Bender (surname)

The surname Bender derives from German origin.
In Germany, it is a form of Fassbinder or Fassbender. It is an occupational name.

Academics

Carl M. Bender, American applied mathematician and mathematical physicist
David A. Bender, nutritional biochemist
Harold H. Bender, professor of philology at Princeton University
Harold S. Bender, professor of theology
Lauretta Bender, American child neuropsychiatrist, developer of the Bender-Gestalt Test
Lionel Bender, American linguist
Margaret Bender, American anthropologist
Mark Bender Gerstein, American physical and biological scientist
Tom Bender (architect), American architect, one of the American founders of the "green architecture" and "sustainability" movements

Aimee Bender, American novelist
Chris Bender (film producer), American film producer
Chris Bender (singer), American R&B singer
Darren Bender, known in the UK TV industry for launching several long running new filmmaker initiatives
Dawn Bender, American actress
Eleanor Bender, American actress
Howard Bender, American comics artist
Jack Bender, American film and television director, television producer and former actor
Karen Bender, American fiction and nonfiction writer
Lawrence Bender, Hollywood movie producer
Lon Bender, American Oscar-winning sound editor, businessman and inventor
Steve Bender, German musician and record producer, formerly of the group Dschinghis Khan
William Bender, American music critic

Austin Letheridge Bender, mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Birgitt Bender, German politician
David Bender, political activist and host of the radio show "Politically Direct" on Air America Radio
George H. Bender, Republican politician
John Bender (Ohio politician), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Lisa Bender, American politician and city planner
Osvaldo Bender, Brazilian businessman and politician
Riley A. Bender, Republican presidential candidate
Robert Bender, American politician
Ryszard Bender, Polish politician and historian
Silvia Bender, German politician
Mario Bender, German politician

Anthony Bender, American baseball player
Bob Bender, American National Basketball Association assistant coach
Charles Chief Bender, American Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher
Denise Bender, American retired soccer player
Dragan Bender, Croatian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Garrett Bender, American rugby union player
Gary Bender, American retired sportscaster
Jacob Bender, National Football League player
Jakob Bender, German footballer
John R. Bender, American football player and coach of college football, basketball, and baseball
Jonathan Bender, American retired National Basketball Association player
Jules Bender, American basketball player
Lars Bender, German footballer, twin brother of Sven Bender
Lars Bender (footballer, born 1988), German footballer
Lou Bender, American basketball player
Manfred Bender, German football manager and former player
Sven Bender, German footballer, twin brother of Lars Bender
Tim Bender, American former snowmobile and NASCAR driver
Todd Bender, American skeet shooter
Tom Bender (footballer), Welsh footballer
Walter Bender (Canadian football), American player of gridiron football

Sir Brian Bender, British civil servant
Bryan Bender, American journalist
Charles Bender, Canadian rabbi
Doris Marie Bender, American social worker
Frank Bender, American forensic artist
Hans Bender, German parapsychologist
Levi Yitzchok Bender, rabbi and leader of the Breslov community in both Uman and Jerusalem
Michael L. Bender, former Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
Steven Bender, American serial entrepreneur
Walter Bender, American software engineer and expert in electronic publishing

Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers
Ostap Bender, a fictional con man who appeared in the novels The Twelve Chairs and The Little Golden Calf by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov