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