Bent is a surname common in English speaking countries. It may refer to:

• Alex Bent (born 1993), percussionist for American heavy metal band Trivium
• Amel Bent (born 1985), French singer
• Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954), American ornithologist
• Bruce R. Bent, American financier
• Charles Bent (1799–1847), first American Governor of the New Mexico Territory
• Charles Bent (1919–2004), composer of chess endgame studies
• Cory Bent (born 1997), English footballer
• Darren Bent (born 1984), English football (soccer) player
• Desharne Bent-Ashmeil (born 2004), British diver
• Ellis Bent (1783–1815), Deputy Judge Advocate for New South Wales, Australia
• Geoff Bent (1932–1958), English football (soccer) player
• George Bent (1843–1918), a son of William Bent, American Civil War soldier and Cheyenne warrior
• Henry A. Bent (1926/1927–2015), physical chemist
• James Theodore Bent (1852–1897), English explorer and archaeologist
• Jason Bent (born 1977), Canadian football (soccer) player
• Jeffery Hart Bent (1781–1852), first judge of the colony of New South Wales, Australia
• Jevene Bent, former Jamaican police officer
• John Bent (disambiguation), multiple people
• Junior Bent (born 1970), English football (soccer) player
• Kimball Bent (1837–1916), American soldier and adventurer
• Lyriq Bent, Canadian actor
• Marcus Bent (born 1978), English football (soccer) player
• Margaret Bent (born 1940), English musicologist
• Paul Bent (born 1965), former English cricketer
• Philip Bent (1891–1917), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ridley Bent (born 1979), Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter
• Silas Bent (1768–1827), judge on the bench of the Missouri Supreme Court
• Silas Bent (1820–1887), U.S. Navy officer
• Silas Bent (1852–1945), American journalist
• Spencer John Bent (1891–1977), English Victoria Cross recipient
• Thomas Bent (1838–1909), Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria
• William Bent (1809–1869), American trapper, rancher and frontier diplomat