Benard or Bénard is a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include:

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• Bénard (surname)
• Paulo Bénard Guedes (1892–1960), Governor-General of Portuguese India

• Benard E. Aigbokhan (born 1951), Nigerian academic
• Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (born 1960), Nigerian President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization
• Benard Ighner (1945–2017), American jazz musician
• Benard Keter (born 1992), American athlete
• Benard Kimeli (born 1995), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Benard Kipkorir Ngeno (born 1996), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Benard Nkanjo (born 1970), Zimbabwean sculptor
• Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe (1683–1765), French explorer
• Benard Kwaku Mensah (1924–?), Ghanaian politician
• Benard Otieno Okoth, Kenyan politician

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