Benz, an old Germanic clan name dating to the fifth century (related to "bear", "war banner", "gau", or a "land by a waterway") also used in German () as an alternative for names such as Berthold,

Bernhard Bernhard is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar *Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946 ...

, or Benedict, may refer to:

People

Surname

* Amy Benz (born 1962), American golfer *

Bertha Benz Bertha Benz (; ; 3 May 1849 – 5 May 1944) was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an Internal combustion engine, int ...

(1849–1944), German marketing entrepreneur who was the first to drive an automobile for a long distance, wife of Carl Benz *

Carl Benz Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz (; born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automob ...

(1844–1929), German engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur who built the first patented automobile * Derek Benz (born 1971), American author of fantasy fiction for children * Edward J. Benz, Jr., professor of genetics * Gerold Benz (1921–1987), German politician * Gary R. Benz, producer of the GRB Studios *

Joe Benz Joseph Louis Benz (January 21, 1886 – April 22, 1957) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in the Major League Baseball, major leagues from 1911 to 1919, for the Chicago White Sox. Benz's two main pitches were the spitball ...

(1886–1957), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Joseph Benz (born 1944), Swiss former bobsledder, Olympic and world champion *

Julie Benz Julie Benz (born May 1, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Darla on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'' (1997–2004), and as Rita Bennett on ''Dexter (TV s ...

(born 1972), American actress *

Kafi Benz Kafi Benz (born 1941) is an American author and artist who began participation in social entrepreneurship through environmental preservation and regional planning in 1959 as a member of the ''Jersey Jetport Site Association'', which opposed plans ...

(born 1941), American author, artist, and environmental and historic preservationist * Larry Benz (born 1941), American former National Football League player * Laura Benz (born 1992), Swiss ice hockey player * Maria Benz (1906–1946), birth name of Nusch Éluard, German-born model who married Paul Éluard * Mathilde Benz (1901–1977), birth name of Lee Parry, German actress *

Paul Benz Paul M W Benz, OAM (born 9 January 1986) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Games in the Men's 4 × 100 metre relay T35–T38 event, for which he received ...

(born 1986), Australian Paralympic athlete * Richard Benz (1884–1966), German historian and writer * Roland Benz (born 1943), German biophysicist * Sara Benz (born 1992), Swiss ice hockey player *

Walter Benz Walter Benz (May 2, 1931 Lahnstein – January 13, 2017 Ratzeburg) was a German mathematician, an expert in geometry. Benz studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and received his doctoral degree in 1954, with Robert Furch as his ...

(1931–2017), German mathematician known for his work on geometric planes *

Wolfgang Benz Wolfgang Benz (born 9 June 1941) is a German historian and Antisemitism, anti-semitism researcher from Ellwangen (Jagst), Ellwangen. He was the director of the Berlin Research Centre on Anti-Semitism, Center for Research on Antisemitism of the Te ...

(born 1941), German historian

Ring or stage name

Nikki Benz Nikki Benz (born 1981 or 1982) is an American pornographic film actress. She was named the 2011 Penthouse Pet of the Year. Early life Born in Ukraine, Benz immigrated to Canada with her parents at age seven. She was raised in Toronto. After ...

(born 1981), stage name of Alla Montchak, Canadian pornographic actress and director *

Spragga Benz Carlton Errington Grant (born 30 May 1969), better known as Spragga Benz, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay. Career He began his career around 1991. He was once known to his friends as "Spaghetti" (tall and slim), but this was later shortened to ...

(born 1969), stage name of Carlton Grant, Jamaican deejay and musician

Places

Benz (Usedom) Benz () is a municipality on the island of Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. In an area that has been occupied since the Stone Age, the first documentation of the village dates to 1229 and during hi ...

, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, a municipality *

Benz, Nordwestmecklenburg Benz () is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the ...

, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, a municipality *

Benice, West Pomeranian Voivodeship Benice () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamień Pomorski, within Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kamień Pomorski and north of the regional capital ...

(Benz in German), Poland, a village *

Benz Pass Russell East Glacier () is a glacier, long and wide, which lies at the north end of Detroit Plateau and flows from Mount Canicula eastward into Prince Gustav Channel on the south side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. This glacier together wi ...

, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica

Mathematics and science

Benz (unit) The metre per second is the unit of both speed (a scalar quantity) and velocity (a vector quantity, which has direction and magnitude) in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the speed of a body covering a distance of one metre in ...

, a proposed unit of velocity * Benz, an abbreviated form of Benzo, a functional group in chemistry * Benz plane, in geometry

Other uses

* Benz & Cie., a manufacturer of steam engines co-founded by Carl Benz in 1883 *

Benz (group) Benz were a British musical group from Hackney, London, Hackney which consisted of Ben Ofoedu, B.I.G. Ben (Benedict Spencer Ofoedu), Overlord X, Tim Shade (Benjamin Balogun), and Anthony Benedict Thompson, Darkboy (Anthony Benedict Thompson). Thei ...

, a British band * ''Benz series'', a series of paintings and drawings created by

Lyonel Feininger Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger (; July 17, 1871January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist. He was born and grew up in New York City. In 1887 h ...