Benson (given name)
Notable people with the given name Benson:
- Benson Abounu, Deputy Governor of Benue State, Nigeria
- Benson Barus, Kenyan long-distance runner in marathon and half marathon competitions
- Benson Dillon Billinghurst, American educator in Nevada during the early 20th century
- Benson K. Buffham, American intelligence official, deputy director of the National Security Agency
- Benson Deng, South Sudanese writer and one of the Lost Boys of Sudan
- Benson Farb, American mathematician
- Benson Fong, American character actor
- Benson Gicharu, Kenyan amateur boxer
- Benson Henderson, American mixed martial artist
- Benson E. Hill, English writer, soldier and epicure
- Benson W. Hough, United States federal judge
- Benson Hunt, Samoan footballer
- Benson Idahosa, Charismatic Pentecostal preacher, founder of the Church of God Mission International
- Benson Idonije, Nigerian broadcaster and music critic
- Benson Mbai Itwiku, Kenyan politician
- George Benson Johnston, Canadian poet
- Michelle Elizabeth Benson Keegan, English actress
- Benson Koech, Kenyan middle distance runner
- Benson Leavitt, American businessman, alderman and acting mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
- Benson Lee, Korean-American filmmaker
- Benson Everett Legg, former United States District Judge, Maryland
- Benson John Lossing, American historian and writer
- Isaac Benson Lucas, KC, Canadian lawyer and politician
- Willis Benson Machen, Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky
- Benson Masya, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Benson Mates, American philosopher
- Benson Mayowa, American football defensive end
- Benson Mhlongo, South African football defender and midfielder
- Benson Mulomba, Zambian middle-distance runner
- Benson Mwita, Tanzanian cricketer
- Benson Y. Parkinson, American Mormon novelist, literary critic and biographer
- Benson Seurei, Kenyan-born Bahraini middle-distance runner
- Benson Shilongo, Namibian international footballer
- Benson Stanley, Australian rugby union player
- Benson Taylor, FRSA, English composer, record producer, electronic musician and humanitarian
- Benson Wairegi, accountant, banker, businessman and entrepreneur in Kenya
- Peter Benson Walker, Australian politician
- Benson Whitney, United States Ambassador to Norway from 2006 to 2009
- Benson Wood, U.S. Representative from Illinois
