Ken is a masculine
given name of Scottish /
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...
origin. It is used either as a given name or as a short form of names with the letters "Ken" (like
Kenneth
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from ...
,
Kenan
Kenan (also spelled Qenan, Kaynan or Cainan) (; ar, كِنَاْنْ, Keynān; grc-x-biblical, Καϊνάμ, Kaïnám) is an Antediluvian patriarch first mentioned in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
In scriptures
According to Gen ...
,
Kendrick,
Kendall,
Kennedy,
Mackenzie,
Kenson, or Kenelm). Ken is also a
Japanese name
in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expec ...
which can have many different meanings depending on the
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subse ...
used.
People
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Ken (musician)
Ken (born November 28, 1968 in Maibara, Shiga, Japan) is a musician and singer-songwriter, best known as guitarist of the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. He is also the leader, vocalist and guitarist of Sons of All Pussys (also known as S ...
, Japanese musician
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Ken Anderson (quarterback)
Kenneth Allan Anderson (born February 15, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), spending his entire career with the Cincinnati Bengals. He later returned as a pos ...
(born 1949), American quarterback
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Ken Anderson (wrestler)
Kenneth Anderson (born March 6, 1976) is an American professional wrestler. Anderson is known for his tenure with WWE from 2005 to 2009 under the ring name Mr. Kennedy, and his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Mr. Anderson from 2010 to ...
aka Mr. Kennedy, American professional wrestler and actor
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Ken Bowersox
Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox (born November 14, 1956) is a United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle launches and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. When he launched on STS ...
(born 1956), astronaut
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Ken Block
Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 – January 2, 2023) was an American professional Rallying, rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoe ...
, American rally driver
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Ken Bruce
Kenneth Robertson Bruce (born 2 February 1951) is a British broadcaster who is best known for hosting his long-running weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 from 1986 to 1990, and then again since 1992.
Early life and career
Bruce was born a ...
(born 1951), Scottish DJ
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Ken Buesseler (born 1959), American marine radiochemist
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Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary film, documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States, American History of the United States, history and Culture of the ...
(born 1953), American documentary filmmaker
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Ken Barrie (born 1933 - 29th July 2016) Singer And The Voice Of The Children’s Character
Postman Pat
''Postman Pat'' is a British stop-motion animated television series first produced by Woodland Animations. The series follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman who works for Royal Mail postal service in the fictional village of Greendal ...
.
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Ken Caminiti
Kenneth Gene Caminiti (April 21, 1963 – October 10, 2004) was an American third baseman who spent 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Houston Astros (1987–1994, 1999–2000), San Diego Padres (1995–1998), Texas Rangers ( ...
(1963–2004), Major League Baseball player
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Ken Campbell (actor), English writer, actor, and director
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Ken Campbell (evangelist)
Kenneth Livingstone Campbell (January 15, 1934 – August 28, 2006) was a Canadian fundamentalist Baptist evangelist and political figure. He was the final leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada from 1990 to 1993.
Opposition to aborti ...
(1934–2006), Canadian evangelist
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Ken Casey
Kenneth William Casey Jr. (born April 15, 1969) is an American musician who is a bass guitarist, primary songwriter, and one of the lead singers of the Boston Celtic punk group the Dropkick Murphys. Casey was one of the original members, start ...
, bassist of the Boston Irish punk rock group Dropkick Murphys
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Ken Chan, a Filipino actor
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Ken Christianson, California based artist and musician, with art collective Elephant Empire
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Ken Clark (actor)
Kenneth Donovan Clark (June 4, 1927 – June 1, 2009) was an American B movie actor. He appeared in movies in the United States and Europe, including the Secret Agent 077 trilogy, ''South Pacific'', and a number of Spaghetti Westerns.
Early ...
(1927–2009), American actor
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Ken Davitian (born 1953), American film and TV actor
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Ken Dodd
Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer and occasional actor. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer", and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances.
A life ...
(1927–2018), English comedian
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Ken Doherty
Ken Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter.
As an amateur, Doherty won the Irish Amateur Championship twice, the World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the World Amateur C ...
(born 1969), Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter
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Ken Dyer (1946–2010), American football player
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Ken Dryden
Kenneth Wayne Dryden (born August 8, 1947) is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was a Libe ...
(born 1947), Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former NHL goaltender
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Ken Flax
Kenneth Flax (born April 20, 1963) is a retired American Olympic hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 80.02 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Modesto.
Flax was born in San Francisco, California, and is Jewish. Flax is a two-time Olympic hamm ...
(born 1963), American Olympic hammer thrower
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Ken Follett
Kenneth Martin Follett, (born 5 June 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works.
Many of his books have achieved high ranking on best seller lists. For example, in the ...
(born 1949), British author of thrillers and historical novels
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Ken Giles (born 1990), American baseball player
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Ken Griffey Sr. (born 1950), American baseball player
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Ken Griffey Jr. (born 1969), American baseball player
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Ken Ham (born 1951), Australian-born American creationist
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Ken Harrelson
Kenneth Smith Harrelson (born September 4, 1941), nicknamed "The Hawk" due to his distinctive profile, is an American former professional baseball All-Star first baseman and outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 197 ...
(born 1941), Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
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Ken Harris
Karyl Ross "Ken" Harris (July 31, 1898 – March 24, 1982) was an American animator best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons under the supervision of director Chuck Jones.
Life and career
Ken Harris was born in Tulare County, Califor ...
(1898–1982), American animator
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Ken Hendricks, billionaire (1941–2007), president of Hendricks Group
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Ken Hirai (born 1972), J-pop singer known for the hit songs "Hitomi wo Tojite" and "POP STAR"
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Ken Hoang (born 1985), American professional electronic sports player
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Ken Holtzman
Kenneth Dale Holtzman (born November 3, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from through , most notably as a member of the Chicago Cubs for whom he pitche ...
(born 1945), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* , Japanese comedian
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Ken Hughes
Ken or KEN may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer.
* ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film.
* ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine.
* Ken Masters, a main character in ...
(1922–2001), writer and director of films, including ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''
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Ken Jennings
Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, author, and former game show contestant. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,70 ...
(born 1974), contestant on the game show ''Jeopardy!''
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Ken Jeong
Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (, ; born July 13, 1969) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, writer and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the ...
(born 1969), American comedian, actor and former physician
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Ken Kelley (American football)
Ken Kelley (born June 20, 1960) is a former American football linebacker who played two seasons in the United States Football League with the Philadelphia Stars, Chicago Blitz and Birmingham Stallions. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Stars ...
(born 1960), American football player
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Ken Kelley (journalist) (1949–2008), American journalist and publisher
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Ken Kesey
Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
Kesey was born ...
(1935–2001), novelist, author of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''
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Ken Kirby
Ken Kirby is a Canadian actor and screenwriter. He has played the recurring characters Ben on Freeform's ''Good Trouble'', Evan Tate in The CW series '' Dynasty'', and Lenjamin McButtons in the LGBTQ web series ''The Gay and Wondrous Life ...
, Canadian-born actor and screenwriter
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Ken (musician)
Ken (born November 28, 1968 in Maibara, Shiga, Japan) is a musician and singer-songwriter, best known as guitarist of the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. He is also the leader, vocalist and guitarist of Sons of All Pussys (also known as S ...
(Ken Kitamura, born 1968), J-Pop member of bands L'Arc~en~Ciel and Sons of All Pussys
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Ken Kratz (born 1960–61), American lawyer, former district attorney of
Calumet County, Wisconsin
Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,442. The county seat is Chilton. The county was created in 1836 (then in the Wisconsin Territory) and organized in 1850.
Calumet ...
; law license was suspended for four months after sexting scandal
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Ken Kutaragi
is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman. He is the former chairman and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the video game division of Sony Corporation, and current president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. He is known ...
(born 1950), President and CEO, later Chairman, of Sony Computer Entertainment
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Ken Lay
Kenneth Lee Lay (April 15, 1942 – July 5, 2006) was an American businessman who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in the eponymous accounting scandal that unraveled in 2001 into the large ...
(1942–2006), CEO and Chairman of Enron
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Ken Labanowski
Ken "Labo" Labanowski (קני לבנובסקי; born May 13, 1959) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward position. He played for five seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League.
Biography
Labanowski was from ...
(born 1959), American-Israeli basketball player
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Ken Livingstone
Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was Local Government Act 1985, abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the ...
, politician (born 1945), former mayor of London, UK
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Ken Lloyd (born 1976), Japanese-British musician, vocalist and songwriter of Fake? and Oblivion Dust
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Ken Loach
Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is a British film director and screenwriter. His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (''Poor Cow'', 1967), homelessne ...
(born 1936), British film director
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Ken Lutz
Ken Lutz (born December 11, 1965) is a former American football quarterback who played two seasons in the Arena Football League with the Columbus Thunderbolts and San Antonio Force. He first enrolled at Moorpark College before transferring to Sa ...
(born 1965), American football player
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Ken Matthews (disambiguation), multiple people
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Ken McAlister (born 1960), American football player
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Ken McCarthy (born 1959), American activist, educator, entrepreneur and Internet commercialization pioneer
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Ken McCarty
Ken McCarty (born 1958) is an American Republican politician from Alaska. He has represented District 13 as a Member of the Alaska House of Representatives since 2021.
References
External links
Ken McCartyat Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is ...
(born 1958), American politician
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Ken MacLeod
Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels ''The Sky Road'' and ''The Night Sessions'' won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, ...
(born 1954), Scottish science fiction writer
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Ken McElroy
Ken Rex McElroy (June 1, 1934 – July 10, 1981) was an American criminal and convicted attempted murderer who resided in Skidmore, Missouri, United States. He was known as "the town bully", and his unsolved killing became the focus of internatio ...
(1934–1981), American unsolved murder victim and criminal
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Ken Messer (1931–2018), British painter
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Ken Miyagishima (born 1963), American mayor
* , Japanese freestyle skier
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Ken Morrish (1919–2006), former mayor of the city of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Ken Morrison
Sir Kenneth Duncan Morrison CBE (20 October 1931 – 1 February 2017) was an English businessman, Life President, and former chairman of Morrisons (Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC), the fourth largest supermarket group in the United Kingdom. He ...
(born 1931), English supermarket CEO
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Ken Murray (disambiguation) Kenneth Murray or Ken Murray may refer to:
*Kenneth Murray (American football) (born 1998), American football linebacker
*Kenneth Murray (archaeologist) (1903–1972), English archaeologist
*Ken Murray (basketball) (1928–2008), American basketbal ...
, multiple people
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Ken Nomura (born 1965), member of the drifting motorsport scene and of the D1 Grand Prix series
* , Japanese car designer, creative director of Pininfarina, professor
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Ken Parrish
Ken Parrish (born June 22, 1984) is a former American football punter. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at East Stroudsburg.
Parrish has also been a member of the Philadelph ...
(born 1984), American football player
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Ken Penders
Kenneth W. Penders, II is an American comic book creator and writer. In addition to his comic work, Penders has worked in television on storyboards, backgrounds and character design, and worked on screenplays for his own unpublished films. He is ...
, American comic book writer
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Ken Pettway
Ken Pettway (born June 25, 1964) is a former American football defensive back who played six seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions. He played college football at University of California, Berkeley
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(born 1964), American player of gridiron football
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Ken Pogue
Kenneth Pogue (July 26, 1934 – December 15, 2015) was a Canadian actor.
Career
His first motion picture role in 1973 was in '' The Neptune Factor''. He almost drowned in scuba gear.
He worked on stage at the Crest Theatre, Stratford Shakespea ...
, Canadian actor
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Ken Ring (artist), Swedish rapper
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Ken Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall (born 2 November 1934) is an Australian former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player. He won a record 23 Majors in singles, including eight Grand Slam singles titles and, before the Open Era, a record ...
(born 1934), Grand Slam tennis champion
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Ken Rush (1931–2011), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
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Ken Russell
Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films in the main were liberal adaptation ...
(1927–2011), film director and actor
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Ken Rutherford (cricketer) (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
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Ken Saro-Wiwa
Kenule Beeson "Ken" Saro-Wiwa (10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995) was a Nigerian writer, television producer, and environmental activist. Ken Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in Nigeria whose homeland, Ogonila ...
(1941–1995), writer and political activist
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Ken Schrader
Kenneth Schrader (born May 29, 1955) is an American professional racing driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while also competing part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 11 Ford for Fast Tr ...
(born 1955), NASCAR driver
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Ken Shamrock
Kenneth Wayne Shamrock (''né'' Kilpatrick; born February 11, 1964) is an American bare-knuckle boxing promoter and semi-retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kickboxer. He is best known for his time in Ultimate Fighting Champ ...
(born 1964), American mixed martial artist and retired professional wrestler
* , Japanese comedian, member of the Drifters
* , Japanese male adult video (AV) actor
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Ken Singleton
Kenneth Wayne Singleton (born June 10, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and designated hitter from to , most prominently as a member ...
(born 1947), American Major League Baseball player and commentator
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Ken Sio
Ken Sio (born 29 October 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays on the for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League.
He has previously played for the Parramatta Eels and the Newcastle Knights in the NRL and Hull ...
(born 1990), Australian Rugby League player
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Ken Smollen, Chairman of the
Irish Democratic Party
The Irish Democratic Party (IDP) was a minor Irish political party formed in 2013, as a result of a split with Direct Democracy Ireland. Another minor party of the same name but different ideology and leadership had been established in 2010 but w ...
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Ken Spears
Charles Kenneth Spears (March 12, 1938 – November 6, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer and sound editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the '' Scooby-Doo'' franchise, together with Joe Ruby. In 1977, they co-foun ...
(born 1938), American cartoonist and film producer
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Ken Spikes (1935–2009), former NASCAR Cup Series driver
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Ken Spreitzer, computer programmer
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Ken Stott
Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play '' Broken Glass'' at Royal National Theatre. He portrayed t ...
Scottish actor
* , Japanese illustrator known for his work on the ''Pokémon'' video games
* , Japanese film actor
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Ken Terrell
Kenneth Jones Terrell (April 29, 1904 – March 8, 1966) was an American western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
* Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Austr ...
(1904–1966), actor and stuntman
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Ken Thaiday Snr, Torres Strait Islander/Australian artist
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Ken Thompson
Kenneth Lane Thompson (born February 4, 1943) is an American pioneer of computer science. Thompson worked at Bell Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system. He also invented the B programmi ...
(born 1943), American computer scientist and one of the primary creators of Unix
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Ken Tyrrell
Robert Kenneth Tyrrell (3 May 1924 – 25 August 2001) was a British Formula Two racing driver and the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor.Setright, L. J. K. "Tyrrell: A Shrewd Talent-spotter", in Northey, Tom, ed. ''World of Automo ...
(1924–2001), founder of the Formula One team Tyrrell Racing
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Ken Uehara
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He starred in '' Entotsu no mieru basho'', which was entered in the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival. His son is the singer and actor Yūzō Kayama.
Se ...
(1909–1991), Japanese film actor
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Ken Wahl
Ken Wahl (born October 31, 1957) is a retired American film and television actor, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for the CBS television crime drama '' Wiseguy''.
Early life and career
Wahl, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, Note: ...
(born 1954), American actor
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Ken Waldichuk (born 1998), American baseball player
* , Japanese comedian and television presenter
* , Japanese theater, TV, and film actor
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Ken Webster (disambiguation), multiple people
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Ken Whyld
Kenneth Whyld (6 March 1926 – 11 July 2003) was a British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author (with David Hooper) of ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'', a single-volume chess reference work in English.
Whyld was a str ...
(1926–2003), British chess player and author
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Ken Winey (born 1962), Canadian football player
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Ken Zheng (born April 5, 1995) is an Indonesian actor, screenwriter and martial artist
Fictional characters
*, a character in ''
Persona 3
released outside Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3'', is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Atlus. It is the fourth main installment in the '' Persona'' series, which is part of the larger ''Megami Tensei'' franchise. Atlus or ...
''
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Ken (Barbie) also known as Ken Carson, toy doll
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Ken Barlow, character in the British TV soap opera ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...
''
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Ken Cosgrove
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series '' Mad Men'', all of whom have appeared in multiple episodes.
Overview
;Cast notes:
* Maxwell Huckabee and Aaron Hart have split the role of Bobby Draper in the first season, whi ...
, a fictional character in the US television series, ''
Mad Men
''Mad Men'' is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its ...
''
* or Ken, hero of the manga and anime series ''
Fist of the North Star
is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially collected in 27 ''t ...
''
* or Ken, main character of the manga and anime series ''
Rurouni Kenshin
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work ...
''
*, a character in the ''
Juken Sentai Gekiranger''
*, a character in ''
Chikyu Sentai Fiveman''
*, a character in the anime series ''
Digimon
, short for "Digital Monsters" ( ''Dejitaru Monsutā''), is a Japanese media franchise encompassing virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures, who inhabit a " ...
''
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Ken Joshima (城島 犬), a character in the anime series ''
Reborn!
''Reborn!'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Amano. It follows Tsunayoshi Sawada, a young boy who discovers that he is next in line to become boss of the Vongola family, a powerful Mafia organi ...
''
*, main character of the manga and anime series ''
Tokyo Ghoul
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Young Jump'' between September 2011 and September 2014, and was collected in fo ...
''
*, a character in ''
Initial D
is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 ''ta ...
''
*Ken Marks, a character in 1993 action/martial arts movie ''
Showdown''
*, character in the ''
Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as ''SF'' or スト (''Suto''), is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by six ...
'' video games
*, a character in the anime series ''
Beyblade Burst
is a Japanese manga and toyline created by Hiro Morita, originally based on Takara Tomy's '' Beyblade'' franchise. The third incarnation of the franchise after the '' Metal Fight'' series, the ''Beyblade Burst'' toyline launched ...
''
*, character in the anime series ''
Machine Robo Rescue
is a 2003 Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It's the third incarnation of the ''Machine Robo'' anime trilogy, which is based on the toyline by PLEX and Bandai. It is directed by Mamoru Kanbe (''Cardcaptor Sakura'') an ...
''
*Ken Ryuguji also known as Draken, character in the anime series ''
Tokyo Revenger''
*Ken Murphy, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie ''
He's Just Not That Into You'',
Daphne Zuniga
*
Ken Rosenberg, a character in the ''
Grand Theft Auto
''Grand Theft Auto'' (''GTA'') is a series of action-adventure games created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is primarily de ...
'' video games
*Ultraman Ken, better known as Father of Ultra, from the
Ultraman Series; true name revealed in the film
Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend
See also
*
Ken (disambiguation)
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Kenneth
Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from ...
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Kenny (disambiguation)
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English masculine given names
Japanese masculine given names
Masculine given names
Hypocorisms