Benedict [bénidikt], Ruth, ameriška antropologinja, *5.6.1887 New York, †17.9.1948 prav tam; raziskovala predvsem severnoameriške Indijance.
Dela: Kulturni modeli (Patterns of Culture, 1934), Rasa: znanost in politika (Race: Science and Politics, 1940), Krizantema in meč – vzorci japonske kulture (The Chrysanthemum and the Sword – Patterns of Japanese Culture, 1946).