Benn is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
- A. W. Benn (1843–1915), British rationalist/humanist writer
- Arrelious Benn (born 1988), American footballer (American football)
- Arthur Shirley Benn, 1st Baron Glenravel (1858–1937), British politician
- Brindley Benn (born 1923), Guyanese politician
- Caroline Benn (1926–2000), British writer, wife of Tony Benn
- Emily Benn (born 1989), British politician
- Gottfried Benn (1886–1956), German poet
- Hilary Benn (born 1953), British politician, son of Tony Benn
- James R. Benn (born 1949), American mystery writer
- Jamie Benn (born 1989), NHL hockey player for the Dallas Stars, brother of Jordie
- Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet (1850–1922), British politician, father of publisher Ernest Benn and William Wedgwood Benn
- Jordie Benn (born 1987), NHL hockey player for the Dallas Stars, brother of Jamie
- Sir Ernest Benn, 2nd Baronet (1875–1954), British publisher
- Mitch Benn (born 1970), British musician and stand-up comedian
- Nigel Benn (born 1964), British boxer
- Piers Benn, British philosopher
- Sulieman Benn (born 1981), Barbadian spin bowler
- Tony Benn (born 1925), British politician
- William Benn (disambiguation), multiple persons
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Famous quotes containing the word benn:
“We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)
“The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)
“The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin’s Russia: it’s like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)