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Benoit G. Bruneau
Benoit G. Bruneau is a Canadian developmental biologist known for studying the transcription factor Tbx5 in heart development, and director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease since 2019.
Benoît Hamon
Benoît Hamon is a French politician who founded and led the party Génération.s, and was the Socialist Party's candidate in the 2017 presidential election, winning 6.4 percent.
Benoit I. Giasson
Benoit I. Giasson is a University of Florida neuroscientist who studies how alpha-synuclein misfolds and spreads in Parkinson's disease, known for a 2000 Science paper linking nitrated alpha-synuclein to synucleinopathy lesions.
Benoît Ladoux
Benoît Ladoux is a French physicist and CNRS research director who studies mechanobiology, co-leading the Ladoux–Mège laboratory at the Institut Jacques Monod and a tissue mechanobiology division in Erlangen, Germany.
Benoît Lecomte
Benoit (Ben) Lecomte, French-born long-distance swimmer, first person credited with swimming the Atlantic (Hyannis to Quiberon, 1998, 73 days, ~3,736 miles); later attempted a Pacific crossing for ocean-plastic awareness, abandoned in 2018 after a storm.
Benoît Magimel
Benoît Magimel is a French actor, born in 1974 in Paris, who won the Cannes Best Actor award for The Piano Teacher (2001) and four César Awards.
Benoit Mandelbrot
Benoit Mandelbrot (1924–2010) was a Polish-born French-American mathematician who coined the term "fractal" in 1975, developed fractal geometry at IBM over 35 years, and later became a Sterling Professor at Yale University.
Benoît Nemery
Benoît Nemery, full name Benoit Nemery de Bellevaux, is a Belgian physician-scientist in lung toxicology and occupational medicine at KU Leuven, becoming Emeritus Professor in 2018.
Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire (Benoit Paire), French tennis player born 1989 in Avignon; career-high ATP No. 18 (2016), 3 singles titles, 2013 Chennai doubles title with Wawrinka, 2015 Comeback Player of the Year.
Benoît Payan
Benoît Payan is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Marseille since 2020, leading the left-wing Printemps marseillais list to reelection in 2026.
Benoit Peschier
Benoit Peschier, French slalom canoeist born 1980 in Guilherand-Granges, won K1 gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics (187.96), took world K1 team gold 2005, and later coached French slalom teams at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde (born 1964, Namur) is a Belgian actor and comedian, co-creator and star of Man Bites Dog (1992), a three-time César nominee and 2014 Magritte Best Actor winner.
Benoît Saint-Denis
Benoît Saint-Denis, "God of War", is a French UFC lightweight born in Nîmes in 1995, a former 1er RPIMa special forces operator who turned pro in 2019, debut loss to Zaleski, wins over Hooker, Dariush, Ruffy, loss to Pimblett at UFC 329.
Benoı̂t J. Van den Eynde
Benoît J. Van den Eynde is a Belgian physician-scientist in tumor immunology, director of the de Duve Institute and Ludwig Cancer Research Brussels, and co-founder of iTeos Therapeutics.
Benoı̂t Roux
Benoît Roux is a Canadian computational biophysicist and Amgen Professor at the University of Chicago since 2005, known for Nature papers on how potassium channels conduct and select ions.
Benomyl
Benomyl (Benlate), a benzimidazole systemic fungicide inhibiting beta-tubulin assembly, launched 1968 as the first broad-spectrum foliar systemic; converts to carbendazim; withdrawn in the US in 2001-2002 and never approved in the EU.
Benoni
Benoni is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa, part of Greater Johannesburg, named in 1881 from a Hebrew word meaning "son of my sorrow".
Benorilate
Benorilate (benorylate, Benoral) is a mutual prodrug ester of aspirin and paracetamol, hydrolyzed by esterases, used for rheumatic pain, dosed twice daily, with better gastric tolerance than aspirin; it lacks FDA approval.
Benoué Biosphere Reserve
Benoué Biosphere Reserve (Réserve de Biosphère de la Bénoué), Cameroon, UNESCO MAB site designated 1981 around Bénoué National Park (180,000 ha) and eight hunting zones; threats include logging, poaching, and overgrazing.
Benoxinate
Benoxinate (oxybuprocaine) is a 0.4% topical ester ophthalmic anesthetic for tonometry, gonioscopy, and foreign body removal; onset about 1 minute, duration about 20 minutes; prolonged use causes corneal toxicity.
Benoyendra Nath Sen
Benoyendra Nath Sen (বিনয়েন্দ্রনাথ সেন; 1868–1913) was a Brahmo activist in Kolkata who led the New Dispensation after his uncle Keshub Chunder Sen died in 1884.
Benozzo Gozzoli
Benozzo Gozzoli, properly Benozzo di Lese (c. 1420/21–1497), Florentine Renaissance fresco painter trained with Fra Angelico; Magi Chapel at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Montefalco, San Gimignano, and Pisa Camposanto cycles.
Benperidol
Benperidol (R-4584, Anquil, Glianimon) is a potent butyrophenone antipsychotic, a selective D2 antagonist marketed since 1966, used for schizophrenia in a few European countries and in the UK for deviant sexual behavior, with almost no randomized efficacy evidence.
BenQ
BenQ Corporation, formerly Acer Communication & Multimedia, is a Taiwanese electronics company in Taipei, launched in 2001 and known for LCD monitors, projectors, and gaming displays.
Benralizumab
Benralizumab (Fasenra) is a humanized afucosylated anti-IL-5 receptor alpha monoclonal antibody by AstraZeneca that depletes eosinophils via ADCC; approved 2017-2018 for severe eosinophilic asthma, EGPA, and hypereosinophilic syndrome, dosed 30 mg subcutaneously every 4 weeks then every 8 weeks.
Benren
Benren (白水本仁) was a Tang-dynasty Chan Buddhist monk of the Caodong lineage, a dharma heir of Dongshan Liangjie who resided at Baishui yuan in Gao'an.
Bensen Aircraft
Bensen Aircraft Corporation was an American manufacturer founded by Igor Bensen near Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, in 1953, whose Gyro-Glider and Gyrocopter kits seeded the homebuilt gyroplane movement.
Bensen B-8
The Bensen B-8 is a family of small American autogyros designed by Igor Bensen, comprising the towed Gyro-Glider and its powered version, the B-8M Gyrocopter.
Benserazide
Benserazide, developed by Roche as Ro 4-4602, is a peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor that does not cross the blood-brain barrier, used with levodopa, most commonly as Madopar, for parkinsonism.
Benshi Shi
Benshi Shi (本事诗) is a late Tang collection by Meng Qi recounting the anecdotes behind famous poems in seven categories, an early forerunner of shihua criticism.