Namesakes
Benjamin Franklin
(a.k.a. Ben) (m) 1706-1790 
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ben Jonson
(m) 1572-1637
Notable Writers
Ben Affleck
(m) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Ben Kingsley
(m) 1943-
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Oscar Award Winners 1983 Gandhi (actor)
Ben Roy Mottelson
(m) 1926-2022
Nobel Prize Winners 1975 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ben Stiller
(m) 1965-
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Ben Bernanke
(m) 1953-
Nobel Prize Winners 2022 (economics)
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Stanley B. Prusiner
(a.k.a. Ben) (m) 1942-
Nobel Prize Winners 1997 (medicine)
Ben E. King
(m) 1938-2015
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1988 The Drifters
Obi-Wan Kenobi
(a.k.a. Ben) (m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1977 Star Wars
Ben Gazzara
(m) 1930-2012
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Feringa
(m) 1951-
Nobel Prize Winners 2016 (chemistry)
Ben Foster
(m) 1983-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ben Johnson
(m) 1918-1996
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Oscar Award Winners 1972 The Last Picture Show (actor)
Ben Barnes
(m) 1981-
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Ben Whishaw
(m) 1980-
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Ben Stein
(m) 1944-
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Ben Chifley
(m) 1885-1951
Australian Prime Ministers 1945-1949
Ben Davies
(m) 1993-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ben Okri
(m) 1959-
Notable Writers
Ben Johnson
(m) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1984 100 m; 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Ben Wallace
(m) 1974-
Hall-of-Famers 2021 (basketball)
Ben Halloran
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ben Hogan
(m) 1912-1997
Notable Athletes (golf)
Ben McKenzie
(m) 1978-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Mendelsohn
(m) 1969-
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Ben Ainslie
(m) 1977-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012 sailing (silver/gold)
Ben Cross
(m) 1947-2020
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Ben Browder
(m) 1962-
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Ben Chaplin
(m) 1969-
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Ben Feldman
(m) 1980-
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Ben Savage
(m) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Linus
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Lost
Ben Adams
(m) 1890-1961
Olympic Medalists 1912 high jump - standing; long jump - standing (silver/bronze)
Ben Shenkman
(m) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Jipcho
(m) 1943-2020
Olympic Medalists 1972 3000 m steeplechase (silver)
Ben Daniels
(m) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Eastman
(m) 1911-2002
Olympic Medalists 1932 400 m (silver)
Ben Hedges Jr
(m) 1907-1969
Olympic Medalists 1928 high jump (silver)
Ben Maher
(m) 1983-
Olympic Medalists 2012 equestrian (gold)
Ben Vereen
(m) 1946-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Wijnstekers
(m) 1955-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ben Wildman-Tobriner
(m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2008 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (gold)
Nassim Ben Khalifa
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ben Bot
(m) 1937-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ben Miles
(m) 1966-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Spijkers
(m) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1988 judo (bronze)
Ben Smith
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Ben Sombogaart
(m) 1947-
Notable Filmmakers
Ben Youngs
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Ben Aldridge
(m) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Lawson
(m) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ben Franks
(m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Ben Sheets
(m) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2000 baseball (gold)
Ben Cohen
(m) 1951-
Notable Businesspeople
Ben McCalman
(m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Ben Gunn
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1883 Treasure Island
Ben Morgan
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Ben Volavola
(m) 1991-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Ben Wigmore
(m) 1982-
Olympic Medalists 2004 baseball (silver)
Ben Taylor
(m) 1888-1953
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (baseball)
Ben Stone
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Law & Order
Ben Matlock
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1986 Matlock
Ben Henrickson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2006 Big Love
Ben Weston
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
Ben Faulkner
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2004 Desperate Housewives
Ben Edwards
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1989 Baywatch
Ben Carrington
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1981 Dynasty
Ben Kinkirk
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 7th Heaven
Ben Cartwright
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1959 Bonanza
Ben
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1972 Ben
Ben Harmon
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2011 American Horror Story: Murder House
Ben Covington
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1998 Felicity
Ben Seaver
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 Growing Pains
Ben Hall
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Ben Walton
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Fictional Characters from Television 1972 The Waltons
Ben Murphy
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2016 The Family
Ben
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1988 Ben's Song