Persons
- Brenda Benet (1945–1982), American actress
- Christie Benet (1879–1951), American politician from South Carolina
- Eric Benét (born 1966), American R&B and gospel singer
- Juan Benet (1927–1993), Spanish writer
- John Benet, English madrigal school composer, see John Bennet
- JonBenét Ramsey (1990–1996), American child murdered in her home 1996
- Mordecai Benet (1753–1829) a Talmudist and chief rabbi of Moravia
- Robert Benet, English Protestant martyr, one of the Windsor Martyrs
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943), American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist
- Sula Benet (1903–1982), Polish anthropologist
- Thomas Benet
- Thomas Benet (martyr), English Protestant martyr
- William Rose Benét (1886–1950), American poet, writer and editor; brother of Stephen Vincent Benét
- Wilo Benet (contemporary), Puerto Rican celebrity chef and restaurateur
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