Top Celebrity Names Starting With Benedict

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   Benedict Cumberbatch

   Age 35 Male
   

   Actor

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   Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English film, television, radio and theatre actor. His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004); William Pitt in the historical film Amazing Grace (2006); the protagonist Stephen Ezard in the miniseries thriller The Last Enemy (2008); Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007); Bernard in Small Island (2009) and Sherlock Holmes in the modern BBC adaptation series Sherlock (2010).… read more

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   Benedict Allen

   Age 52 Male
   

   Explorer, Writer

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   Benedict Colin Allen is a British traveller known for his survival skills and for relying on local indigenous peoples' knowledge. He has appeared on several television series and has written several travel books.… read more

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   Benedict Arnold

   1741 - 1872 Male
   

   Continental and British Army General

   
   

   Benedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces. After the plot was exposed in September 1780, he was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general.… read more

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   Benedict Arnold

   1615 - 1678 Male
   

   Governor, Politician

   
   

   Benedict Arnold was president and then governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for a total of 11 years in these roles. Coming from Somerset, England, he was born and raised in the town of Ilchester, likely attending school in Limington, nearby. In 1635, at the age of 19, he accompanied his parents and siblings on a voyage from England to New England, where they first settled in Hingham in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.… read more

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   Benedict of Nursia

   480 AD - 547 AD Male
   

   Patron Saint, Scholar, Monk

   
   

   Saint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students. Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about 40 miles (64 km) to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. There is no evidence that he intended to found a religious order.… read more

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   Benedict Swingate Calvert

   1788 Male
   

   Politician, Owner, Governor

   
   

   Benedict Swingate Calvert was a Maryland Loyalist during the American Revolution. He was the son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, the third Proprietor Governor of Maryland (1699–1751), and may have been the grandson of King George I of Great Britain. His mother's identity is not known, though one source suggests Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham.… read more