Benda (feminine: Bendová) is a Czech and Slovak surname. The name originated as a pet form of the given name Benedikt. The surname is also widespread in German-speaking countries. Notable people with the surname include:
Members of Benda family of musicians
- Christian Benda (born 20th century), Czech cellist, composer and conductor
- Franz Benda (1709âÂÂ1786), violin virtuoso and composer
- Friedrich Benda (1745âÂÂ1814), German violinist, pianist and composer
- Friedrich Ludwig Benda (1746âÂÂ1792), German composer and violinist
- Georg Benda (1722âÂÂ1795), Czech kapellmeister, violinist and composer
- Hans von Benda (1888âÂÂ1972), German conductor
- Johann Friedrich Ernst Benda (1749âÂÂ1785), German violinist and harpsichordist
- Johann Georg Benda (1713âÂÂ1752), Czech violinist and composer
- Joseph Benda (1724âÂÂ1804), Czech violinist and composer
- Juliane Reichardt, née Benda (1752âÂÂ1783), German singer, pianist and composer
- Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda (1748âÂÂ1836), German violinist and composer
- Louise Reichardt (1779âÂÂ1826), German songwriter and composer
- Maria Carolina Wolf, née Benda (1742âÂÂ1820), singer, pianist and composer
Other people
- Adolf Benda (1845âÂÂ1878), Czech regional historian and jewelry craftsman
- Alice Bendová (born 1973), Czech actress and model
- Andrej Benda (born 1975), Slovak bobsledder
- Antal Benda (1910âÂÂ1997), Hungarian field handball player
- Arthur Benda (1885âÂÂ1969), German photographer
- BÃ
Âetislav Benda (1897âÂÂ1983), Czech sculptor
- Ernst Benda (1925âÂÂ2009), German politician and jurist
- Felix Benda (1708âÂÂ1768), Czech composer
- Friederike Benda (born 1987), German politician
- Harry J. Benda (1919âÂÂ1971), American political scientist
- Jan Benda (born 1972), Belgian-German ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Benda (1882âÂÂ1970), Czech artist
- John Benda (born 1947), American golfer
- Julien Benda (1867âÂÂ1956), French philosopher and novelist
- Kenneth Benda (1902âÂÂ1978), English actor
- Karol Benda (1893âÂÂ1942), Polish actor and director
- Krista Bendová (1923âÂÂ1988), Slovak writer and poet
- Marek Benda (born 1968), Czech politician
- Nancy Tribble Benda (1930âÂÂ2015), American actress and educator
- Petr Benda (born 1982), Czech basketball player
- Steven Benda (born 1998), German footballer
- Václav Benda (1946âÂÂ1999), Czech political activist and mathematician
- Willy Benda (1870âÂÂ1929), German cellist and conductor
- WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âaw T. Benda (1873âÂÂ1948), Polish-American painter and illustrator
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