Stent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Peter Stent (c. 1642 – 1665), London printmaker and seller Charles Stent (1807–1885), English dentist for whom the medical stent is named George Carter Stent (1833–1884), English soldier and translator of Chinese texts Sydney Margaret Stent (1875–1942), South African botanist Gunther Stent (1924–2008), German-American molecular geneticist Angela Stent (born 1947), American foreign-affairs educator Mark Stent (born 1965), British record producer, engineer, and mixer a.k.a. "Spike" Stent Brynley Stent (born 1989), New Zealand actor, scriptwriter and comedian