Benda (surname)
The surname Benda may refer to:
- A prominent family of musicians originally from Bohemia, chiefly
- Jan Jiří Benda (cz) (1686–1757), weaver, musician; married Dorota Brixi (1686–1762) of the noted musical family
- Franz Benda (Czech: František Benda; 1709–1786), violin virtuoso and composer
- Maria Carolina Benda (1742–1820), singer, pianist, composer; married German composer Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda (1745–1814), violinist, pianist, composer (known for the Singspiel "Das Blumenmädchen"), born in Potsdam
- Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda (1748–1836), violinist, composer
- Juliane Benda (1752–1783), singer, pianist, composer; married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1815)
- Louise Reichardt (1779–1826), German songwriter and composer
- Johann Georg Benda (Czech: Jan Jiří Benda; 1713–1752), violinist, composer
- Georg Anton Benda (Czech: Jiří Antonín Benda; 1722–1795), kapellmeister, violinist, composer
- Friedrich Ludwig Benda (1752–1792), composer, violinist
- Catherine Justine Benda (1757–?), singer in Hamburg
- Christian Hermann Benda (1759–1805), singer, actor
- Karl Ernst Eberhard Benda (1764–1824), singer, actor in Berlin
- Joseph Benda (Czech: Josef Benda; 1724–1804), violinist, composer
- (Johann) Ernst Friedrich Benda (1749–1785), violinist, harpsichordist in Berlin
- Johann Wilhelm Otto Benda (1775–1832)
- Karl Friedrich Franz Benda (1754–1816), musician
- (Johann) Ernst Friedrich Benda (1749–1785), violinist, harpsichordist in Berlin
- Anna Franziska Benda (Czech: Anna Františka Bendová; 1728–1781), operatic soprano; married Bohemian composer Dismas Hataš (1724–1777)
- Franz Benda (Czech: František Benda; 1709–1786), violin virtuoso and composer
- Other family members
- Felix Benda (1708–1768), Bohemian composer
Other people named Benda
- Adolf Benda (1845–1878), a Bohemian regional historian and jewelry craftsman
- Antal Benda (1910–1997), a Hungarian field handball player
- Břetislav Benda (1897–1983), a Czech sculptor
- Christian Benda, a Czech cellist, composer, and conductor
- Madame D'Ora-Benda, or Dora Kallmus, (1881–1963), photographer
- Ernst Benda (1925–2009), a German politician and jurist
- Hans von Benda (1888–1972), a German conductor
- Jan Benda (born 1972, Reef, Belgium), a Czech-German ice hockey player
- Jan Benda (1897–1967), a Czech artist
- Jean Benda (1874–1949), a German violinist
- John Benda (born 1947), an American professional golfer playing on the European Seniors Tour
- Julien Benda (1867–1956), a Jewish French philosopher and novelist
- Sebastian Benda (1926–2003), a Swiss pianist and composer
- Vaclav Benda (1946–1999), a Czech political activist and mathematician
- Władysław Teodor "W.T." Benda (1873, Poznań - 1948, Newark, New Jersey), a Polish-American painter and illustrator