Peter Benenson (1921–2005), English lawyer and founder of Amnesty International
The younger Benenson began his career in 1933, during the depths of the Great Depression.
She was a daughter of the Jewish Russian gold tycoon Grigori Benenson, related to the Rothschild family.
Abram Salmon Benenson was the editor for so long (from 1970 to 1995) that the manual was often known as "Benenson's book".