Beneš

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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

References

(2016-06-21). "O původu příjmení: Beneš". [[Czech Radio]].

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