# 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 Russo-Ukrainian 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 (1939–2024), English footballer
* Ulysses Bentley IV (born 2000), American football player
* 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