Ken (given name)
| Ken |
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| Gender |
Male |
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| Language(s) |
English, Japanese |
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| Origin |
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| Word/name |
Japan and sometimes English-speaking countries |
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| Other names |
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| Nickname(s) |
Kenny |
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| Related names |
Kenneth, Kendrick, Kendall, Kenan, Keenan, Keegan, Kevin, Kelvin, Kenny, Can, Kayne, Kanye, Kahn, Dicken, Kenji, Kenzo, Ken'ichi, Kennedy, Kenson |
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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, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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
See also