Eben is a name of

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origin. It is sometimes short for Ebenezer. The name can refer to:

People

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Eben Alexander (educator) Eben Alexander (March 9, 1851 – March 11, 1910) was an American scholar, educator, dean, and diplomat. Life and career Alexander was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 9, 1851, to Judge Ebenezer Alexander and Margaret White McClung. Ale ...

(1851–1910), American educator *

Eben Alexander (author) Eben Alexander III (born December 11, 1953) is an American neurosurgeon and author. His book '' Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife'' (2012) describes his near-death experience that happened in 2008 under medically-indu ...

(born 1953), American author and neurosurgeon *

Eben Alexander Jr Eben Alexander Jr (1913–2004) was an American academic neurosurgeon and a native of Knoxville, Tennessee. He is known for his notable education and training of neurosurgeons, his many recognition awards, and for his editorship of Surgical Ne ...

(1913–2004), American neurosurgeon * Eben Barnard (born 1992), South African rugby union player * Eben Bartlett (1912–1983), New Hampshire state representative *

Eben Edwards Beardsley Eben Edwards Beardsley (January 8, 1808 – December 21, 1892) was a clergyman of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Born in Stepney, Connecticut, he was graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, and ordained to the diaconate ...

(1808-1892), American Episcopal clergyman * Eben Burgoon (born 1979), American author, cartoonist, and artist *

Eben Byers Ebenezer McBurney Byers (April 12, 1880 – March 31, 1932) was a wealthy American socialite, sportsman, and industrialist. He won the 1906 U.S. Amateur in golf. He earned notoriety in the early 1930s when he died from multiple radiation-induce ...

(1880–1932), American socialite, golfer and industrialist who died from drinking radioactive "medicine" * Eben Pomeroy Colton (1829-1895), American businessman, farmer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont *

Eben Britton Eben Britton (born October 14, 1987) is a former American football offensive tackle who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Selected 39th overall in the 2009 NFL Draft, he spent four years with the Jacksonville Jaguars fo ...

(born 1987), American former National Football League player * Theophilus Ebenhaezer

Eben Dönges Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges (8 March 1898 – 10 January 1968) was a South African politician who was elected the state president of South Africa, but died before he could take office, aged 69. Early life Eben Donges was born on 8 March 189 ...

(1898–1968), South African politician *

Eben Sumner Draper Eben (sometimes incorrectly Ebenezer) Sumner Draper (June 17, 1858 – April 9, 1914) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He was for many years a leading figure in what later became the Draper Corporation, the ...

(1858–1914), American businessman and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts * Ebenezer Eben Dugbatey (born 1973), Ghanaian retired footballer *

Eben Emerson Eben Emerson was an American lighthouse keeper who served at Wood Island Light, Maine from 1861 to 1865. On March 16, 1865, he saved the crew of the British brig ''Edyth Anne'' from drowning in a heavy storm near the lighthouse; for this action ...

, American lighthouse keeper who rescued the crew of a brig in 1865 *

Eben Etzebeth Eben Etzebeth (born 29 October 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national team and Sharks in the United Rugby Championship. His regular playing position is as a number 4 lock. Clu ...

(born 1991), South African rugby player * Eben Fardd, bardic name of

Ebenezer Thomas Ebenezer Thomas (August 1802 – 17 February 1863), better known to Welsh speakers by his bardic name of Eben Fardd, was a Welsh teacher and poet. Eben Fardd was born in Llanarmon, Caernarvonshire, the son of a weaver, and educated at local scho ...

(1802-1863), Welsh poet *

Eben Ernest Hayes Eben Ernest Hayes (4 February 1851 – 27 June 1933) was a New Zealand engineer and inventor who founded the Hayes Engineering works in Oturehua, Central Otago. He developed a wind turbine and manufactured wind pumps and agricultural tools for ...

(1851-1933), New Zealand engineer and inventor *

Eben Norton Horsford Eben Norton Horsford (27 July 1818 – 1 January 1893) was an American scientist who taught agricultural chemistry in the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard from 1847 to 1863. Later he was known for his reformulation of baking powder, his int ...

(1818-1893), American scientist known for his reformulation of baking powder *

Eben Samuel Johnson Eben Samuel Johnson (8 February 1866 – 9 February 1939) was an English-American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1916. Birth and family Born in Warwickshire, England, he was a son of William and Catharine (née Sidwell) Johns ...

(1866-1939), English-American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church *

Eben Joubert Eben Joubert (born 30 June 1983 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a South African rugby union player playing in New Zealand for Otago in the ITM Cup competition. He was named Otago captain in 2011. Playing career After attending the Universit ...

(born 1983), South African rugby union player *

Eben Jenks Loomis Eben Jenks Loomis (November 11, 1828 – December 2, 1912) was an American astronomer, born in Oppenheim, New York. He attended the Lawrence Scientific School ( Harvard) in 1851–53. He was assistant in the ''American Ephemeris and Nautical A ...

(1828-1912), American astronomer *

Eben Martin Eben Wever Martin (April 12, 1855 – May 22, 1932) was an American attorney and politician in South Dakota. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Early life and education M ...

(1855–1932), American politician *

Eben Matlis Eben Matlis (August 28, 1923 - March 27, 2015) was a mathematician known for his contributions to the theory of rings and modules, especially for his work with injective modules over commutative Noetherian rings, and his introduction of Matlis du ...

(1923–2015), mathematician *

Eben Moglen Eben Moglen (born 1959) is an American legal scholar who is professor of law and legal history at Columbia University, and is the founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center. Professional biography Moglen started out ...

(born 1959), American law professor *

Eben Newton Eben Newton (October 16, 1795 – November 6, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1851 to 1853. Early life and career Born in Goshen, Connecticut, Newton attended the commo ...

(1795-1885), American politician *

Eben Fiske Ostby Eben Fiske Ostby (born February 24, 1955) is a pioneer computer graphics software developer, animator, and technical director for motion pictures. Ostby was born in Hampton, Connecticut, United States. He graduated from Pomfret School and Vassar ...

(born 1955), film animator, one of the first four Pixar employees * Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916), American writer, poet and lyricist *

Eben Ezra Roberts Eben Ezra Roberts (1866–1943) was an American architect known for his work in the early modern Prairie style, pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as other traditional residential styles. Roberts was born in Boston and attended architec ...

(1866-1843), American architect *

Eben William Robertson Eben William Robertson (17 September 1815 – 3 June 1874) was a British historian. Life Robertson was born near the Leicestershire- Derbyshire border at Netherseale, into a wealthy landowning family. He was a distant relative of 18th century S ...

(1815–1874), British historian *

Eben Smith Eben Smith (December 17, 1832 – November 5, 1906) was a successful mine owner, smelting company executive, railroad executive and bank owner in Colorado in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Early life Eben Smith was born in Erie, Pen ...

(1832-1906), American businessman *

Eben S. Stearns Eben S. Stearns (1819–1887) was an American educator. He served as the President of Framingham State University from 1849 to 1855, and as the Chancellor of the University of Nashville and President Peabody Normal School (which later merged with V ...

(1819–1887), American educator *

Eben F. Stone Eben Francis Stone (August 3, 1822 – January 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Stone was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts to Ebenezer and Fanny (Coolidge) Stone. Stone attended North Andover Academy and graduated fro ...

(1822-1895), American politician *

Eben Swift Eben Swift (May 11, 1854 – April 25, 1938) was a major general in the United States Army who served as the first commander of the 82nd Division, now the 82nd Airborne Division. Military career Swift was born on May 11, 1854, at Fort Chadb ...

(1854–1938), American major general *

Eben Upton Eben Christopher Upton (born 5 April 1978) is the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is responsible for the overall software and hardware architectur ...

(born 1978), Welsh

Raspberry Pi Foundation The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a British charity and company founded in 2009 to promote the study of basic computer science in schools, and is responsible for developing the Raspberry Pi single-board computers. Foundation The Raspberry Pi Foun ...

co-founder * Ebenezer Eben van Zijl (1931-2009), politician and lawyer in South West Africa (now Namibia) *

Eben Gowrie Waterhouse Eben Gowrie Waterhouse (1881–1977) was an Australian who had three distinguished careers. Starting out as an innovative teacher of languages, he became one of Australia's most prominent Germanists when classical German culture still commanded ...

(1881-1977), Australian language teacher and Germanist and plant breeder * Eben Wilson (1869-1948), American college football player and head coach

Surname

Johannes von Eben Johannes Karl Louis Richard Eben, from 1906 named von Eben (24 February 1855 – 30 June 1924) was a Prussian officer who served as a German general of the infantry in World War I . Early life Johanness Karl Louis Richard Eben was born in Preuß ...

(1855–1924), Prussian World War I general * Mike Eben (born 1946), American former football player in the Canadian Football League *

Petr Eben Petr Eben (22 January 1929 – 24 October 2007) was a Czech composer of modern and contemporary classical music, and an organist and choirmaster. His life Born in Žamberk in northeastern Bohemia, Eben spent most of his childhood and earl ...

(1929–2007), Czech composer, organist and choirmaster *, Czech musicians, sons of Petr Egen: **, (born 1957), Czech musician and musicologist **, (born 1957), Czech scientist and musician ** Marek Eben (born 1957), Czech actor, singer, composer, writer and television host

Fictional characters

* Eben Adams, in the movie ''

Portrait of Jennie ''Portrait of Jennie'' is a 1948 American fantasy film based on the 1940 novella by Robert Nathan. The film was directed by William Dieterle and produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. At the 21st Academy Awar ...

'' *Eben Cabot, protagonist of the 1924 play ''

Desire Under the Elms ''Desire Under the Elms'' is a 1924 play written by Eugene O'Neill. Like ''Mourning Becomes Electra'', ''Desire Under the Elms'' signifies an attempt by O'Neill to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting. ...

'' * Eben Flood, the main character in

Edwin Arlington Robinson Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet and playwright. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on three occasions and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Early life Robins ...

's poem "Mr. Flood's Party" *

Eben Holden ''Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country'' is a 1900 novel by Irving Bacheller. It was a popular book at the time of its release, among the top 10 bestselling books in the United States in both 1900 and 1901. The book is set in the North Coun ...

, protagonist of the 1900 novel of the same name *Eben Hopwil, character in

Robert Jordan James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan," Robert Jordan" was the name of the protagonist in the 1940 Hemingway novel ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'', though this is not how the n ...

's ''

The Wheel of Time ''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson as a co-author for the final three novels. Originally planned as a six-book series, ''The Wheel of Time'' spans 14 volumes, in a ...

'' * Eben Kent, Golden Age name of Jonathan Kent, adoptive father of Superman / Clark Kent *

Eben Olemaun The ''30 Days of Night'' franchise consists of American horror installments including a theatrical film, a prequel miniseries, a sequel limited series, and a direct-to-home video sequel movie. Based on the comic series of the same name create ...

, protagonist of the horror comic book miniseries ''30 Days of Night'' *

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