American Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas. She is the first woman to have won the Demo

Is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas. She is the first woman to have won the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas.On March 7, 2006, Radnofsky faced Gene Kelly and Darrel Reece Hunter in the Democratic primary. Kelly is

Is an American former figure skater who currently works as a coach. She retired following the 1960 O

Is an American former figure skater who currently works as a coach. She retired following the 1960 Olympic season and had a child (Shelley Pursley Boatright). She was asked to come out of retirement after the Sabena Flight 548 crashed and killed the entir

Is a Canadian retired figure skater. She is the 1948 Olympic Champion.Barbara Ann Scott began skatin

Is a Canadian retired figure skater. She is the 1948 Olympic Champion.Barbara Ann Scott began skating at a very young age with the Minto Skating Club of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She was only eleven years old when she won her first Canadian national junior title. Two years later, in 1942, the thirteen-year-old became the first female to ever land a double lutz in competition.

Is a Canadian rower. She won a silver medal in the Coxed Fours event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Is a Canadian rower. She won a silver medal in the Coxed Fours event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Is an American actress and model, best-known as the Bond girl from the James Bond movie The Spy Who

Is an American actress and model, best-known as the Bond girl from the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

An American Academy Award-nominated actress and author of children's books.Barrie has had a lengthy

An American Academy Award-nominated actress and author of children's books.Barrie has had a lengthy career on stage and in film and television. She received the award for Prix d'interprétation féminine (best actress - tied with Anne Bancroft) at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival for her role in "One Potato, Two Potato," a breakthrough film about an interracial marriage and institutionalized American anti-miscegenation. Her other high-profile roles have been as Susan's (Brooke Shields) grandmother on the sitcom Suddenly Susan, and as the title character's Hal Linden wife on the comedy-drama Barney Miller. In the mid-2000s, Barrie played a recurring role on the Showtime cable-TV drama series Dead Like Me.

Was an Oscar-nominated American actress, best known for her role on the hit CBS drama, Dallas, as ma

Was an Oscar-nominated American actress, best known for her role on the hit CBS drama, Dallas, as matriarch Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing

Is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner David Porter, she won two gold medals at the Canadian Figure

Is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner David Porter, she won two gold medals at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Is an American film, television and character actress, who in her five decades of television came to

Is an American film, television and character actress, who in her five decades of television came to prominence in the 1950s as an everyday mother, June Cleaver, on Leave it to Beaver, and its sequel, Still the Beaver (also known as The New Leave It to Beaver), two decades later. It was during that time she provided the voice of the unseen "Nanny" on Jim Henson's Muppet Babies.

Was a daughter of the powerful Democratic United States Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana, and

Was a daughter of the powerful Democratic United States Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana, and Lindy Boggs, who became a Congresswoman from Louisiana after her husband Hale died in an air crash.Sigmund worked as a letter writer for President John F.

Bonney was born in Montclair, New Jersey. As a child she studied piano and cello. When Bonney was 13

Bonney was born in Montclair, New Jersey. As a child she studied piano and cello. When Bonney was 13 her family moved to Maine, where she became part of the Portland Youth Orchestra as a cellist. She spent two years at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) studying German and music including voice with Patricia Stedry, and spent her junior year at the University of Salzburg, where she switched from cello to voice. While there, she studied at the Mozarteum. Years later she received an honorary doctorate from UNH.

Is an American actress who has starred on television and in film.Bosson was born in Charleroi, Penns

Is an American actress who has starred on television and in film.Bosson was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania to a tennis coach father. [1] Her first feature film was the 1968 movie, Bullitt. She is well known for her roles in the 1980s NBC television series Hill Street Blues as the annoying "Fay Furillo" during the series' first six seasons.

Is a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly, representing Clark County District 8 (map) since 1994

Is a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly, representing Clark County District 8 (map) since 1994. She is the current Speaker, and the first woman in Nevada history to serve as speaker. She is also the executive direction of Clark County Legal Services

Is an American politician and broadcast journalist in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Carlson, a self-describ

Is an American politician and broadcast journalist in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Carlson, a self-described conservative, served on the Minneapolis City Council as an Independent-Republican, and later as an Independent. She ran a campaign as a candidate for ma

Is a jazz pianist, composer and vocalist.In the 1950s she did noteworthy solo work as well as work w

Is a jazz pianist, composer and vocalist.In the 1950s she did noteworthy solo work as well as work with her trio. She also began to cross-over doing a jazz-waltz and her trio worked on Me and Juliet by Rodgers and Hammerstein. That stated the end of the d

Is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Wom

Is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay, alongside Becky Smith, Gail Amundrud, and Anne Jardin.

Is an American actress.

Is an American actress.

Is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer.Esteemed jazz critic Leonard Feather praised Dane, who w

Is an American folk, blues, and jazz singer.Esteemed jazz critic Leonard Feather praised Dane, who was one of Joan Baez' favorite performers. Mary Travers sounded very similar to the influential Dane, whom Albert Grossman initially considered for the fema

Is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the

Is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.

Is an American Country Music/Gospel Music Singer, who is best known for her 1973 Country chart-toppe

Is an American Country Music/Gospel Music Singer, who is best known for her 1973 Country chart-topper "Teddy Bear Song". After the success of the song, she continued to have success on the Country charts.

Is an American actress, game show panelist of the 1960s and model, known for her character-type role

Is an American actress, game show panelist of the 1960s and model, known for her character-type roles. Feldon gained prominence in the 1960s for playing Don Adams's partner Agent 99, in the long-running cult favourite 1960s sitcom, Get Smart.

Was an American R&B singer and songwriter.Born Barbara Ann Smith, she was raised in New Orleans and

Was an American R&B singer and songwriter.Born Barbara Ann Smith, she was raised in New Orleans and began singing in a church choir. She was discovered by singer Jessie Hill, who recommended her to record producer, Harold Battiste. Her first record on Bat

Is an American photojournalist, speaker, writer, and naturopathic healing practitioner. After an ear

Is an American photojournalist, speaker, writer, and naturopathic healing practitioner. After an early career in advertising she produced award-winning photojournalism during the Vietnam War. During the 1970s she developed her career as an art photographe

A Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy at UMass-Amherst. Partee

A Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Philosophy at UMass-Amherst. Partee is still publishing contributions in the field of semantic research.

Is an American Tony Award-winning Broadway stage star and Academy Award-nominated motion picture act

Is an American Tony Award-winning Broadway stage star and Academy Award-nominated motion picture actress.