Benito is the Spanish form of Benedict and is both a masculine given name and a surname.

People with the given name "Benito" include

A

* Benito Manuel Agüero (1624–1668), Spanish painter * Benito Alazraki (1921–2007), Mexican film director * Benito Andion, Salvadorian diplomat * Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (born 1994), Puerto Rican singer * Benito Archundia (born 1966), Mexican football referee * Benito Armiñán, Spanish soldier

B

* Benito Báez (born 1977), Dominican baseball player * Benito Baranda (born 1959), Chilean psychologist * Benito Bello de Torices (1660–1714), Spanish composer * Benito Boldi (1934–2021), Italian footballer * Benito Bollati (1926–2023), Italian lawyer and politician * Benito Pérez Brito (1747–1813), Spanish military officer * Benito Buachidze (1905–1937), Georgian literary critic

C

* Benito Cabanban (1911–1990), Filipino bishop * Benito Cabrera (born 1963), Spanish composer * Benito Calderón (1902–??), Cuban baseball player * Benito Canónico (1894–1971), Venezuelan composer * Benito Carbone (born 1971), Italian footballer * Benito Carvajales (1913–??), Cuban footballer * Benito Castro (1946–2023), Mexican musician * Benito Cereno (writer), American comic book writer * Benito Cocchi (1934–2016), Italian bishop * Benito Contreras (1905–1972), Mexican footballer * Benito Corghi (1938–1976), Italian truck driver * Benito Rebolledo Correa (1880–1964), Chilean painter

D

* Benito de Jesús (1912–2010), Puerto Rican songwriter * Benito T. de Leon (born 1960), Filipino military officer * Benito R. de Monfort (1800–1871), Spanish photographer * Benito de Rivas (died 1668), Puerto Rican prelate * Benito de San Juan (1727–1809), Spanish military officer * Benito Fernández de Santa Ana (1707–1761), Spanish friar * Benito de Soto (1805–1835), Spanish pirate * Benito Díaz (1898–1990), Spanish footballer * Benito di Paula (born 1941), Brazilian singer-songwriter

E

* Benito Elizalde (born 1961), Spanish rower * Benito Espinós (1748–1818), Spanish painter

F

* Benito Floro (born 1952), Spanish football manager * Benito Gennaro Franceschetti (1935–2005), Italian archbishop

G

* Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), Spanish novelist * Benito Garozzo (born 1927), Italian bridge player * Benito Caballero Garza (born 1965), Mexican politician * Benito Guerra Jr. (born 1985), Mexican rally driver * Benito Gutmacher (born 1950), Argentinian actor

H

* Benito Huerta (born 1952), American artist

J

* Benito Jacovitti (1923–1997), Italian comic artist * Benito Serrano Jiménez (1850–1945), Costa Rican politician * Benito Joanet (1935–2020), Spanish footballer and manager * Benito Jones (born 1997), American football player * Benito Juárez (1806–1872), Mexican politician

K

* Benito Kemble (born 1968), Dutch footballer

L

* Benito Legarda (1853–1915), Filipino legislator * Benito J. Legarda (1926–2020), Filipino historian * Benito Lertxundi (born 1942), Spanish singer-songwriter * Benito Lopez (born 1994), American mixed martial artist * Benito Lopez (politician) (1877–1908), Filipino politician * Benito Lorenzi (1925–2007), Italian football player * Benito Lynch (1885–1951), Argentine novelist

M

* Benito Madueño y Ramos (1654–1739), Spanish prelate * Benito Quinquela Martín (1890–1977), Argentine painter * Benito Martinez (disambiguation), multiple people * Benito Masilevu (born 1989), Fijian rugby union footballer * Benito Medero (1922–2007), Uruguayan politician * Benito Messeguer (1930–1982), Spanish-Mexican artist * Benito Montalvo (born 1985), Argentine football coach * Benito Arias Montano (1527–1598), Spanish orientalist * Benito Chávez Montenegro (born 1947), Mexican politician * Benito Jerónimo Feijoo e Montenegro (1676–1764), Galician monk * Benito Morales (1803–1889), Nicaraguan politician *

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(1883–1945), Italian Duce

N

* Benito Nardone (1906–1964), Uruguayan journalist * Benito Natividad (1875–1964), Filipino military officer

O

* Benito Orgiana (1938–2021), Italian politician * Benito Owusu Bio (born 1968), Ghanaian politician

P

* Benito Pabón y Suárez de Urbina (1895–1958), Spanish lawyer and trade unionist * Benito Pastoriza Iyodo (born 1954), Puerto Rican author * Benito Pavoni (1936–2023), Italian politician * Benito Vicetto Pérez (1824–1878), Galician writer * Benito Perojo (1894–1974), Spanish film director * Benito Pocino (born 1958), Spanish actor * Benito Prats (born 1980), Cuban American psychic, realtor, Award winning exotic dancer.

R

* Benito Raman (born 1994), Belgian footballer * Benito Ramírez (born 1995), Spanish footballer * Benito Ramos (1918–??), Mexican fencer * Benito F. Reyes (1914–1992), Filipino academic administrator * Benito Rigoni (1936–2021), Italian bobsledder * Benito Romano (born 1950), Puerto Rican-American politician * Benito Ros (born 1981), Spanish mountain cyclist * Benito Rosales, Nicaraguan politician

S

* Benito Salas (disambiguation), multiple people * Benito Santiago (born 1965), Puerto Rican baseball player * Benito Santiago Jr. (born 1989), Puerto Rican basketball player * Benito Sanz y Forés (1828–1895), Spanish cardinal * Benito Sarti (1936–2020), Italian footballer * Benito Skinner (born 1993), American comedian * Benito Stefanelli (1929–1999), Italian film actor and stuntman * Benito Sylvain (1868–1915), Haitian journalist

T

* Benito Tiamzon (1951–2022), Filipino political organizer * Benito Totti (1914–1940), Italian boxer

U

* Benito Urteaga (1941–1976), Argentine revolutionary

V

* Benito Rodríguez Valtodano (died 1629), Nicaraguan bishop * Benito van de Pas (born 1993), Dutch darts player * Benito Salas Vargas (1770–1816), Colombian military officer * Benito Vázquez (1738–1810), Spanish soldier and explorer * Benito Vergara (1934–2015), Filipino plant scientist * Benito Villegas (1877–1952), Argentine chess master * Benito Vines (1837–1893), Cuban cleric

Z

* Benito Zambrano (born 1965), Spanish screenwriter

Fictional characters

* Benito Alessi, character from the Australian soap opera ''

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People with the surname

* Alberto Benito (disambiguation), multiple people * Álvaro Benito (born 1976), Spanish footballer * Amado Benito Jr. (born 1992), Filipino fighter * Asier Benito (born 1995), Spanish footballer * Azucena Sánchez Benito (born 1978), Spanish cyclist * Carl Benito (born 1954), Canadian politician * Cesar Benito, Spanish composer * Diego Benito (born 1988), Spanish footballer * Don Benito (pirate), Spanish pirate * Eduardo Benito (1891–1981), Spanish illustrator and painter * Elizabeth Odio Benito (born 1939), Costa Rican judge * Gabriel R. G. Benito (born 1960), Norwegian economist * Goyo Benito (1946–2020), Spanish footballer * Iker Benito (born 2002), Spanish footballer * Jordi Benito (1951–2008), Spanish artist * Loris Benito (born 1992), Swiss footballer * Marie Benito (born 1965), Guaman long-distance runner * Miguel Ángel Benito (born 1993), Spanish cyclist * Mireia Benito (born 1996), Spanish cyclist * Pedro Benito (born 2000), Spanish footballer * Sergio Benito (born 1999), Spanish footballer * Teófilo Benito (1966–2004), Spanish middle-distance runner

References

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