List of Famous people named B

Melvin Emanuel "B. J." Upton Jr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, and Toronto Blue Jays.

B. Jaya was an Indian film director and actress, who worked in the Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, popularly known as "Tollywood".

Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty is an Indian-born businessman who is the founder and acquirer of a number of companies based in the United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi-based NMC Health, Neopharma, BRS Ventures, and Finablr. Shetty's initial interest in 1975 was in hospitals and hospitality and has since diversified into pharmaceuticals, financial services, retail, advertising and information technology. He was included on the Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People in 2015 and was listed as the 42nd richest person in 2020.

B. Traven was the pen name of a presumably German novelist, whose real name, nationality, date and place of birth and details of biography are all subject to dispute. One of the few certainties about Traven's life is that he lived for years in Mexico, where the majority of his fiction is also set—including The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1927). The film adaptation of the same name won three Academy Awards in 1948.

Bommarabettu Laxmijanardhana Santhosh is an Indian politician who is the current National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party from 15 July 2019.

Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.

Bruce Edward Daniels Jr. is a former professional American football quarterback. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft after playing college football at South Florida. He played quarterback for South Florida and the Seattle Seahawks, before moving to wide receiver in 2015. He won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks over the Denver Broncos. He is now the head coach at Lincoln High School.

Benjamin J Isaac Finney II is an American football center for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kansas State University, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2015.

Balkrishan Gopiram Goenka is an entrepreneur based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is the chairman of Mumbai-based ₹153 billion (US$2.0 billion) Welspun Group. He is the Co-promoter and largest shareholder in companies like Welspun India Ltd, which is one of the largest home textiles producer in the world and Welspun Corp Ltd, which is world's second largest manufacturer of large diameter pipes.

Benjamin "BJ" Flores is an American professional boxer.