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People

The surname Bender derives from both British and German origin. In England it derives from old Benden or Benbow. In Germany it is a form of Fassbinder or Cooper. It is an occupational name in both English and German forms.

Art, music, film, television and radio

• Aimee Bender, American novelist
• Darren Bender
• David Bender, political activist and host of the radio show "Politically Direct" on Air America Radio
• David L. Bender (born 1936), American writer and editor
• Dawn Bender (born 1935), American film, stage, and radio actress
• Hank Bender, Irving, Texas-based trucker and syndicated advice columnist
• Hy Bender, author
• Jack Bender, American film and television director
• Lawrence Bender (born 1958), Hollywood movie producer
• Lionel Bender (1934-2008), American expert in Northeast African (especially Ethiopian) languages
• Arik Bender, Israeli journalist. Parliamentry reporter with Maariv daily newspaper.
• Russ Bender (1910–1969), Hollywood film and television actor in the 1950s and '60s
• Stephen Bender, American actor
• Steve Bender (1946–2006), German musician and record producer, formerly of the group Dschinghis Khan
• Ted Bender (born 1925)
• Tim Bender, American drummer for the hardcore punk band, Death by Stereo

Aimee Bender is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters. ... Darren Bender became well known in the UK for launching a new film makers initiative at the broadcaster Channel 4. ... David Bender is the dynamic host of Politically Direct, the not-to-be-missed political talk show on Air America Radio every Sunday from 2-3 pm. ... Dawn Bender (1935-) is an American film, stage, and radio actress, most famous for her roles of Margaret on the radio drama One Mans Family and Betty Morgan in Teenagers From Outer Space. ... Hank Bender is a trucker and syndicated advice columnist based out of Irving, Texas published in entertainment magazines monthly. ... Hy Bender is an author who has written or cowritten 14 books. ... Jack Bender is an American film and television and also an actor. ... Lawrence Bender Lawrence Bender (born 1957 in The Bronx) is an American film producer. ... One Lionel Bender is a British author of more than 60 childrens illustrated information books, and is the Editorial Partner of book creation house Bender Richardson White. ... Stephen Bender is an American actor who is currently best known for his portrayal of a young Clark Kent in Superman Returns. ... Steve Karl-Heinz Bender (born November 2, 1946 in Mainz, Germany, died May 7, 2006) was a former disco musical performer and record producer. ... Ted Bender (born March 24, 1925) is a long-time resident of El Paso, Texas, United States having moved there in 1949. ... Tim Bender was the drummer for the American hardcore punk band Death by Stereo. ...

Military and politics

• Austin Letheridge Bender, mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1969 to 1971
• Birgitt Bender (born 1956), German politician
• Brian Bender
• Chester R. Bender (1914–1996), fourteenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
• Kate Raphael Bender, American Jewish lesbian peace activist
• Riley A. Bender, Republican presidential candidate
• Ryszard Bender, Polish nationalist author and politician

A. L. Bender (known as chunk to his friends and family) was the mayor of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1969 to 1971 after serving as Commissioner for many years. ... Birgitt Biggi Bender (born December 28, 1956 in Düsseldorf) is a German politician and member of Alliance 90/The Greens in the Bundestag. ... Sir Brian Geoffrey Bender is the Permanent Secretary, of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform of the United Kingdom Government. ... Chester R. Bender (March 14, 1914-July 20, 1996), He served as Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1970 to 1974. ... Kate Raphael Bender is an American Jewish lesbian peace activist. ...

Sciences

• Albert K. Bender, UFO researcher
• Barbara Bender, archaeologist
• Carl M. Bender, Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis
• George H. Bender (born 1896–1961), Republican politician
• Hans Bender (1907–1991), German lecturer on the subject of parapsychology
• Harold S. Bender (1897–1962), professor of theology at Goshen College and Goshen Biblical Seminary
• Lauretta Bender, child neuropsychiatrist, developer of the Bender-Gestalt Test
• Margaret Bender, American anthropologist
• Mark Bender Gerstein, American physical and biological scientist
• Tom Bender

Carl M. Bender is Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. ... George Harrison Bender (September 29, 1896, Cleveland, Ohio - June 18, 1961, Chagrin Falls, Ohio) was a Republican politician from Ohio. ... Hans Bender (1907-1991) was a lecturer on the subject of parapsychology, who was also responsible for establishing the parapsychological institute Instituts für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene in Freiburg. ... Harold Stauffer Bender (July 19, 1897 - September 21, 1962) was a prominent professor of theology at Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana) and Goshen Biblical Seminary. ... Lauretta Bender, MD was a child neuropsychiatrist who was born in 1897. ... Margaret Bender is an American anthropologist who specializes in the language and culture of the Cherokee people. ... Mark B. Gerstein is an American physical and biological scientist working in bioinformatics. ... Tom Bender began to make his mark in the early 1970s as an architect, author, and strategic planner. ...

Sports

• Bob Bender (born 1958)
• Chief Bender (1884–1954), (actually Charles Albert Bender) Hall of Fame U.S. baseball pitcher of the early 20th century
• Gary Bender, American sportscaster
• Jacob Bender (born 1985), NFL offensive tackle
• Jakob Bender (1910–1981), German footballer
• John R. Bender, college football and basketball coach
• Jonathan Bender (born 1981), former NBA player
• Josh Bender, freeride mountain biker
• Manfred Bender (born 1966), German football player and coach
• Peter Bender, (born 1947) Canadian psychologist, teacher and professional hockey coach
• Tim Bender (racer), NASCAR and snowmobile racer
• Todd Bender

Bob Bender (April 28, 1957 – ) is a college mens basketball coach. ... Bender in 1911 Charles Albert Chief Bender (May 5, 1884 - May 22, 1954) was one of the great pitchers in major league baseball in the first two decades of the 20th century, and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... Image:Garybenderheadshot. ... Jacob David Bender (born April 25, 1985, in Mayo, Maryland) is an offensive tackle for the New York Jets. ... Jakob Bender (March 23, 1910–February 8, 1981) was a German footballer. ... John R. Bender was a successful Native American college football player and coach in the early 20th century. ... Jonathan Rene Bender (born January 30, 1981 in Picayune, Mississippi) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. Bender was selected with the fifth pick by the Toronto Raptors in the 1999 NBA Draft, straight out of Picayune Memorial High School in Picayune, Mississippi despite a verbal commitment to... Manfred Bender (born May 24, 1966) is a former German footballer. ... Todd Bender is from Alpharetta, Georgia. ...

Other

• Jason Bender
• Jo Bender, Minnesota-based beauty queen
• Levi Yitzchok Bender (1897–1989), rabbi and leader of the Breslov community in both Uman and Jerusalem
• Steven Bender, serial entrepreneur
• Walter Bender, president of One Laptop Per Child Software and Content

Jason Bender works at Electronic Arts and is the lead designer of the new Command and Conquer game Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. ... Jo Bender was chosen Miss Minnesota 1992 at the age of 22. ... Levi Yitzchok Bender (1897 – 1989) was a rabbi and leader of the Breslov community in both Uman, Ukraine and Jerusalem, Israel. ... Steven Bender is a serial entrepreneur and founder of both Altamira Group (Genuine Fractals) and iMagic Software (typing pattern recognition). ... Walter Bender is the executive director of the MIT Media Lab and is the director of the labs Electronic Publishing Group. ...

Fiction

• Bender (Futurama), a character on Futurama
• Elaine Bender, detective from Blue Murder
• John Bender (character), a character from The Breakfast Club played by Judd Nelson
• Ostap Bender, a fictional antihero by Ilf and Petrov
• Sally Bender Hyde, film character played by Jane Fonda in Coming Home (1978)
• An Airbender, Waterbender, Firebender, or Earthbender off of the fictional Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender

Bender, full name Bender Bending Rodríguez or designated Bending Unit 22, is a fictional robot character in the animated television series Futurama. ... Det. ... John Bender John Bender is a character from John Hughes 1985 film The Breakfast Club. ... Ostap Bender as portrayed by Andrei Mironov, 1976 Ostap Bender (Russian: Остап Бендер; also Ostap-Suleyman-Berta-Maria-Bender-Bei, Bender-Zadunaysky, Ostap Ibragimovich) is a misanthropic[] con man and antihero who first appeared in the novel The Twelve Chairs (January 1928 - Russian: Двенадцать стульев), written by Russian writers Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. ... Ilf and Petrov Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897–1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903–1942) were two Soviet prose authors of the 1920s and 1930s. ... Coming Home is a 1978 film which tells the story of a handicapped Vietnam War veterans difficulty in re-entering civilian life after his return from the war. ... Airbender is a collective term for an order of people in the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ... Waterbender is a collective term for an order of people in the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ... Firebender is a collective term for an order of people in the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ... Earthbender is a collective term for an order of people in the fictional universe of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. ...

Places

• Bender, Moldova, fourth-largest city in Moldova, controlled by Transnistria
• Bender Arena, a multi-purpose arena in Washington, D.C.
• Bender Hamlet, a Baron Maurice de Hirsch sponsored Jewish farm colony in the interlake region of Manitoba, Canada
• Bender Qassim International Airport

For the region during the Second World War, see Transnistria (World War II). ... Bender Arena is a 4,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Washington, DC. The arena opened in 1988. ... Bender Hamlet, Manitoba was a Baron Maurice de Hirsch sponsored Jewish farm colony in the local government district of Armstrong, in the Interlake region ( ), in the province of Manitoba. ... Maurice de Hirsch, Baron Moritz von Hirsch auf Gereuth, in the baronage of Bavaria (December 9, 1831 - April 21, 1896), capitalist and philanthropist (German by birth, Austro-Hungarian by domicile), was born in Munich. ... Bender Qassim airport is the second largest airport in Somalia. ...

Objects

• B-Bender
• Bending brake, a sheet metal bender machine
• Bender tent, a type of makeshift shelter made using bended tree branches
• Mind Bender (Six Flags Over Georgia), a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta, Georgia

B-Bender is a system designed for Fender Telecaster guitars that enables a player to simulate a bending of a single B-string up to a whole tone (thus the name). ... The box and pan brake is a mechanical metalworking machine that allows the bending of sheet metal to form box and pan shapes, and to form bends and creases in sheet metal. ... A bender tent is a simple shelter. ... Mind Bender is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Slang

• An expression for a Binge drinking spree, referring to the act of bending over to vomit
• Former British slang for a sixpence
• A derogatory British slang for a male homosexual
• An expression used in hockey for a player who can't skate, as his ankles cave or bend in.

Drinking too much alcohol may qualify as binge drinking if it leads to at least two days of inebriation and the drinker neglects usual responsibilities The British Medical Association states that there is no consensus on the definition of binge drinking. ... The scilling or scylling (which possibly comes from the Teutonic root skil meaning to divide) was used in Anglo-Saxon times as money of account, even though no coins of that denomination existed. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...

Other

• Bender (band)
• FC Dinamo Bender, a Moldovan football club based in Bender
• Gardner Bender, a manufacturer of professional electrician's tools and supplies

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