Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name

Benjamin Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

or, less commonly, Benedict,

Bennett 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 **Benn ...

, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer or Bernard.

People

Bennie

Given name

Bennie M. Bunn Bennie Maurice Bunn (November 7, 1907 – July 10, 1943) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer. Early life and "banana wars" Bennie M. Bunn was born in Charles City, Iowa, on November 9, 1907. He graduated from Charles City H ...

(1907–1943), American Marine officer, Navy Cross recipient * Bennie Cunningham (born 1954), American retired National Football League player * Bennie Daniels (born 1932), American former Major League Baseball pitcher *

Bennie L. Davis Bennie Luke Davis (May 12, 1928September 23, 2012) was a United States Air Force General (United States), general who served as the List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command, commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command, and as the d ...

(1928–2012), United States Air Force general and commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command *

Bennie Ellender Bennie Ellender Jr. (March 2, 1925 – December 22, 2011) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State University from 1963 to 1970 and at Tulane University from 1971 to 1975, compiling a career ...

(1925–2011), American college football player and head coach *

Bennie Goods Bennie Goods (born February 28, 1968) is a US-born former Canadian Football League defensive tackle. Goods was born in Pattison, Mississippi, and played eleven seasons for two different teams. Goods also played in the Arena Football League for ...

(born 1968), American retired Canadian Football League player * Bennie Green (1923–1977), American jazz trombonist and bandleader * Bennie Logan (born 1989), American National Football League player *

Bennie Maupin Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940) is an American jazz multireedist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet. Maupin was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He is known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandi ...

(born 1940), American jazz musician * Bennie Muller (born 1948), Dutch former footballer *

Bennie Purcell Bennie Allen Purcell (December 10, 1929 – February 12, 2016) was a basketball player who became a tennis coach at Murray State University, coaching the Racers for 28 years. His teams won 11 Ohio Valley Conference men's tennis championships, an ...

(born 1929), American college basketball and Washington Generals (Harlem Globetrotters) player and college tennis coach *

Bennie Thompson Bennie Gordon Thompson (born January 28, 1948) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson has been the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security since 2019 and from ...

(born 1948), American politician * Bennie Thompson (American football) (born 1963), American retired National Football League player * Bennie Wallace (born 1946), American post bop, swing music and jazz tenor saxophonist and composer

Surname

* Bob Bennie (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1945), Scottish footballer with St Mirren and Newcastle (uncle of two following) * Peter Bennie (1899–1981), Scottish footballer with Albion Rovers, Burnley, Bradford City * Bob Bennie (1900–1972), Scottish footballer with Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Hearts :* Bennie Railplane, invented by George Bennie

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* Göran Bror ''Benny'' Andersson (born 1946), Swedish musician and member of the pop group ABBA * Benny Davis (1895–1979), vaudeville performer * Benny Davis, member of the musical comedy trio The Axis of Awesome * Benny Dayal (born 1984), a UAE- Indian playback singer for films * Benny Feilhaber (born 1985), Brazilian/American soccer player * Benny Friedman (singer) (born 1985), American Hasidic Jewish singer * Benny Gantz, Israeli Chief of the General Staff and politician * Benny Giay (born 1955), Indonesian Christian theologian, social anthropologist and human rights activist *

Benny Goldberg Bennie Goldberg (25 December 1918 – 29 September 2001) was a Polish-born American bantamweight boxer and a top rated contender for the Bantamweight title for a five-year stretch in the 1940s. His professional boxing career spanned from 1937 to ...

(1918–2001), Polish-American boxer * Benny Hill (1924–1992), stage name of British comedian and actor Alfred Hawthorne Hill * Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American National Football League player *

Benny Krueger Benny Krueger (June 17, 1899 – April 29, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist. After a short stint with Ross Gorman's band, Krueger's joined the Acme Sextette in New York, which included Miff Mole on trombone, Ernie Holst on violin, and Ed ...

(1899–1967), American jazz saxophonist *

Benny Lindelauf Benny Lindelauf (born 15 December 1964) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Career Lindelauf made his debut in 1998 with the book ''Omhoogvaldag'', a collection of sixteen short stories. Lindelauf has written various stories for child ...

(born 1964), Dutch writer * Benny Moré (1919–1963), Cuban singer and musician * Benny Nielsen (swimmer) (born 1966), Danish butterfly swimmer * Benny Rubinstein, Israeli footballer *

Benny Cederfeld de Simonsen Benny Sophie Caroline Andrea Cederfeld de Simonsen née Treschow (1865–1952) was a Danish peace activist. She is remembered as an effective member of ''Danske Kvinders Fredskæde'', the Danish branch of the Women's International League for Peace ...

(1865–1952), Danish peace activist *

Benny Snell Benjamin Snell Jr. (born February 26, 1998) is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kentucky. Snell is the great-nephew of former New York Jets runnin ...

(born 1998), American football player *

Benny Spellman Benny Spellman (December 11, 1931 – June 3, 2011) was an American R&B singer, best known for the 1962 single " Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)" and its B-side "Fortune Teller", both written by Allen Toussaint (credited as Naomi Neville). "Lip ...

(1931–2011), American R&B singer * Benny Urquidez (born 1952), American kickboxer and fight choreographer * Benny Yau (born 1980), Canadian actor and television presenter * Marco Benny Benassi also known as Benny Benassi, Italian musician

Benjamin

Bennie McRae Benjamin Prince "Bennie" McRae (December 8, 1939November 22, 2012) was an American football player. A native of Newport News, Virginia, McRae played college football as a halfback at the University of Michigan from 1959 to 1961 and profession ...

(1939–2012), American National Football League player * Bennie Moten (1894–1935), American jazz pianist and bandleader * Bennie Oosterbaan (1906–1990), American college football, basketball and baseball player and head coach * Benny Bass (1904–1975), American Hall-of-Fame world champion featherweight and junior lightweight boxer * Benny Begin (born 1943), Israeli politician *

Benny Friedman Benjamin Friedman (March 18, 1905 – November 24, 1982) was an American football player and coach, and athletic administrator. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Friedman played college football as a halfback and quarterback for the University of ...

(1905–1982), American football quarterback, member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame *

Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...

(1909–1986), American jazz clarinetist and bandleader * Benny Leonard (1896–1947), American world champion Hall-of-Fame lightweight boxer born Benjamin Leiner * Benny Parsons (1941–2007), American NASCAR driver and color commentator

Other

* Horacio Benedict

Bennie Blades Horatio Benedict "Bennie" Blades Sr. (born September 3, 1966) is a former American football cornerback and safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Miami. College career Blades played a big ...

(born 1966), American retired National Football League player * Bernhard Bennie Borgmann (1900–1978), pioneering professional basketball player and head coach * Henry Bennett

Bennie Tate Henry Bennett Tate (December 3, 1901 – October 27, 1973) was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington Senators (1924–30), Chicago White Sox (1930–32), Boston Red Sox (1932) and Chicago Cubs (1934). He helped the Senators win t ...

(1901–1973), American Major League Baseball catcher * Bennett Benny Carter (1907–2003), American jazz musician and bandleader * Bernard

Benny Gallagher Bernard Joseph "Benny" Gallagher (born 10 June 1945, in Largs, Ayrshire) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, most famous as half of the popular duo Gallagher and Lyle. Career The son of Irish parents, Gallagher atten ...

(born 1945), Scottish singer-songwriter and half of the duo

Gallagher and Lyle Gallagher and Lyle were a Scottish people, Scottish musical duo, comprising singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle. Their style consisted mainly in pop, soft rock, soft and folk rock oriented songs. Their first recognition came in ...

* Jergen Benny Nielsen (footballer, born 17 March 1951) (born 1951), Danish footballer

Fictional characters

* Benny, a

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in 2006 Disney animated film '' The Wild'' * Benny the Bull, in the children's animated television series '' Dora the Explorer'' * Benny the Cab, who first appeared in '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' * Benny Shaw, protagonist in two children's novels by Irish author Eoin Colfer * Bernice Summerfield, companion of the Seventh Doctor in the expanded ''Doctor Who'' universe * Benny, a blue 1980s style spaceman from The Lego Movie. *Benny, the secondary antagonist of Fallout: New Vegas * Benny Hawkins, played by Paul Henry in the British soap opera Crossroads.