What is "benavente"

Benavente may refer to:

Benavente is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Diego Benavente (born 1959), Northern Mariana Islands politician
• Cristian Benavente (born 1994), Peruvian-Spanish soccer player
• Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954), Spanish dramatist
• Saulo Benavente (1916–1982), Argentine painter