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