List of Famous people named Bennett

Bennett Miller is an American film director, known for directing the acclaimed films Capote (2005), Moneyball (2011), and Foxcatcher (2014). He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Bennett Alfred Cerf was an American publisher and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his television appearances in the panel game show What's My Line?

Bennett Pang Kin-san is a Hong Kong musician, singer and actor. He is well known as the lead guitarist of The Wynners. He is currently a host of Pleasure & Leisure, a talk show produced by Television Broadcasts Limited.

Bennett McVey Stewart was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Joel Bennett Clark, better known as Bennett Champ Clark, was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, and was later a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Bennet C. Riley was the seventh and last military governor of California. Riley ordered the election of representatives to a state constitutional convention, and handed over all civil authority to a Governor and elected delegates at the end of 1849; the following year, California joined the U.S. as a state. He participated in the War of 1812 on Lake Ontario. He also served in the United States Army during the Seminole War in Florida, and Mexican–American War.