Benjamin "Ben" Cayetano is an American politician and author who served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002. He is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States.
Benjamin Watts is an American, arrogant, popular and very intelligent chess player in the film series 'The Queens Gambit'. He is usually referred to as 'Benny' and is played by British actor Thomas Brodie Sangster.
Benjamin Fong-Torres (方振豪; Cantonese: Fong Chan Ho) is an American rock journalist best known for his association with Rolling Stone magazine (until 1981) and the San Francisco Chronicle (from around 1982).He was portrayed in the 2000 film Almost Famous by actor Terry Chen. The fictional version of Fong-Torres is the lead character William Miller's editor at Rolling Stone. He is depicted on a mural on the side of a building at Haight and Clayton Streets in San Francisco.
Benjamin “Ben” Kissel is one of the three hosts/cofounders of the Last Podcast Network. In particular he appears on the main show (The Last Podcast on the Left) alongside cohosts Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski. The podcast is generally popular, with a focus on true crime, cryptozoology, folklore, and strange world news.
Benjamin Levi "Benji" Madden is an American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. He is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the band Good Charlotte, as well as pop rock collaboration The Madden Brothers. He formed both of these acts with his identical twin brother, Joel Madden. Benji is currently a coach on The Voice Australia.
Benjamin Flores Jr., also known as Lil' P-Nut, is an American child actor and rap artist. In music, he is known for his rap, "You Might Be the One". In acting, Flores starred as Louie Preston on the Nickelodeon television series The Haunted Hathaways, and since 2015 he has played Triple G on the Nickelodeon series Game Shakers. He also had a voice role in the animated feature film in Happy Feet Two, playing Atticus the rapping penguin.
Benjamin Castaldi is a French television personality of Italian origin and Polish-Jewish descent through his maternal grandmother and the former host of Secret Story, the spinoff of Loft Story which are the French adaptations of Big Brother. He currently hosts Nouvelle Star, the French adaptation of Pop idol.
Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer, who has lived and worked in the United States after joining the New York City Ballet in 1995, where he became a soloist in 1998 and a principal in 2002. He also quickly started creating choreography for the company, and also choreographed pieces for other major companies. He retired from NYCB in 2011.
In the book 18, Pete's vulnerable 8 year old son is named Benjamin. He is rarely called Ben, but usually goes by Benjamin.
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Ben Goldwasser is the keyboardist and also writes the music for psychedelic rock-pop band MGMT. He was born December 17, 1982.
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Benjamin Barker (1776-1838) was a British painter.
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Benjamin Tallmadge was an American soldier in the Revolution who ran the famous Culper Spy Ring in New York for George Washington. Also a friend of hanged spy Nathan Hale.
Benjamin Button was the main character both of the new movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the short-story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The character in the movie was very kind, caring, and insightful. This has always been one of my favorite boy's name.
Ben Barnes, a British actor who recently starred in 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian' (as Prince Caspian), is actually named Benjamin. He was born on August 20, 1981.
A famous bearer was Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731–October 9, 1806), a free African American mathematician, astronomer, clockmaker, and publisher.
'On My First Son', by Ben Johnson, laments the death of the poet's young son, also Benjamin. The opening line is a reference to the meaning behind the boy's name: "Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy".
Benjamin is the name of Good Charlotte's lead guitarist and back up vocals. I think that it is a beautiful name. When used in the Benjamin form it is kind and sweet. But the nickname Benji it is strong and demanding.