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" (like Kenneth, Kenan, Kendrick, Kendall, Kennedy, Mackenzie, Kenson, or Kenelm). Ken is also a Japanese name which can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.

People

• Ken (musician), Japanese musician
• Ken Akamatsu (赤松 健, born 1968), Japanese author
• Ken Anderson (quarterback) (born 1949), American quarterback
• Ken Anderson (wrestler) aka Mr. Kennedy, American professional wrestler and actor
• Ken Bowersox (born 1956), astronaut
• Ken Block, American rally driver
• Ken Bruce (born 1951), Scottish DJ
• Ken Buesseler (born 1959), American marine radiochemist
• Ken Burns (born 1953), American documentary filmmaker
• Ken Caminiti (1963–2004), Major League Baseball player
• Ken Campbell (actor), English writer, actor, and director
• Ken Campbell (evangelist) (1934–2006), 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 (actor) (1927–2009), American actor
• Ken Davitian (born 1953), American film and TV actor
• Ken Dodd (1927–2018), English comedian
• Ken Doherty(born 1969), Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter
• Ken Duncan (born 1945), American politician
• Ken Dyer (1946–2010), American football player
• Kenny Dykstra (born 1986), American professional wrestler
• Ken Dryden (born 1947), Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former NHL goaltender
• Ken Flax (born 1963), American Olympic hammer thrower
• Ken Follett (born 1949), British author of thrillers and historical novels
• Ken Griffey, Sr. (born 1950), American baseball player
• Ken Griffey, Jr. (born 1969), American baseball player
• Ken Ham (born 1951), Australian-born American creationist
• Ken Harrelson (born 1941), Major League Baseball player and broadcaster
• Ken Harris (1898–1982), American animator
• Ken Hendricks, billionaire (1941–2007), president of Hendricks Group
• Ken Hirai (born 1972), J-pop singer known for the hit songs "Hitomi wo Tojite" and "POP STAR"
• Ken Hoang (born 1985), American professional electronic sports player
• Ken Holtzman (born 1945), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ken Horiuchi (堀内 健, born 1969), Japanese comedian
• Ken Hughes (1922–2001), writer and director of films, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Ken Jennings (born 1974), contestant on the game show Jeopardy!
• Ken Jeong (born 1969), American comedian, actor and former physician
• Ken Kelley (American football) (born 1960), American football player
• Ken Kelley (journalist) (1949–2008), American journalist and publisher
• Ken Kesey (1935–2001), novelist, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Ken (musician) (Ken Kitamura, born 1968), J-Pop member of bands L'Arc~en~Ciel and Sons of All Pussys
• Ken Kratz (born 1960-61), American lawyer, former district attorney of Calumet County, Wisconsin; law license was suspended for four months after sexting scandal
• Ken Kutaragi (born 1950), President and CEO, later Chairman, of Sony Computer Entertainment
• Ken Lay (1942–2006), CEO and Chairman of Enron
• Ken Livingstone, politician (born 1945), former mayor of London, UK
• Ken Lloyd (born 1976), Japanese-British musician, vocalist and songwriter of Fake? and Oblivion Dust
• Ken Loach (born 1936), British film director
• Ken Lutz (born 1965), American football player
• Ken Matthews (born 1934), English race walker
• Ken McAlister (born 1960), American football player
• Ken MacLeod (born 1954), Scottish science fiction writer
• Ken McElroy (1934–1981), American unsolved murder victim and criminal
• Ken Messer (1931–2018), British painter
• Ken Miyagishima (born 1963), American mayor
• Ken Mizuno (水野 剣, born 1978), Japanese freestyle skier
• Ken Morrish (1919–2006), former mayor of the city of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
• Ken Morrison (born 1931), English supermarket CEO
• Ken Murray (other), multiple people
• Ken Nomura (born 1965), member of the drifting motorsport scene and of the D1 Grand Prix series
• Ken Okuyama (ケン・オクヤマ, born 1959), Japanese car designer, creative director of Pininfarina, professor
• Ken Parrish (born 1984), American football player
• Ken Penders, American comic book writer
• Ken Pettway (born