Bennett (name)
Bennett is an English language surname and, less commonly given name; related to the medieval name Benedict, both ultimately from Latin Benedictus "blessed". Bennett is the English spelling of the Anglo-Norman name Benet. The oldest public record of the surname is dated 1208 in County Durham. §
People
Given name
People with the given name include:- Bennett Carter , jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer
- Bennett Cerf, publisher and founder of American publishing firm Random House
- Bennett Cohen, American businessman and cofounder of Ben & Jerry's
- Bennett Foddy, game designer and philosopher
- Bennett Jackson, American football player
- Bennett Malone, American politician
- Bennett Miller, American film director
- Bennet Omalu, Nigeria-born American pathologist
- Bennett Joseph Savage, American actor
Surname
- Abram Bennett, American psychiatrist
- Adam Bennett Schiff, American politician
- Adelaide George Bennett, American poet and botanist
- A. L. Bennett, American basketball player
- Alan Bennett
- Alfred Bennett
- April Steiner Bennett, American pole vaulter
- Arnold Bennett, English novelist
- Anthony Bennett
- Barry Bennett, American football player
- Beck Bennett, American comedian and actor
- Belva Ann Bennett, American attorney, politician, educator, and author
- Ben Bennett, Australian singer
- Bert Bennett, English footballer
- Beverly Lynn Bennett, American chef
- Bob Bennett , American college baseball coach
- Bob Bennett , US Senator from Utah
- Bobby Bennett
- Brian Bennett , English musician and drummer for UK rock group The Shadows
- Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
- Bryan Bennett, American football quarterback
- Bruce Bennett, American actor and Olympic silver medalist
- Carl Bennett, American basketball manager and coach
- Carol Bennett, painter and glass artist
- Carolyn Bennett, PC MP, Canadian physician and politician
- Carolyn Bennett , Canadian comedian
- Chance the Rapper, American rapper
- Charles Bennett , American mixed martial artist
- Charles Henry Allan Bennett, member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
- Charles Bennett
- Charles L. Bennett, American observational astrophysicist
- Christiana Bennett, American ballet dancer
- Chloe Bennet, American singer and actress
- Chuck Bennett, American football player and coach
- Claire-Louise Bennett, Irish writer
- Clay Bennett , American businessman
- Clay Bennett , American editorial cartoonist
- Cole Bennett, American videographer and business executive
- Colin Bennett
- Constance Bennett, American actress
- Cornelius Bennett, American football player
- Crystal Bennett, British archaeologist
- D. M. Bennett, Shaker and freethinker
- Darren Bennett , Australian football player
- David Bennett , American football coach
- David Bennett , New Zealand politician
- David Bennett Hill, American politician and 29th Governor of New York
- David Bennett McKinley, American businessman and politician
- DeAnna Bennett, American mixed martial artist
- Demi Bennett, Australian professional wrestler better known as Rhea Ripley
- Dick Bennett, American basketball coach
- Don Bennett, leader of the Pathfinder force, RAF, World War II
- Drew Bennett, American football player
- Dwight Henry Bennett
- Edgar Bennett, American football coach and running back
- Elmer Bennett, American professional basketball player
- Edwin Keppel Bennett, English academic
- Edward Turner Bennett, zoologist
- Emerson Bennett, American author
- Eric Bennett, rugby league footballer
- Estelle Bennett, American singer and member of girl group The Ronettes
- Fleur Bennett, English actress
- Forrest Bennett, American politician
- Frank Bennett
- Fred Bennett , English footballer
- Gabriel Bennett, Australian auctioneer, founder of the stock and station agents Bennett & Fisher
- Gareth Bennett
- Gary Bennett
- George Bennett
- Gloria Bennett, American singer, songwriter, record producer and musician
- Gordon Bennett
- Granville G. Bennett, American lawyer and politician
- H. H. Bennett, photographer of the Wisconsin Dells
- Haley Bennett, American singer and actress
- Harry Bennett, Ford Motor Company executive
- Harry Bennett, author/editor of "The Chemical Formulary"
- Harve Bennett, American television and film producer
- Henry Bennett , American politician and United States Representative from New York
- Lt. Henry Boswell Bennett, the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria
- Henry Stanley Bennett, English literary historian
- Holly Bennett, author of The Bonemender series
- Hugh Hammond Bennett, founder of the Soil Conservation Service
- Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor
- J. A. W. Bennett, scholar of Middle English literature
- James Bennett, also Jim Bennett
- James Bennett Stewart, American lawyer, journalist, and author
- Jimmy Bennett, American actor and musician
- Jeff Bennett , American voice actor
- Jill Bennett
- Jill Bennett
- Joan Bennett, American stage, film and television actress
- Joe Bennett , Brazilian comic book artist
- John Bennett
- John J. Bennett Jr., American lawyer and politician
- John O. Bennett III, New Jersey Republican politician
- Jonathan Bennett
- Joseph Bennett
- Josie Bennett, inductee ProRodeo Hall of Fame
- Justin Bennett, studio and live performance session drummer and producer
- Karen Bennett, British rower
- Ken Bennett, American politician
- Kyle Bennett , English football midfielder
- Laura Bennett, American architect and fashion designer
- Lauren Bennett, English female singer, dancer, and model, member of the girl group G.R.L.
- Lawrence E. Bennett, American politician
- Leo Bennett, British first-class cricketer
- Lerone Bennett Jr., American journalist and writer
- Les Bennett Footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United
- Lilian Bennett, British businesswoman
- Linda L. M. Bennett, American administrator and political scientist
- Liz Bennett, American politician, the first openly LGBT woman in the Iowa House of Representatives
- Lorna Bennett, actor
- Louis Bennett
- Louise Bennett-Coverley, or Miss Lou,, Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator
- Lyman Bennett, garment manufacturer
- Lynda Bennett, New Zealand lawn bowler
- Manu Bennett, American professional wrestling player and manager, actress, model, and singer
- Mark Bennett
- Mark J. Bennett, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Marshall Bennett, American real estate developer
- Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish musician who was influential in the evolution of modern Celtic fusion
- Martellus Demond Bennett, American football tight end and children's author
- Matt Bennett, American actor
- Matthew Bennett
- Max Bennett , English actor
- Max Bennett , an ice hockey player who played one game in the National Hockey League
- Max Bennett , a bassist who has worked with Joni Mitchell and others
- Max Bennett , Australian neuroscientist
- Mike Bennett , American professional wrestler
- Michael Bennett , American football running back in the National Football League
- Michael Bennett , American musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer
- Michael Bennett , American football defensive
- Michèle Bennett, wife of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier
- Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician and entrepreneur, leader of the Jewish Home party
- Natalie Bennett, politician, Leader of the Greens Party England and Wales
- Nathan Bennett, Australian Rugby League player
- Nicholas Bennett, British politician
- Nicholas Bennett , Welsh historian
- Nigel Bennett, English actor
- Nigel Harvie Bennett, English cricketer
- Owen Bennett, British journalist
- Paul Bennett
- Paul Stuart-Bennett, British lightweight rower
- Paula Bennett, New Zealand politician
- Paris Bennett, American singer
- Pauline Bennett, British DJ, dance teacher, and rapper, known by the stage name of Jazzi P
- Peggy Bennett, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Percy Bennett, Wales rugby union player
- Pete Bennett, winner of series 7 of Big Brother UK
- Phillip R. Bennett, CEO of Refco
- R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister of Canada
- Richard A. Bennett, American politician
- Richard Bennett , colonial governor of Virginia
- Richard Bennett , American guitarist and record producer
- Richard Rodney Bennett, English composer
- Robert Russell Bennett, American composer
- Rodney D. Bennett, President of the University of Southern Mississippi
- Roger Bennett
- Roy Bennett
- Ryan Bennett , English footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Samm Bennett, American musician
- Sacha Bennett, English film director, writer, producer
- Sandy Bennett, also known as Sandy Hitchcock, New Zealand field hockey player
- Sara Bennett, British visual effects
- Stella Bennett or Benee, New Zealand singer-songwriter
- Steve Bennett, British journalist and founder of the comedy website Chortle
- Stu Bennett, English wrestler, known as Wade Barrett
- Susan Bennett, American voice artist, the voice of Apple's "Siri"
- Syd Bennett, American singer-songwriter, record producer, DJ, and audio engineer
- Taco Bennett, member of the pop group Odd Future
- Taylor Bennett , American rapper
- Ted Bennett, American politician
- Thomas Bennett, Jr., Governor of South Carolina
- Thomas Jewell Bennett British journalist and politician, editor and proprietor of The Times of India
- Thomas M. Bennett, American Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Thomas Westropp Bennett, Irish politician, magistrate and public figure in Irish agriculture
- Todd Bennett, English sprinter
- Tony Bennett, American singer
- Tony Bennett , American basketball player and coach
- Tony Bennett , American professional football linebacker
- Tracie Bennett, English stage and television actress
- Veronica Yvette Bennett, American singer
- Vincent Bennett, singer of The Acacia Strain
- W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia, Canada
- Wayne Bennett
- Weymann Bennett, secretary of the British group Unite Against Fascism
- Wilda Bennett, American actress
- William Bennett
- W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia
- Bill Bennett, 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia
- William Bennett Campbell, PC, Canadian politician and the 24th premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- William Sterndale Bennett, English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator
Fictional characters
- Annie Bennett-Warbucks, protagonist and title character from the Annie musical and film adaptations
- Bonnie Sheila Bennett, a character in The Vampire Diaries
- Capt. Bennett, a character portrayed by Vernon Wells in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Commando
- Cybil Bennett, a character in the Silent Hill series
- Dexter Bennett, a character of the fictional New York City tabloid newspaper Daily Bugle
- Emily Bennett, a character in The Vampire Diaries
- Emily Bennett, a character in the American Girl series of dolls and books
- John Bennett, a character in Orange Is the New Black
- Sheila Bennett, a character in The Vampire Diaries
- The Bennet family, a family of characters in Pride and Prejudice