Benn

Benn

Benn is a surname, and may refer to:

* A. W. Benn (1843-1915), British rationalist/humanist writer
* Arthur Shirley Benn (1858-1937), British politician, later Baron Glenravel
* Brindley Benn (born 1923), Guyanese politician
* Carl Benn, historian
* Caroline Benn (1926-2000), British writer, wife of Tony Benn
* Charles Benn, orientalist
* Gottfried Benn (1886-1956), German poet
* Hilary Benn (born 1953), British politician, son of Tony Benn
* Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet (1850-1922), British politician, father of publisher Ernest Benn and William Wedgwood Benn
* Sir Ernest Benn, 2nd Baronet, British publisher
* Mitch Benn (born 1970), British musician and stand-up comedian
* Nigel Benn (born 1964), British boxer
* Piers Benn, British philosopher
* Stephen Benn, British Political Officer, Eldest Son of Tony Benn
* Emily Benn (born 1989), British Labour Party PPC, granddaughter of Tony Benn
* Tony Benn (born 1925), British politician, in the past known as Anthony Wedgwood Benn and Viscount Stansgate
* William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate (1877-1960), British politician, son of John Benn and father of Tony Benn

Fictional characters:
* Mr. Benn

ee also

* Ernest Benn Limited, publishers
* Aphra Behn (1640-1689), British novelist and playwright
* Benn Van Ryn greatest diaboloista ever


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