Bent (surname)

Bent is a surname common in English speaking countries. It may refer to:

• Amel Bent (born 1985), French singer
• Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866-1954), American ornithologist
• Bruce R. Bent, American financier
• Charles Bent (1799-1847), first American Governor of the New Mexico Territory
• Charles Bent (1919-2004), composer of chess endgame studies
• Darren Bent (born 1984), English football (soccer) player
• Ellis Bent (1783-1815), Deputy Judge Advocate for New South Wales, Australia
• Geoff Bent (1932-1958), English football (soccer) player
• George Bent (1843—1918), a son of William Bent, he was an American Civil War soldier, a Cheyenne warrior, and an important source for anthropologists
• James Theodore Bent (1852-1897), English explorer and archaeologist
• Jason Bent (born 1977), Canadian football (soccer) player
• Jeffery Hart Bent (1781-1852), first judge of the colony of New South Wales, Australia
• John Peale Bent (1908-2004), American ice hockey player
• Junior Bent (born 1970), English football (soccer) player
• Kimball Bent (1837-1916), American soldier and adventurer
• Lyriq Bent, Canadian actor
• Marcus Bent (born 1978), English football (soccer) player
• Margaret Bent (born 1940), English musicologist
• Paul Bent (born 1965), former English cricketer
• Philip Bent (1891-1917), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ridley Bent (born 1979), Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter
• Silas Bent (1768 - 1827), judge on the bench of the Missouri Supreme Court and direct ancestor of several notable U.S. Bents
• Silas Bent (1820-1887), U.S. Navy officer
• Silas Bent (1852-1945), American journalist
• Spencer John Bent (1891-1977), English Victoria Cross recipient
• Thomas Bent (1838–1909), Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria
• William Bent (1809–1869), American trapper, rancher and frontier diplomat