Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761–1818) – Russian field marshal and war minister during Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and the War of the Sixth Coalition. >>

Alexander Barinov (1952–2022, Riga) – a ballet dancer and a teacher, a theater and film actor. >>

Oleg Barskov (1935–2002) – a composer, a cello player, a teacher. >>

Michael Baryshnikov (1948) – one of the most outstanding contemporary dancers, a choreographer.  >>

Tatyana Baryshnikova (1971) – Doctor of  Philology (Dr. philol.), associate professor of the Department of the Russian and Slav languages of the University of Latvia. >>

Joseph Batalin (1882–1954) – teacher of physics, math and astronomy. >>

Konstantin Batyushkov (1787–1855) – Russian poet of the Golden century. >>

Oleg Bausov (1949) – a founder and leader of the artist group «The Blue Door» (est. 1989). >>

Galina Bazhenova (1956) – a theater and film actress. Since 1983 – in the troupe of the  Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre. >>

Olga Beater (1862–1948) – a teacher, propietress of private gymnasium in Riga. >>