List of Famous people with last name Benn
Hilary Benn
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central since a by-election in 1999. He served in the Cabinet from 2003 to 2010, under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was Shadow Foreign Secretary from May 2015 to June 2016. In October 2016, he was elected as the inaugural Chairman of the new Exiting the European Union Select Committee.
Nigel Benn
Nigel Gregory Benn is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1996. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO middleweight title in 1990, and the WBC super-middleweight title from 1992 to 1996. Regionally he held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1988 to 1989. Nicknamed "The Dark Destroyer" for his formidable punching power and aggressive fighting style, he retired with an 83.3% knockout-to-win ratio.
Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn was a British politician, writer and diarist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament for Bristol South East and Chesterfield between 1950 and 2001. He later served as President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 to 2014.
Conor Benn
Conor Nigel Benn is a British professional boxer. He is the son of former world champion boxer Nigel Benn.
Sören Benn
Sören Benn is a German politician and since 2016 'Bezirksbürgermeister' of the Berlin borough of Pankow.
Jon T. Benn
Jon T. Benn was a businessman, entrepreneur, and actor, who most notably played the mob boss in Way of the Dragon. He was also an adventurer of sorts.
Gottfried Benn
Gottfried Benn was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Jordie Benn
Phillip Jordan Ellis "Jordie" Benn is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the older brother of Dallas Stars forward and captain Jamie Benn.
William Rutherford Benn
William Rutherford Benn, later William Rutherford, (1855-1921) was an English translator and journalist, and a member of the political Benn family. In 1883 he murdered his father, the Reverend Julius Benn, and was detained at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum until 1890, returning there in 1903 and receiving treatment until his death.