Benny

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Benny
Pronunciation /ˈbɛni/
GenderMale (Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Bernard, Ebenezer, etc.)
Female (Bernice or Bernadette)
Other names
Related names Benjamin, Bernice, Bernadette, Bernard

Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin or, less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Benito, Benson, Bernice, Ebenezer, Benansio/Benancio or Bernard.

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Bennie

Given name

  • Bennie M. Bunn (1907–1943), American Marine officer, Navy Cross recipient
  • Bennie Cunningham (1954–2018), American retired National Football League player
  • Bennie Daniels (born 1932), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Bennie L. Davis (1928–2012), United States Air Force general and commander-in-chief of Strategic Air Command
  • Bennie Ellender (1925–2011), American college football player and head coach
  • Bennie Goods (born 1968), American retired Canadian Football League player
  • Bennie Green (1923–1977), American jazz trombonist and bandleader
  • Bennie Logan (born 1989), American National Football League player
  • Bennie Maupin (born 1940), American jazz musician
  • Bennie Muller (born 1938), Dutch former footballer
  • Bennie Purcell (1929–2016), American college basketball and Washington Generals (Harlem Globetrotters) player and college tennis coach
  • Bennie Thompson (born 1948), American politician
  • Bennie Thompson (American football) (born 1963), American retired National Football League player
  • Bennie Wallace (born 1946), American post bop, swing music and jazz tenor saxophonist and composer

Surname

  • Bob Bennie (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1945), Scottish footballer with St Mirren and Newcastle (uncle of two following)
  • Peter Bennie (1899–1981), Scottish footballer with Albion Rovers, Burnley, Bradford City
  • Bob Bennie (1900–1972), Scottish footballer with Third Lanark, Airdrieonians, Hearts

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