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Ken (given name)

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Gender
  
Male

Nickname(s)
  
Kenny

Language(s)
  
English, Japanese

Related names
  
Kenneth, Kendrick, Kendall, Kenan, Keenan, Keegan, Kevin, Kelvin, Kenny, Can, Kayne, Kanye, Kahn, Dicken, Kenji, Kenzo, Ken'ichi, Kennedy, Kenson

Ken is a masculine given name. It is used either as a given name or as a short form of names starting with "Ken" (like Kenneth, Kenan, Kendrick, Kendall, Kennedy, or Kensuke). Ken is also a Japanese name which can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

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People

  • Ken (musician), Japanese musician
  • Ken Akamatsu (born 1968), Japanese author
  • Ken Anderson (quarterback) (born 1949), American quarterback
  • Ken Anderson (wrestler) aka Mr. Kennedy, American professional wrestler and actor
  • Ken Bowersox (born 1956), astronaut
  • Ken Block, American rally driver
  • Ken Bruce (born 1951), Scottish DJ
  • Ken Buesseler (born 1959), American marine radiochemist
  • Ken Burns (born 1953), American documentary filmmaker
  • Ken Caminiti (1963–2004), Major League Baseball player
  • Ken Campbell (actor), English writer, actor, and director
  • Ken Campbell (evangelist) (1934–2006), Canadian evangelist
  • Ken Casey, bassist of the Boston Irish punk rock group Dropkick Murphys
  • Ken Christianson, California based artist and musician, with art collective Elephant Empire
  • Ken Clark (actor) (1927–2009), American actor
  • Ken Davitian (born 1953), American film and TV actor
  • Ken Duncan (born 1945), American politician
  • Ken Dyer (1946–2010), American football player
  • Kenny Dykstra (born 1986), American professional wrestler
  • Ken Dodd (born 1927), English comedian
  • Ken Dryden (born 1947), Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former NHL goaltender
  • Ken Follett (born 1949), British author of thrillers and historical novels
  • Ken Griffey, Sr. (born 1950), American baseball player
  • Ken Bucci (born 1959), Captain Pickleman
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. (born 1969), American baseball player
  • Ken Ham (born 1951), creationist
  • Ken Harrelson (born 1941), Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
  • Ken Hendricks, billionaire (1941–2007), president of Hendricks Group
  • Ken Hirai (born 1972), J-pop singer known for the hit songs "Hitomi wo Tojite" and "POP STAR"
  • Ken Hoang (born 1985), American professional electronic sports player
  • Ken Holtzman (born 1945), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Ken Hughes (1922–2001), writer and director of films, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Ken Jennings (born 1974), contestant on the game show Jeopardy!
  • Ken Kal, radio play-by-play announcer for the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings
  • Ken Kelley (born 1960), American football player
  • Ken Kesey (1935–2001), novelist, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Ken (musician) (Ken Kitamura, born 1968), J-Pop member of bands L'Arc~en~Ciel and Sons of All Pussys
  • Ken Kutaragi (born 1950), President and CEO, later Chairman, of Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Ken Livingstone, politician (born 1945), former mayor of London, UK
  • Ken Lloyd (born 1976), Japanese-British musician, vocalist and songwriter of Fake? and Oblivion Dust
  • Ken Loach (born 1936), British film director
  • Ken Lutz (born 1965), American football player
  • Ken Matthews (born 1934), English race walker
  • Ken McAlister (born 1960), American football player
  • Ken Miyagishima (born 1963), mayor of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
  • Ken Morrish (1919–2006), former mayor of the city of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  • Ken Morrison (born 1931), English supermarket CEO
  • Ken Nomura (born 1965), member of the drifting motorsport scene and of the D1 Grand Prix series
  • Ken Okuyama (born 1959), Japanese car designer, creative director of Pininfarina, professor
  • Ken Parrish (born 1984), American football player
  • Ken Pettway (born 1964), American player of gridiron football
  • Ken Pogue, Canadian actor
  • Ken Ring (artist), Swedish rapper
  • Ken Rosewall (born 1934), Grand Slam tennis champion
  • Ken Russell (1927–2011), film director and actor
  • Ken Rutherford (cricketer) (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
  • Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995), writer and political activist
  • Ken Schrader (born 1955), NASCAR driver
  • Ken Shimura (born 1950), Japanese comedian, member of the Drifters
  • Ken Shimizu (born 1979), Japanese male adult video (AV) actor
  • Ken Sio (born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
  • Ken Spreitzer, computer programmer
  • Ken Stott Scottish actor
  • Ken Sugimori (born 1966), Japanese illustrator known for his work on the Pokémon video games
  • Ken Takakura (born 1931), Japanese film actor
  • Ken Thompson (born 1943), American computer scientist and one of the primary creators of Unix
  • Ken Tyrrell (1924–2001), founder of the Formula One team Tyrrell Racing
  • Ken Uehara (1909–1991), Japanese film actor
  • Ken Wahl (born 1954), American actor
  • Ken Watanabe (born 1959), Japanese theater, TV, and film actor
  • Ken Whyld (1926–2003), British chess player and author
  • Ken Winey (born 1962), Canadian football player

    • Fictional characters

  • Kenneth or Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson, police detective in Starsky & Hutch
  • Ken (Barbie) also known as Ken Carson, toy doll
  • Ken Masters, character in the Street Fighter video games
  • Kenshiro or Ken, hero of the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star
  • Ken Barlow (Coronation Street), character in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
  • Kenshin Himura or Ken, main character of the manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin
  • Ken Ichijouji, character in the anime series Digimon
  • Ken Minami, character in the anime series Machine Robo Rescue
  • Ken Rosenberg, a character in the Grand Theft Auto video games
  • Ken, one of the ninja toads from Mount Myoboku from the anime and manga series, Naruto.
  • Ultraman Ken, better known as Father of Ultra, from the Ultraman Series; true name revealed in the film Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend
  • Ken "Express" Tenma, a fictional character in the Android: Netrunner universe
  • Ken Kaneki, main character of the manga and anime series "Tokyo Ghoul"

    • References

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