Name
- Behn, Aphra, dramatist1
- Bentinck, Hans Willem, 1st Earl of Portland1
- Berkeley, George, DD, Bishop of Cloyne; philosopher1
- Bernard, Edward, Savilian Professor of Astronomy Oxford1
- Bertit, John, of Madrid1
- Beverland, Adrian, Dutch jurist and philosopher, d 17121
- Biddle, John, Unitarian, d 16621
- Birch, Family1
- Blackall, Offspring, Bishop of Exeter, d 17161
- Blackwell, Thomas, the younger; classical scholar1
- Blake, Robert, Admiral1
- Blondel, James Augustus, MD, d 17341
- Blount, Family1
- Boccaccio, Giovanni, poet and scholar, 1313-13751
- Bochart, Samuel, French orientalist and divine, d 16671
- Boi, Il Siracusano'; chess player; fl. 1556-15981
- Bolton, Robert, Rector of Broughton, d 16311
- Bouhours, Dominique, SJ; French critic, d 17021
- Bourchier, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, c 1411–14861
- Brandt, Gerard, Dutch eccleslastical historian, d 16851