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