{{otheruses}} '''Benoist''' is both a French surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
==Surnames== * Alain de Benoist (born 1943), French academic and philosopher * Antoine Benoist (painter) (1632–1717), French artist who was painter and sculptor to Louis XIV * Antoine Benoist (engraver) (by 1721–1770), French draughtsman and engraver in London * Antoine-Gabriel-François Benoist (1715–1776), French soldier * Élie Benoist (1640–1728), French Protestant minister, known as an historian of the Edict of Nantes * Félix Benoist (1818–1896), French painter and lithographer * François Benoist (1794–1878), French organist, composer, and pedagogue * Françoise-Albine Benoist (1724–1808 or 1809), French writer * Gabriel Benoist (1891–1964), a French writer in the Cauchois dialect of the Norman language * Grégory Benoist (born 1983), Belgian jockey based in France * Guillaume Philippe Benoist (1725–1770), French line-engraver * Jacques Benoist-Méchin (1901–1983), French politician and writer * Jean Benoist (1929–2025), Canadian-French doctor and anthropologist * Joseph Roger de Benoist (1923–2017), French missionary, journalist, and historian * Lance Benoist (born 1988), American mixed martial artist * Louis Auguste Benoist (1803–1867), pioneering American banker and financier * Luc Benoist (1893–1980), French essayist * Marcel Benoist (died 1918), French lawyer who established the Swiss Marcel Benoist Prize * Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768–1826), French neoclassical, historical and genre painter * Melissa Benoist (born 1988), American actress and singer * Michel Benoist (1715–1774), French Jesuit scientist noted for his service to the Chinese Empire * Raymond Benoist (1881–1970), French zoologist and botanist * Robert Benoist (1895–1944), French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War II secret agent * Thomas W. Benoist (1874–1917), American aviator, aircraft manufacturer, and airline entrepreneur
==Given names== * Benoist Simmat, French author and journalist * Benoist Stehlin ({{circa|1732}}{{snd}}1774), French harpsichord builder
==See also== * Condé Benoist Pallen (1858–1929), American Catholic editor and author * Benois * Benoit (disambiguation)
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