Benoît () is a French male
given name. It is less frequently spelled Benoist. The name comes from the Latin word , which means "the one who says the good", equivalent in meaning to
Bénédicte or the English name
Benedict
Benedict may refer to:
People Names
*Benedict (given name), including a list of people with the given name
*Benedict (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Religious figures
*Pope Benedict I (died 579), head of the Catholic Chur ...
. A female derivative of the name is Benoîte.
The personal name Benoît is to be distinguished from
Benoit as a family name, which is usually spelled without the
circumflex
The circumflex () is a diacritic in the Latin and Greek scripts that is also used in the written forms of many languages and in various romanization and transcription schemes. It received its English name from la, circumflexus "bent around"a ...
accent. Early form of the name was spelled with an "s" (Benoist), but as with many words in the French language, the "s" was eventually replaced with a circumflex accent over the "i".
Benoît in other languages
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Aragonese: Benedet
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Asturian: Benitu
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Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous c ...
: Beñat
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Breton: Beneat
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Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid ...
: Benet
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Croatian
Croatian may refer to:
* Croatia
*Croatian language
*Croatian people
*Croatians (demonym)
See also
*
*
* Croatan (disambiguation)
* Croatia (disambiguation)
* Croatoan (disambiguation)
* Hrvatski (disambiguation)
* Hrvatsko (disambiguation)
* S ...
: Benedikt
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Danish: Benedikt, Bendt
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Czech: Benedikt, Beneš
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Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
: Benedictus, Benoot
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English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national id ...
: Benedict
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Finnish: Benediktus, Pentti
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Galician : Bieito
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German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
: Benedikt
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Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: ΒενÎδικτος (Venediktos)
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Hungarian: Benedek
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Irish: Bennett
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Italian: Benedetto, Benito
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Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...
: Benedictus
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Latvian: Benedikts, Bendiks, Benis
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Norwegian: Benedikt, Bendik
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Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
: Benedykt
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Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Port ...
: Benedito, Bento
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Provençal: Bénézet
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Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
: Benedict
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Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: Венедикт
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Slovak: Benedikt, Beňadik
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Slovenian: Benedikt
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Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
: Benedicto, Benito
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Swedish: Benedikt, Bengt
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Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* Som ...
: Бенедикт, Венедикт
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Yiddish: Benesh
Benoist as a given name
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Benoist Simmat , French author and journalist
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Benoist Stehlin (c. 1732 – 1774), French harpsichord builder
Benoît as a given name
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Benoît Assou-Ekotto (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
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Benoit Benjamin (born 1964), American basketball player
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Benoît Bouchard
Benoît Bouchard, (; born April 16, 1940) is a Canadian public official and former politician.
Biography
After a career as a professor and teacher, Bouchard was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative Member ...
(born 1940), Canadian public official and former politician
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Benoît Brunet (born 1968), Canadian retired hockey player
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Benoît Charest
Benoît Charest (; born in 1964) is a Canadian guitarist and film score composer from Quebec. He is best known for the soundtrack of the animated film '' The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville)'' (2003), for which he won a Cé ...
(born 1964), Canadian guitarist and film score composer
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Benoit Charette
Benoit Charette (born July 19, 1976) is a Quebec politician elected in the 2008 provincial election for Deux-Montagnes. He was a member of the Parti Québécois, but left the party on June 21, 2011 to protest the party's focus on sovereignty. O ...
(born 1976), Canadian politician
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Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron
Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (; 26 January 1799 – 28 January 1864) was a French engineer and physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics.
Life
Born in Paris, Clapeyron studied at the École polytechnique, graduating in 1818.Milton Ke ...
(1799–1864), French engineer and physicist
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Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841–1909), French stage and film actor
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Benoît David
Benoît Gérard Guy David (; born 19 April 1966) is a Canadian singer best known as the lead vocalist in the English progressive rock band Yes from 2008 to 2012, replacing long-time vocalist and founding member Jon Anderson. He was also lead ...
(born 1966), Canadian singer
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Benoît Dorémus (born 1980) French singer-songwriter
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Benoît Ferreux (born 1955), French film actor
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Benoît Jacquot
Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema.
Life and career
Born in Paris, Jacquot began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films, incl ...
(born 1947), French film director
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Benoît Lacroix (1915– 2016), Canadian theologian, philosopher, Dominican priest, professor and historian
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Benoît Hamon
Benoît Hamon (; born 26 June 1967) is a French politician known for his former role within the Socialist Party (PS) and Party of European Socialists (PES) and his political party Génération.s.
Hamon joined the Socialist Party in 1988 and ...
(born 1967), French former MEP and current spokesperson for the Socialist Party of France
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Benoît Hogue (born 1966), Canadian retired hockey player
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Benoît Magimel (born 1974), French actor
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Benoît Mandelbrot
Benoit B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of #Fractals and the ...
(1924–2010), French mathematician, the "father of fractal geometry"
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Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire (; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player.
His best result in a Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, at the 2015 Swedish Open, t ...
(born 1989), French professional tennis player
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Benoît Pedretti (born 1980), French football (soccer) player
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Benoît Peeters (born 1956), French comics writer, novelist, and critic
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Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde (, ; born 22 September 1964) is a Belgian actor and comedian.
Early life
His mother was a grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still a minor. He attended the Jesuit Boarding School of Godinne before ...
(born 1964), Belgian actor
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Benoît de Sainte-Maure
Benoît de Sainte-Maure (; died 1173) was a 12th-century French poet, most probably from Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine near Tours, France. The Plantagenets' administrative center was located in Chinon, west of Tours.
''Le Roman de Troie''
His 40 ...
(before 1160 – 1173), medieval French poet
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Benoît Sokal
Benoît Sokal (28 June 1954 – 28 May 2021) was a Belgian comic artist and video game developer, best known for his comics series ''Inspector Canardo'', and the ''Syberia'' adventure game franchise.
Biography
Benoît Sokal was born in Brussels ...
(1954–2021), Belgian comic artist and video game developer
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Benoît Tréluyer
Benoît Tréluyer (; born 7 December 1976) is a French professional racing driver.
Early career
Beginning his motorsport career in motocross and karting, Alençon-born Tréluyer switched to single-seaters in Formula Renault Campus for 1995. He ...
(born 1976), French race car driver
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Benoît Tremblay (born 1948), former member of the Canadian House of Commons
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Benoît Vaugrenard (born 1982), French professional cyclist
Benoist as a family name
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Melissa Benoist
Melissa Marie Benoist ( ; born October 4, 1988) is an American actress, singer and producer. Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama ''Glee'' (2012–2014), where she was a series regular during the fifth season. ...
(b. 1988), American actress and singer
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Alain de Benoist
Alain de Benoist (; ; born 11 December 1943) – also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and other pen names – is a French journalist and political philosopher, a founding member of the Nouvelle Droite ("New Right"), and ...
(b. 1943), French academic and philosopher
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Antoine Benoist (painter)
Antoine Benoist (24 February 1632, Joigny Р8 April 1717) was a French painter and sculptor who served as personal painter to King Louis XIV. He was accepted as a member of the Acad̩mie Royale, Paris in 1681.
Benoist's fame grew after he ...
(1632–1717), French artist who was painter and sculptor to Louis XIV
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Antoine-Gabriel-François Benoist (1715–1776), French soldier
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Élie Benoist
Élie Benoist (20 January 1640 – 15 November 1728), was a French Protestant minister, known as an historian of the Edict of Nantes.
Benoist was born in Paris to parents who were servants of the Protestant family of La Trémoille. He displayed a ...
(1640–1728), French Protestant minister, known as an historian of the Edict of Nantes
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Félix Benoist (1818–1896), French painter and lithographer
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François Benoist
François Benoist (10 September 1794 – 6 May 1878) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.
Benoist was born in Nantes. He took his first music lessons under Georges Scheuermann. Benoist studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and w ...
(1794–1878), French organist, composer, and pedagogue
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Gabriel Benoist (1891–1964), a French writer in the Cauchois dialect of the Norman language
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Guillaume Philippe Benoist (1725–1770), French line-engraver
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Jacques Benoist-Méchin (1901–1983), French politician and writer
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Joseph Roger de Benoist (b. ? ), French missionary, journalist, and historian
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Lance Benoist (b. 1988), American mixed martial artist
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Louis Auguste Benoist (1803–1867), pioneering American banker and financier
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Luc Benoist (1893–1980), French essayist
* Marcel Benoist (died 1918), French lawyer who established the Swiss
Marcel Benoist Prize
The Marcel Benoist Prize, offered by the Marcel Benoist Foundation, is a monetary prize that has been offered annually since 1920 to a scientist of Swiss nationality or residency who has made the most useful scientific discovery. Emphasis is pl ...
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Marie Guilhelmine Benoist (1768–1826), French neoclassical, historical and genre painter.
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Michel Benoist
Michel Benoist (, 8 October 1715 in Dijon, France – 23 October 1774 in Beijing, China) was a Jesuit scientist who served for thirty years in the court of the Qianlong Emperor (1735 - 1796) during the Qing Dynasty, known for his architectura ...
(1715–1774), French Jesuit scientist noted for his service to the Chinese Empire
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Raymond Benoist (1881–1970), French zoologist and botanist
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Robert Benoist
Robert Marcel Charles Benoist (20 March 1895 – 14 September 1944) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero.
Early life
Born near Rambouillet, ÃŽle-de-France, France, Robert Benoist was the son of Baron Henri de Rothschild's ...
(1895–1944), French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War II secret agent
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Thomas W. Benoist (1874–1917), American aviator, aircraft manufacturer, and airline entrepreneur
Benoit as a family name
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André Benoit
André Benoit (born January 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played for several professional teams including the Ottawa Senators, Colorado Avalanche, Buffalo Sabres and the St. Louis Blues of the Nation ...
(born 1984), Canadian hockey player
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Avril Benoit (before 1990), Canadian broadcast journalist
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Bob Benoit (horse racing) (1927–2008), general manager of the Hollywood Park race track
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Brian Benoit
Brian Benoit is a former guitarist for The Dillinger Escape Plan.Harkness, Geoff"Quintet overcomes tragedy" ''Lawrence Journal-World'', September 7, 2000, p. Mag-2. Retrieved on May 30, 2013. Before playing in Dillinger, Brian played in Jesuit wit ...
(before 1999), American metal-core guitarist
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Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael Benoit (; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career including most notably the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling ...
(1967–2007), Canadian professional wrestler
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Clinton Benoit
Clinton Benoit (born Clinton Benoit-Jean on July 20, 1973) is a Haitian musician and singer-songwriter. Notable associated acts include Tabou Combo and Magnum Band, which are Haitian kompa musical groups based in the United States.
Early life an ...
(born 1973), Haitian musician
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Christine Benoit (born 1972), Seychellois Anglican priest
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David Benoit (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball player
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David Benoit (musician)
David Bryan Benoit (born August 18, 1953) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Benoit has charted over 25 albums since 1980, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. He is a ...
(born 1953), American jazz fusion pianist
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Georges Benoît (1883–1942), French cinematographer and actor
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Hubert Benoit (born 1963), Canadian politician
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Hubert Benoit (psychotherapist)
Hubert Benoit (1904–1992) was a 20th-century French psychotherapist whose work foreshadowed subsequent developments in integral psychology and integral spirituality. His special interest and contribution lay in developing a pioneering form of ...
(1904-1992) French psychotherapist
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Jason Benoit
Jason Benoit is a country music singer-songwriter from Fox Island River, in western Newfoundland.
Benoit began pursuing his professional music career in 2013. His first single was a country rendition of the Armin van Buuren and Trevor Guthrie ...
(born 1984), Canadian Country Music Singer/Songwriter
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Joan Benoit (born 1957), American first women's Olympic marathon champion
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JoaquÃn Benoit (born 1977), Dominican professional baseball pitcher
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John J. Benoit
John Joseph Benoit (December 27, 1951 – December 26, 2016) was an American law enforcement officer and politician; serving in the California State Legislature from 2002 to 2009 and the Riverside County, California Board of Supervisors from 200 ...
(1951-2016), American law enforcement officer and politician
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Justin-Mirande René Benoit (1844–1922), French physicist
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Kelly Benoit-Bird
Kelly Benoit-Bird is a marine scientist and senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Benoit-Bird uses acoustics to study marine organisms and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010.
Work and discoveries
Benoit-Bird's re ...
(born 1976), American scientist
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Leon Benoit (born 1950), Canadian politician
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Luigi Benoit (1804–1890), Italian ornithologist and conchologist
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Maurice Benoît ("Moe") (born 1933), Canadian professional hockey player
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Michel Benoit (chess player) (born 1949), French chess player
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Nancy Benoit
Nancy Elizabeth Benoit (formerly Daus, Sullivan, née Toffoloni; May 17, 1964 – June 22, 2007) was an American professional wrestling manager and model. She was best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Champi ...
(1964–2007), American professional wrestling valet and wife of Chris Benoit
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Nicole Schnyder-Benoit
Nicole Schnyder-Benoit (born March 13, 1973 in Magglingen) is a retired professional beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Partnering Simone Kuhn she claimed t ...
(born 1973), Swiss beach volleyball player
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Paul Benoit (composer) (born 1893), French monk and composer of organ music
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Pedro Benoit
Pedro Benoit (February 18, 1836 – April 4, 1897) was an Argentine architect, engineer, and urbanist best known for designing the layout of the city of La Plata.
Life and times
Pedro Benoit was born in Buenos Aires in 1836 to MarÃa Josefa ...
(1836–1897), Argentine architect, engineer and urbanist
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Peter Benoit
Peter Benoit (17 August 18348 March 1901) was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality.
Biography
Petrus Leonardus Leopoldus Benoit was born in Harelbeke, Flanders, Belgium in 1834. He was taught music at an early age by his father and the v ...
(1834–1901), Belgian composer
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(1906–1987), born Maurice Benoit, French theologian
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Pierre Benoit (MLA) (1824–1870), Quebec politician
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Pierre Benoit (novelist) (1886–1962), French novelist
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Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician) (born 1939), Canadian lawyer and politician, former mayor of Ottawa, Ontario
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Pierre Basile Benoit (1837–1910), Canadian farmer and political figure
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Ryan Benoit (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
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Silvia Benoit, Swiss female curler, European champion
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Tab Benoit (born 1967), American blues guitarist
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Ted Benoit
Thierry "Ted" Benoit (25 July 1947 – 30 September 2016) was a French comic artist, graphic novelist and prominent figure in the stylish Franco-Belgian ligne claire comics scene in the 1980s. His influences included Edgar P. Jacobs, Moebius, ...
(1947 - 2016), French comics artist, graphic novelist
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Yasmin Benoit
Yasmin Benoit (born 10 June 1996) is an English model, activist, and writer. She has promoted the visibility of asexuality, aromanticism, and of LGBTQ+ people of colour and has worked as a lingerie and alternative model. As ''Aislin Magazine'' w ...
(born 1996), English model and activist
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