| Shirley Graham Du Bois | American composer and writer | 1896–1977 |
| W.E.B. Du Bois | American sociologist, histori… | 1868–1963 |
| Max Boisot | British academic and educator | 1943–2011 |
| Milutin Bojić | Serbian playwright and poet (… | 1892–1917 |
| Hilary Bok | American philosopher | 1959 |
| George Henry Boker | American poet, playwright, an… | 1823–1890 |
| Irina Bokova | Bulgarian diplomat | 1952 |
| Eavan Boland | Irish poet | 1944 |
| J. Kevin Boland | Catholic bishop | 1935 |
| Roberto Bolaño | Chilean author | 1953–2003 |
| Jean Shinoda Bolen | American psychiatrist | 1936 |
| Isa Boletini | Kosovo Albanian guerilla lead… | 1864–1916 |
| Anne Boleyn | Second wife of Henry VIII of … | 1501–1536 |
| Dermot Bolger | Irish writer | 1959 |
| Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke | English politician and Viscou… | 1678–1751 |
| Simón Bolívar | Venezuelan military and polit… | 1783–1830 |
| Frits Bolkestein | Dutch politician | 1933 |
| Uwe Boll | German restaurateur and forme… | 1965 |
| Heinrich Böll | German author, novelist, and … | 1917–1985 |
| Ilya Bolotowsky | artist | 1907–1981 |
| Jair Bolsonaro | Brazilian president elect | 1955 |
| Robert Bolt | English playwright | 1924–1995 |
| Christian Boltanski | French sculptor, photographer… | 1944–2021 |
| John R. Bolton | American lawyer and diplomat | 1948 |
| Ludwig Boltzmann | Austrian physicist | 1844–1906 |
| Farkas Bolyai | Hungarian mathematician | 1775–1856 |
| Erma Bombeck | When I stand before God at th… | 1927–1996 |
| David Bomberg | painter | 1890–1957 |
| Enrico Bombieri | mathematician | 1940 |
| Gustave Le Bon | French psychologist | 1841–1931 |
| Hebe de Bonafini | President of the Association … | 1928 |
| Surya Bonaly | French figure skater | 1973 |
| Margaret Wander Bonanno | American writer | 1950 |
| Beef Bonanza | punk rock musician in The Bon… | |
| Andrew Bonar | British minister | 1810–1892 |
| Horatius Bonar | British minister and poet | 1808–1889 |
| Bonaventure | franciscan, bishop, cardinal,… | 1221–1274 |
| Edward Bond | English writer best known as … | 1934 |
| Michael Bond | English author, creator of Pa… | 1926–2017 |
| Patrick Bond | American academic | 1961 |
| Ruskin Bond | British Indian writer | 1934 |
| Hermann Bondi | British mathematician and cos… | 1919–2005 |
| David Bone | commodore and author (b. 1874… | 1874–1959 |
| Rupert Boneham | American mentor, television p… | 1964 |
| John Henry Boner | American writer | 1845–1903 |
| Lisa Bonet | American actress | 1967 |
| Isaac Bonewits | Neopagan leader, author, and … | 1949–2010 |
| Kyril Bonfiglioli | British art dealer | 1928–1985 |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer | German Lutheran pastor, theol… | 1906–1945 |
| John Bonica | Anesthesiologist; pioneer in … | 1917–1994 |
| Andrés Bonifacio | Filipino nationalist and revo… | 1863–1897 |
| Pierre Bonnard | French painter and printmaker | 1867–1947 |
| Yelena Bonner | human rights activist in the … | 1923–2011 |
| Bono | Irish rock musician, singer o… | 1960 |
| Edward de Bono | Maltese physician | 1933 |
| Emilio De Bono | Italian General | 1866–1944 |
| Waldemar Bonsels | German writer | 1880–1952 |
| Vanna Bonta | Italian-American writer, poet… | 1958–2014 |
| Grady Booch | American software engineer | 1955 |
| Murray Bookchin | American libertarian socialis… | 1921–2006 |
| Cory Booker | 35th Class 2 senator for New … | 1969 |
| Sheri Booker | American author, poet | |
| George Boole | English mathematician, philos… | 1815–1864 |
| Corrie ten Boom | Dutch resistance hero and wri… | 1892–1983 |
| Daniel Boone | American settler | 1734–1820 |
| J. Allen Boone | American writer | 1882–1965 |
| Daniel J. Boorstin | American historian | 1914–2004 |
| Neal Boortz | American author, journalist, … | 1945 |
| Lil Boosie | American rapper from Baton Ro… | 1982 |
| Elayne Boosler | American comedian | 1952 |
| Max Boot | American writer and historian | 1969 |
| Barton Booth | famous dramatic actor of the … | 1681–1733 |
| Edwin Booth | 19th century American actor | 1833–1893 |
| William Booth | British Methodist preacher | 1829–1912 |
| Kim Bora | South Korean director | 1981 |
| Gian Domenico Borasio | physician, specialist of pall… | 1962 |
| Alice Borchardt | American fiction writer | 1939–2007 |
| David Boreanaz | American actor, famous for An… | 1969 |
| Émile Borel | | |
| Nathaniel Borenstein | American computer scientist | 1957 |
| Benjamin Boretz | American composer | 1934 |
| Victor Borge | Danish and US-American comedi… | 1909–2000 |
| Jorge Luis Borges | Argentine short-story writer,… | 1899–1986 |
| Cesare Borgia | Duke of Romagna and former Ca… | 1475–1507 |
| Edwin Boring | American psychologist | 1886–1968 |
| Luciana Borio | American physician and public… | |
| Boyko Borissov | Bulgarian politician | 1959 |
| Robert Bork | American legal scholar | 1927–2012 |
| Hal Borland | American journalist and writer | 1900–1978 |
| Norman Borlaug | American biologist | 1914–2009 |
| Frank Borman | NASA astronaut | 1928 |
| Martin Bormann | Nazi leader and private secre… | 1900–1945 |
| Max Born | physicist | 1882–1970 |
| Ludwig Börne | German writer | 1786–1837 |
| Giraut de Bornelh | French writer | 1138–1220 |
| Kate Bornstein | American author, playwright, … | 1948 |
| Alexander Borodin | Russian composer, doctor and … | 1833–1887 |
| Tadeusz Borowski | Polish writer and journalist | 1922–1951 |
| George Borrow | English author | 1803–1881 |
| Ralph Borsodi | American economist | 1886–1977 |
