Sent by Rav Yehudah to bring Rabbah Bar Bar Chanah to his Class: Shabbat 148a
Agrippas HaMelech
Allowing a Bride to pass first: Ketuvot 17a
Time of day when he usually ate: Pesachim 107b
Taking a census of the Jews by counting the Pesach Offerings they brought: Pesachim 64b
Rabbi Eliezer answering questions from Aggripas's aide, on the aide's obligation in the Mitzvah of Succah: Succah 27a
Avdan
In Rebbe's Class, Speaking Slander on Rabbi Yishmael B"R Yosi, getting Tzaraat & ex-communication: Yevamot 105b
His daughters-in-law, who were orphaned minors, refused arranged marriages to his sons: Yevamot 108a
Avimi, the son of Rabbi Avahu
Thought it made no sense to cook a whole animal for The Meal After Shabbat and eat only part, as his father did, so he simply held over from the meal Erev Shabbat, and a lion came and ate his animal anyway: Shabbat 119b
Avlet
Associating with Shemuel, who didn't tell him of a specific cure: Shabbat 129a
Bar Avin
Bar Avin's eulogy for Raveina, and Rav Huna's dissatisfaction with it; as a result of Rav Huna's anger, Bar Avin's foot became deformed: Moed Katan 25b
Rava having Bar Avin compose a poem before they crossed the Diglas River: Moed Katan 25b
Bar Elyashiv
His household was known as a powerful one; they would force theit debtors to pay immediately: Gittin 14a
A daughter-in-law of the household of Bar Elyashiv sought to collect her ketubah, and her husband's children tricked her into wearing her finery so that it would count toward her ketubah, and indeed that's what Raveina ruled: Ketuvot 54a
Bar Kasha of Pumbedita
Was bitten by a snake, and couldn't find materials needed for a cure: Shabbat 110a
The Above was because he broke a mourning-decree of Rav Yitzchak Bar Bisna following the death of Rav: Shabbat 110a
Bar Kipok
Bar Kipok's eulogy for Raveina, and Rav Huna's dissatisfaction with it; as a result of Rav Huna's anger, Bar Kipok's foot became deformed: Moed Katan 25b
Bar Shatya (Not necessarily a real person)
Sold property, and it was unclear if he was Sane when he sold it: Ketuvot 20a
Baytus Ben Zonin
An expert baker, Baytus ben Zonin was able to make bread in the form of designs for Pesach without fear of it becoming Leaven: Pesachim 37a
Baytus ben Zonin's involvement in a case which, according to some sages, was a violation of interest: Megillah 27b; Bava Metzia 63a-b
Baytus ben Zonin's practice of lending money and holding a field as collateral, and claiming the field as payment if the loan had not been paid by a certain date: Bava Metzia 65b
Beluria the Convert
Beluria the Convert asked him to balance Gd's Impartiality with the Promise of Reward for Mitzvos; Rabbi Yosi HaKohen answered her, instead: Rosh HaShanah 17b
Ben Antignos
Bringing first-born Kosher animals from outside Israel as offerings; they were not accepted: Temurah 21a
Ben Kalba Savua
Supporting Yerushalayim during a Roman siege: Gittin 56a
How he received his name: Gittin 56a
Rabbi Akiva was a shepherd for Ben Kalba Savua; Ben Kalba Savua's daughter saw his good character and offered to marry him if he would learn in yeshiva. Her father disowned her for marrying a shepherd. Rabbi Akiva went to learn in yeshiva for twelve years, and returned with 12,000 students. When he came back, he heard her tell an old neighbour that if Rabbi Akiva would listen to her, he would stay away another twelve years. So he did this, and returned with 24,000 students. When Ben Kalba Savua saw this, he recanted and granted them half his estate: Ketuvot 62b-63a
Ben Sira
Talmudic citation of Ben Sira: Eruvin 54a; Niddah 16b
Ben Stada
A shoteh, he scratched Egyptian magics in his skin to smuggle them from Egypt: Shabbat 104b
Beruriah [Rabbi Meir's wife]
Was the daughter of Rabbi Chanina Ben Teradyon: Pesachim 62b
Beruriah and Rabbi Meir, against antagonistic Biryonim: Berachot 10a
Beruriah vs. A Tzidduki, on the future of the Jews: Berachot 10a
Learned 300 Classes in one day, from 300 Rebbeim; and yet couldn't finish the Book of Lineage in 3 years: Pesachim 62b
Rabbi Yosi haGelili once met Beruriah on the road, and asked her, "Which way is it to go to Lud?" She responded, "Foolish Galilean, didn't the sages say that you should not engage overly much in idle speech with a woman? You should have said, 'Where to Lud!'": Eruvin 53b
Beruriah once met a student who was studying quietly. She kicked him, and taught him that one's learning will be preserved only if he engages all of his limbs in it: Eruvin 53b-54a
Bunyus ben Bunyus
Bunyus ben Bunyus was a wealthy man who leased out his properties but retained the right to store his own property there, and command control of specific areas: Eruvin 85b
Bunyus ben Bunyus came before Rebbe, and Rebbe said, "Make way for the man who is worth 100 Maneh." Then another man came, and Rebbe said, "Make way for the man who is worth 200 Maneh." Rabbi Yishmael B"R Yosi protested, "Rebbe, Bunyus's father owns 1000 boats at sea, and 1000 cities on land!" Rebbe replied, "When you see his father, tell him not to send his son before me in this sort of garb": Eruvin 85b-86a
After Abbaye died, his wife Chomah asked Rava to assign support for her from Abbaye's estate. She specified wine as part of it; Rava responded that he knew Abbaye never drank, and she replied that Abbaye had given her plentiful wine: Ketuvot 65a
Chomah's beauty, and its impact on Rava when he saw her arm: Ketuvot 65a
The daughter of Rav Chisda chased Chomah out of town for (accidentally) displaying her beauty, saying, "You've already killed three husbands, now you want to lure another one to kill!": Ketuvot 65a (as explained in Rashi)
Daughter of Rav Chisda
Rava's wife, the daughter of Rav Chisda, describing the pain of sexual relations to Rava: Ketuvot 39b
Rav Chisda's daughter asked Rav Chisda whether he didn't need to sleep [for he spent the nights learning], and he responded, "The days which are long on sleep and short on learning are coming, and then I will have plenty of sleep": Eruvin 65a
The daughter of Rav Chisda chased Chomah out of town for (accidentally) displaying her beauty, saying, "You've already killed three husbands, now you want to lure another one to kill!": Ketuvot 65a (as explained in Rashi)
Kidnapped, and made themselves legally permissible to their husbands: Ketuvot 23a
Termed "Benan DeMuryan [Children of Teaching of Halachah]": Ketuvot 23a
Dimi bar Kakuzta
Born on a Sunday: Shabbat 156a
Head of a band of thieves: Shabbat 156a
Eima Shalom [Rabbi Eliezer's wife]
Rabbi Eliezer had a student named Yehudah ben Guria who issued a legal ruling before him. Rabbi Eliezer told his wife, Eima Shalom, that he didn't think Yehudah ben Guria would live out the year, and that was what happened. Rabbi Eliezer said this was not prophecy; it was the law.: Eruvin 63a
Rabban Gamliel's fatal punishment for ex-communicating Rabbi Eliezer, a punishment he suffered despite the best efforts of Eima Shalom - Rabban Gamliel's sister and Rabbi Eliezer's wife: Bava Metzia 59b
His father vowed to forbid use of his property to Hurkenus, because he didn't learn Torah: Shabbat 127b
Ila'a
A witness to a loan, who was also related to the co-signer on the loan: Makkot 7a
Levi bar Buti
Reading the Torah before Rav Huna: Megillah 31b
Mari bar Issak
As a Powerful Person: Ketuvot 27b
And the man who claimed to be his long-lost brother: Ketuvot 27b, Bava Metzia 39b-40a
Mar Zutra Refused to eat the fruit brought by Mari bar Isak's worker, although Ameimar and Rav Ashi ate it, even after Mari appeared and approved; was afraid that Mari was only approving out of embarrassment: Bava Metzia 22a
Marta bat Baytus [note: This is a generic name for a wealthy matron of the Boethus clan]
Supporting Yerushalayim during a Roman siege: Gittin 56a
How he received his name - the Sun stopped for him, in reward for his chesed: Gittin 56a
His son passed away without children, so that his daughter-in-law needed to do yibbum: Ketuvot 65a
The amount of wine the sages ordered to be provided for his daughter-in-law while she awaited yibbum: Ketuvot 65a
The amount of money the sages ordered to be provided by his son-in-law, daily, for his daughter's perfume: Ketuvot 66b
The tremendous nedunya (dowry) of the daughter of Nakdimon ben Gurion, and the tosefet ketubah from her husband's side: Ketuvot 66b
The remarkable amount of tzedakah given by Nakdimon ben Gurion, and yet he was punished with loss of his wealth - either because he gave it non-altruistically, or because he could have given more: Ketuvot 66b-67a
The shock of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai and Rabbi Elazar b'Rabbi Tzaddok when they saw the poverty that befell the daughter of Nakdimon ben Gurion: Ketuvot 66b-67a
The "red carpet" treatment he received, and how he donated the carpets to the needy: Ketuvot 66b-67a
Nephews of Rabbi Yochanan Gudgeda
Mute: Chagigah 3a
Were discovered to be well-versed in learning, when they were cured: Chagigah 3a
Rav Yehudah answering a question of his: Megillah 23a
Yalta
Yalta brought blood to Rabbah bar bar Chanah to check, and he ruled it impure, and then to Rav Yitzchak beraih deR' Yehudah and he ruled it pure: Niddah 20b
Yannai haMelech - King Yannai
The punishment of Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai via King Yannai and his wife, who were insulted by his disrespect for them in answering their culinary question: Pesachim 57a-b [which does not name the king]; Keritot 28b
Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai's disdain for the service in the Beit haMikdash, wrapping his hands in silks to avoid dirtying himself with the korbanot: Keritot 28b
The punishment of Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai via King Yannai and his wife, who were insulted by his disrespect for them in answering their culinary question: Pesachim 57a-b [which does not name the king]; Keritot 28b
Rav Nachman asked Daru how he would feel if he was freed, and Rav Nachman considered Daru's response to be the fulfillment of "Mah Nishtanah" on Pesach Night: Pesachim 116a
Ifra Hormiz/Hormin
Mother of Shabur Malka: Niddah 20b
Testing Rava: Niddah 20b
Kontrikos the Noble
Was Kontrikos altruistic in his questions about the Torah?: Rashi Bechorot 5a "mechetzah shalem"
Lived in a property abutting a common alley, and refused to rent out his share over Shabbat so that the neighboring Jews could merge their properties for the purpose of transporting through the area on Shabbat: Eruvin 63b-64a
Shabur Malka's wife ate etrog when she was pregnant, and it affected her daughter's scent: Ketuvot 61a
King Yezdegerd - Izgidur or Izgor Malka
Rav Ashi reporting that Persian King Yezdegerd told Rav Huna to lower his belt [to the position in which it was worn in the Beit haMikdash], because that style would be more dignified and reflecting of a nation of priests: Zevachim 19a
Ameimar, Mar Zutra and Rav Ashi were sitting before the palace of Persian King Yezdegerd, when food was brought past them. Rav Ashi saw that Mar Zutra was so faint that he was at risk of tzaraat. He gave Mar Zutra food from the platter, and then excused his actions to the Persian officers by saying he had seen bad pork in the dish, and he knew that by sampling the dish with his hand he would cause the king not to eat it. Indeed, they found such meat in it. Rav Ashi explained to the sages that he relied on a miracle only to save Mar Zutra's health: Ketuvot 61a-b
Rabban Gamliel called his eved, Tavi, a scholar for sleeping under a bed in the Succah because he knew that avadim were exempt from the Mitzvah of Succah: Succah 20b