Kendrick "Ken" Kang-Joh Jeong (Korean: 정강조; Hanja: 鄭康祖) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in The Hangover film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC series Community (2009–2015). He created, wrote, and produced the ABC sitcom Dr. Ken (2015–2017), in which he portrays the titular character, and he has appeared in the films Knocked Up (2007), Role Models (2008), Furry Vengeance (2010), The Duff (2015), Ride Along 2 (2016), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), and Tom & Jerry (2021).
Ken Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs in documentary films. His most widely known documentaries are The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Central Park Five (2012), and The Roosevelts (2014). He was also executive producer of both The West (1996, directed by Stephen Ives), and Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015, directed by Barak Goodman). Burns's documentaries have been nominated for two Academy Awards and have won Emmy Awards, among other honors.
Ken Bowersox is a United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.
Ken is my brother's nickname, it's short for Kenneth. I've always liked this name, it's a very good guy's name that's not too popular. I always associate it with Barbie's boyfriend, i.e. that all-american kid.