Name
- Atkinson, Henry, of Rippon Park, West Riding of Yorkshire1
- Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator, 1663-17321
- Ayscoghe, John, chaplain to the Archbishop of York, fl 16181
- Aytta, Viglius Zuichem ab, President of the Council of State of the Netherlands1
- Baluze, Etienne, French historian and collector of manuscripts, 1630-17181
- Banks, George, Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge; Vicar of Cherry Hinton, fl 16371
- Banks, Robert, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Hull, c 1650-17141
- Barberini, Francesco, the elder; Cardinal; Legate in Spain, 1597-16791
- Barlow, William, bishop, d 16131
- Barlow, William, bishop; ambassador to Scotland, c 1498-15681
- Battier, Johann Rudolf, of Basle and London; correspondent of Prof. Samuel Clarke of Oxford, fl 1662-16641
- Beaumont, Joseph, Fellow and (1663) Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge; poet1
- Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Westminster, Middlesex, 616-15401
- Benson, Thomas, Chaplain to the Archbishop of York1
- Bentham, Thomas, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, d 15791
- Benzelius, Eric, the younger; Librarian of Uppsala University; Archbishop of Uppsala 17421
- Beregszaszi, István, Hungarian refugee1
- Berkel, Abraham, Dutch classical scholar1
- Berkeley, Gilbert, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1501-15811
- Bernard, Edward, Savilian Professor of Astronomy Oxford1