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.

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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