Beneš

Beneš (feminine: Benešová) is a Czech surname. The name originated as a pet form of the given names Benedikt and Benjamin. The Germanised form is Benesch and the Anglicised form is Benesh. Notable people with the surname include:

Sports

• Alan Benes (born 1972), American baseball pitcher
• Andy Benes (born 1967), American baseball pitcher
• Hana Benešová (born 1975), Czech athlete
• Ivan Beneš (born 1960), Czech basketball player and coach
• Iveta Benešová (born 1983), Czech tennis player
• Jan Beneš (orienteer) (born 1987), Czech orienteer
• Ladislav Beneš (born 1943), Czech handball player
• Luděk Beneš (1937–2016), Czech slalom canoer
• Marijan Beneš (1951–2018), Bosnian boxer
• Petr Beneš (born 1974), Czech volleyball player
• Vít Beneš (born 1988), Czech footballer

Other

• Bedrich Benes (born 1967), Czech-American computer scientist
• Božena Benešová (1873–1936), Czech writer and poet
• Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), Czech politician, president of Czechoslovakia
• Emilie Beneš Brzezinski (1932–2022), Swiss-American sculptor
• Jan Beneš (writer) (1936–2007), Czech writer, translator and publicist
• Josef Beneš (1902–1984), Czech linguist
• Juraj Beneš (1940–2004), Slovak composer and pianist
• Libuše Benešová (born 1948), Czech politician
• Lubomír Beneš (1935–1995), Czech animator, director and author
• Marie Benešová (1948–2024), Czech politician and lawyer
• Pavel Beneš (1894–1956), Czech aircraft engineer
• Svatopluk Beneš (1918–2007), Czech actor
• Thomas A. Benes (1951–2014), American military leader
• Václav Beneš Třebízský (1849–1884), Czech novelist
• Václav E. Beneš (born 1931), Czech-American mathematician
• Vojta Beneš (1878–1951), Czech educator and political leader

Fictional characters

• Elaine Benes, a character in Seinfeld
• Jan Benes, a character in Fantastic Voyage
• Sandra Benes, a character in Space: 1999

See also

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• Benešov (disambiguation)