Benoist

Benoist is both a French surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surnames

 * Alain de Benoist (born 1943), French academic and philosopher
 * Antoine Benoist (painter) (1632–1717), French artist who was painter and sculptor to Louis XIV
 * Antoine Benoist (engraver) (by 1721–1770), French draughtsman and engraver in London
 * Antoine-Gabriel-François Benoist (1715–1776), French soldier
 * Élie Benoist (1640–1728), French Protestant minister, known as an historian of the Edict of Nantes
 * Félix Benoist (1818–1896), French painter and lithographer
 * François Benoist (1794–1878), French organist, composer, and pedagogue
 * Françoise-Albine Benoist (1724–1808 or 1809), French writer
 * Gabriel Benoist (1891–1964), a French writer in the Cauchois dialect of the Norman language
 * Grégory Benoist (born 1983), Belgian jockey based in France
 * Guillaume Philippe Benoist (1725–1770), French line-engraver
 * Jacques Benoist-Méchin (1901–1983), French politician and writer
 * Joseph Roger de Benoist (1923–2017), French missionary, journalist, and historian
 * Lance Benoist (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
 * Louis Auguste Benoist (1803–1867), pioneering American banker and financier
 * Luc Benoist (1893–1980), French essayist
 * Marcel Benoist (died 1918), French lawyer who established the Swiss Marcel Benoist Prize
 * Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768–1826), French neoclassical, historical and genre painter
 * Melissa Benoist (born 1988), American actress and singer
 * Michel Benoist (1715–1774), French Jesuit scientist noted for his service to the Chinese Empire
 * Raymond Benoist (1881–1970), French zoologist and botanist
 * Robert Benoist (1895–1944), French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War II secret agent
 * Thomas W. Benoist (1874–1917), American aviator, aircraft manufacturer, and airline entrepreneur

Given names

 * Benoist Simmat, French author and journalist
 * Benoist Stehlin (c. 1732 – 1774), French harpsichord builder