Lives listing by occupation: playwright
- Bernard, Pierre Joseph (born 1708–died 1775), French author, playwright
- Berquin, Arnaud (born 1747–died 1791), French author, playwright, journalist, children’s author
- Bessenyei, György (born 1747–died 1811), Hungarian playwright, poet
- Bettinelli, Saverio (born 1718–died 1808), Italian author, playwright, scholar, academic
- Bickerstaffe, Isaac (born 1733–died c. 1812), Irish author, playwright, librettist
- Blin de Sainmore, Adrien Michel Hyacinthe (born 1733–died 1807), French author, playwright
- Bordes, Charles (born 1711–died 1781), French author, playwright, academician
- Boullier, Lucie (born 1739–died 1768), Swiss playwright
- Boutet de Monvel, Jacques Marie (born 1745–died 1812), French author, playwright, actor
- Boutet de Monvel, Noël Barthélemy (born 1768–died 1847), French civil servant, private secretary, poet, playwright
- Boyle, Roger, 1st earl of Orrery (born 1621–died 1679), Irish aristocrat, playwright, politician
- Brancas, Louis Bufile de, 3rd marquis de Céreste [dit: “comte de Forcalquier”] (born 1710–died 1753), French aristocrat, army officer, courtier, playwright
- Bret, Antoine (born 1717–died 1792), French author, playwright
- Brifaut, Charles (born 1781–died 1857), French author, playwright, journalist, academician, editor, royalist, memoirist
- Brooke, Frances [née Moore] (born 1723–died 1789), English author, playwright
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