# Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (B)

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. Founded in 1808, members are appointed for life by co-optation.

## List of members (B)

| Name | Type | Division | Date of election | Notes |
| Walter H.W. Baade | Foreign Member | | 1953 | |
| Hein de Baar | Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 2010 | |
| Tjitze Baarda | Member | | 1982 | |
| Willem Baarda | Member | | 1971 | |
| Marie Johannes van Baarda | Corresponding Member | | 1906 | Resigned 1922 |
| Pieter Baas | Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 2000 | |
| Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking | | | | |
| F.H. Bach | Foreign Member | | 1987 | |
| Alfred Gustave Herbert (Fred) Bachrach | Member | | 1970 | |
| Hilmar Johannes Backer | Member | | 1950 | |
| Nicolaas Pieter Badenhuizen | Corresponding member | | 1961 | |
| Jacob Badon Ghijben | | | | |
| George Frederik Willem Baehr | | | | |
| Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer | Foreign Member | | 1875 | |
| Gerard Baerends | Member | | 1958 | |
| Jan Baerends | Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 2004 | |
| John Bake | | | | |
| Arnold Adriaan Bake | Corresponding Member | | 1947 | |
| Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg | Member | Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences and Law | 2012 | |
| Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom | Member | | 1890 | |
| Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink | Member | | 1855 | |
| Jan Nicolaas Bakhuizen van den Brink | Member | | 1950 | |
| Cornelis Jan Bakker | | | | |
| Egbert Bakker | Corresponding Member | | 1999 | |
| Gerbrand Bakker | | | | |
| Huib Bakker | Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 2015 | |
| Jan Albert Bakker | Member | | 1990 | |
| J.W. de Bakker | Member | | 1989 | |
| K. Bakker | Member | | 1982 | |
| Erik Bakkers | Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 2020 | |
| Rudy Ballieux | Member | Medical, Biomedical and Health Sciences | 1991 | |
| Obbe Sikkes Bangma | | | | |
| Sir Joseph Banks | | | | |
| Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage | | | | |
| C.A.C. Barbier de Meynard | Foreign Member | | 1895 | |
| Henk Barendregt | Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 1997 | |
| René Barents | Corresponding Member | Behavioural Sciences, Social Sciences and Law | 1995 | |
| Wolfgang Bargmann | Foreign Member | | 1976 | |
| Willem van Barneveld | | | | |
| Adriaan Jacob Barnouw | Corresponding Member | | 1923 | Resigned 1940 |
| Anton Peter Barten | Corresponding Member | | 1984 | |
| Auguste Barth | Foreign Member | | 1896 | |
| Else M. Barth | Member | | 1978 | |
| Renate Bartsch | Member | Humanities | 2000 | |
| Jan Steffen Bartstra | Member | | 1952 | |
| Martinus Jean de Bast | | | | |
| Liévain Armand Marie de Bast | | | | |
| Marcel Bataillon | Foreign Member | | 1964 | |
| Jurjen Battjes | Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 1975 | |
| Walter Baumgartner | Foreign Member | | 1951 | |
| Edouard Henri von Baumhauer | Member | | 1858 | |
| Nicolaas Baur | | | 1809 | |
| Frank Baur | Foreign Member | | 1946 | |
| Bas van Bavel | Member | Humanities | 2013 | |
| Herman Bavinck | Member | | 1906 | |
| Sir Frederick C. Bawden, F.R.S. | Foreign Member | | 1961 | |
| Adriaan Bax | Corresponding Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 1994 | |
| Dirk Bax | Corresponding Member | | 1950 | |
| Jean-Baptiste de Bay | | | 1849 | Resigned 1851 |
| Willem Hendrik de Beaufort (2) | Member | | 1896 | |
| Jacques Beckers | Corresponding Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 1989 | |
| Johann Beckmann | | | 1809 | |
| Antoine César Becquerel | | | 1836 | |
| Jan Frederik van Beeck Calkoen | | | 1808 | |
| Albertus van Beek | | | 1825 | |
| Bram van de Beek | Member | Humanities | 1997 | |
| Robert S. P. Beekes | Member | | 1993 | |
| Jacob Houdijn Beekhuis | Member | | 1959 | |
| A. Beeloo | | | 1848 | Resigned 1851 |
| Carlo Beenakker | Member | Natural Sciences and Engineering | 2002 | |
| Joannes Josephus Maria Beenakker | Member | | 1978 | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | | | | |
| Nicolaas Beets | | | | |
| Th.H. Behrens | | | | |
| Martinus Willem Beijerinck | | | | |
| Jos Beijnen | | | | |
| Georg-Joseph Bekker | | | | |
| Harold Bekkering | | | | |
| D.W. van Bekkum | | | | |
| Herman van Bekkum | | | | |
| Wout van Bekkum | | | | |
| Johannes Waltherus Franciscus Beks | | | | |
| Cornelis Bellaar Spruyt | | | | |
| Folkert Oene Belzer | | | | |
| Jan van Bemmel | | | | |
| Johan Frans van Bemmelen | | | | |
| Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen | | | | |
| Willem van Bemmelen | | | | |
| Abraham van Bemmelen (1) | | | | |
| Zvi Ben-Avraham | Foreign Member | | | |
| Johannes Christiaan Bendorp | | | | |
| Pierre-joseph van Beneden | | | | |
| Jan Arnold Bennet | | | | |
| Jozien Bensing | | | | |
| Johan van Benthem | | | | |
| Gerard van den Berg | Corresponding Member | | | |
| N.P. van den Berg | | | | |
| Albert van den Berg | | | | |
| Cornelis Christiaan Berg | | | | |
| Leonard van den Berg | | | | |
| J.E.J. van den Berg | | | | |
| Franciscus Johannes van den Berg | | | | |
| L.W.C. van den Berg | | | | |
| André Berger | Foreign Member | | | |
| Laurens Philippe Charles van den Bergh | | | | |
| Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus | | | | |
| Pieter Adriaan Bergsma | | | | |
| Jan Bergstra | | | | |
| Piet Bergveld | | | | |
| Klaas van Berkel | | | | |
| Guus Berkhout | | | | |
| Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer | | | | |
| Hendrik Petrus Berlage, jr. | | | | |
| Jean Bernard | | | | |
| Josephus Christophorus Bernardus Bernard | | | | |
| René Bernards | | | | |
| J.C. Bernelot Moens | | | | |
| A.J. Bernet Kempers | | | | |
| Ton Berns | | | | |
| G.H. Bernstein | | | | |
| J.G. Bertelman | | | | |
| Michael Berry | Foreign Member | | | |
| M. Berthelot | | | | |
| Claude-Louis Berthollet | | | | |
| G. Bertrand | | | | |
| C.C. Bervic | | | | |
| Jöns Jacob Berzelius | | | | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel | | | | |
| J.F. (Hans) Besseling | | | | |
| C.H. Best | | | | |
| Evert Willem Beth | | | | |
| Johannes in de Betouw | | | | |
| Charles van Beveren | | | | |
| Hugo Beyerman | | | | |
| Connie Bezzina | | | | |
| Jan Bialostocki | | | | |
| Ranuccio Bianchi Badinelli | | | | |
| Peter J. Bickel | Foreign Member | | | |
| David Bierens de Haan | | | | |
| Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno | | | | |
| Catrien Bijleveld | | | | |
| Karin Bijsterveld | | | | |
| Johannes Martin Bijvoet | | | | |
| Willem Bilderdijk | | | | |
| B. Biondelli | | | | |
| Byron Bird | Foreign Member | | | |
| Peter Brian Herrenden Birks | | | | |
| J.M.F. Birnbaum | | | | |
| T.L.W. von Bischoff | | | | |
| Ton Bisseling | | | | |
| Alfons van Blaaderen | | | | |
| Adriaan Blaauw | | | | |
| A.H. Blaauw | | | | |
| Gerrit Anne Blaauw | | | | |
| Colin Blakemore | Foreign Member | | | |
| E. Blancquart | | | | |
| Arie Blanken, Jansz. | | | | |
| G.H. Blanken | | | | |
| Jan Blanken, Jansz. | | | | |
| George Blasse | | | | |
| Mark Blaug | | | | |
| Pieter Bleeker | | | | |
| Johan Bleeker | | | | |
| W. Bleeker | | | | |
| Clemens van Blitterswijk | | | | |
| F. Bloch | | | | |
| Wim Blockmans | | | | |
| Bas Bloem | | | | |
| Auke Reitze Bloembergen | | | | |
| Nicolaas Bloembergen | | | | |
| Dirk Peter Blok | | | | |
| Josine Blok | | | | |
| Petrus Johannes Blok | | | | |
| D. Blom | | | | |
| Kees Blom | | | | |
| Carel Blotkamp | | | | |
| Carl Ludwig Blume | | | | |
| Johann Friedrich Blumenbach | | | | |
| J.C. Bluntschli | | | | |
| W. von Bode | | | | |
| Joachim Bodel | | | | |
| J.T. Bodel Nyenhuis | | | | |
| Geoffrey Bodenhausen | Corresponding Member | | | |
| Henk Bodewitz | | | | |
| August Boeckh | | | | |
| Monique Boekaerts | | | | |
| Jan Boeke | | | | |
| J.H. Boeke | | | | |
| Ted de Boer | | | | |
| Th.J. de Boer | | | | |
| W. den Boer | | | | |
| Tj. de Boer | | | | |
| R.C. Boer | | | | |
| J.H. de Boer | | | | |
| C. de Boer (2) | | | | |
| J. de Boer | | | | |
| J. Boerema | | | | |
| I. Boerema | | | | |
| P.C. Boeren | | | | |
| Jacob Gijsbert Boerlage | | | | |
| Hans Boersma | | | | |
| J. Böeseken | | | | |
| Pieter Alexander van Boetzelaer | | | | |
| Adrianus Bogaers | | | | |
| N.H.D. Bohr | | | | |
| H.E.J.G. du Bois | | | | |
| E. du Bois Reymond | | | | |
| U.Ph. Boissevain | | | | |
| J.F. Boissonade | | | | |
| Bart Jan Bok | | | | |
| Siegfried Thomas Bok | | | | |
| J. Boldingh | | | | |
| Lambertus van Bolhuis | | | | |
| Lodewijk Bolk | | | | |
| H. Bolkestein | | | | |
| L. Boltzmann | | | | |
| Klaas Bom | | | | |
| Seeger Adrianus Bonebakker | | | | |
| R.T.H.P.L.A. van Boneval Faure | | | | |
| John Bongaarts | Corresponding Member | | | |
| Andreas Bonn | | | | |
| C. Bonne | | | | |
| Johannes Adrianus Boogaard | | | | |
| J.C. Boogman | | | | |
| J.H. van Boom | | | | |
| Dorret Boomsma | | | | |
| K.G. Boon | | | | |
| Anthony Hendrik van der Boon Mesch | | | | |
| Hendrik Carel van der Boon Mesch | | | | |
| Arnoud Boot | | | | |
| Johan Cornelis Gerard Boot | | | | |
| Dick Bootsma | | | | |
| F. Bopp | | | | |
| A.Ph.R.C. van der Borch van Verwolde | | | | |
| Elias Annes Borger | | | | |
| Joris Frans Borghouts | | | | |
| J. Borgman | | | | |
| J.A. Bornewasser | | | | |
| Th.J.H. Borret | | | | |
| René de Borst | | | | |
| Piet Borst | | | | |
| Hans Bos | | | | |
| W.H. van den Bos | | | | |
| J. Bosboom | | | | |
| Antal van den Bosch | | | | |
| Bernardus de Bosch | | | | |
| Frederik David Kan Bosch | | | | |
| Jeronimo de Bosch | | | | |
| Johannes van den Bosch | | | | |
| Leendert Bosch | | | | |
| R.B. van den Bosch | | | | |
| Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper | | | | |
| Hilbrand Boschma | | | | |
| J.H.A. Bosquet | | | | |
| Herman Bosscha | | | | |
| Pieter Bosscha, (*1788) | | | | |
| Johannes Bosscha (1) | | | | |
| Johannes Bosscha (2) | | | | |
| Johannes Bosscha (3) | | | | |
| Fréd Bosman | Corresponding Member | | | |
| J. Bosworth | | | | |
| C.A. Böttiger | | | | |
| Herman Bouma | | | | |
| Johan Bouma | | | | |
| Joop Bouma | | | | |
| A.C. Bouman | | | | |
| Maarten A. Bouman | | | | |
| Carlijn Bouten | | | | |
| Friedrich Ludewig Bouterweck | | | | |
| Christoffel Jacob Bouwkamp | | | | |
| Harro Bouwmeester | | | | |
| Joke Bouwstra | | | | |
| Lans Bovenberg | | | | |
| Mark Bovens | | | | |
| J. Bowring | | | | |
| C.R. Boxer | | | | |
| Henk Braakhuis | | | | |
| Joseph Braat | | | | |
| J.P. Braempt | | | | |
| Paul Brakefield | Foreign Member | | | |
| J.L.A. Brandes | | | | |
| J.C. Brandt Corstius | | | | |
| Antoni Brants | | | | |
| Gerrit Bras | | | | |
| Jacob Gijsbert Samuel van Breda | | | | |
| G. Bredig | | | | |
| Abraham Bredius | | | | |
| Mattheus Ignatius van Bree | | | | |
| J.B. van Bree | | | | |
| Ferry Breedveld | | | | |
| Nico van Breemen | | | | |
| Douwe Breimer | | | | |
| Jan Breman | | | | |
| C.E.B. Bremekamp | | | | |
| Monique Breteler | Foreign Member | | | |
| W.G. Brill | | | | |
| Jan ten Brink | | | | |
| Marcel van den Brink | Foreign Member | | | |
| Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | Corresponding Member | | | |
| Henk Brinkhuis | | | | |
| H. Brinkman | | | | |
| R. Brinkman | | | | |
| Albert ten Broecke Hoekstra | | | | |
| Roel van den Broek | | | | |
| Michiel van den Broeke | | | | |
| Dick Broer | | | | |
| Henk Broer | | | | |
| Willem Broes | | | | |
| J.J. Broeze | | | | |
| F.J.A. Broeze | | | | |
| G. Brom | | | | |
| Gerard B. Brom | | | | |
| Albertus Brondgeest | | | | |
| L.D. Brongersma | | | | |
| Johannes Bronkhorst | Corresponding Member | | | |
| W. Bronkhorst | | | | |
| Fred Brooks | Foreign Member | | | |
| R. Brouwer | | | | |
| D. Brouwer | | | | |
| Luitzen E.J. Brouwer | | | | |
| H.A. Brouwer | | | | |
| B. Brouwer | | | | |
| Peter Brown | Foreign Member | | | |
| R. Brown | | | | |
| S.L. Brug | | | | |
| Pibo Antonius Brugmans | | | | |
| H. Brugmans | | | | |
| Izaak Johannes Brugmans | | | | |
| Sebald Justinus Brugmans (2) | | | | |
| Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn | | | | |
| C.F.A. Bruijning | | | | |
| C.C. de Bruin | | | | |
| Jan Frederik Gerrit Brumund | | | | |
| Bert Brunekreef | | | | |
| Coenraad Lodewijk Brunings | | | | |
| Christiaan Brunings (2) | | | | |
| H. Brunner | | | | |
| Han Brunner | | | | |
| F. Brunot | | | | |
| P.M. Brutel de la Rivière | | | | |
| Josua Bruyn | | | | |
| H.E. Bruyn | | | | |
| E. de Bruyne | | | | |
| F. Bücheler | | | | |
| F.S.P. van Buchem | | | | |
| D.D. Büchler | | | | |
| A. de Buck | | | | |
| Henk Buck | | | | |
| B. Budiansky | | | | |
| Kenneth Buesseler | Foreign Member | | | |
| E.S. Bugge | | | | |
| Henk Buhrman | | | | |
| M.P. van Buijtenen | | | | |
| Piet Buijnsters | | | | |
| J.A.B. van Buitenen | | | | |
| Willem Buiter | Corresponding Member | | | |
| Harry Büller | | | | |
| Erwin Bulte | | | | |
| Wiep van Bunge | | | | |
| H.G. Bungenberg de Jong | | | | |
| C.K.J. von Bunsen | | | | |
| William Burck | | | | |
| Martin van Buren | | | | |
| C.L. van der Burg | | | | |
| Wilhelm Gerard Burgers | | | | |
| Johannes Martinus Burgers | | | | |
| Marten Burkens | | | | |
| F.X. de Burtin | | | | |
| Marcus Jan Busch | | | | |
| Joost Businger | Corresponding Member | | | |
| C.H.Th. Bussemaker | | | | |
| Johannes Wilhelmus Bussingh | | | | |
| Harvey Butcher | | | | |
| Bram Buunk | | | | |
| J.T. Buys | | | | |
| Johannes Buys | | | | |
| Christophorus Henricus Didericus Buys Ballot | | | | |
| Frederik Jacobus Johannes Buytendijk | | | | |
| Alexander Willem Byvanck | | | | |