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Dent

Dent

Overview
Dent may refer to:
  • An indentation
    Indentation
    - English :An indentation can mean two things:*To make notches in something or form deep recesses in a coastline for instance.*To place text farther to the right to separate it from surrounding text....

     or impact mark; it may also refer to a permanent deformation on a surface (e.g. car door)


  • Andrew Dent
    Andrew Dent
    Associate Professor Dr Andrew Wesley Dent AM was an Australian doctor and humanitarian worker.- Early life :...

     AM, Australian doctor and humanitarian worker
  • Bucky Dent
    Bucky Dent
    Bucky Dent , born Russell Earl O'Dey, is an American former Major League Baseball player and manager. He earned two World Series rings as the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees in and , and was voted the World Series MVP in 1978. Dent is most famous for his home run in a tie-breaker game...

    , American baseball player
  • Charles Dent
    Charles Dent
    Charles Dent may refer to:* Charlie Dent , American politician* John Charles Dent , Canadian author and journalist* Charles Dent , Northwest Territories politician* Charles E. Dent , physician and biochemist...

    , several people
  • Clinton Thomas Dent
    Clinton Thomas Dent
    Clinton Thomas Dent FRCS was an English surgeon, author and mountaineer.-Early life:The fourth surviving son of Thomas Dent, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.-Alpinism:...

    , (1850-1912), English alpinist, author and surgeon
  • Edward John Dent
    Edward John Dent
    Edward John Dent was a famous English watchmaker noted for his highly accurate clocks and marine chronometers.He founded the Dent company.- Early years :...

    , English watch maker
  • Eric Dent
    Eric Dent
    Eric B. Dent, Ph.D. is the former Dean of the School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and is a leading American expert in the field of Complexity Theory.-Life:...

    , American complexity theorist
  • Frederick Tracy Dent
    Frederick Tracy Dent
    Frederick Tracy Dent was an American soldier, born in White Haven, St. Louis County, Missouri He graduated at West Point in 1843, was assigned as brevet second lieutenant to the Sixth Infantry, served in the Southern campaign during the Mexican War, and was brevetted first lieutenant and captain...

     (1820-92), American soldier
  • Harry Dent
    Harry Dent
    Harry S. Dent, Jr. is an American financial newsletter writer. His latest book, The Great Depression Ahead, appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List.-Biography:Dent was born in Berkeley, California, United States, North America....

     (Harry S.
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Dent may refer to:
  • An indentation
    Indentation
    - English :An indentation can mean two things:*To make notches in something or form deep recesses in a coastline for instance.*To place text farther to the right to separate it from surrounding text....

     or impact mark; it may also refer to a permanent deformation on a surface (e.g. car door)

People


  • Andrew Dent
    Andrew Dent
    Associate Professor Dr Andrew Wesley Dent AM was an Australian doctor and humanitarian worker.- Early life :...

     AM, Australian doctor and humanitarian worker
  • Bucky Dent
    Bucky Dent
    Bucky Dent , born Russell Earl O'Dey, is an American former Major League Baseball player and manager. He earned two World Series rings as the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees in and , and was voted the World Series MVP in 1978. Dent is most famous for his home run in a tie-breaker game...

    , American baseball player
  • Charles Dent
    Charles Dent
    Charles Dent may refer to:* Charlie Dent , American politician* John Charles Dent , Canadian author and journalist* Charles Dent , Northwest Territories politician* Charles E. Dent , physician and biochemist...

    , several people
  • Clinton Thomas Dent
    Clinton Thomas Dent
    Clinton Thomas Dent FRCS was an English surgeon, author and mountaineer.-Early life:The fourth surviving son of Thomas Dent, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.-Alpinism:...

    , (1850-1912), English alpinist, author and surgeon
  • Edward John Dent
    Edward John Dent
    Edward John Dent was a famous English watchmaker noted for his highly accurate clocks and marine chronometers.He founded the Dent company.- Early years :...

    , English watch maker
  • Eric Dent
    Eric Dent
    Eric B. Dent, Ph.D. is the former Dean of the School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and is a leading American expert in the field of Complexity Theory.-Life:...

    , American complexity theorist
  • Frederick Tracy Dent
    Frederick Tracy Dent
    Frederick Tracy Dent was an American soldier, born in White Haven, St. Louis County, Missouri He graduated at West Point in 1843, was assigned as brevet second lieutenant to the Sixth Infantry, served in the Southern campaign during the Mexican War, and was brevetted first lieutenant and captain...

     (1820-92), American soldier
  • Harry Dent
    Harry Dent
    Harry S. Dent, Jr. is an American financial newsletter writer. His latest book, The Great Depression Ahead, appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List.-Biography:Dent was born in Berkeley, California, United States, North America....

     (Harry S. Dent, Jr.), American demographic economist
  • Jason Dent
    Jason Dent
    Jason William Dent is an American mixed martial arts fighter. The Lightweight competitor has held several regional championships, most recently he won the IFBL Welterweight Championship. He runs the Griffonrawl MMA Academy in Mentor, Ohio, and hosts an MMA oriented radio talk show on WWGK Radio ...

    , American mixed martial artist
  • J. M. Dent
    J. M. Dent
    Joseph Malaby Dent was a British book publisher who produced the Everyman's Library series.Dent was born in Darlington and after a short and unsuccessful stint as an apprentice printer he took up bookbinding. At the age of fifteen he gave a talk on James Boswell's Life of Johnson which would be...

    , a British publisher
  • John H. Dent
    John H. Dent
    John H. Dent was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War and the First Barbary War.Born in Maryland, Dent was appointed a Midshipman 16 March 1798...

    , U.S. naval officer
  • John H. Dent (politician)
    John H. Dent (politician)
    John Herman Dent was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:John Dent was born in Johnetta, Pennsylvania, to Samuel and Genevieve Dent...

    , U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
  • Lester Dent
    Lester Dent
    Lester Dent was a prolific pulp fiction author of numerous stories, best known as the main author of the series of stories about the superhuman scientist and adventurer, Doc Savage. The stories were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson.-Early years:Dent was born in 1904 in La Plata, Missouri...

    , writer best known for creating the character Doc Savage
  • Richard Dent
    Richard Dent
    Richard Lamar Dent is a former American football defensive end who played primarily for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was the MVP of Super Bowl XX.-Chicago Bears:...

    , former football player
  • Taylor Dent
    Taylor Dent
    Taylor Phillip Dent is a professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He has won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour.Dent's most memorable performance of his...

    , American tennis player
  • William Barton Wade Dent
    William Barton Wade Dent
    William Barton Wade Dent was an American politician, educator, soldier and businessman from Georgia. He represented Georgia in the U.S. Congress ....

    , American politician

Fictional characters

  • Arthur Dent
    Arthur Dent
    Arthur Philip Dent is a fictional character, the hapless protagonist and antihero in the comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams....

    , principal character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • 18610 Arthurdent
      18610 Arthurdent
      18610 Arthurdent is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Felix Hormuth on 7 February 1998. It is named after Arthur Dent, the bewildered hero of Douglas Adams' radio play and book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy....

      , an asteroid named after the above
  • Random Frequent Flyer Dent, daughter of Arthur Dent
  • Harvey Dent (Two-Face
    Two-Face
    Two-Face is a fictional comic book supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #66 , and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger....

    ), a villain from Batman's rogue gallery
  • Professor R. J. Dent, fictional character from Dr. No

Places


in England
  • Dent, Cumbria, a village in the south east of Cumbria
  • Dent Bank
    Dent Bank
    Dent Bank is a small village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the north side of the Teesdale between Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin....

    , a small village in County Durham


in the United States
  • Dent, Minnesota
    Dent, Minnesota
    Dent is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 192 at the 2000 census. Every summer Concordia Language Villages' Mori no Ike Japanese village is held just outside Dent at Lakeside Camp.-Geography:...

  • Dent, Ohio
    Dent, Ohio
    Dent is a census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,612 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dent is located at ....



in Switzerland
  • Dent Blanche
    Dent Blanche
    The Dent Blanche is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With its high summit, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps.-Naming:...

  • Dent d'Hérens
    Dent d'Hérens
    The Dent d'Hérens is a mountain located in the Pennine Alps, lying on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The mountain lies only a few kilometres west of the Matterhorn.The Aosta hut is used for the normal route.-Naming:...