Benedict (surname)
Benedict is a patronymic surname, referring to the given name Benedict, which comes from the Latin word meaning "blessed". The name was popularized by Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism.People with the surname Benedict
- Bertram Benedict, American author and editor
- Brooks Benedict, American actor of the silent and sound film era
- Bruce Benedict, American former professional baseball player, coach and scout
- Burton Benedict, American anthropologist
- Charles Benedict, multiple people
- Cleve Benedict, U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1981–1983
- Clare Benedict, American author
- Clint Benedict, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
- Dirk Benedict, American actor
- Ed Benedict, American animator and layout artist
- Erastus C. Benedict, New York politician
- George G. Benedict, Vermont newspaper editor and Medal of Honor recipient
- Jacques Benedict, American architect
- Jim Benedict, American baseball executive
- John Benedict, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
- Sir Julius Benedict, English composer and conductor
- Moby Benedict, American baseball player and coach
- Paul Benedict, American actor
- Paul K. Benedict, American psychiatrist and linguist
- Pinckney Benedict, Writer of Appalachian fiction
- Richard Benedict, Italian-born television and film actor and director
- Rob Benedict, American stage and screen actor
- Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist
- Ruth Sarles Benedict, American anti-war activist, researcher and journalist
- Stanley Rossiter Benedict, American chemist who invented Benedict's reagent, a test for reducing sugars
- Thomas Benedict, early settler in colonial New York, and Connecticut; member of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk
- Thomas Benedict , member of the Connecticut House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk
- William Benedict, actor
Fictional characters
- Eggs Benedict, a character in the Five Nights at Freddy's video game series
- Julius and Vincent Benedict, characters in Twins
- Phillium Benedict, villain of
- Terry Benedict, character in Ocean's Eleven
