Benda (surname)
Benda is a Czech and Slovak surname. The name originated as a pet form of the given name Benedikt. The surname is also widespread in German-speaking countries. Notable people with the surname include:
Members of Benda family of musicians
- Christian Benda, Czech cellist, composer and conductor
- Franz Benda, violin virtuoso and composer
- Friedrich Benda, German violinist, pianist and composer
- Friedrich Ludwig Benda, German composer and violinist
- Georg Benda, Czech kapellmeister, violinist and composer
- Hans von Benda, German conductor
- Johann Friedrich Ernst Benda, German violinist and harpsichordist
- Johann Georg Benda, Czech violinist and composer
- Joseph Benda, Czech violinist and composer
- Juliane Reichardt, née Benda, German singer, pianist and composer
- Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda, German violinist and composer
- Louise Reichardt, German songwriter and composer
- Maria Carolina Wolf, née Benda, singer, pianist and composer
Other people
- Adolf Benda, Czech regional historian and jewelry craftsman
- Alice Bendová, Czech actress and model
- Andrej Benda, Slovak bobsledder
- Antal Benda, Hungarian field handball player
- Arthur Benda, German photographer
- Břetislav Benda, Czech sculptor
- Ernst Benda, German politician and jurist
- Felix Benda, Czech composer
- Friederike Benda, German politician
- Harry J. Benda, American political scientist
- Jan Benda, Belgian-German ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Benda, Czech artist
- John Benda, American golfer
- Julien Benda, French philosopher and novelist
- Kenneth Benda, English actor
- Karol Benda, Polish actor and director
- Krista Bendová, Slovak writer and poet
- Marek Benda, Czech politician
- Nancy Tribble Benda, American actress and educator
- Petr Benda, Czech basketball player
- Steven Benda, German footballer
- Václav Benda, Czech political activist and mathematician
- Willy Benda, German cellist and conductor
- Władysław T. Benda, Polish-American painter and illustrator