Benoit (disambiguation)
Benoît is a very common Catholic French male given name, as well as family name. It is sometimes spelled Benoit or, less frequently, Benoist.
Pronounced ben-wa, the name is rooted in the French word benit which means blessed. Benoit is also a common surname, often pronounced by English speakers as /bɛn.ɔɪ.ɪt/ or /bɛn.ɔɪt/.
The female form of the name is Benoîte, or Bénédicte.
Benoit in other languages
- Benedict, in English
- Benito, Benedicto, in Spanish
- Benetto, Benedettino, in Italian
- Benedikt, in German
- Benedictus, in Latin
Benoit as a given name
- Benoit Benjamin, former American professional basketball player
- Benoît Bouchard, Canadian public official and former politician
- Benoît Jacquot, French film director
- Benoit Hogue, retired hockey player
- Benoît Magimel, French actor
- Benoît Mandelbrot, the "father of fractal geometry"
- Benoît Pedretti, football player.
- Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor
- Benoît Sokal, Belgian comic artist and video game developer
- Benoît Tremblay, former member of the Canadian House of Commons
Benoit as a family name
- Avril Benoît, broadcast journalist
- Brian Benoit, metal-core guitarist
- Chris Benoit, deceased professional wrestler
- David Benoit, basketball player
- David Benoit, jazz fusion pianist
- Joan Benoit, first women's Olympic marathon champion
- Joaquin Benoit, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
- Leon Benoit, Canadian politician
- Maurice "Moe" Benoit, professional hockey player
- Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestler & manager
- Peter Benoit, Belgian composer
- Pierre Basile Benoit, Quebec farmer and political figure
- Pierre Benoit, novelist
- Pierre Benoit, former mayor of Ottawa
- Tab Benoit, blues guitarist
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