Big Ben Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, and the name is frequently extended to refer also to the clock and the clock tower. The officia ...

is a bell in Elizabeth Tower which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben or Bigben may also refer to:

People with the nickname

* Ben Bishop (born 1986), American ice hockey goaltender * Ben Bowen (2002–2005), American cancer patient * Ben Caunt (1815–1861), English bare-knuckle boxer who became the "heavyweight" boxing champion known as the "Torkard Giant" and "Big Ben" * Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter) (born 1961), Jamaican-Canadian sprinter *

Ben Maller Benjamin "Big Ben" Maller (born April 29, 1975) is an American sports radio host who hosts a The Ben Maller Show, weekday radio show on Fox Sports Radio, which airs 11pm-3am PT/2am-6am ET. Maller is considered one of the first influential sports ...

(born 1975), American national sports radio host * Ben Roethlisberger (born 1982), former American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers *

Ben Wallace (basketball) Ben Camey Wallace (born September 10, 1974) is an American basketball executive and former professional player who played most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons. He is regarded by many to be the ...

(born 1974), American retired basketball player * Ben Davis (born 1977), American sports media personality and retired baseball player

Fictional characters

Big Ben (comics) ''Warrior'' was a British comics anthology that ran for 26 issues between March 1982 and January 1985. It was edited by Dez Skinn and published by his company Quality Communications. It featured early work by comics writer Alan Moore, including '' ...

, a British superhero * Big Ben (''G.I. Joe''), in the ''G.I. Joe'' universe * Big Ben the Clockwork Whale, in '' Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' and ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' * Big Ben, French name of ''Cogsworth'' in Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)

Other uses

* ''Big Ben'' (album), a 1965 album by Jorge Ben *

Big Ben (horse) Big Ben (April 20, 1976 – December 11, 1999) was a world champion show jumping horse. Birth and acquisition by Ian Millar First named "Winston", Big Ben was born at the van Hooydonk Farm in Kalmthout (northern Belgium). Although his dam was o ...

, a Canadian show jumping horse *

Big Ben (locomotive) {{Unreferenced, date=July 2011 The locomotive locally known as "''Big Ben''" was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works as an 0-6-0 ST type in 1919 as their works number 5212. The locomotive was exported in a new condition on a steamer from New Y ...

, a steam locomotive used in Australia * Big Ben (card game), a patience or card solitaire game *

Big Ben (Heard Island) Big Ben (previously known as Big Ben Peak, Old Ben Mountain, Emperor William Peak and Kaiser Wilhelm-Berg) is a Volcano, volcanic massif that dominates the geography of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean ...

, a volcanic massif in the southern Indian Ocean * Bigben (computer), a Cray supercomputer *

Bigben Interactive Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive) is a French video game company based in Lesquin. It designs and distributes gaming accessories, and publishes and distributes video games for various platforms. In 2020 Bigben Group was consolidated to form Na ...

, a video game company *

Project Big Ben "Big Ben" was the World War II code name for the British project to reconstruct and evaluate captured German missiles such as the V-2 rocket. On 31 July 1944, after the UK agreed to exchange Supermarine Spitfires for the wreckage of a V-2 in Swede ...

, a British Second World War operation to reconstruct and evaluate captured missiles * Big Ben, a model of alarm clock manufactured by

Westclox Westclox was an American manufacturer and is a current brand of clocks and alarm clocks. The company's historic plant is located in Peru, Illinois. Early history as United Clock Company Charles Stahlberg and others from Waterbury, Connectic ...

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