363 illustrations of famous people including: Johann Sebastian Bach, Francis Bacon, Phineas Barnum, Clara Barton, Pierre Beauregard, Ludwig von Beethoven, Alexander Graham Bell, Giovanni Bellini, Thomas H. Benton, Anne Boleyn, Napoleon Bonaparte, Daniel Boone, John Wilkes Booth, Lord Henry Brougham, John Brown, James Buchanan, Edmund Burke, General Ambrose Burnside, and more
(1783-1830) Simon Bolivar was a patriot for South American Independence. He fought against the Spanish…
The first assistant corresponding secretary of the Woman's National Christian Temperance Union.
"The celebrated warrior and Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, was born at Ajaccio, in the island…
(1769-1821) King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of…
(1822-1899) Marie-Rosalle Bonheur, also called Rosa Bonheur, was a French realist painter and sculptor.
(672-754) Saint Boniface was the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid or Wynfrith, was a missionary…
Reporter, known for working on the Courant, Republican, Mirror, and Merchant's Ledger.
Boone first reached Kentucky in the fall of 1767 when on a long hunt with his brother Squire Boone,…
Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk…
Famous 19th century actor, and brother of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lincoln. Booth…
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of…
(1703-1770) French painter and a proponent of Rococo taste, known for idyllic and voluptuous paintings…
John Parker Boyd (1764 – 1830) was an officer in the United States Army, from various periods…
(1627-1691) An Irish natural philosopher noted for his physics and chemistry. Dr. Boyle was known for…
General Edward Braddock (1695 – July 13, 1755) was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for…
Portrait of General Bragg. General Bragg was in command at Pensacola, with a force of 7,000 men from…
(1546-1601) Danish nobleman best known as an early astronomer, though in his lifetime he was also well…
Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (December 14, 1546 - October 24, 1601), was a Danish nobleman famed…
(1444-1514) Italian architect who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance…
(1842-1927) Georg Morris Cohen Brandes was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian…
"General Brannan, born in the District of Columbia in 1819, was graduated from the United States Military…
John Brant was a Mohawk chief and government official in Upper Canada, and he was the son of Joseph…
A British military officer during the American Revolutionary War as well as a Mohawk leader.
(1742-1807) A Mohawk who held a colonel's commission from the King. After the revolution he returned…
(1821-1875) American soldier, statesman, and vice president to President Buchanan.
General John C. Breckinridge (1821 - 1875) was a lawyer, U.S. Representative and Senator from Kentucky,…
John Cabell Breckinridge was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, Vice President of…
(1827-1906) A 19th-century French Realist painter. Breton is famous for painting The Song of the…
(--1815) American Patriot who helped troops in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War.