| Rabia Basri | Muslim saint and Sufi mystic | |
| Ellen Bass | American writer | 1947 |
| Jules Bass | American composer and filmmak… | 1935–2022 |
| Kyle Bass | businessperson | 1969 |
| Saul Bass | American graphic designer and… | 1920–1996 |
| Franco Bassani | Italian physicist | 1929–2008 |
| Basshunter | Swedish singer, record produc… | 1984 |
| Robert Bassili | | 1972 |
| Bayazid Bastami | Persian Sufi mystic | 804–846 |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard | American rapper | 1968–2004 |
| Thomas Bastard | | |
| Frédéric Bastiat | French classical liberal theo… | 1801–1850 |
| Tomáš Baťa | Czech businessman | 1876–1932 |
| Georges Bataille | French intellectual and liter… | 1897–1962 |
| Mario Batali | American chef, writer, restau… | 1960 |
| Shiv Kumar Batalvi | Indian poet | 1936–1973 |
| Brian Bates | British academic | 1944 |
| Marston Bates | American entomologist | 1906–1974 |
| Gregory Bateson | English anthropologist, socia… | 1904–1980 |
| Mary Catherine Bateson | American anthropologist | 1939 |
| Thomas Bateson | | |
| William Bateson | British geneticist and biolog… | 1861–1926 |
| Elizabeth Bath | English poet | 1776–1844 |
| William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath | English politician | 1684–1764 |
| Andy Bathgate | Canadian ice hockey player | 1932–2016 |
| Kamal Hanna Bathish | Israeli-Arab Roman Catholic b… | 1931 |
| Gabriel Batistuta | Argentine association footbal… | 1969 |
| Dinanath Batra | Indian school teacher | 1930 |
| Ramón Calderón Batres | Mexican Roman Catholic bishop | 1938 |
| Gregory Battcock | | 1937–1980 |
| John Battelle | American writer | 1965 |
| Cyia Batten | American actress | 1972 |
| Gerard Batten | British politician | 1954 |
| Mark Batterson | American pastor and writer | 1969 |
| Franco Battiato | Italian singer-songwriter, co… | 1945 |
| Ibn Battuta | Moroccan explorer | 1304–1377 |
| Jean-Dominique Bauby | French journalist, author and… | 1952–1997 |
| Frank Baude | Swedish politician | 1936 |
| Charles Baudelaire | French poet | 1821–1867 |
| Thierry Baudet | Dutch writer and jurist | 1983 |
| Charles Baudouin | French-Swiss psychoanalyst | 1893–1963 |
| Jean Baudrillard | French sociologist and philos… | 1929–2007 |
| Bruno Bauer | German philosopher and histor… | 1809–1882 |
| Friedrich Bauer | German computer scientist | 1924–2015 |
| Marion Bauer | American composer | 1882–1955 |
| Yehuda Bauer | Israeli historian of the Holo… | 1926 |
| L. Frank Baum | Children's writer, editor, jo… | 1856–1919 |
| Neil Bauman | | 1951 |
| Zygmunt Bauman | Polish philosopher and sociol… | 1925–2017 |
| Philippe Baumard | French academic | 1968 |
| Felix Baumgartner | Austrian skydiver, daredevil … | 1969 |
| William J. Baumol | American economist | 1922–2017 |
| Dotsie Bausch | cyclist | 1973 |
| Dave Bautista | American actor and profession… | 1969 |
| Michel Bauwens | | |
| Timoci Bavadra | Fijian politician | 1934–1989 |
| Ernest Belfort Bax | British barrister and journal… | 1854–1926 |
| Anne Baxter | American actress | 1923–1985 |
| Charles Baxter | | |
| J. Sidlow Baxter | Australian theologian | 1903–1999 |
| Richard Baxter | English Puritan church leader… | 1615–1691 |
| Stephen Baxter | author | 1957 |
| James Bay | British singer-songwriter | 1990 |
| Pierre Bayle | French philosopher and writer | 1647–1706 |
| Trevor Baylis | English inventor | 1937–2018 |
| Thomas Haynes Bayly | English poet, songwriter, dra… | 1797–1839 |
| Pauline Baynes | English illustrator of childr… | 1922–2008 |
| Frédéric Bazille | French painter | 1841–1870 |
| André Bazin | French film critic | 1918–1958 |
| William Baziotes | American painter | 1912–1963 |
| Layne Beachley | Australian surfer | 1972 |
| George Beadle | | |
| Peter S. Beagle | American writer | 1939 |
| Ishmael Beah | Sierra Leone writer | 1980 |
| Frances M. Beal | American activist | 1940 |
| Jennifer Beals | American actress and a former… | 1963 |
| Henry Hamilton Beamish | British antisemite (1873-1948) | 1873–1948 |
| Alan Bean | American astronaut and painter | 1932–2018 |
| Elizabeth Bear | American novelist | 1971 |
| Greg Bear | American writer best known fo… | 1951 |
| Hollow Horn Bear | 19th century Lakota chief and… | 1850–1913 |
| Charles A. Beard | American historian | 1874–1948 |
| Henry N. Beard | American writer, co-founder a… | 1945 |
| James Beard | American chef | 1903–1985 |
| Mary Beard | English classicist | 1955 |
| Peter Beard | American photographer and wri… | 1938–2020 |
| Aubrey Beardsley | English illustrator and author | 1872–1898 |
| David Beasley | 113th Governor of South Carol… | 1957 |
| Ann Beattie | Short story writer, novelist,… | 1947 |
| James Beattie | Scottish poet, moralist and p… | 1735–1803 |
| Melody Beattie | American writer | 1948 |
| Peter Beattie | 36th Premier of Queensland | 1952 |
| Bob Beatty | American-football player (195… | 1955 |
| David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty | Royal Navy officer | 1871–1936 |
| Paul Beatty | American writer | 1962 |
| Pierre Beaumarchais | French playwright diplomat an… | 1732–1799 |
| Francis Beaumont | British dramatist | 1584–1616 |
| Simone de Beauvoir | French writer, intellectual, … | 1908–1986 |
| Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Anglo-Canadian business tycoo… | 1879–1964 |
| Eli Bebout | American politician and busin… | 1946 |
