Beneš (feminine: Benešová) is a

Czech surname Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bride ...

. The name originated as a pet form of the given names Benedikt and

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''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 younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

. The

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form is

Benesch Benesch is a surname, a Germanized version of Czech surname Beneš. Notable people with the surname include: * Leonie Benesch (born 1991), German actress * Lynn Benesch (born 1940), American actress * Kurt Benesch (1926–2008), Austrian writer ...

and the Anglicized form is

Benesh Benesh is a surname, an Anglicized version of the Czech surname Beneš. Notable people with the surname include: * Joan Benesh (1920–2014), British ballet dancer *Rudolf Benesh Rudolf Benesh (16 January 1916 – 3 May 1975) was a British ma ...

. Notable people with the surname include:

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Alan Benes Alan Paul Benes (born January 21, 1972) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2003 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. He stood at and weighed . Amateur ca ...

(born 1972), American baseball pitcher *

Andy Benes Andrew Charles Benes (born August 20, 1967) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most prominently as a member of the San Diego Padres, who selected Benes as the first overall p ...

(born 1967), American baseball pitcher * Hana Benešová (born 1975), Czech athlete *

Ivan Beneš Ivan Beneš (born 17 February 1960 in Prague) is a Czech former basketball player and currently coach of the Czech national team, which he coached at the EuroBasket Women 2017 The 2017 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called ...

(born 1960), Czech basketball player and coach *

Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová () (formerly Melzer, ; born 1 February 1983) is a Czech former tennis player. She began playing tennis aged seven and turned professional in 1998. She won two WTA Tour singles and 14 doubles tournaments, and one Grand Slam tit ...

(born 1983), Czech tennis player *

Jan Beneš (orienteer) Jan Beneš (born 29 September 1987 in Jilemnice, Czechoslovakia)Ladislav Beneš Ladislav Beneš (born 9 July 1943 in Zlín) is a Czech handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Czechoslovak team which won the silver medal at the Munich Games. He played all six matches and scored fourteen ...

(born 1943), Czech handball player *

Luděk Beneš Luděk Beneš (7 September 1937 – 9 August 2016) was a Czech slalom canoeist who competed for Czechoslovakia from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, specializing in the C1 discipline. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships w ...

(1937–2016), Czech slalom canoer *

Marijan Beneš Marijan Beneš (11 June 1951 – 4 September 2018) was a Yugoslavian boxer from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is considered one of the best boxers in Yugoslav history. After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal in E ...

(1951–2018), Bosnian boxer *

Petr Beneš Petr Beneš (; born 27 November 1974) is a Czech beach volleyball player. He played with Přemysl Kubala at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were ...

(born 1974), Czech volleyball player *

Vít Beneš Vít Beneš (born 12 August 1988) is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Vysočina Jihlava in the Czech National Football League. Career In June 2013, he was chased by Sparta Prague but the Jablonec owner decided not to sell him because ...

(born 1988), Czech footballer

Other

Bedrich Benes Bedrich Benes (born Bedřich Beneš 10 November 1967) is a Czech-American computer scientist and a researcher in computer graphics. Academic positions He is a professor and associate head of computer science at Purdue University. He was a memb ...

(born 1967), Czech-American computer scientist *

Božena Benešová Božena Benešová, née Zapletalová (30 November 1873 – 8 April 1936), was a Czechs, Czech author and poet whose work is considered to have been at the forefront of psychological fiction, psychological prose. The greater part of her youth was ...

(1873–1936), Czech writer and poet *

Edvard Beneš Edvard Beneš (; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1939 to 1948. During the first six years of his second stint, he led the Czec ...

(1884–1948), Czech politician, president of Czechoslovakia * Emilie Beneš Brzezinski (1932–2022), Swiss-American sculptor *

Jan Beneš (writer) Jan Beneš (21 March 1936 – 1 June 2007) was a Czech writer, translator, publicist and screenwriter. He was also using the pseudonyms Milan Štěpka, Bobisud Mihule, Mojmír Čada, Ing. Čada, JAB, JeBe, Světlana and others. He is an author of ...

(1936–2007), Czech writer, translator and publicist *

Josef Beneš Josef Beneš (11 January 1902 in Prachatice – 17 December 1984 in Prague) was a linguist from Czechoslovakia, specialising in anthroponymy and onomastics. Beneš studied Bohemistics and Germanistics at the Charles University in Prague, ending ...

(1902–1984), Czech linguist * Juraj Beneš (1940–2004), Slovak composer and pianist * Libuše Benešová (born 1948), Czech politician *

Lubomír Beneš Lubomír Beneš (7 November 1935 – 12 September 1995) was a Czech animator, director, and author, best known as the co-creator of '' Pat & Mat'', an animated series about two highly inventive, yet incredibly clumsy handymen neighbours. Life and ...

(1935–1995), Czech animator, director and author * Marie Benešová (1948–2024), Czech politician and lawyer *

Pavel Beneš Pavel Beneš (14 June 1894 in Prague – 31 May 1956 in Prague) was a chief designer at ČKD-Praga, one of the largest engineering companies in the former Czechoslovakia and today's Czech Republic. Beneš was first a founder and chief designer at ...

(1894–1956), Czech aircraft engineer *

Svatopluk Beneš Svatopluk Beneš (24 February 1918 – 27 April 2007) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in 90 films and television shows between 1934 and 2003. Selected filmography * '' Pacientka Dr. Hegla'' (1940) * '' Pohádka máje'' (1940) * ' ...

(1918–2007), Czech actor * Thomas A. Benes (1951–2014), American military leader *

Václav Beneš Třebízský Václav Beneš Třebízský (27 February 1849 – 20 June 1884) was a Czechs, Czech priest and writer. Despite his short life, he was a very prolific author and was one of the most popular Czech writers of his time. He wrote mainly historical nov ...

(1849–1884), Czech novelist *

Václav E. Beneš Václav Edvard "Vic" Beneš (born January 1, 1931) is a Czech-American mathematician known for his contributions to the theory of stochastic processes, queueing theory and control theory, as well as the design of telecommunications switches. He ...

(born 1931), Czech-American mathematician *

Vojta Beneš Vojta Beneš (11 May 1878 – 20 November 1951) was a Czech educator, political leader in Czechoslovakia and brother of Edvard Beneš. Life and career Vojta Beneš was born in Kožlany, Bohemia, then a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Be ...

(1878–1951), Czech educator and political leader

Fictional characters

*Elaine Benes a character in ''

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'' *Jan Benes, a character in ''

Fantastic Voyage ''Fantastic Voyage'' is a 1966 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Harry Kleiner, based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby. The film is about a submarine crew who is shrunk to microsco ...

'' *Sandra Benes, a character in '' Space: 1999''

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