Bent (surname)
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Bent is a surname common in English speaking countries. It may refer to:
- Amel BentAmel BentAmel Bent is a French singer.- Biography :Amel Bent grew up in the French commune of La Courneuve with her Algerian father and a Moroccan mother. She has a brother and a sister...
(born 1985), French singer - Arthur Cleveland BentArthur Cleveland BentArthur Cleveland Bent was an American ornithologist. He is notable for his encyclopedic 21-volume work, Life Histories of North American Birds, published 1919-1968 and completed posthumously....
(1866-1954), American ornithologist - Bruce R. BentBruce R. BentBruce R. Bent invented the world's first money fund, The Reserve Fund, with Henry B. R. Brown in 1970. This financial product was recognized by the American Museum of Financial History, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, for its importance and impact on the nation's financial history...
, American financier - Charles BentCharles BentCharles Bent was appointed as the first Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846....
(1799-1847), first American Governor of the New Mexico Territory - Charles BentCharles Bent (chess)Charles Michael Bent was an English composer of chess endgame studies. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire on November 27, 1919 and died on December 28, 2004 in a motorway accident. Bent was the most prolific English endgame composer and one of the top ten in the world...
(1919-2004), composer of chess endgame studies - Darren BentDarren BentDarren Ashley Bent is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa as a striker.Bent started his career with Ipswich Town. After progressing through their youth system he made his first team debut in 2001. He made 122 appearances and scored 48 goals in the league for Ipswich, before joining...
(born 1984), English football (soccer) player - Ellis BentEllis BentEllis Bent was the deputy judge advocate between 1810 and 1815 of the Australian colony of New South Wales, which was eventually to become an Australian state. The deputy judge advocate was the senior legal officer of the colony and functioned in many ways as a Chief Justice...
(1783-1815), Deputy Judge Advocate for New South Wales, Australia - Geoff BentGeoff BentGeoffrey "Geoff" Bent was an English footballer and one of the eight Manchester United players who lost their lives in the Munich air disaster.-Career:...
(1932-1958), English football (soccer) player - George BentGeorge BentGeorge Bent was the mixed-race son of the fur trader William Bent, the founder of the trading post named Bent's Fort; and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne. Born near present-day La Junta, Colorado, Bent served as a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War and a Cheyenne warrior...
(1843—1918), a son of William BentWilliam BentWilliam Wells Bent was a frontier trapper, trader, and rancher in the American West who mediated among the Cheyenne Nation, other Native American tribes and the expanding United States. With his brothers, Bent established a trade business along the Santa Fe Trail. In the early 1830s Bent built an...
, he was an American Civil War soldier, a Cheyenne warrior, and an important source for anthropologists - James Theodore BentJames Theodore BentJames Theodore Bent was an English explorer, archaeologist and author.-Biography:James Theodore Bent was the son of James Bent of Baildon House, near Bradford, Yorkshire, where he was born. He was educated at Repton School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1875. In 1877 he married...
(1852-1897), English explorer and archaeologist - Jason BentJason BentJason Andrew Bent is a former Canadian international football player. He currently works as an assistant coach for Toronto FC.-Club career:...
(born 1977), Canadian football (soccer) player - Jeffery Hart BentJeffery Hart BentJeffery Hart Bent, occasionally known as Geoffrey Hart Bent was the first judge in the colony of New South Wales, Australia.-Early life:...
(1781-1852), first judge of the colony of New South Wales, Australia - John Peale BentJohn BentJohn Peale Bent was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.He died in Lake Forest, Illinois....
(1908-2004), American ice hockey player - Junior BentJunior BentJunior Antony Bent is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Burnley, Bristol City, Stoke City, Shrewsbury Town and Blackpool.-Career:...
(born 1970), English football (soccer) player - Kimball BentKimball BentKimball Bent , also known as "Kimble Bent", was a soldier and adventurer.At some stage Kimball Bent made his way to Liverpool, England and on 18 October 1859 enlisted in the 57th Regiment of Foot in the British Army. He served in India and his unit was posted to New Zealand in 1861...
(1837-1916), American soldier and adventurer - Lyriq BentLyriq BentLyriq Bent is a Canadian actor that is perhaps best known for portraying Lieutenant Daniel Rigg in Saw II, Saw III, and Saw IV.-Life and career:...
, Canadian actor - Marcus BentMarcus BentMarcus Nathan Bent is an English football striker who plays for Indonesian club Mitra Kukar. A former England under-21 international, the journeyman striker has played for fourteen different clubs, playing over 570 games and scoring 110 goals in the process.A England under-21 international, he...
(born 1978), English football (soccer) player - Margaret BentMargaret BentMargaret Hilda Bent CBE, FBA is an English musicologist.She was educated at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Acton School and Girton College, Cambridge University , receiving her BA in 1962 and Ph.D in 1969...
(born 1940), English musicologist - Paul BentPaul BentPaul Bent is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire between the mid-1980s and early 1990s....
(born 1965), former English cricketer - Philip BentPhilip BentLieutenant Colonel Philip Eric Bent VC DSO was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Biography:...
(1891-1917), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross - Ridley BentRidley BentRidley Bent is a Canadian country singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bent was raised throughout Canada in a military family. He formally launched his musical career in 2000....
(born 1979), Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter - Silas BentSilas BentSilas Bent IV , son of Silas Bent III and Ann Elizabeth Bent was an American was a journalist, author, and lecturer. He began newspaper work in 1900 in Louisville, Kentucky, on the Louisville Herald. After three years he moved to St. Louis and joined the staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as...
(1768 - 1827), judge on the bench of the Missouri Supreme Court and direct ancestor of several notable U.S. Bents - Silas BentSilas Bent (naval officer)Silas Bent III was a naval officer in the U.S. Navy prior to the American Civil War. Silas Bent sailed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and was recognized by the Navy for his contributions to oceanography which were published by the Navy...
(1820-1887), U.S. Navy officer - Silas BentSilas BentSilas Bent IV , son of Silas Bent III and Ann Elizabeth Bent was an American was a journalist, author, and lecturer. He began newspaper work in 1900 in Louisville, Kentucky, on the Louisville Herald. After three years he moved to St. Louis and joined the staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as...
(1852-1945), American journalist - Spencer John BentSpencer John BentSpencer John Bent VC, MM was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1891-1977), English Victoria Cross recipient - Thomas BentThomas BentSir Thomas Bent KCMG , Australian politician, was the 22nd Premier of Victoria. He was one of the most colourful and corrupt politicians in Victorian history....
(1838–1909), Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria - William BentWilliam BentWilliam Wells Bent was a frontier trapper, trader, and rancher in the American West who mediated among the Cheyenne Nation, other Native American tribes and the expanding United States. With his brothers, Bent established a trade business along the Santa Fe Trail. In the early 1830s Bent built an...
(1809–1869), American trapper, rancher and frontier diplomat