Benjamin Davis
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Benjamin or Ben Davis may refer to:
People
Entertainment
Ben Davis (art critic) (fl. 2005–2013), American art critic and author of 9.5 Theses on Art and Class
Ben Davis (cellist) (fl. 2003–2007), British jazz cellist
Ben Davis (cinematographer) (born 1961), British cinematographer
Benjamin Byron Davis (born 1972), American actor
Ben Davis (singer) (born 1975), American singer and Broadway actor
Benjamin Lazar Davis (born 1986), American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter
Benny Davis (1895–1979), vaudeville performer
Benny Davis, member of the musical comedy trio The Axis of Awesome
Ben Davis, former drummer of punk band Sugarcult
Military
Benjamin Franklin Davis (1832–1863), American Civil War cavalry officer
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. (1877–1970), first African-American general in the U.S. Army, father of Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (1912–2002), American general, commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen
Bennie L. Davis (1928–2012), U.S. Air Force general
Politics
Ben Davis (Minnesota politician) (born 1977), Minnesota state representative
Benjamin J. Davis Jr. (1903–1964), New York Communist city councilman and Communist Party USA leader imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act
Sports
Ben Davis (American football) (born 1945), American football player
Ben Davis (Australian footballer) (born 1997), Australian rules footballer
Ben Davis (basketball) (born 1972), American basketball player
Ben Davis (baseball) (born 1977), American former catcher and pitcher
Ben Davis (footballer, born 2000), Thai footballer
Other people
Ben Davis (journalist) (born 1974), Australian sports journalist
Ben G. Davis (born 1970), professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford
Schools
Ben Davis High School, an American high school in Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana
Benjamin Davis Elementary School, Alabama
Benjamin Davis, Jr. High School
Other uses
Ben Davis (apple), a type of apple
Ben Davis (clothing), a United States–based work clothing line
See also
Benjamin Davies (disambiguation)
Benjamin Davis Jr.
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