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
- Dan Bent (born 1996), Gibraltarian 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