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[edit]
- 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
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
Media related to Dent (surname) at Wikimedia Commons
