People
- Surname
- 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 (1961-), American complexity theorist
- 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), a British publisher
- John Dent (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
- Lester Dent (1904–1959), writer best known for creating the character Doc Savage
- Richard Dent (born 1960), former football player
- Susie Dent, English lexicographer
- Ted Dent (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Taylor Dent (born 1981), American tennis player
- Thomas Dent (disambiguation), multiple people with the name
- Vernon Dent (1895–1963), American actor
- William Barton Wade Dent (1806–1855), American politician
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- Given name
- Dent May, American musician
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