Ken



Gender:
Origin: Gaelic, Japanese
2132 famous people named Ken found on Wikipedia.
32706 male, 25 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 2206-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 177-th in year 1960
Used in: English, Japanese

Meanings

A male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth.


Ken is a masculine given name of Scottish / Gaelic origin. It is used either as a given name or as a short form of names with the letters "Ken" (like Kenneth, Kenan, Kendrick, Kendall, Kennedy, Mackenzie or Kenson). Ken is also a Japanese name which can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.


"to know, understand, take cognizance of," a word surviving mainly in Scottish and northern England dialect, from Middle English kennen, "make known; give instruction to; be aware, know, have knowledge of, know how to; recognize by sight; see, catch sight of," a very common verb, from Old English cennan "make known, declare, acknowledge" (in late Old English also "to know"), originally "cause to know, make to know," causative of cunnan "to become acquainted with, to know" (see can (v.)). Cognate with German kennen, Danish kjende, Swedish känna. Related: Kenned; kenning.


Short form of Kenneth, anglicized form of Scottish Coinneach: royal obligation, clear water, handsome. Means: healthy, strong in Japanese.

Famous People: 2132 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ken Jeong 1969 American comedian
2 Ken Shamrock 1964 American actor and sportsperson
3 Ken Griffey, Jr. 1969 Baseball outfielder
4 Ken Stabler 1945 American football player
5 Ken Watanabe 1959 Japanese actor
6 Ken Jennings 1974 American game show contestant and writer
7 Ken Burns 1953 American documentary filmmaker
8 Ken Howard 1944 American actor
9 Ken Curtis 1916 American actor
10 Ken Kratz
11 Ken Norton 1943 American boxer
12 Ken Loach 1936 British film director and screenwriter
13 Ken Berry 1933 American actor, dancer and singer
14 Ken Kesey 1935 Novelist
15 Ken Starr 1946 American judge and educational administrator
16 Ken Dodd 1927 English comedian and singer
17 Ken Block 1967 American rally driver
18 Ken Marino 1968 Actor
19 Ken Follett 1949 British novelist
20 Ken Livingstone 1945 Mayor of London between 2000 and 2008
21 Ken Leung 1970 American actor
22 Ken McElroy 1934 Serial criminal and rapist, killed in 1981
23 Ken Stott 1954 Scottish actor
24 Ken Jebsen 1966 German television presenter, journalist and radio host
25 Ken Thompson 1943 American computer scientist, creator of the Unix operating system
26 Ken Hakuta American inventor
27 Ken Carter 1959 American basketball player-coach
28 Ken Mattingly 1936 United States astronaut
29 Ken Ham 1951 Australian young Earth creationist
30 Ken Olin 1954 American actor and director
31 Ken Barlow Fictional character in Coronation Street
32 Ken Wahl 1954 American actor
33 Ken Osmond 1943 Actor, police officer
34 Ken Jenkins 1940 American actor
35 Ken Russell 1927 English film director
36 Ken Robinson 1950 UK writer
37 Ken Whisenhunt 1962 American football player and coach
38 Ken Rosewall 1934 Australian tennis player
39 Ken Hitchcock 1951 Canadian ice hockey coach
40 Ken Levine 1966 American video game designer
41 Ken Wilber 1949 American writer and public speaker
42 Ken Caminiti 1963 American baseball player
43 Ken Bone 1958 American basketball player-coach
44 Ken Weatherwax 1955 American actor
45 Ken Saro-Wiwa 1941 Nigerian activist
46 Ken Masters Character from the Street Fighter fighting game series
47 Ken 1992 South Korean singer
48 Ken Griffey, Sr. 1950 American baseball player and manager
49 Ken Patera 1942 American professional wrestler
50 Ken Oosterbroek 1963 South African photographer
51 Ken Bruce 1951 British DJ
52 Ken Dorsey 1981 American football player
53 Ken Baumann 1989 American writer and publisher
54 Ken Doherty 1969 Irish snooker player
55 Ken Salazar 1955 American politician
56 Ken Dryden 1947 Canadian ice hockey goaltender and politician
57 Ken Sugimori 1966 Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director
58 Ken Foree 1948 American actor
59 Ken Davitian 1953 American actor with Armenian descent
60 Ken Kirzinger 1959 Canadian actor and stuntman
61 Ken Harrelson 1941 Baseball player and broadcaster from the United States
62 Ken Ghosh 1966 Indian film director
63 Ken Niumatalolo 1965 American college football coach
64 Ken Kercheval 1935 American actor
65 Ken Todd 1957 English association footballer and coach
66 Ken Schrader 1955 American racing driver
67 Ken Casey 1969 American musician
68 Ken Chan 1993 Teen actor
69 Ken Hensley 1945 British musician
70 Ken Chu 1979 Taiwan actor
71 Ken Adam 1921 UK motion picture production designer
72 Ken Cuccinelli 1968 American politician
73 Ken Eurell
74 Ken Paxton 1962 American politician
75 Ken Hom 1949 Chef
76 Ken O'Brien 1960 American football player and coach
77 Ken Bates 1931 British businessman
78 Ken Howery 1975 American venture capitalist
79 Ken Waller 1942 American bodybuilder
80 Ken Campbell 1941 British actor
81 Ken Page 1954 American actor and singer
82 Ken Kutaragi 1950 Japanese businessman
83 Ken Hudson Campbell 1963 American actor
84 Ken Shimizu 1979 Japanese pornographic film actor
85 Ken Blackwell 1948 American politician and activist
86 Ken Liu 1976 Chinese-American writer
87 Ken Duken 1979 German actor
88 Ken Hoang 1985 American electronic sports player
89 Ken Norton, Jr. 1966 American football player and coach
90 Ken Takakura 1931 Japanese actor
91 Ken Blanchard 1939 American business writer
92 Ken Mehlman 1966 American politician and businessman
93 Ken Roczen 1994 German motorcycle racer
94 Ken Caillat 1946 American record engineer
95 Ken Rosenthal 1962 American baseball player
96 Ken Murray 1903 Entertainer, producer, author
97 Ken Tamplin 1963 American musician
98 Ken Buchanan 1945 British boxer
99 Ken Giles 1990 American baseball player
100 Ken Venturi 1931 Professional golfer
101 Ken Buck 1959 American politician
102 Ken M
103 Ken Singleton 1947 American baseball player
104 Ken Lo 1957 Hong Kong actor
105 Ken Baker 1970 American journalist
106 Ken Barrie 1943 British actor and musician
107 Ken Kwapis 1957 American film director
108 Ken Bones British actor
109 Ken Hechler 1914 American politician
110 Ken Scott 1947 British record producer and engineer
111 Ken Ryker 1972 United States Marine, Bisexual Porn actor, 11 inch (28cm) penis
112 Ken Bruen 1951 Irish writer
113 Ken Ober 1957 Actor, game show host, television producer, screenwriter
114 Ken Mauer 1955 American basketball referee
115 Ken Olandt 1958 American actor
116 Ken Yamamura 1986 Japanese actor
117 Ken Hirai 1972 Japanese singer
118 Ken Lawson 1976 American actor and producer
119 Ken Morrison 1931 British businessman
120 Ken Kendrick 1943 American baseball executive
121 Ken Akamatsu 1968 Japanese manga artist
122 Ken Morley 1943 British actor
123 Ken Lewis 1947 American businessman
124 Ken Holland 1955 Canadian ice hockey player
125 Ken Daneyko 1964 Canadian ice hockey player
126 Ken Olsen 1926 American engineer and businessman
127 Ken Miles 1918 British racing driver
128 Ken Boothe 1948 Jamaican musician
129 Ken Sailors 1921 American basketball player
130 Ken Boyer 1931 American baseball player and coach
131 Ken Warby 1939 Australian motorboat racer
132 Ken Calvert 1953 American politician
133 Ken Moelis 1958 American banker
134 Ken Ono 1968 American mathematician
135 Ken MacLeod 1954 Scottish science fiction writer
136 Ken Duke 1969 Professional golfer
137 Ken Yeang 1948 Architect
138 Ken Gemes Philosopher
139 Ken Ilsø 1986 Danish footballer
140 Ken Westerfield 1947 Frisbee player
141 Ken Brown 1957 Professional golfer
142 Ken Brett 1948 American baseball player
143 Ken Hatfield 1943 American college football player and coach
144 Ken Lynch 1910 American actor
145 Ken Andrews 1967 American musician
146 Ken Penders American writer
147 Ken Skupski 1983 British tennis player
148 Ken Monkou 1964 Dutch footballer
149 Ken Barrington 1930 Cricketer
150 Ken Stringfellow 1968 American musician
151 Ken Olisa 1951 Businessperson
152 Ken Morrow 1956 American ice hockey player
153 Ken Wyatt 1952 Australian politician
154 Ken Okuyama 1959 Japanese automobile designer
155 Ken Spears 1942 American writer
156 Ken Holtzman 1945 American baseball player
157 Ken Bevel American actor
158 Ken Williams 1954 American game programmer and entrepreneur
159 Ken Alibek 1950 Former Soviet physician, microbiologist, and biological warfare expert
160 Ken Nordine 1920 American actor
161 Ken Squier 1935 American sports commentator
162 Ken Lerner 1948 American actor
163 Ken Chinn 1962 Canadian musician
164 Ken Sansom 1927 American actor
165 Ken Shimura 1950 Japanese comedian
166 Grégory Ken 1947 French singer
167 Ken Annakin 1914 Film director
168 Ken Jones 1930 English actor, born 1930
169 Ken Keeler 1961 Television writer and producer
170 Ken Seeley 1962 American writer
171 Ken Schwaber 1945 American computer scientist
172 Ken Behring 1928 American real estate developer, former owner of the Seattle Seahawks, and philanthropist
173 Ken Macintosh 1962 Scottish politician
174 Ken Steadman 1969 American actor
175 Ken Done 1940 Australian painter and designer
176 Ken Maynard 1895 American actor and stunt performer
177 Ken Tyrrell 1924 Racing driver and Formula one team owner
178 Ken James 1948 Australian actor
179 Ken Hubbs 1941 American baseball player
180 Ken Hendricks 1941 American businessman
181 Ken Darby 1909 American composer
182 Ken Sagoes 1967 American actor
183 Ken Pomeroy American sportswriter
184 Ken Goodwin 1933 Comedian
185 Ken Onion 1963 United States Marine
186 Ken Hill 1965 American baseball player
187 Ken Swofford 1933 Actor
188 Ken Houston 1944 American football player and coach
189 Ken Erics
190 Ken Owen 1970 British musician
191 Ken Sparkes 1940 Australian broadcaster
192 Ken Ofori-Atta 1959 Ghanaian Economist co founder of Databank
193 Ken Rosato 1967 American television journalist
194 Ken Babbs 1939 Author and member of The Merry Pranksters
195 Ken Owens 1987 Welsh rugby union player
196 Ken Laszlo 1954 Italian Musician
197 Ken Hamlin 1981 Player of American football
198 Ken Warwick British television director
199 Ken Wallis 1916 Leading exponent of autogyros
200 Ken Pavés American hairdresser