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Benny Pronunciation Gender Male (Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Bernard, Ebenezer, etc.) Female (Bernice or Bernadette) Related names
Benjamin ,
Bernice ,
Bernadette ,
Bernard
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 .
People
Bennie
Given name
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 (born 1938), 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
Surname
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
Benny
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), vaudeville performer
Benny Dayal (born 1984), a 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 , 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 Hill (1924–1992), stage name of British comedian and actor Alfred Hawthorne Hill
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 , 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
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
Fictional characters
See also