Namesakes
Australian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Ben Chifley 1945-1949 
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Ben Gunn 1883 Treasure Island
Fictional Characters from Movies:
2 characters
Ben Walton 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Obi-Wan Kenobi (a.k.a. Ben) 1977 Star Wars
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
2 characters
(character) Ben 1972 Ben
(character) Ben 1988 Ben's Song
Fictional Characters from Television:
16 characters
Ben Cartwright 1959 Bonanza
Ben Weston 1965 Days of Our Lives
Ben Walton 1972 The Waltons
Ben Carrington 1981 Dynasty
Ben Seaver 1985 Growing Pains
Ben Matlock 1986 Matlock
Ben Edwards 1989 Baywatch
Ben Stone 1990 Law & Order
Ben Kinkirk 1996 7th Heaven
Ben Covington 1998 Felicity
Ben Hall 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Ben Faulkner 2004 Desperate Housewives
Ben Linus 2004 Lost
Ben Henrickson 2006 Big Love
Ben Harmon 2011 American Horror Story: Murder House
Ben Murphy 2016 The Family
Hall-of-Famers:
1 baseball, 1 basketball
(baseball) Ben Taylor 2006
(basketball) Ben Wallace 2021
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 economics, 1 medicine, 1 physics
(physics) Ben Roy Mottelson 1975
(medicine) Stanley B. Prusiner (middle name Ben) 1997
(chemistry) Ben Feringa 2016
(economics) Ben Bernanke 2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
23 actors
Ben Johnson 1918-1996
Ben Gazzara 1930-2012
Ben Kingsley 1943-
Ben Stein 1944-
Ben Vereen 1946-
Ben Cross 1947-2020
Ben Browder 1962-
Ben Daniels 1964-
Ben Stiller 1965-
Ben Miles 1966-
Ben Shenkman 1968-
Ben Mendelsohn 1969-
Ben Chaplin 1969-
Ben Affleck 1972-
Ben McKenzie 1978-
Ben Lawson 1980-
Ben Feldman 1980-
Ben Savage 1980-
Ben Whishaw 1980-
Ben Foster 1980-
Ben Barnes 1981-
Ben Aldridge 1985-
Ben Rappaport 1986-
Notable Athletes:
6 rugby, 5 soccer, 1 basketball, 1 golf
(golf) Ben Hogan 1912-1997
(soccer) Ben Wijnstekers 1955-
(basketball) Amar'e Stoudemire (middle name Ben) 1982-
(soccer) Ben Foster 1983-
(rugby) Ben Franks 1984-
(rugby) Ben Smith 1986-
(rugby) Ben McCalman 1988-
(rugby) Ben Morgan 1989-
(rugby) Ben Youngs 1989-
(rugby) Ben Volavola 1991-
(soccer) Nassim Ben Khalifa 1992-
(soccer) Ben Halloran 1992-
(soccer) Ben Davies 1993-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Ben Cohen 1951-
Notable Filmmakers:
2 directors
Ben Sombogaart 1947-
Ben Affleck 1972-
Notable Musicians:
1 singer
Ben E. King 1938-2015
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 economist
Ben Bernanke 1953-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician, 1 statesperson
Benjamin Franklin (a.k.a. Ben) 1706-1790
Ben Bot 1937-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Ben Roy Mottelson 1926-2022
Notable Writers:
1 author, 1 playwright
Ben Jonson 1572-1637
Ben Okri 1959-
Olympic Medalists:
4 silver, 3 bronze, 3 gold, 1 silver/bronze, 1 silver/gold
(silver/bronze) Ben Adams 1912 high jump - standing; long jump - standing
(silver) Ben Hedges Jr 1928 high jump
(silver) Ben Eastman 1932 400 m
(silver) Ben Jipcho 1972 3000 m steeplechase
(bronze) Ben Johnson 1984 100 m; 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Ben Spijkers 1988 judo
(gold) Ben Sheets 2000 baseball
(silver) Ben Wigmore 2004 baseball
(bronze) Amar'e Stoudemire (middle name Ben) 2004 basketball
(gold) Ben Wildman-Tobriner 2008 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(silver/gold) Ben Ainslie 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012 sailing
(gold) Ben Maher 2012 equestrian
Oscar Award Winners:
2 actors
(actor) Ben Johnson 1972 The Last Picture Show
(actor) Ben Kingsley 1983 Gandhi
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
1 musician
Ben E. King 1988 The Drifters