Manly Benson (27 April 1842 – 20 July 1919) was a Methodist minister.
Benson taught school for some time and then studied for the ministry.
In 1867 he was ordained as a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada.
He was becoming a well known and admired public lecturer, when, in 1871, he traveled on a lecture tour with William Morley Punshon, the five times president of the Wesleyan Methodist Canadian conference.
Manly Benson became an important figure within the Wesleyan Methodist Canadian conference and in Canada as a whole through his lectures and leadership.