Editing List of physicists (section)

== B ==
[[File:Al-Biruni Portrait.jpg|thumb|Biruni is one of the best-known early physicists ]]
*[[Abu Sahl al-Quhi|Abu sahl Al-Quhi]] – İran (born 940)
*[[Xiaoyi Bao]] – Canada
*[[Mani Lal Bhaumik]] – United States (born 1931)
*[[Tom Baehr-Jones]] – United States (born 1980)
*[[John Norris Bahcall]] – United States (1934–2005) 
*[[Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge]] – U.K. (1925–2003)
*[[Cornelis Bakker]] – Netherlands (1904–1960)
*[[Aiyalam Parameswaran Balachandran]] – India (born 1938)
*[[V. Balakrishnan (physicist)|V Balakrishnan]] – India (born 1943)
*[[Milla Baldo-Ceolin]] – Italy (1924–2011)
*[[Johann Jakob Balmer]] – Switzerland (1825–1898)
*[[Tom Banks (physicist)|Tom Banks]] – United States (born 1949)
*[[Riccardo Barbieri]] – Italy (born 1944)
*[[Marcia Barbosa]] – Brazil (born 1960)
*[[John Bardeen]] – United States (1908–1991) double Nobel laureate
*[[William A. Bardeen]] – United States (born 1941)
*[[Ronald Hugh Barker]] – Ireland (1915–2015)
*[[Charles Glover Barkla]] – U.K. (1877–1944) Nobel laureate
*[[Amanda Barnard]] – Australia (born 1971)
*[[Boyd Bartlett]] – United States (1897–1965)
*[[Asım Orhan Barut]] – Malatya, Turkey (1926–1994)
*[[Heinz Barwich]] – Germany (1911–1966)
*[[Nikolay Basov]] – Russia (1922–2001) Nobel laureate
*[[Laura Maria Caterina Bassi]] – Italy (1711–1778)
*[[Zoltán Lajos Bay]] – Hungary (1900–1992)
*[[Karl Bechert]] – Germany (1901–1981)
*[[Henri Becquerel]] – France (1852–1908) Nobel laureate
*[[Johannes Georg Bednorz]] – Germany (born 1950) Nobel laureate
*[[Isaac Beeckman]] – Netherlands (1588–1637)
*[[Alexander Graham Bell]] – Scotland, Canada, U.S.A. (1847–1922)
*[[John Stewart Bell]] – U.K. (1928–1990)
*[[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]] – Northern Ireland, U.K. (born 1943)
*[[Carl M. Bender]] – United States (born 1943)
*[[Abraham Bennet]] – England (1749–1799)
*[[Daniel Bernoulli]] – Switzerland (1700–1782)
*[[Hans Bethe]] – Germany, United States (1906–2005) Nobel laureate
*[[Homi J. Bhabha]] – India (1909–1966)
*[[Lars Bildsten]] – United States (1964)
*[[James Binney]] – England (born 1950)
*[[Gerd Binnig]] – Germany (born 1947) Nobel laureate
*[[Jean-Baptiste Biot]] – France (1774–1862)
*[[Raymond T. Birge]] – United States (1887–1980)
*[[Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī]] – Persia (973–1048)
*[[Vilhelm Bjerknes]] – Norway (1862–1951)
*[[James Bjorken]] – United States (1934–2024)
*[[Patrick Blackett]] – U.K. (1897–1974) Nobel laureate
*[[Felix Bloch]] – Switzerland (1905–1983) Nobel laureate
*[[Nicolaas Bloembergen]] – Netherlands, United States (1920–2017) Nobel laureate
*[[Walter Boas]] – Germany, Australia (1904–1982)
*[[Céline Bœhm]] – France (born 1974)
*[[Nikolay Bogolyubov]] – Soviet Union, Russia (1909–1992)
*[[David Bohm]] – United States (1917–1992)
*[[Aage Bohr]] – Denmark (1922–2009) Nobel laureate
*[[Niels Bohr]] – Denmark (1885–1962) Nobel laureate
*[[Martin Bojowald]] – Germany (born 1973)
*[[Ludwig Boltzmann]] – Austria (1844–1906)
*[[Eugene T. Booth]] – United States (1912–2004)
*[[Max Born]] – Germany, U.K. (1882–1970) Nobel laureate
*[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich]] – Croatia (1711–1787)
*[[Jagadish Chandra Bose]] – India (1858–1937)
*[[Margrete Heiberg Bose]] – Denmark (1866–1952)
*[[Satyendra Nath Bose]] – India (1894–1974)
*[[Johannes Bosscha]] – Netherlands (1831–1911)
*[[Walther Bothe]] – Germany (1891–1957) Nobel laureate
*[[Edward Bouchet]] – United States (1852–1918)
*[[Mustapha Ishak Boushaki]] – Algeria (1967–)
*[[Mark Bowick]] – United States (born 1957)
*[[Robert Boyle]] – Ireland, England (1627–1691)
*[[Willard Boyle|Willard S. Boyle]] – Canada, United States (1924–2011) Nobel laureate
*[[William Henry Bragg]] – U.K. (1862–1942) Nobel laureate
*[[William Lawrence Bragg]] – U.K., Australia (1890–1971) Nobel laureate
*[[Tycho Brahe]] – Denmark (1546–1601)
*[[Howard Brandt]] – United States (1939–2014)
*[[Walter Houser Brattain]] – United States (1902–1987) Nobel laureate
*[[Karl Ferdinand Braun]] – Germany (1850–1918) Nobel laureate
*[[David Brewster]] – U.K. (1781–1868)
*[[Percy Williams Bridgman]] – United States (1882–1961) Nobel laureate
*[[Léon Brillouin|Léon Nicolas Brillouin]] – France (1889–1969)
*[[Marcel Brillouin]] – France (1854–1948)
*[[Bertram Brockhouse]] – Canada (1918–2003) Nobel laureate
*[[Louis-Victor de Broglie]] – France (1892–1987) Nobel laureate
*[[William Fuller Brown, Jr.]] – United States (1904–1983)
*[[Ernst Brüche]] – Germany (1900–1985)
*[[Hermann Brück]] – Germany (1905–2000)
*[[Ari Brynjolfsson]] – Iceland (1927–2013)
*[[Hans Buchdahl]] – Germany, Australia (1918–2010)
*[[Gersh Budker]] – Soviet Union (1918–1977)
*[[Silke Bühler-Paschen]] – Austria (born 1967)
*[[Johannes Martinus Burgers]] – Netherlands (1895–1981)
*[[Friedrich Burmeister]] – Germany (1890–1969)
*[[Bimla Buti]] – India (1933-2024)
*[[C.H.D. Buys Ballot|Christophorus Buys Ballot]] – Netherlands (1817–1890)