Ben

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 Bailey (born 1970), American comedian and game show host

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 (1965–2026), 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 Cardin (born 1943), American lawyer and former politician

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 Chiu (born 1970), Taiwanese-American and Canadian computer programmer

Ben Chiu (Hong Kong singer) (born 1997), Hong Kong dancer

Ben Chukwuma (born 2001), Nigerian-American football player

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), Luxembourgish politician

Ben Feldman (born 1980), American actor

Ben Ferencz (1920–2023), American lawyer

Ben Fergusson (born 1980), British writer

Ben Folami (born 1999), Australian footballer

Ben Ford (chef) (born 1966), American chef

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 Goldsmith (musician), American singer-songwriter

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 Harrison (1833-1901), 23rd U.S. President

Ben Harvey (disambiguation), multiple people

Ben Herbert (born 1979), American football coach and former player

Ben Hogan (1912–1997), American golfer

Ben Helfgott (1929–2023), 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 Kramer (1913–1999), American basketball player

Ben Kudrna (born 2003), American baseball player

Ben Kweller (born 1981), American rock musician

Ben Labrosse (born 1999), Canadian football player

Ben Lane (born 1997), English badminton player

Ben Laughlin, American ten-pin bowler

Ben Lawson (born 1980), Australian actor

Ben Leber (born 1978), American football player

Ben Lord, American drummer

Ben Lowe (born 1985), Australian rugby player

Ben Lundgaard (born 1995), American soccer 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 Nighthorse Campbell (1933–2025), American and Northern Cheyenne politician and rancher

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 Ray Luján (born 1972), American politician

Ben Richards (disambiguation), multiple people

Ben Roethlisberger (born 1982), American football player

Ben Sahar (born 1989), Israeli footballer

Ben Saraf (born 2006), Israeli basketball player

Ben Sasse (born 1972), American academic administrator and politician

Ben Sauls (born 2001), American football player

Ben Schwartz (born 1981), American actor

Ben Selvin (1898–1980), American jazz musician and bandleader

Ben Shneiderman (born 1947), American computer scientist

Ben Shapiro (born 1984), American conservative political commentator

Ben Sheets (born 1978), American baseball player

Ben Silverman (golfer) (born 1987), Canadian golfer

Ben Simm (disambiguation), multiple people, including Sim, Sims, Simms

Ben Simmons (born 1996), Australian basketball player

Ben Sinnott (born 2002), American football player

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 Stokes (born 1991), English cricketer born in New Zealand

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 (1935–2024), 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 Whitehead (born 1977), English actor and voice actor

Ben Wiegers, Dutch curling coach

Ben Wildman-Tobriner (born 1984), American swimmer

Ben Willbond (born 1973), British actor

Ben Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people

Ben Woodburn (born 1999), Welsh footballer

Ben Wooldridge (born 1999), American football player

Ben Yurosek (born 2002), American football player

Ben (South Korean singer) (born 1991), South Korean singer

Fictional characters

Ben, a character in the 2019 Canadian horror comic series Witch Creek Road

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, minor character of The Grudge 3

Ben, Bill's twin brother in The Railway Series and the spinoff TV series Thomas and Friends

Ben, a rat in the novel Ratman's Notebooks, films Willard and Ben, and theme song sung by Michael Jackson on his LP Ben

Ben, or Benny, the "1980-something space guy" from The Lego Movie

🅱️en, or Pen, a character from the first season of Battle for Dream Island, an animated web series. Pen revealed that his legal name is 🅱️en in BFB 5.

Old Ben, a bear at the center of the William Faulkner story The Bear

Gentle Ben, a bear featured in an eponymous 1965 novel, and in television and movie adaptations

Talking Ben, a brown dog and a protagonist of the Talking Tom & Friends media franchise

Ben Bigger, a playable character from the video game Zenless Zone Zero

Ben Elf, the titular protagonist in the British cartoon Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom