| William G. Boykin | Recipient of the Purple Heart… | 1948 |
| Jennifer Finney Boylan | American author | 1958 |
| Frankie Boyle | Scottish comedian | 1972 |
| Robert Boyle | English natural philosopher, … | 1627–1691 |
| Susan Boyle | British singer | 1961 |
| T.C. Boyle | American novelist and short s… | 1948 |
| Willard Boyle | Canadian physicist and invent… | 1924–2011 |
| John Boyne | Irish novelist, author of chi… | 1971 |
| Ego Boyo | Nigerian actress and movie pr… | 1968 |
| C. V. Boys | British physicist | 1855–1944 |
| Pet Shop Boys | | |
| Gilad Bracha | American software engineer | |
| Viktor Brack | SS officer | 1904–1948 |
| Peg Bracken | American writer | 1918–2007 |
| Thomas Bracken | poet | 1843–1898 |
| Anna Brackett | American philosopher | 1836–1911 |
| Joseph Brackett | American songwriter | 1797–1882 |
| Leigh Brackett | American novelist and screenw… | 1915–1978 |
| Celestino Aós Braco | Roman Catholic cardinal | 1945 |
| Malcolm Bradbury | English author and academic | 1932–2000 |
| Ray Bradbury | American writer | 1920–2012 |
| Mary Elizabeth Braddon | English author | 1835–1915 |
| James Dean Bradfield | Welsh musician, lead singer a… | 1969 |
| Barbara Taylor Bradford | British author | 1933 |
| D. S. Bradford | musician | 1982 |
| John Bradford | English Protestant Reformer a… | 1510–1555 |
| William Bradford | English Separatist leader in … | 1590–1657 |
| Charles Bradlaugh | British freethinker, and radi… | 1833–1891 |
| Ed Bradley | News correspondent | 1941–2006 |
| F. H. Bradley | British philosopher | 1846–1924 |
| James Bradley | English astronomer; Astronome… | 1693–1762 |
| Marion Zimmer Bradley | Novelist, editor | 1930–1999 |
| Omar Bradley | United States Army field comm… | 1893–1981 |
| Timothy Bradley | American boxer | 1983 |
| Anne Bradstreet | Anglo-American poet | 1612–1672 |
| Thomas Bradwardine | Theologian; Archbishop of Can… | 1300–1349 |
| Ian Brady | British serial killer, perpet… | 1938–2017 |
| Tom Brady | American football quarterback | 1977 |
| Joshua Braff | American writer | 1967 |
| Zach Braff | American actor, director, scr… | 1975 |
| Claude Bragdon | American architect | 1866–1946 |
| Billy Bragg | English singer-songwriter and… | 1957 |
| Melvyn Bragg | British broadcaster and author | 1939 |
| William Henry Bragg | British scientist | 1862–1942 |
| Rémi Brague | French historian | 1947 |
| Ajahn Brahm | Buddhist monk | 1951 |
| Caryl Brahms | English critic, novelist, and… | 1901–1982 |
| Johannes Brahms | German composer and pianist | 1833–1897 |
| James Braid | Scottish surgeon, hypnotist, … | 1795–1860 |
| John Gardiner Calkins Brainard | American writer | 1795–1828 |
| Mary Gardiner Brainard | American poet | 1837–1905 |
| John Braine | English novelist | 1922–1986 |
| Valentino Braitenberg | Italian-Austrian neuroscienti… | 1926–2011 |
| Ernest Bramah | English author | 1868–1942 |
| Tom Bramble | Australian trade unionist | |
| Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton | British judge | 1817–1907 |
| Sally Brampton | British writer | 1955–2016 |
| James Bramston | British writer | 1694–1744 |
| Michelle Branch | American singer-songwriter an… | 1983 |
| Constantin Brâncuși | French-Romanian artist | 1876–1957 |
| Max Brand | American novelist, and short … | 1892–1944 |
| Russell Brand | British comedian, actor, and … | 1975 |
| Stewart Brand | American writer | 1938 |
| Dorothea Brande | American writer and editor | 1893–1948 |
| Louis Brandeis | American Supreme Court Justice | 1856–1941 |
| Nathaniel Branden | Canadian–American psychothera… | 1930–2014 |
| Georg Brandes | Danish literature critic and … | 1842–1927 |
| Marlon Brando | American screen and stage act… | 1924–2004 |
| Gyles Brandreth | British writer, broadcaster a… | 1948 |
| Karl Brandt | | |
| Willy Brandt | German social-democratic poli… | 1913–1992 |
| Buck Brannaman | Horse trainer | 1962 |
| Lewis M. Branscomb | physicist and science policy … | 1926 |
| Richard Branson | English business magnate, inv… | 1950 |
| Larry Brantley | American stand-up comedian | 1966 |
| Georges Braque | French painter and sculptor | 1882–1963 |
| Harpal Brar | British politician | 1939 |
| Tiffany Brar | Indian Social Activist | 1988 |
| Nuno Brás | Portuguese priest | 1963 |
| Giannina Braschi | Puerto Rican writer | 1953 |
| Ann Brashares | American children's writer | 1967 |
| Dave Brat | American economist and profes… | 1964 |
| Benjamin Bratt | American actor | 1963 |
| Nicolas Bratza | British judge | 1945 |
| Walther von Brauchitsch | German field marshal | 1881–1948 |
| Fernand Braudel | French historian and a leader… | 1902–1985 |
| Carol Moseley Braun | American politician and lawyer | 1947 |
| Lilian Jackson Braun | author | 1913–2011 |
| Wernher von Braun | German, later an American, ae… | 1912–1977 |
| Richard Brautigan | American novelist, poet, and … | 1935–1984 |
| Ysabella Brave | American singer | 1979 |
| Libba Bray | American teen writer | 1964 |
| Tim Bray | Canadian software developer | 1955 |
| T. Berry Brazelton | American pediatrician | 1918–2018 |
| Brendan Brazier | Canadian triathlete, publishe… | 1975 |
| Donna Brazile | American author, educator, an… | 1959 |
| Michel Bréal | French philologist | 1832–1915 |
| Berkeley Breathed | American cartoonist | 1957 |
| Catherine Bréchignac | French physicist | 1946 |
| Bertolt Brecht | German poet, playwright, thea… | 1898–1956 |
