| Warren Berger | American writer | 1958 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | French novelist, dramatist, s… | 1619–1655 |
| Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey | Franco-Spanish actress | 1986 |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Dutch footballer | 1969 |
| Richard Bergland | neuroscientist | |
| Ingmar Bergman | Swedish filmmaker | 1918–2007 |
| Ingrid Bergman | Film actress from Sweden | 1915–1982 |
| Henri Bergson | French philosopher | 1859–1941 |
| Lavrentiy Beria | Georgian Soviet NKVD police c… | 1899–1953 |
| Luciano Berio | Italian composer | 1925–2003 |
| George Berkeley | Anglo-Irish philosopher | 1685–1753 |
| Elizabeth Berkley | American actress | 1972 |
| Alexander Berkman | anarchist and writer | 1870–1936 |
| Steven Berkoff | English actor, playwright, au… | 1937 |
| Martin Berkofsky | American classical pianist | 1943–2013 |
| Eyal Berkovic | Israeli footballer and manager | 1972 |
| Adolf A. Berle | American diplomat | 1895–1971 |
| Milton Berle | American comedian and actor | 1908–2002 |
| Arnold Berleant | American philosopher | 1932 |
| Chip Berlet | American political analyst | 1949 |
| Irving Berlin | American composer | 1888–1989 |
| Isaiah Berlin | Russo-British Jewish social a… | 1909–1997 |
| Lucia Berlin | American writer | 1936–2004 |
| Jacques Berlinerblau | Associate Professor, Director… | 1966 |
| Hector Berlioz | French Romantic composer | 1803–1869 |
| Silvio Berlusconi | Italian politician | 1936 |
| Boris Berman | Russian/American musician | 1948 |
| Chris Berman | American sportscaster | 1955 |
| Morris Berman | American historian | 1944 |
| Russell Berman | American academic | 1950 |
| Dan Bern | American musician | 1965 |
| Folke Bernadotte | Swedish diplomat | 1895–1948 |
| John Desmond Bernal | British scientist | 1901–1971 |
| Ben Bernanke | American economist | 1953 |
| Georges Bernanos | French writer | 1888–1948 |
| Claude Bernard | French physiologist | 1813–1878 |
| Jeffrey Bernard | British journalist | 1932–1997 |
| Eitan Bernath | American entertainer and chef | 2002 |
| Edward Bernays | American public relations con… | 1891–1995 |
| Paul Bernays | Swiss mathematician | 1888–1977 |
| Eric Berne | Canadian psychiatrist | 1910–1970 |
| Tim Berners-Lee | British computer scientist, i… | 1955 |
| Sandra Bernhard | American actress | 1955 |
| Thomas Bernhard | Austrian writer | 1931–1989 |
| Sarah Bernhardt | French actress | 1844–1923 |
| Francesco Berni | Italian poet | 1497–1535 |
| François Bernier | French physician and traveller | 1620–1688 |
| Maxime Bernier | Canadian politician | 1963 |
| Louis De Bernières | English novelist | 1954 |
| François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis | Catholic cardinal | 1715–1794 |
| Daniel Bernoulli | | |
| Jacob Bernoulli | Swiss mathematician | 1655–1705 |
| Andrew Bernstein | American philosopher | 1949 |
| Carl Bernstein | American journalist | 1944 |
| Charles Bernstein | American writer | 1950 |
| Daniel J. Bernstein | American mathematician, crypt… | 1971 |
| Eduard Bernstein | German politician | 1850–1932 |
| Jared Bernstein | American economist | 1955 |
| Jeremy Bernstein | American physicist | 1929 |
| Leonard Bernstein | American composer, conductor,… | 1918–1990 |
| Peter L. Bernstein | American academic | 1919–2009 |
| William J. Bernstein | economist | 1948 |
| Peter Bernus | Hungarian-Australian computer… | 1949 |
| Petar Beron | | |
| Yogi Berra | American baseball player, man… | 1925–2015 |
| John Berridge | British priest | 1716–1793 |
| Daniel Berrigan | American Catholic priest, pea… | 1921–2016 |
| Philip Berrigan | Priest and anti-war activist | 1923–2002 |
| Chuck Berry | American rock-and-roll musici… | 1926–2017 |
| Halle Berry | American actress | 1966 |
| Paul Berry | North Ireland politician | 1976 |
| Rynn Berry | American historian of vegetar… | 1945–2014 |
| Scyld Berry | English cricket journalist | 1954 |
| Siân Berry | British politician | 1974 |
| Steve Berry | | |
| Thomas Berry | American priest | 1914–2009 |
| Wendell Berry | author | 1934 |
| Guy Berryman | bassist | 1978 |
| John Berryman | American poet | 1914–1972 |
| Ludwig von Bertalanffy | austrian biologist and philos… | 1901–1972 |
| Marcellin Berthelot | French chemist and politician | 1827–1907 |
| Jacques Bertin | French geographer and cartogr… | 1918–2010 |
| Leon Bertoletti | | 1971 |
| Jöns Jacob Berzelius | Swedish chemist | 1779–1848 |
| Betty Berzon | American psychotherapist | 1928–2006 |
| Annie Besant | British socialist, theosophis… | 1847–1933 |
| Walter Besant | English novelist and historian | 1836–1901 |
| Timothee Besset | French software programmer | |
| André Bessette | Canadian Catholic brother and… | 1845–1937 |
| Luc Besson | French film director, writer,… | 1959 |
| George Best | British footballer | 1946–2005 |
| Steven Best | American activist | 1955 |
| Alfred Bester | American science fiction auth… | 1913–1987 |
| Henry Beston | American writer | 1888–1968 |
| Fridolin Ambongo Besungu | Congolese theologian and cath… | 1960 |
| Íngrid Betancourt | Colombian-French politician | 1961 |
| Andre Beteille | Indian sociologist | 1934 |
| Hans Bethe | German-American nuclear physi… | 1906–2005 |
| Antoine Bethea | American football player, def… | 1984 |
| Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg | German chancellor during Worl… | 1856–1921 |
