Society and history

Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

The Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) was a statutory board of India established in 1987. It determined whether companies were sick and sanctioned revival schemes.

Sep 23, 2026

Board of Control

The Board of Control, formally the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, was the British body created in 1784 to oversee the East India Company's rule in India.

Board of directors: the elected governing body that directs and oversees a corporation while delegating daily management to the CEO. Covers fiduciary duties of care and loyalty, the business judgment rule, board independence and committee structures, and the institution's medieval merchant-guild origins.

Board of Peace

Board of Peace (BoP): international organization created under Trump's 20-point Gaza plan, chartered at Davos January 2026, chaired by Trump, endorsed by UNSC Resolution 2803, with 27 members, $17 billion pledged, and an International Stabilization Force in Gaza.

Sep 24, 2026

Board of Rites (Silla)

The Board of Rites (예부, 禮部) was a central government office of Silla in charge of education, diplomacy, and ritual, established in 586 under King Jinpyeong.

Boarding school

A boarding school is a school whose students live on campus during the term, with meals, study time, rules, and supervision provided by residential staff.

Boarding schools in Africa

Boarding schools in Africa are a mainstream and often the most prestigious strand of secondary education in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Zimbabwe, with roots in colonial mission schools.

Boarding schools in the Caribbean and Pacific

Boarding schools in the Caribbean and Pacific are residential secondary schools rooted in colonial traditions, serving elite heritage in the Caribbean and geographic access in the Pacific.

boAt Lifestyle

boAt Lifestyle, legally Imagine Marketing Ltd, is an Indian consumer-electronics company founded in 2016 by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta, one of India's largest sellers of earbuds and headphones.

Boaz (בֹּעַז)

Boaz (בֹּעַז) is a wealthy Bethlehemite landowner in the Book of Ruth who, as kinsman-redeemer, marries the Moabite widow Ruth and becomes great-grandfather of King David.

Boaz Dolev

Boaz Dolev (בועז דולב) is an Israeli cybersecurity executive who co-founded ClearSky Cyber Security in 2011 and leads it as CEO, known for Iranian hacking attribution research.

Boaz Golan

Boaz Golan (בועז גולן) is an Israeli journalist who founded the news site and app 0404 News in 2012, serving as its editor-in-chief and chief executive.

Boaz Gorodissky

Boaz Gorodissky is an Israeli technology executive and co-founder and CTO of XM Cyber, a cloud security company founded in 2016 with former Mossad director Tamir Pardo and sold to Germany's Schwarz Group in 2021.

Bob Archuleta

Bob Archuleta is an American Democratic politician and Army combat veteran representing California's 30th Senate district since 2018, after serving as mayor of Pico Rivera and a presidential appointee.

Bob Auth

Bob Auth, also known as Robert Auth, is an American Republican politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 39th district since 2013.

Bob Barr

Bob Barr (Robert Laurence Barr Jr., born 1948) is an American attorney, former Republican U.S. Representative from Georgia's 7th District (1995-2003), Clinton impeachment manager, and the Libertarian Party's 2008 presidential nominee.

Bob Beckel

Bob Beckel (Robert Gilliland Beckel, 1948-2022), Democratic strategist who managed Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign and co-hosted Fox News' The Five as its liberal voice; twice fired by Fox, died in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Bob Blackman

Bob Blackman (Robert John Blackman), Conservative MP for Harrow East since 2010 and Chair of the Backbench Business Committee; sponsor of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 and Supported Housing Act 2023, CBE 2023.

Bob Brinson

Bob Brinson is an American politician and Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate representing the 3rd district, after serving as a New Bern alderman and Mayor Pro Tem.

Bob Brooks

Bob Brooks is an American politician and retired firefighter, the Democratic nominee for U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 7th District in 2026 and president of the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association.

Bob Bull

Bob Bull, born Robert Lee Jack Bull in 1977, is a British property entrepreneur who built the RoyaleLife bungalow business and was declared bankrupt in 2023.

Bob Casey Jr.

Bob Casey Jr., Democratic U.S. senator from Pennsylvania 2007–2025, son of Governor Robert P. Casey Sr.; former auditor general and treasurer; author of the ABLE Act; lost the 2024 race to Dave McCormick by about 15,115 votes.

Bob Chapman

Bob Chapman (Robert H. Chapman) was an American executive who led Barry-Wehmiller for fifty years, growing it into a $3.6 billion group and pioneering truly human leadership.

Bob Cole (sportscaster)

Bob Cole, full name Robert Cecil Cole, was a Canadian sportscaster from St. John's, Newfoundland, who was the play-by-play voice of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada for five decades.

Bob Corker

Bob Corker (Robert Phillips Corker Jr., born 1952) is a Republican former U.S. Senator from Tennessee (2007–2019), former Chattanooga mayor, and Foreign Relations chairman who authored the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act and retired in 2018.

Bob Costas

Bob Costas (Robert Quinlan Costas, born 1952) is an American sportscaster, NBC Olympics primetime host 1992-2016, 29-time Sports Emmy winner, 2018 Ford C. Frick Award recipient, and MLB Network voice who retired from baseball play-by-play in 2024.

Bob Denard

Bob Denard (Gilbert Bourgeaud, 1929–2007), French mercenary of the Katanga, Yemen, and Comoros campaigns; led four Comoros coups, ran Abdallah's presidential guard, convicted for the 1977 Benin and 1995 Comoros putsches.

Bob Dole

Bob Dole, also known as Robert Joseph Dole, was an American politician from Kansas who served over 27 years in the Senate and lost the 1996 presidential race to Bill Clinton.

Bob Dornan

Robert K. "B-1 Bob" Dornan (born 1933), Republican U.S. representative from California 1977–1983 and 1985–1997, conservative firebrand and broadcaster, lost the 1996 election to Loretta Sanchez by 979 votes and unsuccessfully contested it.