Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer, Benansio/Benancio or

Bernard Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''be ...

People

Bennie

Given name

* Bennie M. Bunn (1907–1943), American Marine officer, Navy Cross recipient * Bennie Cunningham (1954–2018), 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 (1925–2011), American college football player and head coach * Bennie Goods (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. Biography Maupin was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandish ...

(born 1940), American jazz musician * Bennie Muller (born 1938), Dutch former footballer * Bennie Purcell (1929–2016), 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 and educator serving as the U.S. representative for since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security fro ...

(born 1948), American politician *

Bennie Thompson (American football) Bennie Thompson (born February 10, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a safety 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 ...

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

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

(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-Scots ...

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

Peter Bennie Peter Bennie (10 June 1899 – 3 January 1981) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside right. Born in Slamannan but raised in Larkhall, Bennie began his Scottish Football League career in 1920 with Albion Rovers, wher ...

(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 Chan (actor) Benny Chan Ho-man (born 7 October 1969) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Education Chan attended Raimondi College. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in social science from Lingnan University. Acting career Chan's career in the entertainme ...

(born 1969), Hong Kong actor and singer *

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. In ...

(1895–1979), vaudeville performer *

Benny Dayal Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is a UAE-born Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He is a member of the band S5, launched by ...

(born 1984), a UAE- Indian playback singer for films *

Benny Feilhaber Benny Feilhaber (; born January 19, 1985) is an American soccer coach for the Oakland Roots and a former professional player. A midfielder, Feilhaber played for clubs in Germany, Denmark, England, and the United States. Born in Brazil but raise ...

(born 1985), Brazilian/American soccer player * Benny Friedman (singer) (born 1985), American Hasidic Jewish singer *

Benny Gantz Benjamin Gantz ( ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a Minister without portfolio#Israel, minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the Ministry of Defense (Israel), minister of defense bet ...

, Israeli Chief of the General Staff and politician * Benny Giay (born 1955), Indonesian Christian theologian, social anthropologist and human rights activist * Benny Goldberg (1918–2001), Polish-American boxer *

Benny Hill Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 18 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor and scriptwriter. He is best remembered for his television programme, ''The Benny Hill Show'', a comedy-variety show whose amalgam of slapstick, bu ...

(1924–1992), stage name of British comedian and actor Alfred Hawthorne Hill * Benny Jamz (born 1993), Danish rapper * Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American National Football League player *

Benny Krueger Bennie Krueger (July 17, 1898 – 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 ...

(1899–1967), American jazz saxophonist * Benny Lindelauf (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 ...

(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 Sapp III (born 2000), American football player * Benny Snell (born 1998), American football player * Benny Spellman (1931–2011), American R&B singer *

Benny Urquidez Benny Urquidez (born June 20, 1952) is an American former professional kickboxer, martial arts choreographer and actor. Nicknamed "The Jet", Urquidez was a non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the United St ...

(born 1952), American kickboxer and fight choreographer * Benny Yau (born 1980), Canadian actor and television presenter

Benjamin

* Bennie McRae (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 an American football end and head coach for the University of Michigan. He was a three-time All-American college football player, a two-time All-American basketball player, and ...

(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 athletics 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". His orchestra did well commercially. From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing bi ...

(1909–1986), American jazz clarinetist and bandleader *

Benny Leonard Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; April 7, 1896 – April 18, 1947) was an American professional boxer who held the world lightweight championship for eight years, from 1917 to 1925. Widely considered one of the all-time greats, he was ranked ...

(1896–1947), American world champion Hall-of-Fame lightweight boxer born Benjamin Leiner *

Benny Parsons Benjamin Stewart Parsons (July 12, 1941 – January 16, 2007) was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst/pit reporter on SETN, TBS, ABC, ESPN, NBC, and TNT. He became famous as the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion, an ...

(1941–2007), American NASCAR driver and color commentator

Other

* Horacio Benedict Bennie Blades (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 Bernard Joseph "Benny" Gallagher (born 10 June 1945) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, most famous as half of the popular duo Gallagher and Lyle. Career The son of Irish parents, Gallagher attended St Michael's Ac ...

(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 character in the post-apocalyptic short story ''

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic short story by American writer Harlan Ellison. It was first published in the March 1967 issue of ''IF: Worlds of Science Fiction''. The story is set against the backdrop of World War ...

'' * Benny, a

squirrel Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ...

in 2007

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Di ...

animated Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby image, still images are manipulated to create Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on cel, transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and e ...

film ''

The Wild ''The Wild'' is a 2006 animated adventure comedy film directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams with a screenplay by Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson and Philip Halprin, as well as featuring an ensemble cast consisting of Kiefer Sutherland, ...

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

Dora the Explorer ''Dora the Explorer'' is an American media franchise centered on an eponymous animated interactive fourth wall children's television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes, and Eric Weiner, and produced by Nickelodeon Animation ...

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

Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. It is loosely based on the 1981 novel ''Who Censored Roger Rabbit?'' by Gary K. Wol ...

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

Bernice Summerfield Professor Bernice Surprise Summerfield, or simply 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 Who'' novels, the '' New Ad ...

, 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 animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, the film stars the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will ...

'' *Benny, the secondary antagonist of Fallout: New Vegas * Benny Hawkins, character in ''Crossroads'' (British TV series) (played by Paul Henry) * Benny the Ball, character in the animated television series ''

Top Cat ''Top Cat'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast in prime time on the ABC network. It aired in a weekly evening time slot from September 27, 1961, to April 18, 1962, for a single season ...

'' * Benny also loved french fries. * Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez in '' The Sandlot''