Benda (surname)

The surname Benda may refer to:

A prominent family of musicians originally from Bohemia, chiefly

Jan Jiří Benda [cz] (1686–1757), weaver, musician; married Dorota Brixi (1686–1762) of the noted musical family
- Franz Benda (Czech: František Benda; 1709–1786), violin virtuoso and composer
  - Maria Carolina Benda (1742–1820), singer, pianist, composer; married German composer Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
  - Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda (1745–1814), violinist, pianist, composer (known for the Singspiel "Das Blumenmädchen"), born in Potsdam
  - Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda (1748–1836), violinist, composer
    - August Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand (1779–1861), Kammerdiener and nobleman
      - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Robert von Benda [de], politician
        Hans Robert Heinrich von Benda (1856–1919)
        Hans von Benda (1888–1972), German conductor
    - Friedrich August Benda (1786–1854), civil servant and patron of music
  - Juliane Benda (1752–1783), singer, pianist, composer; married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1815)
    - Louise Reichardt (1779–1826), German songwriter and composer
- Johann Georg Benda (Czech: Jan Jiří Benda; 1713–1752), violinist, composer
- Viktor Benda (1719–1762), weaver
- Georg Anton Benda (Czech: Jiří Antonín Benda; 1722–1795), kapellmeister, violinist, composer
  - Friedrich Ludwig Benda (1746–1792), composer, violinist; married singer Felicitas Agnesia Ritz [de]
  - Heinrich Benda [de] (1754–?), violinist
  - Catherine Justine Benda [de] (1757–?), singer in Hamburg; married actors 1. Karl Friedrich Zimdar [de] 2. Adolph Blanchard
    - Caroline Zimdar [de] (1779–?), singer and actor; married actor Maximilian Scholz
  - Christian Hermann Benda [cz] (1759–1805), singer, actor
    - Amalia Carolina Louisa Benda [de] (1795–1846), actor; married actor Carl August Schmidt
      - Adolph Benda [de] (1825–?), opera singer; married actor and singer Susanna Benda [de]
        Josephina Maria Louise Benda-Baranyai (born 1854)
        Ilona B. Benda [de] (1884–?), German-American author and journalist
  - Karl Ernst Eberhard Benda [de] (1764–1824), singer, actor in Berlin
    - Sophia Carolina Benda [de] (1787–1844), singer and actor
- Joseph Benda (Czech: Josef Benda; 1724–1804), violinist, composer
  - Johann Friedrich Ernst Benda (1749–1785), violinist, harpsichordist in Berlin
    - Johann Wilhelm Otto Benda (1775–1832), poet and translator
  - Karl Friedrich Franz Benda (1754–1816), musician
- Anna Franziska Benda [de] (1728–1781), operatic soprano; married Bohemian composer Dismas Hataš (1724–1777)
  - Jindřich Krištof Hataš (1739–1808), composer

Unrelated musician

Felix Benda (1708–1768), Bohemian composer

Other people named Benda

Adolf Benda (1845–1878), Bohemian regional historian and jewelry craftsman
Alice Bendová (born 1973), Czech actress and model
Andrej Benda (born 1975), Slovak bobsledder
Antal Benda (1910–1997), Hungarian field handball player
Arthur Benda (1885–1969), German photographer
Břetislav Benda (1897–1983), Czech sculptor
Christian Benda, Czech cellist, composer, and conductor
Madame D'Ora-Benda (1881–1963), or Dora Kallmus, photographer
Ernst Benda (1925–2009), German politician and jurist
Jan Benda (born 1972, Reef, Belgium), Czech-German ice hockey player
Jan Benda (artist) (1897–1967), Czech artist
Jean Benda [de] (1874–1949), German violinist
John Benda (born 1947), American professional golfer playing on the European Seniors Tour
Julien Benda (1867–1956), Jewish French philosopher and novelist
Marek Benda (born 1968), Czech politician
Nancy Tribble Benda (1930–2015), American actress and educator
Petr Benda (born 1982), Czech basketball player
Sebastian Benda [de] (1926–2003), Swiss pianist and composer
Václav Benda (1946–1999), Czech political activist and mathematician
Władysław Teodor "W.T." Benda (1873–1948), Polish-American painter and illustrator

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