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Benny
Pronunciation
/ˈbɛni/
Gender
Male (Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Bernard, Ebenezer, etc.)Female (Bernice or Bernadette)
Other names
Related names
Benjamin, Bernice, Bernadette, Bernard
Benny Fredriksson
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, Benansio/Benancio or Bernard.
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Bennie
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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 (1923–1977), American jazz trombonist and bandleader
Bennie Logan (born 1989), American National Football League player
Bennie Maupin (born 1940), American jazz musician
Bennie Muller (1938–2024), Dutch former footballer
Bennie Purcell (1929–2016), American college basketball and Washington Generals (Harlem Globetrotters) player and college tennis coach
Bennie Thompson (born 1948), American politician
Bennie Thompson (American football) (born 1963), American retired National Football League player
Bennie Wallace (born 1946), American post bop, swing music and jazz tenor saxophonist and composer
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Bob Bennie (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1945), Scottish footballer with St Mirren and Newcastle (uncle of two following)
Peter Bennie (1899–1981), Scottish footballer with Albion Rovers, Burnley, Bradford City
Bob Bennie (1900–1972), Scottish footballer with Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Hearts
Bennie Railplane, invented by George Bennie
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Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born 1946), Swedish musician and member of the pop group ABBA
Benny Chan (actor) (born 1969), Hong Kong actor and singer
Benny Davis (1895–1979), American vaudeville performer
Benny Dayal (born 1984), 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 (born 1959), 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 Havens (1787–1877), American tavernkeeper
Benny Hill (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 (1899–1967), American jazz saxophonist
Benny Lindelauf (born 1964), Dutch writer
Benny Moré (1919–1963), Cuban singer and musician
Benny Nielsen (swimmer) (born 1966), Danish butterfly swimmer
Benny Rubinstein (born 1952), 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 (born 1952), American kickboxer and fight choreographer
Benny Yau (born 1980), Canadian actor and television presenter
Benjamin
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Bennie McRae (1939–2012), American National Football League player
Bennie Moten (1894–1935), American jazz pianist and bandleader
Bennie Oosterbaan (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 (1905–1982), American football quarterback, member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame
Benny Goodman (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
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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 (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
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Benny, a character in the post-apocalyptic short story I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Benny Rabbit, a character in children's television series Sesame Street
Benny the Bull, in the children's animated television series Dora the Explorer
Benny the Cab, who first appeared in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Benny Shaw, protagonist in two children's novels by Irish author Eoin Colfer
Bernice Summerfield, companion of the Seventh Doctor in the expanded Doctor Who universe
Benny, a blue 1980s style spaceman from The Lego Movie
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
Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez in The Sandlot
Benny Sharp, a mech armor builder and dealer from Multiverse Tales.
See also
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Beny (disambiguation)
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