Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer or

Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...

People

Bennie

Given name

* Bennie M. Bunn (1907–1943), American Marine officer, Navy Cross recipient * Bennie Cunningham (born 1954), American retired National Football League player * Bennie Daniels (born 1932), American former Major League Baseball pitcher * Bennie L. Davis (1928–2012), United States Air Force general and commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command *

Bennie Ellender Bennie Ellender Jr. (March 2, 1925 – December 22, 2011) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State University from 1963 to 1970 and at Tulane University from 1971 to 1975, compiling a career ...

(1925–2011), American college football player and head coach *

Bennie Goods Bennie Goods (born February 28, 1968) is a US-born former Canadian Football League defensive tackle. Goods was born in Pattison, Mississippi, and played eleven seasons for two different teams. Goods also played in the Arena Football League for ...

(born 1968), American retired Canadian Football League player *

Bennie Green Bennie Green (April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977) was an American jazz trombonist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Green worked in the orchestras of Earl Hines and Charlie Ventura, and recorded as bandleader through the 1950s and ...

(1923–1977), American jazz trombonist and bandleader * Bennie Logan (born 1989), American National Football League player *

Bennie Maupin Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940) is an American jazz multireedist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet. Maupin was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He is known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwand ...

(born 1940), American jazz musician * Bennie Muller (born 1948), Dutch former footballer * Bennie Purcell (born 1929), American college basketball and Washington Generals (Harlem Globetrotters) player and college tennis coach *

Bennie Thompson Bennie Gordon Thompson (born January 28, 1948) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson has been the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security since 2019 and fro ...

(born 1948), American politician *

Bennie Thompson (American football) Bennie Thompson (born February 10, 1963) is a former American football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He went to the Pro Bowl after the 1991 and 1998 seasons as a special teams player. ...

(born 1963), American retired National Football League player *

Bennie Wallace Bennie Wallace (born November 18, 1946) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Wallace began playing in local clubs with the encouragement of East Ridge, Tennessee High School ba ...

(born 1946), American post bop, swing music and jazz tenor saxophonist and composer

Surname

Bob Bennie (footballer, born 1873) Robert Brown Bennie (28 September 1873 – 1 October 1945) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United. He came into consideration for an international cap in 1902, taking part in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scot ...

(1873–1945), Scottish footballer with St Mirren and Newcastle (uncle of two following) *

Peter Bennie Peter Bennie (10 June 1899 – 1981) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside right. Born in Slamannan but raised in Larkhall, he began his Scottish Football League career in 1920 with Albion Rovers where he gradually ...

(1899–1981), Scottish footballer with Albion Rovers, Burnley, Bradford City *

Bob Bennie Robert Hunter Brown Bennie (27 March 1900 – 27 July 1972) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half. Bennie was capped three times by the Scotland national team between 1925 and 1926, while playing club football for Airdrieonians ...

(1900–1972), Scottish footballer with Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Hearts :*

Bennie Railplane The Bennie Railplane was a form of rail transport invented by George Bennie (1891–1957), which moved along an overhead rail by way of propellers. Prototype Bennie, born at Auldhouse, near Glasgow, Scotland began work on the developmen ...

, invented by George Bennie

Benny

* Göran Bror ''Benny'' Andersson (born 1946), Swedish musician and member of the pop group ABBA *

Benny Davis Benny Davis (August 21, 1895 - December 20, 1979) was a vaudeville performer and writer of popular songs. Biography Davis started performing in vaudeville in his teens. He began writing songs when working as an accompanist for Blossom Seeley ...

(1895–1979), vaudeville performer * Benny Davis, member of the musical comedy trio

The Axis of Awesome The Axis of Awesome was an Australian comedy music act with members Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo and Benny Davis, that performed from 2006 to 2018. The trio covered a wide variety of performance styles, and perform a combination of original ...

Benny Dayal Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He has sung more than 3500 songs in 19+ Indian langu ...

(born 1984), a UAE- Indian playback singer for films * Benny Feilhaber (born 1985), Brazilian/American soccer player * Benny Friedman (singer) (born 1985), American Hasidic Jewish singer *

Benny Gantz Benjamin Gantz ( he, בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ, Transliterated: ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general serving as the minister of Defense since 2020 and deputy prime minister of Israel si ...

, Israeli Chief of the General Staff and politician * Benny Giay (born 1955), Indonesian Christian theologian, social anthropologist and human rights activist *

Benny Goldberg Bennie Goldberg (25 December 1918 – 29 September 2001) was a Polish-born American bantamweight boxer and a top rated contender for the Bantamweight title for a five-year stretch in the 1940s. His professional boxing career spanned from 1937 to ...

(1918–2001), Polish-American boxer *

Benny Hill Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor, singer and writer. He is remembered for his television programme ''The Benny Hill Show'', an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque and double ente ...

(1924–1992), stage name of British comedian and actor Alfred Hawthorne Hill * Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American National Football League player *

Benny Krueger Benny Krueger (June 17, 1899 – April 29, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist. After a short stint with Ross Gorman's band, Krueger's joined the Acme Sextette in New York, which included Miff Mole on trombone, Ernie Holst on violin, and Ed ...

(1899–1967), American jazz saxophonist *

Benny Lindelauf Benny Lindelauf (born 15 December 1964) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Career Lindelauf made his debut in 1998 with the book ''Omhoogvaldag'', a collection of sixteen short stories. Lindelauf has written various stories for child ...

(born 1964), Dutch writer *

Benny Moré Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez (24 August 1919 – 19 February 1963), better known as Benny Moré (also spelled Beny Moré), was a Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter. Due to his fluid tenor voice and his great expressivity, he was k ...

(1919–1963), Cuban singer and musician * Benny Nielsen (swimmer) (born 1966), Danish butterfly swimmer * Benny Rubinstein, Israeli footballer * Benny Cederfeld de Simonsen (1865–1952), Danish peace activist *

Benny Snell Benjamin Snell Jr. (born February 26, 1998) is an American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Kentucky. Snell is the great-nephew of former New York Jets runni ...

(born 1998), American football player *

Benny Spellman Benny Spellman (December 11, 1931 – June 3, 2011) was an American R&B singer, best known for the 1962 single " Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)" and its B-side "Fortune Teller", both written by Allen Toussaint (credited as Naomi Neville). "Lip ...

(1931–2011), American R&B singer * Benny Urquidez (born 1952), American kickboxer and fight choreographer * Benny Yau (born 1980), Canadian actor and television presenter * Marco Benny Benassi also known as

Benny Benassi Marco "Benny" Benassi (; born 13 July 1967) is an Italian DJ, record producer and remixer. He is widely seen as a pioneer of electro house, a genre brought into the mainstream by his 2002 summer club hit " Satisfaction". He started his career ...

, Italian musician

Benjamin

Bennie McRae Benjamin Prince "Bennie" McRae (December 8, 1939November 22, 2012) was an American football player. A native of Newport News, Virginia, McRae played college football as a halfback at the University of Michigan from 1959 to 1961 and profession ...

(1939–2012), American National Football League player *

Bennie Moten Benjamin Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He led his Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the regional, blues-based orchest ...

(1894–1935), American jazz pianist and bandleader *

Bennie Oosterbaan Benjamin Oosterbaan ( ; February 24, 1906 – October 25, 1990) was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team, and an All-Big Ten C ...

(1906–1990), American college football, basketball and baseball player and head coach * Benny Bass (1904–1975), American Hall-of-Fame world champion featherweight and junior lightweight boxer * Benny Begin (born 1943), Israeli politician *

Benny Friedman Benjamin Friedman (March 18, 1905 – November 24, 1982) was an American football player and coach, and athletic administrator. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Friedman played college football as a halfback and quarterback for the University of ...

(1905–1982), American football quarterback, member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame *

Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His conce ...

(1909–1986), American jazz clarinetist and bandleader * Benny Leonard (1896–1947), American world champion Hall-of-Fame lightweight boxer born Benjamin Leiner * Benny Parsons (1941–2007), American NASCAR driver and color commentator

Other

* Horacio Benedict

Bennie Blades Horatio Benedict "Bennie" Blades Sr. (born September 3, 1966) is a former American football cornerback and safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Miami. College career Blades played a big ...

(born 1966), American retired National Football League player * Bernhard Bennie Borgmann (1900–1978), pioneering professional basketball player and head coach * Henry Bennett Bennie Tate (1901–1973), American Major League Baseball catcher * Bennett

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

(1907–2003), American jazz musician and bandleader * Bernard Benny Gallagher (born 1945), Scottish singer-songwriter and half of the duo Gallagher and Lyle * Jergen Benny Nielsen (footballer, born 17 March 1951) (born 1951), Danish footballer

Fictional characters

* Benny, a squirrel in 2006

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...

film '' The Wild'' * Benny the Bull, in the children's animated television series ''

Dora the Explorer ''Dora the Explorer'' is an American children's animated television series and multimedia franchise created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, went on hiatus on June 5, 20 ...

'' * Benny the Cab, who first appeared in ''

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American Live-action animated film, live-action/animated comedy film, comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall (filmmaker), Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely ad ...

'' * Benny Shaw, protagonist in two children's novels by Irish author Eoin Colfer *

Bernice Summerfield Bernice Surprise Summerfield (later Professor Bernice Summerfield or just Benny) is a fictional character created by author Paul Cornell as a new companion of the Seventh Doctor in Virgin Publishing's range of original full-length '' Doctor W ...

, companion of the Seventh Doctor in the expanded ''Doctor Who'' universe * Benny, a blue 1980s style spaceman from

The Lego Movie ''The Lego Movie'' is a 2014 computer-animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, its story focu ...

. *Benny, the secondary antagonist of Fallout: New Vegas * Benny Hawkins, played by Paul Henry in the British soap opera Crossroads.