List of Famous people named Ken

Name Ken is among the most common names in Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Kenneth. Similar names: Kenneth, Kenny, Queen, Quinn, Kenya, Kin, Queenie, Kenn, Quin, Kean, Keene, Keni, Keean, Kinya, Kien, Keen, Keane, Kenney, Quennie, Kennie, Kine. Here are some famous Kens:

Ken Nishimura

First Name Ken
Last Name Nishimura
Born on December 31, 1995 (age 30)

Ken Nishimura is a Japanese karateka. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is scheduled to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.

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Ken Block

First Name Ken
Last Name Block
Born on November 21, 1967 (age 58)

Kenneth Block is a professional rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block is also one of the co-founders of DC Shoes. Over the years, he has also competed in many action sports events including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross. Since selling his ownership of DC Shoes, Block has shifted his business focus to Hoonigan Industries, an apparel brand for auto enthusiasts. He is currently the co-owner and "Head Hoonigan In Charge" (HHIC) at the company.

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Ken Sakamura

First Name Ken
Last Name Sakamura
Born on July 25, 1951 (age 74)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Ken Sakamura , as of April 2017 is a Japanese professor and dean of the Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design at Toyo University, Japan. He is a former professor in Information science at the University of Tokyo. He is the creator of the real-time operating system architecture TRON.

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Ken Chow Wing-kan

First Name Ken
Last Name Wing-kan
Born on October 26, 1966 (age 59)

Chow Wing Kan (Ken), was a member of the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance and the Liberal Party, and is currently a political figure of the Hong Kong Pro-Beijing camp. He has been working in the district of Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long District for many years. He has served as a member of the Yuen Long District Council since October 1994 and has been re-elected five times until his re-election failed in 2019.

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Ken Dryden

First Name Ken
Last Name Dryden
Born on August 8, 1947 (age 78)
Born in Canada, Ontario
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Kenneth Wayne Dryden,, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender. He is an officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Dryden was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011, and served as a cabinet minister from 2004 to 2006. In 2017, Dryden was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. He received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020.

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Ken Read

First Name Ken
Last Name Read
Born on November 6, 1955 (age 70)

Kenneth John Read is one of the most decorated sport leaders in Canadian history. This World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada was a specialist in the downhill and a two-time Olympian. He won five World Cup races during his ten-year international career. Read grew up in Vancouver, Kingston and Calgary. He currently resides in Calgary and Canmore.

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Ken Leung

First Name Ken
Last Name Leung
Born on January 21, 1970 (age 56)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Kenneth Leung is an American actor. His roles include Sang in Rush Hour, Miles Straume in Lost, Admiral Statura in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Detective Stephen Sing in Saw, and Quill in X-Men: The Last Stand. He portrayed the Marvel Comics character Karnak, a member of the Inhumans, on the ABC television series Inhumans, which ran from September to November 2017.

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Ken Kutaragi

First Name Ken
Last Name Kutaragi
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Ken Kutaragi is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman. He is the former chairman and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIEI), the video game division of Sony Corporation, and current president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", as he oversaw the development of the original console and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 3. He departed Sony in 2007, before the PlayStation 4 was released.

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Ken Choi

First Name Ken
Last Name Choi
Born on November 28, 1960 (age 65)

Kenneth Choi Fung-Wah is a singer and actor from Hong Kong. Before his music career, he worked at a summer job for approximately HK$20. He enrolled in a radio singing contest and won HK$3,000. He composed the music for the 1981 song, "Beautiful Silhouette", which won an award at the 1981 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards. Caron (卡龍) wrote the lyrics of the song.

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Ken Mizorogi

First Name Ken
Last Name Mizorogi
Born on September 16, 1980 (age 45)
Born in Japan
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Ken Mizorogi is a Japanese actor.

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