Bening is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Bening Alexander Bening (died 1519), also Sanders Bening, was an early 16th-century miniature painter of the Ghent-Bruges school and Netherlandish tradition. His date of birth is unknown. Bening was part of a South Netherlandish family of illuminators. ...

(died 1519), Flemish 16th century miniature painter of the

Ghent-Bruges school The Ghent-Bruges School is a manner or movement of manuscript illumination from about 1475 to about 1550 that developed in southern Netherlands, now Belgium. The term was first used in 1891 by Joseph Destree, author of ''Recherches sur les elumin ...

* Levina Bening (1510–1576), Flemish Renaissance miniaturist to the English court of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I * Ahmed Bening, Ghanaian youth and a social commentator *

Annette Bening Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominat ...

(born 1958), American actress *

Simon Bening Simon Bening (c. 1483 – 1561) was a Flemish miniaturist, generally regarded as the last major artist of the Netherlandish tradition. Bening, born either in Ghent or Antwerp, was probably trained by his father, illuminator Alexander Bening, i ...

(1483–1561), Flemish 16th century miniature painter of the

* Vladimir Bening (born 1954), Russian mathematician

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