| George Brecht | American artist and composer | 1926–2008 |
| Rutger Bregman | Dutch journalist, writer and … | 1988 |
| Andrew Breitbart | American writer and publisher | 1969–2012 |
| George Hendrik Breitner | Dutch painter and photographer | 1857–1923 |
| Anders Behring Breivik | Norwegian mass murderer | 1979 |
| Jacques Brel | Belgian singer-songwriter | 1929–1978 |
| Ian Bremmer | American political scientist | 1969 |
| Rory Bremner | British comedian | 1961 |
| Alfred Brendel | Austrian pianist, poet, and a… | 1931 |
| Nicholas Brendon | actor | 1971 |
| Marco Brenna | researcher, ORCID id # 0000-0… | |
| Herbie Brennan | Irish Author | 1940 |
| Jason Brennan | philosopher | 1979 |
| John O. Brennan | 7th Director of the Central I… | 1955 |
| William J. Brennan | American judge | 1906–1997 |
| Marie Brenner | About someone's LIFE and Hers | 1949 |
| Sydney Brenner | South African biologist, Nobe… | 1927–2019 |
| Alan Brennert | American writer | 1954 |
| Brennus | Gaulish chieftain | |
| Franz Brentano | Austrian philosopher | 1838–1917 |
| Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford | British economist and academic | 1946 |
| Jane Brereton | Welsh writer (b. Flintshire 1… | 1685–1740 |
| Jimmy Breslin | American journalist and author | 1928–2017 |
| Nachman of Breslov | Ukrainian rabbi | 1772–1810 |
| Robert Bresson | French film director | 1901–1999 |
| André Breton | French writer | 1896–1966 |
| Jeremy Brett | English actor | 1933–1995 |
| Jim Breuer | American actor and comedian | 1967 |
| Ashleigh Brewer | Australian actress | 1990 |
| Zac Brewer | American writer | 1973 |
| Benjamin Brewster | American businessman | 1828–1897 |
| David Brewster | British astronomer and mathem… | 1781–1868 |
| Leonid Brezhnev | General Secretary of the Comm… | 1906–1982 |
| Dara Ó Briain | Irish comedian and television… | 1972 |
| Henri Alexis Brialmont | Belgian military engineer and… | 1821–1903 |
| Fanny Brice | American actress, singer and … | 1891–1951 |
| Edie Brickell | singer from the United States | 1966 |
| Lesley Bricusse | English composer, lyricist an… | 1931 |
| Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges | British civil servant | 1892–1969 |
| Jeff Bridges | American actor, singer-songwr… | 1949 |
| Jerry Bridges | American writer | 1929–2016 |
| Robert Seymour Bridges | British writer | 1844–1930 |
| James Bridie | Scottish playwright, screenwr… | 1888–1951 |
| Joe Bob Briggs | American film critic, writer,… | 1953 |
| Matthew C. Briggs | | |
| Patricia Briggs | American writer | 1965 |
| John Bright | British Radical and Liberal s… | 1811–1889 |
| Susie Bright | American writer and feminist | 1958 |
| Sarah Brightman | British soprano, musical thea… | 1960 |
| Marcus Brigstocke | comedian | 1973 |
| Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin | French lawyer, politician and… | 1755–1826 |
| Ashleigh Brilliant | American author and cartoonist | 1933 |
| Léon Brillouin | French physicist | 1889–1969 |
| Nick Brimble | British actor | 1944 |
| Peter Brimelow | American journalist | 1947 |
| David Brin | novelist, short story writer | 1950 |
| Sergey Brin | President of Alphabet Inc. | 1973 |
| Robert Bringhurst | Canadian writer and typograph… | 1946 |
| Carol Ryrie Brink | American children's writer | 1895–1981 |
| Christie Brinkley | American model | 1954 |
| David Brinkley | American journalist | 1920–2003 |
| Jacques Pierre Brissot | French revolutionary | 1754–1793 |
| Gwen Bristow | American author and journalist | 1903–1980 |
| Anne of Great Britain | queen of England, queen of Sc… | 1665–1714 |
| George II of Great Britain | British monarch | 1683–1760 |
| Kristen Britain | American writer | 1965 |
| Poppy Z. Brite | Novelist, short story writer,… | 1967 |
| Vera Brittain | English writer | 1893–1970 |
| Morgan Brittany | American actress | 1951 |
| Benjamin Britten | English composer, conductor, … | 1913–1976 |
| Fausto Brizzi | Italian film director, screen… | 1968 |
| Ana Brnabić | Prime Minister of Serbia | 1975 |
| Elise Broach | American writer | 1963 |
| C. D. Broad | English philosopher | 1887–1971 |
| Juanita Broaddrick | American nursing home adminis… | 1942 |
| John Albert Broadus | American pastor and theologian | 1827–1895 |
| Hermann Broch | austrian writer | 1886–1951 |
| Suzanne Brockmann | American writer | 1960 |
| Kevin Brockmeier | writer | 1972 |
| Connie Brockway | American writer | 1954 |
| Max Brod | author, composer, and journal… | 1884–1968 |
| David S. Broder | American Pulitzer Prize-winni… | 1929–2011 |
| Matthew Broderick | American film, stage and voic… | 1962 |
| Bernard Brodie | American nuclear strategist | 1910–1978 |
| Fawn M. Brodie | American historian and biogra… | 1915–1981 |
| Joseph Brodsky | Russian and American poet and… | 1940–1996 |
| Jane E. Brody | American writer | 1941 |
| Louis de Broglie | French physicist | 1892–1987 |
| Tom Brokaw | Television journalist | 1940 |
| Louis Bromfield | American author and conservat… | 1896–1956 |
| Isaac H. Bromley | American newspaper editor | 1833–1899 |
| Jacob Bronowski | Polish-born British mathemati… | 1908–1974 |
| Po Bronson | American writer | 1964 |
| Anne Brontë | British novelist and poet | 1820–1849 |
| Branwell Brontë | British artist | 1817–1848 |
| Charlotte Brontë | English novelist and poet | 1816–1855 |
| Emily Brontë | English novelist and poet | 1818–1848 |
| Meljean Brook | | 1977 |
| Peter Brook | English theatre and film dire… | 1925 |
| Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke | English politician | 1554–1628 |
