Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Matthew Baker
British television presenter
Matthew James Bakeris a British television presenter. He co-presented the children's television show Blue Peter from 1999 until 2006, BBC One's Countryfile since 2009 and The One Show from 2011 to 202...

Steven Baker
British former politician
Steven John Bakeris a British former politician who served as Minister of State for Northern Ireland between 2022 and 2024. He is a former Royal Air Force engineer, consultant and banker. A member of ...

Kenneth Baker
English actor
Kenneth George Bakerwas an English actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Bandits, Willow, Flash Gordon, ...

Bakkavor
Industry and Production
Bakkavör is an international food manufacturing company specialising in fresh prepared foods. The Group's head office is in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchan

Clare Balding
English broadcast journalist and author
Clare Victoria Baldingis an English broadcast journalist and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4 and BT Sport and formerly presented the religious programme Good Morning Sunday on ...

Justin Baldoni
American actor and filmmaker
Justin Louis Baldoniis an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for portraying Rafael Solano on The CW satirical romantic dramedy Jane the Virgin (2014–2019) as well as directing the films Fi...

Alexander III Baldwin
American actor
Alexander Rae Baldwin IIIis an American actor, comedian, and producer. In his early career, Baldwin played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of films such as Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (198...

Balenciaga
Consumer goods
Balenciaga SA is a Spanish luxury fashion house currently headquartered in Paris. It designs, manufactures and markets ready-to-wear footwear, handbags, and accessories, and licenses its name and bran

Zoe Ball
British radio and television presenter
Zoe Louise Ballis a British radio and television presenter. She was the first female host of both Radio 1 Breakfast and The Radio 2 Breakfast Show for the BBC, and presented the 1990s children's show ...

Farrow & Ball
Industry and Production
Farrow & Ball is a British manufacturer of paints and wallpapers largely based upon historic colour palettes and archives. The company is particularly well known for the unusual names of its produ

Shirley Ballas
English ballroom dancer
Shirley Annette Ballasis an English ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance adjudicator. She specialises in the International Latin division, where she won several championship titles which earned h...

Edward Balls
British broadcaster
Edward Michael Ballsis a British broadcaster, economist and former politician who served as Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007 to 2010, and as Shadow Chancellor of the Exc...

Anthony Bamford
Chairman of JCB company
Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford, DLis a British billionaire businessman who is chairman of J. C. Bamford (JCB). He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, as chairman and managing director of ...

Patrick Bamford
English professional footballer
Patrick James Bamfordis an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Leeds United. He made one appearance for the England national team in 2021. Bamford began hi...

Ayoade Bamgboye
Comedian
Ayoade Zahrah Bamgboyeis a Nigerian and British comedian. She won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer in 2025. Career At the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Bamgboye's debut solo show Swings ...

Ashley Banjo
English street dancer
Ashley Modurotolu Banjois an English street dancer, choreographer, actor and television presenter. He is the leader of dance troupe Diversity who won the third series of Britain's Got Talent in 2009. ...

Saxo Bank
Banks and investments
Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank specializing in online trading and investment. It was founded as a brokerage firm in 1992, under the name Midas Fondsmæglerselskab (English:&

Starling Bank
Banks and investments
Starling Bank is a digital challenger bank based in the United Kingdom, which focuses on current and business account products. Headquartered in London, Starling Bank is

The UK Infrastructure Bank
Banks and investments
The UK Infrastructure Bank is a British state-owned development bank. It is intended to help with the UK Government's plan to reach net-zero carbon by 2050 and to support

Kent Reliance (OneSavings Bank)
Banks and investments
Kent Reliance is a banking services provider and trading name of OneSavings Bank plc, based in Kent, England. It was founded in 1898 as the Chatham & District Reliance Building