Benda (surname)
The surname Benda may refer to:
;A prominent family of musicians originally from Bohemia, chiefly:
- , weaver, musician; married Dorota Brixi of the noted musical family
- * Franz Benda, violin virtuoso and composer
- ** Maria Carolina Benda, singer, pianist, composer; married German composer Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
- ** Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda, violinist, pianist, composer, born in Potsdam
- ** Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda, violinist, composer
- *** August Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand, Kammerdiener and nobleman
- ****, politician
- ***** Hans Robert Heinrich von Benda
- ****** , conductor
- *** Friedrich August Benda, civil servant and patron of music
- ** Juliane Benda, singer, pianist, composer; married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt
- *** Louise Reichardt, German songwriter and composer
- * Johann Georg Benda, violinist, composer
- * Viktor Benda, weaver
- * Georg Anton Benda, kapellmeister, violinist, composer
- ** Friedrich Ludwig Benda, composer, violinist; married singer
- ** , violinist
- ** , singer in Hamburg; married actors 1. 2. Adolph Blanchard
- *** , singer and actor; married actor Maximilian Scholz
- ** , singer, actor
- *** , actor; married actor Carl August Schmidt
- **** , opera singer; married actor and singer
- ***** Josephina Maria Louise Benda-Baranyai
- ****** , German-American author and journalist
- ** , singer, actor in Berlin
- *** , singer and actor
- * Joseph Benda, violinist, composer
- ** Johann Friedrich Ernst Benda, violinist, harpsichordist in Berlin
- *** Johann Wilhelm Otto Benda
- ** Karl Friedrich Franz Benda, musician
- * , operatic soprano; married Bohemian composer Dismas Hataš
- ** Jindřich Krištof Hataš, composer
;Other family members
- Felix Benda, Bohemian composer
- Adolf Benda, Bohemian regional historian and jewelry craftsman
- Alice Bendová, Czech actress and model
- Andrej Benda, Slovak bobsledder
- Antal Benda, Hungarian field handball player
- Arthur Benda, German photographer
- Břetislav Benda, Czech sculptor
- Christian Benda, Czech cellist, composer, and conductor
- Madame D'Ora-Benda, or Dora Kallmus, photographer
- Ernst Benda, German politician and jurist
- Hans von Benda, German conductor
- Jan Benda, Czech-German ice hockey player
- Jan Benda , a Czech artist
- , a German violinist
- John Benda, American professional golfer playing on the European Seniors Tour
- Julien Benda, Jewish French philosopher and novelist
- Marek Benda, Czech politician
- Nancy Tribble Benda, actress and educator
- Petr Benda, Czech basketball player
- , a Swiss pianist and composer
- Václav Benda, Czech political activist and mathematician
- Władysław Teodor "W.T." Benda, Polish-American painter and illustrator
