Benz (family name)

Benz is a German family name :

Origin and meaning

Benz:

1. From an Upper German, especially in the Alemannic area widespread pet form of Berthold formed surname.

2. Family name going back to a pet form of Bernhard ; a derivation from Benedict is rarely an option.

3. In the case of north-east German origins, name of origin for the place names Benz (Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and formerly Western Pomerania / now Poland)

Name bearer

A.

Albert Benz (architect) (1877–1944), German architect
Albert Benz (composer) (1927–1988), Swiss composer and conductor
Alexander Otto Benz (1880–1980), American insurance manager and politician with the Wisconsin Progressive Party
Alfred Benz (1925 / 1926–2012), German genealogist and local researcher
Andreas Benz (psychoanalyst) (* 1942), Swiss writer, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
Andreas Benz (Badminton) (* 1958), German badminton player and trainer
Andrew Benz (* 1994), American volleyball player
Anna Maria Benz (1694–1738), German painter
Armin Benz (architect) (* 1952), Swiss architect
Armin Benz (actor) (* 1972), German actor
Arnold Benz (* 1945), Swiss astrophysicist
Arthur Benz (* 1954), German political scientist
August Benz (1828–1907), German painter, draftsman and art teacher

B.

Bertha Benz (1849–1944), German automobile pioneer, wife of Carl Benz

C.

Carl Benz (1844–1929), German engineer and automobile pioneer
Carlo Benz (* 1957), German actor
Claus Benz , physician (internal medicine and gastroenterology)

D.

Daniel Benz (* 1987), German badminton player
Dolf Benz (1908–1988), Dutch sprinter

E.

Emilie Benz (1863–1928), Swiss educator
Eric Benz (* 1980), German actor
Ernst Benz (1907–1978), German theologian
Eugen Benz (entrepreneur) (1873–1958), German entrepreneur, son of Carl Benz
Eugen Benz (entomologist) (1881–1956), German entomologist
Eva Benz-Rababah (* 1958), German landscape architect, university lecturer and author

F.

Franz Benz (* 1962), German soccer player
Franz Michael Benz (1809–1882), German farmer, trader and politician
Franziska Benz (* 1988), German actress
Friedrich Benz (1878–1904), German writer

G

Georg Benz (trade unionist) (1921–2006), German trade unionist
Georg Benz (entomologist) (* 1926), Swiss entomologist and university professor
Georg Benz (painter) (* 1931), Swiss painter
Gerold Benz (1921–1987), German journalist and politician (CDU)
Gustav Benz (1866–1937), Swiss pastor and preacher

H

Hans Benz (1921–1984), German engineer and local researcher
Hartmut Benz (* 1964), German archivist and historian
Herbert Benz (1921–1988), German mathematician and university professor
Heribert Benz (? –1997), German legal scholar

I.

Isabella Benz (* 1990), German writer

J

Johann Baptist Benz (1807–1880), German composer and cathedral music director
Johann Martin Benz (1815–1882), Swiss painter and draftsman
Jörg Benz (1936–2017), Swiss handball player
Josef Benz (bobsleigh driver) (* 1944), Swiss bobsleigh athlete
Josef Friedrich Benz , real name of Papa Benz (1863–1928), German opera singer (tenor), cabaret artist and innkeeper
Julie Benz (* 1972), American actress
Julius von Benz (1831–1907), German politician

K

Karl Benz , original spelling of Carl Benz (1844–1929), German engineer and automobile pioneer
Karl Benz (District Administrator) (1897–1967), German District Administrator
Karl Benz (politician) (1900-1983), German politician (BCSV, later CDU)
Karl Josef Benz (1927-2016), German Roman Catholic church historian and liturgical scholar
Klaus-Werner Benz (* 1938), German crystallographer

L.

Laura Benz (* 1992), Swiss ice hockey player
Lore Benz (* 1962), German classical philologist
Ludwig Wilhelm Benz (1611–1683), German bishop and auxiliary bishop in Eichstätt

M.

Markus Benz (* 1955), German politician (Die Violetten)
Mathilde Benz (singer) (born Mathilde Trump ; 1880–1967), German singer and entertainer
Mathilde Charlotte Benz , maiden name of Lee Parry (1901–1977), German actress

N

Nikki Benz (* 1981), Canadian model, porn actress and film director

O

Obie Benz (* 1949), American documentary filmmaker
Otto C. Benz (1882– ??), American painter
Ottomar Benz (1880–1960), German politician and banker

P

Papa Benz ( Josef Friedrich Benz ; 1863–1928), German opera singer (tenor), cabaret artist and innkeeper
Paul Benz (* 1986), Australian Paralympic athlete
Peter Benz (* 1942), German politician, Lord Mayor of Darmstadt
Peter-Ulrich Merz-Benz (* 1953), Swiss sociologist and philosopher

R.

Richard Benz (1884–1966), German writer and private scholar
Richard Benz (racing driver) (1874–1955), German racing car driver and entrepreneur
Robert von Benz (1780–1849), Austrian Deputy Governor
Robert Benz (actor) , Canadian actor
Robert Benz (pianist) (* 1954), German pianist and music teacher
Robin Benz (* 1995), German soccer player
Roland Benz (soccer player) (* 1940), German soccer player
Roland Benz (biophysicist) (* 1943), German biophysicist
Rolf Benz (* 1933), German entrepreneur
Rudolf Benz (1810–1872), Swiss lawyer and civil servant

S.

Sandrine Benz (* 1984), Swiss triathlete
Sara Benz (* 1992), Swiss ice hockey player
Severin Benz (1834–1898), Swiss painter
Silvia Häusl-Benz (* 1979), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
Simone Benz (* 1980), Swiss triathlete, see Simone Brändli
Sofie Benz (1884–1911), German painter
Sophie Benz Hofmann (* 1948), Swiss artist
Spragga Benz (* 1969), Jamaican DJ

W.

Walter Benz (entrepreneur) (1926–2016), German entrepreneur
Walter Benz (1931–2017), German mathematician
Werner Benz (1935–2019), German clergyman and church musician
Wigbert Benz (* 1954), German historian
Wilhelm Benz (1868–1954), German politician
Willy Benz (astrophysicist) (* 1955), Swiss astrophysicist
Willy Benz-Baenitz (1881–1957), German painter
Winfried Benz (1936–2016), German science manager
Wolfgang Benz (* 1941), German historian
Wolfgang Benz (painter) (1953–1995), German painter and draftsman

Individual evidence

↑ DUDEN, family name. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, p. 123.

[1] DUDEN, family name. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, p. 123.