Benoist

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
• Élie Benoist, French Protestant minister
• François Benoist, French organist, composer, and pedagogue
• Gabriel Benoist
• Jean-Marie Benoist
• Louis Auguste Benoist, 19th Century 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, early aviator

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.