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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bennie Adams

1967–

Bennie Adams (born 1967) is an American basketball referee whose officiating career has included the National Basketball Association.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bennie Daniels

1932–

Bennie Daniels Jr. (born June 17, 1932), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1957–1960) and Washington Senators (1961–1965).

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Sports & Achievement

Bennie J. George

1919–1986

Bennie Johnson "Catfish" George (June 28, 1919 – August 4, 1986) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State University from 1956 to 1958, compiling a record of 16–8–1. As the first…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Benny Ashley-Seal

1998–

Bernard Patrick Ashley-Seal (born 21 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who last played as a striker for Scottish League One club Hamilton Academical.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bermane Stiverne

1978–

Bermane Stiverne (born November 1, 1978) is a Haitian-Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2023. He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title from 2014 to 2015.

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Sports & Achievement

Bernadette Mattox

1958–

Bernadette Locke-Mattox (born December 31, 1958) is a former head coach of the University of Kentucky women's basketball team. While at Kentucky in 1990, she became the first female to serve as assistant coach for a men's NCAA Division I basketball team,…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bernard Benton

1957–

Bernard Benton (born January 6, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who held the WBC and The Ring cruiserweight titles.

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Sports & Achievement

Bernard Clark

1967–

Bernard "Tiger" Clark (born January 12, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Robert Morris University, a position he has held since the 2018 season. Clark played professionally as a linebacker in the National…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bernard Gilkey

1966–

Otis Bernard Gilkey (born September 24, 1966) is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, and Atlanta Braves.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bernard Hopkins

1965–

Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight classes,…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Bernard Hopkins, Philadelphia, 2005

2005

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An image of Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins is featured in the center, wearing a robe with its hood up over his head. He is surrounded by unidentified men. Two of the men behind him carry World Boxing Council (WBC) champion belts.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.164.26
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Bernard James

1985–

Bernard Ronald James (born February 7, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles. James was selected in the 2012 NBA draft and spent three seasons in the National Basketball…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bernard Mensah

1994–

Bernard Ayitey Mensah Jnr (born 29 December 1994) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

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Sports & Achievement

Bernard Muir

1968–

Bernard Montgomery Muir (born July 22, 1968) is an American college athletics administrator who is served as athletic director at Stanford University from 2012 to 2025. Prior to Stanford, Muir served in the same position at the University of Delaware and…

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Sports

Bernard Taylor

1957–

Bernard Taylor (born June 26, 1957) is an American former professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games and a silver at the 1975 Pan American Games.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Bernard Williams (sprinter)

1978–

Bernard Rollen Williams III (born January 19, 1978) is an American male former track and field sprinter and winner of a gold medal in 4 × 100-meter relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was the 200-meter dash silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bernie Bickerstaff

1944–

Bernard Tyrone Bickerstaff (born February 11, 1944) is an American basketball coach and front office executive, currently serving as the Senior Basketball Advisor for the Detroit Pistons. As a coach, he previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's…

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BIOGRAPHY
Visual Arts

Bernie Casey

1939–2017

Bernard Terry Casey (June 8, 1939 – September 19, 2017) was an American professional football player and actor. He was a football player and All-American hurdler at Bowling Green State University, before playing professionally as a wide receiver in the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Bernie Parmalee

1967–

Bernard A. Parmalee (born September 16, 1967) is an American football coach and former running back who is the running backs coach for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the running backs coach for the…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bernie Saunders

1956–

Bernie Saunders (born June 21, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played 10 games in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques during the 1979–80 and 1980–81 seasons. Saunders was the fifth Black hockey player to…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Bernie Williams (1970s outfielder)

1948–

Bernard Williams (born October 8, 1948) is an American former professional baseball left fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants (1970–1972) and San Diego Padres (1974). Williams played in a total of 102 major league…

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports & Achievement

Bershawn Jackson

1983–

Bershawn D. Jackson (born May 8, 1983) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but also is a 400 m runner. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bershawn "Batman" Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles. He also has three medals…

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Bert Gholston

1888–1954

Burnett Edward Gholston (July 28, 1888 – November 19, 1954) was an American professional baseball umpire in the Negro leagues. He umpired for 20 years, from 1923 to 1943, in both the first and second Negro National League, and the East-West League.

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Sports

Bert Piggott

1920–1999

Bert Cody Piggott Sr. (Pronounced: PIG-et) (March 5, 1920 – January 10, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Illinois, where he was a member of that school's victorious 1947 Rose Bowl team, going…

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