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Ben Cline

Ben Cline, born 1972, is an American Republican politician representing Virginia's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House since 2019, after serving in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2018.

Ben Coates

Ben Coates is a former NFL tight end who set the single-season tight end record with 96 catches in 1994 and won Super Bowl XXXV with Baltimore.

Ben Cohen (businessman)

Ben Cohen (born 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an American businessman who co-founded Ben & Jerry's ice cream with Jerry Greenfield in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont, ran it as CEO until 1994, and now campaigns for its independence.

Ben Cohen (rugby union)

Ben Cohen (born 1978) is an English former rugby union wing, 2003 World Cup winner, 57 England caps and 31 Test tries, joint-second all-time behind Rory Underwood; founder of the StandUp Foundation.

Ben Coleman (politician)

Ben Coleman (Benjamin John Coleman) is the Labour MP for Chelsea and Fulham, elected on 4 July 2024 with a 152-vote majority over Greg Hands, the seat's first Labour representative; formerly Hammersmith & Fulham council deputy leader and health cabinet member.

Ben Collins (racing driver)

Ben Collins (born 1975, Bristol) is a British racing driver and stunt driver, the second Top Gear Stig (2003-2010), 2003 ASCAR champion, Le Mans racer, and James Bond stunt driver.

Ben Cousins

Ben Cousins, full name Benjamin Luke Cousins, is a former Australian rules footballer who played 270 AFL games and won the 2005 Brownlow Medal and 2006 premiership with West Coast.

Ben Crenshaw

Ben Crenshaw (born 1952, Austin, Texas), nicknamed Gentle Ben, American golfer; two-time Masters champion (1984, 1995), 19 PGA TOUR wins, 1999 Ryder Cup captain, and Coore & Crenshaw golf course designer.

Ben Cross

Ben Cross (Harry Bernard Cross, 1947–2020) was a British actor known for Harold Abrahams in Chariots of Fire (1981), Sarek in Star Trek (2009), and TV roles in The Citadel, Dark Shadows, and Banshee.

Ben Cukier

Ben Cukier is a growth-equity investor who co-founded Centana Growth Partners, a New York fintech specialist, in 2015, after leading FTV Capital's financial services practice for almost 16 years.

Ben D. Barker

Ben D. Barker, also known as Bennie Dale Barker, was an American dental education scholar and dean of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry from 1981 to 1989.

Ben D. MacArthur

Ben D. MacArthur, also published as Ben MacArthur, is a professor of quantitative biomedicine at the University of Southampton working on stem cell dynamics and clinical artificial intelligence.

Ben Daniels

Ben Daniels (born 1964, Nuneaton, England; sometimes recorded as born David Daniels) is an English stage and screen actor, Olivier Award winner for All My Sons, Tony nominee for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, known for The Exorcist, House of Cards, The Crown, and Rogue One.

Ben Davies (footballer, born 1993)

Ben Davies (Benjamin Thomas Davies, born 1993, Neath) is a Welsh left-footed defender and Wales captain. Swansea City 2011-2014, then Tottenham Hotspur from 2014; 363 Spurs appearances, 2025 Europa League winner, 100 Wales caps.

Ben Davies (footballer, born 1995)

Ben Davies (born 1995, Barrow-in-Furness) is an English left-footed centre-back from Preston North End who signed for Liverpool in 2021 without playing, then Rangers, now Bolton Wanderers; distinct from the Welsh Tottenham defender born 1993.

Ben Davis (singer)

Ben Davis (Benjamin Jay Davis, born 1975, Ames, Iowa) is an American Broadway baritone; distinct from the Welsh tenor Ben Davies (1858–1943), director Benjamin Davis, and singer Ben E. Davis. Tony Honor 2003 as Marcello in Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème; joins Hadestown as Hades in 2026.

Ben de Kruijff

Ben de Kruijff (Bernard de Kruijff) is a Dutch biochemist who held the biomembranes chair at Utrecht University from 1984 to 2010 and co-founded its Utrecht Institute of Biomembranes.

Ben Del Maestro

Ben Del Maestro (Benedict Del Maestro), British soundtrack vocalist, featured soloist on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and The Two Towers (2002); thin public record, credits from IMDb, AFI, Tunefind only.

Ben Delo

Ben Delo, also known as Benjamin Delo, is a British programmer who co-founded the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX in 2014, invented the perpetual swap, and became a billionaire by 2018.

Ben DiNucci

Ben DiNucci (born 1996) is an American quarterback from Wexford, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh and James Madison alum drafted 231st overall by the Dallas Cowboys in 2020, started once, later Seattle Sea Dragons XFL QB.

Ben Doak

Ben Gannon-Doak (born 2005, Dalry) is a Scottish right winger for AFC Bournemouth and Scotland. Ex-Celtic and Liverpool, youngest Scot in the Premier League, 2026 World Cup squad member.

Ben Domenech

Ben Domenech (Benjamin Domenech, born 1982) is an American conservative writer, co-founder and publisher of The Federalist and co-founder of RedState, now opinion editor of the Daily Wire.

Ben Dorsa

Ben Dorsa is a 628-km-wide ridge system (dorsum) on Venus at 71.2°N, 284.1°E, IAU-approved in 1985 and named for a Vietnamese sky goddess.

Ben Dover

Ben Dover is the stage name of Lindsay Honey, born Simon James Honey in 1956, an English pornographic performer and director whose gonzo series ran from 1995 to 2002.

Ben Driscoll

Ben Driscoll (Benjamin Driscoll) is a fictional Coronation Street character played by Aaron McCusker since 27 October 2025; Rovers Return landlord, Eva Price's husband, secret son of Jim McDonald, father of Ollie and Will.

Ben Drowned

Ben Drowned is an American multimedia creepypasta and alternate reality game by Alex Hall, writing as Jadusable, told in forum posts and YouTube videos beginning in 2010.

Ben Duckett

Ben Duckett (born 1994, Farnborough, Kent) is an English left-handed opening batter for Nottinghamshire and Trent Rockets; Test debutant 2016, Bazball-era regular from 2022, ODI high score 165 at the 2025 Champions Trophy.

Ben Dunne (Irish businessman)

Ben Dunne (1949–2023) was an Irish retail executive, chairman of the family-owned Dunnes Stores until his removal in 1993, who later founded the Ben Dunne Gyms chain.

Ben Dushnik

Ben Dushnik was a mathematician who took his Ph.D. at Michigan in 1931 and is known for the 1941 Dushnik–Miller paper introducing the dimension of a partial order.

Ben E. Black

Ben E. Black is a chromosome and centromere biologist and Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, known for building human artificial chromosomes that bypass centromeric DNA.