Ben-Hur Explained

Ben-Hur or Ben Hur may refer to:

Fiction

• , an 1880 novel by American general and author Lew Wallace
  • Ben-Hur (play), a play that debuted on Broadway in 1899
  • Ben Hur (1907 film), a one-reel silent film adaptation produced by Kalem Studios of New York
  • Ben-Hur (1925 film), an MGM silent film adaptation starring Ramon Novarro
  • Ben-Hur (1959 film), an MGM sound film adaptation starring Charlton Heston; winner of eleven Academy Awards
  • Ben Hur (2003 film), an animated direct-to-video film adaptation featuring the voice of Charlton Heston
  • Ben Hur (miniseries), a television miniseries that aired in 2010
  • Ben-Hur (2016 film), directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Jack Huston
  • Judah Ben-Hur, the main character of the novel and adaptations

People

• Ben-Hur Baz (1906–2003), a Mexican painter of pin-up art
• Ben-Hur (footballer) (born 1977), a Brazilian football midfielder
• Benhur Salimbangon (born 1945), a Filipino politician
• Ben Hur Villanueva (1938–2020), a Filipino sculptor

Places

• Ben Hur, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas
• Ben Hur, California, an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California
• Ben Hur, Texas, a town
• Ben-Hur, a settlement in the district capital of the Kalahari Constituency, Namibia
• Ben Hur, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia

Other uses

• Ben Hur (album), an album by Bitch Magnet
• Ben-Hur Museum, renamed the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum
• Club Sportivo Ben Hur, a sports club in Argentina
• Ben Hur (automobile), an early car
• Ben Hur trailer, a nickname for the World War II G-518 one-ton U.S. Army trailer
• Tribe of Ben-Hur, an authorized fraternal order based on the book, later an insurance company
• Paradelta Ben Hur, an Italian paraglider design

See also

• Ben Huh, South-Korean-American internet entrepreneur
• Hur (Bible)