Benito (name)
Benito is the Spanish and the Italian forms of Benedict and is both a masculine given name and a surname.[1] Notable people with the name include:
| Pronunciation | Spanish: [beˈnito] Italian: [beˈniːto] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "blessed" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Benedict |
People with the given name
- Benito Archundia (born 1966), football referee
- Benito Arias Montano (1527–1598), Spanish orientalist
- Benito Carbone (born 1971), retired Italian professional football player
- Benito Cereno (writer), writer of comic books
- Benito de San Juan (died 1809), Spanish military officer
- Benito de Soto (1805–1835), Spanish pirate
- Benito Floro (born 1952), retired Spanish football manager
- Benito Garozzo (born 1927), Italian bridge player
- Benito Gutmacher (born 1950), Argentinian actor and theatre director
- Benito Jacovitti (1923–1997), Italian comic artist
- Benito Jerónimo Feijoo e Montenegro (1676–1764), Galician neoclassical monk and scholar\
- Benito Jones (born 1997), American football player
- Benito Juárez (1806–1872), President of Mexico
- Benito Legarda (1853–1915), Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands
- Benito Lorenzi (1925–2007), Italian football player
- Benito Lynch (1885–1951), Argentine novelist and short-story writer
- Benito Martínez (1880–2006), native of Cuba who claimed to be the world's oldest living person
- Benito Martinez (actor) (born 1971), American actor
- Benito Martinez (soldier) (1932–1952), United States Army soldier
- Benito Medero (1922–2007), Uruguayan politician
- Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), prime minister and dictator of Italy
- Benito Pérez Brito (1747–1813), Spanish military officer and colonial official
- Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), Spanish realist novelist
- Benito Perojo (1894–1974), successful Spanish film director and film producer
- Benito Quinquela Martín (1890–1977), Argentine painter
- Benito Rosales, Nicaraguan head of state
- Benito Santiago (born 1965), former MLB baseball catcher
- Benito Stefanelli (1929–1999), Italian film actor and stuntman
- Benito Sylvain (1868–1915), Haitian journalist, diplomat, lawyer and one of the organizers of the 1900 Pan-African Conference.
- Benito Vicetto Pérez (19th century), Galician writer
- Benito Zambrano (born 1965), Spanish screenwriter and film director
- Emanuel Benito Rivas (born 1983), Argentine football midfielder
People with the surname
- César Benito Cabrera (born 1947), former United States Ambassador to the island nations of Mauritius and the Seychelles
- Eduardo Benito (1891–1981), Spanish illustrator and painter
- Elizabeth Odio Benito (born 1939), Vice-President of the International Criminal Court
- Gabriel R. G. Benito (born 1960), Norwegian economist
- Gregorio Benito (1946–2020), a retired Spanish footballer who played for Real Madrid
- Teófilo Benito (1966–2004), Spanish middle-distance runner
References
- Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J. M. A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 57. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
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