Ken Ham

Ken Ham (born October 20, 1951) is an Australian-born American Young Earth creationist, author, speaker, and CEO of Answers in Genesis (AiG). A former high school science teacher in Queensland, Australia, he co-founded the Creation Science Foundation before moving to the United States in 1987. Ham advocates for a literal, historical reading of the Book of Genesis, maintaining that the universe, Earth, and all life were created in six literal 24-hour days approximately 6,000 years ago. Under his leadership, AiG opened the Creation Museum in 2007 and the Ark Encounter—a full-scale depiction of Noah's Ark—in 2016, both located in Kentucky. Ham gained widespread mainstream media attention in February 2014 when he participated in a highly publicized live debate against science communicator Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") on the validity of creationism versus evolutionary biology.