Lives listing by occupation: author
- Barthe, Nicolas Thomas (born 1737–died 1785), French author, playwright, civil servant
- Basedow, Johann Bernhard (born 1724–died 1790), German author, teacher, educational reformer
- Bastide, Jean François de, chevalier de La Bastide (born 1724–died 1798), French author, journalist
- Batsányi, János (born 1763–died 1845), Hungarian poet, author
- Baudot, Doctor Marc Antoine (born 1765–died 1837), French physician, politician, author, memoirist
- Bausset, Cardinal Louis François de, bishop of Alès (born 1748–died 1824), French churchman, politician, biographer, author
- Bayle, Pierre (born 1647–died 1706), French author, philosopher
- Beatty, Doctor Sir William (born 1773–died 1842), English physician, surgeon, naval officer, author, academician
- Beauvais, Gilles François de (born 1693–died 1773), French churchman, Jesuit, author
- Becher, Johann Joachim (born 1635–died 1682), German physician, university teacher, alchemist, chemist, economist, author, science-writer, courtier, civil servant
- Beckford, William Thomas (born 1760–died 1844), English art critic, collector, author
- Behm, Michael (died 1677), Polish physician, magistrate, economist, author
- Belsham, William (born 1752–died 1827), English author, historian
- Benedetto, Marcello (born 1686–died 1739), Italian composer, author, playwright, intellectual
- Bentham, Edward (born 1707–died 1776), English author, theologian, philosopher
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