Ben 1860176 224574930 2008-07-09T14:10:22Z WWGB 2970138 rv nn {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Ben | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= Ben | gender = Male | meaning = | region = | origin = | related names = [[Benjamin (name)|Benjamin]], [[Benedict]] | footnotes = }} <noinclude>{{pp-semi-protected|small=yes}}</noinclude> {{otheruses}} '''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) [[Category:Masculine given names]] [[da:Ben (flertydig)]] [[de:Ben]] [[fr:Ben]] [[nl:Ben]] [[ja:ベン]] [[no:Ben (navn)]] [[fi:Ben#Tunnettuja_Benej.C3.A4]]