Benham (surname)

Benham is an Anglo-Scottish locational surname, from Benham, Berkshire, or Binham, Norfolk. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Andrew E. K. Benham (1832–1905), American admiral
 * Charles Benham (1860–1929) Author, newspaper editor and amateur scientist
 * Chris Benham, cricketer
 * Ellen Ida Benham (1871–1917) science teacher in South Australia.
 * Flip Benham, Christian fundamentalist
 * Henry Washington Benham, 19th-century American soldier
 * Isabel Benham (1909–2013), American railroad finance expert
 * Jade Benham, Australian politician
 * Jane Benham Hay (1829–1904), English artist
 * Jessica Benham, American politician and disability rights activist
 * Joan Benham, actress.
 * John Lee Benham (1785–1864), founder of Benham & Sons of Wigmore Street, London, cooking apparatus manufacturers
 * Edward Benham (died 1869), son of the above and founder of Benham & Co., printers of Colchester, Essex. Editor of Essex County Standard
 * Sir William Gurney Benham (1859–1944), elder son of the above, and his successor as proprietor of Benham & Co. Prolific author, High Steward of Colchester. Editor of Essex County Standard
 * Hervey Benham (1910–1987), his son. Author, particularly on marine topics. Editor of Essex County Standard
 * Jane Benham MBE (c. 1943 – 1992), his daughter, restorer of boats and associated
 * Charles Edwin Benham (1860–1929) of Colchester, Essex, journalist, author (particularly Essex ballads, 1st ed., 1895), and experimenter. Younger son of Edward, creator of Benham's top. Editor of Essex County Standard
 * Robert Benham (judge), Georgia Supreme Court Judge
 * Captain Robert Benham, early American pioneer, member of First Ohio Legislature
 * William Benham (1831–1910), English churchman and writer.
 * William Blaxland Benham (1860–1950), New Zealand zoologist and biologist
 * William Gurney Benham (1859–1944), English newspaper editor