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Benito (name)

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Gender
  
Male

Related names
  
Benedict

Meaning
  
"blessed"

Pronunciation
  
Spanish: [beˈnito] Italian: [beˈniːto]

Benito is the Spanish form of Benedict and is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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People with the given name

  • Benito Archundia (born 1966), football referee
  • Benito Arias Montano (1527–1598), Spanish orientalist
  • Benito Carbone (born 1971), retired Italian professional football player
  • Benito Cereno (writer), writer of comic books
  • Benito de San Juan (died 1809), Spanish military officer
  • Benito de Soto (1805–1835), Spanish pirate
  • Benito Floro (born 1952), retired Spanish football manager
  • Benito Garozzo (born 1927), Italian bridge player
  • Benito Gutmacher (born 1950), Argentinian actor und theatre director
  • Benito Jacovitti (1923–1997), Italian comic artist
  • Benito Jerónimo Feijoo e Montenegro (1676–1764), Galician neoclassical monk and scholar
  • Benito Juárez (1806–1872), President of Mexico
  • Benito Legarda (1853–1915), Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands
  • Benito Lorenzi (1925–2007), Italian football player
  • Benito Lynch (1885–1951), Argentine novelist and short-story writer
  • Benito Martínez (1880–2006), native of Cuba who claimed to be the world's oldest living person
  • Benito Martinez (actor) (born 1971), American actor
  • Benito Martinez (soldier) (1932–1952), United States Army soldier
  • Benito Medero (1922–2007), Uruguayan politician
  • Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), prime minister and dictator of Italy
  • Benito Pérez Brito (1747–1813), Spanish military officer and colonial official
  • Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), Spanish realist novelist
  • Benito Perojo (1894–1974), successful Spanish film director and film producer
  • Benito Quinquela Martín (1890–1977), Argentine painter
  • Benito Rosales, Nicaraguan head of state
  • Benito Santiago (born 1965), former MLB baseball catcher
  • Benito Stefanelli (1929–1999), Italian film actor and stuntman
  • Benito Vicetto Pérez (19th century), Galacian writer
  • Benito Zambrano (born 1965), Spanish screenwriter and film director
  • Cesar Benito Cabrera, former United States Ambassador to the island nations of Mauritius and the Seychelles
  • Emanuel Benito Rivas (born 1983), Argentine football midfielder

    • People with the surname

  • Elizabeth Odio Benito (born 1939), Vice-President of the International Criminal Court
  • Gabriel R. G. Benito (born ca 1962), Norwegian economists
  • Gregorio Benito (born 1946), a retired Spanish footballer who played for Real Madrid
  • Teófilo Benito (1966–2004), Spanish middle distance runner
  • Eduardo Benito (1891-1981), an icon of the Art Deco era from Spain. Designed many covers for Vanity Fair and Vogue in the 20s

    • References

    Benito (name) Wikipedia
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