Ben

Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given name Benjamin (as well as Benedict, Bengt, Bennett, Benoit, Benvolio, or Ebenezer, among other names). It is also used as a given name in its own right. The Arabic "Bin" (بن) or "Ibn" (ابن) or "Ben" (dialectal arabic) meaning "son of". Ben (in Hebrew: בֶּן‎‎, Son of) forms part of surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham (Hebrew: אברהם בן אברהם‎‎). Bar-, "son of" in Aramaic, is also seen, e.g. Simon bar Kokhba (Hebrew: שמעון בר כוכבא‎‎). 2People with the given name Ben Ben (German singer), German singer (Bernhard Albrecht Matthias Lasse Blümel) Ben (South Korean singer), South Korean singer (real name Lee Eun-young) Ben Adams, member of the British boy band A1 Ben Affleck, American actor and screenwriter Ben Barba, Australian Rugby League player Ben Barnes (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Bernanke, Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bishop, American professional ice hockey goaltender Ben Bradlee, executive editor of The Washington Post Ben Browder, American actor Ben Carson, American surgeon and motivational speaker Ben Chase, American football player Ben Clime, American football player Ben Cohen (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Coleman (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Cousins, Australian Football League midfielder Ben Crenshaw, PGA Tour golfer Ben Cross, English actor Ben Curtis (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Cutting, Australian cricketer Ben Daley, Australian Rugby League player Ben Eager, Canadian professional ice hockey left winger Ben Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Fayot, Luxembourgian politician Ben Feldman (actor), American actor Ben Folds, singer-songwriter Ben Garland, American football player Ben Gibbard, lead singer from the indie-pop band Death Cab for Cutie Ben Gillies, drummer of Silverchair Ben Gordon, professional basketball player Ben Guez, American baseball player Ben Hannant, Australian Rugby League player Ben Harper, American musician Ben Hogan, PGA Tour golfer Ben Helfgott, Polish-born British lightweight weightlifting champion Ben Howard, British singer/songwriter Ben Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), American world champion middleweight boxer Ben Jelen, singer Ben Jonson English poet Ben Kane, English novelist specialising in historical fiction. Ben Kasica, American musician, lead guitar player for Christian Rock band Skillet Ben Keays, Australian rules footballer Ben Kingsley, British actor Ben Kinsella, British murder victim Ben Knapen, Dutch politician and journalist Ben Kweller, American rock musician Ben Leber, Minnesota Vikings linebacker Ben Lowe, Australian Rugby League player Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor Ben Miller, English actor and comedian Ben Moody, American musician Ben Roy Mottelson Danish American physicist Ben Murdoch-Masila, New Zealand Rugby League player Ben Nicholson, English artist Ben Ownby, American kidnap victim Ben Plucknett (1954–2002), American discus thrower Ben Richards (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Sahar, Israeli soccer player (Hapoel Tel Aviv & national team) Ben Simmons, Australian basketballer Ben Sheets, Major League Baseball pitcher Ben Smith (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Spijkers, Dutch judoka Ben Stein, law professor, economist, writer and actor Ben Stiller, American actor, writer and director Ben Swagerman, Dutch politician Ben Talley, American football player Ben Templeton, co-creator of the comic strip Motley's Crew Ben Te'o, New Zealand Rugby League player Ben Thatcher, English former association football player Ben Toledano, lawyer, columnist, and former politician Ben Underwood (disambiguation), multiple people Ben Vautier, French Fluxus artist, also known simply as 'Ben' Ben Verweij (1895–1951), Dutch footballer Ben Wallace, American former professional basketball player who last played for the Detroit Pistons Ben Way, English entrepreneur Ben Whishaw, English actor Ben Wildman-Tobriner, American Olympic swimming champion Ben Woodburn, Welsh football player Ben Wong, Hong Kong actor 2Fictional characters called Ben Ben Harper, major character on comedy series My Family Ben Kenobi, major character on the film saga, Star Wars Ben Parker, the uncle of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) from Marvel Comics. Ben, Bill's brother in The Railway Series and the spinoff TV series Thomas and Friends Ben Skywalker, a major character in the Star Wars expanded universe 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 Ben, a rat in the eponymous movie, and theme song sung by Michael Jackson on his LP Be