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origin meaning "stone of the help" (derived from the phrase ''Eben ha-Ezer''). The name is sometimes abbreviated as Eben.

Ebenezer Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge () is a fictional character and the protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 novel, ''A Christmas Carol''. Initially a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas, his redemption by visits from the ghost of Jacob Marley, the G ...

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List of people with the given name Ebenezer

* Ebenezer Aboagye (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer * Ebenezer Ackahbi (born 2003), Ghanaian footballer * Ebenezer Adam (1919–2011), Ghanaian teacher and politician * Ebenezer Adams (1765–1841), American educator * Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo, Ghanaian politician * Ebenezer Addy (born 1940), Ghanaian sociologist and former sprinter * Ebenezer Ackon (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer * Ebenezer Ako-Adjei (1916–2002), Ghanaian politician * Ebenezer Ato Ayirebi-Acquah (1993–1997), Ghanaian politician * Ebenezer Akinsanmiro (born 2004), Nigerian footballer *

Ebenezer Akuete Ebenezer Amatei Akuete (born 8 December 1935) is a Ghanaian diplomat and economic consultant. He served as Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America from January 1982 to December 1982. Early life and education Akuete was born on 8 De ...

(born 1935), Ghanaian diplomat and economist * Ebenezer Akwanga (born 1970), Ambazonian independence activist * Ebenezer Alden (1788–1881), American medical biographer and physician * Ebenezer Allen (Vermont politician) (1743–1806), American patriot * Ebenezer Allen (Texas politician) (1804–1863), American politician * Eben Allen (1868–1931), Australian businessman and politician * Ebenezer Assifuah (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer * Ebenezer Theophilus Odartei Ayeh (born 1920), Ghanaian politician * Ebenezer Thompson Baird (1821–1887), American minister * Ebenezer Baldwin (1745–1776), American religious leader * E.T. Barnette (1863–1933), American swindler * Ebenezer Bassett (1833–1908), American ambassador *

Ebenezer Battelle Ebenezer Battelle (1754–1815) was an American Revolutionary War veteran, a bookseller in Boston, Massachusetts, and a settler of Marietta, Ohio, in the late 18th century. Life in Dedham Battelle was born in 1754 in Dedham, Massachusetts, to Ebe ...

(1754–1815), American politician and soldier * Ebenezer Battle (1779), American politician * Ebenezer Bailey (1795–1839), American educator * Ebenezer Beesley (1840–1906), writer and composer of Mormon religious music *

Ebenezer Blakely Ebenezer Blakely (September 25, 1806 – August 21, 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Otsego Co.) in 1846. At the New York state election, 1850, he ran on the Whig a ...

(1806–1889), American lawyer and politician * Ebenezer Bradbury (1793–1864), American politician * Ebenezer N. Briggs (1801–1873), American lawyer and politician * Ebenezer Brigham (1789–1861), American pioneer and politician * Ebenezer Brown (1824–1883), English-Canadian merchant and politician *

Ebenezer Bryce Ebenezer Bryce (November 17, 1830 – September 26, 1913) was a Mormon pioneer, best known as the person for whom Bryce Canyon National Park was named. Early life Bryce was born in the town of Dunblane in the then unitary council area of Per ...

(1830–1913), Mormon pioneer * Ebenezer John Buchanan (1844–1930), South African journalist and politician * Ebenezer Burgess (1790–1870), American minister * Ebenezer Butterick (1826–1903), American tailor and inventor * Eben Byers (1880–1932), Socialite, industrialist, athlete * Ebenezer Calendar, (1912–1985), Sierra Leonean musician * Ebenezer Child (1770–1886), American composer * Ebenezer Childs (1797–1864), American pioneer and legislator * Ebenezer Coker (died 1783), English silversmith * Ebenezer Colls (1812–1887), English painter * Ebenezer Cooke (disambiguation), several people * Ebenezer Crafts (1740–1810), American businessman * Ebenezer Cunningham (1881–1977), British mathematician * Ebenezer Dadzie (born 1975), Ghanaian footballer * Ebenezer Moses Debrah (1928–2023), Ghanaian diplomat *

Ebenezer Denny Ebenezer Denny (March 11, 1761July 21, 1822) was an American soldier and politician. Having fought in the American Revolutionary War, his journal is one of the most frequently quoted accounts of the surrender of the British at the siege of Yorktown ...

(1761–1822), American soldier and politician * Ebenezer V. Dickey (1821–1857), American politician from Pennsylvania * Ebenezer Dimieari (1948–1960), Nigerian Anglican priest *

Ebenezer Doan Ebenezer Doan, Jr. (1772–1866) was the Master Builder or architect-contractor in charge of designing and building the Sharon Temple, a National Historic Site of Canada. Doan was a highly accomplished builder, as evidenced by the creative techniq ...

(1772–1866), American-Canadian builder * Ebenezer Donkor (1938–2016), Ghanaian actor * Ebenezer P. Dorr (1817–1881), American merchant * Ebenezer Dumont (1814–1871), American politician and general * Ebby Edwards (1884–1961), English politician * Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849), English poet * Ebenezer Erskine (1680–1754), Scottish minister * Ebenezer Ekuban (born 1976), American football player * Ebenezer Elmer (1752–1843), American physician and politician *

Ebenezer Emmons Ebenezer Emmons (May 16, 1799October 1, 1863), was an American geologist whose work includes the naming of the Adirondack Mountains in New York as well as a first ascent of Mount Marcy. Early life Emmons was born at Middlefield, Massachusetts, ...

(1799–1863), American geologist *

Eben Etzebeth Eben Etzebeth (born 29 October 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship and the South Africa national rugby team. He made his international debut for the Sprin ...

(born 1991), South African rugby player * Ebenezer B. Finley (1833–1916), American Congressman * Ebenezer Fitch (1756–1833), American Calvinist clergyman * Ebenezer Fisher (1785), American politician * Ebenezer Fontes Braga (born 1969), Brazilian mixed martial artist * Ebb Ford (1890–1974), British marine zoologist * Ebenezer Forrest (1774), English attorney * Ebenezer Foster (1783), English politician * Ebenezer Fox (died 1886), English journalist * Ebenezer Albert Fox (1857–1926), English poacher * Ebenezer Ghansah (born 1959), British taekwondo practitioner * Ebenezer Goddard (1816–1882), English engineer, businessman, and politician * Ebenezer Grant (1882–1962), English footballer * Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (1820–1910), American politician * Ebenezer Hagan (born 1975), Ghanaian footballer * Eben Hayes (1798–1881), American preacher and politician * Ebenezer Hamlin (1844–1900), New Zealand politician *

Ebenezer Hazard Ebenezer Hazard (January 15, 1744 – June 13, 1817) was an American businessman and publisher. He served in a variety of political posts during and after the American Revolutionary War: as Postmaster of New York City; in 1776, as surveyor gener ...

(1744–1817), American businessman and publisher *

Ebenezer Henderson Ebenezer Henderson (17 November 178417 May 1858) was a Scotland, Scottish minister and missionary. He spent the early part of his life in Scandinavia, was an accomplished linguist and translator. Life Born at the Linn near Dunfermline, Hender ...

(1784–1858), Scottish minister and missionary * Ebenezer Henderson (writer) (1809–1879), Scottish historian and writer * Ebenezer Herrick (1785–1839), American politician * Ebenezer J. Hill (1845–1917), American politician * Ebenezer R. Hoar (1816–1895), American politician and lawyer *

Ebenezer Howard Sir Ebenezer Howard (29 January 1850 – 1 May 1928) was an English urban planner and founder of the garden city movement, known for his publication '' To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform'' (1898), the description of a utopian city in wh ...

(1850–1928), British urbanist * Ebenezer Kingsbury Hunt (1810–1889), American physician * Ebenezer Kobina Fosu (born 1952), Ghanaian politician * Ebenezer Huntington (1754–1834), American politician and soldier * Ebenezer Jackson Jr. (1796–1874), American politician * Ebenezer Johnson (1786–1849), American businessman and politician * Ebenezer Alfred Johnson (1813–1891), American classical scholar * Ebenezer Joshua (1908–1991), Vincentian politician * Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), English poet * Ebenezer Kendell (1886–1966), Australian politician * Ebenezer Kinnersley (1711–1778), English scientist, inventor, and lecturer * Ebenezer Knowlton (1815–1784), American politician and minister * Ebenezer Kojo Kum (born 1967), Ghanaian politician * Ebenezer Laing (1931–2015), Ghanaian botanist and geneticist *

Ebenezer Landells Ebenezer Landells (Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle 13 April 1808 – 1 October 1860 London) was a British wood-engraver, illustrator, and magazine proprietor. Life Born in Newcastle, Landells was apprenticed to the wood-engraver Thomas Bewic ...

(1808–1860), English wood-engraver, illustrator, and magazine proprietor * Ebenezer Lane (1793–1866), American politician *

Ebenezer Learned Ebenezer Learned (April 18, 1728 – April 1, 1801) was a brigadier general in the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Early life and career He was the son of Ebenezer and Deborah Haynes Learned, and was born at Oxford, M ...

(1728–1801), American soldier * Ebenezer Lounsbery (1787–1868), American politician * Ebenezer Mack (1791–1849), New York politician * Ebenezer Mackintosh (1737–1816), American shoemaker and protester *

Ebenezer James MacRae Ebenezer James MacRae (18 January 1881 – 15 January 1951) was a Scottish people, Scottish architect serving as City Architect for Edinburgh for most of his active life. Life He was the son of Rev Alexander MacRae of the Free Church of Scotl ...

(1881–1951), Scottish architect * Ebenezer Maitland (1780–1858), English landowner and politician *

Ebenezer Magoffin Ebenezer "Ben" Magoffin (1817–1865) was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War who carried a Missouri State Guard's colonel's commission and became a prominent figure in the early phase of the war in Missouri. He was sentenced to ...

(1817–1865), Confederate officer * Ebenezer E. Mason (1829–1910), American farmer and magistrate * Ebenezer Joseph Mather (1849–1927), English activist and writer * Ebenezer Mattoon (1755–1843), American politician *

Ebenezer Cobb Morley Ebenezer Cobb Morley (16 August 1831 – 20 November 1924) was an English sportsman. He is regarded as one of the fathers of the Football Association (FA) and modern football. Early life Morley was born at 10 Garden Square, Princess Street in ...

(1831–1924), English sportsman * Ebenezer Moseley (1813–1903), American-Canadian shipbuilder * Ebby Nelson-Addy (born 1992), English footballer * Ebenezer Norman (born 1981), Liberian philanthropist * Ebenezer F. Norton (1774–1851), American politician * Ebenezer Ntlali (born 1954), South African Anglican bishop * Ebenezer Obey (born 1942), Nigerian pop musician *

Ebenezer Oduro Owusu Ebenezer Oduro Owusu (born at Tarkwa, on 11 December 1960) is a Ghanaian entomologist and university administrator who served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2021. In this role, he was the princip ...

(born 1960), Ghanaian entomologist * Ebenezer Ofori (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer * Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834–1924), American politician * Ebenezer Parkes (1848–1919), English politician * Ebenezer Peck (1805–1881), American attorney and politician * Ebenezer W. Peirce (1822–1902), American soldier * Ebenezer Pemberton (1746–1835), American educator * Ebenezer Pemberton (minister) (1671–1717), colonial American clergyman * Ebenezer J. Penniman (1804–1890), American politician * Ebenezer Perry (1788–1876), Canadian merchant and politician * Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783–1848), American politician * Ebenezer Picken (1769–1816), Scottish poet * Ebenezer Platt Rogers (1817–1881), American minister and author * Ebenezer W. Poe (1846–1898), American politician * Ebenezer Porter (1772–1834), American minister and writer * Ebenezer Erskine Pressly (1808–1860), American theologian * Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), English musical theorist, writer, teacher, and composer * Ebenezer Quartey (born 1934), Ghanaian sprinter * Ebenezer Raynale (1804–1881), American physician and politician * Ebenezer Rhodes (1762–1839), English topographer * Ebenezer Russell (1747–1836), American politician * Ebenezer Sandford (1848–1897), New Zealand politician * Ebenezer Sage (1755–1834), American politician *

Ebenezer Seaver Ebenezer Seaver (July 5, 1763 – March 1, 1844) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Roxbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Seaver graduated from Harvard University in 1784. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He s ...

(1763–1844), American politician * Ebenezer Seeley (1793–1866), American lawyer and politician * Ebenezer Sekyere (born 1999), Ghanaian footballer * Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes (born 1939), Ghanaian politician * Ebenezer J. Shields (1778–1846), American politician * Ebenezer Shoobridge (1820–1901), Australian politician * Ebenezer Sibly (1751–1799), English philosopher, astrologer, and writer * Ebenezer Sunder Singh (born 1967), Indian-American visual artist * Ebenezer Skellie (1842–1898), American soldier * Ebenezer "Slick" Smith (1929–1997), American stock car racer *

Ebenezer Sproat Ebenezer Sproat (February 9, 1752 – January 7, 1805), surname also spelled Sprout, was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a pioneer to the Ohio Country, and one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio, the fir ...

(1752–1805), American soldier *

Ebenezer Stevens Ebenezer Stevens (August 11, 1751 – September 2, 1823) was a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a major general in the New York state militia, and a New York City merchant. Early life Stevens was ...

(1751–1823), American soldier and merchant * Ebenezer Stoddard (1785–1847), American politician *

Ebenezer Syme Ebenezer Syme (15 September 1825 – 13 March 1860) was a Scottish Australians, Scottish-Australian journalist, proprietor and manager of ''The Age''. Biography Syme was born at North Berwick, Scotland, third son of George Alexander Syme, sc ...

(1825–1860), Scottish-Australian journalist * Ebenezer Teichelmann (1859–1938), surgeon, mountaineer and photographer * Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi] (born 1969), Ghanaian politician * Ebenezer Thayer (1746–1809), American politician * Ebenezer Thomas (1802–1863), Welsh teacher and poet * Ebenezer Trotman (1809–1865), English architect *

Ebenezer Tucker Ebenezer Tucker (November 15, 1758 – September 5, 1845) was in the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey where he was elected to both the Nineteenth and the Twentieth United States Congress. He was in Congress from March 4, 18 ...

(1758–1845), American politician * Ebenezer Vickery (1827–1906), Australian businessman, pastoralist, and philanthropist * Ebenezer Wake Cook (1843–1926), English painter *

Ebenezer Walden Ebenezer Walden (1777–1857) was mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving in 1838–1839. He was born in 1777 in Massachusetts. In 1799, he graduated from Williams College, then made his way to Oneida County, New York where he studied law. In 1806, ...

(1777–1857), American politician * Ebenezer A. Warner (1858–1862), American politician *

Ebenezer Ward Ebenezer Ward (4 September 1837 – 8 October 1917) was an Australian politician and journalist. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1870 to 1880, and from 1881 to 1890, representing Gumeracha (1870–1880), Burra (1 ...

(1837–1917), Australian politician and journalist *

Ebenezer Washburn Sgt. Ebenezer Washburn, Esq., J.P., U.E.br>'' (April 8, 1756 – November 12, 1826) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts in 1756 and settled on a farm in what is now Rutland, ...

(1756–1826), Canadian businessman and politician * Ebenezer Webster (1739–1808), Father of

Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the 14th and 19th United States Secretary of State, U.S. secretary o ...

* Ebenezer T. Wells (1835–1923), American jurist * Ebenezer Whatley (1878–1933), English-Canadian farmer and politician * Ebenezer Wilson (1707–1710), American politician * Ebenezer Young (1783–1851), American politician *

Ebenezer Zane Ebenezer Zane (October 7, 1747 – November 19, 1811) was an American pioneer, soldier, politician, road builder and land speculator. Born in the Colony of Virginia (possibly near what became Moorefield, West Virginia), Zane established a se ...

(1747–1811), American pioneer

Fictional characters

, fictional character in Charles Dickens' 1843 story ''

''. * Ebenezer Dorset, fictional character in O. Henry's 1907 story '' The Ransom of Red Chief''. * Ebenezer Le Page, the chief protagonist and fictional author of ''

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page ''The Book of Ebenezer Le Page'' is a novel by Guernsey born writer Gerald Basil Edwards first published in the United Kingdom by Hamish Hamilton in 1981, and in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in the same year. It has since been published ...

'' by G. B. Edwards * Ebenezer Blackadder, ''Blackadder'' character from Victorian England, introduced in 1988 * Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, character in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel '' Kidnapped'' * Ebenezer Loomer (Ebby), one of the two villains (along with his brother Jacob) in the 19th '' Famous Five'' book by

Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been tra ...

, '' Five Go to Demon's Rocks'' * Ebenezer T. Squint, puppet character in ''

Pinwheel (TV series) ''Pinwheel'' is an American children's television series. It is the first series to have been broadcast on the then-rebranded Nickelodeon, and then the first on its Nick Jr. block as reruns until 1990. The target audience is preschoolers aged 2 ...

'' * Ebenezar McCoy, character from ''

The Dresden Files ''The Dresden Files'' is a series of contemporary fantasy/Mystery fiction, mystery novels written by American author Jim Butcher. The first novel, ''Storm Front (The Dresden Files), Storm Front''—which was also Butcher's writing debut—was p ...

'' series by

Jim Butcher Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971) is an American author., He has written the contemporary Fantasy literature, fantasy ''The Dresden Files'', ''Codex Alera'', and ''Cinder Spires'' book series. Personal life Butcher was born in Independence, M ...

. * Ebenezer, weird character in the Shamen song, Ebenezer Goode * Ebenezer Von Clutch, character from the video game

Crash Bandicoot ''Crash Bandicoot'' is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series c ...

* Ebenezer Crabtree, main protagonist of the Ebenezer Crabtree mystery stories, which were published starting in 1809, and its series of adaptations, starting in 1928, in which he is played by James H. Finlayson.

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List of people with the given name Ebenezer

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