Benjamin Crane

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

He was born in Athens, Georgia to Ross Crane and Martha White Elliott and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1854. He served in Cobb's Legion during the American Civil War and moved to Atlanta in 1865 when the city was still in ashes.

He married Sarah Clayton, a daughter of William Wirt Clayton and Corline Semmes on February 21, 1867. HIn 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. When he died in 1885, he was still president of that body.