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Ben Zobrist

Ben Zobrist (born 1981, Eureka, Illinois) is a retired MLB multi-positional switch-hitter, 2015 Royals and 2016 Cubs World Series champion, and 2016 World Series MVP who hit the go-ahead double in Game 7.

Ben-Azen

Ben-Azen, Egyptian name Ramses-em-per-Ra, is a supposedly high-ranking New Kingdom official under Ramesses II, Merenptah, and Ramesses III, proposed since the 1970s as a model for the biblical Moses.

Ben-Hadad I

Ben-Hadad I, also Bir-Hadad or Bar-Hadad, was a king of Aram-Damascus in the early ninth century BC, son of Tabrimmon and contemporary of Asa of Judah.

Ben-Hadad II

Ben-Hadad II, also known as Bar-Hadad II, was a ninth-century BC king of Aram-Damascus who fought Ahab of Israel, led a coalition against Assyria at Qarqar in 853 BC, and was murdered by Hazael.

Ben-Hadad III

Ben-Hadad III, also called Bar-Hadad, was a king of Aram-Damascus from around 800 BC, the son and successor of Hazael, known from the Bible and Assyrian inscriptions.

Ben-Hur (1925 film)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Fred Niblo's MGM silent epic starring Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman, adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel; cost about $4 million, famous for its troubled Italian shoot and 42-camera chariot race.

Ben-Hur (1959 film)

Ben-Hur (1959) is MGM's William Wyler epic starring Charlton Heston, adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel; it won a then-record 11 Oscars and is famed for its chariot race.

Ben-Hur (2016 film)

Ben-Hur (2016) is Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel, starring Jack Huston and Toby Kebbell. Made for $100 million, it grossed $94 million worldwide, opened fifth with $11.2 million, and scored 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Lew Wallace's 1880 Harper & Brothers novel set in first-century Judea and Antioch, follows Judah Ben-Hur's betrayal, enslavement, revenge, and conversion alongside the life of Jesus; it became the era's best-selling American novel and spawned major stage and film adaptations.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is MGM's 1925 silent epic directed by Fred Niblo, starring Ramon Novarro, based on Lew Wallace's 1880 novel. Costing $3.9 million, the most expensive silent film, famous for its chariot race and Technicolor sequences.

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (בן ציון מאיר חי עוזיאל) was a Jerusalem-born Sephardi rabbi who served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1939 to 1953.

Ben-Zion Shilo

Ben-Zion Shilo (1951–April 2025) was an Israeli developmental biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, known for defining how receptor tyrosine kinase signaling patterns the Drosophila embryo.

Ben'Imana

Ben'Imana is a 2026 Kinyarwanda-language drama, the debut feature of Rwandan director Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo. Set in Kibeho in 2012 during Gacaca reconciliation trials, it won the Caméra d'Or and FIPRESCI at Cannes and became Rwanda's first Oscar submission.

Ben&Ben

Ben&Ben is a nine-piece Filipino folk-pop band from Manila, formed in 2015 as The Benjamins by twin brothers Paolo and Miguel Guico, known for Limasawa Street, Pebble House, and over a billion Spotify streams.

Bena Tshadi football lightning strike

Bena Tshadi football lightning strike, also called the Basanga match incident: reported October 1998 lightning strike in Kasaï-Oriental, DR Congo, said to have killed all 11 Bena Tshadi players at 1-1 while sparing Basanga; single unconfirmed L'Avenir report, disputed details.

Benadryl

Benadryl, the brand name for diphenhydramine, is a first-generation antihistamine synthesized in 1943 by George Rieveschl and launched in 1946 by Parke, Davis as the first popular oral antihistamine, used for allergies, sleep, and motion sickness.

Benaiah

Benaiah son of Jehoiada (Hebrew Benayahu) was a warrior from Kabzeel in Judah who commanded David's bodyguard and became commander-in-chief of the army under Solomon.

Benalaxyl

Benalaxyl (Galben), CAS 71626-11-4, a systemic phenylamide fungicide against Oomycetes introduced 1981; EU approval not renewed in 2020, expired 31 July 2021; benalaxyl-M remains approved.

Benalaxyl m

Benalaxyl-M (kiralaxyl, CAS 98243-83-5) is the more active R-enantiomer of the fungicide benalaxyl, a phenylamide (FRAC 4) inhibiting RNA polymerase I in Oomycetes; EU-approved until 30 September 2027 while benalaxyl itself was not renewed.

Benalmádena

Benalmádena is a municipality in Málaga province, Andalusia, southern Spain, on the central Costa del Sol some 20 km southwest of Málaga, with a tourism-dominated economy.

Benalroma

Benalroma, Roman villa at Benalmádena Costa near Málaga, Spain, occupied 1st-6th centuries AD; known for its euripus garden with cascading fountain, baths with Solomon's-knot mosaic, and Los Molinillos oil and fish-salting production quarter.

Benares State

Benares State (काशी राज) was a Bhumihar-ruled estate in the Banaras region of northern India, founded in the 1730s by Mansa Ram, with its capital at Ramnagar.

Beñat Gerenabarrena

Beñat Gerenabarrena Zendoia (born 2003, Lekeitio) is a Spanish central midfielder for Athletic Club in LaLiga, a Lezama academy product who returned from a 2025/26 CD Castellón loan (39 matches, 2 goals) to become a first-team regular in 2026/27.

Benat Turrientes

Beñat Turrientes Imaz (born 2002, Beasain) is a Spanish central midfielder for Real Sociedad, number 8, contract to 2030; Olympic gold medalist Paris 2024, Spain U21 captain, one senior cap.

Benazepril

Benazepril, marketed as Lotensin, is an ACE inhibitor prodrug, converted in the body to benazeprilat, approved for high blood pressure in 1991 and used off label in dogs and cats.

Benazir Bhutto (بینظیر بھٹو)

Benazir Bhutto (بینظیر بھٹو), Pakistani PPP leader, twice prime minister (1988–90, 1993–96), first woman elected to lead a Muslim-majority state; twice dismissed, exiled 1999–2007, assassinated in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007.

Benazolin

Benazolin (CAS 3813-05-6), a benzothiazolone synthetic auxin herbicide introduced in 1964 for post-emergence control of annual broadleaf weeds in wheat and oilseed rape; not approved in the EU since Regulation 2076/2002.

Benban Solar Park

Benban Solar Park is a utility-scale solar complex in Aswan Governorate, Egypt, among the world's largest, with 32 plants feeding 1,465 MW into the national grid.

Benben

Benben: sacred conical stone of Heliopolis in ancient Egypt, also called the ben-ben stone, embodying the primeval mound and the god Atum; predecessor of the obelisk and pyramidion (benbenet).

Bencao Gangmu

Bencao Gangmu (本草纲目), the Compendium of Materia Medica, is a Ming-dynasty pharmacological and natural-history encyclopedia compiled by Li Shizhen, who spent about thirty years consulting more than 800 works before its 1596 publication.