Benoist
Benoist is both a French surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
;People with the surname Benoist
- Alain de Benoist, French academic and philosopher
- Antoine Benoist, French artist who was painter and sculptor to Louis XIV
- Antoine-Gabriel-François Benoist, French soldier
- Élie Benoist, French Protestant minister, known as an historian of the Edict of Nantes
- Félix Benoist, French painter and lithographer
- François Benoist, French organist, composer, and pedagogue
- Françoise-Albine Benoist, French writer
- Gabriel Benoist, a French writer in the Cauchois dialect of the Norman language
- Guillaume Philippe Benoist, French line-engraver
- Jacques Benoist-Méchin, French politician and writer
- Joseph Roger de Benoist, French missionary, journalist, and historian
- Lance Benoist, American mixed martial artist
- Louis Auguste Benoist, pioneering American banker and financier
- Luc Benoist, French essayist
- Marcel Benoist, French lawyer who established the Swiss Marcel Benoist Prize
- Marie Guilhelmine Benoist, French neoclassical, historical and genre painter.
- Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
- Michel Benoist, French Jesuit scientist noted for his service to the Chinese Empire
- Raymond Benoist, French zoologist and botanist
- Robert Benoist, French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War II secret agent
- Thomas W. Benoist, American aviator, aircraft manufacturer, and airline entrepreneur
;People with the given name Benoist