Society and history

Breton language

Breton (brezhoneg) is a Brittonic Celtic language of Brittany, France, spoken by about 225,000 people, with 19,000+ pupils in bilingual schooling, four traditional dialects, and writing from the 8th century.

Bretons

Bretons (Brezhoned) are the Celtic-derived people of Brittany, northwest France, descended partly from Brittonic migrants of the 5th-6th centuries; most combine strong Breton and French identity, and their language is declining.

Brett Berson

Brett Berson is a partner at First Round Capital who rose from college intern over 15 years, known for investing in Clay, Stedi, and Persona and building The Review.

Brett Clark (Indiana politician)

Brett Clark is an American politician and Republican member of the Indiana Senate representing District 24, sworn in on November 19, 2024, after Navy service and 33 years with the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office.

Brett Crozier

Brett Crozier, US Navy captain, commanded USS Theodore Roosevelt until relieved April 2, 2020 after his leaked COVID-19 plea letter ('Sailors do not need to die'); never reinstated, barred from future command; acting Navy Secretary Modly resigned over the affair.

Brett Guthrie

Brett Guthrie, born 1964, is a Republican U.S. representative for Kentucky's 2nd congressional district since 2009 who chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Brett H. Ludwig

Brett H. Ludwig (born 1969, Marshfield, WI) is a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, confirmed 91-5 in September 2020 after serving as a bankruptcy judge; dismissed Trump's 2020 Wisconsin election suit.

Brett Kavanaugh

Brett M. Kavanaugh, American Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since October 6, 2018; former D.C. Circuit judge, Bush White House staff secretary, and Kennedy clerk, confirmed 50-48 after a contentious 2018 hearing.

Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination

Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination: President Trump's July 2018 nomination of D.C. Circuit judge Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Anthony Kennedy; confirmed 50-48 on October 6, 2018 after Ford allegations and a limited FBI investigation.

Brett Ligon

Brett Ligon is an American Republican politician and attorney serving in the Texas Senate from District 4, elected in May 2026 after 17 years as Montgomery County District Attorney.

Brett Peter Cowan

Brett Peter Cowan (born 1969) is the Australian man convicted in 2014 of the 2003 abduction, sexual assault and murder of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe, caught by an undercover police sting, sentenced to life with a 20-year non-parole period.

Brett Thomas

Brett Thomas is an American private equity investor who co-founded CAVU Consumer Partners in New York in 2015, investing in better-for-you food, wellness, and beauty brands.

Brett Torrence

Brett Steven Torrence is an industrial-organizational psychology researcher at the Federal Aviation Administration known for studies of what makes research ethics courses effective, and a 2025 PECASE recipient.

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Bretton Woods Agreements Act

The Bretton Woods Agreements Act is a 1945 United States federal law that authorized US membership in the IMF and World Bank and created the National Advisory Council.

Bretton Woods Conference

The Bretton Woods Conference, formally the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was a July 1944 meeting of 44 allied nations at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, that created the IMF and World Bank.

Bretton Woods system

The Bretton Woods system, created at the July 1944 conference of 44 nations in New Hampshire, pegged currencies to a dollar convertible into gold at $35 per ounce, created the IMF and World Bank, and collapsed in 1971.

Breusch–Pagan test

The Breusch–Pagan test, also called the Cook–Weisberg test, is a statistical test for heteroskedasticity in linear regression, published by Trevor Breusch and Adrian Pagan in 1979.

Brevan Howard

Brevan Howard Asset Management is a hedge fund manager founded in 2002 by five former Credit Suisse First Boston traders, specializing in global macro and digital-assets strategies.

Brevet (military)

Brevet (military): a nominal rank above an officer's paid rank, used in the US Army from 1776 to reward gallantry, abolished after the Spanish-American War, and revived by the FY19 NDAA as temporary promotion.

Brewer Lane Ventures

Brewer Lane Ventures is a Boston-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on fintech and insurtech, founded by John Kim and Martha Notaras, formerly of XL Innovate.

Brewster Kahle

Brewster Kahle is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur who founded the Internet Archive, a San Francisco nonprofit digital library, in 1996, and created the Wayback Machine.

Brex

Brex is a San Francisco fintech company founded in 2017 by Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi, offering corporate credit cards and spend management software to startups.

Brexit

Brexit is the UK's withdrawal from the European Union: the 23 June 2016 referendum (52–48 Leave), Article 50 in March 2017, EU exit on 31 January 2020, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and the Windsor Framework for Northern Ireland.

Brexit and the Irish border

Brexit and the Irish border, also called the Irish hard border question, concerns avoiding a hard border after Brexit via the Northern Ireland Protocol, revised by the 2023 Windsor Framework.

Brexit negotiations

The Brexit negotiations were the talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union after the 2016 referendum, producing the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Brexit withdrawal agreement

The Brexit withdrawal agreement is an international treaty between the EU and the UK setting terms for the UK's withdrawal under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

Brezhnev Doctrine (Доктрина Брежнева)

The Brezhnev Doctrine (Доктрина Брежнева), or doctrine of limited sovereignty, was the USSR's asserted right to intervene in socialist states, applied in Czechoslovakia 1968, Afghanistan 1979, and considered for Poland 1980–81, ending under Gorbachev.

Brian

Brian is a masculine given name of Irish and Breton origin with uncertain meaning, possibly from Celtic roots meaning "high" or "noble". Popularized by Brian Boru (died at Clontarf, 1014), it peaked in the US in 1972 at rank 8 and has since declined sharply.