Ken (first name)
Ken is a male given name, which is mainly common in the English- speaking world. He is the short form of the first name Kenneth . There are also the Japanese names Kenichi , which are written out as Ken in the Latin alphabet .
Name bearer
- Ken Adam (1921–2016), German-British production designer
- Ken Akamatsu (* 1968), Japanese manga artist and author
- Ken Aldcroft (* 1969), Canadian jazz and improvisation musician
- Ken Anderson (* 1976), American wrestler
- Ken Annakin (1914–2009), British film director
- Ken Aston (1915-2001), British football referee
- Ken Bruen (born 1951), Irish writer
- Ken Burns (* 1953), American documentary filmmaker
- Ken Chaney (1938–2012), American jazz pianist and music teacher
- Ken Colyer (1928–1988), British jazz and ski flemish musician
- Ken Curtis (1916–1991), American country singer
- Ken Daneyko (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ken Doane (* 1986), American wrestler
- Ken Doherty ( John Kenneth Doherty; 1905-1996), American decathlete
- Ken Doherty (* 1969), Irish snooker player
- Ken Dodd (1927-2018), British actor and entertainer
- Ken Dryden (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ken Duken (* 1979), German actor
- Ken Follett (born 1949), British writer
- Ken Foree (born 1948), American actor
- Ken Gibson (1939 / 40–2015), British musician and arranger
- Ken Griffey junior (born 1969), American baseball player
- Ken Hensley (* 1945), British musician, leader of the band Uriah Heep
- Ken Houston ( Kenneth Ray Houston; * 1944), American football player and coach
- Ken Houston ( Kenneth Lyle Houston; 1953-2018), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ken Holland (* 1955), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ken Ishii (* 1970), Japanese techno DJ and music producer
- Ken Ishikawa (1948–2006), Japanese manga artist and author
- Ken Jebsen (* 1966), German web video producer, activist and journalist
- Ken “Snakehips” Johnson (1910–1941), British dancer and band leader
- Ken Kaikō (1930–1989), Japanese writer
- Ken Kercheval (1935-2019), American actor
- Ken Kesey (1935-2001), American writer
- Ken Kutaragi (* 1950), Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- Ken Leemans (* 1983), Belgian football player
- Ken Livingstone , (* 1945) politicians as Mayor of London known
- Ken Loach (* 1936), British director and screenwriter
- Ken Lovsin (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
- Ken MacLeod (born 1954), British science fiction author
- Ken Marshall (born 1950), American actor
- Ken Matthews (1934-2019), British athlete
- Ken McArthur (1882–1960), South African marathon runner and Olympic champion
- Ken McGregor (1929-2007), Australian tennis player
- Ken Norton (1943-2013), American boxer
- Ken Norton junior (born 1966), American football player
- Ken Patera (born 1942), American weightlifter and wrestler
- Ken Read (* 1955), Canadian ski racer
- Ken Robinson (born 1950), British educator and author
- Ken Robinson (* 1963), American sprinter
- Ken Rosewall (born 1934), Australian tennis player
- Ken Russell (1927-2011), British actor and producer
- Ken Russell (1935-2014) American football player
- Ken Sakamura (* 1951), Japanese professor of computer science
- Ken Salazar (* 1955), American politician
- Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995), Nigerian civil rights activist and writer
- Ken Shamrock (born 1964), American wrestler
- Ken Stott (born 1955), British actor
- Ken Takakura (1931-2014), Japanese actor
- Ken Taylor (* 1952), German bassist, songwriter and composer
- Ken Thompson (* 1943), American computer scientist
- Ken Thorne (1924–2014), British film music composer
- Ken Tyrrell (1924–2001), British racing driver and founder of the Tyrrell Formula 1 team
- Ken Vandermark (* 1964), American jazz musician
- Ken Wahl (born 1954), American actor
- Ken Watanabe (born 1959), Japanese actor
- Ken Wessel (* 1956), American jazz guitarist and music teacher
- Ken Wharton (1916–1957), British racing driver
- Ken Whyld (1926–2003), British author and historian in the field of chess
- Ken Wilber (* 1949), American writer
additional
- Ken (Barbie) , name of a toy doll made by Mattel, see Barbie