Dent (surname)

Dent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aileen Dent (1890–1978), Australian artist
• Akeem Dent (born 1987), American football linebacker
• Alan Dent (1905–1978), Scottish journalist, editor and writer
• Albert W. Dent (1904–1984), an academic administrator
• Alfred Dent (1844–1927), British businessman and founder of the North Borneo Chartered Company
• Ancilla Dent (born 1933), English Roman Catholic nun, ecological activist, and writer
• Andrew Dent (1955–2008), Australian doctor and humanitarian worker
• Beryl May Dent (1900–1977), British mathematical physicist
• Betty-Ann Dent (born 1950), retired American professional tennis player
• Borden Dent (1938–2000), American geographer and cartographer
• Bucky Dent (born 1951), American baseball player
• Burnell Dent (born 1963), former professional American football linebacker
• Catherine Dent (born 1965), American actress
• Charles Dent (disambiguation), multiple people with the name (includes "Charlie")
• Charles Enrique Dent (1911–1976), British biochemist
• Charlie Dent (born 2006), English meteorologist
• Charlie Dent (born 1960), Pennsylvanian politician
• Chris Dent (born 1991), English cricketer
• Clinton Thomas Dent (1850–1912), English alpinist, author and surgeon
• Denny Dent (1948–2004), American speed painter
• Digby Dent (disambiguation), father and son
• Douglas Dent (1869–1959), Royal Navy officer
• Eddie Dent (1887–1974), pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Edith Vere Dent (1863–1948), amateur botanist and wild flower enthusiast
• Edward John Dent (1790–1853), English watch maker
• Edward Joseph Dent (1876–1957), English musicologist and biographer of Handel
• Emma Dent (1823–1900), English antiquarian and collector
• Eric Dent (born 1961), American complexity theorist
• Francis Dent (1866–1955), British railway manager
• Frederick B. Dent (1922–2019), United States Secretary of Commerce
• Frederick Tracy Dent (1820–1892), American soldier
• George Dent (1756–1813), American planter and politician from Maryland
• Grace Dent (born 1973), English columnist, broadcaster and author
• Harry Dent (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
• J. M. Dent (1849–1926), British publisher
• Jason Dent (born 1980), American mixed martial artist
• John Dent (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
• Julia Boggs Dent (1826–1902), wife of Ulysses Grant, the President of the United States
• Lester Dent (1904–1959), writer best known for creating the character Doc Savage
• Maggie Dent (born 1955), Australian parenting author
• Marmaduke H. Dent (1849–1909), American judge
• Martin Dent (academic) (1925–2014), English academic
• Richard Dent (born 1960), former football player
• S. Hubert Dent Jr. (1869–1938), American lawyer and politician
• Susie Dent (born 1964), English lexicographer
• Taylor Dent (born 1981), American tennis player
• Ted Dent (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Teresa Dent (born 1959), CEO, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
• Thomas Dent (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
• Vernon Dent (1895–1963), American actor
• William Barton Wade Dent (1806–1855), American politician

Characters

• Arthur Dent, principal character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Random Frequent Flyer Dent, daughter of Arthur Dent
• Hanzee Dent, character in the TV show Fargo
• Harvey Dent (Two-Face), villain from Batman's rogue gallery
• Fooly Dent, principal character in How to Treat a Lady Knight Right

See also

• Dent (disambiguation)

External links

• Media related to Dent (surname) at Wikimedia Commons