# 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
* Lachlan Dent (born 2000), Australian basketball player
* 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