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| pronunciation= Ben
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| related names = [[Benjamin (name)|Benjamin]], [[Benedict]]
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'''Ben''' is often a shortened version of the given name [[Benjamin (name)|Benjamin]] or [[Benedict]]. "Ben", [[Hebrew]] for "son of", common in inscriptions on gravestones.
== People with the given name Ben ==
* [[Ben Adams]], member of the British boy band [[A1 (band)|A1]]
* [[Ben Affleck]], American actor and screenwriter
* [[Ben (singer)]], German singer (Bernhard Albrecht Matthias Lasse Blümel)
* [[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 mortivational speaker
* [[Ben Cohen (businessman)]], co-creator of Ben & Jerry's
* [[Ben Cohen (rugby player)]], an English rugby union player
* [[Ben Cohen (bridge player)]], an author, publisher and distributor of bridge books and stationery supplies.
* [[Ben Coleman]], former basketball player
* [[Ben Crenshaw]], PGA Tour golfer
* [[Ben Fayot]], Luxembourgian politician
* [[Ben Folds]], singer-songwriter
* [[Benjamin Franklin]], American inventor and founding father
* [[Ben Gibbard]], lead singer from the indie-pop band Death Cab for Cutie
* [[Benny Goodman]], American jazz musician and bandleader
* [[Ben Hall]], film director
* [[Ben Harper]], American musician
* [[Ben Henderson]] English rock Musician
* [[Ben Hogan]], PGA Tour golfer
* [[Ben Kingsley]], British actor
* [[Benjamin Kowalewicz]], Lead singer of Canadian punk band Billy Talent
* [[Ben Kweller]], American rock musician
* [[Ben Ownby]], American kidnap victim
* [[Ben Plucknett]] (1954-2002), American discus thrower
* [[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 Verweij]] (1895-1951), Dutch footballer
==See also==
* [[Ben Brown]] (disambiguation page)
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