Bennett (name)

Bennett (also spelled 'Bennet') 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 Ben[n]et (Modern French first name Benoît, surname Bénet[1]). The oldest public record of the surname is dated 1208 in County Durham.[2] §

Bennett

Pronunciation	/ˈbɛnɪt/
Origin
Language(s)	Anglo-Norman, Old French
Meaning	"blessed"
Region of origin	England
Other names
Variant form(s)	Benedict, Benoît, Bénet

People

Given name

People with the given name include:

• Bennett Carter (Benny Carter) (1907–2003), jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer
• Bennett Cerf (1898–1971), publisher and founder of American publishing firm Random House
• Bennett (Ben) Cohen (Ben Cohen), American businessman and cofounder of Ben & Jerry's
• Bennett Foddy (born 1978), game designer and philosopher
• Bennett Jackson (born 1991), American football player
• Bennett Malone (1944–2017), American politician
• Bennett Miller (born 1966), American film director
• Bennet Omalu (born 1968), Nigeria-born American pathologist
• Bennett Joseph Savage (born 1980), American actor

Surname

People with the surname include:

• Abram Bennett (1898–1985), American psychiatrist
• Adam Bennett Schiff (born 1960), American politician
• Adelaide George Bennett (1848–1911), American poet and botanist
• A. L. Bennett (1924–2008), American basketball player
• Alan Bennett (disambiguation)
• Alfred Bennett (disambiguation)
• April Steiner Bennett (born 1980), American pole vaulter
• Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), English novelist
• Anthony Bennett (disambiguation) (also Tony Bennett)
• Barry Bennett (1955–2019), American football player
• Beck Bennett (born 1984), American comedian and actor
• Belva Ann Bennett (1830–1917), American attorney, politician, educator, and author
• Ben Bennett (singer), Australian singer
• Bert Bennett (1889/1890–1968), English footballer
• Beverly Lynn Bennett (born 1967), American chef
• Bob Bennett (baseball) (born 1933), American college baseball coach
• Bob Bennett (politician) (1933–2016), US Senator from Utah
• Bobby Bennett (disambiguation)
• Brian Bennett (musician) (born 1940), English musician and drummer for UK rock group The Shadows
• Brooke Bennett (born 1980), American swimmer
• Bryan Bennett (born 1992), American football quarterback
• Bruce Bennett (born Harold Herman Brix; 1906–2007), American actor and Olympic silver medalist
• Carl Bennett (1915–2013), American basketball manager and coach
• Carol Bennett (born 1954), painter and glass artist
• Carolyn Bennett, PC MP (born 1950), Canadian physician and politician
• Carolyn Bennett (comedian) (born 1962), Canadian comedian
• Chance the Rapper (Chancelor Jonathan Bennett), American rapper
• Charles Bennett (fighter) (born 1979), American mixed martial artist
• Charles Henry Allan Bennett (1872–1923), member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
• Charles Bennett (disambiguation)
• Charles L. Bennett (born 1956), American observational astrophysicist
• Christiana Bennett, American ballet dancer
• Chloe Bennet (born 1992), American singer and actress
• Chuck Bennett (1907–1973), American football player and coach
• Claire-Louise Bennett (fl. 2015), Irish writer
• Clay Bennett (businessman) (born 1959), American businessman
• Clay Bennett (cartoonist) (born 1958), American editorial cartoonist
• Cole Bennett (born 1996), American videographer and business executive
• Colin Bennett (disambiguation)
• Constance Bennett (1904–1965), American actress
• Cornelius Bennett (born 1965), American football player
• Crystal Bennett (1918–1987), British archaeologist
• D. M. Bennett (DeRobigne Mortimer Bennett, 1818–1882), Shaker and freethinker
• Darren Bennett (footballer) (born 1965), Australian football player
• David Bennett (American football) (born 1961), American football coach
• David Bennett (New Zealand politician) (David Allister Bennett, born 1970), New Zealand politician
• David Bennett Hill (1843–1910), American politician and 29th Governor of New York
• David Bennett McKinley (born 1947), American businessman and politician
• DeAnna Bennett (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
• Demi Bennett (born 1996), Australian professional wrestler better known as Rhea Ripley
• Dick Bennett (born 1943), American basketball coach
• Don Bennett (1910–1986), leader of the Pathfinder force, RAF, World War II
• Drew Bennett (born 1978), American football player
• Dwight Henry Bennett (1917–2002)
• Edgar Bennett (born 1969), American football coach and running back
• Elmer Bennett (born 1970), American professional basketball player
• Edwin Keppel Bennett (1887–1958), English academic
• Edward Turner Bennett (Francis Bennett; 1797–1836), zoologist
• Emerson Bennett (1822–1905), American author
• Eric Bennett, rugby league footballer
• Estelle Bennett (1941–2009), American singer and member of girl group The Ronettes
• Fleur Bennett, English actress
• Forrest Bennett, American politician
• Frank Bennett (disambiguation)
• Fred Bennett (footballer) (1906–1990), English footballer
• Gabriel Bennett (1817–1895), Australian auctioneer, founder of the stock and station agents Bennett & Fisher
• Gareth Bennett (disambiguation)
• Gary Bennett (disambiguation)
• George Bennett (disambiguation)
• Gloria Bennett (born 1962), American singer, songwriter, record producer and musician
• Gordon Bennett (disambiguation)
• Granville G. Bennett (1833–1910), American lawyer and politician
• H. H. Bennett (Henry Hamilton Bennett, 1843–1908), photographer of the Wisconsin Dells
• Haley Bennett (born 1988), American singer and actress
• Harry Bennett (1892–1979), Ford Motor Company executive
• Harry Bennett (1895–1990), author/editor of "The Chemical Formulary"
• Harve Bennett (1930–2015), American television and film producer
• Henry Bennett (American politician) (1808–1868), American politician and United States Representative from New York
• Lt. Henry Boswell Bennett (1809–1838), the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria
• Henry Stanley Bennett (1889–1972), English literary historian
• Holly Bennett, author of The Bonemender series
• Hugh Hammond Bennett (1881–1960), founder of the Soil Conservation Service
• Hywel Bennett (1944–2017), Welsh actor
• J. A. W. Bennett (Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, 1911–1981), scholar of Middle English literature
• James Bennett (disambiguation), also Jim Bennett
• James Bennett Stewart (born c. 1952), American lawyer, journalist, and author
• Jimmy Bennett (James Michael Bennett born 1996), American actor and musician
• Jeff Bennett (voice actor) (born 1962), American voice actor
• Jill Bennett (British actress) (1931–1990)
• Jill Bennett (American actress) (born 1975)
• Joan Bennett (1910–1990), American stage, film and television actress
• Joe Bennett (artist) (born 1968), Brazilian comic book artist
• John Bennett (disambiguation)
• John J. Bennett Jr. (1894–1967), American lawyer and politician
• John O. Bennett III (born 1948), New Jersey Republican politician
• Jonathan Bennett (disambiguation)
• Joseph Bennett (disambiguation)
• Josie Bennett (1903–1985), inductee ProRodeo Hall of Fame
• Justin Bennett (born 1973), studio and live performance session drummer and producer
• Karen Bennett (born 1989), British rower
• Ken Bennett (born 1959), American politician
• Kyle Bennett (footballer) (born 1990), English football midfielder
• Laura Bennett (born 1963), American architect and fashion designer
• Lauren Bennett (born 1989), English female singer, dancer, and model, member of the girl group G.R.L.
• Lawrence E. Bennett (1923–2016), American politician
• Leo Bennett (1914–1971), British first-class cricketer
• Lerone Bennett Jr. (1928–2018), American journalist and writer
• Les Bennett (1918–1999) Footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United
• Lilian Bennett (1922–2013), British businesswoman
• Linda L. M. Bennett (born 1952), American administrator and political scientist
• Liz Bennett, American politician, the first openly LGBT woman in the Iowa House of Representatives
• Lorna Bennett (born 1977), actor
• Louis Bennett (disambiguation)
• Louise Bennett-Coverley, or Miss Lou, (1919–2006), Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator
• Lyman Bennett (1801–1877), garment manufacturer
• Lynda Bennett (born 1954), New Zealand lawn bowler
• Manu Bennett (born 1969(, Australian actor
• Maria Kanellis-Bennett (Mary Louis Kanellis-Bennett, born 1982), American professional wrestling player and manager, actress, model, and singer
• Mark Bennett (disambiguation)
• Mark J. Bennett (Mark Jeremy Bennett, born 1953), United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Marshall Bennett (1915–2018), American real estate developer
• Martyn Bennett (1971–2005), Canadian-Scottish musician who was influential in the evolution of modern Celtic fusion
• Martellus Demond Bennett (born 1987), American football tight end and children's author
• Matt Bennett (born 1991), American actor
• Matthew Bennett (disambiguation)
• Max Bennett (actor) (born 1984), English actor
• Max Bennett (ice hockey) (1912–1972), an ice hockey player who played one game in the National Hockey League
• Max Bennett (musician) (born 1928), a bassist who has worked with Joni Mitchell and others
• Max Bennett (scientist) (born 1939), Australian neuroscientist
• Mike Bennett (wrestler) (born 1985), American professional wrestler
• Michael Bennett (running back) (born 1978), American football running back in the National Football League
• Michael Bennett (theater) (1943–1987), American musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer
• Michael Bennett (defensive lineman, born 1985) (born 1985), American football defensive
• Michèle Bennett (born 1950), wife of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier
• Naftali Bennett (born 1972), Israeli politician and entrepreneur, leader of the Jewish Home party (2012–2018)
• Natalie Bennett (born 1966), politician, Leader of the Greens Party England and Wales
• Nathan Bennett (born 1984), Australian Rugby League player
• Nicholas Bennett (born 1949), British politician
• Nicholas Bennett (historian) (1823–1899), Welsh historian
• Nigel Bennett (born 1949), English actor
• Nigel Harvie Bennett (born 1912), English cricketer
• Owen Bennett (born 1985), British journalist
• Paul Bennett (disambiguation)
• Paul Stuart-Bennett, British lightweight rower
• Paula Bennett (born 1969), New Zealand politician
• Paris Bennett (born 1988), American singer
• Pauline Bennett (born 1964), British DJ, dance teacher, and rapper, known by the stage name of Jazzi P
• Peggy Bennett (born 1958), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• Percy Bennett (1869–1936), Wales rugby union player
• Pete Bennett (born 1982), winner of series 7 of Big Brother UK
• Phillip R. Bennett (born 1948), CEO of Refco
• R. B. Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, 1870–1947), Prime Minister of Canada
• Richard A. Bennett (born 1963), American politician
• Richard Bennett (governor) (1608–1675), colonial governor of Virginia
• Richard Bennett (guitarist) (born 1951), American guitarist and record producer
• Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012), English composer
• Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981), American composer
• Rodney D. Bennett, President of the University of Southern Mississippi
• Roger Bennett (disambiguation)
• Roy Bennett (disambiguation)
• Ryan Bennett (footballer) (born 1990), English footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers
• Samm Bennett, American musician
• Sacha Bennett (born 1971), English film director, writer, producer
• Sandy Bennett (Sandra Kaye Bennett born 1972), also known as Sandy Hitchcock, New Zealand field hockey player
• Sara Bennett, British visual effects
• Stella Bennett or Benee (born 2000), New Zealand singer-songwriter
• Steve Bennett, British journalist and founder of the comedy website Chortle
• Stu Bennett (born 1980), English wrestler, known as Wade Barrett
• Susan Bennett (born 1949), American voice artist, the voice of Apple's "Siri"
• Syd Bennett (born 1992), American singer-songwriter, record producer, DJ, and audio engineer
• Taco Bennett, member of the pop group Odd Future
• Taylor Bennett (rapper) (born 1996), American rapper
• Ted Bennett (born 1940), American politician
• Thomas Bennett, Jr. (1781–1865), Governor of South Carolina
• Thomas Jewell Bennett (1852–1925) British journalist and politician, editor and proprietor of The Times of India
• Thomas M. Bennett (born 1956), American Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• Thomas Westropp Bennett (1867–1962), Irish politician, magistrate and public figure in Irish agriculture
• Todd Bennett (1962–2013), English sprinter
• Tony Bennett (born 1926), American singer
• Tony Bennett (basketball) (born 1969), American basketball player and coach
• Tony Bennett (American football) (Tony Lydell "Alligator" Bennett, born 1967), American professional football linebacker
• Tracie Bennett (born 1961), English stage and television actress
• Veronica Yvette Bennett (born 1943), American singer
• Vincent Bennett (born 1982), singer of The Acacia Strain
• W. A. C. Bennett (1900–1979), Premier of British Columbia, Canada
• Wayne Bennett (disambiguation)
• Weymann Bennett, secretary of the British group Unite Against Fascism
• Wilda Bennett (1894–1967), American actress
• William Bennett (disambiguation)
• W. A. C. Bennett (William Andrew Cecil Bennett, 1900–1979), Canadian politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia
• Bill Bennett (William Richards Bennett 1932–2015), 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia (1975–1986)
• William Bennett Campbell, PC (1943–2008), Canadian politician and the 24th premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), 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 (of the family line of Bennett witches), a character in The Vampire Diaries
• Capt. Bennett, a character portrayed by Vernon Wells in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Commando (1985)
• 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

References

1. Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et augmentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 36b.
2. "Surname: Bennett". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-05-12.