# Behn

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**Behn** may refer to:

## People

### Surname

- [Aphra Behn](/source/Aphra_Behn) (*c.* 1640 – 1689), English dramatist
- [Ari Behn](/source/Ari_Behn) (1972–2019), Norwegian author and husband to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- [Chad Behn](/source/Chad_Behn), American politician
- [Friedl Behn-Grund](/source/Friedl_Behn-Grund) (1906–1989), German cinematographer
- [Hernán Behn](/source/Hern%C3%A1n_Behn) (died 1933), Puerto Rican businessman; brother of Sosthenes Behn
- [Harry Behn](/source/Harry_Behn) (also known as Giles Behn; 1898–1973), U.S. screenwriter and children's author
- [Jerry Behn](/source/Jerry_Behn) (born 1954), U.S. politician
- [Noel Behn](/source/Noel_Behn) (1928?–1998), U.S. novelist, screenwriter, and theatrical producer
- [Richard R. Behn](/source/Richard_R._Behn) (fl. 1978-2007), NOAA rear admiral
- [Robin Behn](/source/Robin_Behn) (born 1958), U.S. poet and professor
- [Sarla Behn](/source/Sarla_Behn) (born Catherine Mary Heilman; 1901–1982), English Gandhian social activist
- [Sosthenes Behn](/source/Sosthenes_Behn) (1882–1957), Puerto Rican businessman; brother of Hernan Behn
- [Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn](/source/Wilhelm_Friedrich_Georg_Behn) (1808–1878), German anatomist and zoologist

### Given name

- [Behn Wilson](/source/Behn_Wilson) (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player

## Other

- [Behn River](/source/Behn_River), a river of Western Australia
- [Behn's bat](/source/Behn's_bat) (*Glyphonycteris behnii*), a rare South American bat species
- [Waldemar Behn](/source/Waldemar_Behn), usually called just BEHN, a German alcoholic beverage company

## See also

- [Benn](/source/Benn), a surname and given name

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