Benet or Benét refers to:
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BeBe Zahara Benet
Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa (born March 20, 1980) better known by his stage name BeBe Zahara Benet, is a Cameroonian-American drag performer, television personality, and musician best known for winning the first season of the reality-television drag c ...
(born 1980), Cameroonian-American drag queen
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Brenda Benet
Brenda Benet (born Brenda Ann Nelson; August 14, 1945 – April 7, 1982) was an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the soap operas ''The Young Marrieds'' (1965–1965) and ''Days of Our Lives'' (1979–1982). She was also fea ...
(1945–1982), American actress
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Christie Benet
William Christie Benet Jr. (December 26, 1879 – March 30, 1951) was a Democratic Party politician who briefly represented the state of South Carolina in the United States Senate in 1918.
Early years
Benet was born in Abbeville, South Carolin ...
(1879–1951), American politician from South Carolina
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Eric Benét
Eric Benét Jordan (born October 15, 1967) is an American R&B/neo soul singer-songwriter and actor, who has received a total of four Grammy nominations to date for his musical work.
Biography
Early life
Benét was born on October 15, 1966 ...
(born 1966), American R&B and gospel singer
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Juan Benet
Juan Benet (7 October 1927 – 5 January 1993) was a Spanish novelist, dramatist and essayist who also worked as a civil engineer.
Early life
Benet was born in Madrid. At the start of the Spanish Civil War, his father was killed, and he left for ...
(1927–1993), Spanish writer
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Leslie Z. Benet
Leslie 'Les' Zachary Benet (born May 17, 1937) is an influential pharmaceutical scientist heading the UCSF's Benet Lab at the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and recipient of the Remington Medal for distinguished service to A ...
(born 1937), American pharmaceutical scientist
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Mordecai Benet
Mordecai ben Abraham Benet ( he, מרדכי בן אברהם בנט, also Marcus Benedict; 1753–1829) was a Talmudist and chief rabbi of Moravia.
Biography
He was born at Csurgó, a small village in the county of Stuhlweissenburg, Hungary. As Be ...
(1753–1829) a Talmudist and chief rabbi of Moravia
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Robert Benet
Robert Benet was the Mayor of Windsor, England in 1536.
Benet was a zealous Protestant who fell foul of William Simonds, an equally zealous Catholic in Windsor, who had a powerful friend in Bishop Gardiner's agent, Dr John London. Benet was a ...
, 16th century English Protestant
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Stephen Vincent Benét
Stephen Vincent Benét (; July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, ''John Brown's Body'' (1928), for which he receive ...
(1898–1943), American writer
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Stephen Vincent Benet (soldier) (1827–1895), career officer in the U.S. Army
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Sula Benet
Sara Benetowa, later known as Sula Benet (23 September 1903 – 12 November 1982), was a Polish anthropologist of the 20th century who studied Polish and Judaic customs and traditions.
Biography
Born in Warsaw, then part of the Russian Empire, Ben ...
(1903–1982), Polish anthropologist
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, or Thomas Benet, 17th century Oxford academic
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Thomas Benet (martyr)
Thomas Benet (died 1531) from Cambridge, was an English Protestant martyr during the reign of King Henry VIII. In 1524, he moved to Torrington, North Devon, with his wife and family so that he could exercise his religious conscience more freel ...
(died 1531), English Protestant martyr
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William Rose Benét
William Rose Benét (February 2, 1886 – May 4, 1950) was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.
Early life and education
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Col. James Walker Benét a ...
(1886–1950), American writer
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Benet, Vendée
Benet () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
The former communes of Lesson, Sainte-Christine and Aziré were joined to the commune of Benet in 1973.
Geography
Close to Niort () in Deux-Sèvres ...
, a place in France
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Benet Academy
Benet Academy ( ) is a co-educational, college-preparatory, Benedictine high school in Lisle, Illinois, United States, overseen by the Diocese of Joliet. Founded in 1886, the school was initially established in Chicago as the all-boys St. Procopiu ...
, in Lisle, Illinois, U.S.
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Benét Laboratories Benét Laboratories, part of the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, is the US Army's primary design, development, engineering and production and field support facility for large caliber armament systems, including can ...
, U.S. Army technology center
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Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia
''Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia'' is a reference work devoted to world literature. The first volume appeared in 1948, edited by Pulitzer Prize-winner William Rose Benét, older brother of the writer Stephen Vincent Benét. Benét set out to "pre ...
, a 1948 reference work
* Benet, a trade name for the anti-osteoporosis drug
Risedronic acid
Risedronic acid, often used as its sodium salt risedronate sodium, is a bisphosphonate. It slows down the cells which break down bone. It's used to treat or prevent osteoporosis, and treat Paget's disease of bone. It is taken by mouth.
It was pa ...
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Bennet (disambiguation)
Bennet may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* Bennet (band), a 1990s British band
* Bennet and the Band, an Indian backing band
* Bennet–Veetraag, an Indian music director duo
* Bennet family, fictional characters from '' Pride and Prej ...
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Bennett (disambiguation) Bennett may refer to:
People
*Bennett (name), including a list of people with the surname and given name
Places Canada
* Bennett, Alberta
*Bennett, British Columbia
*Bennett Lake, in the British Columbia and Yukon Territory
**Bennett Range
**Benne ...
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Benett Benett is a variant form of the surname Bennett, a medieval form of Benedict.
People with the name
Notable people with the surname include:
*Etheldred Benett (1776–1835), English geologist
*Léon Benett (1839–1917), French painter
*Sarah Bene ...
, a surname
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St Benet (disambiguation) St Benet (an abbreviation for St Benedict) or St Benet's may refer to:
* St Benet's, Paul's Wharf, a Welsh Anglican church in the City of London, England
* St Benet's Abbey, a medieval monastery in Norfolk, England
* St Benet's Chapel, Netherton, i ...
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