Beni may refer to:

Characters

Beni Gabor The following is a selected list of characters who have appeared throughout The Mummy (franchise), ''The Mummy'' film series and its spin-off series ''The Scorpion King (film series), The Scorpion King''. Main and minor characters are included. ...

, a character in the 1999 film ''The Mummy'' *

Benimaru Nikaido ''The King of Fighters'' fighting game series, produced by SNK, includes a wide cast of characters, some of which are taken from other SNK games. The story takes place in a fictional universe in which an annual series of 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 fight ...

, fan nickname of a character in ''The King of Fighters''

People

Given name

Beni (Australian musician) Beni is an Australian musician, DJ, producer, and remix engineer. He is a part of the Riot In Belgium duo with Joel Dickson. Beni has released music through the French Kitsuné and the Australian Modular Recordings. Career Solo career ''My L ...

, Australian musician and disc jockey *

Beni (singer) is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni (stylized as BENI). She was initially best known fo ...

(born 1986), Japanese singer, formerly known by the name Beni Arashiro * Beni Badibanga (born 1996), Belgian footballer * Beni Bertrand Binobagira, Burundian swimmer * Beni Madhab Das (1866–1952), Indian Bengali scholar * Beni Gassenbauer (born 1949), Israeli artist *

Beni Hofer Beni Hofer (born May 3, 1978 in Zweisimmen) is a Swiss freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and a former alpine skier. Hofer competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. He placed 27th in the qualifying round in ski cross, to adv ...

(born 1978), Swiss freestyle skier * Beni Kiendé (born 1986), Gabonese footballer *

Beni Lar Beni Lar born (August 12, 1967) is a politician of the People's Democratic Party from Plateau State, Nigeria. She's a member of the Nigeria Federal House of Representatives from Langtang North, Langtang South federal Constituency of Plateau St ...

, Nigerian politician *

Beni Montresor Beni Montresor (31 March 1926 – 11 October 2001) was a versatile Italian artist, opera and film director, set designer, author and children's book illustrator. He won the 1965 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing '' ...

(1926–2001), Italian artist, opera and film director, set designer, author and illustrator * Beni Obermüller (1930–2005), German alpine skier * Beni Takemata, Japanese shogi player * Beni Mukendi (born 2002), Angolan footballer

Surname

* Alfred Beni (1923-1995), Austrian chess master *

Alphonse Beni Alphonse Béni (1946 – 12 March 2023) was a Cameroonian actor and movie director. He made several films in Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, li ...

(born 1946), Cameroonian actor and film director *

Bhagat Beni Bhagat Beni ( pa, ਭਗਤ ਬੈਣੀ) is one of the fifteen saints and Sufis, whose teachings have been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib The Guru Granth Sahib ( pa, ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ, ) is the central holy r ...

( 15th–16th century), saint of Sikhism *

Claudia Beni Claudia Beni (born 30 May 1986) is a Croats, Croatian pop music, pop singer, born in Opatija. Biography At the time when she first participated in Dora, the national finals for the Eurovision Song Contest, Claudia was only 12, but she was alr ...

(born 1986), Croatian singer *

Elisa Beni Elisa Beni Uzabal (born 31 July 1965) is a Spanish journalist. When she took over ' at 23, she became the youngest newspaper director in Spain. Biography Elisa Beni graduated in Information Sciences from the University of Navarra , image ...

(born 1965), Spanish journalist *

Federico de Beni Federico de Beni (born 23 January 1973, in Verona) is a retired road bicycle racer from Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle ...

(born 1973), Italian cyclist *

Gerardo Beni Gerardo Beni (born Florence, Italy 21 February 1946) is a professor of electrical engineering at University of California, Riverside who, with Jing Wang, is known as the originator of the term ''swarm intelligence'' in the context of cellular robot ...

, American physicist and electrical engineer *

Jules Beni Jules Beni (died 1861) was a western outlaw who robbed stagecoaches in the Colorado Territory. Beni was involved in illegal activities linked to his trading post near Lodgepole Creek, Colorado, which was called by one Eastern journalist the "''w ...

(died 1861), American outlaw

Places

Bolivia

* Beni Department *

Beni River The Beni River ( es, Río Beni) is a river in the north of Bolivia. It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast. The Madre de Dios River is where its mouth is at. In the upper portion of its course it flows through highland forest and rainforest ...

Beni savanna The Beni savanna, also known as the Llanos de Moxos or Moxos plains, is a tropical savanna ecoregion of the Beni Department of northern Bolivia. Setting The Beni savanna covers an area of in the lowlands of northern Bolivia, with small portion ...

Egypt

* Beni Suef *

Beni Hasan Beni Hasan (also written as Bani Hasan, or also Beni-Hassan) ( ar, بني حسن) is an ancient Egyptian cemetery. It is located approximately to the south of modern-day Minya in the region known as Middle Egypt, the area between Asyut and Mem ...

an Ancient Egyptian cemetery site

Morocco

Beni Mellal Beni Mellal ( ar, بني ملال}, ber, ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ, Ayt Mellal) is a city in north-central Morocco. It is the capital of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region and has a population of 192,676 (2014 census). It sits at the foot of Jbe ...

Beni ʿAmir Beni 'Amir ( ar, بني عمير) is an Arab tribe in Morocco, descended from Banu Hilal. It mainly inhabits Fquih Ben Salah and the surrounding areas in the Tadla tribal confederation. Beni 'Amir settled in Morocco in the 12th century during the ...

Elsewhere

Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo Beni is a city in north eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, lying immediately west of the Virunga National Park and the Rwenzori Mountains, on the edge of the Ituri Forest. Overview Beni is home to a market, an airport and the Christian Bi ...

, a city in North Kivu province ** Beni (commune), a commune in the city * Beni, Nepal (disambiguation)

Other uses

* ''Beni'' (album), the debut album of J-pop singer Beni *

Beni (music) Deriving from English 'band', Beni is a popular wedding entertainment with a strong focus on rhythm and dance, and audience participation. Commonly, Zanzibar is recognized as place of origin around the turn of the 20th century as a mockery of colo ...

, a Tanzanian/Tanganyikan musical style *

Beni (Thracian tribe) This is a list of ancient tribes in Thrace and Dacia ( grc, Θρᾴκη, Δακία) including possibly or partly Thracian or Dacian tribes, and non-Thracian or non-Dacian tribes that inhabited the lands known as Thrace and Dacia. A great number o ...

, a historical tribe in Eastern and Southeastern Europe *

Beni Ḥassān Beni Ḥassan ( ar, بني حسان "Children of Ḥassān") is a nomadic group of Arabian origin, one of the four sub-tribes of the Maqil Arab tribes who emigrated in the 10th century to the Maghreb with the Bani Hilal and Banu Sulaym tribes. ...

, a historical Bedouin tribe *''Beni'' (紅), Japanese for the color

carthamin Carthamin is a natural red pigment derived from safflower (''Carthamus tinctorius''), earlier known as carthamine.De Candolle, Alphonse. (1885.''Origin of cultivated plants.''D. Appleton & Co.: New York, p. 164. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. It is use ...

or safflower red *Beni or Béni, a transliteration of Banu, an Arabic tribal progenitor meaning "the sons of" or "children of"