Burton Dillon Bagley was born on September 24, 1858, in Newark, Wayne County, New York.

He served as President of the Christian Literature Company in New York City in the late 1800s. He authored the book “Comparative outlines, employe [sic] representative plans: of the Bethlehem Steel Co., the International Harvester Co., the Standard Oil Co., New Jersey, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co., the Midvale Steel Co., the Standard Oil Co., Indiana, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., prepared for the Underwriters ... “(1919).

In 1884, he married Mary Arnold (1864–1955). He died on July 17, 1933, in Rochester, New York.

William Boggett was born on August 10, 1796, in Cripplegate, Middlesex, England.

He was an English physicist and inventor, author of the books "Electricity analyzed: By William Bogget" (1886) and "Thoughts on the Source of Life; also the author's experience in prolonging it. By an Octogenarian (W. Boggett)" (1881).

In 1827, he married Elizabeth Gregory (1801–1876). He died on November 27, 1892, in London, England.

Henk Badings was a composer of Indonesian-Dutch origin, born on January 17, 1907, in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies. His father, Herman Louis Johan Badings, was an officer in the Dutch East Indies army. Unfortunately, Hendrik Herman Badings became an orphan at the age of seven.

In 1915, he returned to the Netherlands and began learning the violin and piano. However, his family discouraged him from pursuing a career in music. He went on to study at the Delft Polytechnical Institute (later the Technical University) and graduated in 1931. He worked as a mining engineer and paleontologist at Delft until 1937, after which he devoted his life to music. Although largely self-taught, Badings became a student of Willem Pijper, the most respected Dutch composer of the time. However, their musical views varied significantly, and after Pijper tried to discourage Badings from pursuing a career as a composer, Badings broke off contact. His first cello concerto premiered at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 1930, marking his initial significant musical success. In addition to composing, Badings taught and lectured in the Netherlands and abroad, served on competition juries, and authored several books. In 1942, Badings was accused of collaborating with the Nazi occupation forces and was briefly barred from professional musical activities. He was reinstated in 1947. Badings' oeuvre includes a wide range of genres, from opera to electronic music, from film music to 14 symphonies, pieces for wind orchestras and chamber ensembles. He received prestigious commissions, such as those for the hundredth anniversary of the Vienna Philharmonic and the sixtieth of the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

At the time of his death on June 26, 1987, in Maarheeze, Netherlands, he had created over a thousand pieces.

Frederick Thomas Howard Bacon was born on April 16, 1877, in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated in applied science from McGill in 1898.

William Montague Backer, also known as Bill Backer, was born on June 9, 1926, in New York City, New York.
 
He was an American advertising executive. He attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, where he wrote musical comedies. He was also president of the Fairfax Literary Society and board member/editor-in-chief of The Chronicle. After high school, he served two years in the United States Navy. He then attended Yale University, earning a B.A. in 1950. After college, Backer sold real estate and wrote jingles for three years. His career began in the mailroom at the advertising agency McCann Erickson in 1953, where he worked his way "up the ladder" first to creative director in 1972 and then to vice chairman of the agency in 1978. In 1979, he, along with Carl Spielvogel, co-founded the advertising agency Backer and Spielvogel (it later became Backer, Spielvogel & Bates Worldwide, Inc.). The company would become one of the world's largest marketing and advertising communications companies. During his career, Backer created ad campaigns for Beech-Nut Gum, Buick, Campbell's soup, Coca-Cola, Dole, Exxon, Fisher-Price, Hyundai, Löwenbräu, Miller beer, Miller Lite, Nabisco, Oreo, Parliament cigarettes, Philip Morris, Quaker Oats, and Xerox. Some of his memorable slogans include "Things go better with Coke" and "the real thing” for Coca-Cola; "Soup is good food" for Campbell's; and "Miller Time" for Miller. In 1971, Backer created the Coca-Cola campaign and accompanying song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony). In 1999, Advertising Age included his name in a list of the top 100 players in advertising history.
 
In 1983, he married Ann Allderdice Mudge (1932-?). He died on May 13, 2016, in Warrenton, Virginia.

Rev. W. C. Badger, M.A., was a clergyman in Birmingham, England, in the late 1800s. He served as vicar of East Kennet, Champlain of Marlborough Union, and Champlain of St. John's Church, Deritend, Birmingham.

Sir George Smyth Baden-Powell was born on December 24, 1847, in Oxfordshire, England, a son of the reverend and mathematician Baden Powell (1796-1860).

He was a British naval officer, politician, and author. He received his education at St. Paul's School, London, England, Marlborough College, Balliol College, and Inner Temple of Oxford University (M.A.; LL. D). In 1884, he was appointed Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) and in 1888, Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.). He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool, Kirkdale division, from 1885 to 1898. In 1896, he sailed to Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic region on his yacht "Otaria" to observe the total solar eclipse of the year. He then returned to Wald, Norway, to meet his friend Fritjof Nansen, who had just returned from a three-year North Pole expedition. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society. Baden-Powell authored books on political, financial, and colonial topics.

In 1893, he married Frances Annie Wilson (1862-1913). He died on November 20, 1898, in London, England.

Zénon M. Bacq was born on December 31, 1903, in La Louvière, Belgium.

He was a Belgian radiobiologist, inventor, educator, and author. He earned his medical degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1927 and continued his studies at Harvard University from 1929 to 1930. Bacq taught animal physiology and pathology, pharmacology, and radiobiology at the University of Liège in Belgium. During his research on the chemical transmissions of nerve impulses, he developed innovative methods to protect oneself from ionizing radiations. In 1948, Bacq was awarded the Francqui Prize for Biological and Medical Sciences. He was also honored with the membership of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters, and Fine Arts of Belgium in 1971. Bacq is regarded as one of the pioneers of comparative pharmacology.

He died on July 12, 1983, in Fontenoy, Belgium.