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Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah (Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah, 1958–2023), Birmingham-born British dub poet and novelist, author of Pen Rhythm, Talking Turkeys, Face and Refugee Boy, OBE refuser, Brunel professor, Peaky Blinders actor.
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 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 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.
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.
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).
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.
Bennett Miller
Bennett Altman Miller (born 1966, New York City), American film director of The Cruise (1998), Capote (2005), Moneyball (2011), and Foxcatcher (2014); two Best Director Oscar nominations, Cannes 2014 Best Director; later AI-themed art at Gagosian.
Bennett Monolith
The Bennett Monolith is the largest complete stone sculpture of the Tiwanaku civilization, a sandstone figure excavated in 1932 and named for archaeologist Wendell C. Bennett.
Bennetts Lane Big Band
The Bennetts Lane Big Band was an 11-piece contemporary jazz ensemble founded in 2001 by Nick Haywood, Eugene Ball, and Andrea Keller as resident band at Melbourne's Bennetts Lane Jazz Club.
Bennie and the Jets
"Bennie and the Jets" (also "Benny and the Jets") is a 1973 Elton John song with Bernie Taupin lyrics from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, produced by Gus Dudgeon as a studio fake-live recording with processed handclaps and Hendrix concert crowd noise; US number one in 1974.
Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon is a 1993 MGM romantic comedy-drama directed by Jeremiah Chechik, starring Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Aidan Quinn; a Keaton-inspired oddball enters a mechanic's household, grossing $23.1 million.
Benny Afroe
Benny Afroe, born Benny Riba, is a South African AfroPop singer and songwriter from Limpopo, known for the single "Hello Baby!" and his 2021 debut EP, Yours Truly, on Vth Season.
Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson (born 1946, Stockholm), Swedish keyboardist and songwriter of the Hep Stars and ABBA, co-writer with Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA's songs and of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!
Benny Benassi
Benny Benassi (Marco Benassi, born 1967, Milan) is an Italian electro-house DJ and producer; with cousin Alle he made "Satisfaction" (2002, UK #2), won a 2008 Grammy for remixing Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise," and released albums Hypnotica, Electroman, and Feel The Bass.
Benny Blanco
Benny Blanco (Benjamin Joseph Levin, born 1988), American record producer, songwriter, and artist behind pop hits like TiK ToK, Teenage Dream, and Moves Like Jagger; solo artist since Eastside (2018), married to Selena Gomez.
Benny Dayal
Benny Dayal (born 1984, UAE) is an Indian playback singer known for 'Badtameez Dil', 'Kaise Mujhe' and 'Bang Bang'; over 3,500 songs in 19+ languages, discovered by A.R. Rahman via the band S5.
Benny Golson
Benny Golson (1929-2024), Philadelphia-born jazz tenor saxophonist and composer, wrote standards Killer Joe, I Remember Clifford, and Whisper Not, co-led the Jazztet with Art Farmer, and scored film and TV.
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman (1909–1986), the King of Swing, was a jazz clarinetist and bandleader whose 1935 Palomar Ballroom success launched the swing era and whose 1938 Carnegie Hall concert was the first jazz concert there.
Benny Hill
Benny Hill (Alfred Hawthorne Hill, 1924 or 1925 to 1992) was a British comedian whose The Benny Hill Show ran on the BBC from 1955 and ITV Thames from 1969 to 1989, syndicated to over 80 countries.
Benny Mardones
Benny Mardones (Ruben Armand Mardones, 1946–2020), American singer-songwriter from Cleveland and Savage, Maryland, wrote and sang "Into the Night," which charted on Billboard in three decades via separate recordings.
Benny Medina
Benny Medina, born 1958 in Los Angeles, is an American record executive and producer who managed Jennifer Lopez and whose life inspired The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Benny Safdie
Benny Safdie (born 1986, New York City), American filmmaker and actor of the Safdie brothers duo (Daddy Longlegs, Good Time, Uncut Gems); co-creator of The Curse; solo director of The Smashing Machine (2025), Silver Lion Best Director at Venice 2025; actor in Oppenheimer and Licorice Pizza.
Benny the Bull
Benny the Bull, mascot of the NBA's Chicago Bulls, debuted in 1969 as the league's first mascot, was named after Ben Bentley, won Forbes' 2013 popularity ranking, and joined the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2017.
Benny the Butcher
Benny the Butcher, born Jeremie Damon Pennick (1984), is a Buffalo rapper and core Griselda Records member with cousins Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine; known for Tana Talk 3, Burden of Proof, Def Jam debut Everybody Can't Go, and his Black Soprano Family label.
Benny's Video
Benny's Video (1992) is Michael Haneke's Austria-Switzerland drama, second in his Glaciation trilogy, about a 14-year-old obsessed with violent videos who kills a girl with a stolen slaughter pistol; premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight 1992.
Benode Behari Mukherjee
Benode Behari Mukherjee (বিনোদ বিহারী মুখোপাধ্যায়, 1904–1980) was an Indian painter and muralist of the Santiniketan school, best known for his 80-foot Hindi Bhavan mural and for working after going blind in 1957.
Benoit & Sergio
Benoit & Sergio are a house and dance-pop duo of Benoit Simon and Sergio, formed in Washington, D.C. around 2009 and known for the 2011 single "Walk and Talk".
Benoît de Sainte-Maure
Benoît de Sainte-Maure was a 12th-century Norman or Tourangean poet who wrote the Roman de Troie, around 1160, and the unfinished Histoire des ducs de Normandie.