Parent (surname)

Parent is a surname, and may refer to:

• Alphonse-Marie Parent (1906–1970), Canadian priest, educator and academic administrator
• Antoine Parent (1666–1716), French mathematician
• Bernie Parent, Canadian National Hockey League player
• Bob Parent (photographer) (1923–1987), Canadian-born photographer
• Bob Parent (ice hockey) (born 1958), retired ice hockey player
• Clark Parent, Haitian philosopher and politician
• Claude Parent, French architect
• Dan Parent, American comic book artist and writer, Archie Comics
• Elaine Parent (1942 – 2002), Florida-based criminal, known as "The Chameleon Killer"
• Étienne Parent (1802 – 1874) Canadian journalist and government official
• Gail Parent, American television screenwriter, television producer, and author
• Gilbert Parent, (1935- 2009) Canadian Member of Parliament
• Jacqueline Parent, French actress
• Jacques Parent (fencer), French Olympic fencer
• Jacques Parent (politician), Canadian politician
• Leslie Parent, American microbiologist and immunologist
• Kevin Parent (b. 1972), Québécois singer-songwriter
• Marc Parent, former Director, City of Montreal Police Service
• Mark Parent (b. 1954), former Canadian politician
• Mark Parent (baseball player) (born 1961), American Major League Baseball player
• Mary Parent (b. 1968), American film producer and former studio executive
• Maury Parent (died 2004), American radio personality, "The Voice of the Merrimack Valley"
• Mimi Parent (1924 – 2005), Canadian surrealist
• Octave Parent French entomologist
• Ryan Parent, (b. 1987), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Simon-Napoléon Parent, former premier of Quebec.
• Steven Parent, one of five victims of the Tate murders (1969)