Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
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. ...
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
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
NatWest (National Westminster Bank)
Banks and investments
National Westminster Bank, commonly known as NatWest, is a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1968 by the merger of&n
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
Jacob Banks
English singer and songwriter
Jacob Banksis a Nigerian-born English singer and songwriter from Birmingham. Banks won the 2012 MOBO UnSung regional competition in Birmingham and the Adidas "Are You In" music competition. His music ...
David Bannerman
British Conservative Party politician
David Campbell Bannermanis a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England from 2009 to 2019. He is currently Chairman of The Free...
Philip Barantini
British film and TV actor
Philip Barantiniis a British film and TV actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his intense one-shot feature Boiling Point (2021), starring Stephen Graham. Other notable acti...
Luca Barbareschi
Italian-Uruguayan actor
Luca Barbareschiis an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Barbareschi is Jewish. He was one of four actors whom the Italian police beli...
Margaret Barbour
British businesswoman
Dame Margaret Barbouris a British businesswoman and philanthropist best known as the current Chairman of J. Barbour & Sons. Together with her daughter, Helen Barbour, she established the Women's Fund ...
Stephen Paul Barclay
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Stephen Paul BarclayPC MP (born 3 May 1972) is a British politician who has been Chief Secretary to the Treasury since February 2020 and previously served as Secretary of State for Exiting the Europea...
Liz Barclay
Small Business Commissioner
Liz Barclayis a small business and consumer affairs broadcaster, producer and writer. She started her career as an adviser and then CEO with Citizens Advice before moving into radio and TV production ...
Barclays
Banks and investments
Barclays plc is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service c
Google Bard
Computers and software
Google Bard is a conversational artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Google, based on the LaMDA family of large language models. It was developed as a d
Javier Bardem
Spanish actor
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardemis a Spanish actor. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. A son of actress Pilar Bardem, he first became known for such Spa...
Brigitte Bardot
French actress
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardotwas a French actress, singer, model and animal rights activist. Famous for portraying characters with hedonistic lives, she was one of the best-known symbols of the sexual re...
Tanya Bardsley
English model and reality television personality
Tanya Louise Bardsleyis an English model and reality television personality. She is best known for starring in the ITVBe reality television series The Real Housewives of Cheshire since 2015, of which ...
Home Bargains
Consumer goods
Home Bargains is a British variety store chain founded in 1976 by Tom Morris in Liverpool, England, as Home and Bargain. It is the trading name of TJ Morris Ltd
Greg (Baron Barker of Battle) Barker
Life peer
Gregory Leonard George Barker, Baron Barker of Battle, PC (born 8 March 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician and life peer. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy and Cl...