Benelli is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Andrea Benelli Andrea Benelli (born 28 June 1960) is a retired Italian skeet shooter. He competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, and won a gold medal in 2004 and a bronze in 1996. In 2004, he and Marko Kemppainen finished with 149 hit ...

(born 1960), Italian sports shooter *

Giovanni Benelli Giovanni Benelli (12 May 1921 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Florence from 1977 until his death. He previously served as Deputy Secretary of State for the Holy See from 1967 until he was appo ...

(1921–1982), Italian cardinal * (born 1963), Italian volleyball player *

Sem Benelli Sem Benelli (August 10, 1877 – December 18, 1949) was an Italian playwright, essayist and librettist. He provided the texts for several noted Italian operas, including Italo Montemezzi's '' L'amore dei tre re'' and ''L'incantesimo'', and Umber ...

(1877–1949), Italian playwright, essayist and librettist *

Vanessa Benelli Mosell Vanessa Benelli Mosell (born 15 November 1987 in Prato, Tuscany) is an Italian pianist and conductor. Early life Vanessa Benelli Mosell was born in Prato on 15 November 1987, from a father native of Prato and a Florentine mother of distan ...

(born 1987), Italian classical pianist

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