a British jet trainer that entered Royal Air Force service in 1976 and has flown the Red Arrows since 1979.

BAE Systems Tempest

BAE Systems Tempest is the UK name for the crewed stealth fighter developed with Italy and Japan under GCAP, planned to enter Royal Air Force service from 2035.

Bae Yong-joon (배용준)

Bae Yong-joon (배용준), born 1972, is the South Korean actor nicknamed Yonsama who led the first Korean Wave in Japan through Winter Sonata (2002), later headed Keyeast, married Park Soo-jin in 2015, and now lives in Hawaii.

Bae Yoon-gyu (배윤규)

Bae Yoon-gyu (배윤규, 裵潤圭), also romanized Bae Youn-kyu, is a South Korean actor born 1999, debuted in KBS Drama Special: Prism (2022), known for Revelations, The Witch, Karma, The Scandal of Chunhwa, and his first lead in Love on the Menu (2026).

Baebiana

Baebiana: ancient vicus in southwestern Etruria on the Via Aurelia between Lorium and Alsium, as Bebiana on the Tabula Peutingeriana; distinct from the Ligures Baebiani of Samnium and the empress Afinia Gemina Baebiana.

Baeda Maryam I

Baeda Maryam I (በእደ ማርያም) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1468 to 1478, the son and successor of Zara Yaqob who reversed his father's centralized rule.

Baedal Minjok

Baedal Minjok (배달의민족), commonly shortened to Baemin, is South Korea's largest food delivery app, launched in 2010 and operated by Woowa Brothers under Germany's Delivery Hero.

Bæddel and bædling

Bæddel and bædling are obscure Old English terms for non-normative sex or gender categories: bæddel glossing hermaphrodite, bædling an effemate man, attested in glossaries and the Canons of Theodore, and possibly related to Modern English bad.

Baek Hyun-jin (백현진)

Baek Hyun-jin (백현), born in 1972, is a South Korean painter, musician, and actor who co-founded Eo-eo-bu Project and was a 2017 Korea Artist Prize finalist.

Baek Ijeong

Baek Ijeong (백이정, 白頤正) was a Goryeo civil official and Confucian scholar who studied Neo-Confucianism for ten years in Yuan China and transmitted it to Korea.

Baek Ji-young (백지영)

Baek Ji-young (백지영, Baek Z Young), born 1976, is a South Korean singer who debuted in 1999 with Sorrow and "Seontaek", became famous with "Dash" (2000), reinvented herself as a ballad singer with "Sarang Anhae" (2006), and is known as the queen of drama OSTs.

Baek Jin-hee (백진희)

Baek Jin-hee (백진희), born 1990, is a South Korean actress known for Bandhobi, Empress Ki, Missing Nine, Jugglers, and The Real Has Come, now starring in MBC's The Judge Returns and marrying in January 2027.

Baek Se-hee

Baek Se-hee (백세희, born 1990) was the South Korean author of the therapy memoir I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki (죽고 싶지만 떡볶이는 먹고 싶어), about her dysthymia; a million-copy, 25-country bestseller. She died October 16, 2025, aged 35, donating organs that saved five lives.

Baek Seo-hoo (백서후)

Baek Seo-hoo (백서후), South Korean actor born 1996, known for Ko Won in Miss Night and Day (2024), Ma Min-hwan in Study Group (2025), Heartbeat, Cafe Minamdang, Color Rush.