title: Benard
text: # Benard
  
  Benard or Bénard is a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Abraham-Joseph Bénard (1750–1822), French actor of the Comédie-Française
  * Aimé Bénard (1873–1938), Canadian politician
  * André Bénard (1922–2016), French industrialist
  * Anne-José Madeleine Henriette Bénard (1928–2010), better known as Cécile Aubry, French actress
  * Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769), French lady-in-waiting
  * Cheryl Benard (born 1953), American academic
  * Chris Benard (born 1990), American track and field athlete
  * Claude Bénard (born 1926), French athlete
  * Dominique Bénard, French Deputy Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
  * Émile Bénard (1844–1929), French architect and painter
  * Henri Bénard (1874–1939), French physicist, best known for his research on convection
  * Laurent Bénard (1573–1620), French chief founder of the Maurist Congregation
  * Marcos Abel Flores Benard (born 1985), Argentine footballer
  * Marcus Benard (born 1985), American football linebacker
  * Marvin Benard (born 1970), Major League Baseball outfielder, batting and throwing left-handed
  * Maurice Benard (born 1963), American actor
  * Michel Bénard (born c. 1713), councillor of the Conseil Supérieur of New France
  * Paulo Bénard Guedes (1892–1960), Governor-General of Portuguese India
  * Pierre Bénard (1898–1946), French journalist
  * Raoul Bénard (1881–1961), French sculptor
  * Raymond Benard, stage name of Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902–1976), American actor
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Benard E. Aigbokhan (born 1951), Nigerian academic
  * Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (born 1960), Nigerian President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization
  * Benard Ighner (1945–2017), American jazz musician
  * Benard Keter (born 1992), American athlete
  * Benard Kimeli (born 1995), Kenyan long-distance runner
  * Benard Kipkorir Ngeno (born 1996), Kenyan long-distance runner
  * Benard Nkanjo (born 1970), Zimbabwean sculptor
  * Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe (1683–1765), French explorer
  * Benard Kwaku Mensah (born 1924), Ghanaian politician
  * Benard Otieno Okoth, Kenyan politician
  