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Brian Henderson Brian Henderson (born September 1931) is a New Zealand-born Australian television personality who hosted the Australian version of Bandstand from 1958 until 1972. Henderson also holds the record for the longest serving television news presenter, having read either the weekend or the weeknight news on Sydney station TCN-9 from January 1957 until his resignation on Friday, November 29, 2002.
Brian Henneman Brian Henneman is an alt-country musician best known as the frontman for the Bottle Rockets, and his collaborations with Uncle Tupelo and Wilco. Henneman released a solo single "Get Down River" backed with "Wave that Flag" and "Indianapolis" the latter of which features Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy in their only collaboration since Uncle Tupelo's break-up.
Brian Higgins Brian Higgins (born October 6, 1959), a Democrat from New York, has been a member of the United States House of Representatives in 2004, representing the state's 27th Congressional District. The district is based in Buffalo and includes almost two-thirds of that city.
Brian Higgins (producer) Brian Higgins is a British music producer who has written and produced albums and tracks for several pop music singers and groups (most notably Girls Aloud) through his Xenomania production group. A key collaborator in Xenomania is Miranda Cooper.
Brian Hodgson Brian Hodgson is a British television composer and sound technician. Born in Liverpool, Hodgson joined the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1962 where he became the original sound effects creator for the science fiction programme Doctor Who.
Brian Holland Brian Holland (born February 15 1941 in Detroit, Michigan) is an African American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland-Dozier-Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha & the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers.
Brian Holm Brian Holm Sørensen was born 2 October 1962 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a professional rider in road bicycle racing from 1986 to 1998, and rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 1997, and was part of the team that brought his fellow Dane Bjarne Riis to victory in the 1996 Tour de France.
Brian Hooker Brian S. Hooker, PhD, PE, is a bioengineer and the team leader for the High Throughput Biology Team and Operations Manager of the DOE Genomics: Genomes to Life (GTL) Center for Molecular and Cellular Systems at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Brian Hooks Brian Hooks (born in Bakersfield, California on July 27, 1973) is an African American actor, writer, and director who got his start as Durrel Jackson in the film Phat Beach. He has now went on to write and direct in movies.
Brian Hope-Taylor Dr Brian Hope-Taylor (b. Surrey, 21 October 1923 - Cambridge, 12 January 2001) was an artist, archeologist, broadcaster and University lecturer, who made a significant contribution to the understanding of early British history.
Brian Horrocks Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks KCB KBE DSO MC (September 7, 1895 - January 4, 1985) was a British military officer. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during World War II.
Brian Horton Brian Horton (born February 4, 1949 in Hednesford) is an English football manager, currently out of a job after being sacked by Macclesfield Town on October 1, 2006. Horton is one of the few managers in English football to have taken charge of teams in more than a thousand games.
Brian Houston [and Bobbie Houston]Brian Houston is a Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia, an Assemblies of God in Australia megachurch. With a current congregation of over 19,000 people, it is considered to be Australia's largest church, and has growing congregations in London, Kiev and Paris.
Brian Howard Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard (13 March 1905 - 15 January 1958) was an English poet, whose work belied a spectacularly precocious start in life; in the end he became more of a journalist, writing for the New Statesman.
Brian Howe (singer) Brian Howe is a British rock singer and songwriter best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of the rock group Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for Nugent's "Penetrator" album and front its subsequent world tour.
Brian Hunter (baseball) Brian Hunter (born March 4, 1968 in Torrance, California), is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues from 1991-2000. He played for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, St.
Brian Charlton Brian Albert Charlton (born May 22, 1947 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.
Brian Charrington Brian Charrington (b. 1957) was a British drug trafficker and owner of a car dealership in Middlesbrough who, along with Curtis "Cocky" Warren, operated in North East England during the late-1980s and eventually built a criminal empire whose pipeline included counrties across continental Europe including Germany, France, Spain and Austria as well as connections in South America, Israel and the United States.
Brian Chippendale Brian Chippendale is a musician based out of Providence, Rhode Island. Chippendale is best known as the drummer/vocalist for the bands Lightning Bolt (alongside bassist Brian Gibson) and Mindflayer (alongside Matt Brinkman).
Brian Chrøis Brian Chrøis (born November 12, 1959) is a Danish former footballer, who scored 68 goals in 239 games as a defensive midfielder for Danish club Brøndby IF. He scored a single goal in seven games for the Denmark national football team.
Brian Christen Brian Christen (born 27 November 1926 in Bradford, England) was a Canadian cricketer: a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, but after emigrating played five first-class games for Canada.
Brian Irvine Brian Irvine (born 1965) is a composer from Northern Ireland. He has written several film scores and his piece Interrupting Cutler, partly based on the work of Ivor Cutler, was a winner in the 2003 BBC Jazz Awards.
Brian J. Ford Brian J. Ford (born 1939 in Corsham, Wiltshire) is an English independent scientist, prolific author and popular interpreter of scientific issues for the general populace, whose scientific papers and numerous books have been published internationally.
Brian Jacks Brian Jacks (born May 10, 1946) is a British judoka who won Britain's first medal at a world championship, taking a bronze in Salt Lake City in 1967, and gained a second bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He later achieved national fame for his outstanding "Gym Test" performances on the BBC programme Superstars.
Brian Jackson (jazz artist) Brian Jackson is a musician, singer, songwriter and producer from Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is credited as being a major influence in the creation of the "Neo-Soul" movement and is best known for his collaborations during the seventies with Gil Scott-Heron, in which the sound of his Fender Rhodes electric piano and flute accompaniments (most notably on the hit, "The Bottle") featured prominently in many of their compositions.
Brian Jackson (keyboardist) Brian Jackson is a keyboardist, flautist, composer, and producer known mostly for his work in the 1970's with Gil Scott-Heron. The Brooklyn born Jackson met Gil Scott-Heron while the two were attending Lincoln University (Pennsylvania).
Brian Jacques (James) Brian Jacques (born June 15, 1939) is an English author, best known for his Redwall series of fantasy books, as well as the Tribes of Redwall and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. He also completed two collections of short stories entitled The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns and Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales.
Brian Johnston Brian Alexander Johnston (June 24, 1912 - January 5, 1994) (known as "Johnners") was a cricket commentator for the BBC from 1946 until his death. He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford and joined the BBC in January 1946, after service with the Grenadier Guards in the Second World War in which he won the Military Cross.
Brian Joicey Brian Joicey was a professional footballer who played for Coventry City, Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley in a career that lasted from 1969 to 1979. Joicey was a centre forward who did not play league football until he was 23 years old, he made 277 league appearances and scored 100 goals.
Brian Jones Presents The Pipes Of Pan At Jajouka Brian Jones Presents The Pipes Of Pan At Jajouka, originally spelled Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka, is an album produced by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones band in 1968. The album is a recording of the Moroccan group the Master Musicians of Jajouka, led by Hadj Abdesalam Attar in performance in their village.
Brian Keith Evans Brian Keith Evans, born May 3, 1970, is a singer and former US Senate candidate. Known as one of the newest "crooners" in the style of Frank Sinatra, Brian Evans is the opening act for such stars as Jay Leno, Joan Rivers, Dionne Warwick, Social Distortion, among others.
Brian Keith Jones Brian Keith Jones, formerly known as Brendan John Megson, is an Australian who was convicted of the abduction and sexual assault of six male children between 1979 and 1980. Jones was given the nickname Mr Baldy for shaving his victims' hair and dressing them in female clothing during the attacks.
Brian Kellock Brian Kellock is one of Scotland's world class jazz musicians, who is recognised as a stellar piano talent across the world by musicians such as James Morrison and Michael Moore. Equally at home with mainstream and contemporary jazz styles, Brian plays in the Oscar Peterson/ Monty Alexander genre that is closest to his heart.
Brian Kelly (actor) Brian Kelly (February 14, 1932 – February 12, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series Flipper. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of former Governor Harry F.
Brian Kelly (artist) Brian Kelly is the artist for Baghdad Express, Francis and the Vegas Tramps, and the mini-comic Some Other Day. He lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota for several years, attending the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002.
Brian Kelly (Canadian football player) Brian Kelly was a Canadian Football League receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos who, in just nine years caught 575 passes for 11,169 yards and 97 touchdowns. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Brian Kelly (chess player) Brian Kelly (born 1978) is a chess International Master (IM). He won the Ulster Chess Championship in the 1994/95 season, the Irish Chess Championship in 1995 and was captain of Cambridge University Chess team.
Brian Kendrick Brian David Kendrick (born May 29, 1979) is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he is currently one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Paul London.
Brian Kernighan Brian Wilson Kernighan is a computer scientist who worked at Bell Labs alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie and contributed greatly to Unix and its school of thought. He is also coauthor of the AWK and AMPL programming languages.
Brian Kidd Brian Kidd (born 29 May 1949, Collyhurst, Manchester), is an English former professional footballer (most notably with Manchester United where he had an 11 years stint), who since his retirement has worked as both a coach and manager.
Brian Kilmeade Brian Kilmeade (born May 7 1964) is a Fox News personality. He is a co-host with two others of Fox & Friends, the network's morning show, during the weekdays, and hosts Brian and the Judge on Fox News Radio.
Brian Kilrea Brian Blair Kilrea (born October 21, 1934 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a legendary ice hockey head coach, general manager and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Kilrea is a nephew of former Detroit Red Wings players Wally, Ken, and Hec Kilrea.
Brian Kingman Brian Paul Kingman (born July 27, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1979 to 1983 for the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants. Kingman's "claim to fame" is that he lost 20 games in the 1980 season and remained the most current pitcher to do so for 23 years until Mike Maroth lost 21 games for the Detroit Tigers in 2003.
Brian Kinsella Brian Edward Kinsella (born February 11, 1954 in Barrie, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. Drafted in 1974 by the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and Phoenix Roadrunners of the World Hockey Association, Kinsella played only 10 games in the NHL and played most of his hockey career in the minors.
Brian Knobbs Brian Yandrisovitz (born May 6, 1964 in Allentown, Pennsylvania), better known as Brian Knobbs and his wrestling name Terrorist, is an American former professional wrestler, best known as one half of the tag team The Nasty Boys.
Brian Knorr Brian Knorr graduated from the Air Force Academy and was starting quarterback for the last victory over Notre Dame. He also was an assistant at the Air Force Academy when he went to Ohio University with Jim Grobe.
Brian Knutson Brian Knutson is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Stanford University and director of the Symbiotic Project on Affective Neuroscience. His research focuses on the neural basis of emotion.
Brian Koski Brian Koski (born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974) is a Correspondent and Guest Co-Host on football (soccer) talk shows. He most regularly contributes to "A Game of Two Halves", an Australia-based soccer program featuring Chris Knowles and Mark Hesketh.
Brian Kozlowski Award The Brian Kozlowski Award was first awarded in 1998. It honors the former UConn Husky and current Washington Redskins tight end, Brian Kozlowski, who through hard work, effort and dedication has been able to have a lengthy NFL career.
Brian Labrecque Brian Labrecque is an avant-garde independent filmmaker living in Seattle, WA. He is known for his gender-bending films such as 2004's "Far Too Gone", which tells the story of a strange guy in Seattle who thinks he's Tori Amos.
Brian Lamb Brian Patrick Lamb (born October 9, 1941) helped found the C-SPAN television network in 1979, and has been its chief executive officer since its founding. He hosts Washington Journal once a week, and hosted the C-SPAN show Booknotes from 1989 to 2004.
Brian Lane Green Brian Lane Green (Born March 9,1962 in Columbus, Indiana) is an American stage actor who is known for his recurring roles throughout the country as Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mr. Green garnered a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the 1989 Broadway production of Starmites, and originated the role of Huck Finn in Big River.
Brian Langton The Hon Brian Langton is a former Australian politician, who served both as mayor of Kogarah in the St George area of Sydney and as the member for Kogarah in the NSW State Parliament. He held the portfolios of transport, tourism, fair trading and emergency services in the Carr government.
Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed "The Prince of Port-of-Spain" or simply "The Prince") is a record-breaking West Indian cricketer who is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen ever. Lara is the current captain of the West Indies team, has several times topped the Test batting rankings and as of December 2006 holds two of the most prestigious World Records for batting in Tests: highest individual innings and the all-time leading run scorer.
Brian Lara Cricket Brian Lara Cricket is the first in a series of cricket games to be endorsed by Brian Lara. There are four more games in the series, Brian Lara Cricket '96, Brian Lara Cricket '99, Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 and Brian Lara International Cricket 2007.
Brian Lara Cricket '96 Brian Lara Cricket '96 (also known as Lara '96) is a follow up to Brian Lara Cricket and the second game in the Brian Lara series of cricket video games. It was developed by Audiogenic for Codemasters and released in the summer of 1996 for the Sega Mega Drive and PC systems.
Brian Lara Cricket '99 Brian Lara Cricket'99 (BLC99) is a 1998 PlayStation and PC cricket game, personally endorsed by West Indian cricketer Brian Lara, produced by Codemasters, and is based upon the very successful Sega Mega Drive game Brian Lara Cricket. Shane Warne Cricket, an identical version of the game produced by Codemasters, was released for the Australian and New Zealand market.
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 (BLIC) (also known as Ricky Ponting Cricket in Australia and New Zealand) is a cricket video game from Codemasters, available on Xbox, PS2 and Windows PC platforms. released on 21 July, 2005, which was the first day of the 2005 Ashes series.
Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 (BLIC 07) is a cricket computer game from by Codemasters available on PlayStation 2, PC and Xbox 360 (Also Xbox Live enabled). It is endorsed by West Indian cricketer Brian Lara.
Brian Lara Stadium Brian Lara Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago that is currently under construction. When completed in 2007, it will be used mostly for cricket matches and was supposed to host matches during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, however ongoing delays in construction have forced its exclusion.
Brian Larsen Brian Larsen (born April 9, 1986 in Laurel, Maryland) is a guitarist, singer, and record producer. "Twilights Moon" is Larsen's main musical project, and as a solo artist and contributor to other artists' work, he has been awarded six RIAA gold/platinum sales awards, but is perhaps best known for his atypical public persona, unique guitar playing style, and musical production abilities.
Brian Lawler Brian Christopher Lawler (born January 10, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee), is the son of professional wrestling legend Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is a professional wrestler currently performing for Memphis Wrestling and other independent promotions.
Brian Leetch Brian Leetch (born March 3, 1968 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA) is a professional ice hockey defenseman in the NHL, though he is currently an unsigned unrestricted free agent. He is generally considered one of the top offensive defensemen in history, and arguably the best American defenseman as well; his election to the Hockey Hall of Fame after his retirement seems a virtual certainty.
Brian Lehrer Brian Lehrer is a radio talk show host on New York City's public radio station WNYC. His daily two-hour program, The Brian Lehrer Show, features interviews with newsmakers and experts about current events and social issues.
Brian Leiter Brian Leiter (born 1963) is an American professor of law and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been teaching since 1995. Before this he taught for two years in the law school at the University of San Diego, and was also a visiting professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.
Brian Liebenberg Brian Liebenberg (born 19 September, 1979 in Benoni) is a South Africa-born French rugby union footballer. His usual position is at centre, where he plays for the Top 14 club, Stade Français, as well as the national team.
Brian Lochore Sir Brian James Lochore, OBE (born 3 September 1940 in Masterton, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played 68 All Black matches (25 Tests) between 1963 and 1971. He played at number 8 and lock, as well as captaining the side 46 times (18 of those tests).
Brian Lopes Brian Lopes is a professional mountain biker specialising in 4X. Born on September 6th 1971, Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood – having learned to ride bicycles at the age of four – and turned professional at seventeen years old.
Brian Lord Born in 1965, Brian Lord is a Country / Country Rock artist located in Echuca, Australia. At the time of writing he had released 3 successful singles into the Australian Country Music Charts - My Bare Hands (written by Greg Macainsh), Love Had The Last Word (A duet with Kaylene Newton and written by Alan Wagstaff) and Finders Keepers (written by Paul Miller and Teena Eaton).
Brian Lowe Brian Zachery Lowe, frequently referred to as "B-Lowe" (b. October 3 1978, Worcester, Massachusetts) is the host of Patriots Video News (PVN), a news show about the New England Patriots football team which is available on Comcast On Demand in the New England region.
Brian Luckhurst Brian William Luckhurst (February 5 1939-March 1 2005) was an English cricketer who was born in Sittingbourne, Kent, played his entire county career for Kent County Cricket Club. He played for them from 1958 to 1976, usually opening the batting, then in 1985 in an emergency played against the Australians.
Brian Luff Brian Luff is a comedy writer and performer from London. His weekly stage show Brian Luff's Sketch Club is one of the longest running sketch shows on the London fringe, and has helped to launch the careers of a number of well-known comedians including Perrier Award Winner Laura Solon.
Brian Lumley Brian Lumley (born December 2, 1937) is a writer of horror fiction. Born in County Durham in northeast England, he joined the British Army and wrote stories in his spare time before retiring from the military in 1980 and becoming a professional writer.
Brian Lumley deities The Brian Lumley deities are supernatural entities created for the Cthulhu Mythos universe of shared fiction by British horror writer Brian Lumley. Lumley's writings have been criticized as making the deities too "human", assigning them familial relationships and moral positions (good versus evil), while Lovecraft's gods are generally described as being beyond any concept of human morality.
Brian Lunde Brian Lunde is a former Democrat campaign manager who defected to become a Bush campaigner in 2000 US presidential elections. Lunde now serves as Chairman for the American Center for Voting Rights, an organization that promotes the regulation and oversight of voting in US elections.
Brian Lynch Brian Lynch (born June 21, 1973) is an American writer, best known for writing and directing the movie Big Helium Dog. He is currently writing the comic, Spike: Asylum (Angel comic) for IDW, and resurrected the villain Slyde for an issue of Spider-Man Unlimited.
Brian Lynch (musician) Brian Lynch (September 12, 1956, Urbana, Illinois) is a New York based Jazz trumpeter, currently touring and recording as a member of the Phil Woods Quintet and Eddie Palmieri's Afro-Caribbean Jazz group, as well as leading his own groups and appearing with various other bands including the "Latin Side Of Miles" project he co-leads with trombonist Conrad Herwig.
Brian Mailhot Brian Mailhot (born August 12, 1975 in Portland, Maine) is an American professional wrestler, better known for his short stint in World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! brand under the ring name of Palmer Cannon.
Brian Mandelbaum Brian Mandelbaum, best known as Brian or Rubble man was a contestant on the NBC TV Show The Apprentice, in the fourth season. He was fired by Donald Trump in the 8th week of the show along with his teammate Marshawn Evans.
Brian Manning Brian Manning (born May 21 1927; died April 24 2004) was a leading British Marxist historian, particularly of the English Civil War of the seventeenth century. A student of Christopher Hill, his best known work was The English People and the English Revolution.
Brian Manning Delaney Brian Manning Delaney, born 1963 in California, USA, philosopher, author, and translator, based primarily in Stockholm, Sweden. His ventures include English Proper, a translation company; The Infinite Faculty, an online university, web design firm, and rock band; and Die Grosse Liebe, an exhibition and film based on the principle that love is "a powerful force" (he and his collaborator, Aza Elzen, embarked on a world tour in 2003-04 to visit former lovers on several continents).
Brian Marick Brian Marick, a graduate of the University of Illinois, is a software testing specialist who is known for working closely with software developers. Marick is a signatory of the Agile Manifesto that launched the Agile software development movement, an early proponent of the Context-Driven school of testing, and author of two books.
Brian Marshall Brian Marshall (born on April 24, 1974) is the former bassist for Creed, and the current bassist for Alter Bridge. He originally came up with the name for the band (Creed), which had previously been called "Naked Toddler".
Brian Martin (professor) Brian Martin (born 1947) is associate professor in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Wollongong, Australia. A formally trained physicist, Martin's current research interests include nonviolence, whistleblowing and intellectual property.
Brian Matthew Brian Matthew (born 17 September 1928, in Coventry) is a veteran British broadcaster, who became well known in the 1960s. As of August 2006 he was still broadcasting on radio for the BBC, having presented Sounds of the Sixties since 1990, often employing the same vocabulary and the same measured delivery he used forty years ago.
Brian Mayanja Brian Mayanja (born January 25, 1983) is a boxer from Uganda, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was outscored in the first round of the Featherweight (57 kg) division by Kazakhstan's Galib Jafarov.
Brian McCabe Brian McCabe is a conservative political strategist, a partner in the Republican political consulting firm DCI Group, and the president of Progress for America. PFA and DCI have close ties, since Progress for America's fund-raising and ad buying is run by employees of DCI Group.
Brian McCann (actor) Brian McCann (born August 16, 1965) is an American writer/actor/comedian best known for his sketch comedy work on the late night talk show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Brian was born and raised in Wheaton, Illinois, which he describes as "an extremely uptight (and dry) town".
Brian McConnell Brian Douglas McConnell (29 February 1836 in Gaspe Basin Quebec, Canada — 13 July 1930 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada) was one of Canada's “pioneer railway builders.” He was educated as a Civil Engineer at Sorel in Quebec City (1846-1853).
Brian McDonald Brian "Beano" McDonald is a Laois footballer who won two All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medals in 1996 and 1997 and a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 2003. As a 15 year old he played in the 1995 Laois team beaten in the final of the Leinster Minor Football Championship after a second replay by Westmeath and was part of the 1998 team denied a three in a row by Tyrone.
Brian McGrattan Brian McGrattan (born in 1981, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player for the NHL's Ottawa Senators. McGrattan is an enforcer who made a solid reputation for himself, particularly during the American Hockey League's 2004-2005 season when he established an all-time league record for penalty minutes in a single season (551).
Brian McKechnie (cricketer) Brian John McKechnie (born November 6 1953) was a "double All Black", that is, he represented New Zealand in both rugby union and cricket. He played 26 matches with the All Blacks, as a five-eighth and fullback, and 14 one day games with the Black Caps, including the infamous "underarm" match against Australia in 1981, when McKechnie was the batsman who faced Trevor Chappell's underarm delivery in the final ball of the match.
Brian McNamara Brian McNamara (born November 21 1960, Long Island, New York) is an American actor, known for his portrayal of Dean Karny in the TV Movie "Billionaire Boys Club" for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a supporting role. He had lead roles in numerous motion pictures including Arachnophobia (1990).
Brian McNeill Brian McNeill is a Scottish folk musician performer, songwriter, composer, producer and musical director. He was a founding member of The Battlefield Band which combined traditional celtic melodies and new material.
Brian McRae Brian Wesley McRae (born August 27, 1967) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays from 1990 to 1999. McRae is the son of former major league All-Star, Hal McRae, and was also managed by the elder McRae for four seasons with Kansas City.
Brian McTernan Brian McTernan also known as "The Man" is a record producer who has worked with many independent rock bands such as Bane, In My Eyes, Garrison, Count Me Out, Fairweather, Hot Water Music, Six Going On Seven, Hot Rod Ciruit, Snapcase, Don't Look Down, Engine Down,Converge, Texas is the Reason, 108, Piebald, Frodus, Moneen, The Explosion, June, Recover, Darkest Hour, The Movielife, Moments In Grace, Thrice, Strike Anywhere, The Loved Ones, Cave In, Roses Are Red, Circa Survive, Senses Fail, The Graduate and Milemarker. He works out of the Baltimore, MD area at Salad Days Studio.
Brian Mears Brian Mears (born 1931) is a former chairman of Chelsea Football Club. Son of Joe, also a chairman of Chelsea, he took over as chairman following the death of Len Withey in 1969 and presided over the club's successful period in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the FA Cup and Cup Winners' Cup were won in consecutive years.
Brian Meehan Brian Meehan was a senior Irish criminal in the massive Dublin drug gang lead by John Gilligan. Meehan, originally a street dealer in Dublin, rose through the ranks of Gilligan's gang to become his lieutenant after it became obvious to Gilligan that Meehan was a smart, ruthless character.
Brian Merriman Brian Merriman (1749 – July 27, 1805) was an Irish language poet and teacher. His single surviving work of substance, the 1000 line long Cúirt An Mheán Oíche (The Midnight Court), is widely regarded as the greatest comic poem in the language.
Brian McHale Brian McHale is an American literary theorist who reviews a range of fiction and poetics, mainly those relating to postmodernism. His books Postmodernist Fiction (1987), Constructing Postmodernism (1992)and The Obligation toward the Difficult Whole (2004) detail his main thesis in the shift from modernism to postmodernism.

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