Benton (surname)
Benton is an English surname, which means "town in the bent grass" or "is from the place where the bear grass grows". The name may refer to:
- Al Benton, American baseball player
- Andrew K. Benton, American lawyer and academic administrator
- Arthur L. Benton, American neuropsychologist
- Barbi Benton, American model and actress
- Bernard Benton, American boxer
- Billy Benton, English footballer
- Brook Benton, American musician
- Charles S. Benton, American politician
- Dave Benton, Aruban-Estonian singer
- Don Benton, American politician
- Eddie Benton, American basketball player and coach
- Eddie Benton, Canadian actress
- Glen Benton, American bass guitarist
- Grady Benton, American football player
- Jacob Benton, American politician
- Jerome Benton, American musician
- Jesse Benton, American political operative
- Jessica Benton, British actress
- Jim Benton, American football player
- Jim Benton, American illustrator
- Joe Benton, British politician
- John Keith Benton, American theologian and university administrator
- Joshua Benton, American journalist
- Kenneth Benton,, British intelligence officer and author
- Lemuel Benton, American politician
- Louisa Dow Benton, American linguist and letter writer
- Maecenas Benton, American politician
- Mark Benton, British actor
- Michael Benton, British paleontontologist
- Morris Fuller Benton, American typeface designer
- Nathaniel S. Benton, American politician
- Nicholas F. Benton, American journalist
- Rabbit Benton, American baseball player
- Robert Benton, American screenwriter and film director
- Scott Benton, English rugby union player
- Scott Benton, British politician
- Thomas Hart Benton , American painter
- Thomas Hart Benton , American politician
- Tommy Benton, American politician
- Walter Benton , American poet
- Walter Benton, American musician
- William Benton, multiple people
Fiction
- Peter Benton, fictional character from ER
- Sergeant Benton, fictional character from Doctor Who
