Benfield

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Benfield is an English toponymic surname from one or more of the numerous places in England called Benfield or Binfield.[1] Notable people with this name include:

  • Andrea Benfield (born 1978), English journalist
  • Christopher Benfield Carter (1844–1906), Canadian politician
  • Derek Benfield (1926–2009), British playwright and actor
  • Fred Benfield (1937–2007), Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
  • John Benfield (1951–2020), British actor, who has appeared in 75 TV episodes or films starting in 1981
  • Robert Benfield (died 1649), seventeenth-century actor, longtime member of the King's Men
  • Tommy Benfield (1889–1918), English footballer
  • Warren Benfield (1913–2001), classical double bass player
  • William Avery Benfield, Jr (1917–1988), Presbyterian minister, charismatic world evangelist

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 18 January 2021.