Eben

Eben is a name of Hebrew origin. It is sometimes short for Ebenezer.

The name can refer to:

People

Given name

• Eben Alexander (educator) (1851–1910), American educator
• Eben Alexander (author) (born 1953), American author and neurosurgeon
• Eben Alexander Jr (1913–2004), American neurosurgeon
• Eben Barnard (born 1992), South African rugby union player
• Eben Edwards Beardsley (1808-1892), American Episcopal clergyman
• Eben Burgoon (born 1979), American author, cartoonist, and artist
• Eben Byers (1880–1932), American socialite, golfer and industrialist who died from drinking radioactive "medicine"
• Eben Pomeroy Colton (1829-1895), American businessman, farmer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
• Eben Britton (born 1987), American former National Football League player
• Theophilus Ebenhaezer Eben Dönges (1898–1968), South African politician
• Eben Sumner Draper (1858–1914), American businessman and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts
• Ebenezer Eben Dugbatey (born 1973), Ghanaian retired footballer
• Eben Emerson, American lighthouse keeper who rescued the crew of a brig in 1865
• Eben Etzebeth (born 1991), South African rugby player
• Eben Fardd, bardic name of Ebenezer Thomas (1802-1863), Welsh poet
• Eben Ernest Hayes (1851-1933), New Zealand engineer and inventor
• Eben Norton Horsford (1818-1893), American scientist known for his reformulation of baking powder
• Eben Samuel Johnson (1866-1939), English-American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Eben Joubert (born 1983), South African rugby union player
• Eben Jenks Loomis (1828-1912), American astronomer
• Eben Martin (1855–1932), American politician
• Eben Matlis (born 1923), mathematician
• Eben Moglen (born 1959), American law professor
• Eben Newton (1795-1885), American politician
• Eben Fiske Ostby (born 1955), film animator, one of the first four Pixar employees
• Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916), American writer, poet and lyricist
• Eben Ezra Roberts (1866-1843), American architect
• Eben William Robertson (1815–1874), British historian
• Eben Smith (1832-1906), American businessman
• Eben S. Stearns (1819–1887), American educator
• Eben F. Stone (1822-1895), American politician
• Eben Swift (1854–1938), American major general
• Eben Upton (born 1978), Welsh Raspberry Pi Foundation co-founder
• Ebenezer Eben van Zijl (1931-2009), politician and lawyer in South West Africa (now Namibia)
• Eben Gowrie Waterhouse (1881-1977), Australian language teacher and Germanist and plant breeder
• Eben Wilson (1869-1848), American college football player and head coach

Surname

• Johannes von Eben (1855–1924), Prussian World War I general
• Marek Eben (born 1957), Czech actor, singer, composer, writer and television host, son of Petr Egen
• Mike Eben (born 1946), American former football player in the Canadian Football League
• Petr Eben (1929–2007), Czech composer, organist and choirmaster

Fictional characters

• Eben Adams, in the movie Portrait of Jennie
• Eben Cabot, protagonist of the 1924 play Desire Under the Elms
• Eben Flood, the main character in Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem "Mr. Flood's Party"
• Eben Holden, protagonist of the 1900 novel of the same name
• Eben Kent, Golden Age name of Jonathan Kent, adoptive father of Superman / Clark Kent
• Eben Olemaun, protagonist of the horror comic book miniseries 30 Days of Night

See also

• Quatuor Ébène, a French string quartet ensemble