Maurice Camille Bailloud
(1847/1921)
As a general, he led the expeditionary force to Madagascar in 1895, and commanded the expedition to China against the Boxers.
Jean Sylvain Bailly
(1736/1793)
French mathematician, astronomer, writer and politician. He was the first mayor of Paris.
Jacques Bainville
(1879/1936)
Monarchist and nationalist journalist and historian, close to Charles Maurras, member of the French Academy.
Letitia Baldrige
(1926/2012)
Specialist in etiquette, public relations and "Social Secretary" to Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House.
Jean Henri Bancal des Issarts
(1750/1826)
Convention member from the Girondins of Puy-de-Dôme. Sent on a mission to Dumouriez, he was handed over to the enemy and released in exchange for the daughter of Louis XVI.
George Bancroft
(1800/1891)
American historian and politician, founder of the U.S. Naval Academy, he is the author of History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
Germain Bapst
(1853/1921)
Scholar, historian and collector. From a large family of goldsmiths and jewelers originally from Swabia, Germain Bapst published numerous works on art jewelry, including Histoire des joyaux de la couronne, in 1887.
Prosper Brugière Barante (baron of)
(1782/1866)
Politician and historian. Academician (1828).