Bender (surname)

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The surname Bender derives from both British and German origin. In England, it derives from old Benden or Benbow. In Germany, it is a form of Fassbinder (Cooper). It is an occupational name in both English and German forms.

Art, music, film, television and radio

Aimee Bender (born 1969), American novelist

Darren Bender, became known in the UK TV industry for launching several long running new film maker's initiatives (Coming Up & The Other Side) at broadcaster Channel 4

David Bender, political activist and host of the radio show "Politically Direct" on Air America Radio

David A. Bender, academic & author

Dawn Bender (born 1935), American film, stage, and radio actress

Dragan Bender (born 1997), Croatian basketball player.

Hy Bender, author

Jack Bender, American film and television director

Lawrence Bender (born 1957), Hollywood movie producer

Lionel Bender, American author and linguist

Steve Bender (1946–2006), German musician and record producer, formerly of the group Dschinghis Khan

Military and politics

Austin Letheridge Bender (1916–1980), mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1969 to 1971

Birgitt Bender (born 1956), German politician

Brian Bender (born 1949), retired British civil servant

Chester R. Bender (1914–1996), fourteenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard

Riley A. Bender (1890–1973), Republican presidential candidate

Ryszard Bender (born 1932), Polish nationalist author and politician

Hans-Wilhelm Bender (1916–1982), German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II

Sciences

Carl M. Bender (born 1942), Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis

George H. Bender (1896–1961), Republican politician

Hans Bender (1907–1991), German lecturer on the subject of parapsychology

Harold H. Bender (1882–1951), professor of philology at Princeton University

Harold S. Bender (1897–1962), professor of theology at Goshen College and Goshen Biblical Seminary

Lauretta Bender (1897–1987), child neuropsychiatrist, developer of the Bender-Gestalt Test

Margaret Bender, American anthropologist

Mark Bender Gerstein, American physical and biological scientist

Marvin Lionel Bender (1934–2008), American linguist

Tom Bender, one of the American founders of the "green architecture" and "sustainability" movements

Wesley C. Bender (1908-1995), Professor of economics at Notre Dame University

Sports

Chief Bender (1884–1954), (actually Charles Albert Bender) Hall of Fame U.S. baseball pitcher of the early 20th century

Gary Bender, American sportscaster

Jacob Bender (born 1985), NFL offensive tackle

Jakob Bender (1910–1981), German footballer

John R. Bender, college football and basketball coach

Jonathan Bender (born 1981), NBA player

Lars Bender, German footballer, twin brother of Sven Bender

Manfred Bender (born 1966), German football player and coach

Sven Bender, German footballer, twin brother of Lars Bender

Todd Bender, from Alpharetta, Georgia

Thomas Bender (born 1993), Welsh Footballer

Bob Bender (born 1957), basketball coach, currently working as an assistant with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks

Lou Bender (1910–2009), American basketball player who helped turn the sport into a popular success in New York City during the Great Depression and helped make Madison Square Garden a destination for the sport

Jules Bender (1914–1982), American collegiate and professional basketball player

Walter Bender (Canadian football) (born 1961), American player of gridiron football

Other

Jo Bender, Minnesota-based beauty queen

Levi Yitzchok Bender (1897–1989), rabbi and leader of the Breslov community in both Uman and Jerusalem

Steven Bender, serial entrepreneur

Walter Bender (born 1956), president of One Laptop Per Child Software and Content

Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers

References

Bender (surname) Wikipedia

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