Ben Explained
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Benson or Ebenezer, and is also a given name in its own right.
Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as Ben (dialectal Arabic) or bin (بن), Ibn/ebn (ابن).
Ben (賁/便嗯) is a Chinese surname.
People with the given name
- Ben Adams (born 1981), member of the British boy band A1
- Ben Affleck (born 1972), American Academy Award-winning actor and screenwriter
- Ben Ashkenazy (born 1968/69), American billionaire real estate developer
- Ben Askren (born 1984), American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Ben Axtman (born 1933), American politician
- Ben Banogu (born 1996), American football player
- Ben Barba (born 1989), Australian rugby player
- Ben Barnes (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Bartch (born 1998), American football player
- Ben Bartlett, British composer
- Ben Becker (born 1964), German actor
- Ben Bentil (born 1995), Ghanaian basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Ben Bernanke (born 1953), American chair of the Federal Reserve Bank
- Ben Bishop (born 1986), American ice hockey player
- Ben Bradlee (1921–2014), American newspaper editor
- Ben Braun (born 1953), American basketball coach
- Ben Bredeson (born 1999), American football player
- Ben Browder (born 1962), American actor
- Ben Burman (1896–1984), American author
- Ben Burr-Kirven (born 1997), American football player
- Ben Carson (born 1951), American surgeon and politician
- Ben Carter (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Chase (1923–1998), American football player
- Ben Chilwell (born 1996), English footballer
- Ben Cleveland (born 1998), American football player
- Ben Clime (1891–1973), American football player
- Ben Cohen (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Coleman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Collins, American screenwriter
- Ben Cousins (born 1978), Australian rules footballer
- Ben Crenshaw (born 1952), American golfer
- Ben Crompton (born 1974), English actor
- Ben Cross (1947–2020), English actor
- Ben Curtis (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Cutting (born 1987), Australian cricketer
- Ben Daley (born 1988), Australian rugby player
- Ben Davis (born 2000), Thai footballer
- Ben DiNucci (born 1996), American football player
- Ben Domenech (born 1982), American news commentator, publisher of The Federalist
- Ben Eager (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ben Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Eisenhardt (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player
- Ben Ellefson (born 1996), American football player
- Ben Fayot (born 1937), Luxembourgian politician
- Ben Folami (born 1999), Australian footballer
- Ben Feldman (actor) (born 1980), American actor
- Ben Folds (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
- Ben Fordham (born 1976), Australian journalist, sports reporter and radio presenter
- Ben Franklin (1706–1790), Prominent figure in the American Revolution
- Ben Garland (born 1988), American football player
- Ben Gedeon (born 1994), American football player
- Ben Gibbard (born 1976), American lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie
- Ben Gibson (born 1993), English footballer
- Ben Gillies (born 1979), Australian drummer of Silverchair
- Ben Godfrey (born 1998), English footballer
- Ben Gordon (born 1983), British-born American basketball player
- Ben Gottschalk (born 1992), American football player
- Ben Guez (born 1987), American baseball player
- Ben Hannant (born 1984), Australian rugby player
- Ben Hardy (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Harper (born 1969), American musician
- Ben Harvey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Herbert (born 1979), American football coach and former player
- Ben Hogan (1912–1997), American golfer
- Ben Helfgott (born 1929), Polish-born British weightlifter
- Ben Howard (born 1987), British singer/songwriter
- Ben Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Jeby (1909–1985), American boxer
- Ben Jelen (born 1979), American singer
- Ben Johns (born 1999), American professional pickleball player
- Ben Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Jonson (1572–1637), English poet
- Ben Kane (born 1970), English novelist
- Ben Kasica, American musician, lead guitarist for Skillet
- Ben Keays (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
- Ben E. King (1938–2015), American soul and R&B singer
- Ben Kingsley (born 1943), British actor
- Ben Kinsella (1991–2008), British murder victim
- Ben Knapen (born 1951), Dutch politician and journalist
- Ben Kweller (born 1981), American rock musician
- Ben Labrosse (born 1999), Canadian football player
- Ben Lane (born 1997), English badminton player
- Ben Lawson (born 1980), Australian actor
- Ben Leber (born 1978), American football player
- Ben Lowe (born 1985), Australian rugby player
- Ben Mason (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Mendelsohn (born 1969), Australian actor
- Ben Miller (born 1966), English actor and comedian
- Ben Moody (born 1981), American musician
- Ben Moore (born 1995), American basketball player
- Ben Roy Mottelson (1926–2022), Danish American physicist
- Ben Mulroney (born 1976), Canadian television personality
- Ben Murdoch-Masila (born 1991), New Zealand rugby player
- Ben Navarro (born 1962/1963), American billionaire, founder and CEO of Sherman Financial Group
- Ben Needham (1989–1991), British infant who disappeared in Greece
- Ben Needham (American football), American football linebacker
- Ben Nicholson (1894–1982), English artist
- Ben Niemann (born 1995), American football player
- Ben Ownby, American kidnap victim
- Ben J. Pierce (born 1999), American YouTuber, singer-songwriter, and actor
- Ben Platt (born 1993), American actor and singer-songwriter
- Ben Plucknett (1954–2002), American discus thrower
- Ben Powers (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Ben Richards (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Roethlisberger (born 1982), American football player
- Ben Sahar (born 1989), Israeli footballer
- Ben Schwartz (born 1981), American actor
- Ben Selvin (1898–1980), American jazz musician and bandleader
- Ben Shneiderman (born 1947), American computer scientist
- Ben Simm (disambiguation), multiple people, including Sim, Sims, Simms
- Ben Simmons (born 1996), Australian basketball player
- Ben Sinnott (born 2002), American football player
- Ben Shapiro (born 1984), American conservative political commentator
- Ben Sheets (born 1978), American baseball player
- Ben Silverman (golfer) (born 1987), Canadian golfer
- Ben Skowronek (born 1997), American football player
- Ben Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben T H So (born 1990), apprentice horse racing jockey
- Ben Spijkers (born 1961), Dutch judoka
- Ben Stein (born 1944), American law professor, economist, writer and actor
- Ben Stiller (born 1965), American actor, writer and director
- Ben Swagerman (born 1959), Dutch politician
- Ben Talley (born 1972), American football player
- Ben Templeton (born 1940), American co-creator of the comic strip Motley's Crew
- Ben Te'o (born 1987), New Zealand rugby player
- Ben Thatcher (born 1975), English footballer
- Ben Tulfo (born 1955), Filipino television and radio personality
- Ben Underwood (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Unwin (1977–2019), Australian actor
- Ben Vautier (born 1935), French artist
- Ben Verweij (1895–1951), Dutch footballer
- Ben Wallace (born 1974), American basketball player
- Ben Wanger (born 1997), American-Israeli baseball pitcher, Team Israel
- Ben Way (born 1980), English entrepreneur
- Ben Whishaw (born 1980), English actor
- Ben Wildman-Tobriner (born 1984), American swimmer
- Ben Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ben Woodburn (born 1999), Welsh footballer
- Ben Wooldridge, American football player
- Ben (South Korean singer) (born 1991), South Korean singer
Fictional characters
- Ben, a character in the 2007 Canadian-American television series Sushi Pack
- Ben, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie He's Just Not That Into You
- Ben, a rat in the novel Ratman's Notebooks, films Willard and Ben, and theme song sung by Michael Jackson on his LP Ben
- Benjamin Florian/Ben, a protagonist of the Descendants franchise (2015–2019)
- Gentle Ben, a bear featured in an eponymous 1965 novel, and in television and movie adaptations
- Ben C. L. / Soldier Boy, major character in the third season of The Boys
- Ben Geller-Willick-Bunch, the son of Ross Geller and Carol and Susan in NBC sitcom Friends
- Ben Grimm, also known as the Thing, from Marvel Comics
- Ben Gunn, from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
- Ben Harper, major character in the comedy series My Family
- Ben Nooper, a coastguard and supporting character in the animated series Fireman Sam
- Ben Kenobi, an alias of Obi-Wan Kenobi, major character in the film saga, Star Wars
- Ben Lawson/BEN, an antagonist of the Ben Drowned series (2010–20)
- Ben, or Benny, the "1980-something space guy" from The Lego Movie
- Old Ben, a bear at the center of the William Faulkner story The Bear
- Ben Packer, one of the five main protagonists in Bureau of Alien Detectors
- Ben Parker, the uncle of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) from Marvel Comics
- Ben, minor character of The Grudge 3
- Ben, Bill's twin brother in The Railway Series and the spinoff TV series Thomas and Friends
- Ben Richards, main character of The Running Man
- Ben Ripley, a major protagonist of the young-adult series, Spy School
- Ben Skywalker, a major character in the Star Wars expanded universe
- Ben Solo, major character in the Star Wars sequel trilogy
- Ben Tennyson, protagonist of the Cartoon Network's Ben 10 media franchise
- Ben Urich, investigative journalist for The Daily Bugle in the Marvel Universe
- Ben Wyatt, character from Parks and Recreation
- Talking Ben, a brown dog and a protagonist of the Talking Tom & Friends media franchise
- Ben Taylor, from Postman Pat
- Ben Hargreeves, main character in the comic book/Netflix series The Umbrella Academy
- Ben Elf, the titular protagonist in the British cartoon Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
- Ben Stone, a father in the TV series Manifest
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