| Clara Barrus | 1864–1931 | 1 |
| Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry | 1870–1967 | 14 |
| J. G. H. (Joseph Gayle Hurd) Barry | 1858–1931 | 1 |
| John D. (John Daniel) Barry | 1866–1942 | 1 |
| Maurice Barrès | 1862–1923 | 3 |
| Richard Bartholdt | 1855–1932 | 1 |
| A. T. (Augustus Theodore) Bartholomew | 1882–1933 | 1 |
| Bartimeus | 1886–1967 | 2 |
| D. W. (David W.) Bartlett | 1828–1912 | 1 |
| Frederick Orin Bartlett | 1876–1945 | 2 |
| John Bartlett | 1820–1905 | 1 |
| Vernon Bartlett | 1894–1983 | 1 |
| James Avis Bartley | 1830–1914 | 1 |
| C. A. (Cyrus Augustus) Bartol | 1813–1900 | 1 |
| Ralph Barton | 1891–1931 | 1 |
| William E. (William Eleazar) Barton | 1861–1930 | 2 |
| Luigi Barzini | 1874–1947 | 1 |
| William Malone Baskervill | 1850–1899 | 1 |
| George Bass | 1771–1803 | 1 |
| René Basset | 1855–1924 | 1 |
| Sara Ware Bassett | 1872–1968 | 12 |
| Thomas Bassnett | born 1808 | 1 |
| Frans Bastiaanse | 1868–1947 | 1 |
| Frédéric Bastiat | 1801–1850 | 3 |
| Teixeira Bastos | 1857–1902 | 2 |
| Arlo Bates | 1850–1918 | 4 |
| Clara Doty Bates | 1838–1895 | 1 |
| Henry Walter Bates | 1825–1892 | 2 |
| Joseph Bates | 1792–1872 | 1 |
| Katharine Lee Bates | 1859–1929 | 1 |
| William Bateson | 1861–1926 | 1 |
| John Dickson Batten | 1860–1932 | 3 |
| John M. (John Mullin) Batten | 1837–1916 | 1 |
| Charles Baudelaire | 1821–1867 | 4 |
| Hilmar R. (Hilmar Robert) Baukhage | 1889–1976 | 1 |
| L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum | 1856–1919 | 41 |
| Paull F. (Paull Franklin) Baum | 1886–1964 | 1 |
| Rudolf Baumbach | 1840–1905 | 1 |
| Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer | 1870–1963 | 1 |
| Ernest Belfort Bax | 1854–1926 | 1 |
| Beverley Baxter | 1891–1964 | 1 |
| Émile Antoine Bayard | 1837–1891 | 2 |
| Clara Kern Bayliss | 1848–1948 | 2 |
| Samuel G. (Samuel Gamble) Bayne | 1844–1924 | 1 |
| Thomas Bayne | 1845–1931 | 1 |
| René Bazin | 1853–1932 | 6 |
| Ambrogio Bazzero | 1851–1882 | 2 |
| Lewis Beach | 1891–1947 | 1 |
| Rex Beach | 1877–1949 | 14 |
| Seth Curtis Beach | 1837–1932 | 1 |
| Charles Beadle | 1881–1944 | 1 |
| Samuel Beal | 1825–1889 | 1 |
| Anne Beale | 1816–1900 | 1 |
| Charles Willing Beale | 1845–1932 | 1 |
| John Beames | 1837–1902 | 1 |
| Richard J. (Richard Joseph) Beamish | 1867–1945 | 2 |
| C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow) Bean | 1879–1968 | 1 |
| Adelia B. (Adelia Belle) Beard | 1857–1920 | 2 |
| Charles Beard | 1827–1888 | 2 |
| Charles A. (Charles Austin) Beard | 1874–1948 | 1 |
| Daniel Carter Beard | 1850–1941 | 2 |
| Lina Beard | 1852–1933 | 2 |
| Mary Ritter Beard | 1876–1958 | 1 |
| T. D. (Thomas Dykes) Beasley | born 1850 | 1 |
| James Beattie | 1735–1803 | 1 |
| John Beatty | 1828–1914 | 1 |
| William Beatty | 1773–1842 | 1 |
| Honoré Beaugrand | 1849–1906 | 4 |
| Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais | 1732–1799 | 2 |
| Francis Beaumont | 1584–1616 | 14 |
| Gustave de Beaumont | 1802–1866 | 1 |
| Mary Beaumont | 1849–1910 | 1 |
| Gerard de Beauregard | born 1865 | 1 |
| Roger de Beauvoir | 1806–1866 | 2 |
| Beavan, F. (Frederick), Mrs. | 1818–1897 | 1 |
| Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron | 1879–1964 | 1 |
| C. Raymond (Charles Raymond) Beazley | 1868–1955 | 1 |
| August Bebel | 1840–1913 | 3 |
| Arthur E. Becher | 1877–1960 | 1 |
| Ludwig Bechstein | 1801–1860 | 2 |