| Anselme Bellegarrigue | French anarchist | 1813 |
| TY Bello | Nigerian singer | |
| Hilaire Belloc | writer | 1870–1953 |
| Saul Bellow | Canadian-born American writer | 1915–2005 |
| Monica Bellucci | Italian actress | 1964 |
| Jim Belushi | American actor, comedian, sin… | 1954 |
| John Belushi | American comedian, actor, and… | 1949–1982 |
| Richard Belzer | American actor and comedian | 1944 |
| Reinout Willem van Bemmelen | Dutch geologist | 1904–1983 |
| Mordechai Ben-Ari | Israeli computer scientist | 1948 |
| David Benatar | South African philosopher | 1966 |
| Peter Benchley | American author and screenwri… | 1940–2006 |
| Robert Benchley | American comedian | 1889–1945 |
| Julien Benda | French essayist | 1867–1956 |
| Aimee Bender | Novelist, short story writer | 1969 |
| Lauretta Bender | American neuropsychiatrist | 1897–1987 |
| Peter Urs Bender | | |
| Brian Michael Bendis | American comic book writer an… | 1967 |
| Mario Benedetti | Uruguayan journalist, novelis… | 1920–2009 |
| Paola Di Benedetto | Italian showgirl, model, tele… | 1995 |
| Paul K. Benedict | American anthropologist, ment… | 1912–1997 |
| Ruth Benedict | American anthropologist and f… | 1887–1948 |
| Guðmundur Benediktsson | Icelandic footballer and spor… | 1974 |
| Peter Benenson | English human rights activist | 1921–2005 |
| Leslie Z. Benet | American pharmaceutical scien… | 1937 |
| Stephen Vincent Benét | poet, short story writer, nov… | 1898–1943 |
| Gregory Benford | Science fiction author and as… | 1941 |
| Elizabeth Benger | British writer | 1775–1827 |
| David Ben-Gurion | Israeli politician, Zionist l… | 1886–1973 |
| Annette Bening | American actress | 1958 |
| David Benioff | writer | 1970 |
| Marc Benioff | American businessman | 1964 |
| Mario Abdo Benítez | 51.° President of Paraguay | 1971 |
| Rafael Benítez | Spanish association football … | 1960 |
| Georges C. Benjamin | american public health offici… | 1952 |
| Judah P. Benjamin | American politician and lawyer | 1811–1884 |
| Medea Benjamin | American political activist a… | 1952 |
| Walter Benjamin | German literary critic, philo… | 1892–1940 |
| Ernst Benkard | | |
| Richard Benkin | American journalist | |
| Gottfried Benn | German novelist, poet | 1886–1956 |
| Nigel Benn | British boxer | 1964 |
| Tony Benn | British Labour Party politici… | 1925–2014 |
| Gerrit Benner | Dutch painter | 1897–1981 |
| Alan Bennett | English actor, author | 1934 |
| Arnold Bennett | English novelist | 1867–1931 |
| Belinda Bennett | cruise ship captain from Sain… | |
| Billy Bennett | British comedian | 1887–1942 |
| Bruce Bennett | actor | 1906–2007 |
| Joan Bennett | American actress | 1910–1990 |
| John G. Bennett | British mathematician and aut… | 1897–1974 |
| Naftali Bennett | Prime Minister of Israel | 1972 |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | English composer and pianist | 1936–2012 |
| Tony Bennett | American singer | 1926 |
| William J. Bennett | American politician | 1943 |
| Henry L. Benning | Confederate Army general | 1814–1875 |
| Chester Bennington | American singer-songwriter | 1976–2017 |
| Warren Bennis | American leadership expert | 1925–2014 |
| Jack Benny | comedian, vaudeville performe… | 1894–1974 |
| Isaac de Benserade | French writer | 1613–1691 |
| Tal Ben-Shahar | American psychologist | 1970 |
| A. C. Benson | English essayist, poet, autho… | 1862–1925 |
| Amber Benson | actress from the United States | 1977 |
| E. F. Benson | novelist | 1867–1940 |
| Ezra Taft Benson | President of The Church of Je… | 1899–1994 |
| George Benson | American musician | 1943 |
| Jodi Benson | American voice actress, actre… | 1961 |
| Lee Benson | American journalist | |
| Jeremy Bentham | British philosopher, jurist, … | 1748–1832 |
| Edmund Clerihew Bentley | British writer | 1875–1956 |
| Richard Bentley | English classical scholar and… | 1662–1742 |
| Toni Bentley | Australian writer | 1958 |
| Jim Benton | | |
| Lloyd Bentsen | American politician | 1921–2006 |
| Cliff Bentz | American politician | 1952 |
| Craig Benzine | Filmmaker, comedian, presenter | 1980 |
| Pierre-Jean de Béranger | French poet and chansonnier | 1780–1857 |
| Edward V. Berard | | |
| James Berardinelli | American film critic | 1967 |
| John Bercow | British politician and Speake… | 1963 |
| Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov | president of Turkmenistan | 1957 |
| Nikolai Berdyaev | Russian philosopher | 1874–1948 |
| John Berendt | American writer | 1939 |
| Bernard Berenson | American art critic | 1865–1959 |
| Lord Charles Beresford | Royal Navy admiral | 1846–1919 |
| Boris Berezovsky | Russian mathematician | 1946–2013 |
| Alban Berg | Austrian composer | 1885–1935 |
| David Berg | Children of God founder | 1919–1994 |
| Elizabeth Berg | American novelist | 1948 |
| Moe Berg | baseball player, spy | 1902–1972 |
| Stephen Jay Berg | Fifth bishop of the Roman Cat… | 1951 |
| Yehuda Berg | American writer | 1972 |
| Mirco Bergamasco | Italian rugby union player | 1983 |
| Bowe Bergdahl | American soldier captured by … | 1986 |
| Edgar Bergen | American actor, radio perform… | 1903–1978 |
| John Berger | British painter, writer and a… | 1926–2017 |
| Peter L. Berger | Austrian-born American sociol… | 1929–2017 |
| Ric Berger | Swiss professor of design, de… | 1894–1984 |
| Sandy Berger | US National Security Advisor | 1945–2015 |
| Thomas Berger | German writer | 1952 |
