Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer, Benansio/Benancio or Bernard.

Benny
Pronunciation/ˈbɛni/
GenderMale (Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Bernard, Ebenezer, etc.)
Female (Bernice or Bernadette)
Other names
Related namesBenjamin, Bernice, Bernadette, Bernard

People

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Bennie

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Given name

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  • Bennie M. Bunn (1907–1943), American Marine officer, Navy Cross recipient
  • Bennie Cunningham (1954–2018), American retired National Football League player
  • Bennie Daniels (born 1932), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Bennie L. Davis (1928–2012), United States Air Force general and commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command
  • Bennie Ellender (1925–2011), American college football player and head coach
  • Bennie Goods (born 1968), American retired Canadian Football League player
  • Bennie Green (1923–1977), American jazz trombonist and bandleader
  • Bennie Logan (born 1989), American National Football League player
  • Bennie Maupin (born 1940), American jazz musician
  • Bennie Muller (born 1938), Dutch former footballer
  • Bennie Purcell (1929–2016), American college basketball and Washington Generals (Harlem Globetrotters) player and college tennis coach
  • Bennie Thompson (born 1948), American politician
  • Bennie Thompson (American football) (born 1963), American retired National Football League player
  • Bennie Wallace (born 1946), American post bop, swing music and jazz tenor saxophonist and composer

Surname

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  • Bob Bennie (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1945), Scottish footballer with St Mirren and Newcastle (uncle of two following)
  • Peter Bennie (1899–1981), Scottish footballer with Albion Rovers, Burnley, Bradford City
  • Bob Bennie (1900–1972), Scottish footballer with Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Hearts

Benny

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Benjamin

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  • Bennie McRae (1939–2012), American National Football League player
  • Bennie Moten (1894–1935), American jazz pianist and bandleader
  • Bennie Oosterbaan (1906–1990), American college football, basketball and baseball player and head coach
  • Benny Bass (1904–1975), American Hall-of-Fame world champion featherweight and junior lightweight boxer
  • Benny Begin (born 1943), Israeli politician
  • Benny Friedman (1905–1982), American football quarterback, member of the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame
  • Benny Goodman (1909–1986), American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
  • Benny Leonard (1896–1947), American world champion Hall-of-Fame lightweight boxer born Benjamin Leiner
  • Benny Parsons (1941–2007), American NASCAR driver and color commentator

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Fictional characters

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