Ben

Ben is often a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or Benedict.

• "Ben", Hebrew for "son of", common in inscriptions on gravestones
• Ben, Iran, a city in Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, Iran
• Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Scotland and the United Kingdom

Art and Fiction

• Ben (film), a 1972 film about a young boy and his pet rat, Ben
• Ben (song), a song by Michael Jackson recorded for the film
• Ben (album), the album containing the song and others, by Michael Jackson
• "(Ben)", a song by Avail from their 1996 album 4am Friday
• Bennie and the Jets, a #1 Elton John song
• The Bens, the name adopted by musicians Ben Lee, Ben Folds and Ben Kweller
• Thing (comics) or Ben Grimm, in the comic book series Fantastic Four
• Ben Harper (My Family), a fictional character in the British sitcom My Family
• Obi-Wan Kenobi or Ben, a fictional character in the Star Wars universe
• Benjamin Linus, fictional character in the television show Lost; leader of the Others
• Benjamin "Ben" Tennyson is a fictional character from Ben 10, a Cartoon Network show

People

• Ben Seear, currently attends Blackpool Sixth Form College.
• Ben Adams, member of the British boy band A1
• Ben Affleck, American actor and screenwriter
• Ben (singer), German singer (Bernhard Albrecht Matthias Lasse Blümel)
• Benjamin Brafman renowned criminal defense attorney
• Ben Brown, Hero Legend at exploris
• Benjamin Burnley of the band Breaking Benjamin.
• Ben Cohen, co-creator of Ben & Jerry's
• Ben Coleman, former basketball player.
• Ben Crenshaw, PGA Tour golfer
• Ben Folds, famous 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 Harper, American musician
• Ben Hogan, PGA Tour golfer
• Ben Kingsley, English actor
• Benjamin Kowalewicz, Lead singer of Canadian punk band Billy Talent
• Ben Kweller, American rock musician
• Ben Ownby, a thirteen-year-old boy from Missouri who gained media attention after being kidnapped
• Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback
• Ben Carson,American surgeon and mortivational speaker.
• Ben Sheets, major league baseball pitcher
• 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, for abbreviations and acronymns
• BenQ is a company specialising in the manufacturing of computing, communications, and consumer electronics devices