Bennett (name)

Bennett (name)

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Bennett is an English language surname derived from the medieval given name Benedict (Latin, "Benedictus", "blessed"). The oldest public record of the surname is dated 1208 in County Durham. [cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Bennett |title=Surname: Bennett |accessdate=2008-05-12 |publisher=surnamedb.com] People with the name include:

Surname

*Abram Bennett (1898-1985), American psychiatrist
*Alan Bennett, English author and actor
*Alfred Rosling Bennett (1850-1928), English electrical engineer and author of "The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding", published in 1927
*Arnold Bennett, English novelist
*Anthony Bennett (disambiguation) (also Tony Bennett)
*Bobby Bennett, "American Idol" contestant
*Brea Bennett
*Brian Bennett, English musician
*Brian T. Bennett, American journalist
*Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
*Caroline Bennett, English artist and sculptor
*Charles Bennett (disambiguation)
*Clay Bennett (born 1958), American editorial cartoonist
*Clayton Bennett, American businessman
*Colin Bennett (disambiguation)
*Constance Bennett, American actress
*Cornelius Bennett, former American football player
*David Bennett (coach), American football coach
*Dick Bennett, basketball coach
*Don Bennett, leader of the Pathfinder force, RAF, World War II
*Drew Bennett, NFL wide receiver
*Edwin Keppel Bennett, English academic
*Edward Turner Bennett (Francis Bennett), zoologist
*Eric Bennett, rugby league footballer
*Fleur Bennett, English television actress
*Frank Bennett, Australian jazz singer
*Frank Bennett (baseball), baseball player
*Gareth Bennett, Anglican clergyman and academic
*Gordon Bennett, referring to one of a number of prominent people by that name
**Gordon Bennett (expression), an exclamation used in British English
*Granville G. Bennett, American lawyer and politician
*Harry Bennett, Ford Motor Company executive
* Lt. Henry Boswell Bennett of the 45th Regiment of Foot, the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria (May 31, 1838)
*Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor
*Jack Arthur Walter Bennett (better known as J. A. W. Bennett), scholar of Middle English literature
*James Bennett (disambiguation) (also Jim Bennett)
*Jeff Bennett, American voice actor
*Jill Bennett (disambiguation)
*Joan Bennett, American actress
*John Bennett (disambiguation)
*Jonathan Bennett (disambiguation)
*Ken Bennett, American politician
*Bennett (London cricketer) ("Little" and "Tall" Bennett), two London Club cricketers in the 1740s and 1750s
*Lorna Bennett, Actress
*Meg Bennett, American TV writer
*Nick Bennett, Australian television announcer
*Nigel Bennett, English actor
*Nigel Harvie Bennett (b. 1912), English cricketer, captained Surrey
*Paris Bennett
*Pete Bennett, winner of series 7 of "Big Brother UK"
*Phillip R. Bennett, former CEO of Refco
*R. B. Bennett, former Prime Minister of Canada
*Richard Bennett, Colonial Governor of Virginia
*Richard Rodney Bennett, English composer
*Tara Bennett, awesome Bio teacher
*Tony Bennett, singer
*W. A. C. Bennett, former Premier of British Columbia, Canada
*Wayne Bennett (disambiguation)
*William Bennett (disambiguation)

Given name

*Bennett Cerf, publisher
*Bennett Miller, American film director

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