Human beings, each considered as a single actor within society
Featured Individuals
- Bastiat, Frédéric (1801-1850) - 19th century French economist
Notable Individuals
- Badnarik, Michael (1954-2022) - Software engineer, 2004 Libertarian Presidential candidate
- Bandow, Doug (1957- ) - Syndicated columnist, senior fellow at the Cato Institute
- Barnett, Randy (1952- ) - Professor of law at Boston University
- Bauer, Peter Thomas (1915-2002) - Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
- Becker, Gary (1930-2014) - Professor of economics at the University of Chicago, 1992 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
- Benson, Bruce L. (1949- ) - Professor of economics at Florida State University
- Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832) - 18th/19th century English philosopher and legal scholar, an early proponent of utilitarianism
- Bergland, David (1935-2019) - Law professor, Libertarian Party presidential candidate in 1984
- Blackstone, William (1723-1780) - 18th century English jurist, author of Commentaries on the Laws of England
- Block, Walter (1941- ) - Professor of economics, Loyola University and Senior Fellow, Ludwig von Mises Institute
- Boaz, David (1953- ) - Executive vice president of the Cato Institute, author of Libertarianism: A Primer
- Boettke, Peter (1960- ) - Professor of economics at George Mason University and editor of Review of Austrian Economics
- Böhm von Bawerk, Eugen (1851-1914) - Nineteenth century Austrian economist and minister of Finance
- Bolick, Clint (1957- ) - American attorney, co-founder of the Institute for Justice
- Boudreaux, Donald J. (1958- ) - Professor of Economics, past President of the Foundation for Economic Education
- Bovard, James (1956- ) - Author, controversial Washington journalist
- Bradford, R. W. (1947-2005) - Co-founder, editor and publisher of Liberty (1987) magazine
- Branden, Barbara (1929-2013) - Writer and lecturer, author of The Passion of Ayn Rand
- Branden, Nathaniel (1930-2014) - Psychotherapist, author of The Psychology of Self-Esteem
- Bright, John (1811-1889) - 19th century English Member of Parliament
- Browne, Harry (1933-2006) - Investment author, Libertarian Party presidential candidate 1996 and 2000
- Buchanan, James M. (1919-2013) - 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences
- Bush, George H. W. (1924-2018) - Director of the CIA and forty-first President of the United States
- Bush, George W. (1946- ) - Forty-third President of the United States
Other Individuals
- Babeuf, François-Noël (1760-1797) - French journalist and revolutionary, organizer of the Conjuration des Égaux
- Baïf, Jean-Antoine de (1532-1589) - French poet of the La Pléiade group
- Balfour, Frederic H. (1846-1909) - British sinologist, author of Taoist Texts (1884)
- Balsam, Martin (1919-1996) - American actor, winner of Oscar for supporting role in A Thousand Clowns
- Bellay, Joachim du (1522-1560) - French poet of the La Pléiade group
- Bergman, Ingrid (1915-1982) - Swedish-born Hollywood actress, winner of three Oscars, portrayed Ilsa in Casablanca
- Billaud-Varenne, Jean-Nicolas (1756-1819) - French lawyer and revolutionary
- Blanc, Louis (1811-1882) - French socialist politician, author of Organisation du travail (1839)
- Bock, Alan (1943-2011) - Former senior editorial writer for The Orange County Register
- Bogart, Humphrey (1899-1957) - American Oscar-winning actor, star of The African Queen, Casablanca and The Caine Mutiny
- Boortz, Neal (1945- ) - Nationally syndicated radio talk show host, political commentator and author
- Borlaug, Norman (1914-2009) - Agricultural scientist, the "father of the Green Revolution"
- Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704) - French bishop, orator and author of Discours sur l'Histoire universelle (1681)
- Bradbury, Ray (1920-2012) - Science fiction writer, author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles
- Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600) - Italian philosopher and cosmologist, burned alive by the Roman Inquisition
- Brutus, Marcus Junius (MARCVS IVNIVS BRVTVS; 85-42 BCE) - Roman politician, one of the leaders of the group which assassinated Julius Cesar
- Brynner, Yul (1920-1985) - Hollywood actor, winner of Best Actor Oscar for The King and I
- Bunyan, John (1628-1688) - English preacher and writer, author of The Pilgrim's Progress
- Burns, Robert (1759-1796) - Scottish poet, author of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
- Burrus, Sextus Afranius (SEXTVS AFRANIVS BVRRVS; 1-62) - Prefect of the Praetorian Guard who, along with Seneca, advised emperor Nero during the early years of his reign