| E. J. (Edward John) Bevan | 1856–1921 | 1 |
| Tom Bevan | 1868–1938 | 1 |
| Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah) Beveridge | 1862–1927 | 1 |
| Beynon, William George Laurence, Sir | 1866–1955 | 1 |
| Gustav von Bezold | 1848–1934 | 1 |
| Arturo Bianchi | 1856–1939 | 1 |
| Augusto Guido Bianchi | 1868–1951 | 1 |
| Martha Dickinson Bianchi | 1866–1943 | 1 |
| Margery Williams Bianco | 1881–1944 | 1 |
| Lucien Biart | 1828–1897 | 2 |
| Maximilien (François Marie Uncas Maximilien) Bibaud | 1824–1887 | 1 |
| Henry Bibb | 1815–1854 | 1 |
| Elizabeth Bibesco | 1897–1945 | 1 |
| Nana French Bickford | 1886–1959 | 1 |
| Herman Bicknell | 1830–1875 | — |
| Percy Favor Bicknell | born 1860 | 1 |
| Biddulph, Elizabeth Philippa, Baroness | 1834–1916 | 1 |
| J. (John) Biddulph | 1840–1921 | 1 |
| Ambrose Bierce | 1842–1914 | 20 |
| J. D. (Johannes Diderik) Bierens de Haan | 1866–1943 | 1 |
| Alfred Biese | 1856–1930 | 1 |
| Mary Ann H. T. (Mary Ann Hubbard Townsend) Bigelow | 1792–1870 | 1 |
| William F. (William Frederick) Bigelow | 1879–1966 | 1 |
| Earl Derr Biggers | 1884–1933 | 1 |
| Willem Bilderdijk | 1756–1831 | 1 |
| Ledyard Bill | 1836–1907 | 1 |
| Percy J. Billinghurst | 1871–1933 | 3 |
| Harold Bindloss | 1866–1945 | 15 |
| Alfred Binet | 1857–1911 | 2 |
| Clifton Bingham | 1859–1913 | 1 |
| Hiram Bingham | 1875–1956 | 1 |
| Samuel Augustus Binion | 1853–1914 | 1 |
| Hugh Binning | 1627–1653 | 1 |
| Jack Binns | 1884–1959 | 2 |
| Ottwell Binns | 1872–1935 | 1 |
| V. L. Binshtok | 1868–1933 | 1 |
| Cicely Binyon | 1876–1962 | 1 |
| Laurence Binyon | 1869–1943 | 2 |
| Reginald B. (Reginald Bathurst) Birch | 1856–1943 | 4 |
| H. E. (Henry Edward) Bird | 1830–1906 | 1 |
| Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird | 1831–1904 | 6 |
| Robert Montgomery Bird | 1806–1854 | 1 |
| Ralph Birdsall | 1871–1918 | 1 |
| Pavel Ivanovich Biriukov | 1860–1931 | 1 |
| Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of | 1872–1930 | 1 |
| Edith Birkhead | 1889–1951 | 1 |
| George A. Birmingham | 1865–1950 | 9 |
| Lloyd Birmingham | 1924–2010 | 1 |
| Catherine H. Birney | 1825–1891 | 1 |
| Augustine Birrell | 1850–1933 | 5 |
| William Radcliff Birt | 1804–1881 | 1 |
| Edmond Biré | 1829–1907 | 3 |
| Joseph Bucklin Bishop | 1847–1928 | 1 |
| Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop | 1837–1902 | 2 |
| F. C. (Fred Corry) Bishopp | 1884–1970 | 1 |
| George P. (George Perkins) Bissell | 1820–1891 | 1 |
| William Allen Bixler | 1876–1961 | 1 |
| Georges Bizet | 1838–1875 | 2 |
| Edwin Björkman | 1866–1951 | 6 |
| Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson | 1832–1910 | 13 |
| Sauk chief Black Hawk | 1767–1838 | 1 |
| C. B. (Charles Bertram) Black | 1822–1906 | 2 |
| Edith Ferguson Black | 1857–1936 | 1 |
| George Fraser Black | 1866–1948 | 1 |
| Hugh Black | 1868–1953 | 2 |
| John Black | 1783–1855 | 1 |
| Joseph Black | 1728–1799 | 1 |
| Margaret Moyes Black | 1853–1935 | 1 |
| William Black | 1841–1898 | 6 |
| Andrew J. Blackbird | 1810–1908 | 1 |
| Douglas Blackburn | 1857–1929 | 1 |
| Henry Blackburn | 1830–1897 | 1 |
| Jemima Blackburn | 1823–1909 | 1 |
| Vernon Blackburn | 1866–1907 | 1 |
| Katherine M. H. (Katherine Melvina Huntsinger) Blackford | 1875–1916 | 1 |
| Mrs. (Martha) Blackford | 1775–1846 | 1 |
| H. P. (Humphrey Purnell) Blackmore | 1835–1929 | 1 |
| R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore | 1825–1900 | 10 |
| Blackmore, Richard, Sir | 1654–1729 | 1 |
| John Blackwell | 1797–1840 | 1 |