# Eben

Eben is a name of Hebrew origin. It is sometimes short for Ebenezer.
The name can refer to:

## People
### Given name

* Eben Alexander (author) (born 1953), American author and neurosurgeon
* Eben Alexander (educator) (1851–1910), American educator
* Eben Alexander Jr (1913–2004), American neurosurgeon
* Eben Barnard (born 1992), South African rugby union player
* Eben Bartlett (1912–1983), New Hampshire state representative
* Eben Edwards Beardsley (1808-1892), American Episcopal clergyman
* Eben Burgoon (born 1979), American author, cartoonist, and artist
* Eben Byers (1880–1932), American socialite, golfer and industrialist who died from drinking radioactive "medicine"
* Eben Pomeroy Colton (1829-1895), American businessman, farmer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
* Eben Britton (born 1987), American former National Football League player
* Theophilus Ebenhaezer Eben Dönges (1898–1968), South African politician
* Eben Sumner Draper (1858–1914), American businessman and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts
* Ebenezer Eben Dugbatey (born 1973), Ghanaian retired footballer
* Eben Emerson, American lighthouse keeper who rescued the crew of a brig in 1865
* Eben Etzebeth (born 1991), South African rugby player
* Eben Fardd, bardic name of Ebenezer Thomas (1802-1863), Welsh poet
* Eben Ernest Hayes (1851-1933), New Zealand engineer and inventor
* Eben Norton Horsford (1818-1893), American scientist known for his reformulation of baking powder
* Eben Samuel Johnson (1866-1939), English-American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
* Eben Joubert (born 1983), South African rugby union player
* Eben Jenks Loomis (1828-1912), American astronomer
* Eben Martin (1855–1932), American politician
* Eben Matlis (1923–2015), mathematician
* Eben Moglen (born 1959), American law professor
* Eben Newton (1795-1885), American politician
* Eben Fiske Ostby (born 1955), film animator, one of the first four Pixar employees
* Eben E. Rexford (1848-1916), American writer, poet and lyricist
* Eben Ezra Roberts (1866-1843), American architect
* Eben William Robertson (1815–1874), British historian
* Eben Smith (1832-1906), American businessman
* Eben S. Stearns (1819–1887), American educator
* Eben F. Stone (1822-1895), American politician
* Eben Swift (1854–1938), American major general
* Eben Upton (born 1978), Welsh Raspberry Pi Foundation co-founder
* Ebenezer Eben van Zijl (1931-2009), politician and lawyer in South West Africa (now Namibia)
* Eben Gowrie Waterhouse (1881-1977), Australian language teacher and Germanist and plant breeder
* Eben Wilson (1869-1948), American college football player and head coach

### Surname

* Baron Eben (1773–1825), Prussian military officer active in the Peninsular War
* Johannes von Eben (1855–1924), Prussian World War I general
* Mike Eben (born 1946), American former football player in the Canadian Football League
* Petr Eben (1929–2007), Czech composer, organist and choirmaster
* Eben Brothers [cs], Czech musicians, sons of Petr Egen:
** David Eben [cs], (born 1957), Czech musician and musicologist
** Kryštof Eben [cs], (born 1957), Czech scientist and musician
** Marek Eben (born 1957), Czech actor, singer, composer, writer and television host

## Fictional characters

* Eben Adams, in the movie Portrait of Jennie
* Eben Cabot, protagonist of the 1924 play Desire Under the Elms
* Eben Flood, the main character in Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem "Mr. Flood's Party"
* Eben Holden, protagonist of the 1900 novel of the same name
* Eben Hopwil, character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
* Eben Kent, Golden Age name of Jonathan Kent, adoptive father of Superman / Clark Kent
* Eben Olemaun, protagonist of the horror comic book miniseries 30 Days of Night