Dent (surname)

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

• Aileen Dent (1890-1978), Australian artist
• Alfred Dent (1844–1927), British businessman and founder of the North Borneo Chartered Company
• Andrew Dent (1955–2008), Australian doctor and humanitarian worker
• Bucky Dent (born 1951), American baseball player
• Charles Dent (disambiguation), multiple people with the name (includes "Charlie")
• Clinton Thomas Dent (1850–1912), English alpinist, author and surgeon
• Edward John Dent (1790–1853), English watch maker
• Edward Joseph Dent (1876–1957), English musicologist and biographer of Handel
• Eric Dent (born 1961), American complexity theorist
• Frederick Baily Dent (born 1922), United States Secretary of Commerce
• Frederick Tracy Dent (1820–92), American soldier
• Harry Dent (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
• Jason Dent (born 1980), American mixed martial artist
• J. M. Dent (1849–1926), British publisher
• 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
• Martin Dent (1925-2014), English academic
• Richard Dent (born 1960), former football player
• Susie Dent (born 1964), English lexicographer
• Ted Dent (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Taylor Dent (born 1981), American tennis player
• 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

Fictional 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