| W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell | 1864–1928 | 2 |
| Honoré de Balzac | 1799–1850 | 125 |
| Béla Balázs | 1884–1949 | 1 |
| Max Bamberger | 1846–1919 | 1 |
| Mary E. (Mary Ellen) Bamford | 1857–1946 | 1 |
| Gerard W. Bancks | 1856–1934 | 1 |
| Elizabeth Davis Bancroft | 1803–1886 | 1 |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft | 1832–1918 | 1 |
| Jane M. (Jane Marie) Bancroft | 1847–1932 | 1 |
| Jessie H. (Jessie Hubbell) Bancroft | 1867–1952 | 1 |
| Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier | 1840–1914 | 3 |
| Helen Elliott Bandini | 1854–1911 | 1 |
| E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield | 1852–1923 | 3 |
| Herman Bang | 1857–1912 | 13 |
| John Kendrick Bangs | 1862–1922 | 18 |
| John Banim | 1798–1842 | 1 |
| Louis Albert Banks | 1855–1933 | 1 |
| Nancy Huston Banks | 1849–1934 | 1 |
| Helen Bannerman | 1862–1946 | 3 |
| Théodore Faullain de Banville | 1823–1891 | 2 |
| Barante, Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, baron de | 1782–1866 | 1 |
| António Francisco Barata | 1836–1910 | 1 |
| Charles Barbara | 1817–1866 | 1 |
| Eugenio Barbarich | 1868–1931 | 1 |
| Mrs. (Anna Letitia) Barbauld | 1743–1825 | 1 |
| H. (Horatio) Barber | 1875–1964 | 2 |
| J. (Jules) Barbey d'Aurevilly | 1808–1889 | 1 |
| Jules Barbier | 1825–1901 | 1 |
| Inácio de Vilhena Barbosa | 1811–1890 | 2 |
| Vicente Barbosa | 1663–1721 | 1 |
| Harold S. Barbour | 1889–1961 | 5 |
| Ralph Henry Barbour | 1870–1944 | 8 |
| Henri Barbusse | 1873–1935 | 3 |
| Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay | 1862–1921 | 3 |
| Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth) Barclay | 1893–1989 | 1 |
| Martín del Barco Centenera | born 1535 | 1 |
| E. von (Eginhard) Barfus | 1825–1909 | 1 |
| Jared Barhite | 1840–1921 | 1 |
| Maurice Baring | 1874–1945 | 1 |
| S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould | 1834–1924 | 4 |
| C. Hélène Barker | born 1868 | 1 |
| Edward Harrison Barker | 1851–1919 | 2 |
| John Marshall Barker | 1849–1928 | 1 |
| Joseph Barker | 1806–1875 | 1 |
| Lady (Mary Anne) Barker | 1831–1911 | 2 |
| Nettie Garmer Barker | 1882–1953 | 1 |
| Lena Barksdale | 1887–1964 | 1 |
| Jane Barlow | 1856–1917 | 2 |
| Joel Barlow | 1754–1812 | 1 |
| Charles Inman Barnard | 1850–1942 | 1 |
| Charles J. (Charles Joseph) Barnes | 1837–1921 | 2 |
| Earl Barnes | 1861–1935 | 1 |
| Hiram P. (Hiram Putnam) Barnes | 1857–1920 | 1 |
| Robert Barnes | 1840–1895 | 3 |
| Walter Barnes | 1880–1969 | 1 |
| William Barnes | 1801–1886 | 1 |
| William Horatio Barnes | 1832–1879 | 1 |
| Evelyn Snead Barnett | 1854–1921 | 1 |
| Lionel D. (Lionel David) Barnett | 1871–1960 | 1 |
| J. Stewart (John Stewart) Barney | 1867–1925 | 1 |
| Maginel Wright Barney | 1877–1966 | 1 |
| Richard Barnfield | 1574–1627 | 1 |
| P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum | 1810–1891 | 1 |
| Pío Baroja | 1872–1956 | 5 |
| Monsieur (Michel) Baron | 1653–1729 | 1 |
| Amelia E. Barr | 1831–1919 | 11 |
| Robert Barr | 1850–1912 | 13 |
| Mariano Barranco | born 1850 | 1 |
| Charles Raymond Barrett | 1874–1936 | 1 |
| Florence Elizabeth Barrett | 1867–1945 | 1 |
| Frank Barrett | 1848–1926 | 1 |
| Michael Barrett | 1848–1924 | 1 |
| J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie | 1860–1937 | 22 |
| Anton Giulio Barrili | 1836–1908 | 5 |
| François-Guillaume Barrillon | 1804–1885 | 1 |
| Théodore Barrière | 1825–1877 | 1 |
| Clarence W. (Clarence Walker) Barron | 1855–1928 | 1 |
| Isaac Barrow | 1630–1677 | 1 |
| Barrow, John, Sir | 1764–1848 | 1 |
| E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows | 1807–1888 | 1 |