Benjamin Elliott Crane (December 19, 1835 – January 15, 1885) was a businessman in post-bellum Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1854 and studied civil engineering in Troy, New York.

[1] He served in Cobb's Legion during the American Civil War, becoming a brigade quartermaster with the rank of major in 1863.

[1] In business he was a natural leader and he was instrumental in the growth of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce to an institution of great usefulness.

[1][2] At the time of his death, he was still president of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as a member of the city's board of police commissioners.