Famous People with Name Bennett

Bennett Alfred Cerf            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bennett Alfred Cerf: was a publisher and co-founder of Random House, also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his television appearances in the panel game show What's My Line?

Bennett Lester Carter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bennett Lester Carter: was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognized as such by other jazz musicians who called him King (coined by Ben Webster). In 1958, performed with Billie Holiday at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival.

Bennett Chenene            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Bennett Chenene: is a South African football (soccer) midfielder for Premier Soccer League club Orlando Pirates and South Africa.His vision and passing have earned praise from many observers during the last two seasons with his pace and trickery, a dribbling wizard with an unorthodox style of play leaves defenders for dead with relative ease. His pin point crossing and passing has helped Orlando Pirates with many assists mainly for Excellent Walaza. He combines well with Teko Modise in the Bucs engine room serving as a second playmaker.

Gordon Bennett            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Gordon Bennett: an Australian Aboriginal artist.Growing up, Bennett was surrounded and confronted by images of Aboriginal Australians inflicting harm on others or being violent in some form of the word. However, Bennett wanted to change the way Australia and the world saw Indigenous Australians so he took global issues and made them into artworks. The Notes to Basquiat: 911 series and the Camouflage series, eagerly reflect on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the war in Iraq respectively, highlight Bennett’s global perspective

Wayne James Bennett            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Wayne James Bennett: is an Australian professional rugby league football coach, and former player. He is the current head coach for the St. George Illawarra Dragons of the NRL. A former Australian Kangaroos player and Queensland Police officer, he became a Brisbane Rugby Leag

Hamish Kyle Bennett            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Hamish Kyle Bennett: is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury in the State Championship. He played in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006.

Walter Gordon Bennett            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Walter Gordon Bennett: was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Bennett, a scrum-half, was born in Brisbane, Queensland and claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia.

Harry Scott Bennett            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Harry Scott Bennett: was an Australian socialist speaker and organiser. He was born in Chilwell, Victoria and died in Sydney.He spent 1913-1915 in New Zealand (where John A. Lee heard him while they were in prison) and 1915-1917 in the United States.