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Brigid of Kildare
Brigid of Kildare, also called Mary of the Gael, is the founding abbess of the double monastery at Kildare and one of Ireland's three patron saints, with Patrick and Columba.
Brigid's cross
Brigid's cross (Cros Bhríde) is a woven rush or straw cross made in Ireland on St Brigid's Eve, 31 January, and hung in homes to invoke St Brigid's protection.
Brigitte Bierlein
Brigitte Bierlein (1949–2024), Austrian jurist; first woman President of the Constitutional Court (2018–2019) and first woman Federal Chancellor of Austria, heading the caretaker government of experts from 3 June 2019 to 7 January 2020.
Brigitte Gabriel (حنان قهوجي)
Brigitte Gabriel (حنان قهوجي), Lebanese-born American activist and founder of ACT for America (2007), an SPLC-designated anti-Muslim group; former Middle East TV anchor, author, and 2025 Menachem Begin Prize recipient.
Brigitte Haas
Brigitte Haas (born 1964, Vaduz) is a Liechtenstein lawyer and Patriotic Union politician, Prime Minister since 10 April 2025 and the country's first female head of government, leading the Ministry of General Government Affairs and Finance after heading the LIHK chamber of commerce.
Brigitte Macron
Brigitte Macron, born 1953, wife of President Emmanuel Macron and France's first lady since 2017; former literature teacher, defined role by an unpaid 2017 transparency charter, founded the LIVE employment program.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्, the "Great Forest Upanishad") is a Sanskrit text of the Shukla Yajurveda and the oldest of the principal Upanishads, teaching the identity of Atman and Brahman.
Brihadratha
Brihadratha (बृहद्रथ) was the last ruler of the Maurya Empire, killed after c. 185 BC by his general Pushyamitra Shunga, who founded the Shunga dynasty.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (बृहन्मुंबई महानगरपालिका)
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (बृहन्मुंबई महानगरपालिका), also Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, is Mumbai's civic body under the 1888 Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, with 227 elected councillors, a state-appointed Municipal Commissioner, and India's richest municipal budget.
Brihaspati (बृहस्पति)
Brihaspati (बृहस्पति), also Brahmanaspati, is the Vedic Hindu lord of prayer and priest of the gods, later guru of the devas and regent of Jupiter in the Navagraha, worshipped on Thursdays.
Brihaspati Smriti
Brihaspati Smriti (बृहस्पतिस्मृति) is a lost Sanskrit legal digest of ancient India, attributed to the sage Brihaspati, that expounded Hindu law, especially courts and evidence.
Brihatkathamanjari
The Brihatkathamanjari (बृहत्कथामञ्जरी) is an 11th-century Sanskrit verse retelling of the lost Brihatkatha of Gunadhya, composed by the Kashmiri poet Kshemendra and dated to 1037, in 18 sections.
Brii Biosciences (腾盛博药)
Brii Biosciences (腾盛博药) is a biotechnology company founded in 2018, with operations in Shanghai and Durham, North Carolina, that develops therapies for infectious and liver diseases.
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (बृजभूषण शरण सिंह), six-time Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh (Gonda, Balrampur, Kaiserganj; BJP except SP in 2009) and 12-year Wrestling Federation of India president, central figure of the 2023 wrestlers' protest; acquitted in the sexual harassment case on 3 August 2026.
Brij Lal
Brij Lal is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, serving since 2020 after a 38-year police career that included Director General of Police.
Brijendra Singh
Brijendra Singh (बृजेन्द्र सिंह) was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India, succeeding his father in 1929 and serving in the Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1971.
Brijendra Singh Ola
Brijendra Singh Ola, born 1951, is an Indian National Congress politician who has represented Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after serving in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
Brijesh Chowta
Captain Brijesh Chowta, BJP MP for Dakshina Kannada in the 18th Lok Sabha since June 2024; former 8 Gorkha Rifles officer (2003–2011), BJP Karnataka state secretary, won 2024 election with 54.89% of valid votes.
Brijesh Kumar Singh
Brijesh Kumar Singh is a name shared by several public figures in Uttar Pradesh, India. These include a BJP MLA, a former MLC, and two serving police officers.
Brijmohan Agrawal
Brijmohan Agrawal, born in 1959 in Raipur, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented Raipur in the Lok Sabha since 2024, after decades as a minister in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Brijmohan Lall Munjal
Brijmohan Lall Munjal (बृजमोहन लाल मुंजाल; 1923–2015) was an Indian industrialist who founded the Hero Group and made Hero Honda the world's largest two-wheeler maker.
Briley Brothers
The Briley Brothers were three Richmond, Virginia siblings whose 1979 murder and robbery spree was linked to 11 deaths; Linwood and James were executed in 1984 and 1985 after a record death-row escape.
Brill journal programme
Brill journal programme: the scholarly journals of Brill (Leiden, founded 1683, now De Gruyter Brill), about 370 titles in 2026 across humanities, social sciences, law, and biology, sold as subscription collections with hybrid, gold, and diamond open access options.
Brilyn Hollyhand
Brilyn Hollyhand (born 2006) is an American conservative commentator, host of The Brilyn Hollyhand Show, founder of The Truth Gazette, former RNC Youth Advisory Council chair, and author of One Generation Away and Make America Talk Again.
Brinda Karat (बृंदा करात)
Brinda Karat (बृंदा करात), born 1947, is an Indian Marxist politician and women's rights activist who in 2005 became the first woman elected to the CPI(M) Politburo.
Bring the Jubilee
Bring the Jubilee is Ward Moore's 1953 alternate-history novel (novella 1952, F&SF) in which the Confederacy wins the Civil War, and historian Hodge Backmaker's time trip to Gettysburg accidentally restores our own timeline.
Bringing Them Home
Bringing Them Home is the 1997 Australian report documenting, for the first time in a government inquiry, the Stolen Generations, and recommending apology, compensation, and reunification.
Brink's-Mat robbery
The Brink's-Mat robbery, 26 November 1983 near Heathrow: six armed men stole 3.5 tonnes of gold worth £26m from the Brink's-Mat depot, Britain's biggest bullion heist, largely laundered and never recovered.
Brinker Harding
Brinker Harding, an American politician and 2026 Republican nominee for the US House in Nebraska's 2nd district, serves on the Omaha City Council and was chief of staff to Mayor Hal Daub.
Brinkmanship
Brinkmanship is pushing a dangerous situation to the edge of safety to gain advantage over an adversary, notably used by John Foster Dulles in the Cold War.