Ben is often a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or Benedict. In Arabic and Hebrew "Ben" means "son of" or a male human. Marism Language - "Benjamen" means "companion, best friend, close relation". [edit] People with the given name Ben - Ben Barnes (actor), British actor, Prince Caspian
- Ben Adams, member of the British boy band A1
- Ben Affleck, American actor and screenwriter
- Ben (singer), German singer (Bernhard Albrecht Matthias Lasse Blümel)
- Ben Bernanke, Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank
- Ben Bova, American science fiction author and editor
- Benjamin Brafman, criminal defense attorney
- Ben Browder, American actor
- Benjamin Burnley, American musician, founder of the band Breaking Benjamin
- Ben Carson, American surgeon and motivational speaker
- Ben Cohen (businessman), co-creator of Ben & Jerry's
- Ben Cohen (rugby player), an English rugby union player
- Ben Cohen (bridge), an author, publisher and distributor of bridge books and stationery supplies
- Ben Coleman, former basketball player
- Ben Crenshaw, PGA Tour golfer
- Ben Fairweather, Developer of CompMath
- Ben Fayot, Luxembourgian politician
- Ben Folds, singer-songwriter
- Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, author, diplomat, founding father, and polymath
- Ben Gibbard, lead singer from the indie-pop band Death Cab for Cutie
- Benny Goodman, American jazz musician and bandleader
- Ben Gordon, professional basketball player
- Ben Hall, film director
- Ben Harper, American musician
- Ben Henderson English rock musician
- Ben Hogan, PGA Tour golfer
- Ben Jelen, singer
- Ben Kasica, American musician, lead guitar player for Christian Rock band Skillet
- Ben Kingsley, British actor
- Ben Kinsella, British murder victim
- Benjamin Kowalewicz, Lead singer of Canadian punk band Billy Talent
- Ben Kweller, American rock musician
- Benjamin Linus, character on American TV show Lost
- Ben Miller, English actor and comedian
- Ben Nicholson, English artist
- Ben Ownby, American kidnap victim
- Ben Plucknett (1954-2002), American discus thrower
- Ben Richards A British actor, best known for his role on ITV's Footballers' Wives
- Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback
- Ben Sheets, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ben Spijkers, Dutch judoka
- Ben Stein, law professor, economist, writer and actor
- Ben Stiller, American actor, writer and director
- Ben Templeton, co-creator of the comic strip Motley's Crew
- Ben Underwood, blinded at birth, used ecolocation in everyday life
- Ben Vautier, French Fluxus artist, also known simply as 'Ben'
- Ben Verweij (1895-1951), Dutch footballer
- Ben Way, English entrepreneur
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