Authors: B
882 writers whose surname begins with B, sorted by surname.
Most-read authors under B
Holly Black
Children's books, born 1971
Enid Blyton
Children's books, 1897–1968
Leigh Bardugo
Fantasy, born 1975
Dan Brown
Literary fiction, born 1964
Sandra Brown
Romance, born 1948
Judy Blume
Children's books, born 1938
Emily Brontë
Literary fiction, 1818–1848
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Children's books, born 1983
Ray Bradbury
Science fiction, 1920–2012
L. Frank Baum
Children's books, 1856–1919
David Baldacci
Thrillers, born 1960
Bill Bryson
Travel, born 1951
All 882 authors under B
- Bâ, Amadou Hampâté 1900–1991
- Bâ, Mariama 1929–1981
- Bab, ʻAli Muhammad Shirazi 1819–1850
- Babbage, Charles 1791–1871
- Babbitt, Irving 1865–1933
- Babbitt, Natalie 1932–2016
- Babel, Isaac 1894–1940
- Babelon, Ernest 1854–1924
- Babeuf, François-Noël 1760–1797
- Babits, Mihály 1883–1941
- Babrius 200–300
- Babur, Emperor of Hindustan 1483–1531
- Bacall, Lauren 1924–2014
- Bacchelli, Riccardo 1891–1985
- Bacchylides 515 BC–450 BC
- Bach, Richard born 1936
- Bachchan, Harivansh Rai 1907–2003
- Bachelard, Gaston 1884–1962
- Bachmann, Ingeborg 1926–1973
- Bachofen, Johann Jakob 1815–1887
- Bacigalupi, Paolo born 1972
- Backman, Fredrik born 1981
- Bacon, Delia Salter 1811–1859
- Bacon, Francis 1561–1626
- Bacon, Roger 1220–1292
- Baczyński, Krzysztof Kamil 1921–1944
- Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron 1857–1941
- Baden-Powell, Agnes 1858–1945
- Badinter, Élisabeth born 1944
- Badinter, Robert 1928–2024
- Badiou, Alain born 1937
- Badu, Erykah born 1971
- Bagehot, Walter 1826–1877
- Baghy, Julio 1891–1967
- Bagritsky, Eduard 1895–1934
- Bagryana, Elisaveta 1893–1991
- Bagshawe, Tilly born 1973
- Bahá'u'lláh 1817–1892
- Bahadur, Guru Tegh 1621–1675
- Bahar, Mohammad-Taqi 1886–1951
- Bahdanovich, Maksim 1891–1917
- Bahr, Hermann 1863–1934
- Bailey, Alice 1880–1949
- Bailey, Florence Merriam 1863–1948
- Bailey, L. H. 1858–1954
- Bailey, Pearl 1918–1990
- Bailey, Tessa born 1984
- Bailly, Jean Sylvain 1736–1793
- Baily, Francis 1774–1844
- Bain, Alexander 1818–1903
- Bainbridge, Beryl 1932–2010
- Baines, Thomas 1820–1875
- Baird, Jacqueline born 1953
- Baird, John Logie 1888–1946
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823–1887
- Baishi, Qi 1864–1957
- Bajer, Fredrik 1837–1922
- Baker, Josephine 1906–1975
- Baker, Samuel White, Sir 1821–1893
- Bakhtin, Mikhail 1895–1975
- Bâkî 1526–1600
- Bakikhanov, Abbasgulu 1794–1847
- Bakin, Takizawa 1767–1848
- Bakker, Robert T. born 1945
- Bakshi, Ralph born 1938
- Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich 1814–1876
- Balabanoff, Angelica 1877–1965
- Balaguer, Joaquín 1906–2002
- Balasko, Josiane born 1950
- Balassi, Bálint 1554–1594
- Balázs, Béla 1884–1949
- Balbo, Cesare 1789–1853
- Balch, Emily Greene 1867–1961
- Bald, Charles the 823–877
- Baldacci, David born 1960
- Balder, Artur born 1984
- Baldwin, Alec born 1958
- Baldwin, James 1924–1987
- Baldwin, James Mark 1861–1934
- Balewa, Abubakar Tafawa 1912–1966
- Balfour, Arthur 1848–1930
- Balfour, Francis M. 1851–1882
- Ball, Hugo 1886–1927
- Ball, John 1818–1889
- Ball, Robert S. 1840–1913
- Ball, W. W. Rouse 1850–1925
- Ballantyne, R. M. 1825–1894
- Ballard, J. G. 1930–2009
- Ballester, Gonzalo Torrente 1910–1999
- Balmes, Jaime Luciano 1810–1848
- Balmont, Konstantin 1867–1942
- Balogh, Mary born 1944
- Balzac, Honoré de 1799–1850
- Bāṇa 585–650
- Banchieri, Adriano 1568–1634
- Bancroft, George 1800–1891
- Bandello, Matteo 1485–1561
- Bandyopadhyay, Bibhutibhushan 1894–1950
- Bang, Herman 1857–1912
- Banine 1905–1992
- Banks, Iain 1954–2013
- Banks, Lynne Reid 1929–2024
- Banks, Maya born 1964
- Banksy born 1973
- Bannerman, Helen 1862–1946
- Bannon, Ann born 1932
- Banting, Frederick 1891–1941
- Banville, John born 1945
- Baradulin, Ryhor 1935–2014
- Baraka, Amiri 1934–2014
- Baranauskas, Antanas 1835–1902
- Baratashvili, Nikoloz 1817–1845
- Baratynsky, Yevgeny 1800–1844
- Barbara 1930–1997
- Barbauld, Mrs. 1743–1825
- Barbery, Muriel born 1969
- Barbier, Auguste 1805–1882
- Barbier, Jules 1825–1901
- Barbour, John 1316–1395
- Barbusse, Henri 1873–1935
- Bardaisan 154–222
- Bardot, Brigitte 1934–2025
- Bardugo, Leigh born 1975
- Barelvi, Ahmed Raza Khan 1856–1921
- Barère, Bertrand 1755–1841
- Barfield, Owen 1898–1997
- Bargeld, Blixa born 1959
- Barhebraeus 1226–1286
- Baricco, Alessandro born 1958
- Baring-Gould, S. 1834–1924
- Baring, Maurice 1874–1945
- Barjavel, René 1911–1985
- Barker, Clive born 1952
- Barker, Pat born 1943
- Barkley, Charles born 1963
- Barks, Carl 1901–2000
- Barlach, Ernst 1870–1938
- Barleti, Marin 1450–1513
- Barlow, Joel 1754–1812
- Barlow, John Perry 1947–2018
- Barnard, Christiaan 1922–2001
- Barnes, Djuna 1892–1982
- Barnes, Jennifer Lynn born 1983
- Barnes, Julian born 1946
- Barnes, William 1801–1886
- Barnett, Mac born 1982
- Barney, Natalie Clifford 1876–1972
- Barnhill, Kelly born 1973
- Barnum, P. T. 1810–1891
- Baroja, Pío 1872–1956
- Baronet, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st 1810–1895
- Baronius, Caesar 1538–1607
- Barrault, Jean-Louis 1910–1994
- Barrès, Maurice 1862–1923
- Barrie, J. M. 1860–1937
- Barrio, Diego Martínez 1883–1962
- Barrow, Isaac 1630–1677
- Barrow, John D. 1952–2020
- Barrow, John, Sir 1764–1848
- Barrowman, John born 1967
- Barrows, Annie born 1962
- Barry, Dave born 1947
- Barrymore, Drew born 1975
- Barrymore, John 1882–1942
- Barth, Heinrich 1821–1865
- Barth, John 1930–2024
- Barth, Karl 1886–1968
- Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques 1716–1795
- Barthelme, Donald 1931–1989
- Barthes, Roland 1915–1980
- Bartholin, Rasmus 1625–1698
- Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century 1203–1272
- Barthou, Louis 1862–1934
- Bartlett, Steven born 1992
- Barto, Agniya 1901–1981
- Bartol, Vladimir 1903–1967
- Bartoletti, Susan Campbell born 1958
- Barton, Clara 1821–1912
- Bartram, William 1739–1823
- Baruch, Bernard 1870–1965
- Basanavičius, Jonas 1851–1927
- Bascom, Florence 1862–1945
- Basedow, Johann Bernhard 1724–1790
- Baselitz, Georg 1938–2026
- Bashkirtseff, Marie 1860–1884
- Bashō, Matsuo 1644–1694
- Basile, Giambattista 1566–1632
- Basilius Valentinus 1394–1450
- Basra, Al-Hariri of 1054–1122
- Bass, George 1771–1803
- Bass, Ronald born 1942
- Bassani, Giorgio 1916–2000
- Bastian, Adolf 1826–1905
- Bastiat, Frédéric 1801–1850
- Bataille, Georges 1897–1962
- Batalov, Aleksey 1928–2017
- Bates, Henry Walter 1825–1892
- Bates, Joseph 1792–1872
- Bates, Katharine Lee 1859–1929
- Bateson, Gregory 1904–1980
- Bateson, William 1861–1926
- Bath, Adelard of 1075–1160
- Battenberg, Prince Louis of 1854–1921
- Battuta, Ibn 1304–1368
- Batyushkov, Konstantin 1787–1855
- Bauby, Jean-Dominique 1952–1997
- Baudelaire, Charles 1821–1867
- Baudrillard, Jean 1929–2007
- Bauer, Bruno 1809–1882
- Bauer, Otto 1881–1938
- Bauer, Yehuda 1926–2024
- Baum, L. Frank 1856–1919
- Baum, Vicki 1888–1960
- Bauman, Zygmunt 1925–2017
- Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb 1714–1762
- Baur, Ferdinand Christian 1792–1860
- Bautista, Lualhati 1945–2023
- Bava, Mario 1914–1980
- Bavaria, Ludwig I of 1786–1868
- Bax, Arnold 1883–1953
- Bax, Ernest Belfort 1854–1926
- Baxter, Richard 1615–1691
- Baxter, Stephen born 1957
- Bayezid, Şehzade 1525–1561
- Bayle, Pierre 1647–1706
- Bazhan, Mykola 1904–1983
- Bazhov, Pavel 1879–1950
- Bazin, André 1918–1958
- Bazin, Hervé 1911–1996
- Bazin, René 1853–1932
- Bazterrica, Agustina born 1974
- Beach, Rex 1877–1949
- Beagle, Peter S. born 1939
- Beah, Ishmael born 1980
- Beal, W. J. 1833–1924
- Beale, Dorothea 1831–1906
- Bear, Elizabeth born 1971
- Bear, Greg 1951–2022
- Beard, Charles A. 1874–1948
- Beard, Mary Ritter 1876–1958
- Beardsley, Aubrey 1872–1898
- Beattie, James 1735–1803
- Beattie, Melody 1948–2025
- Beatty, Paul born 1962
- Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de 1732–1799
- Beaumont, Charles 1929–1967
- Beaumont, Francis 1584–1616
- Beauregard, P. G. T. 1818–1893
- Beauvais, Vincent of 1190–1267
- Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron 1879–1964
- Bebel, August 1840–1913
- Bechdel, Alison born 1960
- Becher, Johannes R. 1891–1958
- Bechstein, Johann Matthäus 1757–1822
- Beck, Glenn born 1967
- Beck, Kent born 1961
- Beck, Ludwig 1880–1944
- Becker, Ernest 1924–1974
- Becker, Jurek 1937–1997
- Beckett, Samuel 1906–1989
- Beckford, William 1760–1844
- Beckmann, Johann 1739–1811
- Beckmann, Max 1884–1950
- Beckwith, Martha Warren 1871–1959
- Becque, Henry 1837–1899
- Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo 1836–1870
- Bede, the Venerable, Saint 672–735
- Bédier, Joseph 1864–1938
- Bedny, Demyan 1883–1945
- Bee, Samantha born 1969
- Beebe, William 1877–1962
- Beecher, Catharine Esther 1800–1878
- Beecher, Henry Ward 1813–1887
- Beer, Max 1864–1943
- Beerbohm, Max, Sir 1872–1956
- Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770–1827
- Beeton, Mrs. 1836–1865
- Beevor, Antony born 1946
- Begum, Gulbadan 1524–1603
- Behan, Brendan 1923–1964
- Behe, Michael born 1952
- Beheshti, Mohammad 1928–1981
- Behn, Aphra 1640–1689
- Behn, Ari 1972–2019
- Beigbeder, Frédéric born 1965
- Béjart, Maurice 1927–2007
- Belfort, Jordan born 1962
- Belgiojoso, Cristina Trivulzio 1808–1871
- Belgium, Princess Stéphanie of 1864–1945
- Belgrano, Manuel 1770–1820
- Belinsky, Vissarion 1811–1848
- Bell, Charles 1774–1842
- Bell, Clive 1881–1964
- Bell, Daniel 1919–2011
- Bell, Eric Temple 1883–1960
- Bell, Gertrude Lowthian 1868–1926
- Bell, Joseph 1837–1911
- Bell, Tobin born 1942
- Bellamy, Edward 1850–1898
- Bellarmine, Robert 1542–1621
- Belli, Gioconda born 1948
- Belli, Giuseppe Gioachino 1791–1863
- Bellman, Carl Michael 1740–1795
- Bello, Andrés 1781–1865
- Belloc, Hilaire 1870–1953
- Bellow, Saul 1915–2005
- Belon, Pierre 1517–1564
- Bely, Andrei 1880–1934
- Belyaev, Alexander 1884–1942
- Belzoni, Giovanni 1778–1823
- Bembo, Pietro 1470–1547
- Bemelmans, Ludwig 1898–1962
- Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer 1858–1922
- Ben-Zvi, Yitzhak 1884–1963
- Benavent, Elísabet born 1984
- Benavente, Jacinto 1866–1954
- Benchley, Peter 1940–2006
- Benchley, Robert 1889–1945
- Benda, Julien 1867–1956
- Bendis, Brian Michael born 1967
- Beneden, P. J. van 1809–1894
- Benedetti, Mario 1920–2009
- Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino 480–547
- Benedictsson, Victoria 1850–1888
- Beneš, Edvard 1884–1948
- Benét, Stephen Vincent 1898–1943
- Benford, Gregory born 1941
- Bengtsson, Frans G. 1894–1954
- Benioff, David born 1970
- Benjamin, Judah P. 1811–1884
- Benjamin, of Tudela, active 12th century 1130–1174
- Benjamin, Walter 1892–1940
- Benn, Gottfried 1886–1956
- Benn, Tony 1925–2014
- Bennett, Alan born 1934
- Bennett, Arnold 1867–1931
- Bennett, Brit born 1990
- Benni, Stefano 1947–2025
- Benois, Alexandre 1870–1960
- Benoît, Pierre 1886–1962
- Benson, Amber born 1977
- Benson, Arthur Christopher 1862–1925
- Benson, E. F. 1867–1940
- Benson, Robert Hugh 1871–1914
- Benson, Stella 1892–1933
- Bentham, Jeremy 1748–1832
- Bentley, E. C. 1875–1956
- Bentley, Richard 1662–1742
- Benton, Joel 1832–1911
- Benton, Robert 1932–2025
- Benton, Thomas Hart 1782–1858
- Benyovszky, Maurice 1746–1786
- Berberova, Nina 1901–1993
- Berchet, Giovanni 1783–1851
- Berenson, Bernard 1865–1959
- Berenstain, Mike born 1951
- Berenstain, Stan and Jan 1923–2005
- Berenstain, Stan and Jan 1923–2012
- Beresford, Charles William De la Poer Beresford, Baron 1846–1919
- Bergen, Edgar 1903–1978
- Berger, John 1926–2017
- Berggolts, Olga 1910–1975
- Bergman, Ingmar 1918–2007
- Bergson, Henri 1859–1941
- Bergström, Gunilla 1942–2021
- Berkeley, George 1685–1753
- Berkman, Alexander 1870–1936
- Berkoff, Steven born 1937
- Berlioz, Hector 1803–1869
- Bernal, J. D. 1901–1971
- Bernanos, Georges 1888–1948
- Bernard, Émile 1868–1941
- Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint 1091–1153
- Bernard, Tristan 1866–1947
- Bernays, Edward L. 1891–1995
- Berne, Eric 1910–1970
- Berners-Lee, Tim born 1955
- Bernhard, Sandra born 1955
- Bernhard, Thomas 1931–1989
- Bernhardi, Friedrich von 1849–1930
- Bernhardt, Sarah 1844–1923
- Bernier, François 1620–1688
- Bernolák, Anton 1762–1813
- Bernstein, Aaron David 1812–1884
- Bernstein, Carl born 1944
- Bernstein, Eduard 1850–1932
- Bernstein, Leonard 1918–1990
- Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich, Graf von 1862–1939
- Berossus 400 BC–300 BC
- Berry-Dee, Christopher born 1948
- Berry, Wendell 1934–2026
- Berryman, John 1914–1972
- Bertolucci, Bernardo 1941–2018
- Bertrand, Aloysius 1807–1841
- Besant, Annie 1847–1933
- Besant, Walter 1836–1901
- Beskow, Elsa 1874–1953
- Bessarion 1403–1472
- Besson, Luc born 1959
- Bester, Alfred 1913–1987
- Bet-David, Patrick born 1978
- Betancourt, Rómulo 1908–1981
- Bethune, Mary McLeod 1875–1955
- Beti, Mongo 1932–2001
- Betjeman, John 1906–1984
- Bettelheim, Bruno 1903–1990
- Beukes, Lauren born 1976
- Bevan, Gloria 1911–1998
- Beveridge, William 1879–1963
- Beverley, Jo 1947–2016
- Bewick, Thomas 1753–1828
- Beyzai, Bahram 1938–2025
- Beza, Theodore 1519–1605
- Bhagat, Chetan born 1974
- Bharati, Subramania 1882–1921
- Bhatt, Ashwini 1936–2012
- Bhave, Vinoba 1895–1982
- Bialiatski, Ales born 1962
- Bialik, Hayim Nahman 1873–1934
- Bianchin, Helen born 1939
- Bibesco, Elizabeth 1897–1945
- Bibliothecarius, Anastasius ?–879
- Bichat, Xavier 1771–1802
- Bichsel, Peter 1935–2025
- Biden, Jill born 1951
- Biden, Joe born 1942
- Bierce, Ambrose 1842–1914
- Bieri, Peter 1944–2023
- Biermann, Wolf born 1936
- Biggers, Earl Derr 1884–1933
- Biko, Steve 1946–1977
- Bilac, Olavo 1865–1918
- Bilardo, Carlos born 1939
- Billings, Josh 1818–1885
- Bin, Sun 400 BC–315 BC
- Binchois, Gilles 1400–1460
- Binchy, Maeve 1940–2012
- Binet, Alfred 1857–1911
- Bingen, Hildegard of 1098–1179
- Bingham, Hiram 1875–1956
- Binoche, Juliette born 1964
- Binswanger, Ludwig 1881–1966
- Binyon, Laurence 1869–1943
- Bion, of Phlossa near Smyrna 119 BC–56 BC
- Bird, H. E. 1830–1908
- Bird, Isabella L. 1831–1904
- Bird, Jessica born 1969
- Bíró, Lajos 1880–1948
- Birrell, Augustine 1850–1933
- Bishop, Elizabeth 1911–1979
- Bisland, Elizabeth 1861–1929
- Bismil, Ram Prasad 1897–1927
- Bittman, Mark born 1950
- Bixby, Jerome 1923–1998
- Bizet, Georges 1838–1875
- Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne 1832–1910
- Blabey, Aaron born 1974
- Black Hawk, Sauk chief 1767–1838
- Black, Bob born 1951
- Black, Holly born 1971
- Black, William 1841–1898
- Blackman, Malorie born 1962
- Blackmore, R. D. 1825–1900
- Blackmore, Susan born 1951
- Blackstone, William, Sir 1723–1780
- Blackton, J. Stuart 1875–1941
- Blackwell, Alice Stone 1857–1950
- Blackwell, Elizabeth 1821–1910
- Blackwood, Algernon 1869–1951
- Blade, Adam born 1961
- Blaga, Lucian 1895–1961
- Blaine, James Gillespie 1830–1893
- Blair, Robert 1699–1746
- Blais, Marie-Claire 1939–2021
- Blake, Kendare born 1981
- Blake, Olivie born 1989
- Blake, William 1757–1827
- Blanc, Louis 1811–1882
- Blanchard, Ken born 1939
- Blanchot, Maurice 1907–2003
- Blandiana, Ana born 1942
- Blanqui, Louis-Auguste 1805–1881
- Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente 1867–1928
- Blatty, William Peter 1928–2017
- Blavatsky, H. P. 1831–1891
- Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of 1789–1849
- Blicher, Steen Steensen 1782–1848
- Bligh, William 1754–1817
- Blind, Didymus the 313–398
- Blind, Mathilde 1841–1896
- Blinken, Antony born 1962
- Blish, James 1921–1975
- Blixen, Karen 1885–1962
- Bloch, Iwan 1872–1922
- Bloch, Marc 1886–1944
- Bloch, Robert 1917–1994
- Block, Lawrence born 1938
- Blok, Alexander 1880–1921
- Blondel, Maurice 1861–1949
- Bloom, Allan 1930–1992
- Bloom, Harold 1930–2019
- Bloomer, Amelia 1818–1894
- Bloy, Léon 1846–1917
- Blum, Léon 1872–1950
- Blume, Judy born 1938
- Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen 1840–1922
- Bly, Nellie 1865–1922
- Bly, Robert 1926–2021
- Blyton, Enid 1897–1968
- Boal, Augusto 1931–2009
- Boas, Franz 1858–1942
- Bobbio, Norberto 1909–2004
- Bobrowski, Johannes 1917–1965
- Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313–1375
- Bocuse, Paul 1926–2018
- Bodel, Jean 1167–1210
- Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith 1827–1891
- Bodmer, Johann Jakob 1698–1783
- Boethius 480–524
- Boff, Leonardo born 1938
- Bogart, Humphrey 1899–1957
- Bogdanov, Alexander 1873–1928
- Bogdanovich, Peter 1939–2022
- Bogle, John C. 1929–2019
- Bogosian, Eric born 1953
- Bogusławski, Wojciech 1757–1829
- Bohlen, Dieter born 1954
- Böhme, Jakob 1575–1624
- Bohringer, Richard born 1942
- Boiardo, Matteo Maria 1441–1495
- Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas 1636–1711
- Boito, Arrigo 1842–1918
- Bojer, Johan 1872–1959
- Bolaño, Roberto 1953–2003
- Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount 1678–1751
- Böll, Heinrich 1917–1985
- Bologna, Catherine of 1413–1463
- Bolyai, Farkas 1775–1856
- Bombeck, Erma 1927–1996
- Bonaparte, Louis 1778–1846
- Bonaparte, Lucien 1775–1840
- Bonaparte, Marie 1882–1962
- Bonatti, Walter 1930–2011
- Bonaventure 1221–1274
- Bond, Michael 1926–2017
- Bond, Ruskin born 1934
- Bondarev, Yuri 1924–2020
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1906–1945
- Bonnard, Abel 1883–1968
- Bonnefoy, Yves 1923–2016
- Bonnet, Charles 1720–1793
- Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de 1797–1878
- Bono born 1960
- Bonomi, Ivanoe 1873–1951
- Bonpland, Aimé 1773–1858
- Bonsels, Waldemar 1881–1952
- Bontempelli, Massimo 1878–1960
- Bookchin, Murray 1921–2006
- Boole, George 1815–1864
- Boom, Corrie ten 1892–1983
- Boon, Louis Paul 1912–1979
- Boorstin, Daniel J. 1914–2004
- Booth, William 1829–1912
- Boothman, Nicholas born 1946
- Borchert, Wolfgang 1921–1947
- Bordeaux, Henry 1870–1963
- Bordiga, Amadeo 1889–1970
- Bordwell, David 1947–2024
- Borgen, Johan 1902–1979
- Borges, Jorge Luis 1899–1986
- Borghese, Junio Valerio 1906–1974
- Börne, Ludwig 1786–1837
- Borovský, Karel Havlíček 1821–1856
- Borowski, Tadeusz 1922–1951
- Borrow, George 1803–1881
- Bosanquet, Bernard 1848–1923
- Bosch, Juan 1909–2001
- Boscovich, Roger Joseph 1711–1787
- Bose, Jagadish Chandra 1858–1937
- Bose, Subhas Chandra 1897–1945
- Bosque, Juan Almeida 1927–2009
- Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne 1627–1704
- Boswell, James 1740–1795
- Botev, Hristo 1848–1876
- Botta, Anne C. Lynch 1815–1891
- Botvinnik, Mikhail 1911–1995
- Boucicault, Dion 1822–1890
- Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte 1729–1811
- Bouhler, Philipp 1899–1945
- Bouillon, Godfrey of 1060–1100
- Boukreev, Anatoli 1958–1997
- Boulding, Kenneth E. 1910–1993
- Boulez, Pierre 1925–2016
- Boulle, Pierre 1912–1994
- Bourdain, Anthony 1956–2018
- Bourgeois, Louise 1911–2010
- Bourgeois, Paulette born 1951
- Bourget, Paul 1852–1935
- Bourke-White, Margaret 1904–1971
- Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1769–1834
- Boutros-Ghali, Boutros 1922–2016
- Boutwell, George S. 1818–1905
- Bova, Ben 1932–2020
- Bowdich, T. Edward 1791–1824
- Bowell, Mackenzie 1823–1917
- Bowen, Elizabeth 1899–1973
- Bowles, Paul 1910–1999
- Bowman, Isaiah 1878–1950
- Bowring, John 1792–1872
- Box, C. J. born 1958
- Boxer, Barbara born 1940
- Boyd, William born 1952
- Boye, Karin 1900–1941
- Boyer, Charles 1899–1978
- Boyer, Paul 1935–2012
- Boyle, Robert 1627–1691
- Boyne, John born 1971
- Boys, C. V. 1855–1944
- Brabant, Siger of 1235–1284
- Bracciolini, Poggio 1380–1459
- Bracken, Alexandra born 1987
- Brackett, Leigh 1915–1978
- Bradbury, Malcolm 1932–2000
- Bradbury, Ray 1920–2012
- Braddon, M. E. 1835–1915
- Bradford, William 1590–1657
- Bradlaugh, Charles 1833–1891
- Bradley, Bill born 1943
- Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker born 1967
- Bradley, Marion Zimmer 1930–1999
- Bradley, Richard 1688–1732
- Bradshaw, Rita born 1950
- Bradstreet, Anne 1612–1672
- Brady, Mathew 1822–1896
- Braff, Zach born 1975
- Braga, Martin of 515–580
- Braga, Teófilo 1843–1924
- Bragg, Billy born 1957
- Brahe, Tycho 1546–1601
- Brallier, Max born 1983
- Branco, Camilo Castelo 1825–1890
- Brand, Max 1892–1944
- Brand, Russell born 1975
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz 1856–1941
- Branden, Nathaniel 1930–2014
- Brandenberg, Aliki born 1929
- Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Wilhelmine, Margravine of 1709–1758
- Brandes, Georg 1842–1927
- Brandt, Willy 1913–1992
- Brant, Sebastian 1458–1521
- Branting, Hjalmar 1860–1925
- Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille 1540–1614
- Brasillach, Robert 1909–1945
- Brassaï 1899–1984
- Braswell, Elizabeth J. born 1950
- Braun, Lilian Jackson 1913–2011
- Brautigan, Richard 1935–1984
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