Benny

{{other uses}} {{Infobox given name | name = Benny | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|i}} | gender = Male <small>(Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Bernard, Ebenezer, etc.)</small><br>Female <small>(Bernice or Bernadette)</small> | region = | related names = Benjamin, Bernice, Bernadette, Bernard | footnotes = }} thumb | right | alt=Benny Fredriksson at Sergels Torg during the Stockholm Culture Festival 2013. | Benny Fredriksson '''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. {{TOC right}}

==People== {{compact ToC|refs=yes|custom1=Fictional characters}} ===Bennie=== ====Given name==== *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 (1938–2024), 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==== *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 :*Bennie Railplane, invented by George Bennie

===Benny=== *Göran Bror ''Benny'' Andersson (born 1946), Swedish musician and member of the pop group ABBA *Benny Binion (1904–1989), American gambling icon and criminal *Benny Chan (actor) (born 1969), Hong Kong actor and singer *Benny Davis (1895–1979), American vaudeville performer *Benny Dayal (born 1984), UAE-Indian playback singer for films *Benny Feilhaber (born 1985), Brazilian-American soccer player *Benny Friedman (singer) (born 1985), American Hasidic Jewish singer *Benny Gantz (born 1959), Israeli Chief of the General Staff and politician *Benny Giay (born 1955), Indonesian Christian theologian, social anthropologist and human rights activist *Benny Goldberg (1918–2001), Polish-American boxer *Benny Havens (1787–1877), American tavernkeeper *Benny Hill (1924–1992), stage name of British comedian and actor Alfred Hawthorne Hill *Benny Jamz (born 1993), Danish rapper *Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American National Football League player *Benny Krueger (1899–1967), American jazz saxophonist *Benny Lindelauf (born 1964), Dutch writer *Benny Moré (1919–1963), Cuban singer and musician *Benny Nielsen (swimmer) (born 1966), Danish butterfly swimmer *Benny Rubinstein (born 1952), Israeli footballer *Benny Cederfeld de Simonsen (1865–1952), Danish peace activist *Benny Safdie (born 1986), American filmmaker and actor *Benny Sapp III (born 2000), American football player *Benny Snell (born 1998), American football player *Benny Spellman (1931–2011), American R&B singer *Benny Urquidez (born 1952), American kickboxer and fight choreographer *Benny Yau (born 1980), Canadian actor and television presenter

===Benjamin=== *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

===Other=== * Horacio Benedict Bennie Blades (born 1966), American retired National Football League player * Bernhard Bennie Borgmann (1900–1978), pioneering professional basketball player and head coach * Henry Bennett Bennie Tate (1901–1973), American Major League Baseball catcher * Bennett Benny Carter (1907–2003), American jazz musician and bandleader * Bernard Benny Gallagher (born 1945), Scottish singer-songwriter and half of the duo Gallagher and Lyle * Jergen Benny Nielsen (footballer, born 17 March 1951) (born 1951), Danish footballer

==Fictional characters== * Benny, a character in the post-apocalyptic short story ''I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'' * Benny Rabbit, a character in children's television series ''Sesame Street'' * Benny the Bull, in the children's animated television series ''Dora the Explorer'' * Benny the Cab, who first appeared in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' * Benny Shaw, protagonist in two children's novels by Irish author Eoin Colfer * Bernice Summerfield, companion of the Seventh Doctor in the expanded ''Doctor Who'' universe * Benny, a blue 1980s style spaceman from ''The Lego Movie'' *Benny, the secondary antagonist of Fallout: New Vegas * Benny Hawkins, character in ''Crossroads'' (British TV series) (played by Paul Henry) * Benny the Ball, character in the animated television series ''Top Cat'' * Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez in ''The Sandlot''

== See also == *Beny (disambiguation)

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