List of Famous people named Benigna

Benigna Cardoso da Silva was a Brazilian Catholic child. In her childhood she was adopted following the deaths of her parents, and was noted for aiding in household chores and attending Mass on a regular basis. But she was better known for having been murdered after rejecting the sexual advances of Raimundo Alves Riberio, who was around her age, in order to protect herself as being chaste as she desired. She defended herself even to the point of Riberio killing her, using a machete that he carried on his person.

Benigna Gottliebe von Trotta genannt Treyden, was a Duchess consort of Courland. She married the Duke of Courland, Ernst Johann von Biron, on 25 February 1723.

Benigna Marie of Reuss-Ebersdorf was a German hymn writer and a titular Countess of Reuss. She was a member of the Reuss-Ebersdorf line from the Reuss-Lobenstein.