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Benjamini–Hochberg procedure
The Benjamini–Hochberg procedure is a step-up multiple-testing method that controls the false discovery rate, introduced by Yoav Benjamini and Yosef Hochberg in 1995 and widely used in genomics.
Benjani Mwaruwari
Benjani Mwaruwari (Benjani, born 1978) is a Zimbabwean former striker, ex-Warriors captain with 42 caps and 10 goals, who played for Auxerre, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Sunderland, and Blackburn, and later became a coach.
Benji
Benji is a fictional stray mutt created by Joe Camp, star of the 1974 independent family film Benji, played by Higgins, plus sequels and a 2018 Netflix remake.
Benji (Chinese Chan Buddhist monk)
Benji, known as Caoshan Benji (本寂), was a Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (840–901), principal Dharma heir of Dongshan Liangjie and traditional co-founder of the Caodong school of Chan.
Benji Flowers
Benji Flowers (Benjamin Flowers, born 2011) is an American soccer forward for FC Dallas; youngest homegrown signing in club history, with a reported Chelsea deal at 18 and dual US-Mexico youth eligibility.
Benji Gregory
Benji Gregory (Benjamin Gregory Hertzberg, 1978–2024), American child actor who played Brian Tanner on the NBC sitcom ALF (1986–1990, 101 episodes); later a US Navy aerographer's mate; died in Peoria, Arizona, at 46.
Benji Madden
Benji Madden (born 1979, Waldorf, Maryland) is the American guitarist, vocalist, and chief songwriter of pop-punk band Good Charlotte, formed in 1996 with twin brother Joel; also of The Madden Brothers and co-founder of MDDN, married to Cameron Diaz.
Benji Marshall
Benji Marshall (born 1985, Whakatane) is a New Zealand rugby league five-eighth, 2008 World Cup and 2005 NRL premiership winner, record Kiwis captain, and Wests Tigers head coach from 2024.
Benji Vaughan (musician)
Benji Vaughan is a British psychedelic trance and downtempo producer from London who records solo as Prometheus and is one half of the duo Younger Brother with Simon Posford.
Benjie Wimberly
Benjie Wimberly is an American politician and Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate from the 35th district, representing Bergen and Passaic counties, known for community investment legislation.
Benkan
The benkan (冕冠), also called tama no kōburi, is a ceremonial crown worn by Japanese emperors and crown princes at enthronements, derived from the Chinese mianguan and crowned with a sun-shaped ornament.
Benkei (弁慶)
Benkei (弁慶, Saitō Musashibō Benkei) is the semi-legendary warrior monk and loyal retainer of Minamoto no Yoshitsune; historically unverified, he is known from the Gikeiki, Noh plays Ataka and Funa-Benkei, kabuki's Kanjinchō, and the standing-death legend.
Benkos Biohó
Benkos Biohó, also known as Domingo Biohó, was an African-born maroon leader in New Grenada (present-day Colombia) who escaped slavery in Cartagena and was hanged in 1621.
Benkt Norelius
Benkt Rudolf Norelius (1886-1974), Swedish gymnast from Norrköpings GF, won gold in the men's team all-around, Swedish system, at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; distinct from rowers Mark and Kristine Norelius.
Benlai Life
本来生活 (Benlai Life) is a Chinese fresh-food e-commerce company founded in Beijing in July 2012 by former media executive Yu Huafeng, renamed Benlai Group in 2019.
Benmelstobart
Benmelstobart (TQB2450, CBT-502, APL502) is a humanized IgG1 anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody from Chia Tai Tianqing, NMPA-approved from April 2024 for small-cell lung cancer, endometrial, kidney, and stage III NSCLC, mainly combined with anlotinib.
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench (born 1953, Gainesville, Florida) is the founding keyboardist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a prolific session player, with solo albums You Should Be So Lucky (2014) and The Melancholy Season (2025).
Benmore Botanic Garden
Benmore Botanic Garden, near Dunoon in Argyll, is a 120-acre mountainside garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, RBGE's first Regional Garden (1929), known for its 1863 Redwood Avenue, 300 rhododendron species, Victorian Fernery, and Golden Gates.
Benn Stancil
Benn Stancil, analytics executive and writer: co-founder of Mode (CAO 2013–2023, then CTO), ThoughtSpot Field CTO after Mode's 2023 acquisition, and author of the Substack benn.substack.com on data and AI.
Bennedict Mathurin
Bennedict Mathurin, Montreal-born Canadian wing, Arizona star and 2022 NBA draft No. 6 pick of the Pacers; first-team all-rookie, 2025 Finals bench standout, later traded to the Clippers.
Benner's cycle
Benner's cycle, also known as Periods When to Make Money, is a set of commodity-price and panic forecasts published in 1875 by the Ohio farmer Samuel Benner.
Bennerley Viaduct
Bennerley Viaduct, also known as Ilkeston Viaduct, is a Grade II listed wrought-iron railway viaduct spanning the Erewash valley between Awsworth and Ilkeston. Completed in 1877, it reopened as a foot and cycle bridge in 2022.
Bennet family
The Bennet family of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813): Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, five daughters at Longbourn, Hertfordshire, whose entailed estate passes to Mr. Collins, driving the marriage plot.
Bennet Omalu
Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu, Nigerian-American forensic neuropathologist born 1968, identified CTE in NFL player Mike Webster's brain in 2002, fought NFL denial, inspired the film Concussion, and was later criticized for overstating CTE risks.
Bennett 2026
Bennett 2026 (בנט 2026) is the temporary name of Naftali Bennett's Israeli party, registered April 1, 2025, running with Yesh Atid as Together (Beyachad) in the October 27, 2026 Knesset election; distinct from Rebecca Bennett, Michael Bennet, and other Bennett namesakes.
Bennett A. Shaywitz
Bennett A. Shaywitz is an American pediatric neurologist and physician-scientist at Yale School of Medicine whose functional brain-imaging studies helped establish dyslexia as a disorder of brain organization.
Bennett acceptance ratio
The Bennett acceptance ratio (BAR) is a statistical method for estimating the free-energy difference between two thermodynamic states, introduced by Charles H. Bennett in 1976.
Bennett Cerf
Bennett Alfred Cerf (1898–1971), American publisher and co-founder with Donald Klopfer of Random House (1927) after buying the Modern Library (1925); published Ulysses, Faulkner, Dr. Seuss; What's My Line? panelist.
Bennett Lewis
Wilfrid Bennett Lewis (1908–1987) was an English-born Canadian nuclear physicist who led Chalk River laboratories and is credited as the driving force behind the CANDU heavy-water reactor.
Bennett linkage
The Bennett linkage is a spatial four-bar linkage with four revolute joints that moves with a single degree of freedom despite being overconstrained; Bennett devised it in 1903.