Ben


Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
2708 famous people named Ben found on Wikipedia.
83054 male, 462 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 692-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 43-th in year 1889
Used in: Dutch, English, German

Meanings

A male given name, form of Benjamin.

Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given name Benjamin (as well as Benedict, Bengt, Bennett, Benoit, Benvolio or Ebenezer, among other names). It is also used as a given name in its own right.
The Arabic "Bin" (بن) or "Ibn" (ابن) or "Ben" (dialectal Arabic) meaning "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).

"mountain peak" in Celtic place names (especially of roughly pyramidal peaks standing alone), 1788, from Gaelic beinn "peak, summit, mountain," from Old Irish *benno- "peak, horn, conical point," from PIE *bend- "projecting point."

In Hebrew: son of my right hand, derived from the Hebrew binyamin, short form of Benjamin or Benedict.

Famous People: 2708 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ben Affleck 1972 American film actor, director and screenwriter
2 Ben Carson 1951 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
3 Ben Stiller 1965 Actor, Comedian, director, writer
4 Ben Roethlisberger 1982 American football player
5 Ben Kingsley 1943 English actor
6 Ben Mendelsohn 1969 Australian actor
7 Ben Simmons 1996 Australian basketball player
8 Ben Whishaw 1980 English actor
9 Ben Shapiro 1984 American journalist and attorney
10 Ben Falcone 1973 American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
11 Ben McKenzie 1978 American actor, producer and economist
12 Ben Savage 1980 American actor
13 Ben Barnes 1981 British actor and singer
14 Ben Zobrist 1981 American professional baseball player
15 Ben Platt 1993 American film and stage actor
16 Ben Wallace 1974 American basketball player
17 Ben Miller 1966 English comedian, actor, and director
18 Ben Gibbard 1976 An American singer, songwriter and guitarist
19 Ben Bernanke 1953 American economist
20 Ben Harper 1969 Singer-songwriter and musician
21 Ben Hardy 1991 English Actor
22 Ben Chaplin 1969 British actor
23 Ben Sasse 1972 American university president and politician
24 Ben Schwartz 1981 Actor, comedian and writer
25 Ben Stein 1944 Actor, writer, commentator, lawyer, teacher, humorist
26 Ben Rothwell 1981 American mixed martial artist
27 Ben Schnetzer 1990 American actor
28 Ben Collins 1975 British racecar driver
29 Ben Folds 1966 American musician
30 Ben Johnson 1918 American film actor (1918-1996)
31 Ben Vereen 1946 American actor, dancer, and singe
32 Ben Daniels 1964 British actor of stage and screen
33 Ben Gazzara 1930 American actor
34 Ben Stokes 1991 Cricketer
35 Ben Askren 1984 American sport wrestler and martial artist
36 Ben Dover 1956 English pornographic actor, director and producer
37 Ben Jonson 1572 English writer
38 Ben Fogle 1973 English adventurer, broadcaster and writer
39 Ben Howard 1988 English singer and songwriter
40 Ben McAdoo 1977 American football coach
41 Ben E. King 1938 American soul singer and composer
42 Ben Haenow 1985 British singer
43 Ben Wyatt Fictional character from Parks and Recreation
44 Ben Wilson 1967 Basketball player
45 Ben Mitchell
46 Ben Shephard 1974 English television personality
47 Ben Mankiewicz 1967 American film critic
48 Ben Cross 1947 British actor
49 Ben Hogan 1912 American professional golfer
50 Benjamin Koldyke 1971 American television and film actor
51 Ben Miles 1967 English actor
52 Ben Gordon 1983 British-American basketball player
53 Ben Woolf 1980 American actor
54 Ben Reilly
55 Ben Elton 1959 English comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
56 Ben Wheatley 1972 English film and TV director
57 Ben Urich Fictional character
58 Ben Rhodes 1977 American speechwriter
59 Ben Woodburn 1999 English professional footballer
60 Ben Lee 1978 Australian actor and singer
61 Ben Browder 1962 American actor
62 Ben Ainslie 1977 British competitive sailor
63 Uncle Ben Supporting character in the Marvel Universe's Spider-Man stories
64 Ben Bradlee 1921 Executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991
65 Ben Foster 1983 English footballer
66 Ben Goldsmith 1980 Financier and environmentalist
67 Ben Aaronovitch 1964 British television writer
68 Ben McLemore 1993 American basketball player
69 Ben Aldridge 1985 English actor
70 Ben Chilwell 1996 English footballer
71 Ben Rosenfield 1992 American actor
72 Ben Hoffman 1974 American comedian and writer
73 Ben Bishop 1986 American ice hockey goaltender
74 Ben Cousins 1978 Australian rules footballer
75 Ben Lloyd-Hughes 1988 Actor
76 Ben Bradlee Jr. 1948
77 Ben Moody 1981 American musician
78 Ben Powers 1950 American actor
79 Ben Te'o 1987 New Zealand rugby league player
80 Ben Rector 1986 American songwriter
81 Ben Horowitz 1966 American businessman
82 Ben Aaron 1981
83 Ben Murphy 1942 American actor
84 Ben Cardin 1943 American politician
85 Ben Shenkman 1968 American actor
86 Ben Saunders 1983 American martial artist
87 Ben Cohen 1951 American businessman
88 Ben Lovett 1986 British musician and producer
89 Ben Rappaport 1986 American actor
90 Ben Bass 1968 American-Canadian actor
91 Ben Nguyen 1988
92 Ben Taylor 1977 American musician and actor
93 Ben Linus 1964 Character from the American mystery fiction television series Lost
94 Ben Bailey 1970 Comedian, television personality and game show host
95 Ben Mulroney 1976 Canadian television host
96 Ben Croshaw 1983 English video game journalist
97 Ben Revere 1988 American baseball player
98 Ben Price 1972 British actor
99 Ben Watts 1967 English photographer
100 Ben Gleib 1978 American actor and comedian
101 Ben Shepherd 1968 American musician
102 Ben Bruce 1988 British musician
103 Ben Hollingsworth 1984 Canadian actor
104 Ben Burtt 1948 Sound engineer
105 Ben Chapman 1908 American baseball player and coach
106 Ben Tankard 1964 American musician
107 Ben Winchell 1994
108 Ben Swann 1978 American journalist
109 Ben McKee 1985 American musician
110 Ben Crompton 1974 British actor
111 Ben Jorgensen 1983 Rock singer and guitarist
112 Ben Amos 1990 English footballer
113 Ben Hall 1837 Australian bushranger
114 Ben Roberts-Smith 1978 Recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia
115 Ben Barba 1989 Australian rugby league player
116 Ben Goldacre 1974 British science writer and doctor
117 Ben Hamer 1987 English footballer
118 Ben Crenshaw 1952 Professional golfer
119 Ben Howland 1957 American basketball player and coach
120 Ben Gunn Fictional Character from Stevenson's Treasure Island
121 Ben Silbermann 1982 American Internet entrepreneur
122 Ben Quayle 1976 American politician
123 Ben Youngs 1989 English rugby union player
124 Ben Pappas 1978
125 Ben Hecht 1894 American screenwriter
126 Ben Gillies 1979 Australian musician
127 Ben Cherington 1974 American baseball player
128 Ben Foden 1985 English rugby union player
129 Ben Scrivens 1986 Canadian ice hockey goaltender
130 Ben Batt 1986 English actor
131 Ben Adams 1981 English singer, songwriter and record producer
132 Ben Gummer 1978 British politician
133 Ben Gibson 1993 English footballer
134 Ben Faulks 1979 Television actor
135 Ben Okri 1959 Nigerian writer
136 Ben Silverman 1970 American television executive
137 Ben Mezrich 1969 American author
138 Ben Forster 1981 British actor
139 Ben Watt 1962 British musician
140 Ben Cutting 1987 Australian cricketer
141 Ben Bentil 1995
142 Ben Webster 1909 American saxophonist
143 Ben Bridwell 1978 American singer
144 Ben Cristovao 1987 Czech actor, presenter, snowboarder, dancer and singer
145 Ben Hansbrough 1987 American basketball player
146 Ben Sahar 1989 Footballer
147 Ben Whitehead Voice actor
148 Ben Feringa 1951 Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry
149 Ben van Beurden 1958 Dutch chief executive
150 Ben Bradshaw 1960 British politician
151 Ben Murray-Bruce 1956 Nigerian businessman, politician and public figure
152 Ben Sliney American actor
153 Ben Hana 1957 Wellington, New Zealand vagrant
154 Ben Cauley 1947 American musician
155 Ben Ofoedu 1972 British singer-songwriter
156 Ben Kweller 1981 American singer
157 Ben Kilpatrick 1874 American bank robber
158 Ben Nighthorse Campbell 1933 Politician, athlete and rancher
159 Ben Domenech 1981 American blogger
160 Ben Nelson 1941 American politician
161 Ben L. Salomon 1914 United States Army dentist, posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor
162 Ben Geurens 1979 Australian actor
163 Ben Tameifuna 1991 Rugby player
164 Ben Davidson 1940 Player of American football
165 Ben Richards 1972 British actor
166 Ben Fitzgerald
167 Ben Chifley 1885 16th Prime Minister of Australia
168 Ben Alnwick 1987 Footballer
169 Ben Bova 1932 American science fiction and science writer
170 Ben Mee 1989 English footballer
171 Ben Willbond 1973 British comedian
172 Ben Weinman 1975 American musician
173 Ben Pakulski 1981 Professional bodybuilder
174 Ben Feldman 1980 Actor
175 Ben Bocquelet 1983 British animator
176 Ben Tate 1988 American football running back
177 Ben Shaoul 1977 American real estate developer
178 Ben Spies 1984 American motorcycle racer
179 Ben Mingay 1980 Australian singer and actor
180 Ben Lovejoy 1984 American ice hockey player
181 Ben Pearson 1995 British association football player
182 Ben Lerner 1979 Poet
183 Ben Edlund 1968 Comic book artist and writer and television screenwriter
184 Ben Curtis 1977 Professional golfer
185 Ben Kenney 1977 American musician
186 Ben Fong-Torres 1945 American DJ
187 Ben Shewry 1977 Chef
188 Ben Hunt 1990 Australian rugby league player
189 Ben Cooper 1930 Actor
190 Ben Schwartzwalder 1909 American football player and coach
191 Ben Kasica 1984 American musician
192 Ben Johnston 1980 British musician
193 Ben Shahn 1898 American photographer and artist
194 Ben Kinney American writer and businessman
195 Ben Lawson 1980 Australian actor
196 Ben Wettervogel 1961 German television presenter and television meteorologist
197 Ben Franks 1984 New Zealand rugby union player
198 Ben Lyons 1981 American film critic
199 Ben Marshall 1991 Footballer
200 Ben Ryan 1971 English rugby union player and coach