Ken (given name)
Ken is a masculine given name of Scottish / Scottish Gaelic origin. It is used either as a given name or as a short form of names with the letters "Ken". Ken is also a Japanese name which can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
People
- Ken, Japanese musician
- Ken Akamatsu, Japanese author
- Ken Anderson , American quarterback
- Ken Anderson aka Mr. Kennedy, American professional wrestler and actor
- Ken Bowersox, astronaut
- Ken Block, American rally driver
- Ken Bruce, Scottish DJ
- Ken Buesseler, American marine radiochemist
- Ken Burns, American documentary filmmaker
- Ken Caminiti, Major League Baseball player
- Ken Campbell, English writer, actor, and director
- Ken Campbell , 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 , American actor
- Ken Davitian, American film and TV actor
- Ken Dodd, English comedian
- Ken Doherty, Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter
- Ken Duncan, American politician
- Ken Dyer, American football player
- Kenny Dykstra, American professional wrestler
- Ken Dryden, Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former NHL goaltender
- Ken Flax, American Olympic hammer thrower
- Ken Follett, British author of thrillers and historical novels
- Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
- Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player
- Ken Ham, Australian-born American creationist
- Ken Harrelson, Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
- Ken Harris, American animator
- 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, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ken Horiuchi, Japanese comedian
- Ken Hughes, writer and director of films, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Ken Jennings, contestant on the game show Jeopardy!
- Ken Jeong, American comedian, actor and former physician
- Ken Kelley, American football player
- Ken Kesey, novelist, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Ken , J-Pop member of bands L'Arc~en~Ciel and Sons of All Pussys
- Ken Kratz, American lawyer, former district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin; law license was suspended for four months after sexting scandal
- Ken Kutaragi, President and CEO, later Chairman, of Sony Computer Entertainment
- Ken Lay, CEO and Chairman of Enron
- 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 Lutz, American football player
- Ken Matthews, English race walker
- Ken McAlister, American football player
- Ken MacLeod, Scottish science fiction writer
- Ken McElroy American unsolved murder victim and criminal
- Ken Miyagishima, American mayor
- Ken Mizuno, Japanese freestyle skier
- Ken Morrish, former mayor of the city of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
- Ken Morrison, English supermarket CEO
- Ken Murray, multiple people
- 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 Penders, American comic book writer
- Ken Pettway, American player of gridiron football
- Ken Pogue, Canadian actor
- Ken Ring, Swedish rapper
- Ken Robinson, multiple people
- Ken Rosewall, Grand Slam tennis champion
- Ken Rush, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Ken Russell, film director and actor
- Ken Rutherford , New Zealand cricketer
- Ken Saro-Wiwa, writer and political activist
- Ken Schrader, NASCAR driver
- Ken Shamrock, American mixed martial artist and retired professional wrestler
- Ken Shimura, Japanese comedian, member of the Drifters
- Ken Shimizu, Japanese male adult video actor
- Ken Singleton, American Major League Baseball player and commentator
- Ken Sio, Australian Rugby League player
- Ken Smollen, Chairman of the Irish Democratic Party
- Ken Spears, American cartoonist and film producer
- Ken Spikes, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Ken Spreitzer, computer programmer
- Ken Stott Scottish actor
- Ken Sugimori, Japanese illustrator known for his work on the Pokémon video games
- Ken Takakura, Japanese film actor
- Ken Thaiday Snr, Torres Strait Islander/Australian artist
- Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and one of the primary creators of Unix
- Ken Tyrrell, founder of the Formula One team Tyrrell Racing
- Ken Uehara, Japanese film actor
- Ken Wahl, American actor
- Ken Watabe, Japanese comedian and television presenter
- Ken Watanabe, Japanese theater, TV, and film actor
- Ken Webster, multiple people
- Ken Whyld, British chess player and author
- Ken Winey, Canadian football player
Fictional characters
- Ken also known as Ken Carson, toy doll
- Ken Cosgrove, a fictional character in the US television series, Mad Men
- List_of_Persona_3_characters#Ken_Amada, a character in Persona 3
- Ultraman Ken, better known as Father of Ultra, from the Ultraman Series; true name revealed in the film
- Ken Midori or Kensuke Midorikawa, a character in the anime series Beyblade Burst
- Kenshiro or Ken, hero of the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star
- Ken Barlow, character in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
- Kenshin Himura or Ken, main character of the manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin
- List_of_Juken_Sentai_Gekiranger_characters#Ken Hisatsu, a character in the Juken Sentai Gekiranger
- Ken Hoshikawa, a character in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
- Ken Ichijouji, character in the anime series Digimon
- List of Tokyo Ghoul characters#Ken Kaneki, main character of the manga and anime series Tokyo Ghoul
- Ken Kogashiwa, a character in Initial D
- Ken Masters, character in the Street Fighter video games
- Machine Robo Rescue, character in the anime series Machine Robo Rescue
- , a character in the Grand Theft Auto video games