Ben

Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Benson or Ebenezer, and is also a given name in its own right.

Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as Ben (dialectal Arabic) or bin (بن), Ibn/ebn (ابن).

Ben (賁/便嗯 ) is a Chinese surname.

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 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, 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 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 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), Luxembourgian politician
 * Ben Folami (born 1999), Australian footballer
 * Ben Feldman (actor) (born 1980), American actor
 * 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 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 Harvey (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ben Herbert (born 1979), American football coach and former player
 * 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 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 Kweller (born 1981), American rock musician
 * Ben Lane (born 1997), English badminton player
 * Ben Lawson (born 1980), Australian actor
 * Ben Leber (born 1978), American football player
 * Ben Lowe (born 1985), Australian rugby 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 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 Richards (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ben Roethlisberger (born 1982), American football player
 * Ben Sahar (born 1989), Israeli footballer
 * Ben Schwartz (born 1981), American actor
 * Ben Selvin (1898–1980), American jazz musician and bandleader
 * Ben Shneiderman (born 1947), American computer scientist
 * Ben Simm (disambiguation), multiple people, including Sim, Sims, Simms
 * Ben Simmons (born 1996), Australian basketball player
 * Ben Sinnott (born 2002), American football player
 * Ben Shapiro (born 1984), American conservative political commentator
 * Ben Sheets (born 1978), American baseball player
 * Ben Silverman (golfer) (born 1987), Canadian golfer
 * 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 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 (born 1935), 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 Wildman-Tobriner (born 1984), American swimmer
 * Ben Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ben Woodburn (born 1999), Welsh footballer
 * Ben (South Korean singer) (born 1991), South Korean singer

Fictional characters

 * 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, a rat in the novel Ratman's Notebooks, films Willard and Ben, and theme song sung by Michael Jackson on his LP Ben
 * Benjamin Florian/Ben, a protagonist of the Descendants franchise (2015–2019)
 * Gentle Ben, a bear featured in an eponymous 1965 novel, and in television and movie adaptations
 * Ben C. L. / Soldier Boy, major character in the third season of The Boys
 * Ben Gunn, from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
 * Ben Harper, major character in the comedy series My Family
 * Ben Nooper, a coastguard and supporting character in the animated series Fireman Sam
 * Ben Kenobi, an alias of Obi-Wan Kenobi, major character in the film saga, Star Wars
 * Ben Lawson/BEN, an antagonist of the Ben Drowned series (2010–20)
 * Ben, or Benny, the "1980-something space guy" from The Lego Movie
 * Old Ben, a bear at the center of the William Faulkner story The Bear
 * Ben Packer, one of the five main protagonists in Bureau of Alien Detectors
 * Ben Parker, the uncle of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) from Marvel Comics
 * 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 Richards, main character of The Running Man
 * Ben Ripley, a major protagonist of the young-adult series, Spy School
 * Ben Skywalker, a major character in the Star Wars expanded universe
 * Ben Solo, major character in the Star Wars sequel trilogy
 * 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
 * Talking Ben, a brown dog and a protagonist of the Talking Tom & Friends media franchise
 * Ben Taylor, from Postman Pat
 * Ben Hargreeves, main character in the comic book/Netflix series The Umbrella Academy
 * Ben Elf, the titular protagonist in the British cartoon Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
 * Ben Stone, a father in the TV series Manifest