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Brett Mackay Cloutman Brett Mackay Cloutman, VC, MC, (November 7, 1891-August 15, 1971) was an English First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Brett Maher Brett Maher (born April 17, 1973 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian basketball player who has played for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL since 1992. He firstly played for Sturt in the Australian Basketball Association, where Adelaide 36ers scouts spotted him.
Brett Morris Brett Morris (born August 23, 1986 in Kiama, NSW) is an Australian rugby league player for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is fullback, but he often plays wing.
Brett Ogle Brett Ogle (born 14 July 1964) is an Australian golfer who turned professional in 1985. He played on the European Tour from 1988 to 1992, winning the 1990 AGF Open and finishing in the top thirty of the Order of Merit three times.
Brett Palin Brett Palin (born June 23, 1984 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights of the American Hockey League. He previously played Major Junior in the WHL Kelowna Rockets organization winning the Memorial Cup once in 2003-2004.
Brett Papworth Brett Papworth (born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) was a rugby league player for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the New South Wales Rugby League competition along with being a former international in rugby union with the Australian side. His position of choice was usually at centre.
Brett Peake Brett Peake (born July 5, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer. He plays as a midfielder for the Fremantle Football Club and began his football career at East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Brett Perriman Brett Perriman (born October 10, 1965 in Miami, Florida) is a former American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints (1988-1990), the Detroit Lions (1991-1996), the Kansas City Chiefs (1997), and the Miami Dolphins (1997). He attended the University of Miami.
Brett Pierce Brett Clayton Pierce (born January 7, 1981 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American football tight end for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent out of Stanford University by the Baltimore Ravens.
Brett Pitman Brett Pitman (born 31 January 1988 in Jersey) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for AFC Bournemouth. He was signed as a 16 year-old after being spotted playing for Jersey league side St.
Brett Salisbury Brett Jon Salisbury (born October 11, 1968 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former two-time collegiate All-American quarterback, professional european QB and a top male model and actor. After college, Salisbury played pro-football in the EFAF European League, and was the star quarterback, playing three seasons with the Helsinki Giants from 1994-1996 in Helsinki, Finland.
Brett Skinner Brett Skinner (born on June 28, 1983, in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) is a professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the NHL's Anaheim Ducks organization. Skinner was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks 68th overall in the 3rd round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
Brett Somers Brett Somers (born Audrey Sommers on July 11, 1924, in New Brunswick, Canada) is an actress, singer, and comedienne. Somers is perhaps best known for her time as a panelist on the 1970s CBS game show Match Game.
Brett Sperry Brett Sperry has been credited with the roles of design, production, support and box and content. He has been credited on games developed/produced by the following companies: Westwood Studios, Intelligent Games, Ltd.
Brett Stewart Brett Stewart (born February 27, 1985 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian rugby league player for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League competition. His preferred playing position is fullback.
Brett Studman Brett Studman (born April 19, 1985 in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He is as a central defender, most recently with the Australian A-League club Newcastle United Jets.
Brett Tomko Brett Daniel Tomko (born April 7, 1973) is a relief pitcher for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, who previously played for the Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants.
Brett Weston Brett Weston (December 16, 1911 - January 22, 1993) was an American photographer and second son of photographer Edward Weston. He possibly was best known for his work in the dunes around Oceano, CA, a passion that he shared with his father Edward Weston.
Brett Westwood Brett Westwood is a radio presenter and author, specialising in natural history. He regularly presents episodes of BBC Radio 4's series Living World and Nature, as well as his own short series, several of which are available in Real Audio format from the BBC website.
Brettanomyces Brettanomyces is a non-spore forming genus of yeast in the family Saccharomycetaceae, and is often colloquially referred to as "Brett". The genus name Dekkera is used interchangeably with Brettanomyces, as it describes the teleomorph or spore forming form of the yeast.
Brettell Lane railway station Brettell Lane railway station was a station on the Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line built to serve the communities between Brierley Hill and Stourbridge. It was opened in 1852 by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway.
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery is a Cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the later stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The Cemetery is located in and named after Bretteville-sur-Laize in the Calvados commune, near Caen and Falaise in lower Normandy.
Bretton Woods system The Bretton Woods system of international monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states. The Bretton Woods system was the first example of a fully negotiated monetary order intended to govern monetary relations among independent nation-states.
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire Bretton Woods is an area within the town of Carroll, New Hampshire, USA, whose principal points of interest are three leisure and recreation facilities. Being virtually surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest and the Pemigewasset Wilderness, its vista toward Mount Washington and most of the rest of the Presidential Range includes no significant artificial structures other than the Mount Washington Cog Railway and the Mount Washington Hotel.
Bretwalda Bretwalda is an Anglo-Saxon term, the first record of which comes from the late ninth-century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It is applied in that chronicle to some of the rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the fifth century onwards who had achieved overlordship over some or all the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Bretylium Bretylium (also bretylium tosylate) blocks the release of noradrenaline from the peripheral sympathetic nervous system, and is used in emergency medicine, cardiology, & other specialties for the acute management of ventricular tachycardia & ventricular fibrilation. It is contraindicated in patients with AV (atrioventricular) heart block or digoxin toxicity.
Breuk Iversen Breuk Iversen, publisher and artist, is the raconteur of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one of the liveliest and largest art communities in the world. He is famous for his production, with Jan McLaughlin, at the Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery of the “Salon des Refuses: the Offal Project” a site-specific exhibit that explored issues of economy, aesthetics, politics and popular culture through society's by-products.
Breukelen Breukelen is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of lakes and great natural beauty.
Breusch-Pagan test In statistics, the Breusch-Pagan test is used to test for heteroskedasticity in a linear regression model. It tests whether the estimated variance of the residuals from a regression are dependent on the values of the independent variables.
Brevard Community College Brevard Community College, founded in 1960, is a community college on Florida's Space Coast, in Brevard County, Florida. It has four integrated campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Titusville, as well as an Aerospace program at Kennedy Space Center and a Virtual Campus.
Brevard County Manatees The Brevard County Manatees are a Minor League Baseball team that plays its 70 game home schedule at the Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida. The team is a member of the Florida State League, and has been the A-Advanced Affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers since 2005.
Brevard Music Center The Brevard Music Center is a summer institute and festival located in western North Carolina. It enrolls about four hundred students, age fourteen and older, who participate in orchestra and other large ensembles, play chamber music, and take private lessons.
Breve A breve (Latin brevis "short, brief") is a diacritical mark Ë, shaped like a little round cup, designed to indicate a short vowel, as opposed to the macron ¯ which indicates long vowels. It is often used this way in dictionaries and textbooks of Latin, old Greek and some other languages, such as Tuareg.
Breve (software) breve is a free, GPL software package which makes it easy to build 3D simulations of decentralized systems and artificial life. Users can define the behaviors of multi-agent systems in a 3D world and observe how they interact.
Brevet (cycling) In the sport of randonneuring, a brevet or randonnée is an organised long-distance bicycle ride. Cyclists - who, in this discipline, may be referred to as randonneurs - follow a designated but unmarked route (usually 200km to 600km), passing through check-point controls, and must complete the course within specified time limits.
Brevet des collèges The Brevet des collèges is a diploma given to pupils at the end of troisième (Year 10 / Ninth grade), which is of a similar level to GCSEs in France. To be awarded a Brevet, pupils must achieve a minimum of 150 points (out of 300).
Brevetoxin Brevetoxin, or brevetoxins, are a suite of cyclic polyether compounds produced naturally by a species of dinoflagellate known as Karenia brevis. Brevetoxins are neurotoxins that bind to voltage-gated sodium channels in nerve cells, leading to disruption of normal neurological processes and causing the illness clinically described as Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning (NSP).
Breviary A breviary (from Latin brevis, 'short' or 'concise') is a liturgical book containing the public or canonical prayers, hymns, the Psalms, readings, and notations for everyday use, especially for priests, in the Divine Office (i.e.
Breviary of Alaric The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by order of Alaric II, king of the Visigoths, with the advice of his bishops and nobles, in the year 506, the twenty-second year of his reign. It applied, not to the Visigothic nobles under their own law, which had been formulated by Euric, but to the Gallo-Roman population, living under Visigoth rule south of the Loire and, in Book 16, to the members of the Trinitarian Catholic Church.
Brevik Bridge Brevik Bridge (in Norwegian Breviksbrua) is a bridge over the mouth of the Frierfjord which connects the municipalities of Bamble and Porsgrunn in Telemark county. On the west side, in Bamble, lies Stathelle, while on the east side lies Brevik in Porsgrunn.
Breviksfjord Breviksfjord is a stretch of fjord between the islands of Sandøya, Bjørkøya and Siktesøya in Porsgrunn municipality and the mainland of Bamble municipality, both in Telemark county, Norway. The fjord stretches from the strait Langesund in until Brevik, where it separates into the Frierfjord and the Eidangerfjord.
Breviloquence Breviloquence (from the French brevis meaning short and the Latin loquentia meaning speaking) is literary term denoting laconism in the part of the author. It was first used by Thomas Blount in his 1656 Glossographia.
Breviparopus Breviparopus taghbaloutensis is the name given to an ichnogenus of dinosaur, believed to be a form of sauropod. As an ichnogenus, it is known only by (and named for) a series of fossil tracks, or ichnites, found in the Atlas Mountains of present-day Morocco.
Brewer & Shipley Brewer & Shipley were a folk rock duo of the 1970s, comprised of singer-songwriters Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley. They were known for their intricate guitar work, stunning harmonies, and socially-conscious lyrics which reflected the concerns of their generation -- especially the Vietnam War, and the struggles for personal and political freedom.
Brewer and Nash model The Brewer and Nash model was constructed to provide information security access controls that can change dynamically. This security model, also known as the Chinese wall model, was designed to provide controls that mitigate conflict of interest in commercial organizations, and is built upon an information flow model.
Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable (ISBN 0-304-36334-0) was created by Jo O'Donoghue and Sean McMahon for the Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable series of books. It contains over five thousand entries regarding various subjects about Ireland and its many sayings, myths, legends and fables.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable — sometimes referred to simply as Brewer's — is a reference work containing definitions and explanations of many famous phrases, allusions and figures, whether historical or mythical.
Brewer's Droop Brewer's Droop is the name of a Southern band (whose history can be followed in "Hundred Watts" by Ron Watts) in which Mark Knopfler played for a few months in 1973. He split his time between teaching part-time, and playing with the band.
Brewer, Pennsylvania Brewer, Pennsylvania is a fictional city that serves as the major setting for American writer John Updike's "Rabbit" cycle of novels (comprising Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit At Rest, and Rabbit Remembered, two of which won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike).
Brewers-Cubs Series The Brewers-Cubs Series (also referred to as the "I-94 Series") is a Major League Baseball rivalry between National League Central Division foes Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs, two teams whose ballparks are located only 83.3 miles from each other off Interstate 94.
Brewerton, New York Brewerton is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Cicero in Onondaga County, New York, and the Town of Hastings in Oswego County, New York, USA. The population was 3,453 at the 2000 census.
Brewery Field Brewery Field is a multi-use stadium in Bridgend, Wales. It is currently used mostly for rugby league matches and is the home ground of Celtic Crusaders and The Bridgend Ravens Welsh Premier league Rugby Union team.
Brewham Brewham is a parish in Somerset, England, consisting of the villages North and South Brewham, situated in the Brue Valley three miles east of Bruton and nine miles south west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 410.
Brewis Island (Queensland) Brewis Island is an island in Newcastle Bay at the mouth of Escape River and Middle River not far from Jackey Jackey Creek adjacent to the Jardine River Resource Reserve Jardine River National Park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, in the Cape York Peninsula about 30 km South East of Bamaga.
Brewood Brewood (} was once a town, but now a village, in South Staffordshire, England. It lies near the River Penk, eight miles north of Wolverhampton city centre and eleven miles south of the county town of Stafford.
Brewster & Co. Brewster is the most significant American coachbuilder in history, and one of the oldest, active from 1810-1937. Their first known bodywork on an automobile was in 1896, on an electric car, and a gasoline powered car in 1905, on a Delaunay-Belleville chassis.
Brewster (unit) The brewster (B) is a non-SI unit used to measure the susceptibility of a material to photoelasticity, or the value of the Stress Optic Coefficient of the material. The unit has dimensions reciprocal to those of stress.
Brewster Academy Brewster Academy (also called BA) is a co-educational independent boarding school located on 80 acres (324,000 m²) in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA, two hours north of Boston. It occupies 1/2 mile (800 m) of shoreline along Lake Winnipesaukee.
Brewster's Millions Brewster's Millions is a novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. It was adapted into a play in 1906, and the novel or play has been made into a movie nine times (including twice in India).
Brewster's Millions (1985 film) Brewster's Millions is a 1985 film starring Richard Pryor based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. It is the seventh film based on the story, with a screenplay by Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris.
Brewsterite Brewsterite is the name of a series of tecto-silicate minerals of the zeolite group. Prior to 1997, brewsterite was recognized as a mineral species, but a reclassification in 1997 by the International Mineralogical Association changed it to a series name, with the mineral species being named brewsterite-Sr and brewsterite-Ba.
Breyten Breyten is a small farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa and is situated at the foot of Klipstapel, the highest point on the watershed between the westward flowing Vaal River system and the eastward flowing Olifants and Komati River systems. The original farm, Bothasrus on which the town is built was given to Lukas Potgieter as compensation for losing a leg during the first Boer War.
Brezhnev Doctrine The Brezhnev Doctrine was a model of Soviet foreign policy, first and most clearly outlined by S. Kovalev in a September 26, 1968 Pravda article, entitled “Sovereignty and the International Obligations of Socialist Countries.
Brezhnev stagnation Brezhnev stagnation (, translitrated zastoy), also known as Brezhnevian Stagnation, the Stagnation Period, or the Era of Stagnation, () refers to a period of socio-economic slowdown in the history of the Soviet Union that started during Leonid Brezhnev's time as chairman of the Communist Party. The beginning of this stagnation may be tentatively marked by the mid-1970s.
Breznik Heights Breznik Heights (Breznishki Vazvisheniya 'brez-nish-ki v&-zvi-'she-ni-ya) rises to over 600m in the southeast part of Greenwich Island. They extend 12km between Santa Cruz Point in the north east and the base of the moraine spit at the mouth of Yankee Harbour in the southwest.
Briagolong, Victoria Briagolong is a town in Victoria, Australia, located 20 kilometres north of Maffra and some 270 kilometres east of Melbourne, in the Wellington Shire region of Gippsland. The town has an approximate population of 500.
Brian The name Brian is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high", or "slave driver", depending on the dialect of the region in question. There is no strong evidence regarding any potential origin, only conjecture, although the Gaelic word "brĂgh"/"brìgh" ("context", "elixir", "essence", "interpretation", "meaning", "pith", "significance") offer a possible root.
Brian (mythology) In Goidelic mythology, and especially in Scotland, Brian was a pompous, bumbling bastard who helped Cailleach rescue Deò-ghrèine. He was a son of Tuireann, and brother to Iuchar and Iucharba (these have many variant spellings).
Brian Adams (wrestler) Brian Adams (born April 14, 1964 in Kona, Hawaii) is a former actor and professional wrestler who performed for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He has had several gimmicks, the most notable of which is Crush.
Brian Anderson (outfielder) Brian Nikola Anderson (born March 11, 1982 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American baseball player and the centerfielder for the Chicago White Sox. Brian is a graduate of the University of Arizona and or Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona, a suburb of Tucson.
Brian Anderson (pitcher) Brian James Anderson is a pitcher who is currently signed to a minor-league contract with the Texas Rangers. He previously played for the Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Cleveland Indians, and Arizona Diamondbacks, posting a career ERA of 4.
Brian Andrews (actor) Brian Andrews is an actor who has starred in movies and on television. He is best known for his role as Tommy Doyle in the classic John Carpenter horror movie Halloween, and he reprised this role in Halloween II in a small appearance.
Brian Asawa Japanese American countertenor Brian Asawa (born 1966) studied music at UC Santa Cruz, UCLA and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The singer's career was launched in 1991 when he became the first countertenor to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Brian Atene Brian Atene, born August 16, 1963, is a former student in the Juilliard School of performing arts, who became an Internet phenomenon in 2006 when an audition tape he had made in 1984 for the film Full Metal Jacket was posted on YouTube. The video attracted considerable attention because of the apparent hubris ("You will find in me the finest actor of the lot, the most beautifully trained, the most capable"), and comical over-acting displayed by the 20-year-old aspiring actor while attempting to attract the attention of director Stanley Kubrick.
Brian Atwater Brian Franklin Atwater is a geologist who works for the United States Geological Survey and is also a research professor at the University of Washington. Time Magazine nominated him as one of the 100 most influential people in 2005, along with the likes of Spike Lee and Ziyi Zhang.
Brian Austin Green Brian Austin Green, (born Brian Green on July 15, 1973 in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California), is an American actor, best known for his role as David Silver on the television series Beverly Hills 90210, a character he portrayed from 1990 until 2000. Brian, of Scottish, Cherokee Indian, Hungarian and Irish descent, grew up in North Hollywood, California, and attended North Hollywood High School.
Brian Bailey Brian Bailey, radio host in Red Deer, Alberta, is a comedian and political satirist. On The Morning Buzz on Big 105, Brian and Candice cover everything from celebrities to politics and lifestyle with a smart, concise delivery.
Brian Baker (musician) Brian Baker was one of the founding members of the seminal hardcore punk rock band Minor Threat. He first played bass, but in 1982 moved to guitar when Steve Hansgen joined the band, then back to bass after Hansgen's departure.
Brian Baldinger Brian David Baldinger (born January 7, 1960, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former professional football player and current National Football League television commentator for the Fox Television Network. He also covers Atlanta Falcons preseason games as an analysis on WXIA-TV with Randy Waters.
Brian Barlow Brian Barlow is a Toronto comedian, a member of the comedy troupe the Gurg, and creator of The Loner Show. He is known for absurd character creations and laxidasical performance style, as well as several videos widely distributed via the internet, including Blind Brad Pitt vs.
Brian Barnhart Brian Barnhart is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Indy Racing League. Having previously served as director of race operations for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IRL, he is ultimately charged with not only the financial wellbeing of the league and producing a good product, but the safety and competition of the racing itself.
Brian Bauman Brian Bauman, one of the world's best-known bone marrow transplant patients, was instrumental in turning out more marrow donors for those in need. In 1996, his situation was highly publicized worldwide because of the rarity of finding a marrow match that would work, in which there would exist six identical blood anogens.
Brian Baumgartner Brian Baumgartner (born November 29, 1972) is a American film and television actor who plays Kevin Malone on The Office. Baumgartner's recent television appearances include roles on Jake in Progress, Arrested Development, and Everwood.
Brian Bedford Brian Bedford (born 16 February 1935 in Morley, Yorkshire, England, UK) is an English actor, perhaps most famous as the voice of Robin Hood in the 1973 Disney movie. He was one of the leads in the spectacular 1966 film Grand Prix with James Garner.
Brian Behlendorf Brian Behlendorf (Born March 30, 1973) is one of several leaders of the international open-source software movement. He was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the Apache Group, which later became the Apache Software Foundation.
Brian Bennett Brian Bennett (born 9 February 1940, in Palmers Green, North London, England) is a drummer, pianist, composer, arranger and record producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group, The Shadows.
Brian Bevan Brian Eyrl Bevan (born 1924 in Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and died 1991 in Southport, Lancashire, England) is a legendary rugby league winger who scored a world record 796 tries for the Warrington. His appearance belied his greatness, as he did not look like a rugby league player.
Brian Black Brian Black is an US professor of history and environmental studies at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, Pennsylvania. His research focuses on deals with the landscape and environmental history of North America.
Brian Blackwell Brian Blackwell (born 1986) is an Englishman who killed his parents - 72-year-old Sydney and 61-year-old Jacqueline - at their Merseyside home in July 2004. Medical experts have since diagnosed that Blackwell suffers from Narcissistic personality disorder, which is characterised by extreme feelings of self-importance, a high need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.
Brian Blain Brian Blain (1936 — 1994) was a lugubrious Australian film and television actor. He is best remembered for his role as Gordon Hamilton in the Seven Network soap opera Sons and Daughters from 1981 to 1987 when the series was cancelled, and his role as Captain Jacob Hilliard in the film sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991).
Brian Blessed Brian Blessed (pronounced //, or in the tradition of English poetry, Blessèd, (October 9 1937) is an English actor, who came to fame as PC 'Fancy' Smith in the BBC TV police drama series Z Cars. He is a highly charismatic man with a booming voice, great beard and robust build who often plays powerful, bushy bearded men in Shakespearean and medieval dramas.
Brian Bolland Brian Bolland (born 1950, Lincolnshire) is a British comics artist, famous for his confident linework and eye-catching compositions. He is particularly known as one of the foremost Judge Dredd artists for British comic 2000 AD, and as a cover artist for many publications from "the big two", Marvel and DC Comics.
Brian Bolus John Brian Bolus (born January 31, 1934, Whitkirk, Yorkshire) is a former English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1963 to 1964. He is married to Gloria and has two sons and one daughter and now lives in Nottingham.
Brian Bonner Brian Bonner (born September 22, 1959, Boston, Massachusetts), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1992-1993 seasons with 4 career starts, including the 1992 Indianapolis 500.
Brian Borcherdt Brian Borcherdt is a Canadian singer-songwriter, who has been both a solo artist and a member of By Divine Right, Junior Blue, Hot Carl Loves the Ladies and Holy Fuck. He also runs his own independent label, Dependent Music.
Brian Boru Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig (926 or 941Various sources cite either 941 or 926 as Brian Boru's year of birth. Since the latter date would make him 88 when we was still acting as a general in 1014, 941 is considered to be more likely.
Brian Boru bagpipes The Brian Boru bagpipe was invented in 1910 by Henry Starck, an instrument maker (who also made standard Great Highland Bagpipes), in London, in consultation with some Irish pipers. The name was chosen in honour of the Irish king Brian Boru (941-1014), though this bagpipe is not a recreation of any pipes that were played at the time of his reign.
Brian Bosworth Brian Bosworth (commonly referred to as The Boz) (born March 9, 1965 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former American football player. He was a linebacker for the Oklahoma Sooners (1984–1986) and the Seattle Seahawks (1987–1989).
Brian Brady Brian Brady (died 10th September 1949) was an Irish politician, born to a prominent pro-republic family in Killybegs, County Donegal. He represented Donegal in Dáil Éireann as a member of Fianna Fáil from 1932 until his death in 1949.
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