Herman Daniël Benjamins (25 February 1850 – 25 January 1933), was a Surinamese educator, editor and writer.

[5] Benjamins propagated the use of Dutch over Sranan Tongo, the English-based Creole spoken throughout the colony.

[10] In 1919, Benjamins founded De West-Indische Gids, a magazine with topics about Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles.

[12] In 1898, Benjamins first started to write about the border dispute between Suriname and British Guiana.

[14] In the translation of Oroonoko, Benjamins added a foreword casting doubt whether Behn had actually lived in Suriname, or whether the story is fictitious.