Eben
Eben is a name of Hebrew origin. It is sometimes short for Ebenezer.
The name can refer to:
People
Given name
- Eben Alexander (educator) (1851–1910), American educator
- Eben Alexander (author) (born 1953), American author and neurosurgeon
- Eben Alexander Jr (1913–2004), American neurosurgeon
- Eben Barnard (born 1992), South African rugby union player
- Eben Broadbent (born 1977), SPEC Lab co-founder, University of Florida
- Eben Edwards Beardsley (1808-1892), American Episcopal clergyman
- Eben Byers (1880–1932), American socialite, golfer and industrialist who died from drinking radioactive "medicine"
- Eben Pomeroy Colton (1829-1895), American businessman, farmer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
- Eben Britton (born 1987), American former National Football League player
- Theophilus Ebenhaezer Eben Dönges (1898–1968), South African politician
- Eben Sumner Draper (1858–1914), American businessman and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts
- Ebenezer Eben Dugbatey (born 1973), Ghanaian retired footballer
- Eben Emerson, American lighthouse keeper who rescued the crew of a brig in 1865
- Eben Etzebeth (born 1991), South African rugby player
- Eben Fardd, bardic name of Ebenezer Thomas (1802-1863), Welsh poet
- Eben Ernest Hayes (1851-1933), New Zealand engineer and inventor
- Eben Norton Horsford (1818-1893), American scientist known for his reformulation of baking powder
- Eben Samuel Johnson (1866-1939), English-American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Eben Joubert (born 1983), South African rugby union player
- Eben Jenks Loomis (1828-1912), American astronomer
- Eben Martin (1855–1932), American politician
- Eben Matlis (born 1923), mathematician
- Eben Moglen (born 1959), American law professor
- Eben Newton (1795-1885), American politician
- Eben Fiske Ostby (born 1955), film animator, one of the first four Pixar employees
- Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916), American writer, poet and lyricist
- Eben Ezra Roberts (1866-1843), American architect
- Eben William Robertson (1815–1874), British historian
- Eben Smith (1832-1906), American businessman
- Eben S. Stearns (1819–1887), American educator
- Eben F. Stone (1822-1895), American politician
- Eben Swift (1854–1938), American major general
- Eben Upton (born 1978), Welsh Raspberry Pi Foundation co-founder
- Ebenezer Eben van Zijl (1931-2009), politician and lawyer in South West Africa (now Namibia)
- Eben Gowrie Waterhouse (1881-1977), Australian language teacher and Germanist and plant breeder
- Eben Wilson (1869-1848), American college football player and head coach
- Eben Brown (born 1979), American journalist.
Surname
- Johannes von Eben (1855–1924), Prussian World War I general
- Marek Eben (born 1957), Czech actor, singer, composer, writer and television host, son of Petr Egen
- Mike Eben (born 1946), American former football player in the Canadian Football League
- Petr Eben (1929–2007), Czech composer, organist and choirmaster
Fictional characters
- Eben Adams, in the movie Portrait of Jennie
- Eben Flood, the main character in Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem "Mr. Flood's Party"
- Eben Holden, protagonist of the 1900 novel of the same name
- Eben Kent, Golden Age name of Jonathan Kent, adoptive father of Superman / Clark Kent
- Eben Olemaun, protagonist of the horror comic book miniseries 30 Days of Night
See also
- Quatuor Ébène, a French string quartet ensemble
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