Bennewitz (surname)

Bennewitz is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Antonín Bennewitz (1833–1926), Czech violinist, conductor and music teacher
• Diederik Lodewijk Bennewitz (1764–1826), Dutch goldsmith, silversmith and jeweller
• Fritz Bennewitz (1926–1995), German theatre director
• Maren Bennewitz (born 1973), German roboticist
• Peter Bennewitz (1495–1552), birth name of Petrus Apianus, German humanist
• Philipp Bennewitz (1531–1589), birth name of Philipp Apian, German mathematician, doctor, cartographer
• Paul Bennewitz (1927–2003), an American businessman
• Rick Bennewitz (1936–1999), an American television soap opera director