Sergeant (surname)

Sergeant is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adeline Sergeant (1851–1904), English writer
 * Edward Guthlac Sergeant (1881–1961), English chess master
 * Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881–1965), American journalist and writer
 * George Sergeant (1881–1971), American attorney and mayor of Dallas, Texas
 * Howard Sergeant (1914–1987), British poet and editor
 * Jack Sergeant (born 1995), Gibraltarian footballer
 * John Sergeant (priest) (1623–1707 or 1710), English Roman Catholic priest, controversialist and theologian
 * John Sergeant (missionary) (1710–1749), American missionary to the Mahicans of Stockbridge
 * John Sergeant (politician) (1779–1852), American politician and member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
 * John Sergeant (journalist) (born 1944), British journalist and broadcaster
 * Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746–1793), lawyer, representative for New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777 and Attorney General of Pennsylvania
 * Lewis Sergeant (1841–1902), English journalist and author
 * Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), British orchestra conductor
 * Marc Sergeant (born 1959), Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and team manager
 * Peta Sergeant (born 1980), Australian actress
 * Peter Sergeant (died 1714), English-born merchant in Boston, Massachusetts
 * Philip Walsingham Sergeant (1872–1952), British chess and history writer
 * Richard Sergeant (died 1586), beatified English Roman Catholic priest and martyr
 * Sharon Sergeant (born 1947), American forensic genealogist
 * Thomas Sergeant (1782–1860), American lawyer, judge, and politician
 * Tony Sergeant (born 1977), Belgian football midfielder
 * Will Sergeant (born 1958), English guitarist best known as a member of Echo & the Bunnymen