Binet is surname of French origin, shared by the following people: Alfred Binet, a 19th-century French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test. The Stanford-Binet IQ test is partially named after Alfred Binet. Charles Henri Joseph Binet (1869–1936), Catholic archbishop and Cardinal from France. Charles Binet-Sanglé (1868–1941), a French military doctor and psychologist. Etienne Binet, a 17th-century French Jesuit author. Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, an 18th-century French mathematician. Binet's formula for the Fibonacci sequence is named after Jacques Binet. The Cauchy-Binet formula of linear algebra is partially named after Jacques Binet. Jean-Auguste-Gustave Binet (pen name Binet-Valmer), a Franco-Swiss writer Jocelyne Binet, a Canadian pianist, composer and music teacher. Laurent Binet (born 1972), a French writer and university lecturer See also BiNet USA (Bisexual Network of the USA) Banet, another surname