Benson K. Buffham
 Benson Kirk Buffham (born November 26 1919) was an American intelligence official who was Deputy Director of the National Security Agency from 1978 to 1980 during which time he was the highest ranking civilian in the agency.Buffham joined the Armed Forces Security Agency in 1949 and went on to the newly formed National Security Agency in 1952. In 1955 Buffham was one of the first NSA employees to attend the National War College.