Eben

Eben is a name of Hebrew origin. It is sometimes short for Ebenezer.

The name can refer to:

Given name

 * Eben Alexander (author) (born 1953), American author and neurosurgeon
 * Eben Alexander (educator) (1851–1910), American educator
 * Eben Alexander Jr (1913–2004), American neurosurgeon
 * Eben Barnard (born 1992), South African rugby union player
 * Eben Bartlett (1912–1983), New Hampshire state representative
 * Eben Edwards Beardsley (1808-1892), American Episcopal clergyman
 * Eben Burgoon (born 1979), American author, cartoonist, and artist
 * 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 (1923–2015), mathematician
 * Eben Moglen (born 1959), American law professor
 * Eben Morris (born 2008), drummer of the band 'Sweeping Statement'
 * 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 (1869-1948), American college football player and head coach

Surname

 * Baron Eben (1773–1825), Prussian military officer active in the Peninsular War
 * Johannes von Eben (1855–1924), Prussian World War I general
 * Mike Eben (born 1946), American former football player in the Canadian Football League
 * Petr Eben (1929–2007), Czech composer, organist and choirmaster


 * Eben Brothers, Czech musicians, sons of Petr Egen:
 * David Eben, (born 1957), Czech musician and musicologist
 * Kryštof Eben, (born 1957), Czech scientist and musician
 * Marek Eben (born 1957), Czech actor, singer, composer, writer and television host

Fictional characters

 * Eben Adams, in the movie Portrait of Jennie
 * Eben Cabot, protagonist of the 1924 play Desire Under the Elms
 * 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 Hopwil, character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
 * 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