Bennett (name)
| Bennett | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛnɪt/ |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | England |
| Language(s) | Anglo-Norman, Old French |
| Meaning | "blessed" |
| Other names | |
| Variant(s) | Benedict, Benoît, Bénet |
Bennett (also spelled 'Bennet') is an English and Irish 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] §
People
Given name
People with the given name include:
- Bennett Carter (Benny Carter), Jazz Saxophonist, Arranger and Composer
- Bennett Cerf, publisher
- Bennett (Ben) Cohen (Ben Cohen), American businessman and cofounder of Ben & Jerry's
- Bennett Foddy, game designer and philosopher
- Bennett Jackson, American football player
- Bennett Malone (1944-2017), American politician
- Bennett Miller, American film director
- Bennet Omalu (born 1968), Nigeria-born American pathologist
- Bennett (Ben) Savage (Ben Savage), American television actor
Surname
People with the surname include:
- Bennett (London cricketer) ("Little Bennett" and "Tall Bennett"), two London Club cricketers in the 1740s and 1750s
- Abram Bennett (1898–1985), American psychiatrist
- A. L. Bennett (1924–2008), American basketball player
- Alan Bennett (disambiguation)
- Alfred Bennett (disambiguation)
- Arnold Bennett, English novelist
- Anthony Bennett (disambiguation) (also Tony Bennett)
- Beck Bennett, American comedian and actor
- Ben Bennett (singer), Australian singer
- Bert Bennett, English footballer
- Beverly Lynn Bennett, American chef
- Bob Bennett (baseball), American college baseball coach
- Bob Bennett (politician), US Senator from Utah
- Bobby Bennett (disambiguation)
- Brian Bennett (musician), English musician
- Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
- Bruce Bennett (Arkansas politician), Arkansas politician
- Carl Bennett (1915–2013), American basketball manager and coach
- Charles Bennett (disambiguation)
- Christiana Bennett, American ballet dancer
- Clay Bennett (businessman) (born 1959), American businessman
- Clay Bennett (cartoonist) (born 1958), American editorial cartoonist
- Colin Bennett (disambiguation)
- Constance Bennett, American actress
- Cornelius Bennett, former American football player
- D. M. Bennett (DeRobigne Mortimer Bennett, 1818–1882), Shaker and freethinker
- Darren Bennett (footballer) (born 1965), Australian football player
- David Bennett (American football), American football coach
- DeAnna Bennett, American mixed martial artist
- Dick Bennett (born 1943), American basketball coach
- Don Bennett, leader of the Pathfinder force, RAF, World War II
- Drew Bennett, American footballer
- Dwight Henry Bennett (1917–2002)
- Edwin Keppel Bennett, English academic
- Edward Turner Bennett (Francis Bennett), zoologist
- Emerson Bennett, American author
- Eric Bennett, rugby league footballer
- Estelle Bennett, American singer
- Fleur Bennett, English actress
- Frank Bennett (disambiguation)
- Fred Bennett (footballer), English footballer
- Gabriel Bennett (1817–1895), Australian auctioneer, founder of the stock and station agents Bennett & Fisher
- Gareth Bennett, Anglican clergyman and academic
- Gary Bennett (disambiguation)
- George Bennett (disambiguation)
- Gordon Bennett (disambiguation)
- Granville G. Bennett, American lawyer and politician
- Haley Bennett, American singer and actress
- Harry Bennett, Ford Motor Company executive
- Harry Bennett (1895–1990), author/editor of "The Chemical Formulary"
- Lt. Henry Boswell Bennett, first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria
- H. H. Bennett (Henry Hamilton Bennett, 1843–1908), photographer of the Wisconsin Dells
- Henry Stanley Bennett (1889–1972), English literary historian
- Holly Bennett, author of the Bonemender series
- Hugh Hammond Bennett, founder of the Soil Conservation Service
- Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor
- J. A. W. Bennett (Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, 1911–1981), scholar of Middle English literature
- James Bennett (disambiguation), also Jim Bennett
- Jeff Bennett (voice actor), American voice actor
- Jill Bennett (British actress)
- Jill Bennett (American actress)
- Joan Bennett, American actress
- John Bennett (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Bennett (disambiguation)
- Joseph Bennett (disambiguation)
- Ken Bennett, American politician
- Kirt Bennett (1967–2010), Louisiana businessman, educator, and politician
- Lawrence E. Bennett (1923-2016), American politician
- Leo Bennett (1914-1971), British first-class cricketer
- Lerone Bennett Jr. (1928-2018), American journalist and writer
- Lilian Bennett (1922–2013), British businesswoman
- Linda L. M. Bennett, American administrator and political scientist
- Lorna Bennett (born 1977), actor
- Louis Bennett (disambiguation)
- Manu Bennett, Australian actor
- Mark Bennett (disambiguation)
- Matt Bennett (born 1991), American actor
- Matthew Bennett (disambiguation)
- Meg Bennett, American TV writer
- Michael Bennett (theater), American musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer
- Michèle Bennett (born 1950), wife of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier
- Naftali Bennett (born 1972), Israeli politician and entrepreneur
- Natalie Bennett (born 1966), politician, Leader of the Greens Party England and Wales
- Nathan Bennett, Australian Rugby League player
- Nicholas Bennett (born 1949), British politician
- Nicholas Bennett (historian) (1823-1899), Welsh historian
- Nigel Bennett, English actor
- Nigel Harvie Bennett (born 1912), English cricketer
- Paul Bennett (disambiguation)
- Paris Bennett, American singer
- Percy Bennett, Wales rugby union player
- Pete Bennett, winner of series 7 of Big Brother UK
- Phillip R. Bennett, CEO of Refco
- R. B. Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, 1870–1947), Prime Minister of Canada
- Richard Bennett (Governor), Colonial Governor of Virginia
- 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)
- Samm Bennett, American musician
- Sacha Bennett, English film director, writer, producer
- Stu Bennett (born 1980), English wrestler, known as Wade Barrett
- Susan Bennett, American voice artist, voice of Apple's "Siri"
- Taco Bennett, member of pop group Odd Future
- Ted Bennett (born 1940), American politician
- Thomas Bennett, Jr., Governor of South Carolina
- Todd Bennett (1962–2013), English sprinter
- Tony Bennett (born 1926), American singer
- Tony Bennett (basketball, born 1969) (born 1969), American basketball player and coach
- W. A. C. Bennett (1900–1979), Premier of British Columbia, Canada
- Wayne Bennett (disambiguation)
- William Bennett (disambiguation)
Fictional characters
- 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
- Emily Bennett, a character in The Vampire Diaries
- 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
- Bennett Sands, Tekwars
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Surname: Bennett". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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