Benard
# Benard

Benard or Bénard is a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Abraham-Joseph Bénard (1750–1822), French actor of the Comédie-Française
* Aimé Bénard (1873–1938), Canadian politician
* André Bénard (1922–2016), French industrialist
* Anne-José Madeleine Henriette Bénard (1928–2010), better known as Cécile Aubry, French actress
* Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769), French lady-in-waiting
* Cheryl Benard (born 1953), American academic
* Chris Benard (born 1990), American track and field athlete
* Claude Bénard (born 1926), French athlete
* Dominique Bénard, French Deputy Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
* Émile Bénard (1844–1929), French architect and painter
* Henri Bénard (1874–1939), French physicist, best known for his research on convection
* Laurent Bénard (1573–1620), French chief founder of the Maurist Congregation
* Marcos Abel Flores Benard (born 1985), Argentine footballer
* Marcus Benard (born 1985), American football linebacker
* Marvin Benard (born 1970), Major League Baseball outfielder, batting and throwing left-handed
* Maurice Benard (born 1963), American actor
* Michel Bénard (born c. 1713), councillor of the Conseil Supérieur of New France
* Paulo Bénard Guedes (1892–1960), Governor-General of Portuguese India
* Pierre Bénard (1898–1946), French journalist
* Raoul Bénard (1881–1961), French sculptor
* Raymond Benard, stage name of Ray "Crash" Corrigan (1902–1976), American actor

## Given name

* Benard E. Aigbokhan (born 1951), Nigerian academic
* Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (born 1960), Nigerian President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization
* Benard Ighner (1945–2017), American jazz musician
* Benard Keter (born 1992), American athlete
* Benard Kimeli (born 1995), Kenyan long-distance runner
* Benard Kipkorir Ngeno (born 1996), Kenyan long-distance runner
* Benard Nkanjo (born 1970), Zimbabwean sculptor
* Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe (1683–1765), French explorer
* Benard Kwaku Mensah (born 1924), Ghanaian politician
* Benard Otieno Okoth, Kenyan politician
