Benda (surname)

The surname Benda may refer to:


 * A prominent family of musicians originally from Bohemia, chiefly:
 * (1686–1757), weaver, musician; married Dorota Brixi (1686–1762) of the noted musical family
 * Franz Benda (Czech: František Benda; 1709–1786), violin virtuoso and composer
 * Maria Carolina Benda (1742–1820), singer, pianist, composer; married German composer Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
 * Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda (1745–1814), violinist, pianist, composer (known for the Singspiel "Das Blumenmädchen"), born in Potsdam
 * Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda (1748–1836), violinist, composer
 * August Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand (1779–1861), Kammerdiener and nobleman
 * , politician
 * Hans Robert Heinrich von Benda (1856–1919)
 * (1888–1972), conductor
 * Friedrich August Benda (1786–1854), civil servant and patron of music
 * Juliane Benda (1752–1783), singer, pianist, composer; married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1815)
 * Louise Reichardt (1779–1826), German songwriter and composer
 * Johann Georg Benda (Czech: Jan Jiří Benda; 1713–1752), violinist, composer
 * Viktor Benda (1719–1762), weaver
 * Georg Anton Benda (Czech: Jiří Antonín Benda; 1722–1795), kapellmeister, violinist, composer
 * Friedrich Ludwig Benda (1746–1792), composer, violinist; married singer
 * (1754–?), violinist
 * (1757–?), singer in Hamburg; married actors 1. 2. Adolph Blanchard
 * (1779–?), singer and actor; married actor Maximilian Scholz
 * (1759–1805), singer, actor
 * (1795–1846), actor; married actor Carl August Schmidt
 * (1825–?), opera singer; married actor and singer
 * Josephina Maria Louise Benda-Baranyai (born 1854)
 * (1884–?), German-American author and journalist
 * (1764–1824), singer, actor in Berlin
 * (1787–1844), singer and actor
 * Joseph Benda (Czech: Josef Benda; 1724–1804), violinist, composer
 * Johann Friedrich Ernst Benda (1749–1785), violinist, harpsichordist in Berlin
 * Johann Wilhelm Otto Benda (1775–1832), poet and translator
 * Karl Friedrich Franz Benda (1754–1816), musician
 * (1728–1781), operatic soprano; married Bohemian composer Dismas Hataš (1724–1777)
 * Jindřich Krištof Hataš (1739–1808), composer


 * Unrelated musician
 * Felix Benda (1708–1768), Bohemian composer

Other people named Benda

 * Adolf Benda (1845–1878), Bohemian regional historian and jewelry craftsman
 * Alice Bendová (born 1973), Czech actress and model
 * Andrej Benda (born 1975), Slovak bobsledder
 * Antal Benda (1910–1997), Hungarian field handball player
 * Arthur Benda (1885–1969), German photographer
 * Břetislav Benda (1897–1983), Czech sculptor
 * Christian Benda, Czech cellist, composer, and conductor
 * Madame D'Ora-Benda (1881–1963), or Dora Kallmus, photographer
 * Ernst Benda (1925–2009), German politician and jurist
 * Hans von Benda (1888–1972), German conductor
 * Jan Benda (born 1972, Reef, Belgium), Czech-German ice hockey player
 * Jan Benda (artist) (1897–1967), Czech artist
 * (1874–1949), German violinist
 * John Benda (born 1947), American professional golfer playing on the European Seniors Tour
 * Julien Benda (1867–1956), Jewish French philosopher and novelist
 * Marek Benda (born 1968), Czech politician
 * Nancy Tribble Benda (1930–2015), American actress and educator
 * Petr Benda (born 1982), Czech basketball player
 * (1926–2003), Swiss pianist and composer
 * Václav Benda (1946–1999), Czech political activist and mathematician
 * Władysław Teodor "W.T." Benda (1873–1948), Polish-American painter and illustrator