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Ben Peters
Ben Peters is a software entrepreneur who co-founded the Mexican cryptocurrency exchange Bitso in 2014, led its technology as Chief Technology Officer, and later co-founded djinni.ai in 2024.
Ben Portney
Ben Portney is an Investing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz's Bio + Health team, a biochemist who invests in early-stage therapeutic discovery platforms like Orbital Therapeutics and insitro.
Ben Ray Luján
Ben Ray Luján, Democratic U.S. senator from New Mexico since 2021, former NM-3 congressman (2009–2021), DCCC chairman, House assistant speaker; won 2020 Senate race 51.7%–45.6% over Mark Ronchetti.
Ben Rhodes (White House staffer)
Ben Rhodes was Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Barack Obama (2009-2017), his top foreign policy speechwriter; later author of The World As It Is, co-founder of National Security Action, and Pod Save the World co-host, distinct from his brother David Rhodes.
Ben Roberts-Smith
Ben Roberts-Smith (born 1978) is an Australian former SAS soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for the 2010 Tizak action in Afghanistan. A 2023 defamation ruling found murder allegations substantially true; he was charged with five counts of war crime murder in April 2026.
Ben Rosen
Ben Rosen, also known as Benjamin Rosen, was an American venture capitalist who co-founded Sevin Rosen Funds in 1981 and served as founding chairman of Compaq Computer until 2000.
Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse, born 1972 in Plainview, Nebraska, is a Republican former U.S. senator from Nebraska (2015-2023) and 13th University of Florida president (2023-2024), known for voting to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial.
Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro, American conservative commentator, lawyer, and co-founder of The Daily Wire (2015), host of The Ben Shapiro Show, formerly the top conservative podcast; known for rapid-fire debate style and feuds with Carlson, Owens, and Bannon.
Ben Silbermann
Ben Silbermann, born 1982, is an American technology executive who co-founded Pinterest, was CEO from 2008 and President from 2012 until June 2022, and now serves as non-Executive Chair.
Ben Stanway
Ben Stanway is a British fintech entrepreneur who co-founded the London savings-and-investing app Moneybox in 2015, serving as Co-CEO until becoming Executive Chair in 2024.
Ben Sun
Ben Sun is an American venture capitalist, cofounder and General Partner of New York seed firm Primary Venture Partners, best known for his investment in Coupang.
Ben Tsiang
Ben Tsiang (Benjamin Tsiang) is an internet entrepreneur who co-founded the overseas-Chinese news site Sinanet in 1995 and later served as an executive of Sina.
Ben Wallace (politician)
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, British Conservative politician and former Scots Guards officer, MP 2005-2024; UK Security Minister 2016-2019 and Secretary of State for Defence 24 July 2019 to 31 August 2023, leading Britain's response to the Ukraine war before Grant Shapps replaced him.
Ben White
Ben White is a technology entrepreneur and venture investor who co-founded Notion Capital in 2009, having earlier co-founded MessageLabs, sold to Symantec in 2008 for $695 million.
Ben Wikler
Ben Wikler, American progressive organizer, chaired the Democratic Party of Wisconsin 2019–2025, won 10 of 13 statewide races, raised $200 million, lost the 2025 DNC chair race to Ken Martin, and wrote This Is the Plan.
Ben Youssef Madrasa (مدرسة ابن يوسف)
Ben Youssef Madrasa (مدرسة ابن يوسف), Marrakech Quranic college founded 14th century under Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan, rebuilt by Saadian sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib 1564–1565; largest madrasa in the Maghreb, 1,680 m², about 130 student cells, restored 2018–2022.
Ben Zand
Ben Zand (Benjamin Zand, born 1991) is a British-Iranian documentary filmmaker from Liverpool, founder and CEO of ZANDLAND, RTS Young Talent of the Year 2016, maker of Kingpins, QAnon and Breaking Ranks, and creator of the self-funded YouTube series HUMAN.
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, born 1955, is the Rebbe of Bobov, a Hasidic dynasty headquartered in Borough Park, Brooklyn, since his half-brother Naftali died in 2005.
Ben Zion Halberstam
Ben Zion Halberstam, known as Kedushas Tzion, was the second Rebbe of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty from 1905 until he was murdered in the Holocaust in 1941.
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-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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bench trial
Bench trial: a trial by judge alone, no jury, with the judge deciding facts and law. US federal waiver needs written waiver, government consent, court approval; bench conviction rate 55% vs jury 84%.