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1982–
Bryan Christopher Sears (born March 28, 1982) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 metres. He participated in the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics, winning silver and bronze, respectively, over these distances. A…
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Bryan Shelton (born December 22, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player and coach. During his playing career, he won two singles and two doubles ATP tour titles, and reached the mixed doubles final at the 1992 French Open, partnering with…
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Bryan Allen Stevenson (born November 14, 1959) is an American lawyer, social justice activist, and law professor at New York University School of Law. He is also the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. Based in Montgomery,…
1974–
Bryan Andrei Still (born June 3, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was the MVP of the 1995 Sugar Bowl.
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…
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.
1991–
Bryanna Ashley McCarthy, also known as Bry McCarthy, (born October 13, 1991) is a Canadian professional soccer player and member of the Canada women's national soccer team. She last played for German club BV Cloppenburg in the 2. Bundesliga.
1974–
Bryant W. Clark (born October 31, 1974) is an American politician from Mississippi. A member of the Democratic Party, Clark is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, and represents the 47th district. He has served in the Mississippi House…
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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 Jennings (born September 25, 1984) is an American professional boxer. He challenged once for the unified world heavyweight championship in 2015, and the WBA interim heavyweight title in the same year. He holds a notable win over former world…
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Bryant "Cruther" Lawrence Nelson (born January 27, 1974) is an American former second baseman and outfielder. He played during one season for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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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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Bryant William Thorpe was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1885. He was African American. Thorpe and other African American legislators lodged with Dr. W. H. Moore in Raleigh. Thorpe…
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Bryant Colby Young (born January 27, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish was…
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Bryce Vernon Berry (born June 16, 2001) is an American politician and member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 56th district. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated incumbent Republican candidate Mesha Mainor in 2024. He graduated from…
1997–
Bryce Deadmon (born March 26, 1997) is an American track and field athlete. In July 2023, he became US national champion in the 400 meters.
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Bryce Joseph Hosannah (born 8 April 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Rochdale.
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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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Bryce Chadwick Salvador (born February 11, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Salvador was drafted in the sixth round, 138th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1994 NHL entry draft. During his professional career, he…
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, 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 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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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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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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