Bentley (surname)

Bentley is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–I

 * Arthur F. Bentley (1870–1957), American political scientist
 * Alex Bentley (born 1990), Belarusian basketballer
 * Alondra Bentley (born 1983), Spanish singer-songwriter
 * Andrew Bentley (born 1985), French rugby player
 * Beverly Bentley (1930–2018), American actress
 * Bev Bentley (1927–2023), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Bill Bentley (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer
 * Bill Bentley (record producer) (born 1950), American record company executive and record producer
 * Bobby Bentley (active since 1986), American football coach
 * Charles Bentley (painter) (1806–1854), English painter
 * Christine Bentley (active since 1977), Canadian television journalist
 * Cy Bentley (1850–1873), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Daniel Bentley (disambiguation)
 * Dan Bentley, British Paralympic boccia player
 * Dan Bentley (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
 * Daniel S. Bentley (1850–1916), American minister, writer, newspaper founder
 * Danny Bentley, American politician and pharmacologist
 * David Bentley (born 1984), English footballer
 * Denzel Bentley (born 1995), English professional boxer
 * Derek Bentley (1933–1953), English subject of a controversial court case
 * Dierks Bentley (born 1975), American country music singer
 * Doug Bentley (1916–1972), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), British author and humorist
 * Elizabeth Bentley (writer) (1767–1839), British poet
 * Elizabeth Bentley (1908–1963), American spy for the Soviet Union
 * Eric Bentley (1916–2020), critic, playwright, singer, editor and translator
 * Ester F. Bentley (1915–2004), American social worker, community organizer
 * Fonzworth Bentley (born 1974), American entertainer and designer, former assistant to Diddy
 * Geoffrey Bryan Bentley (1909–1996), English priest
 * Gladys Bentley (1907–1960), American blues singer
 * Greg Bentley (born 1987), Australian football player
 * Handel Bentley (1871–1945), English footballer
 * Helen Delich Bentley (1923–2016), American politician
 * Irene Bentley (1870–1940), American actress

J–Z

 * Jack Bentley (disambiguation), various people
 * Jake Bentley (born 1997), American football player
 * Jason Bentley (born 1970), American DJ
 * Ja'Whaun Bentley (born 1996), American football player
 * Jay Bentley (born 1964), American bassist for Bad Religion
 * John Bentley (disambiguation), various people
 * Jon Bentley (computer scientist) (born 1953), American computer scientist
 * Jon Bentley (TV presenter) (born 1961), English television presenter
 * Kane Bentley (born 1987), French rugby player
 * Ken Bentley (active since 2008), British director
 * Kenneth W. Bentley, chemist for whom were named the Bentley compounds
 * Kirsty Bentley (1983–1998), New Zealand murder victim
 * LeCharles Bentley (born 1979), American football player
 * Lester W. Bentley (1908–1972), American artist from Wisconsin
 * Marcus Bentley (born 1967), British actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist
 * Mark Bentley (born 1978), English football player/manager
 * Matt Bentley (born 1979), professional wrestler
 * Max Bentley (1920–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Michael Bentley (disambiguation), various people
 * Nancy Bentley, American professor of English
 * Naomi Bentley (born 1981), British actress
 * Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978), British author and illustrator
 * Percy Bentley (1906–1982), Australian football player
 * Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977), English novelist
 * Richard Bentley (1662–1742), English classical scholar
 * Richard Bentley (publisher) (1794–1871), English printer and publisher of Bentley's Miscellany
 * Robert Bentley (disambiguation), various people
 * Roy Bentley (1924–2018), English footballer
 * Russell Bentley (1960–2024), American pro-Russian activist and participant in the Ukraine war
 * Samantha Bentley (born 1987), English pornographic actress
 * Thomas Bentley (director) (1884–1966), English film director
 * Thomas Bentley (manufacturer) (1731–1780), English businessmen
 * Tom Bentley, British political advisor
 * Toni Bentley (born 1958), Australian-American dancer and writer
 * Tony Bentley (born 1939), English footballer
 * Walter Bentley (actor) (1849–1927), Australian actor
 * Wes Bentley (born 1978), American actor
 * Wilson Bentley (1865–1931), American photographer of snowflakes
 * W. O. Bentley (1888–1971), British engineer, founder of Bentley Motors

Fictional characters

 * Bernard Bentley, from Bob the Builder
 * Harry Bentley (The Jeffersons), from The Jeffersons
 * Jim Bently, from short stories by Henry Lawson