Bakhtiyar Mahmud oghlu Vahabzadeh was an Azerbaijani poet, dramatist, lyricist and translator as well as a college professor and politician. He is often regarded as one of the greatest contemporary poets of Azerbaijan.
Bakhytzhan Musakhanuli Kanapyanov is a Kazakhstani poet, writer, publisher, translator. Member of the Russian and the Kazakh PEN clubs, an honorary professor at the Shakarima University (Semipalatinsk) and an academician of the Crimean Literary Academy. He is an academic of journalism in Kazakhstan.
Bâḳî (باقى) was the pen name of the Ottoman Turkish poet Mahmud Abdülbâkî. Considered one of the greatest contributors to Turkish and Azerbaijani literature. Bâkî came to be known as Sultânüş-şuarâ, or "Sultan of poets".
Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer. His works have sold more than 20 million copies in Japan spread across more than 280 titles and adapted into a variety of formats including feature films, television shows, movies and comic books.
Baldric of Dol was prior and then abbot of Bourgueil from 1077 to 1106, then made bishop of Dol-en-Bretagne in 1107 and archbishop in 1108 until his death. He fulfilled his monastic duties by travelling to attend Church councils and writing of poetry and history, his most influential piece being a historical account of the First Crusade.
