Benoni is the original name of the biblical Benjamin. It is the given name of:Benoni Aubert (1768–1832), Norwegian surveyor and soldier Benoni Beheyt, Belgian former road bicycle racer Benoni Buck (1616–1639), the first reported case of intellectual disability in the American colonies Benoni Danks, officer in the French and Indian War and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly Benoni d'Entremont, mariner, shipbuilder, office holder, justice of the peace and militia officer in Nova Scotia Benoni S. Fuller (1825–1903), American politician Benoni Hall (1710–1779), Rhode Island surveyor and justice of the Colonial Rhode Island Supreme Court Benoni Irwin (1840–1896), American portrait painter Benoni Ogwal, Anglican bishop in Uganda Benoni Reynolds (1824–1911), American politician Benoni Urey, Americo-Liberian businessman and politician Benoni Whitten, American attorney and Oregon Supreme Court associate justice