Benoist
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Benoist is a surname and may refer to:
- Alain de Benoist, French academic
- Antoine Benoist, 18th Century French artist - Painter and sculptor to Louis XIV
- Alexandre Benois, Russian ballet and stage designer
- Gabriel Benoist
- Jean-Marie Benoist
- Louis Auguste Benoist, 19th Cenurty pioneer banker and financier
- Marcel Benoist, French lawyer (died 1918) who established the Swiss Marcel Benoist Prize
- Marie Guilhelmine Benoist, 19th Century painter
- Michel Benoist, French Jesuit scientist
- Robert Benoist, French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero
- Thomas Wesley Benoist
[edit] See also
- Benoist (tea) is also a type of tea which was popularised by the Japanese drama Densha Otoko.
- The Benoist Model 14 seaplane was flown by Tony Jannus during the world's first scheduled commercial airline flight.