Benko

Benko, Benkó (pron. [benko]) or Benkö, Benkő (pron. [benkoe]) may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Filip Benko (born 1986), Swedish actor
• Gregor Benko (born 1944), American writer, lecturer, record producer, and collector-historian
• Gyula Benkő (1918–1997), Hungarian actor
• Péter Benkő (born 1947), Hungarian actor
• Tina Benko, American actress

Games and sport

Chess

• Francisco Benkö (1910–2010), German-Argentine chess player and problemist
• Pal Benko (1928–2019), Hungarian-American chess player, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems

Football

• Aleksandar Benko (1925–1991), Croatian football player
• Fabian Benko (born 1998), German-Croatian football player
• Günter Benkö (born 1955), Austria football referee
• Jože Benko (born 1980), Slovenian football player
• Leon Benko (born 1983), Croatian football player

Sprint canoeing

• Katalin Benkő (1941–2023), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• Tamás Benkő, Hungarian sprint canoeist
• Zoltán Benkő (born 1983), Hungarian sprint canoeist

Other

• Gregory Benko (born 1952), Australian foil fencer
• Lindsay Benko (born 1976), American swimmer
• Tibor Benkő (1905–1988), Hungarian fencer and modern pentathlete

Other

• Andrés Benkö (born 1943), founder of the Universidad Americana of Paraguay
• René Benko (born 1977), Austrian businessman

See also

• Benko Gambit, chess opening
• Benko Opening, chess opening
• Benkos Biohó, (late 16th century–1621), Mandinka and South American leader, founder of San Basilio de Palenque
• Benkow