Bean (name)

Bean or Beans is a given name, Scottish surname and nickname.

Actors

 * Sean Bean (born 1959), English actor
 * Orson Bean (1928–2020), American actor
 * Shoshana Bean (born 1977), American stage actress, singer and songwriter

Athletes

 * Andy Bean (1953–2023), American golfer
 * Billy Bean (born 1964), American baseball player
 * Colter Bean (born 1977), American baseball player
 * George Bean (cricketer) (1864–1923), English cricketer
 * Jake Bean (born 1998), Canadian hockey player
 * Justin Bean (born 1996), American basketball player
 * Joe Bean (1874–1961), American baseball player
 * Marcus Bean (born 1984), English footballer
 * Scott Bean (born 1976), Zimbabwean cricketer

Politicians

 * James Bean (1933–2013), American politician
 * John Bean (politician) (1927–2021), British far-right-wing figure
 * Joshua Bean (c.1818–1852), American politician
 * Melissa Bean (born 1962), American politician
 * Samuel C. Bean (c.1819–1870), Wisconsin politician

Scientists

 * Alan Bean (1932–2018), NASA astronaut from the Apollo era
 * Barton Appler Bean (1860–1947), American ichthyologist, brother of Tarleton Hoffman Bean
 * Charles Bean (1879–1968), Australian historian
 * Charlie Bean (born 1953), British economist
 * Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916), American ichthyologist, brother of Barton Appler Bean
 * William Bennett Bean (1909–1989), American medical historian and teacher
 * William Jackson Bean (1863–1947), botanist

Other people

 * Anne Bean (born 1950), British installation and performance artist
 * Bennett Bean (born 1941), American ceramics artist
 * George "G. T." Bean, of Bean Brothers, Australian businessman
 * Gerlin Bean (born 1940), Jamaican community worker
 * Hugh Bean (1929–2003), English violinist
 * Jazmin Bean (born 2003), English singer, songwriter, and makeup artist
 * Joel Bean (1825–1914), American Quaker
 * John Bean (cinematographer) (1963–2011), Australian cinematographer
 * John William Bean (1824–1882), British criminal who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria
 * Laura Schiff Bean, American artist
 * Louis H. Bean (1896–1994), American economic and political analyst
 * Maurice Darrow Bean (1928–2009), American diplomat
 * Mollie Bean, soldier for the Confederate Army
 * Roy Bean (c. 1825–1903), Wild West figure
 * Sawney Bean, notorious clan leader of 16th-century Scotland
 * Terry "Harmonica" Bean (born 1961), American blues harmonicist, guitarist and songwriter.
 * Theodora Bean (1871–1926), American suffragist and journalist
 * William ("W. H.") Bean, of Bean Brothers, Australian businessman

People nicknamed Bean or Beans

 * Ansonbean (born 2000), Hong Kong singer and actor
 * Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969), American jazz saxophonist, known as "Bean"
 * Beans Reardon (1897–1984), American baseball umpire
 * Gene "Bean" Baxter, radio host of the Kevin and Bean show

Fictional characters

 * Mr. Bean (character), a bumbling character played by Rowan Atkinson in the British comedy television programme Mr. Bean and two films
 * Bean (film), a feature film based on the above program
 * Bean (Enderverse), a character in the Ender's Game series of books
 * Bean the Dynamite, from Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Hannibal Roy Bean, from Xiaolin Showdown
 * Bean played by Alan Arkin in the 1974 film, Freebie and The Bean
 * Beans (Looney Tunes), a black and white Looney Tunes character
 * the title character of Baron Bean, a syndicated newspaper comic strip
 * Benjamin "Beans" Baxter, in the American television series The New Adventures of Beans Baxter
 * Bernard "Beans" Aranguren, a recurring character in the American television series Even Stevens
 * Bean Bradley, in the video game MySims
 * Bean, the main character in the animated series Disenchantment
 * Jack "Killer" Bean, the protagonist of Killer Bean Forever, voiced by Vegas J. Jenkins (2009 movie) and Jeff Lew (2020 series)
 * Bean, in the children's book series Ivy and Bean
 * Clarice Bean, in the Clarice Bean series of children's books
 * Franklin Bean, main antagonist of Fantastic Mr. Fox
 * Beans, in the horror video game Baldi's Basics