Ben Cohen (other)
Ben Cohen may refer to: * Ben Cohen (bridge) (1907–1971), English bridge player and author * Ben Cohen (businessman) (born 1951), American businessman, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's * Ben Cohen (rugby union) (born 1978), English LGBT activist and ex-rugby union player See also * Benjamin Cohen (other) * Bennett Cohen Bennett Cohen (August 28, 1890 – June 10, 1964) was an American screenwriter and director. He wrote for more than 180 films between 1915 and 1953. He also directed 17 films between 1925 and 1934. He was born in Trinidad, Colorado and died ...

Ben Cohen (bridge)
Ben Cohen (1907–1971) was an author, publisher, and distributor of contract bridge books and stationery supplies. He pioneered duplicate bridge in the UK in the early 1930s and helped develop the Acol bidding system in the mid-1930s. He and the young Terence Reese wrote the first, and for a long time the only, textbook of the Acol system, ''The Acol Two Club'' (1938). He also contributed to newspapers and journals in South Africa, India, and Japan as well as the UK. Cohen was from Hove. Cohen and Rhoda Barrow edited the European ''Bridge Players' Encyclopedia'', published 1967 and based on the American ''Official Encyclopedia of Bridge'' (1964). Publications *Cohen, Ben and Terence Reese. January, 1938. ''The Acol Two Club: with an introduction by S.J. Simon''. Leng, Sheffield. :• This was the first Acol textbook, its authors wisely disclaiming originality: "We do a job of reporting." It had a famous Preface, "Attitude of Mind" by Skid Simon. :• 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, ...
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Ben Cohen (businessman)
Bennett Cohen (born March 18, 1951) is an American businessman, activist and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's. Early life Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the town of Merrick, New York, on Long Island by Jewish parents Frances and Irving. He spent at least one summer at Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp in New Milford, Connecticut. Cohen first met and befriended his future business partner Jerry Greenfield in a seventh grade gym class in 1963. They continued on to Sanford H. Calhoun High School. In his senior year, Cohen found work as an ice cream man before leaving to attend Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Over the next decade, Cohen pursued his interest in pottery and dropped out of college after his sophomore year. He also worked as a McDonald's cashier, Pinkerton guard, deliverer of pottery wheels, mop-boy at Jamesway and Friendly's, assistant superintendent, ER clerk, and taxi driver, bef ...
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Ben Cohen (rugby Union)
Ben Christopher Cohen, (born 14 September 1978) is an English activist and former rugby player. He began his professional career with Northampton Saints in 1996; in 2007 he moved to France to represent Brive before returning to England two years later to join Sale Sharks. Cohen was also a member of the England team that won the 2003 Rugby World Cup. His main position was winger. In May 2011, Cohen retired from professional rugby. He founded The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation to combat homophobia and bullying. Early and personal life Cohen was born in Northampton. He was educated at Kingsthorpe Upper School. ( Kingsthorpe College as known today) This was not a rugby playing school and at age 12 he first started playing witNorthampton Old Scouts RFC Regarding his background, Cohen has stated, "My family's not Jewish, but a few generations back they used to be. I think it was my great-grandfather that married a non-Jewish girl and broke with tradition." In November 2000, Cohen's f ...
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Benjamin Cohen (other)
Benjamin Cohen may refer to: * Sir Benjamin Cohen, 1st Baronet (1844–1909), British politician and Jewish communal leader, MP for Islington East, 1892–1906 * Benjamin V. Cohen (1894–1983), American political figure, member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Brain Trust * Benjamin Cohen (political economist) (born 1937), American professor of International Political Economy * Benjamin Cohen (born 1972), French musician known as Benjamin Diamond * Benjamin Cohen (journalist) (born 1982), British journalist and Channel 4 news correspondent See also * Ben Cohen (other) Ben Cohen may refer to: * Ben Cohen (bridge) (1907–1971), English bridge player and author * Ben Cohen (businessman) (born 1951), American businessman, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's * Ben Cohen (rugby union) (born 1978), English LGBT activist and ...