Benda (surname)
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The surname Benda may refer to:
;A prominent family of musicians originally from Bohemia, chiefly:
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Jan Jiří Benda the Elder|cz|3=Jan Jiří Benda (otec)}} (1686–1757), weaver, musician; married Dorota Brixi (1686–1762) of the noted musical family
- Franz Benda (Czech: František Benda; 1709–1786), violin virtuoso and composer
- Maria Carolina Benda (1742–1820), singer, pianist, composer; married German composer Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda (1745–1814), violinist, pianist, composer (known for the Singspiel "Das Blumenmädchen"), born in Potsdam
- Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda (1748–1836), violinist, composer
- August Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand (1779–1861), Kammerdiener and nobleman
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Robert von Benda|de|3=Robert von Benda}}, politician
- Hans Robert Heinrich von Benda (1856–1919)
- Hans von Benda (1888–1972), German conductor
- Friedrich August Benda (1786–1854), civil servant and patron of music
- Juliane Benda (1752–1783), singer, pianist, composer; married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1815)
- Louise Reichardt (1779–1826), German songwriter and composer
- Johann Georg Benda (Czech: Jan Jiří Benda; 1713–1752), violinist, composer
- Viktor Benda (1719–1762), weaver
- Georg Anton Benda (Czech: Jiří Antonín Benda; 1722–1795), kapellmeister, violinist, composer
- Friedrich Ludwig Benda (1746–1792), composer, violinist; married singer {{Interlanguage link multi|Felicitas Agnesia Ritz|de}}
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Heinrich Benda|de}} (1754–?), violinist
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Catherine Justine Benda|de|3=Justina Benda}} (1757–?), singer in Hamburg; married actors 1. {{Interlanguage link multi|Karl Friedrich Zimdar|de}} 2. Adolph Blanchard
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Caroline Zimdar|de}} (1779–?), singer and actor; married actor Maximilian Scholz
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Christian Hermann Benda|cz}} (1759–1805), singer, actor
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Amalia Carolina Louisa Benda|de}} (1795–1846), actor; married actor Carl August Schmidt
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Adolph Benda|de}} (1825–?), opera singer; married actor and singer {{Interlanguage link multi|Susanna Benda|de}}
- Josephina Maria Louise Benda-Baranyai (born 1854)
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Ilona B. Benda|de}} (1884–?), German-American author and journalist
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Karl Ernst Eberhard Benda|de|3=Carl Ernst Eberhard Benda}} (1764–1824), singer, actor in Berlin
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Sophia Carolina Benda|de}} (1787–1844), singer and actor
- Joseph Benda (Czech: Josef Benda; 1724–1804), violinist, composer
- Johann Friedrich Ernst Benda (1749–1785), violinist, harpsichordist in Berlin
- Johann Wilhelm Otto Benda (1775–1832), poet and translator
- Karl Friedrich Franz Benda (1754–1816), musician
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Anna Franziska Benda|de}} (1728–1781), operatic soprano; married Bohemian composer Dismas Hataš (1724–1777)
- Jindřich Krištof Hataš (1739–1808), composer
;Unrelated musician
- Felix Benda (1708–1768), Bohemian composer
Other people named Benda
- Adolf Benda (1845–1878), Bohemian regional historian and jewelry craftsman
- Alice Bendová (born 1973), Czech actress and model
- Andrej Benda (born 1975), Slovak bobsledder
- Antal Benda (1910–1997), Hungarian field handball player
- Arthur Benda (1885–1969), German photographer
- Břetislav Benda (1897–1983), Czech sculptor
- Christian Benda, Czech cellist, composer, and conductor
- Madame D'Ora-Benda (1881–1963), or Dora Kallmus, photographer
- Ernst Benda (1925–2009), German politician and jurist
- Jan Benda (born 1972, Reef, Belgium), Czech-German ice hockey player
- Jan Benda (artist) (1897–1967), Czech artist
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Jean Benda|de}} (1874–1949), German violinist
- John Benda (born 1947), American professional golfer playing on the European Seniors Tour
- Julien Benda (1867–1956), Jewish French philosopher and novelist
- Marek Benda (born 1968), Czech politician
- Nancy Tribble Benda (1930–2015), American actress and educator
- Petr Benda (born 1982), Czech basketball player
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Sebastian Benda|de}} (1926–2003), Swiss pianist and composer
- Václav Benda (1946–1999), Czech political activist and mathematician
- Władysław Teodor "W.T." Benda (1873–1948), Polish-American painter and illustrator
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