Benito (name)
Benito is the Spanish form of Benedict and is both a masculine given name and a surname.
People with the given name "Benito" include
A
- Benito Manuel Agüero, Spanish painter
- Benito Alazraki, Mexican film director
- Benito Andion, Salvadorian diplomat
- Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Puerto Rican singer
- Benito Archundia, Mexican football referee
- Benito Armiñán, Spanish soldier
B
- Benito Báez, Dominican baseball player
- Benito Baranda, Chilean psychologist
- Benito Bello de Torices, Spanish composer
- Benito Boldi, Italian footballer
- Benito Bollati, Italian lawyer and politician
- Benito Pérez Brito, Spanish military officer
- Benito Buachidze, Georgian literary critic
C
- Benito Cabanban, Filipino bishop
- Benito Cabrera, Spanish composer
- Benito Calderón, Cuban baseball player
- Benito Canónico, Venezuelan composer
- Benito Carbone, Italian footballer
- Benito Carvajales, Cuban footballer
- Benito Castro, Mexican musician
- Benito Cereno (writer), American comic book writer
- Benito Cocchi, Italian bishop
- Benito Contreras, Mexican footballer
- Benito Corghi, Italian truck driver
- Benito Rebolledo Correa, Chilean painter
D
- Benito de Jesús, Puerto Rican songwriter
- Benito T. de Leon, Filipino military officer
- Benito R. de Monfort, Spanish photographer
- Benito de Rivas, Puerto Rican prelate
- Benito de San Juan, Spanish military officer
- Benito Fernández de Santa Ana, Spanish friar
- Benito de Soto, Spanish pirate
- Benito Díaz, Spanish footballer
- Benito di Paula, Brazilian singer-songwriter
E
- Benito Elizalde, Spanish rower
- Benito Espinós, Spanish painter
F
- Benito Floro, Spanish football manager
- Benito Gennaro Franceschetti, Italian archbishop
G
- Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist
- Benito Garozzo, Italian bridge player
- Benito Caballero Garza, Mexican politician
- Benito Guerra Jr., Mexican rally driver
- Benito Gutmacher, Argentinian actor
H
- Benito Huerta, American artist
J
- Benito Jacovitti, Italian comic artist
- Benito Serrano Jiménez, Costa Rican politician
- Benito Joanet, Spanish footballer and manager
- Benito Jones, American football player
- Benito Juárez, Mexican politician
K
- Benito Kemble, Dutch footballer
L
- Benito Legarda, Filipino legislator
- Benito J. Legarda, Filipino historian
- Benito Lertxundi, Spanish singer-songwriter
- Benito Lopez, American mixed martial artist
- Benito Lopez (politician), Filipino politician
- Benito Lorenzi, Italian football player
- Benito Lynch, Argentine novelist
M
- Benito Madueño y Ramos, Spanish prelate
- Benito Quinquela Martín, Argentine painter
- Benito Martinez (disambiguation), multiple people
- Benito Masilevu, Fijian rugby union footballer
- Benito Medero, Uruguayan politician
- Benito Messeguer, Spanish-Mexican artist
- Benito Montalvo, Argentine football coach
- Benito Arias Montano, Spanish orientalist
- Benito Chávez Montenegro, Mexican politician
- Benito Jerónimo Feijoo e Montenegro, Galician monk
- Benito Morales, Nicaraguan politician
- Benito Mussolini, Italian Duce
N
- Benito Nardone, Uruguayan journalist
- Benito Natividad, Filipino military officer
O
- Benito Orgiana, Italian politician
- Benito Owusu Bio, Ghanaian politician
P
- Benito Pabón y Suárez de Urbina, Spanish lawyer and trade unionist
- Benito Pastoriza Iyodo, Puerto Rican author
- Benito Pavoni, Italian politician
- Benito Vicetto Pérez, Galician writer
- Benito Perojo, Spanish film director
- Benito Pocino, Spanish actor
- Benito Prats, Cuban American psychic, realtor, Award winning exotic dancer.
R
- Benito Raman, Belgian footballer
- Benito Ramírez, Spanish footballer
- Benito Ramos, Mexican fencer
- Benito F. Reyes, Filipino academic administrator
- Benito Rigoni, Italian bobsledder
- Benito Romano, Puerto Rican-American politician
- Benito Ros, Spanish mountain cyclist
- Benito Rosales, Nicaraguan politician
S
- Benito Salas (disambiguation), multiple people
- Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Benito Santiago Jr., Puerto Rican basketball player
- Benito Sanz y Forés, Spanish cardinal
- Benito Sarti, Italian footballer
- Benito Skinner, American comedian
- Benito Stefanelli, Italian film actor and stuntman
- Benito Sylvain, Haitian journalist
T
- Benito Tiamzon, Filipino political organizer
- Benito Totti, Italian boxer
U
- Benito Urteaga, Argentine revolutionary
V
- Benito Rodríguez Valtodano, Nicaraguan bishop
- Benito van de Pas, Dutch darts player
- Benito Salas Vargas, Colombian military officer
- Benito Vázquez, Spanish soldier and explorer
- Benito Vergara, Filipino plant scientist
- Benito Villegas, Argentine chess master
- Benito Vines, Cuban cleric
Z
- Benito Zambrano, Spanish screenwriter
Fictional characters
- Benito Alessi, character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Benito, in some Spanish-speaking countries, comical character equivalent to Little Johnny
People with the surname
- Alberto Benito (disambiguation), multiple people
- Álvaro Benito, Spanish footballer
- Amado Benito Jr., Filipino fighter
- Asier Benito, Spanish footballer
- Azucena Sánchez Benito, Spanish cyclist
- Carl Benito, Canadian politician
- Cesar Benito, Spanish composer
- Diego Benito, Spanish footballer
- Don Benito (pirate), Spanish pirate
- Eduardo Benito, Spanish illustrator and painter
- Elizabeth Odio Benito, Costa Rican judge
- Gabriel R. G. Benito, Norwegian economist
- Goyo Benito, Spanish footballer
- Iker Benito, Spanish footballer
- Jordi Benito, Spanish artist
- Loris Benito, Swiss footballer
- Marie Benito, Guaman long-distance runner
- Miguel Ángel Benito, Spanish cyclist
- Mireia Benito, Spanish cyclist
- Pedro Benito, Spanish footballer
- Sergio Benito, Spanish footballer
- Teófilo Benito, Spanish middle-distance runner