This time in **First Names First **it is all about **Benjamin!**Often shortened as Ben, and a popular name since the 1800th century, seems like. So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes - for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!
Benjamin Bramer* mathematician/architect/inventor – Felsberg, Germany (1588)
Benjamin Keach* Baptist preacher – Buckinghamshire, England (1640)
Benjamin Huntsman* inventor/ manufacturer – Epworth, Lincolnshire, England (1704)
Benjamin Franklin* polymath/philosopher/a Founding Father of the United States – Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America (1706)
Benjamin Ingham* cleric/missionary – Ossett, Yorkshire, England (1712)
Benjamin Harrison V* planter/merchant/ signer of the Declaration of Independence – Charles City County, Colony of Virginia, British America (1726)
Benjamin Banneker* free African-American almanac author/ astronomer/surveyor of the District of Columbia – Baltimore County, Province of Maryland, British America (1731)
Benjamin Lincoln* major general during the Revolutionary War/politician – Hingham, Massachusetts Bay, British America (1733)
Benjamin Tupper* soldier in the French and Indian War – Sharon, Massachusetts, British America (1738)
Benjamin Woodbridge* farmer/doctor/lawyer – South Hadley, Massachusetts, British America (1739)
Benjamin Rush* physician/ social reformer/signer of the Declaration of Independence – Byberry, Province of Pennsylvania, British America (1746)
Benjamin Thompson* American-born British physicist/inventor – Woburn, Masssachusetts, British America (1753)
Benjamin Waterhouse* physician/smallpox vaccine pioneer/co-founder of Harvard Medical School – Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British America (1754)
Benjamin Pierce* politician/father of President Franklin Pierce – Chelmsford, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (1757)
Benjamin Constant* political activist/writer on political theory and religion – Lausanne, Swiss Confederacy (1767)
Benjamin Silliman* chemist/science educator – Trumbull, Connecticut Colony, British America (1779)
Benjamin Milam* colonist of Mexican Texas/military leader and hero of the Texas Revolution – Frankfort, VA (now part of KY) USA (1788)
Benjamin Lundy* abolitionist – Greensville, NJ USA (1789)
Benjamin Disraeli* politician/literary figure – London, England (1804)
Benjamin Butler* major general of the Union Army/ politician/businessman – Deerfield, NH USA (1818)
Benjamin Mountfort* architect – Birmingham, England (1825)
Benjamin Harrison* politician /23usp – North Bend, OH USA (1833)
Benjamin Tillman* politician/white supremacist – Trenton, SC USA (1847)
Benjamin Baillaud* astronomer – Chalon-sur-Saône,France (1848)
Benjamin Thomas* founder of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company – Chattanooga, TN (1860)
Benjamin Guggenheim* heir/businessman/ sank with the Titanic – Philadelphia, PA USA (1865)
Benjamin Spock* pediatrician – New Haven, CT USA (1903)
Benjamin B. Rubinstein* Finnish-American physician/ psychoanalyst – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1905)
Benjamin Britten* pianist/composer/conductor – Suffolk, England (1913)
Benjamin Mkapa* politician/P of Tanzania – Ndanda, Masai, Tanganyika (1938)
Benjamin Zander* pianist/conductor – Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England (1939)
Benjamin Netanyahu* politician/PM – Tel Aviv, Israel (1949)
Benjamin Bratt* actor – San Francisco, CA USA (1963) pic
Benjamin Walker* actor/stand-up comedian – Cartersville, GA USA (1982)
Benjamin Savšek* canoeist/OG – Ljubljana, Slovenia (1987)
Benjamin Kigen* athlete (steeplechase)/OB – Kenya (1993)
Benjamin Mendy* football player – Longjumeau, France (1994)
Benjamin Pavard* football player – Maubeuge, France (1996)
Benjamin Flores Jr.* actor/rapper – Memphis, TN USA (2002)
Updated 22.11.2022