Bent (surname)

Bent is a surname common in English speaking countries. It may refer to:


 * Alex Bent (born 1993), percussionist for American heavy metal band Trivium
 * 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
 * Cory Bent (born 1997), English 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
 * John Bent (disambiguation), multiple people
 * 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
 * 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