Editing List of inventors (section)

===B===
* [[Boris Babayan]] (born 1933), [[Armenia]]/USSR/Russia – [[Soviet computer]]s, [[Superscalar processor]]
* [[Charles Babbage]] (1791–1871), UK – [[Analytical engine]] (semi-automatic)
* [[Tabitha Babbit]] (1779–1853), U.S. – [[Saw mill]] [[circular saw]]
* [[Victor Babeș]] (1854–1926), Romania – [[Babesia]], the founder of serum therapy
* [[Leo Baekeland]] (1863–1944), [[Demographics of Belgium|Belgian]]–American – Velox photographic paper and [[Bakelite]]
* [[Ralph H. Baer]] (1922–2014), German born American – [[video game console]]
* [[Adolf von Baeyer]] (1835–1917), Germany – [[Fluorescein]], synthetic [[Indigo dye]], [[Phenolphthalein]]
* [[John Logie Baird]] (1888–1946), Scotland – World's first working [[Mechanical television|television]], 26 January 1926 and electronic [[colour television]]
* [[Islamic astronomy|Abi Bakr of Isfahan]] (c. 1235), [[History of Iran|Persia]]/[[Iran]] – mechanical [[gear]]ed [[astrolabe]] with [[lunisolar calendar]]
* [[George Ballas]] (1925–2011), U.S. – [[String trimmer]]
* [[Frederick Banting]] (1891–1941), Canada – technique to isolate [[Insulin]]
* [[Vladimir Baranov-Rossine]] (1888–1944), Russia/France – [[Optophonic Piano]]
* [[John Barber (engineer)|John Barber]] (1734–1801), UK – [[gas turbine]]
* [[John Bardeen]] (1908–1991), U.S. – co-inventor of the [[transistor]], with [[Walter Houser Brattain|Brattain]] and [[William Shockley|Schockley]]
* [[Vladimir Barmin]] (1909–1993), Russia – first rocket [[launch complex]] ([[spaceport]])
* [[Anthony R. Barringer]] (1925–2009), Canada/U.S. – INPUT (Induced Pulse Transient) airborne electromagnetic system
* [[Earl W. Bascom]] (1906–1995), Canada/U.S. – rodeo bucking chute (1916 and 1919), rodeo bronc saddle (1922), rodeo bareback rigging (1924), rodeo riding chaps (1926)
* [[Nikolay Basov]] (1922–2001), Russia – co-inventor of [[laser]] and [[maser]]
* [[Patricia Bath]] (1942–2019), U.S. – inventor of laser cataract surgery
* [[Émile Baudot]] (1845–1903), France – [[Baudot code]]
* [[Eugen Baumann]] (1846–1896), Germany – [[PVC]]
* [[Trevor Baylis]] (1937–2018), UK – a [[wind-up radio]]
* [[Maria Beasley]] (1847–1904), U.S. – [[barrel|barrel-hooping]] machine, improved [[life raft]]
* [[Francis Beaufort]] (1774–1857), Ireland/UK – [[Beaufort scale]], [[Beaufort cipher]]
* [[Hans Beck]] (1929–2009), Germany – inventor of [[Playmobil]] toys
* [[Arnold O. Beckman]] (1900–2004), U.S. – electric [[pH]] meter
* [[Vladimir Bekhterev]] (1857–1927), Russia – [[Bekhterev's Mixture]]
* [[Josip Belušić]] (1847–1905), Croatia – electric [[speedometer]]
* [[Michael Bell (actor)|Michael Bell]] (born 1938), together with [[Melanie Chartoff]] (born 1950), U.S. – a gray water recycling device for reuse of shower and sink water in the home
* [[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847–1922), UK, Canada, and U.S. – [[telephone]]
* [[Nikolay Benardos]] (1842–1905), [[Russian Empire]] – [[arc welding]] (specifically [[carbon arc welding]], the first arc welding method)
* [[Ruth R. Benerito]] (1916–2013), U.S. – [[Permanent press]] (no-iron clothing)
* [[Miriam Benjamin]] (1861–1947), Washington, D.C. – [[Miriam Benjamin|Gong and signal chair]] (adopted by House of Representatives and precursor to flight attendant signal system)
* [[William R. Bennett Jr.]] (1930–2008), together with [[Ali Javan]] (1926–2016), U.S./Iran – [[Gas laser]] (Helium-Neon)
* [[Melitta Bentz]] (1873–1950), Germany – paper [[Coffee filter]]
* [[Karl Benz]] (1844–1929), Germany – the petrol-powered [[automobile]]
* [[Hans Berger]] (1873–1941), Germany – first human [[Electroencephalography|EEG]] and its development
* [[Friedrich Bergius]] (1884–1949), Germany – [[Bergius process]] (synthetic fuel from coal)
* [[Emile Berliner]] (1851–1929), Germany and U.S. – the disc record [[phonograph|gramophone]]
* [[Tim Berners-Lee]] (born 1955), UK – with [[Robert Cailliau]], the [[World Wide Web]]
* [[Marcellin Berthelot]] (1827–1907), France – [[Berthelot's reagent]] (chemistry)
* [[Heinrich Bertsch]] (1897–1981), Germany – first fully synthetic [[laundry detergent]] "Fewa" (chemistry)
* [[Charles Best (medical scientist)|Charles Best]] (1899–1978), Canada – [[Insulin]] (chemistry)
* [[Max Bielschowsky]] (1869–1940), Germany – [[Bielschowsky stain]] (histology)
* [[Alfred Binet]] (1857–1911), France – with his student [[Théodore Simon]] (1872–1961), first practical [[Intelligence test]]
* [[Lucio Bini]] (1908–1964), together with [[Ugo Cerletti]] (1877–1963), Italy – [[Electroconvulsive therapy]]
* [[Gerd Binnig]] (born 1947), with [[Christoph Gerber]], [[Calvin Quate]] and [[Heinrich Rohrer]], Germany/Switzerland/U.S. – [[Atomic force microscope]] and [[Scanning tunneling microscope]]
* [[Clarence Birdseye]] (1886–1956), U.S. – [[Flash freezing]]
* [[László Bíró]] (1899–1985), Hungary – [[Ballpoint pen]]
* [[Thor Bjørklund]] (1889–1975), Norway – [[Cheese knife#Cheese slicer|Cheese slicer]]
* [[J. Stuart Blackton]] (1875–1941), U.S. – [[Stop-motion film]]
* [[Otto Blathy]] (1860–1939), Hungary – co-inventor of the [[transformer]], [[wattmeter]], [[alternating current]] (AC) and [[turbogenerator]]
* [[John Blenkinsop]] (1783–1831), UK – [[Rack railway#Blenkinsop|Blenkinsop rack railway system]]
* [[Charles K. Bliss]] (1897–1985), Austro-Hungary/Australia – [[Blissymbols]]
* [[Katharine Burr Blodgett]] (1898–1979), U.S. – nonreflective glass
* [[Alan Blumlein]] (1903–1942), UK – [[stereo]]
* [[David Boggs]] (1950–2022), U.S. – [[Ethernet]]
* [[Nils Bohlin]] (1920–2002), Sweden – the three-point [[seat belt]]
* [[Sarah Boone]] (1832–1908), U.S. – improved [[ironing board]] design
* [[Charlie Booth]] (1903–2008), Australia – [[Starting blocks]]
* [[Bob Born]] (1924–2023), U.S. – automated [[Peeps|marshmallow confection]] production
* [[Sam Born]] (1891–1959), Russia/U.S. – [[lollipop]]-making machine
* [[Jagdish Chandra Bose]] (1858–1937), India – [[Crescograph]]
* [[Matthew Piers Watt Boulton]] (1820–1894), UK – [[aileron]]
* [[Seth Boyden]] (1788–1870), U.S. – nail-making machine
* [[Herbert Boyer]] (born 1936), together with [[Paul Berg]] (1926–2023), and [[Stanley Norman Cohen]] (1935–), U.S. – created first [[Genetically modified organism]]
* [[Willard Boyle]] (1924–2011) together with [[George E. Smith]] (1930–2025), U.S. – [[Charge-coupled device]] (CCD)
* [[Hugh Bradner]] (1915–2008), U.S. – [[Wetsuit]]
* [[Louis Braille]] (1809–1852), France – [[Braille|Braille writing system]], [[Braille music|Braille musical notation]]
* [[Archie Brain]] (born 1942), UK – [[Laryngeal mask]] 
* [[Jacques E. Brandenberger]] (1872–1954), Switzerland – [[Cellophane]]
* [[Édouard Branly]] (1844–1940), France – [[Coherer]]
* [[Charles F. Brannock]] (1903–1992), U.S. – [[Brannock Device]] (shoe size)
* [[Walter Houser Brattain]] (1902–1987), U.S. – co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
* [[Karl Ferdinand Braun]] (1850–1918), Germany – [[cathode-ray tube]] [[oscilloscope]]
* [[Wernher von Braun]] (1912–1977), Germany/U.S. – [[V-2 rocket]], [[Saturn V rocket]]
* [[Stanislav Brebera]] (1925–2012), Czech Republic – [[Semtex]] explosive
* [[David Brewster]] (1781–1868), UK – [[Kaleidoscope]]
* [[Charles B. Brooks]] (1865–1908), U.S. – first self-propelled [[street sweeping]] truck
* [[Rachel Fuller Brown]] (1898–1980), U.S. – [[Nystatin]], the world's first antifungal antibiotic
* [[William C. Brown]] (1916–1999), U.S. – [[crossed-field amplifier]]
* [[Marie Van Brittan Brown]] (1922–1999), U.S. – home security system
* [[Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn]] (1853–1927), Germany – [[Taximeter]]
* [[Nikolay Brusentsov]] (1925–2014), [[USSR]], [[Russia]] – [[ternary computer]] (''[[Setun]]'')
* [[Dudley Allen Buck]] (1927–1959), U.S. – [[Cryotron]], [[content-addressable memory]]
* [[Edwin Beard Budding]] (1795–1846), UK – [[lawnmower]]
* [[Gersh Budker]] (1918–1977), Russia – [[electron cooling]], co-inventor of [[collider]]
* [[Edward Bull]] (1759–1798), England – Bull engine (a modified steam engine)
* [[Robert Bunsen]] (1811–1899), Germany – [[Bunsen burner]]
* [[Henry Burden]] (1791–1871), Scotland and U.S. – Horseshoe machine, first usable iron [[railroad spike]]