Lives listing by occupation: author
- Borlase, William (born 1696–died 1772), English gardener, mineralogist, churchman, antiquarian, author, collector
- Bossut, Charles (born 1730–died 1814), French mathematician, scientist, engineer, author, science-writer
- Boswell, James (born 1740–died 1795), Scottish author, biographer
- Boufflers, Stanislas Jean de, chevalier de Boufflers (born 1738–died 1815), French author, soldier, academician, army officer
- Bougainville, Louis Antoine de (born 1729–died 1811), French mathematician, naval officer, admiral, explorer, author
- Bouquet, Colonel Henry (born 1719–died 1765), Swiss army officer, author
- Bourgeois, Nicolas Louis (born 1710–died 1776), French author, poet, historian, academician
- Bourgeois, Samuel (born 1704–died 1779), Swiss churchman, Protestant, author
- Boutet de Monvel, Jacques Marie (born 1745–died 1812), French author, playwright, actor
- Bower, Archibald (born 1686–died 1766), Scottish pamphleteer, author
- Boyer, Jean Baptiste de, marquis d’Argens (born 1703–died 1771), French aristocrat, freethinker, author
- Brand, Christian Ludwig de (born 1728–died 1786), German courtier, author
- Brembati, Francesco, conte Brembati (born 1705–died 1768), Italian author, poet, historian, academic, scholar
- Brenkman, Hendrik (born 1680–died 1736), Dutch jurist, author
- Bret, Antoine (born 1717–died 1792), French author, playwright
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