Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic and historian known for chronicling nineteenth-century American literature. His Makers and Finders series, including The Flowering of New England, helped revive interest in major American authors.

Tom Brokaw, longtime NBC Nightly News anchor, became one of America’s most trusted journalists, covering major events from Watergate to the fall of the Berlin Wall and authoring The Greatest Generation.

Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810), prominent Albany merchant, militia general, and mayor, managed the Van Rensselaer estate, served in colonial government, and led local forces during the Revolutionary era.

Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810), prominent Albany merchant, militia general, and mayor, managed the Van Rensselaer estate, served in colonial government, and led local forces during the Revolutionary era.

Jacob Brinkerhoff, New York–born lawyer and politician, served as a U.S. congressman (1843–1847), authored the antislavery Wilmot Proviso, and later served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

Henry Roelif Brinkerhoff, War of 1812 militia officer and New York assemblyman, later served as a Democratic U.S. congressman from Ohio (1843–1844). He died in office and was buried in Plymouth, Ohio.

William J. Bouwsma was a leading twentieth-century Renaissance historian, renowned for studies of humanism, Calvin, and early modern European culture.

Marlon Brando, one of the great and most enigmatic stage and screen actors of the second half of the twentieth century was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 3, 1924.

William J. Bouwsma was a leading twentieth-century Renaissance historian, renowned for studies of humanism, Calvin, and early modern European culture.

Emilie Boon is an illustrator and author of children’s books. She was born in the Netherlands and was educated at the Royal Academy of Art where she majored in graphic design from 1976 to 1981.