Bentham (surname)
Bentham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Billy Bentham, rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Great Britain, and England
- Charles Bentham, English shipwright in Dutch service
- Craig Bentham (born 1985), English footballer
- Ethel Bentham (1861–1931), Irish doctor, politician and suffragette
- George Bentham (1800–1884), English botanist, son of Samuel
- Isaac Bentham (1886–1917), British water polo player
- James Bentham (1708–1794), English clergyman and historian of Ely Cathedral
- Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), English philosopher and jurist who developed utilitarianism
- Joseph Bentham (1693/94-1671), Church of England minister and writer on theology
- Lee Bentham (born 1970), former Canadian racing driver
- Nathan Bentham, rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s for Great Britain, and England
- Samuel Bentham (1757–1831), English mechanical engineer, brother of Jeremy
- Thomas Bentham (1513–1578), Bishop of Coventry
- Trevor Bentham (born 1943), former English stage manager and screenwriter
Fictional characters:
- Jeremy Bentham (Lost), another name for the character John Locke in Lost
- Karla Bentham, character in the BBC 1 TV drama Waterloo Road, played by Jessica Baglow
See also
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