People

• Ken (musician), Japanese musician
• Ken Akamatsu
  Ken Akamatsu
  is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo.Sailor Moon was his introduction to anime and manga fandom.In his teens, Akamatsu applied himself to Film Study . Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket . He used the pen name...
  
   (born 1968), Japanese author
• Ken Anderson (quarterback) (born 1949), American quarterback
• Ken Anderson aka Mr. Kennedy, American professional wrestler and actor
• Ken Bowersox
  Ken Bowersox
  Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox is an engineer, United States Naval officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station....
  
   (born 1956), astronaut
• Ken Block
  Ken Block
  Ken Block is a songwriter, guitarist and lead singer of the rock band Sister Hazel. Ken plays acoustic guitar. He also helped produce the band's first CD in 1994. His debut solo effort Drift was released on December 9, 2008....
  
  , American rally driver
• Ken Bruce
  Ken Bruce
  Kenneth Robertson Bruce is a British broadcaster known for his programme on BBC Radio 2, which is broadcast on weekdays from 9:30am until 12 noon.-Early life and career:...
  
   (born 1951), Scottish DJ
• Ken Burns
  Ken Burns
  Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs...
  
   (born 1953), American documentary filmmaker
• Ken Caminiti
  Ken Caminiti
  Kenneth Gene Caminiti was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball and the 1996 National League Most Valuable Player. He was born in Hanford, California, and attended San Jose State University...
  
   (1963–2004), Major League Baseball player
• Ken Campbell (actor)
  Ken Campbell (actor)
  Kenneth Victor Campbell was an English writer, actor, director and comedian known for his work in experimental theatre...
  
  , English writer, actor, and director
• Ken Campbell (evangelist)
  Ken Campbell (evangelist)
  Kenneth Livingstone Campbell was a Canadian fundamentalist Baptist evangelist and political figure. He was the final leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1990 to 1993....
  
   (1934–2006), Canadian evangelist
• Ken Casey
  Ken Casey
  Ken Casey is the bass guitarist and a vocalist of the Boston Celtic punk group Dropkick Murphys. Casey was one of the original members, starting it in 1996 with Rick Barton and Mike McColgan. He is the only original member of the Dropkick Murphys left in the band, though drummer Matt Kelly joined...
  
  , bassist of the Boston Irish punk rock group Dropkick Murphys
• Ken Christianson
  Ken Christianson
  Ken Christianson is a musician and artist living in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. He is the composer of the score to the short film Better Left Alone . He is also a resident composer for the Minneapolis-based theater group, the Drama Troupe Players. He is also resident composer for the Samantha...
  
  , California based artist and musician, with art collective Elephant Empire
• Ken Clark (actor)
  Ken Clark (actor)
  Kenneth Donovan "Ken" Clark was an American B-movie actor. He appeared in movies in America and Europe, including the Secret Agent 077 trilogy....
  
   (1927–2009), American actor
• Ken Davitian
  Ken Davitian
  Kenneth "Ken" Davitian is an American actor who is best known for his role as Borat's producer in the 2006 comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, in which he speaks the Eastern dialect of Armenian throughout the film.-Life and...
  
   (born 1953), American film and TV actor
• Kenny Dykstra (born 1986), American professional wrestler
• Ken Dodd
  Ken Dodd
  Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE is a British comedian and singer songwriter, famous for his frizzy hair or “fluff dom” and buck teeth or “denchers”, his favourite cleaner, the feather duster and his greeting "How tickled I am!", as well as his send-off “Lots and Lots of Happiness!”...
  
   (born 1927), English comedian
• Ken Follett
  Ken Follett
  Ken Follett is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more than 100 million copies of his works. Four of his books have reached the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list: The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, and World Without End.-Early...
  
   (born 1949), British author of thrillers and historical novels
• Ken Griffey, Sr.
  Ken Griffey, Sr.
  George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He currently serves as Manager for the Bakersfield Blaze, the Reds' Single A minor league affiliate. He is the father of former professional outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. and former minor leaguer Craig Griffey. He and his...
  
   (born 1950), American baseball player
• Ken Griffey, Jr.
  Ken Griffey, Jr.
  George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. , nicknamed "Junior" and "The Kid", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and during his final years, designated hitter...
  
   (born 1969), American baseball player
• Ken Ham
  Ken Ham
  Kenneth Alfred Ham is the Australian President/CEO of Answers in Genesis USA. He is a vocal advocate for a young Earth and a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis, and his cross-country speaking tours and many books make him one of the better known young-Earth...
  
   (born 1951), creationist
• Ken Harrelson
  Ken Harrelson
  Kenneth Smith Harrelson , nicknamed "The Hawk" due to his distinctive profile, is a former All-Star first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball...
  
   (born 1941), Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
• Ken Hendricks
  Ken Hendricks
  Kenneth A. Hendricks was a businessman who grew a shingle supply company into a $2.6 billion fortune and a spot on the Forbes 400...
  
  , billionaire (1941–2007), president of Hendricks Group
• Ken Hirai
  Ken Hirai
  is a Japanese R&B and pop singer. Since his debut, Hirai has worked as a model, actor, composer, lyricist, singer, and spokesperson.During his career, Hirai has released 32 singles and 11 albums up until October 2010. According to Oricon, his single Hitomi Wo Tojite became the best-selling single...
  
   (born 1972), J-pop singer known for the hit songs "Hitomi wo Tojite" and "POP STAR"
• Ken Hoang
  Ken Hoang
  Ken "Kenny" Hoang is a Vietnamese American professional electronic sports player who plays Super Smash Bros. Melee and has earned $50,000+ USD doing so....
  
   (born 1985), American professional electronic sports player
• Ken Holtzman
  Ken Holtzman
  Kenneth Dale Holtzman is a left-handed former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics...
  
   (born 1945), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ken Hughes
  Ken Hughes
  Ken Hughes was a British film director, writer, and producer.-Personal history:Wife Charlotte Hughes living in LA...
  
   (1922–2001), writer and director of films, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Ken Jennings
  Ken Jennings
  Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings III is an American game show contestant and author. Jennings is noted for holding the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the all-time leading money winner on American game shows...
  
   (born 1974), contestant on the game show Jeopardy!
• Ken Kal
  Ken Kal
  Ken Kalczynski or Ken Kal is an American disc jockey and reporter for WXYT AM 1270 in Detroit, as well as the radio play-by-play commentator for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL for the past 16 seasons...
  
  , radio play-by-play announcer for the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings
• Ken Kesey
  Ken Kesey
  Kenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. "I was too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a...
  
   (1935–2001), novelist, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Ken (musician) (Ken Kitamura, born 1968), J-Pop member of bands L'Arc~en~Ciel and Sons of All Pussys
• Ken Kutaragi
  Ken Kutaragi
  is the former Chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment , the video game division of Sony Corporation. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3.Before this...
  
   (born 1950), President and CEO, later Chairman, of Sony Computer Entertainment
• Ken Livingstone
  Ken Livingstone
  Kenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone is an English politician who is currently a member of the centrist to centre-left Labour Party...
  
  , politician (born 1945), former mayor of London, UK
• Ken Lloyd
  Ken Lloyd
  Kentaro James Shibuya Lloyd , better known as Ken Lloyd, is a British/Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. Fluent in both Japanese and English, he writes lyrics in both languages...
  
   (born 1976), Japanese-British musician, vocalist and songwriter of Fake? and Oblivion Dust
• Ken Loach
  Ken Loach
  Kenneth "Ken" Loach is a Palme D'Or winning English film and television director.He is known for his naturalistic, social realist directing style and for his socialist beliefs, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as homelessness , labour rights and child abuse at the...
  
   (born 1936), British film director
• Ken Maycock (born 1960), artist and art teacher at Dulwich College
• Ken Matthews (born 1934), English race walker
• Ken Miyagishima
  Ken Miyagishima
  Kenneth Daniel Gallegos "Ken" Miyagishima is the current mayor of Las Cruces, New Mexico, first taking office in 2007.Kenneth Daniel Gallegos Miyagishima was born in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1963. He is of both Japanese and Mexican descent. He has lived in Las Cruces since 1971...
  
   (born 1963), mayor of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
• Ken Morrish
  Ken Morrish
  Ken Morrish , nicknamed "Mr. Highland Creek" was a Metro Toronto politician. He served the Scarborough, Ontario community as councillor, deputy Metro Toronto Chair and mayor of Scarborough...
  
   (1919–2006), former mayor of the city of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
• Ken Morrison
  Ken Morrison
  Sir Kenneth Duncan Morrison CBE is a British businessman, who is the Life President and former chairman of Morrisons , the fourth largest supermarket group in the United Kingdom.-Early and private life:...
  
   (born 1931), English supermarket CEO
• Ken Nomura
  Ken Nomura
  is a drifting driver from Japan. He made his debut in the D1 Grand Prix in the 3rd round in 2001, driving the Blitz D1 Spec ER34 Skyline which he still drives...
  
   (born 1965), member of the drifting motorsport scene and of the D1 Grand Prix series
• Ken Okuyama
  Ken Okuyama
  Ken Okuyama is an automobile designer who worked for Pininfarina designing or supervising projects such as the Enzo Ferrari and Ferrari P4/5. His given name is Kiyoyuki Okuyama but goes by Ken Okuyama outside Japan...
  
   (born 1959), Japanese car designer, creative director of Pininfarina, professor
• Ken Parrish
  Ken Parrish
  Ken Parrish is an American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
  
   (born 1984), American football player
• Ken Ring (artist), Swedish rapper
• Ken Ring (soccer player), soccer player
• Ken Rosewall
  Ken Rosewall
  Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...
  
   (born 1934), Grand Slam tennis champion
• Ken Russell
  Ken Russell
  Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell was an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. He attracted criticism as being obsessed with sexuality and the church...
  
   (born 1927), film director and actor
• Ken Rutherford (cricketer)
  Ken Rutherford (cricketer)
  Kenneth Robert Rutherford is a former New Zealand cricketer who enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team, and was captain for a period. Aged 19, with a solitary first class season behind him, he was asked to open the batting for New Zealand against West Indies when the latter were at the...
  
   (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
• Ken Saro-Wiwa
  Ken Saro-Wiwa
  Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro Wiwa was a Nigerian author, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize...
  
   (1941–1995), writer and political activist
• Ken Schrader
  Ken Schrader
  Kenneth Schrader is a second-generation race car driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while driving part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series for his own Ken Schrader Racing. He also runs part time in the NASCAR Camping...
  
   (born 1955), NASCAR driver
• Ken Shimura
  Ken Shimura
  , is a Japanese comedian and actor. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show "Ken Shimura no Bakatono-sama"....
  
   (born 1950), Japanese comedian, member of the Drifters
• Ken Spreitzer, computer programmer
• Ken Sugimori
  Ken Sugimori
  is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. He is most famous as the character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise. Sugimori is also credited with the art direction for other titles, including Pulseman. Sugimori drew all of the original 151 Pokémon...
  
   (born 1966), Japanese illustrator known for his work on the Pokémon video games
• Ken Takakura
  Ken Takakura
  , born , is a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles.Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka...
  
   (born 1931), Japanese film actor
• Ken Thompson
  Ken Thompson
  Kenneth Lane Thompson , commonly referred to as ken in hacker circles, is an American pioneer of computer science...
  
   (born 1943), American computer scientist and one of the primary creators of Unix
• Ken Tyrrell
  Ken Tyrrell
  Robert Kenneth "Ken" Tyrrell was a British Formula Two racing driver and the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor.-Biography:...
  
   (1924–2001), founder of the Formula One team Tyrrell Racing
• Ken Uehara
  Ken Uehara
  was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He starred in Entotsu no mieru basho, which was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.His son is the singer and actor Yūzō Kayama.-Selected filmography:...
  
   (1909–1991), Japanese film actor
• Ken Wahl
  Ken Wahl
  Ken Wahl is an American film and television actor, popular in the 1980s and 1990s. He twice won the title of Sexiest Man on TV, earned an Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe.-Career:...
  
   (born 1954), American actor
• Ken Watanabe
  Ken Watanabe
  is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best...
  
   (born 1959), Japanese theater, TV, and film actor
• Ken Whyld
  Ken Whyld
  Kenneth Whyld was a British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author of The Oxford Companion to Chess, the standard single-volume chess reference work in English....
  
   (1926–2003), British chess player and author

Fictional Characters

• Ken (Barbie) also known as Ken Carson, toy doll
• Ken (Street Fighter), character in the Street Figher video games
• Kenshiro
  Kenshiro
  is the main protagonist of the manga franchise Fist of the North Star by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. According to Buronson, Kenshiro's character design was inspired by the character of Max Rockatansky from the Mad Max film series and martial artist Bruce Lee.In the story, Kenshiro is the rightful...
  
   or Ken, hero of the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star
• Ken Barlow (Coronation Street), character in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
• Kenshin Himura or Ken, main character of the manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin
• Ken Ichijouji
  Ken Ichijouji
  is a fictional character in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime series.Ken is the final member of the 02 DigiDestined, partnered with Wormmon and holder of the Crest of Kindness. Unlike the other 02 DigiDestined, he lives in Tamachi, which is next to Odaiba...
  
  , character in the anime series Digimon
• Ken Masters
  Ken Masters
  , originally spelled in Japanese as , is a video game character created by Capcom. As a main character, he has appeared in all of the Street Fighter games along with his best friend and rival, Ryu...
  
  , a character from the Street Fighter video game series
• Ken Rosenberg, a character in the Grand Theft Auto video games