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Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (; baptism, bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration (England), Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writ ...

(' 1640 – 1689), English dramatist *

Ari Behn Ari Mikael Behn (; , or ; 30 September 1972 – 25 December 2019) was a Norwegian author, playwright, and visual artist, best known for his marriage to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway from 2002 to 2017. He held no title or special status, an ...

(1972–2019), Norwegian author and husband to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway *

Friedl Behn-Grund Friedl Behn-Grund (26 August 1906 – 2 August 1989) was a German cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, mus ...

(1906–1989), German cinematographer *

Hernán Behn Hernan Behn (February 19, 1880 Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands– October 7, 1933 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France co-founded the Puerto Rico Telephone Company which eventually spawned ITT.Morales Cortés, RamónTelecommunications in Puerto Rico (paper ...

(died 1933), Puerto Rican businessman; brother of Sosthenes Behn *

Harry Behn Harry Behn (September 24, 1898September 6, 1973) was an American former screenwriter. He was involved in writing scenes and continuities for a number of screenplays, including the war film ''The Big Parade ''in 1925, and '' Hell's Angels''. H ...

(also known as Giles Behn; 1898–1973), U.S. screenwriter and children's author * Jerry Behn (born 1954), U.S. politician *

Noel Behn Noel Ira Behn (Chicago, January 6, 1928 – New York, July 27, 1998) was an American novelist, screenwriter and theatrical producer. His first novel, ''The Kremlin Letter'', drawn from his work in the US Army's Counterintelligence Corps, was pub ...

(1928?–1998), U.S. novelist, screenwriter, and theatrical producer * Richard R. Behn (fl. 1978-2007), NOAA rear admiral *

Robin Behn Robin Behn (born 1958) is an American poet, and professor at University of Alabama and Vermont College of Fine Arts. She grew up in Barrington, Illinois. She graduated from Oberlin College, the University of Missouri, and University of Iowa. Her ...

(born 1958), U.S. poet and professor *

Sarla Behn Sarla Behn (born Catherine Mary Heilman; 5 April 19018 July 1982) was an English Gandhian social activist whose work in the Kumaon region of India helped create awareness about the environmental destruction in the Himalayan forests of the state ...

(born Catherine Mary Heilman; 1901–1982), English Gandhian social activist *

Sosthenes Behn Sosthenes Behn (January 30, 1884 – June 6, 1957) was an American businessman, and the founder of ITT. He held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army. Biography Early years Sosthenes Behn was born in the island of St. Thomas, then pa ...

(1882–1957), Puerto Rican businessman; brother of Hernan Behn *

Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn (25 December 1808, Kiel – 14 May 1878, Dresden) was a German anatomist and zoologist. For eight years he was president of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. From 1828 he studied medicine at the Universities ...

(1808–1878), German anatomist and zoologist

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Behn Wilson Bevan Alexander Behn Wilson (born December 19, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice ho ...

(born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player

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Behn River The Behn River or Behm River is a river in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The river rises on the Northern Territory and Western Australia border. The river then flows in a north-easterly direction through Behn Gorge and discharges ...

, a river of Western Australia *

Behn's bat Behn's bat, Behn's big-eared bat, or Behn's graybeard bat (''Glyphonycteris behnii'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae found in Brazil and Peru. It is known only from six specimens and is considered rare. It feeds on insects and ...

(''Glyphonycteris behnii''), a rare South American bat species *

Waldemar Behn Waldemar Behn, or simply BEHN, is a family-owned alcoholic beverage company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) based in Eckernförde, Germany. It was established in 1892 and is now run by the fourth generation. It's also a local wholesaler ( ...

, usually called just BEHN, a German alcoholic beverage company

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