Ben

Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin or Benedict.

The Arabic "Bin" (بن) or "Ibn" (ابن) or "Ben" (dialectal Arabic) means "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).

People with the given name

• Ben Adams (born 1981), member of the British boy band A1
• Ben Affleck (born 1972), American actor and screenwriter
• Ben Ashkenazy (born 1968/69), American billionaire real estate developer
• Ben Barba (born 1989), Australian rugby player
• Ben Barnes (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Bernanke (born 1953), 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 Browder (born 1962), American actor
• Ben Burman (1896–1984), American author
• Ben Carson (born 1951), American surgeon and politician
• Ben Chase (1923–1998), American football player
• Ben Clime (1891–1973), American football player
• Ben Cohen (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Coleman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Cousins (born 1978), Australian football player
• Ben Crenshaw (born 1952), American golfer
• Ben Crompton (born 1974), English actor
• Ben Cross (born 1947), English actor
• Ben Curtis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Cutting (born 1987), Australian cricketer
• Ben Daley (born 1988), Australian rugby player
• Ben Eager (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ben Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Fayot (born 1937), Luxembourgian politician
• Ben Feldman (actor) (born 1980), American actor
• Ben Folds (born 1966), singer-songwriter
• Ben Garland (born 1988), American football player
• Ben Gedeon (born 1994), American football player
• Ben Gibbard (born 1976), lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie
• Ben Gibson (born 1993), English football player
• Ben Gillies (born 1979), drummer of Silverchair
• Ben Gordon (born 1983), basketball player
• Ben Gottschalk (born 1992), American NFL football player
• Ben Guez (born 1987), American baseball player
• Ben Hannant (born 1984), Australian rugby player
• Ben Harper (born 1969), American musician
• Ben Harvey (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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 Jonson (1572–1637), English poet
• Ben Kane (born 1970), English novelist
• Ben Kasica, American musician, lead guitarist for Skillet
• Ben Keays (born 1997), Australian 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 Leber (born 1978), American football player
• Ben Lowe (born 1985), Australian rugby player
• Ben Mendelsohn (born 1969), Australian actor
• Ben Miller (born 1966), English actor and comedian
• Ben Moody (born 1981), American musician
• Ben Roy Mottelson (born 1926), Danish American physicist
• Ben Murdoch-Masila (born 1991), New Zealand rugby player
• Ben Navarro (born 1962/1963), American billionaire, founder and CEO of Sherman Financial Group
• Ben Nicholson (1894–1982), English artist
• Ben Niemann (born 1995), American football player
• Ben Ownby, American kidnap victim
• Ben Plucknett (1954-2002), American discus thrower
• Ben Richards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Roethlisberger (born 1982), American football player
• Ben Sahar (born 1989), Israeli football player
• Ben Selvin (1898–1980), American jazz musician and bandleader
• Ben Simmons (born 1996), Australian basketball player
• Ben Sheets (born 1978), American baseball player
• Ben Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Spijkers (born 1961), Dutch judoka
• Ben Stein (born 1944), 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), co-creator of the comic strip Motley's Crew
• Ben Te'o (born 1987), New Zealand rugby player
• Ben Thatcher (born 1975), English football player
• Ben Toledano (born 1932), lawyer, columnist, and politician
• Ben Underwood (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ben Vautier (born 1935), French Fluxus artist, also known simply as 'Ben'
• Ben Verweij (1895–1951), Dutch footballer
• Ben Wallace (born 1974), American basketball player
• Ben Way (born 1980), English entrepreneur
• Ben Whishaw (born 1980), English actor
• Ben Wildman-Tobriner (born 1984), American swimmer
• Ben Woodburn (born 1999), Welsh football player
• Ben Wong (born 1967), Hong Kong actor

Fictional characters

• Ben Harper, major character on comedy series My Family
• Ben Kenobi, major character in the film saga, Star Wars
• Ben Solo, major character in the Star Wars sequel trilogy
• 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 Ben.
• Gentle Ben, a bear featured in an eponymous 1965 novel, and in television and movie adaptations.
• Old Ben, a bear at the center of the William Faulkner story The Bear
• Ben, or Benny, the "1980-something space guy" from The Lego Movie