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Ben E. King
Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson, 1938–2015) was an American soul and R&B singer, lead vocalist of the Drifters on "There Goes My Baby" and solo star of "Stand By Me" and "Spanish Harlem".
Ben Eastman
Ben Eastman, born Benjamin Bangs Eastman, was an American runner who held world records at 440 yards and 880 yards and won 400 m silver at the 1932 Olympics.
Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund (born 1968) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and television producer best known as the creator of the satirical superhero character The Tick, developed as a high school student in Pembroke, Massachusetts.
Ben Elton
Ben Elton, British comedian, novelist, and writer of The Young Ones, Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line, and Upstart Crow; author of 16 novels and the Queen musical We Will Rock You.
Ben Emmerson
Ben Emmerson (Benedict Emmerson, born 1963) is a British KC and international lawyer, founding member of Matrix Chambers, UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism 2011–2017, and counsel in the Haradinaj, al-Senussi, and Litvinenko cases.
Ben Enwonwu
Ben Enwonwu was a Nigerian painter and sculptor who fused Igbo artistic traditions with European modernist techniques, becoming one of the most influential African artists of the 20th century.
Ben Ezra Synagogue
The Ben Ezra Synagogue, also known as the El-Geniza Synagogue, is Egypt's oldest synagogue, in Old Cairo, and the principal source of the Cairo Geniza.
Ben F. Luisi
Ben F. Luisi is a British-based structural biologist and professor of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, known for determining the structures of the RNase E catalytic domain and the AcrAB–TolC efflux pump.
Ben Falcone
Ben Falcone (Benjamin Scott Falcone, born 1973) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker, husband of Melissa McCarthy, director of Tammy, The Boss, Life of the Party, Superintelligence, and Thunder Force, and Groundlings alumnus.
Ben Feldman
Ben Feldman (born 1980, Washington, D.C.) is an American actor known as Jonah in Superstore, Michael Ginsberg in Mad Men (2012 Emmy nominee), and Kyle in CBS's Ghosts, plus voice roles in Monsters at Work.
Ben Ferencz
Ben Ferencz (Benjamin Berell Ferencz, 1920–2023), last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, chief prosecutor of the 1947 Einsatzgruppen Trial of 22 SS officers, later restitution advocate and campaigner for the International Criminal Court.
Ben Ferguson
Ben Ferguson (born 1995, Boise, Idaho) is an American snowboarder from Bend, Oregon; 2018 PyeongChang Olympic 4th in halfpipe, 2012 Youth Olympic gold medalist, now a backcountry film rider and director.
Ben Field (murderer)
Benjamin Luke Field, former deputy churchwarden of Maids Moreton, convicted in 2019 of murdering lecturer Peter Farquhar (36-year minimum term); the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction in April 2026 over a causation misdirection, with a Supreme Court appeal pending.
Ben Foden
Ben Foden (born 1985), English rugby union full-back and scrum-half; 34 England caps, 2011 Six Nations winner, Sale Sharks and Northampton Saints (250 appearances, 2014 Premiership), later Rugby United New York; retired 2022.
Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle (born 1973) is an English TV presenter, adventurer, and writer, known from Castaway 2000, Countryfile, and New Lives in the Wild; he has rowed the Atlantic, climbed Everest, and written nine Sunday Times bestsellers.
Ben Folds
Ben Folds (Benjamin Scott Folds), American singer-songwriter and pianist from North Carolina, frontman of piano-pop trio Ben Folds Five and solo artist, known for "Brick," Rockin' the Suburbs, orchestral work with the NSO, and the Keys for Kids charity.
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five (Ben Folds 5) was an American alternative rock trio from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, known for guitar-free piano rock and the 1997 hit "Brick".
Ben Ford (chef)
Ben Ford (chef), son of Harrison Ford, is an American chef-restaurateur behind Beverly Hills' Chadwick and the 2004 Culver City gastropub Ford's Filling Station; trained at Chez Panisse, he works in wood-fire cooking, consulting, and the American Chef Corps.
Ben Foster (actor)
Ben Foster (born 1980, Boston) is an American actor, Disney's Flash Forward teen lead, Emmy winner for Bang Bang You're Dead, known for 3:10 to Yuma, Hell or High Water, and Leave No Trace; distinct from the English footballer of the same name.
Ben Foster (footballer)
Ben Foster, English retired goalkeeper; 390 Premier League appearances (Watford, Manchester United, Birmingham City, West Brom) and record 1,248 saves; eight England caps, 2014 World Cup; later The Cycling GK YouTuber and Fozcast podcaster.
Ben Francis
Ben Francis, full name Benjamin David Francis, is a British entrepreneur who founded Gymshark in 2012 at age 19 while delivering pizzas, and was a billionaire by 2023.
Ben Franklin effect
Ben Franklin effect: doing a favor for someone increases your liking for them, reversing the usual direction. Named for Franklin's 1736 book-borrowing anecdote; tested by Jecker and Landy in 1969; distinct from the question-behavior effect.
Ben G. Streetman
Ben G. Streetman is an American semiconductor engineer, Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of the textbook Solid State Electronic Devices.
Ben Garrison
Ben Garrison (born 1957) is an American libertarian political cartoonist in Lakeside, Montana, working as GrrrGraphics since 2009. Known for heavily labeled cartoons, the 4chan "Zyklon Ben" defacement campaign, alt-right adoption of his work, and his 2020 ADL defamation suit.
Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara (Biagio Anthony Gazzara, 1930-2012), American stage, film, and TV actor; original Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, star of Run for Your Life and three Cassavetes films, Emmy winner 2003.
Ben Gibbard
Ben Gibbard (born 1976, Bremerton, Washington) is an American singer-songwriter, frontman of Death Cab for Cutie and half of the Postal Service; his Give Up sold over a million copies and Transatlanticism and Plans defined 2000s indie rock.
Ben Gillies
Ben Gillies (born 1979) is an Australian drummer and founding member of Silverchair, the Newcastle band behind five Australian number 1 albums; later projects include Tambalane, Bento, solo work, and the 2023 memoir Love & Pain.
Ben Gleib
Ben Gleib (Ben Nathan Gleiberman, born 1978), American comedian, actor, and host of GSN's Emmy-nominated Idiotest and Chelsea Lately roundtable; launched YouTube's first exclusive late-night show, Good Night with Ben Gleib, in 2026.
Ben Godfrey
Ben Godfrey (Benjamin Matthew Godfrey, born 1998) is an English centre-back from York City's academy who won the 2018-19 Championship with Norwich, joined Everton for £20-25m in 2020, won two England caps, and now plays on loan at Rangers from Atalanta.
Ben Goertzel
Ben Goertzel is an AI researcher and entrepreneur who coined the term "Artificial General Intelligence" in his 2005 book, founded the OpenCog project in 2008, and now leads SingularityNET.