Benson (surname)
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Benson is a surname, and may refer to:
- A. C. Benson (1862-1925), English poet and essayist, son of E. W. Benson
- Allan L. Benson, American newspaper editor
- Amber Benson (born 1977), American actress
- Anna Benson, American model
- Andrew Benson (fl. mid 20th century), American chemist
- Ashley Benson, American actress
- Bernard Benson, British author of The Peace Book
- Brad Benson, American football player
- Brendan Benson, American musician
- Bruce Benson, Canadian politician
- Carl Benson, pseudonym of American writer Charles Astor Bristed
- Carville Benson, American politician
- Cedric Benson, American football player
- Constantine Walter Benson, British ornithologist
- Craig Benson (born 1954), American businessman and politician
- David Benson-Pope, New Zealand politician
- Dee Benson, American judge
- Edgar Benson, Canadian politician
- Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940), English novelist, son of E. W. Benson
- Edward White Benson (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Egbert Benson (1746-1833), American politician and jurist
- Elmer Austin Benson (1895-1985), American politician
- Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994), American politician and the 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Frank Benson, one of several people including
- Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951), American impressionist artist
- F. R. Benson (1858–1939), British actor-manager
- George Benson (born 1943), American musician
- George Benson, British politician
- Howard Benson, music producer
- Irving Benson, American comedian
- Ivy Benson, British bandleader
- J. R. Benson, American wrestling promoter
- James Benson, American businessman
- James Rea Benson, Canadian businessman and politician
- Jessica Benson, American singer
- Joanne Benson, American politician
- Jodi Benson (born 1961), American actress and singer
- John Benson, seventeenth century Shakespeare publisher
- John Benson, British television personality
- John Benson, Scottish footballer
- Johnny Benson, American race driver
- Kent Benson, American basketball player
- Kris Benson (born 1974), American baseball player
- Kurt Benson, fictional character from Hollyoaks
- Leigh Benson (fl. 1990s), computer programmer
- Margaret Benson, British Egyptologist, daughter of E. W. Benson
- Mark Benson, English cricketer
- Michael Benson, American film maker
- Mildred Benson (1905-2002), American writer
- Nicholas John Benson, soldier, lawyer, businessman, writer
- Nick Benson, American actor
- Nigel Benson, British writer
- Olivia Benson, fictional character from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Ray Benson (born 1951), American actor and composer
- Raymond Benson (born 1955), American author
- Renaldo "Obie" Benson, American singer for The Four Tops
- Rhian Benson (fl. 2000s), Ghanaian singer
- Richard Meux Benson (1824-1915), Anglican clergyman and founder of an Anglican religious order
- Robby Benson (born 1956), American actor
- Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, British politician
- Robert Hugh Benson, British Catholic writer, son of E. W. Benson
- Rowland S. Benson (1925-1978), British engineer and academic
- Sally Benson, American screenwriter
- Shaun Benson, Canadian actor
- Simon Benson (1851-1942), Norwegian-born American logging entrepreneur and philanthropist
- Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia
- Steve Benson (fl. 1990s), American editorial cartoonist
- Thomas Benson, fictional character from Son of Frankenstein
- Tom Benson (fl. 1980s), American football entrepreneur
- Tony Benson, New Zealand rugby league coach
- William Noel Benson (1885-1957) Australian/New Zealand geologist
- William S. Benson (1855-1932), American admiral