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.