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- Francis Bacon (UK, 1561–1626) philosophy and science
- Nathan Bailey (UK, 1691–1742) English language
- Johannes Balbus (Italy, ...–1298) Latin language
- Frederick W. Baller (UK, 1852–1922) Chinese language
- Katherine Barber (Canada, born 1959) English language
- Edmund Henry Barker (UK, 1788–1839) Classical languages
- Clarence Barnhart (USA, 1900–1993) English language general dictionary
- David Barnhart (USA, born 1941) English language
- Robert Barnhart (USA, 1933–2007) English language
- Louis Barral (France, 1910–1999) French and Monegassian languages
- Grant Barrett (USA, born 1970) English language dictionary of slang
- Delfin Carbonell Basset (Spain/USA, born 1938) Spanish and English languages
- Marcos E. Becerra (Mexico, 1870–1940) Spanish language
- Richard Beckett (Australia, 1936–1987) English language food guides
- William Bedwell (UK, 1561–1632) Arabic language
- Ivan Belostenec (Croatia, 1594–1675) Illyrian and Latin languages
- Henning Bergenholtz (Denmark, born 1944) Danish LSP dictionary
- Eric Blom (Switzerland, 1888–1959) music dictionary
- Thomas Blount (UK, 1618–1679) English language
- Robert Blust (USA, born 1940) Austronesian languages
- Jean-Baptiste Boissiere (France, 1806–1885) French language thesaurus
- Peter Bowler (Australia, ...) English language
- Abel Boyer (France, c.1667–1729) French and English languages
- Dan Beach Bradley (USA, 1845–1923) Siamese language
- Henry Bradley (UK, 1845–1923) English language general dictionary
- Jim Breen (Australia, born 1947) Japanese and English languages
- Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (UK, 1810–1897) English language
- Francis Brinkley (Ireland/UK/Japan, 1841–1912) Japanese and English languages
- Nathan Brown (USA/Burma/Japan, 1807–1886) Assamese and Japanese languages
- Aleksander Brückner (Poland, 1856–1939) Polish and German languages
- Kazimieras Būga (Lithuania, 1879–1924) Lithuanian language
- John Bullokar (UK, 1574–1627) English language dictionary of hard words
- Robert Burchfield (New Zealand/UK 1923–2004) English language historical dictionary
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