Henry Bauchau was a Belgian psychoanalyst, lawyer, and author of French prose and poetry.

Henry Beadman Bryant (1824–1892) was an author and co-founder and namesake of Bryant & Stratton College and Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Henry Beck Hirst (August 23, 1813 – March 30, 1874) was an American poet.

Henry François Becque, was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris.

Henry Eric Beissel is a writer and editor who has published 24 volumes of poetry, six books of plays, a non-fiction book on Canada, two anthologies of plays intended for use in high schools, and numerous essays and pieces of short fiction.

Rev Henry Belfrage (1774–1835) was a Scottish minister of the Secession church.

Heinrich Hauer Bellamann was an American author, whose bestselling novel Kings Row exposed the hypocrisy of small-town life in the midwest, addressing many social taboos. Research suggested that Bellamann was working off resentment of his upbringing in Fulton, Missouri, where he had been ostracised for his German extraction and rumoured illegitimacy. The 1942 film version gave Ronald Reagan a starring role, regarded as his most memorable performance.

Dr Henry Bellyse Baildon was a 19th-century Scottish scholar and poet. He was a lifelong friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, who featured his house in The Misadventures of John Nicholson.

Henry Berkowitz was a Reform rabbi, educator and author.

Henry Beston was an American writer and naturalist, best known as the author of The Outermost House, written in 1928.