Steve Brodie, Actor; John Stevens (El Dorado, Kansas 21 November 1919 - 9 January 1992).

Joseph Brodsky, Poet; Iosip Aleksandrovich Brodsky (St. Petersburg, Russia 24 May 1940 - 28 January 1996).

Penny Brohn, Alternative Medicine Practitioner, Penelope Jane Tamblyn (England, 1943-99).

James Brolin, Actor; James Bruderlin (Los Angeles 18 July 1941).

Josh Brolin, Actor; Josh Bruderlin (Templeton, California 12 February 1968).

Charles Bronson, Actor; Charles Dennis Bunchinsky aka Buchinski, Buchinsky (Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania 3 November 1921 - 30 August 2003).

Anne Bronte, Novelist; Anne Brontë (Thornton, Yorkshire 17 January 1820- 28 May 1849).

Charlotte Bronte, Writer; Charlotte Brontë (Thornton, Yorkshire 21 April 1816 - 31 March 1855).

Emily Bronte, Writer; Emily Jane Brontë (Thornton, Yorkshire 30 July 1818 - 19 December 1848).

Kelly Brook, Model, Kelly Ann Parsons (Rochester, England 23 November 1979).

Hillary Brooke, Actor; Beatrice Peterson (Astoria, New York 8 September 1914 - 25 May 1999).

Brooks aka Kix Brooks, Singer and musician and composer (Brooks and Dunn), Leon Eric Brooks, (USA, 1955).

Albert Brooks, Actor, writer and director; Albert Einstein (Los Angeles 22 July 1947).

Elkie Brooks, Singer; Elaine Bookbinder (Salford, 26 February 1946).

Garth Brooks, Country/Rock singer; Troyal Garth Brooks (Tulsa, Oklahoma 7 February 1962). Also recorded as Chris Gaines.

Geraldine Brooks, Actor; Geraldine Stroock (New York City 25 October 1925 - 19 June 1977).

K.S. Brooks, Author; Kathryn Salina Brooks (Manhattan, New York 16 October 1963).

Mel Brooks, Film Director, Melvyn Kaminsky (USA 1926).

Big Bill Broonzy, Folk, Jazz and Blues guitar; William Lee Conley Broonzy (Scott, Mississippi, 26 June 1893 - 15 August 1958, Chicago, Illinois).

Dr. Joyce Brothers, Sex therapist, Joyce Diane Bauer, (USA, 1928).

Capability Brown, Landscape Gardener, Lancelot Brown, (England, 1715-1783).

Foxy Brown, Rapper; Inga Marchand (Brooklyn, New York 6 September 1979).

Georgia Brown, Actor; Lillian Klot (21 October 1933 - 5 July 1992).

H. Rap Brown, Political activist; Hubert Gerold Brown - now known as Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (Baton Rouge, Louisiana 4 October 1943).

Jerry Brown, Politician; Edmund Gerald Brown, (San Francisco, California 7 April 1938).

Joe Brown, Singer, guitarist; Joe Brown (Swarby, Lincolnshire 13 May 1941). Father of Sam Brown.

Joe E. Brown, Stage and Screen Comedian; Joseph Evan Brown (Holgate, Ohio 28 July 1892 - 6 July 1973), "Some Like it Hot".

Michael Brown, Songwriter, keyboards; Michael Lookofsky (New York April 25, 1949).

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Titanic survivor; Margaret Tobin Brown, née Margaret Tobin (Hannibal, Missouri 18 July 1867 - 26 October 1932).

Peter Brown, Actor; Pierre de Lappe (New York 5 October 1935).

Roy "Chubby" Brown, Unreconstructed comedian; Royston Vasey (England).

Ruth Brown, Rhythm and Blues Singer; Ruth Weston (Portsmouth, Virginia 30 January 1928).

Sam Brown Singer; Samantha Brown Stratford, London 7 October 1964.

Tina Brown, Jounalist; Christina Hambley Brown (Maidenhead, England 21 November 1953).

Vanessa Brown, Actor; Smylla Brind (Austria 1928-99).

Dik Browne, Cartoonist; Richard Arthur Allan Browne (New York City 11 August 1917 - 4 June 1989). Created Hagar the Horrible.

Jackson Browne, Singer songwriter; Clyde Jackson Browne (Heidelberg, Germany 9 October 1948).

Kale Browne, Actor; David Charles Browne (San Rafael, California, 16 June 1950)

Brownie Mary, Drugs campaigner, Mary Jane Rathbun (USA, 1921-99).

Peaches Browning, Actor; Frances Belle Heenan (USA 23 June 1910 - 23 August 1956).

Bobbe Brox, Singer; Josephine Brock (USA, 1900-99).

Erik Bruan, Ballet soloist/Director, Belton Evers, (Denmark. 1928-1986).

Carol Bruce, Actor, Shirley Levy, (USA, 1919).

Lenny Bruce, Comedian; Leonard Alfred Schneider (Mineola, New York 13 October 1925 - 3 August 1966).

Nigel Bruce, Stage and Screen Actor; William Nigel Bruce (Ensenada, Mexico 4 September 1895 - 9 October 1953), Dr. Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes.

Virginia Bruce, Actor, Helen Virginia Briggs, (USA, 1910-1982).

Erik Bruhn, Ballet dancer; Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (Copenhagen, Denmark 3 October 1928 - 1 April 1986).

Beau Brummel, Merchant, gambler, dandy; George Bryan Brummel (London 7 June 1778 - 30 March 1840).

Cécile de Brunhoff, Pianist, co-creator of Babar the Elephant; née Sabouraud (Paris 16 October 1903 - 7 April 2003).

Carla Bruni, Super model, Carla Bruni Tedeschi, (Italy,1967).

Bear Bryant, NCAA Football coach - the most successful; Paul W. Bryant (Kingsland, Arkansas 11 September 1913). Got his nickname by wrestling, and beating, a bear at a carnival as a boy.

Felice Bryant, Songwriter; Matilda Genevieve Scaduto (Milwaukee, Wisconsin 7 August 1925 - 22 April 2003).

Yul Brynner, Actor, Yul Bryner - he claimed to be Sakhalin-born half-Japanese Taidje Khan, but this has been shown to be fanciful. (Vladivostok, Russia 7 July 1915 - 10 October 1985).

Peabo Bryson, Singer; Robert Peabo Bryson (Greenville, South Carolina 13 April 1951).