Best known for his Gothic novel Vathek (Lausanne, Switz, 1787; London, 1815), William Beckford published a translation of stories by German author Johann Karl August Musäus as Popular Tales of the Germans (1791).

A very prolific playwright and poet who collaborated with a number of his contemporary authors, most notably John Fletcher, with whom he authored over a dozen works. A few of the most notable among these include Philaster (c. 1609), A King and No King (c. 1611), The Maid's Tragedy (c. 1611), and The Scornful Lady (c. 1615). The Two Noble Kinsmen, a Shakespeare-Fletcher collaboration, reworks much material from Beaumont's The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn (c. 1613).

Character in Samuel Richardson's The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1754).

See Elie de Beaumont, Mme. (Anne-Louise Morin-Dumesnil).

Cardinal, Bishop of Winchester, and grandson to King Edward III, Beaufort was influential in English politics for many years.

Living from 1670-1726, Charles Beauclerk was the 1st Duke of St. Albans as the illegitimate son of King Charles II and actress Nell Gwyn.

Scottish poet and philosopher. His best known work, Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth (1770) was both successful and influential. His poem The Minstrel (1771-1774) details the natural education of a young shepherd who eventually attains poetic genius. He published a number of other philosophical, theological, and linguistic works, several collections of poems, and, in 1778, a collection entitled Essays on Poetry and Music As They Affect the Mind.

Also known as "The Thunderbolt," Bayezid I was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389–1402. Bayezid I founded what would become the first centralized Ottoman state grounded in traditional Muslim and Turkish institutions. Bayezid was captured by Timur at the Battle of Ankara in 1402 and died in captivity the following year. The Ottoman Interregnum was triggered as a result of Bayezid's death.

English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons and an aquaintance of Alexander Pope.

A member of Jesus's Twelve Apostles. He is referred to as Nathanael in the Fourth Gospel of the New Testament. Stories of his martyrdom describe two methods; in one, he was flayed alive. This version is featured in works by several prominent artists, including Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Ribera.