Name
- Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus, Botanist2
- Huygens, Constantin, Heer van Zuylichem, Dutch Statesman2
- Abro Dias, Isacus1
- Aguesseau, Henri François, Chancellor of France, son of Henri d'Aguesseau, Intendant1
- Algarotti, Francesco, Count, Italian scholar1
- Anquetil Duperron, Abraham Hyacinthe, French orientalist1
- Arouet de Voltaire, François Marie1
- Bailly, Jean Sylvain, astronomer; Mayor of Paris, 1736-17931
- Bayle, Pierre, French philosopher, 1647-17061
- Benvoglienti, Uberto1
- Bernouilli, Jean, Professor of Mathematics at Basle1
- Besmaux, Governor of the Bastille1
- Besoigne, Jérôme1
- Bilius, Hubert1
- Blom, Nicolaas1
- Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, of Göttingen University1
- Blumenthal, Joachim Friedrich, Envoy from Brandenburg to the States General1
- Boddens, Johannes Baptista1
- Bodoni, Giovanni Battista1
- Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, Abbé, afterwards Bishop of Troyes1