Benfield Explained

Benfield is an English toponymic surname from one or more of the numerous places in England called Benfield or Binfield.^[1] Notable people with this name include:

• Andrea Benfield (born 1978), English journalist
• Christopher Benfield Carter (1844–1906), Canadian politician
• Derek Benfield (1926–2009), British playwright and actor
• Fred Benfield (1937–2007), Australian rower who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
• John Benfield (1951–2020), British actor, who has appeared in 75 TV episodes or films starting in 1981
• Robert Benfield (died 1649), seventeenth-century actor, longtime member of the King's Men
• Tommy Benfield (1889–1918), English footballer
• Warren Benfield (1913–2001), classical double bass player
• William Avery Benfield, Jr (1917–1988), Presbyterian minister, charismatic world evangelist

See also

• Benfield Group, reinsurance and risk intermediary
• Benfield School, 11–18 state comprehensive school in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
• Newcastle Benfield F.C., football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

See also

• • Benefield, a spelling variation

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks. Patrick. Patrick Hanks. Coates. Richard. Richard Coates. McClure. Peter. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. 2016. 978-0-19-252747-9. 964412220. 201. 18 January 2021.