Bender (surname)

Academics

• Carl M. Bender, American applied mathematician and mathematical physicist
• David A. Bender, nutritional biochemist
• Harold H. Bender, professor of philology at Princeton University
• Harold S. Bender, professor of theology
• Lauretta Bender, American child neuropsychiatrist, developer of the Bender-Gestalt Test
• Lionel Bender, American linguist
• Margaret Bender, American anthropologist
• Mark Bender Gerstein, American physical and biological scientist
• Tom Bender , American architect, one of the American founders of the "green architecture" and "sustainability" movements
• Wesley C. Bender, economist

  Arts and entertainment

• Aimee Bender, American novelist
• Chris Bender , American film producer
• Chris Bender , American R&B singer
• Darren Bender, known in the UK TV industry for launching several long running new filmmaker initiatives
• Dawn Bender, American actress
• Jack Bender, American film and television director, television producer and former actor
• Karen Bender, American fiction and nonfiction writer
• Lawrence Bender, Hollywood movie producer
• Lon Bender, American Oscar-winning sound editor, businessman and inventor
• Steve Bender, German musician and record producer, formerly of the group Dschinghis Khan
• William Bender, American music critic

  Military

• Chester R. Bender, fourteenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
• Hans-Wilhelm Bender, German World War II Luftwaffe bomber pilot
• Stanley Bender, United States Army staff sergeant awarded the Medal of Honor

  Politics

• Austin Letheridge Bender, mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Birgitt Bender, German politician
• David Bender, political activist and host of the radio show "Politically Direct" on Air America Radio
• George H. Bender, Republican politician
• John Bender, member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Lisa Bender, American politician and city planner
• Riley A. Bender, Republican presidential candidate
• Ryszard Bender, Polish politician and historian

  Sports

• Bob Bender, American National Basketball Association assistant coach
• Charles Chief Bender, American Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher
• Denise Bender, American retired soccer player
• Dragan Bender, Croatian basketball player
• Garrett Bender, American rugby union player
• Gary Bender, American retired sportscaster
• Jacob Bender, National Football League player
• Jakob Bender, German footballer
• John R. Bender, American football player and coach of college football, basketball and baseball
• Jonathan Bender, American retired National Basketball Association player
• Jules Bender, American basketball player
• Lars Bender, German footballer, twin brother of Sven Bender
• Lars Bender, German footballer
• Lou Bender, American basketball player
• Manfred Bender, German football manager and former player
• Sven Bender, German footballer, twin brother of Lars Bender
• Tim Bender, American former snowmobile and NASCAR driver
• Todd Bender, American skeet shooter
• Tom Bender , Welsh footballer
• Walter Bender , American player of gridiron football

  Other

• Brian Bender, retired British civil servant
• Bryan Bender, American journalist
• Doris Marie Bender, American social worker
• Frank Bender, American forensic artist
• Hans Bender, German parapsychologist
• Levi Yitzchok Bender, rabbi and leader of the Breslov community in both Uman and Jerusalem
• Michael L. Bender, former Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
• Steven Bender, American serial entrepreneur
• David L. Bender, Canadian business owner and weasel
• Walter Bender, president of One Laptop Per Child Software and Content
• Bloody Benders, a family of serial killers
• Ostap Bender, a fictional con man who appeared in the novels The Twelve Chairs and The Little Golden Calf written by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov