The surname Benda may refer to:
A prominent family of musicians originally from Bohemia, chiefly
Jan Jiří Benda (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
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Robert von Benda, politician
Hans Robert Heinrich von Benda (1856–1919)
Hans Gustav Robert von Benda (1888–1972), 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 Felicitas Agnesia Ritz
Heinrich Benda (1754–?), violinist
Catherine Justine Benda (1757–?), singer in Hamburg; married actors 1. Karl Friedrich Zimdar 2. Adolph Blanchard
Caroline Zimdar (1779–?), singer and actor; married actor Maximilian Scholz
Christian Hermann Benda (1759–1805), singer, actor
Amalia Carolina Louisa Benda (1795–1846), actor; married actor Carl August Schmidt
Adolph Benda (1825–?), opera singer; married actor and singer Susanna Benda
Josephina Maria Louise Benda-Baranyai (born 1854)
Ilona B. Benda (1884–?), German-American author and journalist
Karl Ernst Eberhard Benda (1764–1824), singer, actor in Berlin
Sophia Carolina Benda (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)
Karl Friedrich Franz Benda (1754–1816), musician
Anna Franziska Benda (1728–1781), operatic soprano; married Bohemian composer Dismas Hataš (1724–1777)
Jindřich Krištof Hataš (1739–1808), composer
Other family members
Felix Benda (1708–1768), Bohemian composer
