Bentley (surname)

Bentley is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–I

• Arthur F. Bentley (1870–1957), American political scientist
• Alex Bentley (born 1990), Belarusian basketballer
• Alondra Bentley (born 1983), Spanish singer-songwriter
• Andrew Bentley (born 1985), French rugby player
• Beverly Bentley (1930–2018), American actress
• Bev Bentley (1927–2023), Canadian ice hockey player
• Bill Bentley (footballer) (born 1947), English footballer
• Bill Bentley (record producer) (born 1950), American record company executive and record producer
• Bobby Bentley (active since 1986), American football coach
• Charles Bentley (painter) (1806–1854), English painter
• Christine Bentley (active since 1977), Canadian television journalist
• Cy Bentley (1850–1873), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Daniel Bentley (disambiguation)
  • Dan Bentley, British Paralympic boccia player
  • Dan Bentley (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
  • Daniel S. Bentley (1850–1916), American minister, writer, newspaper founder
  • Danny Bentley, American politician and pharmacologist
• David Bentley (born 1984), English footballer
• Denzel Bentley (born 1995), English professional boxer
• Derek Bentley (1933–1953), English subject of a controversial court case
• Dierks Bentley (born 1975), American country music singer
• Doug Bentley (1916–1972), Canadian ice hockey player
• Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), British author and humorist
• Elizabeth Bentley (writer) (1767–1839), British poet
• Elizabeth Bentley (1908–1963), American spy for the Soviet Union
• Eric Bentley (1916–2020), critic, playwright, singer, editor and translator
• Fonzworth Bentley (born 1974), American entertainer and designer, former assistant to Diddy
• Geoffrey Bryan Bentley (1909–1996), English priest
• Gladys Bentley (1907–1960), American blues singer
• Greg Bentley (born 1987), Australian football player
• Handel Bentley (1871–1945), English footballer
• Helen Delich Bentley (1923–2016), American politician
• Irene Bentley (1870–1940), American actress

J–Z

• Jack Bentley (disambiguation), various people
• Jake Bentley (born 1997), American football player
• Jason Bentley (born 1970), American DJ
• Ja'Whaun Bentley (born 1996), American football player
• Jay Bentley (born 1964), American bassist for Bad Religion
• John Bentley (disambiguation), various people
• Jon Bentley (computer scientist) (born 1953), American computer scientist
• Jon Bentley (TV presenter) (born 1961), English television presenter
• Kane Bentley (born 1987), French rugby player
• Ken Bentley (active since 2008), British director
• Kenneth W. Bentley, chemist for whom were named the Bentley compounds
• Kirsty Bentley (1983–1998), New Zealand murder victim
• LeCharles Bentley (born 1979), American football player
• Lester W. Bentley (1908–1972), American artist from Wisconsin
• Marcus Bentley (born 1967), British actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist
• Mark Bentley (born 1978), English football player/manager
• Matt Bentley (born 1979), professional wrestler
• Max Bentley (1920–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
• Michael Bentley (disambiguation), various people
• Nancy Bentley, American professor of English
• Naomi Bentley (born 1981), British actress
• Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978), British author and illustrator
• Percy Bentley (1906–1982), Australian football player
• Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977), English novelist
• Richard Bentley (1662–1742), English classical scholar
• Richard Bentley (publisher) (1794–1871), English printer and publisher of Bentley's Miscellany
• Robert Bentley (disambiguation), various people
• Roy Bentley (1924–2018), English footballer
• Russell Bentley (1960–2024), American pro-Russian activist and participant in the Ukraine war
• Samantha Bentley (born 1987), English pornographic actress
• Thomas Bentley (director) (1884–1966), English film director
• Thomas Bentley (manufacturer) (1731–1780), English businessmen
• Tom Bentley, British political advisor
• Toni Bentley (born 1958), Australian-American dancer and writer
• Tony Bentley (born 1939), English footballer
• Walter Bentley (actor) (1849–1927), Australian actor
• Wes Bentley (born 1978), American actor
• Wilson Bentley (1865–1931), American photographer of snowflakes
• W. O. Bentley (1888–1971), British engineer, founder of Bentley Motors

Fictional characters

• Bernard Bentley, from Bob the Builder
• Harry Bentley (The Jeffersons), from The Jeffersons
• Jim Bently, from short stories by Henry Lawson

See also

• Bently (disambiguation)#People