Famous People with Name Benoit

Benoit Lesoimier            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Benoit Lesoimier: is a France footballer midfielder. He currently plays for Troyes AC.

Benoît Leroy            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Benoît Leroy: is a French midfielder currently playing for French Ligue 2 side Niort. He previously played for Championnat de France Amateurs side Besançon RC.

Benoît Pedretti            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Benoît Pedretti: is a French football midfielder, of italian ancestry, currently playing for AJ Auxerre. He is married and has one child, a daughter named Lena born on August 29, 2005.He started his professional career at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, and played there from 1999 to 2004. He then played for Olympique de Marseille for one season. Following his brief stint with Marseille he joined Lyon before moving once again to the club he now plays for, AJ Auxerre.

Benoît Fourneyron            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Benoît Fourneyron: was a French engineer, born in Saint-Étienne. Fourneyron designed the first practical water turbine in 1827.Benoît Fourneyron was educated at the New School of Mines, a nearby engineering school that had recently opened. After he graduated in 1816, he spent the next few years in mines and ironworks. Around this time, a number of French engineers -- including some of Fourneyron's former teachers -- were starting to apply the mathematical techniques of modern science to the ancient mechanism called the waterwheel.

Benoît David            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benoît David: a Canadian progressive rock singer.David recently joined Mystery, appearing on their 2007 album Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face, and has also been the vocalist for a Yes tribute band, Close to the Edge.[3

Christopher Michael Benoit            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher Michael Benoit: During his childhood and early adolescence in Edmonton, Chris Benoit idolized the Dynamite Kid (Tom Billington, later one-half of WWF tag team champions The British Bulldogs), and soon decided to join his idol in the wrestling profession.[11] Michael Beno

Pedro Benoit            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Pedro Benoit: was an Argentine architect, engineer and urbanist best known for designing the layout of the city of La Plata.Pedro Benoit was born in Buenos Aires in 1836 to María Josefa de las Mercedes Leyes and Pierre Benoit, an French emigré who had left his homeland following the Bourbon Restoration. His father, a trained architect, engineer and topographer instilled his interests in his son, who enrolled in 1850 at the Topography and Geodesics School of the Department of Engineering of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina's largest.[1

Adelin Benoit            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Adelin Benoit: was a Belgian road racing cyclist, born in Châtelet.Surprising newcomer in Tour de France 1925, he got the yellow jersey during 5 days, and won the stage in Luchon ("l'étape des quatre cols").

Jean-Louis Benoît            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean-Louis Benoît: is a French actor, screenwriter, theater and film director. He is co-founder with Didier Bezace and Jacques Nichet of the theatre of l'Aquarium-Cartoucherie de Vincennes.

Maurice Benoit            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Maurice Benoit: was a French catholic priest, exegete, and theologian. His work was principally composed of the translation of biblical texts written in Koine Greek, and the co-ordination of the translation of the Jerusalem Bible. In particular he was the author of the translation of the Gospel of Matthew in this edition, as well as the Epistle to the Philippians, Epistle to Philemon, Epistle to the Colossians, and the Epistle to the Ephesians.