• B. J. Novak2005Writer, executive producer and actor on the US version of The Office
• B. S. Rabinovitch1919Physical chemist known for unimolecular reaction kinetics
• Baal Shem Tov1698Founder of Hasidic Judaism, emphasizing joy, devotion and the divine in daily life
• BaauerElectronic producer whose track 'Harlem Shake' became a viral global No. 1 hit.
• Babak MehraraChief of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering…
• Babaloo Mandel1984Co-writer of Splash, City Slickers and A League of Their Own
• Babette DeutschPoet / lyricist
• Babydaddy1976Musician and co-founder of the band Scissor Sisters.
• Bahya ben Asherc. 1255 CEBiblical exegete and kabbalist
• Bahya ibn Paqudac. 1050 CEJewish philosopher and moralist
• Bal Shem Tov18th-century mystic who founded Hasidic Judaism.
• Balthus1934Influential 20th-century figurative painter (maternal Jewish descent)
• Bar Kokhba132-135 CELeader of the last major Jewish revolt against Rome (132-135 CE), attested by his own…
• Bar Paly1985Israeli-American actress and model.
• Bar Refaeli1985Internationally successful Israeli supermodel and television host.
• Barbara BergmannEconomist
• Barbara Boxer1940Elected to the Senate in 1993, Barbara Boxer earned a reputation as a powerful voice for…
• Barbara Cohen1932When Barbara Cohen died, she left behind an exceptional body of children’s literature.
• Barbara Dobkin1943Barbara Berman Dobkin is the pre-eminent Jewish feminist philanthropist of the end of the…
• Barbara Frum1937Barbara Frum was an awarding-winning Canadian journalist.
• Barbara Herrnstein SmithLiterary & drama critic
• Barbara Honigmann1949Barbara Honigmann is among the most important German-Jewish writers born after the Shoah.
• Barbara Jill Walters1931Barbara Walters has probably interviewed more statesmen and stars than any other…
• Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett1942Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is an American folklorist who is a scholar of Jewish…
• Barbara Kruger1945Barbara Kruger creates conceptual art that pushes audiences to question assumptions about…
• Barbara Liskov1939Pioneered data abstraction
• Barbara Mayer WertheimerBarbara Mayer Wertheimer gave a voice to the voiceless, empowering thousands of women…
• Barbara Miller SolomonBarbara Miller Solomon was not only an educator but a pioneer in the field of women's…
• Barbara Myerhoff1935An award-winning anthropologist and feminist scholar, Barbara Myerhoff emphasized the…
• Barbara Ochs Adler1903Barbara Ochs Adler pursued her commitment to Jewish and civic causes through her…
• Barbara Ostfeld1952Barbara Ostfeld became the first ordained female cantor at age 22, serving a number of…
• Barbara Seaman1935Muckraking journalist Barbara Seaman survived a tumultuous childhood in New York City to…
• Barbara Tuchman1912Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian ('The Guns of August')
• Barbra Streisand1964Singer and Actress
• Bari Weiss2021Founded The Free Press (2021), a leading independent journalism company
• Barnett Rosenberg1926Chemist who discovered cisplatin, a mainstay of cancer chemotherapy.
• Barney Balaban1887President of Paramount Pictures (1936-1964)
• Barney Pressman1923Founder of the luxury fashion department store Barneys New York
• Barney ReiffenComputer & information scientist
• Barney Ross1934Boxing
• Baron Maurice de Hirsch1831Financier and philanthropist
• Barry Barish1936Physicist
• Barry Bloom1937Immunologist and public health leader in tuberculosis and vaccine research
• Barry Coller1945Hematologist whose research led to the anti-platelet drug abciximab
• Barry Commoner1917Biologist and a founding figure of the modern environmental movement.
• Barry EichengreenEconomist
• Barry Levinson1988Oscar-winning film director and writer (Rain Man, Diner, Good Morning Vietnam)
• Barry Manilow1943Singer and songwriter of Mandy, Copacabana and other pop standards
• Barry Mann1939Songwriter (You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin')
• Barry Mazur1937Number theory and arithmetic geometry
• Barry Saltzman1931Climate scientist known for dynamical modeling of climate and the ice ages
• Barry Simon1946Mathematical physics
• Barry Sonnenfeld1997Film director and cinematographer (Men in Black, The Addams Family, Get Shorty)
• Barry Sternlicht1960Founder and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, a major private real-estate investment firm
• Barry Trost1941Organic chemist known for atom economy and the Tsuji–Trost reaction
• Baruch Awerbuch2008Israeli pioneer of distributed network algorithms
• Baruch Blumberg1976Hepatitis B Virus and Vaccine
• Baruch Spinoza1632Dutch rationalist philosopher, foundational figure of the Enlightenment
• Baruj Benacerraf1920Immunologist awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize for discovering immune response genes…
• Basil Bernstein1924Sociolinguist known for the theory of elaborated and restricted linguistic codes.
• Basil Hirschowitz1925Gastroenterologist who invented the fiberoptic endoscope.
• Batia LichanskyBatia Lichansky, Israel’s first woman sculptor, famously expressed the pioneer Zionist…
• Batsheva Bonne-Tamir1932Batsheva Bonne-Tamir (1932-2020) was one of the first human population geneticists in…
• Batsheva Hay2016Founder of the Batsheva fashion label (2016), known for modest prairie-style dresses
• Batya Gur1947Israeli author Batya Gur is best known for her mystery novels centering on the…
• Bea Arthur1972Emmy-winning actress (Maude, The Golden Girls)
• Beanie Feldstein1993Actress acclaimed for 'Lady Bird' and 'Booksmart' and for leading 'Funny Girl' on…
• Beatrice Alexander1923Founded the Alexander Doll Company
• Beatrice BerlerBeatrice Berler was an award-winning translator of Spanish-language novels and history…
• Beatrice Fox Auerbach1887People who shopped or worked at G. Fox and Company in Hartford, Connecticut, from the…
• Beatrice Kaufman1895Regarded as one of the wittiest women in New York during the 1930s and 1940s, Beatrice…
• Beatrice Mintz1921Developmental geneticist who pioneered techniques for creating chimeric and transgenic…
• Béatrice Schönberg1954French television news anchor (France 2).
• Beba Idelson1895Beba Idelson was an Israeli politician and dedicated Zionist activist.
• Beck1970Genre-blending singer-songwriter ('Loser', 'Odelay').
• Becky Griffin1977Israeli model and television host.
• Bel Kaufman1911Author of the bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase and granddaughter of Sholem…
• Bel Powley2023English actress
• Béla Guttmann1961Football's legendary coach
• Béla Julesz1928Vision scientist who invented random-dot stereograms
• Bela Schick1877Pediatrician who devised the Schick test to detect susceptibility to diphtheria.
• Bela SzapiroBefore World War II, Lublin was one of the largest Jewish communities in Poland.
• Bela Ya’ari HazanOn the outbreak of World War II, Bela Hazan escaped her hometown of Rozyszcze, Poland…
• Bella Abzug1920Pioneering U.S. Congresswoman and feminist leader who championed women's rights and…
• Bella Bellarina1898Bella Bellarina was beloved on the Yiddish stage, but her lack of English prevented her…
• Bella Davidovich1928Classical pianist
• Bella Lewitzky1916Bella Lewitzky, a maverick in the world of modern dance, distinguished herself as a…
• Bella PerlhefterElisheva Carlebach is Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society, and…
• Bella Spewack1948With husband Samuel wrote Kiss Me, Kate and My Favorite Wife
• Belle Baker1896Belle Baker has been described as a famed torch singer and vaudeville star, as well as a…
• Belle Barth1911Singing her way through popular standards and performing imitations of Sophie Tucker, Al…
• Belle Fligelman Winestine1891Montana suffragist and journalist, aide to the first U.S. Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin…
• Belle Levy1898Belle Levy was one of the first private investigators licensed by New York State.
• Belle Moskowitz1877Belle Moskowitz served for two decades as a settlement worker, social and civic reformer…
• Belva PlainAuthor
• Ben Bernanke2006Federal Reserve Chairman
• Ben Cohen1978Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, known for social-mission business. Jewish American…
• Ben Elton1959British comedian and writer ('Blackadder', 'The Young Ones')
• Ben Feldman1980American actor known for Mad Men, Superstore, and A Million Little Things.
• Ben Foster1980American actor acclaimed for Hell or High Water, The Messenger, and 3:10 to Yuma.
• Ben Harper1969Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and slide guitarist.
• Ben Hecht1893Playwright and pioneering Hollywood screenwriter ('The Front Page')
• Ben HoffmanComedian, writer and creator of Comedy Central's 'The Ben Show'.
• Ben Mendelsohn1969Emmy-winning Australian actor known for 'Bloodline' and 'Rogue One'.
• Ben Mottelson1975Nobel laureate in physics (1975) for nuclear structure
• Ben Platt1993Tony-winning star of Dear Evan Hansen.
• Ben Rich1925Second director of Lockheed's Skunk Works (1975-1991), 'father of stealth'
• Ben Schwartz1981Actor and comedian known for Parks and Recreation and the voice of Sonic
• Ben Shapiro1984Conservative political commentator and author.
• Ben Sherman1963Menswear designer, founder of the Ben Sherman shirt and mod-fashion brand
• Ben Stiller1998American actor, director and comedian (Zoolander, Meet the Parents)
• Ben Zuckerman1950American fashion designer known for high-quality tailored coats and suits
• Benedict Gross1950Number theory
• Benedict Stilling1810Neuroanatomist who pioneered serial sectioning of the spinal cord and coined 'neuroglia'
• Beniamino Segre1903Algebraic geometry and combinatorial geometry
• Benj Pasek1985Songwriter (Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land)
• Benjamin Aron SlonikBenjamin Aron Slonik, a Polish rabbi and student of the Maharshal and Rema, was notable…
• Benjamin Cardozo1870US Supreme Court Justice and influential common-law jurist
• Benjamin Cravatt2022Pioneer of activity-based protein profiling in chemical biology
• Benjamin Disraeli1804Conservative political thinker and British statesman of Jewish descent
• Benjamin Ferencz1920Chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg and lifelong campaigner for an…
• Benjamin Glazer1927Winner of the first screenwriting Academy Award for Seventh Heaven (1927)
• Benjamin Gompertz1779Actuarial mathematics
• Benjamin Klein1984Law-and-economics scholar of contracts and litigation
• Benjamin Lax1915Physicist
• Benjamin Libet1916Neuroscientist known for experiments on consciousness and free will
• Benjamin Mottelson1926Physicist
• Benjamin NathansPulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction
• Benjamin Netanyahu1996Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister
• Benjamin of Tudelac. 1170Medieval traveler and geographer whose itinerary documented Jewish communities across the…
• Benjamin Rubin1917Microbiologist who invented the bifurcated needle used to eradicate smallpox
• Benjamin Santer1955Climate scientist who identified the human fingerprint on global warming
• Benjamin Steinbruch1993Chairman of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, Brazil's steel giant, and heir to the Vicunha…
• Benjamin Widom1927Physical chemist known for phase transitions and critical phenomena
• Benjamin WinerPsychologist (statistics and experimental design)
• Benjamin Zander1939Orchestra conductor
• Benno Moiseiwitsch1890Classical pianist
• Benno Strauss1873Metallurgist who co-developed stainless steel
• Benny Blanco1988Record producer and songwriter behind numerous chart-topping pop hits.
• Benny Elbaz1965Israeli religious singer popular in the Jewish devotional and Mizrahi music scenes.
• Benny Elon1954Israeli rabbi and politician who served in the Knesset as a public figure.
• Benny Goodman1938Clarinetist and bandleader known as the 'King of Swing'
• Benny Leonard1917Boxing
• Benny Safdie2019American filmmaker and actor
• Beno Eckmann1917Algebraic topology
• Beno Gutenberg1889Seismologist who co-developed the Richter magnitude scale and determined the depth of…
• Benoit Mandelbrot1924Mathematician who founded fractal geometry, widely applied to natural and Earth science…
• Benvenida AbravanelBenvenida Abravanel, both born into and married within the important Abravanel family of…
• Beppo Levi1875Real analysis
• Berechiah ha-Nakdanc. 1170Fabulist and translator, author of the 'Mishle Shu'alim' (Fox Fables).
• Berish Strauch1933A pioneer of microsurgery who performed one of the earliest toe-to-thumb transplants and…
• Bernard Berelson1912Behavioral scientist
• Bernard BerensonProfiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
• Bernard Bloch1907American structural linguist and long-time editor of the journal 'Language'.
• Bernard Brodie1907Pharmacologist widely regarded as the father of modern drug metabolism research.
• Bernard Budiansky1925Applied mechanician known for contributions to solid mechanics and structural buckling…
• Bernard Coleman1930Architect of the rational thermodynamics of materials
• Bernard Derrida2010French statistical physicist of exactly solvable nonequilibrium models
• Bernard Dwork1923Number theory
• Bernard Fantus1874Physician who established the first hospital blood bank.
• Bernard Fisher1918Surgeon who transformed breast cancer treatment by showing that less-radical surgery is…
• Bernard G. Sarnat1912Surgeon-scientist whose 'functional matrix' research showed that soft tissues dictate…
• Bernard GoldComputer & information scientist
• Bernard Greenhouse1916Classical cellist (Beaux Arts Trio)
• Bernard Haitink1929Orchestra conductor
• Bernard HalphenContinuum mechanics
• Bernard Herrmann1960Film Composer - Psycho and Vertigo
• Bernard Horecker1914Biochemist who helped elucidate the pentose phosphate pathway
• Bernard Katz1970Nerve Signals
• Bernard Kouchner1971French physician who co-founded Médecins Sans Frontières (Nobel Peace Prize 1999)
• Bernard L. Kaye1927A key founder of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and later its…
• Bernard LazerwitzSociologist
• Bernard Lippmann1914Physicist
• Bernard Lown1985Co-inventor of the defibrillator
• Bernard Malamud1914American novelist ('The Fixer', 'The Natural')
• Bernard Natan1929Took over Pathé in 1929 and made it France's largest studio
• Bernard PomeranceTony Award — Best Play
• Bernard Pullman1919Quantum chemist known for quantum studies of biological molecules
• Bernard Sachs1858Neurologist who co-described Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal inherited neurological disorder.
• Bernard SieganEconomist
• Bernard van PraagEconomist
• Bernard-Henri Lévy1977French philosopher and public intellectual, leading figure of the 'Nouveaux Philosophes'…
• Bernat Munkacsi1860Hungarian linguist and scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages.
• Bernd Matthias1918Physicist
• Bernhard Haurwitz1905Meteorologist who developed the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves
• Bernhard Zondek1891Gynecologist who co-developed the Aschheim-Zondek pregnancy test.
• Berni Alder1925Physical chemist, pioneer of molecular dynamics computer simulation
• Bernice Neugarten1916Psychologist and pioneer in the study of adult development and aging
• Bernice RubensAuthor
• Bernice Sandler1928Bernice (Bunny) Sandler was an activist and education expert who theorized Title IX of…
• Bernie Marcus1978Co-founded The Home Depot (1978)
• Bernie Sanders2014US Senator for Vermont and the longest-serving independent in the history of the US…
• Bert KalmarPoet / lyricist
• Bert Vogelstein1949Cancer geneticist who mapped the genetic mutations driving colorectal cancer progression.
• Berta Blejman de Drucaroff1903Berta Blejman de Drucaroff was a prominent activist of the Yiddisher Kultur Farband…
• Berta Gerchunoff1885Berta Wainstein de Gerchunoff was an Argentine socialist, feminist, and later Zionist…
• Berta GerstenBerta Gersten, a tall, regal, soft-spoken actor, was a highly acclaimed leading lady in…
• Berta Ottenstein1891A pioneer in skin biochemistry and dermatology, Berta Ottenstein became the first woman…
• Berta Singerman1901Berta Singerman (1901-1998) was an Argentine actress and reciter of poetry, famous…
• Berta YampolskyBerta Yampolsky was dancer, choreographer, and artistic director.
• Berta Zuckerkandl1864Berta Zuckerkandl was a journalist and cultural critic.
• Bertha Badt-Strauss1885A religious German-Jewish writer, intellectual, and ardent Zionist, Bertha Badt-Strauss…
• Bertha Beitman HerzogBertha Beitman Herzog was an active participant in local and national women’s…
• Bertha Floersheim Rauh1865Dedicating her life to ameliorating the condition of the poor, the oppressed, and the…
• Bertha Kalich1874Known for her majestic bearing, great beauty, and fine diction, Bertha Kalich was the…
• Bertha Kaplan SpectorBorn in a Russian shtetl, Bertha Kaplan Spector became a bacteriologist whose…
• Bertha Klausner1901Bertha Klausner was an influential literary agent in New York and Los Angeles.
• Bertha LandsmanBertha Landsman dedicated her life to nursing, becoming one of the generation of giants…
• Bertha Pappenheim1859Founder of the League of Jewish Women (Jüdischer Frauenbund) in Germany, a leading…
• Bertha SchaeferBertha Schaefer broadened the definition of interior decorator to designer, innovator…
• Bertha Singer Schoolman1897Bertha Singer Schoolman gave a lifetime of service to the betterment of Jewish education…
• Bertha SolomonAs one of the first women’s rights activists in South Africa, Bertha Solomon used her…
• Bertha Szold Levin1874Bertha Szold Levin was a Baltimore educator, civic leader, and Jewish activist in the…
• Bertha WiernikWriter and translator Bertha Wiernik is remembered by her many adaptations of Yiddish…
• Berthe Bénichou-AboulkerWriter and artist Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker was born in Oran, French Algeria, in 1886.
• Bertram Kostant1928Representation theory and Lie group theory
• Bertrand Goldschmidt1967French chemist of plutonium separation
• Bertrand Halperin1941Physicist
• Beryl Korot1945Beryl Korot is an internationally known video artist who has created multimonitor…
• Bess Myerson1945First and only Jewish Miss America (1945), later television personality and public…
• Bessie Abramowitz Hillman1889Bessie Abramowitz devoted her life to unions, organizing her first strike at fifteen…
• Bessie Bloom WesselBessie Bloom Wessel was unique in her contributions to life in New England, both as an…
• Bessie Cleveland SternBessie Cleveland Stern is most recognized for her work as statistician for the Maryland…
• Bessie Goldstein GotsfeldBessie Goldstein Gotsfeld helped organize American Mizrachi Women, pushed for its…
• Bessie Louise Moses1893Gynecologist, professor, and contraceptive pioneer Bessie Louise Moses spent a long…
• Bessie Margolin1909Bessie Margolin was raised in New Orleans’s Jewish orphanage, where she learned powerful…
• Bessie ThomashefskyWith suffragist spirit and comedic skill, Bessie Thomashefsky adapted great American and…
• Beth Bowman Hess1928Beth Bowman Hess was a feminist sociologist and gerontologist whose leadership…
• Bethsabée RothschildBethsabée (Hebrew: Batsheva) de Rothschild, the scion of a well-known philanthropic…
• Bette Midler1979Grammy- and Emmy-winning American singer and actress ('The Rose', 'Beaches')
• Bettina Aptheker1944Bettina Aptheker is an American feminist, writer, educator, and political activist.
• Betty Comden1917Lyricist and librettist
• Betty Friedan1921Author of The Feminine Mystique and a founder of the modern feminist movement.
• Betty Olivero1954One of the most admired Israeli composers of the early twenty-first century, Betty…
• Betty Robbins1924Betty Robbins is often heralded as the first female cantor – in fact, that honor goes to…
• Betty Ross1900Betty Ross was a journalist known for her international purview and interviews with…
• Beverly Sills1929Beverly Sills was a trailblazing opera singer who, after a robust singing career at the…
• Bex Taylor-Klaus1994Actor known for 'The Killing', 'Arrow', and voicing Pidge in 'Voltron: Legendary…
• Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman1920Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman was a Yiddish author, poet, editor, educator, graphic artist…
• Bianca Eshel-Gershuni1932Bianca Eshel-Gershuni (1932-2020) was a pioneering Israeli sculptor and jewelry designer…
• Big Jay Oakerson1977Stand-up comedian
• Bilhah Abigail Levy FranksAfter sending her children from New York to England, Bilhah Franks began writing to her…
• Bill Finger1914Comics writer who co-created Batman and shaped the character's enduring mythology.
• Bill FreibergerTelevision writer and producer on animated series including The Simpsons.
• Bill Goldberg1998American NFL defensive lineman turned WCW/WWE wrestling champion
• Bill Graham1965The greatest rock concert promoter (Fillmore, Live Aid US)
• Bill Maher1956American comedian and host of Real Time with Bill Maher and Politically Incorrect.
• Billie Lourd2015American actress
• Billy Crystal1989American Jewish actor and comedian ('When Harry Met Sally')
• Billy Joel1973Singer-songwriter and pianist ('Piano Man'), of Jewish descent on both sides.
• Billy Wilder1944Film Director
• Bird Stein Gans1868Bird Stein Gans was among the first generation of women involved in what was then the new…
• Birdie Amsterdam1901Birdie Amsterdam capped a career of firsts in the legal profession with her role as the…
• Blanche Bendahan1893Blanche Bendahan, born in Algeria in 1893, to a Sephardi father and a Catholic mother…
• Blanche Bloch1890Blanche Bloch helped open new opportunities for women in music as both a founding member…
• Blanche Cohen Nirenstein1885Descending from a family active in Jewish communal life, Blanche Cohen Nirenstein further…
• Blanche Frank Ittleson1875Blanche Frank Ittleson’s pioneering work in treating and teaching intellectually disabled…
• Blanche Gilman1886A native New Yorker, Blanche Pearl Gilman contributed her energy and resources to a…
• Blanche Goldman Etra1915Blanche Goldman Etra opened doors to independence and education for other women by…
• Blanche Wolf Knopf1893Blanche W. Knopf made the publishing firm she shared with her husband one of the most…
• Blu Greenberg1936Founder of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and author of 'On Women and Judaism,'…
• Blume LempelBlume Lempel used stream-of-consciousness, flashback, and free association in her writing…
• Bo Goldman1975Two-time Academy Award screenwriter: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Melvin and Howard
• Boaz Weinstein1973Founder and CIO of Saba Capital Management
• Bob Balaban1945Actor and producer known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Gosford Park
• Bob Dylan1962Singer-Songwriter
• Bob Ezrin1979Producer of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', Alice Cooper and KISS classics
• Bob Kane1939Co-created Batman
• Bob Merrill1964Lyricist of Funny Girl ('People')
• Bob Rafelson1933Director ('Five Easy Pieces')
• Bob Saget1956Comedian and actor
• Bob Wells1945Co-wrote 'The Christmas Song' ('Chestnuts roasting on an open fire') with Mel Tormé
• Bobbi Brown1991Makeup artist and cosmetics entrepreneur, founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
• Bobbi Fiedler1937When Los Angeles announced plans in 1976 to desegregate schools by busing students, Bobbi…
• Bobbie Rosenfeld1928Olympic gold in the 4×100 m in 1928 and silver in the 100 m
• Bobby Fischer1972World Chess Champion 1972 and influential chess theorist (Jewish maternal descent)
• Bolesław LeśmianPoet / lyricist
• Bonnie Bassler1962Microbiologist who elucidated quorum sensing, the chemical communication between bacteria.
• Bonnie BergerMathematician, computational biology and algorithms
• Boris Altshuler1955Condensed matter theorist
• Boris Becker1967Legendary German tennis champion and youngest-ever Wimbledon winner (1985)
• Boris Berezovsky1946Oligarch and political power-broker of the 1990s
• Boris Berman1948Classical pianist
• Boris BreslerContinuum mechanics
• Boris EikhenbaumLiterary & drama critic
• Boris Ephrussi1901Geneticist who pioneered the study of cytoplasmic (non-chromosomal) inheritance and…
• Boris Galerkin1871The Galerkin method for solving differential equations
• Boris Gelfand2012Israeli chess grandmaster, World Championship challenger (2012)
• Boris Levitan1914Inverse spectral theory and almost periodic functions
• Boris Magasanik1919Microbiologist known for work on the regulation of bacterial metabolism
• Boris Moishezon1937Algebraic geometry
• Boris Nemtsov1997Physicist who became a reforming deputy prime minister of Russia and then a leader of its…
• Boris Pasternak1957Russian poet and novelist, author of Doctor Zhivago, Nobel Prize 1958
• Boris Podolsky1896Physicist
• Boris Sidis1867Psychologist and psychopathologist known for research on suggestion
• Boris SlutskiiPoet / lyricist
• Boris TrakhtenbrotComputer & information scientist
• Boris UspenskyLiterary & drama critic
• Boris Volynov1969Soviet cosmonaut, the first person of Jewish descent to fly in space (Soyuz 5)
• Bouena Sarfatty GarfinkleBouena Sarfatty Garfinkle, a Sephardi woman, risked her life over and over again to aid…
• Bowen Alpern2018Co-authored 'Defining Liveness', the formal basis of program correctness
• Bracha Habas1900Bracha Habas was an educator and one of the first professional women journalists in Erez…
• Bracha PeliBracha Peli was unique among the literary community of pre-state Palestine, creating what…
• Bracha RamotBracha Ramot, a specialist in internal medicine and hematology, made major contributions…
• Brachah ZefiraBrachah Zefira was a seminal figure in the world of Israeli song and among its most…
• Brad Delson2000Guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Linkin Park.
• Brad Falchuk2009Co-creator with Ryan Murphy of Glee, American Horror Story and Pose, series that put…
• Brad Garrett1960Emmy-winning actor and comedian known for 'Everybody Loves Raymond'.
• Bradley Efron1938Statistics
• Brandon Flynn1993Actor known for playing Justin Foley in Netflix's '13 Reasons Why'.
• Brandon Tartikoff1949President of NBC Entertainment
• Brandon Uranowitz1986Tony Award-winning Broadway actor.
• Branko Grunbaum1929Discrete and combinatorial geometry
• Brenda Seligman1883British anthropologist known for her work on kinship and African ethnography
• Brett Gurewitz1962Guitarist of Bad Religion and founder of Epitaph Records.
• Brett Ratner1969Director ('Rush Hour', 'X-Men: The Last Stand')
• Brian Druker1955Oncologist who developed imatinib (Gleevec), a breakthrough targeted therapy for leukemia.
• Brian Epstein1962Manager who discovered and guided The Beatles to global fame
• Brian Grazer1986Co-founded Imagine Entertainment with Ron Howard
• Brian Greene1963Physicist
• Brian Josephson1940Physicist
• Brian Michael Bendis2011Co-creator of Miles Morales, the Afro-Latino Spider-Man (2011), and Jessica Jones
• Broncia Koller-Pinell1863Broncia Koller-Pinell was a successful artist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth…
• Bronia Klibanski1923Bronia (Bronka) Klibanski was one of the heroic Kashariyot (couriers) of the Jewish…
• Bronislau Kaper1953Composer of Lili (Academy Award 1953) and 'On Green Dolphin Street'
• Bronislaw Huberman1882Classical violinist (founder, Israel Phil.)
• Brooke Burke1998Model and TV host
• Bruce Ackerman1943Constitutional theorist
• Bruce Alberts1938Biochemist, lead author of the textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell and former…
• Bruce Ames1928Biochemist who devised the Ames test, a widely used assay for detecting chemical mutagens…
• Bruce Berne1940Theoretical chemist known for molecular dynamics and statistical mechanics
• Bruce Beutler1957Immunologist awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for discoveries on the activation of innate…
• Bruce CohenFilm producer who won the Best Picture Oscar for 'American Beauty' and produced 'Milk'.
• Bruce Joel Rubin1990Screenwriter of Ghost (Academy Award 1990)
• Bruce Kovner1945Founder and former chairman of Caxton Associates, a leading global-macro hedge fund
• Bruce MastDivision Chief of plastic surgery at the University of Florida.
• Bruce Paltrow1982American television and film producer/director (St. Elsewhere)
• Bruce SchneierComputer & information scientist
• Bruce ShermanChairman and principal owner of the Miami Marlins (MLB) since 2017
• Bruce Wasserstein1947M&A dealmaker who co-founded Wasserstein Perella and later led Lazard through its IPO
• Bruce Weber1982Fashion photographer known for Versace, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein campaigns
• Bruno Bettelheim1903Child psychologist known for work on autism and emotional development
• Bruno Boley1924Theorist of thermal stresses
• Bruno FinziContinuum mechanics
• Bruno Kreisky1911Chancellor of Austria (1970-1983)
• Bruno Mars2010Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer
• Bruno Pontecorvo1913Physicist
• Bruno Rossi1905Physicist
• Bruno Schulz1892Polish-Jewish author ('The Street of Crocodiles')
• Bruno Touschek1921Physicist
• Bruno Walter1876Conductor renowned for his Mahler and Mozart, working with major world orchestras
• Bruria Benbassat de ElnecavéBruria Benbassat de Elnecavé was an ardent activist who dedicated her life to educate…
• Bryan Mendelson1971Australian plastic surgeon and anatomist whose research on facial spaces and retaining…
• Bryan Singer1965Director ('The Usual Suspects', 'X-Men')
• Bryce DeWitt1923Physicist
• Bryce Papenbrook1986Prolific voice actor known for anime leads including Eren in 'Attack on Titan'.
• Buck Henry1967Co-wrote The Graduate and Catch-22
• Bud Greenspan1926Chronicler of the Olympic Games ('16 Days of Glory')
• Budd Schulberg1954Screenwriter of On the Waterfront (Academy Award 1954)
• Buddy Hackett1924Comedian and actor ('The Music Man', 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World')
• Bugsy Siegel1946Co-founder of modern Las Vegas — built the Flamingo Hotel that launched the Strip
• Burrill Crohn1884Gastroenterologist who first described the inflammatory bowel disorder now called Crohn's…
• Burt Bacharach1928Songwriter of dozens of pop standards including Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
• Burt SheveloveTony Award — Best Musical
• Burton Lane1912Broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow)
• Burton MalkielEconomist
• Burton Richter1931Physicist
• Burton WendroffFluid mechanics
• Byron Janis1928Classical pianist

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