Society and history

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Goldsmith

Ben Goldsmith, also known as Benjamin Goldsmith, is a British financier and environmentalist who co-built the sustainability fund manager WHEB and runs the London-listed investment trust Menhaden Capital.

Ben Habib

Ben Habib (Benyamin Naeem Habib), British property businessman, First Property Group CEO, Brexit Party MEP 2019-20, Reform UK co-deputy leader 2023-24, founder of Advance UK in 2025, later backing Restore Britain.

Ben Hall (bushranger)

Ben Hall was an Australian bushranger who led a prolific gang in New South Wales in the early 1860s and took part in the Eugowra gold escort robbery.

Ben Hansen

Ben Hansen is an American politician and former Blair City Council member who has represented District 16 in the Nebraska Legislature since 2018, chairing its Executive Board.

Ben Harburg

Ben Harburg, born Benjamin D. Harburg, is an American venture capitalist and managing partner at Beijing-based MSA Capital, which manages over $2 billion and invested in Mobike and Meituan Dianping.

Ben Herbstreit

Ben Herbstreit was the golden retriever of ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit, a certified emotional support animal who traveled to College GameDay and Thursday Night Football from 2023 until his death from cancer on November 7, 2024, at age 10; he was succeeded by Peter.

Ben Holmes

Ben Holmes is a British venture capital investor who spent 14 years as a general partner at Index Ventures in London, backing King, Playfish, Just Eat, and iZettle.

Ben Horowitz

Ben Horowitz is an American venture capitalist and author who co-founded Loudcloud, sold it to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007, and co-founded Andreessen Horowitz in 2009.

Ben Houchen

Ben Houchen is a British Conservative politician who has served as Mayor of the Tees Valley since 2017, after leading the Conservative Group on Stockton Borough Council.

Ben Issa Ousseni

Ben Issa Ousseni, born 1973 in Mamoudzou, is a French politician and former accountant who was elected president of Mayotte's departmental assembly in July 2021.

Ben Jacobs (hedge fund manager)

Ben Jacobs, full name Benjamin Jacobs, is an American hedge fund manager who founded Anomaly Capital Management in New York in 2019 after a decade at Viking Global Investors.

Ben Kortlang

Ben Kortlang (Benjamin John Kortlang) is a co-founding partner of G2 Venture Partners, which invests in the sustainable transformation of traditional industries, after leading Kleiner Perkins' $1 billion Green Growth Fund.

Ben Kramer

Ben Kramer is an American Democratic politician, a Maryland State Senator for District 19 since 2019 who previously served in the House of Delegates from 2006.

Ben Leadsom

Ben Leadsom is a British finance executive and former Barclays banker who runs the secretive London quantitative trading firm G-Research as its chief executive officer.

Ben Leo

Ben Leo (born 1989) is a British journalist and GB News presenter, Chief US Correspondent hosting The Late Show Live from Washington DC; formerly of The Argus Brighton, The Sun, and Dan Wootton Tonight; distinct from the CGD development-policy namesake.