Neis Benjamin (1931, Liepaja) ― radio engineer, teacher.

In 1941, Benjamin Neis and his family were repressed and exiled to Siberia. In 1947, he returned to Riga. In 1951, he graduated from the Industrial Polytechnic, then, after serving in the army, graduated from the Riga Polytechnic Institute in 1961. From 1954 to 1959, he worked in Riga as a radio technician at the Radiotechnika factory, and from 1959 to 1991, he worked at the REZ factory as an engineer, group leader, and head of the design and experimental bureau for automatic control systems.

In 1991, Benjamin Neis emigrated to the United States. His main achievements are related to the use of semiconductor technology in the electrical equipment of railway cars and electric trains. Under N.'s leadership, the team developed and implemented a number of fundamentally new types of equipment for power supply systems, most of which were recognised as inventions. He holds 22 author's certificates for inventions. He was awarded the VDNKh medal and honoured with the title of ‘Best Engineer in the Electrical Engineering Industry’.