Name
- Ardagh, Richard Maunsell, law student1
- Arnold, Arthur1
- Arnold, Edwin, Knight, poet and journalist, 1832-19041
- Arnold, Matthew, poet and critic, 1822-18881
- Ascroft, Thomas1
- Ashbee, Henry Spencer, bibliophile, 1834-19001
- Ashburner, John, MD1
- Baggallay, Richard, Knight, Lord Justice of Appeal, 1816-18881
- Bain, Alexander, philosopher and educationalist, 1818-19031
- Bancroft, George, American historian and Democrat politician, 1800-18911
- Banfield, Frank, law student; applicant for British Museum Reading Room ticket, fl 18761
- Barnwell, Charles Frederick, of the British Museum, 1781-18491
- Barry, Charles, Knight, architect, 1795-18601
- Beeching, Henry Charles, clergyman, author, and poet, 1859-19191
- Beerbohm, Julius Ewald, grain merchant1
- Bellasis, Edward, serjeant-at-law and Roman Catholic convert, 1800-18731
- Benny, Philip, schoolmaster1
- Bergson, Henri Louis, philosopher, 1859-19411
- Bernoulli, Jean Jacques, Swiss archaeologist1
- Besant, Walter, Knight, writer and campaigner for authors' rights, 1836-19011