Famous People with Name Benny

Benny Joe Edelen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benny Joe Edelen: is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who pitched for t

Benny Leonard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benny Leonard: American boxer and one of the greatest lightweight fighters of all time and was named as number 8 on Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years.

Benny Lynch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benny Lynch: one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and Ring Magazine has described him as the greatest fighter that Scotland has ever produced. He was born in the Gorbals area of Glasgow and learned his fighting skills in the carnival booths that were popular in the West of Scotland during the Great Depression.

Benny Valger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benny Valger: The French Flash", was an American professional featherweight boxer who fought from the late 1910s until the 1930s.

Benny Goodman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benny Goodman: was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman".When Benny was 10, his father enrolled Benny and two older brothers in music lessons at the Kehelah Jacob Synagogue. The next year he joined the boys club band at Jane Addams' Hull House, where he received lessons from the director James Sylvester. Also important during this period were his two years of instruction from the classically trained clarinetist Franz Schoepp. His early influences were New Orleans jazz clarinetists working in Chicago, notably Johnny Dodds, Leon Roppolo, and Jimmy Noone. Goodman learned quickly, becoming a strong player at an early age. He was soon playing professionally while still 'in short pants', playing clarinet in various bands.

Jack Benny            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Benny: was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film.Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant

Allan Benny            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Benny: was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 9th congressional district from 1903 to 1905.Benny was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905, but was an unsuc

Benjamin Benny            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Benjamin Benny: was an Australian politician. Born in Aldinga, South Australia, he was educated at state schools and then the University of Adelaide, becoming a solicitor. He was Vice-President of the South Australian Law Society, and served as mayor of Brighton Council.