Ben-Hur or Ben Hur may refer to:
Fiction
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'', an 1880 novel by American general and author Lew Wallace
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''Ben-Hur'' (play), a play that debuted on Broadway in 1899
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''Ben Hur'' (1907 film), a one-reel silent film adaptation produced by Kalem Studios of New York
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''Ben-Hur'' (1925 film), an MGM silent film adaptation starring Ramon Novarro
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''Ben-Hur'' (1959 film), an MGM sound film adaptation starring Charlton Heston; winner of eleven Academy Awards
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''Ben Hur'' (2003 film), an animated direct-to-video film adaptation featuring the voice of Charlton Heston
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''Ben Hur'' (miniseries), a television miniseries that aired in 2010
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''Ben-Hur'' (2016 film), directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Jack Huston
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Judah Ben-Hur
Judah Ben-Hur, shortened to Ben-Hur, is a fictional character, the title character and protagonist from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel '' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ''. The book covers the character's adventures and struggle against the Roman Empire ...
, the main character of the novel and adaptations
People
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Ben-Hur Baz (1906–2003), a Mexican painter of pin-up art
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Ben-Hur (footballer) (born 1977), a Brazilian football midfielder
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Benhur Salimbangon
Benhur L. Salimbangon (June 3, 1945 – December 24, 2020) was a Filipino politician. A member of KAMPI and the One Cebu party, Salimbangon was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 2007, representing the Fourth Distric ...
(born 1945), a Filipino politician
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Ben Hur Villanueva (1938–2020), a Filipino sculptor
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Benhur Abalos
Benjamin "Benhur" de Castro Abalos Jr. (born July 19, 1962) is a Filipino politician, occasional actor, and lawyer who served as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government from 2022 to 2024 in the Cabinet of Bongbong Marcos, Cabinet of Pr ...
(born 1962) a Filipino politician
Places
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Ben Hur, Arkansas
Ben Hur is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas
Pope County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 63,381. The county seat is Rus ...
, an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas
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Ben Hur, California, an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California
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Ben Hur, Texas
Ben Hur or Benhur is an unincorporated community in Limestone County, Texas, United States, located about 25 miles east of Waco. Named "Cottonwood" when it was founded in the late 19th century, it changed its name to "Ben Hur" (possibly in h ...
, an unincorporated community in Limestone County, Texas
* Ben-Hur, a settlement in the district capital of the
Kalahari Constituency
Kalahari Constituency (until 1998 Buitepos Constituency) is an electoral constituency in the Omaheke Region of eastern central Namibia. It had 5,294 registered voters .
The constituency covers an area of . It had a population of 7,611 in 2011 ...
, Namibia
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Ben Hur, Virginia
Ben Hur is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 58 Alternate, southwest of Pennington Gap and northeast of Jonesville.
It is the location of Lee High School and Lee County's Walm ...
, an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia
Other uses
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''Ben Hur'' (album), an album by Bitch Magnet
* Ben-Hur Museum, renamed the
General Lew Wallace Study and Museum
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Club Sportivo Ben Hur
Club Sportivo Ben Hur is an Argentine sports club from Rafaela, Santa Fe Province. The club was founded in 1940 and is mostly known for its basketball and football teams.
Other sports practised in the club are aerobics, bowls, chess, field hocke ...
, a sports club in Argentina
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Ben Hur (automobile)
The Ben-Hur Motor Company was incorporated in 1916 in the state of Delaware, with the cars being built by L. L. Allyn in Willoughby, Ohio.
Features
* Chassis with a wheelbase of 126 inches
* Buda Six-cylinder engine, six cylinder engine with spla ...
, an early car
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Ben Hur trailer
Ben Hur trailer was the nickname of the World War II U.S. Army Trailer, 1-ton payload, 2-wheel, cargo, and the Trailer, 1-ton payload, 2-wheel, water tank, 250 gallon ( United States Army Ordnance Corps, U.S. Army Ordnance Corps List of U.S. milit ...
, a nickname for the World War II G-518 one-ton U.S. Army trailer
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Tribe of Ben-Hur
The Tribe of Ben-Hur was a fraternal organization based on the novel '' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'' by Lew Wallace. In 1930 it became the Ben-Hur Life Association.
History
The idea of starting a fraternal organization based on ''Ben-Hur'' ...
, an authorized fraternal order based on the book, later an insurance company
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Paradelta Ben Hur
The Paradelta Ben Hur is an Italian single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by Paradelta Parma of Parma
Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, musi ...
, an Italian paraglider design
See also
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Ben Huh
Ben Huh is a South Korean-American internet entrepreneur and the former CEO of The Cheezburger Network, which at its peak in 2010 received 375 million views a month across its 50 sites.Chard, TheaCheezburger CEO Ben Huh on Surrounding Himself ...
, South-Korean-American internet entrepreneur
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Hur (Bible)
Hur (, also ''Chur'') was a companion of Moses and Aaron in the Hebrew Bible. He was a member of the Tribe of Judah. His identity remains unclear in the Torah itself, but it is elaborated in rabbinical commentary.
Other individuals named Hur are ...
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