Ken

See also Kenneth and Kenny

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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, Kendrick, or Kendall). Ken is also a Japanese name which can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

People named Ken

• Ken Akamatsu, Japanese author
• Ken Anderson (American football), American quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Ken Anderson, wrestler better known by his current ring name Mr. Kennedy
• Ken Bowersox, astronaut
• Ken Bruce, Scottish DJ
• Ken Burns, American documentary filmmaker
• Ken Caminiti, Major League Baseball player
• Ken Campbell (actor), English writer, actor, and director
• Ken Campbell (evangelist), Canadian evangelist
• Ken Casey, the 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), American actor
• Ken Davitian, American film and TV actor
• Ken Doane, American professional wrestler
• Ken Dodd, English comedian
• Ken Follett, British author of thrillers and historical novels
• Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
• Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player
• Ken Ham, creationist
• Ken Harrelson, Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
• Ken Hendricks, billionaire, president of Hendricks Group
• Ken Hirai, J-pop singer known for the hit songs "Hitomi wo Tojite" and "POP STAR"
• Ken Hoang, American professional electronic sports player
• Ken Holtzman, Major League Baseball player
• Ken Hughes, writer and director of films, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Ken Jennings, contestant on the game show Jeopardy!
• Ken Kal, radio play-by-play announcer for the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings
• Ken Kesey (1935-2001), novelist, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Ken (musician) (Ken Kitamura), J-Pop member of bands L'Arc~en~Ciel and Sons of All Pussys
• Ken Kutaragi, President and CEO, later Chairman, of Sony Computer Entertainment
• Ken Livingstone, politician, former mayor of London, UK
• Ken Lloyd, Japanese-British musician, vocalist and songwriter of Fake? and Oblivion Dust
• Ken Loach, British film director
• Ken Maycock, artist and art teacher at Dulwich College
• Ken Morrish, former mayor of the city of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
• Ken Morrison, English supermarket CEO
• Ken Nomura, member of the drifting motorsport scene and of the D1 Grand Prix series
• Ken Okuyama, Japanese car designer, creative director of Pininfarina, professor
• Ken Parrish, American football player
• Ken Rosewall, Grand Slam tennis champion
• Ken Russell, film director and actor
• Ken Rutherford (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
• Ken Saro-Wiwa, writer and political activist
• Ken Schrader, NASCAR driver
• Ken Shimura, Japanese comedian, member of the Drifters
• Ken Spreitzer, computer programmer
• Ken Sugimori, Japanese illustrator known for his work on the Pokémon video games
• Ken Takakura (born 1931), Japanese film actor
• Ken Thompson, one of the primary creators of Unix
• Ken Tyrrell, founder of the Formula One team Tyrrell Racing
• Ken Wahl, American actor
• Ken Watanabe (born 1959), Japanese theater, TV, and film actor
• Ken Whyld, British chess player and author

Fictional characters named Ken

• Ken (Street Fighter), character in video game series
• Ken Barlow, character in the British TV soap opera "Coronation Street"
• Ken Hayakawa (aka Zubat), character in Kaiketsu Zubat
• Ken Hoshikawa (aka FiveBlue), character in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
• Ken Ichijouji, character in the anime series Digimon
• Ken Rosenberg (Grand Theft Auto series), a recurring character within the series
• Kenshiro or Ken, hero of the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star
• Kenshin Himura or Ken, main character of the manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin

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