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Bennie Adams
1967–
Bennie Adams (born 1967) is an American basketball referee whose officiating career has included the National Basketball Association.
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Bennie Daniels
1932–
Bennie Daniels Jr. (born June 17, 1932), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1957–1960) and Washington Senators (1961–1965).
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Bennie Demps
1950–2000
Bennie Eddie Demps (June 17, 1950 – June 7, 2000) was an American serial killer and Vietnam War veteran convicted of three murders committed between 1971 and 1976. On February 15, 1971, Demps and 16-year-old accomplice Jackie Hardie shot and killed Robert…
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Sports & Achievement
Bennie J. George
1919–1986
Bennie Johnson "Catfish" George (June 28, 1919 – August 4, 1986) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State University from 1956 to 1958, compiling a record of 16–8–1. As the first…
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Bennie Maupin
1940–
Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet.
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Bennie Thompson
1948–
Bennie Gordon Thompson (born January 28, 1948) is an American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson served as the chair of the…
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Visual Arts
Benny Andrews
1930–2006
Benny Andrews (November 13, 1930 – November 10, 2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1958, and soon after moved to New…
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Photographs and Still Images
Benny Andrews - Artist
1975
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a black and white photograph of Benny Andrews standing in front of a sheer fabric background. Andrews stands with his proper left side facing the viewer as he looks at the camera in three-quarter view. His proper left hand rests at his proper left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.152.1
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Benny Andrews, Artist, NYC
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photographic portrait of the artist Benny Andrews. Andrews is pictured sitting in a high-backed chair, wearing a shawl-collar cardigan sweater over a striped shirt. He sits with his right arm bent, elbow on the chair's arm rest, hand…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.99.8
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Benny Ashley-Seal
1998–
Bernard Patrick Ashley-Seal (born 21 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who last played as a striker for Scottish League One club Hamilton Academical.
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Benny Bailey
1925–2005
Ernest Harold "Benny" Bailey (August 13, 1925 – April 14, 2005) was an American jazz trumpeter.
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Benny Benjamin
1925–1969
William "Benny" Benjamin (July 25, 1925 – April 20, 1969), nicknamed Papa Zita, was an American musician, most notable as the primary drummer for the Motown Records studio band The Funk Brothers. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003…
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Benny Boom
1971–
Benny Douglas (born July 22, 1971), professionally known as Benny Boom, is an American director who has worked in music, television, and film. His most commercially successful film was the 2017 Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me.
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Benny Briolly
1991–
Benny Briolly (born 29 October 1991) is a Brazilian politician and political activist. In 2020, she became the first transgender councilwoman of the city of Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, being the fifth most voted for candidate for the municipal…
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Photographs and Still Images
Benny, crippled in gang fight, with Savage Nomads' "Colors"
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Benny, a member of the Savage Nomads street gang, holding up the back of the gang leather jacket with both hands while sitting on a wheelchair. The jacket reaches down past his knees. The back of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.20
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Benny Golson
1929–2024
Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer,…
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Benny Goodman on clarinet rehearsing at Cafe Society Uptown, NYC., 1947
ca. 1947
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a band rehearsing. From left to right the members are an unidentified man on the string bass, Teddy Wilson on the piano, Benny Goodman on the clarinet, and Lionel Hampton on the drums. In the foreground is a chair stacked on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.53.1
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Film & Television
Benny Luke
1942–2013
Benny Luke (4 March 1939 in Oakland, California – 13 January 2013) was an American-French actor and dancer established in Paris. He is best known for playing the role of Jacob, the domestic servant of Renato and Albin in the trilogy of films La Cage Aux…
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Benny Medina
1958–
Benny Medina (born January 24, 1958) is an American record executive, talent manager, and television producer.
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Benny Napoleon
1955–2020
Benny Nelson Napoleon (September 10, 1955 – December 17, 2020) was an American attorney, law enforcement officer, and politician who served as the sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan from 2009 to 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served…
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Historical photographs & visual records
Benson Ajanaku, Imienegwe, Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Benson Ajanaku, Imienegwe, Okpella, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3387
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Benson Henderson
1983–
Benson Henderson (born November 16, 1983) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, who most recently competed in the Lightweight division for Bellator MMA. He is a former UFC Lightweight Champion and WEC Lightweight Champion. He is…
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Props and Set Design
Bent chain nose pliers from Huck's red toolbox on Scandal
2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBent chain nose pliers from Huck's red toolbox used on the set of Scandal. The silver-colored metal pliers have navy blue rubber coated handles. The two pieces are connected together at a pivot point that allows the jaws of the pliers to open as the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.10.12
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Bent chain nose pliers from Huck's red toolbox on Scandal
2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBent chain nose pliers from Huck's red toolbox used on the set of Scandal. The pliers have curved handles coated in blue rubber with a red circle at the top of each handle. The metal plier pieces are connected at pivot point. The jaws have bent and pointed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.90.10.16
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