Benno

Benno may refer to:

People

Mononym

• Benno (bishop of Metz) (927–940), saint
• Benno (bishop of Como) (1049–1061)
• Benno I of Osnabrück (bishop, 1052–1067)
• Benno of Meissen (bishop, 1066–1106), saint
• Benno II of Osnabrück (bishop, 1068–1088)
• Benno of Santi Martino e Silvestro (fl. 1082–1098), cardinal
• Benno (bishop of Cesena) (1123–1141)
• Benno (bishop of Imola) (1126–1139)
• Benno (bishop of Rimini) (1230–1242)

First name

• Benno von Achenbach (1861–1936), German racecar driver
• Benno Adam (1812–1892), German painter
• Benno Adolph (1912–1967), German physician
• Benno Ammann (1904–1986), Swiss conductor and composer
• Benno von Arent (1898–1956), German film director
• Benno Arnold (1876–1944), German industrialist
• Benno Artmann (1933–2010), German mathematician
• Benno Baginsky (1848–1919), German physician
• Benno Basso (died 1936), German entrepreneur and politician
• Benno Becker (1860–1938), German painter
• Benno Beiroth (died 1942), German footballer
• Benno Berneis (1883–1916), German painter
• Benno Besson (1922–2006), Swiss actor and director
• Benno Friedrich Brand von Lindau (1571–1625), member of the Fruitbearing Society
• Benno Brausewetter (1869–1965), Austrian industrialist
• Benno Brückner (1824–1905), German theologian
• Benno Budar (died 1946), Sorbian writer
• Benno Chajes (1880–1938), German physician
• Benno Cohen (1894–1975), Israeli politician
• Benno Credé (1847–1929), German surgeon
• Benno Danner (1857–1917), German entrepreneur
• Benno Diederich (1870–1947), German philologist
• Benno Dorer (born 1964), German businessman
• Benno Elbs (born 1960), Austrian Catholic priest and bishop of Feldkirch
• Benno Elkan (1877–1960), German–born British sculptor
• Benno Erdmann (1851–1921), German neo–Kantian philosopher
• Benno Fiala Ritter von Fernbrugg (1890–1964), Austro–Hungarian fighter ace
• Benno Fischer (1902–1981), Czechoslovak politician
• Benno Friesen (1929–2021), Canadian professor and politician
• Benno Fürmann (born 1972), German film and television actor
• Benno Geiger (1882–1965), Austrian art historian
• Benno de Goeij (born 1975), Dutch record producer
• Benno Griebert (1909–2000), German art historian and art dealer
• Benno Groß (born 1957), German gymnast
• Benno Gut (1897–1970), Benedictine monk and cardinal
• Benno Hansen (1891–1952), Estonian singer
• Benno Herrmann (1918–1999), German pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
• Benno Hoffmann (1919–2005), German dancer and actor
• Benno Hurt (died 1941), German writer, photographer and lawyer
• Benno Jacob (1862–1945), Jewish rabbi and Bible scholar
• Benno Janssen (1874–1964), American architect
• Benno Karner (born 1901), Austrian bobsledder
• Benno Kerry (1858–1889), Austrian philosopher
• Benno Kögl (1892–1973), German painter
• Benno Kuipers (born 1974), Dutch swimmer
• Benno Kusche (1916–2010), German operatic baritone
• Benno Landsberger (1890–1968), German Assyriologist
• Benno Larsen (born 1949), Danish footballer
• Benno Leesik (1960–2006), Estonian military officer
• Benno Max Leser-Lasario (fl. 1890–1920), Austrian singer
• Benno Lischer (1876–1959), American orthodontist
• Benno Magnusson (born 1953), Swedish footballer
• Benno Martin (1893–1975), German SS functionary
• Benno Mengele (1898–1971), Austrian electrical engineer
• Benno Meyer-Wehlack (1928–2014), German writer
• Benno Mikkal (1912–1981), Estonian actress
• Benno Möhlmann (born 1954), German footballer and manager
• Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890–1963), Russian–born British pianist
• Benno Mugdan (1851–1928), German jurist
• Benno Müller-Hill (1933–2018), German biologist
• Benno Ndulu (1950–2021), Tanzanian banker
• Benno Orenstein (1851–1926), German industrialist
• Benno Parthier (1932–2019), German biologist
• Benno Planek (1834–1922), Moravian rabbi and writer
• Benno Pludra (1925–2014), German children's author
• Benno Premsela (1920–1997), Dutch artist and collector
• Benno Rabinof (1902–1975), American violinist
• Benno Reinhardt (1819–1852), German physician
• Benno Reuter (1911–1980), German soldier and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
• Benno Rössler (1931–2014), Czech Catholic priest
• Benno Saelens (born 1948), Belgian volleyball player
• Benno C. Schmidt Jr. (born 1942), private school chairman
• Benno C. Schmidt Sr. (1913–1999), American lawyer and venture capitalist
• Benno Schmitz (born 1994), German footballer
• Benno Schmoldt (1920–2006), German educator
• Benno Schotz (1891–1984), Estonian–born Scottish sculptor
• Benno Seppelt (1846–1931), Australian winemaker
• Benno Singer (1875–1934), Hungarian–born British entertainment administrator
• Benno Sternberg (1894–1962), Ukrainian Zionist
• Benno Sterzenbach (1916–1985), German actor and director
• Benno Straucher (1854–1940), Jewish Austro–Hungarian lawyer and politician
• Benno Teschke (born 1967), German international relations theorist
• Benno Frederick Toermer (1804–1859), German painter
• Benno Vigny (1889–1965), French–German novelist and screenwriter
• Benno Walter (1847–1901), German violinist
• Benno Wandolleck (1864 – 1930), German sports shooter and zoologist
• Benno Werlen (born 1952), Swiss geographer
• Benno von Wiese (1903–1987), German scholar
• Benno Wiss (born 1962), Swiss cyclist
• Benno Wolf (1871–1943), German judge and speleologist
• Benno Ziegler (1887–1963), German operatic baritone

Surname

• Alex Benno (1873–1952), Dutch actor and director
• Johann Ernst Benno (1777–1848), German writer
• Marc Benno (born 1947), American musician
• Tiina Benno (born 1961), Estonian politician

Other

• Benno Stehkragen, a 1927 German silent film
• Benno von Archimboldi, a fictional character in the novel 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
• Benno Bikes, a bicycle manufacturer

See also

• Saint Benno (disambiguation)