Bosch, Hieronymus (1450-1516): Flemish painter. The Garden of Earthly Delights, The temptation of St.Anthony.

Bose, Amar Gopal (b.1929): American-born Indian professor of electrical engineering at MIT. In 1964, he founded the Bose corporation, which specializes is designing and producing high quality sound systems.

Bose, Jagadish Chandra (1858-1937): Doyen of Indian science. Did original work in electricity.

Bose, Nandalal (1883-1996): Father of modern painting in India. Padma Bhushan.

Bose, Netaji Subhas Chandra (1897-1945): One of the leaders of India’s freedom struggle. Formed the Indian National Army in 1943 to fight the British with the help of Japan. Reportedly killed in an air crash.

Bose, Satyendra Nath (1894-1974): Indian physicist after whom an elementary particle, the boson is named.

Boswell, James (1740-’95): Scottish author of the celebrated biography, The life of Samuel Johnson.

Botha, Louis (1862-1919): The first PM of the Union of South Africa, 1910.

Botham, lan Terence (b.1955): English cricketer and coach, a great all rounder with 14 rest centuries (5200 runs) and 373 test wickets. First player to score a century and take 10 wickets in test (1979).

Botvinnik, Mikhail electrical engineer who used his scientific training to hold the world chess title three times (1948-57, 58-60, 61-63)