Benford is an English surname of unknown origin.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Christian Benford (born 2000), American football player
- Frank Benford, American scientist who gives his name to:
- Benford's law, which holds that in large sets of data, individual numbers are more likely to start with lower digits
- Gregory Benford, American science fiction author and astrophysicist
- Tommy Benford, American jazz drummer
Fictional characters:
- Mark Benford, main character of the TV series FlashForward
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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