| Jacques Bainville | French historian and journali… | 1879–1936 |
| Porphyrios Bairaktaris | Greek Saint | 1906–1991 |
| Diora Baird | American actress and model | 1983 |
| Per Bak | Danish physicist | 1948–2002 |
| Joel Bakan | Canadian writer, musician, fi… | 1959 |
| Sazaly Abu Bakar | researcher | |
| Carroll Baker | American actress | 1931 |
| Dee Bradley Baker | American voice actor | 1962 |
| Ella Baker | African-American civil rights… | 1903–1986 |
| General Baker | | 1941–2014 |
| Hannah Baker | Peerage person ID=568402 | |
| Jack Baker | Head of equities at Putnam Lo… | |
| James Baker | Former U.S. Secretary of State | 1930 |
| Kage Baker | American writer | 1952–2010 |
| Mitchell Baker | Chairwoman; former CEO | 1959 |
| Nicholson Baker | Novelist, essayist, non-ficti… | 1957 |
| Rick Baker | American special makeup effec… | 1950 |
| Russell Baker | writer and satirst from the U… | 1925–2019 |
| Stewart Baker | American lawyer | 1947 |
| Tom Baker | English actor | 1934 |
| Wheeler L. Baker | President of Hargrave Militar… | 1938 |
| Sarah Bakewell | English author and curator | 1963 |
| Josephine Bakhita | Italian saint and former slave | 1868–1947 |
| Lailee Bakhtiar | American writer | 1951 |
| Marjaneh Bakhtiari | | 1980 |
| Mikhail Bakhtin | Philosopher, scholar | 1895–1975 |
| E. Wight Bakke | American sociologist and econ… | 1903–1971 |
| Robert T. Bakker | American paleontologist | 1945 |
| R. Scott Bakker | Canadian writer | 1967 |
| Abu Bakr | First Muslim Caliph and a com… | 573–634 |
| Ralph Bakshi | Animator, filmmaker | 1938 |
| Mikhail Bakunin | Russian revolutionary, philos… | 1814–1876 |
| Anton Bal | Roman Catholic archbishop fro… | 1963 |
| Bala | Indian film director | 1966 |
| S. N. Balagangadhara | Indian philosopher | 1952 |
| M. Balamuralikrishna | Carnatic vocalist, instrument… | 1930–2016 |
| George Balanchine | Georgian choreographer, dance… | 1904–1983 |
| Balasaraswati | Indian dancer | 1918–1984 |
| Đorđe Balašević | Serbian songwriter | 1953 |
| Rene Balcer | screenwriter, producer and di… | 1954 |
| Michael Balcon | English Film producer | 1896–1977 |
| David Baldacci | American author | 1960 |
| Giovanni Baldelli | Anarchist theorist | 1914–1986 |
| Artur Balder | Spanish film director | 1974 |
| Filippo Baldinucci | Italian art historian | 1625–1697 |
| Alec Baldwin | American actor, writer, produ… | 1954 |
| James Baldwin | (1924-1987) writer from the U… | 1924–1987 |
| Roger Nash Baldwin | American Civil Liberties Unio… | 1884–1981 |
| Stanley Baldwin | Former Prime Minister of the … | 1867–1947 |
| Christian Bale | British actor | 1974 |
| Gregory Balestrero | American industrial engineer | 1947 |
| Lorne Balfe | British composer | 1976 |
| Arthur James Balfour | British Conservative politici… | 1848–1930 |
| Francis Maitland Balfour | British biologist | 1851–1882 |
| Hugo Ball | German author, poet and one o… | 1886–1927 |
| Jonathan Ball | British virologist | |
| Krystal Ball | American journalist | 1981 |
| Lucille Ball | American actress and business… | 1911–1989 |
| Margaret Ball | Lady Mayoress of Dublic and C… | 1515–1584 |
| Robert Stawell Ball | Irish astronomer | 1840–1913 |
| W. W. Rouse Ball | English mathematician | 1850–1925 |
| Giacomo Balla | Italian artist | 1871–1958 |
| J. G. Ballard | British writer | 1930–2009 |
| Blue Balliett | American children's' author | 1955 |
| Whitney Balliett | American jazz critic | 1926–2007 |
| Steve Ballmer | American businessman who was … | 1956 |
| Adin Ballou | American minister | 1803–1890 |
| Hosea Ballou | American Universalist ministe… | 1771–1852 |
| Mara Balls | Finnish musician | 1983 |
| Mary Balogh | Welsh-Canadian novelist | 1944 |
| Ramesh Balsekar | Indian guru | 1917–2009 |
| Jim Balsillie | Canadian businessman | 1961 |
| Hans Urs Von Balthasar | Swedish Catholic theologian | 1905–1988 |
| George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore | English politician and coloni… | 1578–1632 |
| Charles Daniel Balvo | American archbishop | 1951 |
| Dan Balz | American journalist | 1946 |
| Honoré de Balzac | French writer | 1799–1850 |
| Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac | French author, best known for… | 1597–1654 |
| Afrika Bambaataa | American DJ, record producer … | 1957 |
| Toni Cade Bambara | author, activist, professor | 1939–1995 |
| Jack Bamford | Recipient of the George Cross | 1937 |
| Maria Bamford | American actress and comedian | 1970 |
| Stefan Banach | Polish &Ukrainian mathematici… | 1892–1945 |
| Béla H. Bánáthy | Hungarian linguist and system… | 1919–2003 |
| Anne Bancroft | American actress | 1931–2005 |
| George Bancroft | American historian and states… | 1800–1891 |
| Hastings Banda | First president of Malawi | 1898–1997 |
| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | Sri Lankan politician | 1899–1959 |
| Manuel Bandeira | Brazilian writer | 1886–1968 |
| Stepan Bandera | Ukrainian anti-communist | 1909–1959 |
| Richard Bandler | American psychologist | 1950 |
| Albert Bandura | Canadian psychologist | 1925 |
| Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | Indian author in Bengali | 1894–1950 |
| Mamata Banerjee | Chief Minister of Indian stat… | 1955 |
| Abhay Bang | | |
| Mary Jo Bang | Poet | 1946 |
| Lu Banglie | Chinese activist | 1971 |
| Edward Bangs | | 1756–1818 |
| John Kendrick Bangs | American author, editor and s… | 1862–1922 |
| Lester Bangs | American music critic and jou… | 1948–1982 |
