Surname Besnard (Besnard 
, Бенар 
) , globally, is a common last name. The family name Besnard is habitual in Jersey, where it is quite a common surname, France, and Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in France, Switzerland, and the United States. Much less frequently, Besnard is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Besnard | Australia, France, United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Switzerland |
| Бенар | Russia, Ukraine |
| jean-louis besnard Canadian fur trader (1734-1791) (b. 1734) |
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| pierre besnard French engineer (1741-1808), FR (b. 1741) |
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| guillaume besnard-duchesne French politician, FR (b. 1747) |
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| emmanuel besnard French politician, FR (b. 1753) |
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| franz joseph besnard FR (b. 1749) |
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| françois-yves besnard FR (b. 1751) |
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| françois besnard FR (b. 1763) |
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armand besnard French Navy Vice admiral (1833-1903), FR (b. 1833) |
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albert besnard French painter and engraver (1849-1934), FR (b. 1849) |
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| jean-charles besnard French politician, FR (b. 1802) |
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charlotte besnard French sculptor (1854-1931), FR (b. 1854) |
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| franz anton von besnard DE (b. 1796) |
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| anton franz besnard German military doctor, botanist and mineralogist, DE (b. 1814) |
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rené besnard French politician, FR (b. 1879) |
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| georges besnard FR (b. 1820) |
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