Benard or Bénard is a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include:

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* Abraham-Joseph Bénard (1750–1822), French actor of the Comédie-Française * Aimé Bénard (1873–1938), Canadian politician * André Bénard (1922–2016), French industrialist * Anne-José Madeleine Henriette Bénard (1928–2010), better known as Cécile Aubry, French actress * Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769), French lady-in-waiting * Cheryl Benard (born 1953), American academic * Chris Benard (born 1990), American track and field athlete * Claude Bénard (born 1926), French athlete * Dominique Bénard, French Deputy Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * Émile Bénard (1844–1929), French architect and painter * Henri Bénard (1874–1939), French physicist, best known for his research on convection * Laurent Bénard (1573–1620), French chief founder of the Maurist Congregation * Marcos Abel Flores Benard (born 1985), Argentine footballer * Marcus Benard (born 1985), American football linebacker * Marvin Benard (born 1970), Major League Baseball outfielder, batting and throwing left-handed * Maurice Benard (born 1963), American actor * Michel Bénard (born ), councillor of the Conseil Supérieur of New France * Paulo Bénard Guedes (1892–1960), Governor-General of Portuguese India * Pierre Bénard (1898–1946), French journalist *

Raoul Bénard Raoul Bénard (30 September 1881 – 24 July 1961) was a French sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympi ...

(1881–1961), French sculptor * Raymond Benard, stage name of Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902–1976), American actor

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* Benard E. Aigbokhan (born 1951), Nigerian academic * Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (born 1960), Nigerian President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization *

Benard Ighner Benard Ighner (January 18, 1945 – August 14, 2017) was an American jazz singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. Biography Ighner was born in Houston, Texas. After graduating in 1962 he moved with his parents to San Diego, Califor ...

(1945–2017), American jazz musician * Benard Keter (born 1992), American athlete * Benard Kimeli (born 1995), Kenyan long-distance runner * Benard Kipkorir Ngeno (born 1996), Kenyan long-distance runner * Benard Nkanjo (born 1970), Zimbabwean sculptor *

Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe (4 February 1683 in Saint-Malo – 26 September 1765) was a French explorer who is credited with using the name "Little Rock" in 1722 for a stone outcropping on the bank of the Arkansas River used by early travele ...

(1683–1765), French explorer * Benard Kwaku Mensah (born 1924), Ghanaian politician * Benard Otieno Okoth, Kenyan politician

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