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Bilbay

Bilbay (الظاهر بلباي), also known as Yalbay, was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt of the Burji line who reigned in Cairo in 1468 for about two months.

Bild

Bild (BILD) is Germany's highest-circulation tabloid daily, founded by Axel Springer and first published 24 June 1952. Flagship of Axel Springer SE's brand family (AUTO BILD, SPORT BILD), with 640 million monthly digital visits in 2026.

Bildad Kaggia

Bildad Kaggia (1922–2005) was a Kenyan Kikuyu nationalist, trade unionist, and independence leader, one of the Kapenguria Six tried with Jomo Kenyatta in 1952.

Bilderberg Meeting

The Bilderberg Meeting, also called the Bilderberg group, is an annual invitation-only conference of about 130 political and business leaders from Europe and North America, held since 1954.

Bilge Qaghan

Bilge Qaghan (毗伽可汗) is a name borne by two rulers: an Eastern Turk khagan enthroned in 716, and a Uyghur qaghan invested by the Tang.

Bilhah (בִּלְהָה)

Bilhah (בִּלְהָה) is, in the Book of Genesis, the handmaid Rachel gave to Jacob as a surrogate wife; she bore his sons Dan and Naphtali.

Bilhana

Bilhana (बिल्हण) was an 11th-century Sanskrit poet from Kashmir who served as court poet of the Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI of Kalyani and wrote the epic Vikramankadevacharita.

Biliansheng (碧莲盛)

Biliansheng (碧莲盛) is a Chinese hair-transplant and hair-health clinic chain founded in Beijing in 2005 by You Lina, counted among China's three largest hair-transplant brands.

Biligtü Khan

Biligtü Khan (爱猷识理达腊), son of the Yuan emperor Yuanshundi, escaped the fall of Yingchang with a few dozen horsemen and held out at Helin until his death in 1378.

Biling Bio (弼领生物)

Biling Bio (弼领生物), or Shanghai Biling Biotechnology, is a Chinese biopharmaceutical startup founded in May 2021 in Shanghai that develops nano drug conjugates for oncology.

Bilingual education

Bilingual education, also called dual-language or mother tongue-based instruction, teaches academic content through two languages. Covers program models (TBE, two-way immersion, ESL), U.S. policy history from the 1968 Bilingual Education Act to Proposition 227, global UNESCO policy, and meta-analytic effectiveness evidence.

Bilistiche

Bilistiche, also known as Belistiche, was a mistress of Ptolemy II Philadelphus who won two Olympic chariot victories at Olympia in 268 and 264 BC.

Bilkent University

Bilkent University (Bilkent Üniversitesi) is Turkey's first private, nonprofit foundation university, founded October 20, 1984 in Ankara by İhsan Doğramacı, admitting 386 students in 1986, now ~12,500 students, 30 undergraduate and 59 graduate programs.

Bilkis Bano case

Bilkis Bano case (Bilkis Yakub Rasool v. Union of India, 2024 INSC 24): 2002 Gujarat riots gang rape and murder case; 11 life convicts released on remission in August 2022, quashed by the Supreme Court on 8 January 2024 because Maharashtra, the convicting state under Section 432(7)(b) CrPC, was the appropriate government.

Bill (law)

A bill is a proposed law debated by a legislature; in the US it needs majorities in both chambers and presidential signature or a veto override, while in Westminster systems it becomes an act on royal assent.

Bill Ackman

Bill Ackman, also known as William A. Ackman, is an American activist investor who founded Pershing Square Capital Management in 2003, known for public campaigns against MBIA and Herbalife.

Bill Ayers

Bill Ayers (William Ayers, born 1944) is an American educator, SDS officer, and Weather Underground co-founder, later a UIC education professor whose Chicago Annenberg Challenge ties to Obama fueled the 2008 campaign controversy.

Bill Bachenberg

Bill Bachenberg (William A. Bachenberg), Allentown-area Pennsylvania businessman, DBSi founder, Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays owner, 2020 alternate-elector chair, XRVision lawsuit defendant settled for $500,000, and NRA president from May 2025 after losing the 2025 Pennsylvania GOP chair race to Greg Rothman.

Bill Banyai

Bill Banyai is a semiconductor-and-optics engineer who co-founded synthetic DNA maker Twist Bioscience in 2013, serving as COO until 2020, and now leads Atlas Data Storage as CTO.

Bill Blessing

Bill Blessing, also known as Louis W. Blessing III, is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate from the 8th district, in his second term.

Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley (born 1943) is a former New Jersey U.S. senator (1979–1997), two-time NBA champion with the New York Knicks, Hall of Famer, 1964 Olympic gold medalist, architect of the 1986 tax reform, and 2000 Democratic presidential candidate who lost to Al Gore.

Bill Bray (bodyguard)

Bill Bray, retired LAPD officer, was Michael Jackson's bodyguard from the Jackson 5 era through the 1990s and a father figure to the singer; estranged in the mid-1990s, he died in November 2005.

Bill Browder

Bill Browder, also known as William F. Browder, is an American-born British financier who founded Hermitage Capital Management, once the largest foreign investor in Russia, and led the Magnitsky sanctions movement.

Bill Bufalino

Bill Bufalino (William Eugene Bufalino Sr., 1918-1990) was a Detroit attorney, Jimmy Hoffa's personal lawyer and IBT counsel from 1947, 21-year president of Teamsters Local 985, cousin of mobster Russell Bufalino, and a character in The Irishman.

Bill Carter

Bill Carter, full name William S. Carter, is a retired American semiconductor engineer who was the principal designer of the XC2064, the first commercial FPGA, at Xilinx.

Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy (born 1957) is a Republican physician and U.S. Senator from Louisiana since 2015, HELP Committee chairman, who voted to convict Trump in 2021, confirmed RFK Jr., and lost his 2026 primary.

Bill Chisholm (businessman)

Bill Chisholm, also known as William Chisholm Jr., is an American private equity investor who co-founded STG and bought the Boston Celtics for a record $6.1 billion in 2025.

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton (William Jefferson Clinton, born 1946) is an American politician, 42nd U.S. president (1993–2001) and Arkansas governor, impeached 1998 but acquitted, presiding over budget surpluses and sustained growth.

Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign

Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign: Arkansas Governor Clinton's Democratic run against George H. W. Bush and Ross Perot. Carville's 'It's the economy, stupid,' Gore as running mate, New Democrat positioning, and a 43%-370-electoral-vote win.

Bill Clinton pardon controversy

The Bill Clinton pardon controversy covers the 140 last-day pardons of January 20, 2001, notably fugitive financier Marc Rich, the bypassed Justice Department review, congressional findings, and the closed pay-to-play investigation.