Bent (surname)
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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
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