Famous People with Name Benjamin

Benjamin James Austin            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Benjamin James Austin: is an Elite Athlete with a Disability (EAD) swimmer for Australia. His classification is S8 (above elbow amputee). Ben enjoys photography, bird watching, bushwalking, hunting, movies and music. He is also a lifeguard and an administrative assistant, and i

Benjamin Griffin            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Benjamin Griffin: is an alpine skier from New Zealand. He competed for New Zealand at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Benjamin Koons            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Benjamin Koons: is a cross-country skier from New Zealand who has competed since 2004. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 46th in the 50 km event while being lapped in the 30 km mixed pursuit and not starting the 15 km event. Koons' best World Cup finish was 60th i

Benjamin James Pearsall            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Benjamin James Pearsall: was an Australian politician.

Benjamin "Ben" Courtice            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Benjamin "Ben" Courtice: was an Australian politician.Courtice was appointed to a casual vacancy in the Australian Senate in 1937 representing the Australian Labor Party. He was Minister for Trade and Customs in the second Chifley Ministry from November 1946 until Labor's defeat

Jason Benjamin            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Jason Benjamin: an Australian painter. Benjamin was born in Melbourne in 1971 and now lives and works in Sydney. He has been exhibiting since 1989 and won the 2005 Packing Room Prize at the Archibald Prize with a painting of actor Bill Hunter titled "Staring down the past". He won the 1993, 1994 and 1996 Mosman Art Prizes in Sydney. In 1997, he was awarded the prestigious Kings School Art Prize for landscape painting.

Phyllis Jean Benjamin            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Phyllis Jean Benjamin: was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electorate of Hobart from 10 May 1952 until retirement in 1976.She was the first Australian woman to lead an upper house of Parliament, and was the longest serving female politician in Australian po

Sir Benjamin Benjamin            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sir Benjamin Benjamin: was an Australian businessman and politician. In 1870 he was elected to the Melbourne City Council in the Albert ward, becoming an Alderman in 1881 and Mayor between 1887 and 1889. He was the second Jewish Mayor of Melbourne, with his brother-in-law Edwar