Ken (given name)
Ken is a masculine given name of Japanese and Scottish Gaelic origin.
The Japanese given name is common among males. It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Ken is also a masculine given name of Scottish / Scottish Gaelic origin. It is used as a given name or as a short form of names with the letters "Ken".
People
- Ken (musician), Japanese musician and member of the bands L'Arc-en-Ciel and Sons of All Pussys
- Ken Akamatsu, Japanese author
- Ken Anderson (quarterback), American quarterback
- Ken Anderson (wrestler), American professional wrestler known under the ring name Mr. Kennedy
- Ken Barrie, English voice actor and singer
- Ken Block (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ken Bowersox, American astronaut
- Ken Bruce, Scottish DJ
- Ken Bruen, Irish crime fiction writer
- Ken Buesseler, American marine radiochemist
- Ken Burns, American documentary filmmaker
- Ken Caillat, American record producer
- Ken Caminiti, Major League Baseball player
- Ken Campbell, English writer, actor, and director
- Ken Campbell (evangelist), Canadian evangelist
- Ken Carlson, American politician
- Ken Casey, bassist of the Boston Irish punk rock group Dropkick Murphys
- Ken Chan (Filipino actor), Filipino actor
- Ken Christianson, California based artist and musician, with art collective Elephant Empire
- Ken Clark (actor), American actor
- Ken Clouston, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- Ken Croken, American politician
- Ken Davitian, American film and TV actor
- Ken Dodd, English comedian and singer
- Ken Doherty, Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter
- Ken Dyer, American football player
- 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 Giles, American baseball player
- 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, American businessman, 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 Hon, American geologist and head of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Ken Horiuchi, Japanese comedian
- Ken Hughes, British writer and director of films, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Ken Jacobs, American experimental filmmaker
- Ken Jennings, American; contestant, executive producer and host of the game show Jeopardy!
- Ken Jeong, American comedian, actor and former physician
- Ken Kelley (American football), American football player
- Ken Kelley (journalist), American journalist and publisher
- Ken Keltner, American baseball player
- Ken Kesey, American novelist, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Ken Kirby, Canadian-born actor and screenwriter
- Ken Klippenstein, American journalist
- Ken Kratz, American lawyer, former district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin
- Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, president and CEO, later chairman, of Sony Computer Entertainment
- Ken Kwaku, Ghanaian corporate governance expert
- Ken LaCorte, American YouTuber and former Fox News executive
- Ken Lay, American business executive, CEO and chairman of Enron
- Ken Labanowski, American-Israeli basketball player
- Ken Livingstone, British politician, former mayor of London
- 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ken McAlister, American football player
- Ken McCarthy, American activist, educator, entrepreneur and Internet commercialization pioneer
- Ken McCarty, American politician
- Ken MacLeod, Scottish science fiction writer
- Ken McElroy, American unsolved murder victim and criminal
- Ken Messer, British painter
- Ken Miyagishima, American mayor
- Ken Mizuno, Japanese freestyle skier
- Ken Morrish, mayor of the city of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
- Ken Morrison, English supermarket CEO
- Ken Murray (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ken Nomura, Japanese member of the drifting motorsport scene and of the D1 Grand Prix series
- Ken Okuyama, Japanese car designer, creative director of Pininfarina, professor
- Ken Olin, American actor, television director, and producer
- Ken Parrish, American football player
- Ken Penders, American comic book writer
- Ken Pettway, American player of gridiron football
- Ken Pogue, Canadian actor
- Ken Ring (rapper), Swedish rapper
- Ken Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ken Rosewall, Australian Grand Slam tennis champion
- Ken Rush, American NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Ken Russell, British film director and actor
- Ken Rutherford (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and political activist
- Ken Schrader, American NASCAR driver
- Ken Seals, American college football player
- 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 Spears, American cartoonist and film producer
- Ken Spikes, American NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Ken Spreitzer, computer programmer, creator of "Uninstaller"
- Ken Starr, American lawyer and judge
- Ken Stott, Scottish actor
- Ken Sugimori, Japanese illustrator known for his work on the Pokémon video games
- Ken Takakura, Japanese film actor
- Ken Terrell, American actor and stuntman
- Ken Thaiday Snr, Torres Strait Islander/Australian artist
- Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and one of the primary creators of Unix
- Ken Todd, British businessman
- Ken Tyrrell, British racing driver, founder of the Formula One team Tyrrell Racing
- Ken Uehara, Japanese film actor
- Ken Wahl, American actor
- Ken Waldichuk, American baseball player
- Ken Watabe, Japanese comedian and television presenter
- Ken Watanabe, Japanese theater, TV, and film actor
- Ken Webster (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ken Whyld, British chess player and author
- Ken Winey, Canadian football player
- Ken Zheng, Indonesian actor, screenwriter and martial artist
Fictional characters
- Ken Amada, a character in Persona 3
- Ken (Barbie) also known as Ken Carson, toy doll
- Ken Barlow, character in the British TV soap opera Coronation Street
- Ken Cosgrove, a fictional character in the American television series, Mad Men
- Kenshiro or Ken, hero of the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star
- Kenshin Himura or Ken, main character of the manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin
- List of Tokyo Revengers characters#Tokyo_Manji_Gang, a character of the manga and anime series Tokyo Revengers
- List of Juken Sentai Gekiranger characters#Ken Hisatsu, a character in the Juken Sentai Gekiranger
- Ken Hoshikawa, a character in Chikyu Sentai Fiveman
- Ken Ichijouji, a character in the anime series Digimon
- Ken Joshima, a character in the anime series Reborn!
- Ken Kaneki, main character of the manga and anime series Tokyo Ghoul
- Ken Kogashiwa, a character in Initial D
- Ken Marks, a character in 1993 action/martial arts movie Showdown
- Ken Masters, character in the Street Fighter franchise
- Ken Midori or Kensuke Midorikawa, a character in the anime series Beyblade Burst
- Ken Minami, character in the anime series Machine Robo Rescue
- 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 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