Persons

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

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 ...

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...

Daniel Barker

Activist

Daniel Edwin Barkeris an American atheist activist and musician who served as an evangelical Christian preacher and composer for 19 years but left Christianity in 1984. He and his wife Annie Laurie Ga...

Ellen Barkin

American actress

Ellen Rona Barkinis an American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film Diner, and in the following years, she had starring roles in films such as Tender Mercies (1983), Eddie and the Crui...

Gary Barlow

English singer

Gary Barlowis an English singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the British pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most su...

Casey Barnes

Australian country rock singer and songwriter

Casey Barnesis an Australian country rock singer-songwriter from the Gold Coast, Queensland who is best known as a contestant on the seventh season of Australian Idol in 2009. Barnes won the ARIA Awar...

Tahliah (FKA Twigs) Barnett

British singer

Tahliah Debrett Barnett, known professionally asFKA Twigs(stylized as FKA twigs), is a British singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She was a backup dancer for numerous musicians, and made her mus...

George Barnett

English singer

George Ezra Barnettis an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. After releasing two EPs, Did You Hear the Rain? in November 2013 and Cassy O' in March 2014, Ezra rose to prominence with the release...

John Baron

British politician

John Charles Baronis a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Basildon and Billericay, previously Billericay, since 2001. A member of the Conservative Party, he has reb...

Susan Barratt

Chief executive officer of the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD)

Susan Barrattis on the board of A.G. BARR Plc and Higgidy Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer & Trustee at The Institute of Grocery Distribution. In the past she occupied the position of Chief Operating ...

Melissa Barrera

Mexican actress

Melissa Barrera Martínezis a Mexican actress, singer-songwriter, producer and activist. Her accolades include a GLAAD Media Award, in addition to nominations of three Imagen Awards and a Satellite Awa...

Silviya Barrett

Head of Policy and Research at Campaign for Better Transport

Silviya Barrettjoined Campaign for Better Transport in February 2020 and is responsible for building the policy and research programme and leading project delivery. Silviya was previously Research Man...

Jordan Barrett

New Zealand rugby union player

Jordan Matthew Barrettis a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a utility back internationally for New Zealand's All Blacks, and for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition. Hav...

Beauden Barrett

New Zealand professional rugby union player

Beauden John Barrettis a New Zealand professional rugby union player who plays as a Fly half for Japan Rugby League One club Toyota Verblitz and for the New Zealand national team. Barrett won the Worl...

Mone, Michelle Mone Barroness

Scottish businesswoman

Michelle Georgina Mone, Baroness Moneis a Scottish businesswoman and Conservative life peer. She has set up several businesses, including MJM International Ltd in 1996 and the lingerie company Ultimo ...

Timothy Barrow

National Security Adviser

Sir Timothy Earle Barrowis a British diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union f...

Douglas Barrowman

Scottish businessman

Douglas Alan Barrowmanis a Scottish businessman. He founded the Knox Group of Companies and has invested in Ve Interactive, Aston Ventures, and Equi Capital. He is married to Michelle Mone. In 2022, i...

John Barry

English composer and conductor of film music

John Barry Prendergastwas an English composer and conductor of film music. He composed the scores for eleven of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1987, as well as arranging and performing the "Jam...

John (Eric Morecambe) Bartholomew

English comedian

John Eric Bartholomew, known by his stage nameEric Morecambe, was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise formed the double act Morecambe and Wise. The partnership lasted from 1941 until More...

Jonathan Bartley

British politician

Jonathan Charles Bartleyis a British politician and was Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, a position he shared with Caroline Lucas from 2016 to 2018, and then, from 2018 to 2021, with...