Famous People with Name Ben

Ben Shahn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ben Shahn: was a Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content.Shahn was born in Kovno (Kaunas), Russian Empire, to Joshua Hessel and Gittel (Lieberman) Shahn. His father was exiled to Siberia for alleged revolutionary activities in 1902, at which point Shahn, his mother, and his three younger siblings moved to Vilkomir (Ukmerge). In 1906, the family immigrated to the United States where they rejoined Hessel, who had fled Siberia. They settled in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. Shahn began his path to becoming an artist in New York, where he was first trained as a lithographer

Ben Rose            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ben Rose: was an American photographer.Ben Rose started as a photographer when he was a young man. He was graduated from the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art in 1938 and where he taught Photography and Advertising Photography from 1945–1950.[1] His first show at the A-D Galley was in 1941 with Arnold Newman with whom he had grown up in Atlantic City.

Ben Hebert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ben Hebert: a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. He currently plays lead for Kevin Martin.Hebert, originally from Saskatchewan, played lead for Pat Simmons from 2004 to 2006, where he played in two Briers for Saskatchewan (2005 & 2006). The team finished 6-5 and

Ben Heppner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ben Heppner: a Canadian tenor, specializing in opera and classical symphonic works for voice.Heppner was born in Murrayville, British Columbia, and lived in Dawson Creek. He began his musical studies at the University of British Columbia and first attracted national a

Ben Pelchat            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ben Pelchat: the lead singer and instrumentalist of Canadian rock bands Slow Motion Explosion and The Other Children. He is their primary songwriter, with hundreds of songs written to date. He is also a videographer, web designer and graphic artist. He is a committed

George Ben            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Ben: was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Bracondale and then Humber in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1965 as a Liberal member until his defeat in the 1971 provincial election. Ben was a member of Toronto City Council in the early 1960s, representing Ward 5, and returned to council in the 1972 municipal election. He was re-elected for the final time in 1978, and died in office on December 17, 1978. Ben was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1962, representing Ward 5, placing first, which meant he was also concurrently a member of Metropolitan Toronto Council. In 1965, after the death of Liberal MPP Joseph Gould, he won the Liberal Party of Ontario's nomination for the Bracondale constituency. He won the September 15 by-election, becoming the last MPP from Bracondale, as the constituency was redistributed out of existence for the 1967 Ontario general election.