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Bryan Collier

1967–

Bryan Collier (born 1967) is an American writer and illustrator known best for illustrating children's books. He won both the Coretta Scott King Award as an illustrator and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award for Uptown (Holt, 2000), the first book…

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Music

Bryan Edward Hill

1977–

Brian Edward Hill is an American author, screenwriter, musician, comic book writer, and graphic designer.

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Arts & Performance

Bryan Goldsby

1982–

Bryan Goldsby (born March 24, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who formerly fought for Bellator Fighting Championships. He currently fights in various promotions across the world and is the current NAAFS Bantamweight Champion.

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Film & Television

Bryan Hearne

1988–

Bryan Christopher Hearne (born 1988) is an American actor from Staten Island, New York. Hearne is best known for the role of Andre Ray Peetes in the 2001 film Hardball. In 2002, he became a cast member in the Nickelodeon sketch comedy television series All…

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Bryan Loren

1966–2026

Bryan Loren Hudson (May 5, 1966 – January 28, 2026), also nicknamed The Wiz, was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He produced and wrote The Simpsons' 1990 single "Do the Bartman", and released the 1984 singles "Lollipop Luv" and "Do You…

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Sports & Achievement

Bryan McBride

1991–

Bryan McBride (born December 10, 1991, in Long Beach, California) is an American track and field athlete who competes primarily in the high jump. McBride has coached long Jump, triple Jump and high Jump at Cuyamaca College since 2016. McBride is the 2017…

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Bryan-Michael Cox

1977–

Bryan-Michael Paul Cox (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter, known for his work with artists such as Usher, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, and Toni Braxton. His most notable productions are "Be Without You" for…

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Bryan Terrell Clark

1980–

Bryan Terrell Clark (born April 9, 1980) is an American actor, singer-songwriter and stage director, known for his performances on Broadway. He made his Broadway debut playing singer Marvin Gaye in Motown: The Musical, which received a 2014 Grammy Award…

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Bryan Washington

1993–

Bryan Washington (born April 22, 1993) is an American author from Houston, Texas. His debut short story collection, Lot, won the 2020 Young Lions Fiction Award. His third novel, Palaver, won the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction.

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Sports

Bryant Gumbel

1948–

Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is a retired American television journalist and sportscaster. He was best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today. His older brother was sportscaster Greg Gumbel.

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Bryant Terry

1974–

Bryant Terry (born January 24, 1974) is an African-American vegan chef, food justice activist, and author. He has written four vegan cookbooks and cowrote a book about organic eating. He won a 2015 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award for his food…

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Arts & Performance

Bryce Hudson

1979–

Bryce Hudson (March 29, 1979, Rabat, Morocco) is a Moroccan-American Neo-plasticist (De Stijl) painter. Hudson's early geometric paintings explore race and stereotypes through means of the Geometric abstraction style. Later in his career, influenced by the…

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Music

Bryn Christopher

1985–

Bryn Christopher (born 8 November 1985) is a British singer and songwriter, and the frontman of electronic music group I See Monstas. Born in Great Barr, Birmingham, England, . His debut single, "The Quest", was featured in the TV series Grey's Anatomy.

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Bryndon Cook

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Bryndon Cook, who also goes by the solo act Starchild & the New Romantic, is an American musician, producer, and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work as the touring guitarist and music director for singer Solange Knowles, and his collaborations…

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Bryonn Bain

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Bryonn Bain is an American poet, actor, prison activist, scholar, author, hip-hop artist and professor of African American Studies and World Arts & Cultures in the School of the Arts and the School of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles…

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Film & Television

Bryton James

1986–

Bryton Eric McClure (born August 17, 1986), also credited as Bryton James and mononymously as Bryton, is an American musical theater, film and television actor. As a child actor, he played Richie Crawford on the ABC/CBS sitcom Family Matters. He currently…

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Music

Bubba Brooks

1922–2002

David Kenneth Brooks, Jr., better known as Bubba Brooks or Bubber Brooks (May 29, 1922 in Fayetteville, North Carolina – April 11, 2002) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was the brother of Tina Brooks. Brooks's first professional gig was with the…

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Bubba Knight

1942–

Merald Woodlow "Bubba" Knight, Jr. (born September 4, 1942) is an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. The older brother of lead singer Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight served as the unofficial leader of the family…

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Bubu and Suzy having tea, near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm

1980

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Donor notes read: "Bubu and Suzy having tea; pictures taken near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm. Sept.-Nov., 1980. The date on the slide is JAN 81.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1949
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Bubu eating a banana

1979

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Donor notes read: "Bubu eating a banana. April-May, 1979. The date on the slide is AUG 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1581
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Bubu, near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm

1980

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Donor notes read: "Bubu; pictures taken near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm. Sept.-Nov. 1980. The date on the slide is JAN 81.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1946
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Bubu or Suzy, near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm

1980

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Donor notes read: "Bubu or Suzy; Pictures taken near "Paddington" Musaia Stockfarm. Sept.-Nov., 1980. The date on the slide is JAN 81.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1953
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Buc Fifty

1973–

Rashaan Jackson (born 1973), better known by his stage names Buc Fifty, Bucwheed, and Buckwheat (of the Wascals), is an American rapper originally from New Rochelle, New York.

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Buchi Emecheta

1944–2017

Emecheta drew on her experiences as a single mother in London to write novels such as The Joys of Motherhood, examining gender, migration and tradition.

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