Names
- Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-19971
- Berlioz, Hector, 1803-18691
- Berthelot, Philippe, 1866-19341
- Bessie, Alvah Cecil, 1904-19851
- Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-19711
- Boas, Franz, 1858-19421
- Bourne, Randolph Silliman, 1886-19181
- Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-19731
- Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-18951
- Boyle, Kay, 1902-19921
- Bradbury, Ray, 1920-20121
- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-19411
- Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-19941
- Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-19631
- Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-20081
- Bundy, McGeorge1
- Burger, Warren E., 1907-19951
- Burt, Maxwell Struthers, 1882-19541
- Bush, Vannevar, 1890-19741
- Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947[remove]5