Ben
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Ben is often a shortened version of the given name Benjamin
, Benvolio
, Benedict, or less commonly Bentley, although it is also used as a formal given name in its own right.
In Arabic and Hebrew "Ben" means "son of" or a male human.
Benjamin (name)
Benjamin is a popular given name for males, derived from Hebrew בנימין translating as "son of my right [hand]". It is often shortened to Ben, and sometimes to Benny, Bennie, Benjy, Benji or "Big Ben". Benjamin is also a patronymic surname...
, Benvolio
Benvolio
Benvolio Montague is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet.-Sources:In 1554, Matteo Bandello published the second volume of his Novelle which included his version of Giuletta e Romeo. Bandello emphasises Romeo's initial depression and the feud between the families,...
, Benedict, or less commonly Bentley, although it is also used as a formal given name in its own right.
In Arabic and Hebrew "Ben" means "son of" or a male human.
People with the given name Ben
- Ben (singer)Ben (singer)Ben is a German singer, songwriter and occasional voice actor and TV host.His greatest success was 2002 with the hit single "Engel", a collaboration with singer Gim...
, German singer (Bernhard Albrecht Matthias Lasse Blümel) - Ben AdamsBen AdamsBen Adams is an English singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the boy band, a1.-Early life:...
, member of the British boy band A1 - Ben AffleckBen AffleckBenjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt , better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats and Chasing Amy...
, American actor and screenwriter - Ben Barnes (actor)Ben Barnes (actor)Benjamin Thomas "Ben" Barnes is an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Caspian X in The Chronicles of Narnia films Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.-Early life and education:...
, British actor, Prince Caspian - Ben BernankeBen BernankeBen Shalom Bernanke is an American economist, and the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. During his tenure as Chairman, Bernanke has overseen the response of the Federal Reserve to late-2000s financial crisis....
, Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank - Ben BishopBen BishopBen Bishop is an American professional goaltender for the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League . At 6' 7", Bishop is the tallest goalie to ever play in the NHL, topping Devan Dubnyk, Steve Valiquette, Anders Lindback and Mikko Koskinen, who all stand at 6' 6". Bishop played youth hockey...
, American professional ice hockey goaltender - Ben BovaBen BovaBenjamin William Bova is an American science-fiction author and editor. He is the recipient of six Hugo Awards for Best Professional Editor for his work at Analog Science Fiction in the 1970's.-Personal life:...
, American science fiction author and editor - Benjamin BrafmanBenjamin BrafmanBenjamin "Ben" Brafman is a criminal defense attorney based in New York. He maintains a firm focused on criminal defense, Brafman Associates, in New York City and has handled cases for clients including Jacob Arabo, James Patino, Peter Gatien, Plaxico Burress, Michael Jackson, Carl Kruger, Charles...
, criminal defense attorney - Ben BrowderBen BrowderRobert Benedic "Ben" Browder is an American actor and writer, best known for his roles as John Crichton in Farscape and Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1.-Early life:...
, American actor - Benjamin BurnleyBenjamin BurnleyBenjamin Jackson Burnley IV is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the band Breaking Benjamin.-Early days as a musician:...
, American musician, founder of the band Breaking Benjamin - Ben CarsonBen CarsonBenjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr., M.D., is an American neurosurgeon and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States by President George W...
, American surgeon and motivational speaker - Ben Cohen (businessman), co-creator of Ben & Jerry'sBen & Jerry'sBen & Jerry's is an American ice cream company, a division of the British-Dutch Unilever conglomerate, that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and ice cream novelty products, manufactured by Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc., headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont, United...
- Ben Cohen (rugby player)Ben Cohen (rugby player)Benjamin Christopher "Ben" Cohen, MBE is a former England rugby union international. He began his professional career with Northampton Saints in 1996; in 2007 he moved to France to represent Brive before returning to England two years later to join Sale Sharks...
, English rugby union player - Ben Cohen (bridge), author, publisher and distributor of bridge books and stationery supplies
- Ben ColemanBen ColemanBenjamin Coleman is an American former professional basketball player.Coleman attended the University of Minnesota and the University of Maryland. He was picked by the Chicago Bulls in the 2nd round in the 1984 NBA Draft, but did not start his NBA career until 1986 with the New Jersey Nets...
, former basketball player - Ben CrenshawBen CrenshawBen Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas, where he won three NCAA Championships from 1971 to 1973...
, PGA Tour golfer - Ben EagerBen EagerBenjamin Eager is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, Canadian professional ice hockey left winger - Ben FayotBen FayotBen Fayot is a Luxembourgian politician from the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party . Fayot sat in the Chamber of Deputies for five years from 1984. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 until 1999, when he returned to the Chamber of Deputies...
, Luxembourgian politicia - Ben FoldsBen FoldsBenjamin Scott "Ben" Folds is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and television personality. From 1995-2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. Since the group disbanded, Folds has performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world...
, singer-songwriter - Benjamin FranklinBenjamin FranklinDr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
, American inventor, publisher, author, diplomat, founding father, and polymathPolymathA polymath is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. In less formal terms, a polymath may simply be someone who is very knowledgeable...
. - Ben GibbardBen GibbardBenjamin "Ben" Gibbard is an American musician known as a member of several successful indie rock bands. He is the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, and is also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback! and his first band, Pinwheel.-Personal life and career:Gibbard was...
, lead singer from the indie-pop band Death Cab for Cutie - Ben GilliesBen GilliesBenjamin David Gillies is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of Australian rock band Silverchair.Born in Merewether, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, he started as a quad drummer in the band The Marching Koalas, before forming the band Innocent Criminals at the age...
, drummer of SilverchairSilverchairSilverchair were an Australian rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Merewether, Newcastle with the line-up of Ben Gillies on drums, Chris Joannou on bass guitar and Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars. The group got their big break in mid-1994 when they won a national demo... - Ben Gordon, professional basketball player
- Ben HarperBen HarperBenjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances and activism. Harper's fan base spans several continents...
, American musician - Ben HoganBen HoganWilliam Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
, PGA Tour golfer - Ben HelfgottBen HelfgottBen Helfgott is a British Holocaust survivor and former champion weightlifter.He was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs programme on 1 April 2007...
, Polish-born British lightweight weightlifting champion - Ben JebyBen JebyBen Jeby , was an American world champion middleweight champion boxer from the Lower East Side of New York City.Jeby was Jewish, and one of a number of Jewish title-holders of the time...
(Morris Jebaltowsky), American world champion middleweight boxer - Ben JelenBen JelenBen Jelen is a Scottish-born American singer-songwriter who plays the piano, violin, and guitar. He has lived in Scotland, England, Texas, New Jersey and New York. His career has been characterized by near-stardom, with his debut album, Give It All Away peaking at #113 on the Billboard 200 list...
, singer - Ben Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben KasicaBen KasicaBenjamin Judah Kasica is the former lead guitarist for the Christian rock band Skillet. He joined the band in 2001 at the age of sixteen, and recorded the albums Collide, Comatose and Awake with them...
, American musician, lead guitar player for Christian Rock band SkilletSkillet (band)Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1996. The band currently consists of husband and wife John and Korey Cooper , along with Jen Ledger and lead guitarist Seth Morrison. The band has released eight albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose... - Ben Kenobi, major character on the film saga, Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
- Ben KingsleyBen KingsleySir Ben Kingsley, CBE is a British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...
, British actor - Ben KinsellaMurder of Ben KinsellaBen Michael Kinsella was a 16-year-old English student at Holloway School. Kinsella was murdered by a gang of black men in Islington, London after an argument in which he was described as "blameless"...
, British murder victim - Ben KnapenBen KnapenHubertus Petrus Maria "Ben" Knapen is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He is the State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in the Cabinet Rutte serving since October 14, 2010. His portfolio at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs comprises European Union...
, Dutch politician and journalist - Benjamin KowalewiczBenjamin KowalewiczBenjamin Kowalewicz is the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Billy Talent.-Biography:Kowalewicz, of Polish descent, was born December 16, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec. He was raised in Streetsville, Ontario, but now lives in downtown Toronto. He attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary...
, Lead singer of Canadian punk band Billy TalentBilly TalentBilly Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk .... - Ben KwellerBen KwellerBen Kweller is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Early life:Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981. In 1982, his family relocated to Emory, Texas, where his father, Howard Kweller, became the town's first doctor. In 1986, the Kwellers moved to a much larger city,...
, American rock musician - Ben LeberBen LeberBen Leber is an American football linebacker for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft...
, Minnesota Vikings linebacker - Benjamin Linus, character on American TV show LostLost (TV series)Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
- Ben MillerBen MillerBennet Evan "Ben" Miller is an English comedian, actor and director. He is perhaps best known as one half of comedy double act Armstrong and Miller, along with Alexander Armstrong. Together the pair wrote and starred in Channel 4 sketch show Armstrong and Miller, and the more recent BBC television...
, English actor and comedian - Ben MoodyBen MoodyBenjamin Robert Moody is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He is best known as co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of Grammy Award-winning rock band Evanescence from 1995 to October 2003...
, American musician - Ben NicholsonBen NicholsonBenjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson, OM was a British painter of abstract compositions , landscape and still-life.-Background and Training:...
, English artist - Ben Ownby, American kidnap victim
- Ben PlucknettBen PlucknettWalter Harrison Plucknett was an American track and field athlete, known primarily for the discus throw. In 1981, he broke the existing world record with a throw of 233'7", and broke the record again with a throw of 72.34 m on July 7, 1981...
(1954–2002), American discus thrower - Ben RichardsBen RichardsBen Richards is an English actor. He is best known for playing Bruno Milligan in series 4 and 5 of the British TV drama Footballers' Wives and in series 1 and 2 of its spin-off Footballers' Wives: Extra Time...
A British actor, best known for his role on ITV's Footballers' Wives - Ben RoethlisbergerBen RoethlisbergerBenjamin Todd "Ben" Roethlisberger , nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Steelers in the first round in the 2004 NFL Draft...
, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback - Ben SaharBen SaharBen Sahar is an Israeli football striker who currently plays for Ligue 1 side Auxerre on loan from Espanyol.At just 16, Sahar was already the equivalent of a second-year apprentice at Chelsea. He first caught Chelsea's eye in an Under-16 fixture against Ireland in 2004 and has since played for the...
, Israeli soccer player (Hapoel Tel Aviv & national team) - Ben SheetsBen SheetsBen M. Sheets is an American baseball starting pitcher who is currently a free agent. He is a four-time All-Star, but has been hampered with injury problems throughout his career.-Prep and college:...
, Major League Baseball pitcher - Ben Shewan, Vocalist in British band LamentLamentA lament or lamentation is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning.-History:Many of the oldest and most lasting poems in human history have been laments. Laments are present in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, and laments continued to be sung in elegiacs accompanied by...
- Ben Skywalker, a major character in the Star Wars Expanded UniverseStar Wars Expanded UniverseThe Star Wars Expanded Universe encompasses all of the officially licensed, fictional background of the Star Wars universe, outside of the six feature films produced by George Lucas. The expanded universe includes books, comic books, video games, spin-off films like Star Wars: The Clone Wars,...
- Ben SpijkersBen SpijkersBernhard Hendrikus Martinus Spijkers is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics...
, Dutch judoka - Ben SteinBen SteinBenjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein is an American actor, writer, lawyer, and commentator on political and economic issues. He attained early success as a speechwriter for American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
, law professor, economist, writer and actor - Ben StillerBen StillerBenjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
, American actor, writer and director - Ben TempletonBen TempletonBen Templeton is the co-creator of the classic comic strip Motley's Crew along with his late partner Tom Forman. After the death of his partner, Templeton completed the strip on its own until its cancellation on January 1, 2000...
, co-creator of the comic strip Motley's Crew - Ben Tennyson,Tv character
- Ben Underwood, blinded at birth, used ecolocation in everyday life
- Ben VautierBen VautierBen Vautier , also known simply as Ben, is a French artist.Vautier lives and works in Nice, where he ran a record shop called Magazin between 1958 and 1973...
, French Fluxus artist, also known simply as 'Ben' - Ben VerweijBen VerweijBernard Willem Jan Verweij was a football player from the Netherlands, who represented his home country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1920...
(1895–1951), Dutch footballer - Ben WayBen WayBenjamin Peter Bernard Way Ben Way is an English entrepreneur best known for his appearance on Secret Millionaire, he started his first company at the age of 15. He went on to raise £25 million in his teens making him one of the first dot com millionaires.-Early life:While growing up in a village...
, English entrepreneur - Ben Wildman-Tobriner, American Olympic swimming champion