| H. C. (Henry Cuyler) Bunner | 1855–1896 | 4 |
| John Bunyan | 1628–1688 | 15 |
| Edward Burbidge | 1840–1903 | 1 |
| Jacob Burckhardt | 1818–1897 | 1 |
| John Lewis Burckhardt | 1784–1817 | 2 |
| Allyre Bureau | 1810–1859 | 1 |
| L. A. J. (Leendert Alexander Johannes) Burgersdijk | 1828–1900 | 3 |
| Fred. W. (Frederick William) Burgess | 1855–1945 | 1 |
| Gelett Burgess | 1866–1951 | 4 |
| James Burgess | 1832–1916 | 1 |
| Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess | 1874–1965 | 30 |
| Caroline A. Burgin | 1826–1912 | 1 |
| John William Burgon | 1813–1888 | 2 |
| M. de (Jean Lévesque) Burigny | 1692–1785 | 1 |
| Edmund Burke | 1729–1797 | 15 |
| Kathleen Burke | 1887–1958 | 2 |
| Thomas Burke | 1886–1945 | 2 |
| Charles William Burkett | 1873–1962 | 1 |
| H. T. (Harry Thacker) Burleigh | 1866–1949 | 2 |
| Sydney Richmond Burleigh | 1853–1931 | 1 |
| Charles Burlureaux | 1851–1927 | 1 |
| W. G. (William Gordon) Burn Murdoch | 1862–1939 | 1 |
| F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand | 1836–1917 | 30 |
| C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate) Burne | 1873–1940 | 1 |
| John Burnet | 1784–1868 | 1 |
| Alfred Burnett | 1824–1884 | 1 |
| Frances Hodgson Burnett | 1849–1924 | 34 |
| Fanny Burney | 1752–1840 | 7 |
| Clara Louise Burnham | 1854–1927 | 4 |
| Robert Burns | 1759–1796 | 6 |
| Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone) Burpee | 1873–1946 | 1 |
| Aaron Burr | 1756–1836 | 3 |
| Fearing Burr | 1815–1897 | 1 |
| Elihu Burritt | 1810–1879 | 3 |
| M. C. (Maurice Chase) Burritt | 1883–1959 | 1 |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1875–1950 | 27 |
| John Burroughs | 1837–1921 | 16 |
| Katharine Newlin Burt | 1882–1977 | 3 |
| Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) Burt | 1850–1918 | 2 |
| Maxwell Struthers Burt | 1882–1954 | 1 |
| N. C. (Nathaniel Clark) Burt | 1825–1874 | 1 |
| Frederic William Burton | 1816–1900 | 1 |
| Burton, Isabel, Lady | 1831–1896 | 2 |
| John Hill Burton | 1809–1881 | 1 |
| Margaret E. (Margaret Ernestine) Burton | 1885–1969 | 1 |
| Richard Burton | 1861–1940 | 1 |
| Burton, Richard Francis, Sir | 1821–1890 | 28 |
| Robert Burton | 1577–1640 | 1 |
| J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury | 1861–1927 | 3 |
| Richard de Bury | 1287–1345 | 1 |
| Marie Busch | 1885–1958 | — |
| Wilhelm Busch | 1832–1908 | 5 |
| David V. (David Van) Bush | 1882–1959 | 1 |
| George Bush | 1924–2018 | 1 |
| George W. (George Walker) Bush | born 1946 | 1 |
| Katharine C. (Katharine Caroline) Bushnell | 1855–1946 | 1 |
| Conrad Busken Huet | 1826–1886 | 1 |
| Ferruccio Busoni | 1866–1924 | 1 |
| S. H. (Samuel Henry) Butcher | 1850–1910 | 2 |
| Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Marquess of | 1847–1900 | 2 |
| Alban Butler | 1711–1773 | 1 |
| Charles Butler | 1750–1832 | 1 |
| Dugald Butler | 1862–1926 | 1 |
| Ellis Parker Butler | 1869–1937 | 5 |
| Harold Edgeworth Butler | 1878–1951 | 1 |
| Joseph Butler | 1692–1752 | 2 |
| Joseph G. (Joseph Green) Butler | 1840–1927 | 1 |
| Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler | 1828–1906 | 1 |
| Pardee Butler | 1816–1888 | 1 |
| Samuel Butler | 1835–1902 | 22 |
| Butler, William Francis, Sir | 1838–1910 | 1 |
| Hezekiah Butterworth | 1839–1905 | 6 |
| Cyriel Buysse | 1859–1932 | 10 |
| Joseph E. (Joseph Emanuel) Bygate | 1862–1901 | 1 |
| Steven T. (Steven Tracy) Byington | 1868–1957 | 1 |
| Mildred Stapley Byne | 1875–1941 | 1 |
| Charles Alfred Byrne | 1848–1909 | 1 |
| Donn Byrne | 1889–1928 | 2 |
| Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron | 1788–1824 | 13 |
| Joseph Byron | 1847–1923 | 1 |