Bent is a surname. As a German surname, it may be a contraction of Bernhard.Bent, DFD Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Bent (born 1993), percussionist for American heavy metal band Trivium Amel Bent (born 1985), French singer Ann Bent (1768–1857), American businesswoman Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954), American ornithologist Bruce R. Bent, American financier Charles Bent first American Governor of the New Mexico Territory Charles Bent (1919–2004), composer of chess endgame studies Cory Bent (born 1997), English footballer Dan Bent (born 1996), Gibraltarian footballer Darren Bent (born 1984), English football (soccer) player Desharne Bent-Ashmeil (born 2004), British diver 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, American Civil War soldier and Cheyenne warrior Henry A. Bent (1926/1927–2015), physical chemist 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 Jevene Bent, former Jamaican police officer
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 Robert Bent (1745–1832), English politician, father of Ellis Bent and Jeffery Hart Bent Silas Bent (1768–1827), judge on the bench of the Missouri Supreme Court 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 River Wilson-Bent (born 1994), British boxer
See also
Bent (given name)
References
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