Benton (surname)
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Benton is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 of Old English or Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....

 in origin. According to sources, the name means "town in the bent grass" or "is from the place where the bear grass grows".

It may may refer to:
  • Al Benton
    Al Benton
    John Alton Benton was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played with the Philadelphia Athletics , Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox ....

    , American baseball player
  • Arthur L. Benton
    Arthur L. Benton
    Arthur Lester Benton was a neuropsychologist and Emeritus Professor of Neurology and Psychology at the University of Iowa.- Biography :...

    , American neuropsychologist
  • Barbi Benton
    Barbi Benton
    Barbi Benton is an American model, actress and singer.-Career:She was featured on the cover of Playboy several times and in nude photo layouts in the March 1970, December 1973, and January 1975 issues, although she was never one of the magazine's "Playmates of the Month".Benton is known for her...

    , American model and actress
  • Bernard Benton
    Bernard Benton
    -Professional career:Known as "The Bull", Benton turned pro in 1981 and won the WBC cruiserweight title with a decision win over Alfonso Ratcliff in 1985. He lost the belt in his first defense to Carlos De León via decision the following year. He retired in 1995....

    , boxer
  • Billy Benton
    Billy Benton
    William Henry "Billy" Benton was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the 1920s and 1930s, making over 350 Football League appearances for the club. He played in midfield....

    , English footballer
  • Brook Benton
    Brook Benton
    Brook Benton was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.He made a comeback in 1970...

     (1931-1988), American musician
  • Charles S. Benton
    Charles S. Benton
    Charles Swan Benton was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

    , United States House of Representatives fron New York
  • Claudia Benton, murder victim
  • Dave Benton
    Dave Benton
    Dave Benton is a pop musician and 2001 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.Benton was born on the Caribbean island of Aruba in 1951 and in his 20s moved to the United States...

    , Aruban-Estonian singer
  • Eddie Benton, Canadian actress Anne-Marie Martin
    Anne-Marie Martin
    Anne-Marie Martin is a Canadian actress and writer who is perhaps best known for playing Sgt. Dori Doreau in the American television comedy series Sledge Hammer! from 1986 to 1988....

  • Everett Chamberlin Benton
    Everett Chamberlin Benton
    Everett Chamberlin Benton was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts in 1904, and the Republican candidate for Massachusetts governor in 1912.-Biography:...

    , American politician
  • Glen Benton
    Glen Benton
    Glen Benton is an American heavy metal musician best known as the vocalist and bassist for the death metal band Deicide, although he prefers not to use the 'death metal' terminology. He is also the studio vocalist for Vital Remains, and has performed live with them on a few occasions...

    , American bass guitarist
  • Jerome Benton
    Jerome Benton
    Jerome Benton is an American musical performer, backup dancer and comedic actor. He can be seen in music videos by Janet Jackson and Prince, but he is best known for his association with The Time....

    , American musical performer
  • Jessica Benton
    Jessica Benton
    Jessica Benton is a British actress, mainly known for her role in the BBC series The Onedin Line.She had some minor roles on TV such as Z-Cars in 1970, and The Juggler of Notre Dame...

    , British actress
  • Jim Benton (American football), American football player
  • Joe Benton
    Joe Benton
    Joseph Edward Benton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bootle since 1990.-Early life:...

    , British politician
  • Kenneth Benton
    Kenneth Benton
    Kenneth Benton, CMG was an English MI6 officer and diplomat from 1937-68.Following retirement, Benton began a second career as writer of spy and crime thrillers.-Early life and education:...

    , (1909-1999) British MI6 officer and author
  • Lemuel Benton
    Lemuel Benton
    Lemuel Benton was an American planter and politician from Darlington County, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in the U.S. House from 1793 until 1799. Colonel Benton resided on Stoney Hill Farm, located in Darlington county near Mechanicsville, SC. Stoney Hill is currently owned by...

     (1754-1818), American planter and politician
  • Mark Benton
    Mark Benton
    Mark Benton is an English actor, perhaps most famous for his roles as Eddie in Early Doors and Howard in Northern Lights.-Life and career:Benton was born in Guisborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England....

    , British comic actor
  • Michael J. Benton
    Michael J. Benton
    Michael J. Benton is a British paleontologist, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol....

    , British paleontontologist
  • Morris Fuller Benton
    Morris Fuller Benton
    Morris Fuller Benton was an influential American typeface designer who headed the design department of the American Type Founders , for which he was the chief type designer from 1900 to 1937...

    , American type designer
  • Nathaniel S. Benton
    Nathaniel S. Benton
    Nathaniel Seley Benton was a New York politician who served as a New York State Senator and Secretary of State of New York....

    , New York politician
  • Nicholas F. Benton
    Nicholas F. Benton
    Nicholas F. Benton is the founder, owner, and editor of the Falls Church News-Press, a weekly newspaper circulated in Falls Church, Virginia, and in parts of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Washington D.C....

    , American journalist
  • Peter Benton
    Peter Benton
    Dr. Peter Benton is a fictional character on the television series ER for its first eight seasons. He was played by Eriq La Salle. Benton was often portrayed as arrogant, irritable, or even hostile, but he is nevertheless an exceptionally talented surgeon who is passionate about medicine...

    , fictional character from ER
    ER (TV series)
    ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

  • Rabbit Benton
    Rabbit Benton
    Stanley W. "Rabbit" Benton was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played in with the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed. Benton had four hits in 19 at-bats in six career games. He was born in Cannel City, Kentucky, and died in Mesquite, Texas.-External links:...

    , baseball player
  • Robert Benton
    Robert Benton
    Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and film director.Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. Benton has won numerous awards for both writing and...

    , Academy Award winning American screenwriter
    Screenwriter
    Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

     and film director
    Film director
    A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

  • Sergeant Benton
    Sergeant Benton
    Sergeant Benton is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, played by John Levene. He was the senior NCO of the British contingent of UNIT , an international organisation that defends the Earth...

    , fictional character from Doctor Who
    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

  • Maecenas Benton, US congressman, father of Thomas Hart Benton, the painter
  • Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
    Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
    Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, almost sculpted paintings showed everyday scenes of life in the United States...

    , American artist
  • Thomas Hart Benton (senator)
    Thomas Hart Benton (senator)
    Thomas Hart Benton , nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms...

    , American politician, great-uncle of the artist of the same name
  • Walter Benton
    Walter Benton
    Walter Benton was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Benton first began playing saxophone as a high schooler in Los Angeles. After three years of service in the Army in the early 1950s, he played in 1954 with Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, and Clifford Brown. From 1954 to 1957 he played with Perez...

    , jazz musician
  • Walter Benton (poet)
    Walter Benton (poet)
    Walter Benton was an American poet and writer. Benton was born to Russian immigrant parents living in Austria. The family left Europe in 1913 to relocate to the the United States during World War I. During the Great Depression, Benton worked various odd jobs enabling him to attend Ohio...

    , American poet
  • William Benton (senator), American publisher and politician
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