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