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Brian Nichols

Brian Gene Nichols, Fulton County Courthouse shooter of March 11, 2005, killed four people including Judge Rowland Barnes during his rape trial, was captured after a 26-hour manhunt, and in 2008 received life without parole.

Brian O'Malley

Brian O'Malley is a venture capital investor, founder of Tactile Ventures, and previously a managing partner at Forerunner Ventures, with earlier stints at Accel and Battery Ventures.

Brian Poe Llamanzares

Brian Poe Llamanzares (born 1992) is a Filipino congressman, FPJ Panday Bayanihan party-list representative since 2025; son of Senator Grace Poe, grandson of Fernando Poe Jr.; entrepreneur, author of A Sustainable Future, former CNN Philippines reporter.

Brian Poindexter

Brian Poindexter is an American politician and union ironworker who is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Ohio's 7th congressional district in 2026.

Brian R. Martinotti

Brian R. Martinotti (born 1961) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of New Jersey since 2016, appointed by President Barack Obama.

Brian Reader (criminal)

Brian Reader, called 'The Guv'nor', was an English career criminal and ringleader of the 2015 Hatton Garden vault burglary and Brink's-Mat gold laundering; jailed in 1986 and 2016, he died in 2023 aged 84.

Brian Rumpf

Brian Rumpf is an American Republican politician who has represented New Jersey's 9th district in the General Assembly since 2003 and became its budget officer in 2026.

Brian S. Evans

Brian S. Evans is an American Republican politician serving as Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing District 68, and a former Chair of the House Education Committee.

Brian S. Miller

Brian S. Miller, born Brian Stacy Miller in 1967, is an American district judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008.

Brian Sandoval

Brian Sandoval (born 1963) is an American moderate Republican who served as Nevada's 29th governor (2011-2019), its first Hispanic attorney general, federal judge, and governor, passed a $1.1 billion education tax package, expanded Medicaid, and since 2020 is president of the University of Nevada, Reno.

Brian Schatz

Brian Schatz, Democratic U.S. Senator from Hawaii since December 2012 (appointed after Daniel Inouye's death), former Hawaii lieutenant governor; serves on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, and Indian Affairs committees and is running for Senate Democratic Whip.

Brian Schwalb

Brian L. Schwalb is an American politician and Attorney General of the District of Columbia, its second independently elected attorney general, and a former Venable vice chairman.

Brian Shaver

Brian Shaver is an American politician, the Democratic nominee for Ohio's 5th Congressional District in the 2026 election, and president of the Fostoria City Council.

Brian Sikes

Brian Sikes is a business executive who has been president and CEO of Cargill since January 2023 and board chair since 2024, the company's 10th chief executive.

Brian Skyrms

Brian Skyrms is an American philosopher of science at UC Irvine and Stanford who applies evolutionary game theory to the social contract, signaling, and networks.

Brian Steel

Brian Steel (born 1965) is an Atlanta criminal defense attorney, Fordham Law graduate and founder of The Steel Law Firm, known for the Young Thug YSL RICO defense, a unanimously reversed contempt order, and acquittals for Sean Combs and Lil Durk.

Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter (Brian Patrick Stelter), American journalist, CNN chief media analyst since 2024, former Reliable Sources host (2013–2022) and New York Times media reporter; author of Hoax and Network of Lies.

Brian Stewart (diplomat)

Brian Thomas Webster Stewart (1922-2015), British diplomat and MI6 officer; Britain's sole Consul-General in Hanoi 1967-68 during the Vietnam War, later Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Committee and MI6 director in Hong Kong.

Brian Stewart (Ohio politician)

Brian Stewart is an American politician and attorney serving as a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 12th district since 2022.

Brian Stowell

Brian Stowell (1936–2019), Manx physicist and linguist, first Manx Language Officer (1991), learned Manx from the last native speakers, wrote the first full-length Manx novel, and led the language's revival.

Brian Strickland

Brian Strickland is a Republican Georgia state senator representing the 42nd district and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, known for authoring 2026's Rio's Law.

Brian T. Olson

Brian T. Olson is an American former hedge fund investor who co-founded Viking Global Investors in 1999 with Andreas Halvorsen and David Ott after working at Tiger Management.

Brian T. Stewart

Brian Theadore Stewart, born 1948, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Utah, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1999.

Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy is an American author of books on personal achievement, including Eat That Frog!, and chairman of Brian Tracy International in Solana Beach, California.

Brian Uzzi

Brian Uzzi is an American network scientist and sociologist at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, known for research on how social network structure shapes economic performance and teamwork.

Brian Venturo

Brian Venturo is an American technology executive who co-founded CoreWeave, a GPU cloud computing company in New Jersey, serving as CTO before becoming Chief Strategy Officer in 2024.

Brian Walton

Brian Walton (1600–1661) was an English Anglican clergyman and Biblical scholar who edited the six-volume London Polyglot Bible and became Bishop of Chester in 1660.

Brian Wansink

Brian Wansink is an American researcher in consumer food behavior who directed the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, known for mindless eating research.

Brian Weiss

Brian Weiss, also known as Brian Leslie Weiss, is an American psychiatrist and hypnotherapist whose 1988 book Many Lives, Many Masters popularized past-life regression therapy.

Brian Williams

Brian Williams (born 1959) is an American TV journalist, NBC Nightly News anchor 2004-2015, suspended six months after admitting his 2003 Iraq helicopter RPG story was false, later host of MSNBC's The 11th Hour until 2021.