Bentham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Billy Bentham William Bentham (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain, England nati ...

, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s *

Charles Bentham Charles Bentham was an English shipwright. In 1727 the Amsterdam Admiralty The Admiralty of Amsterdam was the largest of the five Dutch admiralties at the time of the Dutch Republic. The administration of the various admiralties was ...

, 18th-century English shipwright in Dutch service * Craig Bentham (born 1985), English association footballer *

Edward Bentham Edward Bentham (23 July 1707 – 1 August 1776) was an Oxford based theologian who in 1763, with some evident reluctance, became Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. Life Family, provenance and early years Edward Bentham was born ...

(1707–1776), English theologian *

Ethel Bentham Ethel Bentham, (5 January 1861 – 19 January 1931) was a progressive doctor, a politician and a suffragist in the United Kingdom. She was born in London, educated at Alexandra School and College in Dublin, the London School of Medicine for W ...

(1861–1931), Irish doctor, politician and suffragette *

George Bentham George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studi ...

(1800–1884), English botanist *

(1843–1911), British operatic tenor *

George Jackson Bentham George Jackson Bentham (1863-21 October 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician. Background He was born as George Jackson in Hull in 1863, the son of William and Sarah Jackson. He was educated at Hull and privately. He married Ada Marshall ...

(1863–1929), British politician *

Howard Bentham Howard Bentham was born in Bedford in 1965 and is a graduate of Birmingham University. He has worked as a radio presenter since 1997 and a stadium announcer since 1999. Radio career Bentham began his radio career as a volunteer at Dudley Hospita ...

(born 1965), British radio personality *

Isaac Bentham Isaac Bentham (27 October 1886 Lancashire – 15 May 1917) was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the British team, which was able to win the gold medal. He was killed in action, aged 30, ...

(1886–1917), British water polo player *

James Bentham James Bentham (10 March 1709? – 17 November 1794) was an English clergyman, antiquarian and historian of Ely Cathedral. Life Bentham was a son of the Rev. Samuel Bentham (''c''.1681–1733), registrar of Ely Cathedral and vicar of Witchford n ...

(–1794), English clergyman and historian of Ely Cathedral *

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(1748–1832), English philosopher and jurist who developed utilitarianism * John Bentham (born 1963), English association footballer * Joseph Bentham (1593/94–1671), Church of England minister and writer on theology *

Lee Bentham Lee Bentham (born July 27, 1970) is a Canadian former racing driver from Richmond Hill, Ontario. In 1990 and 1992 he competed in the Formula K karting World Championship series. He moved to cars in the Toyota Atlantic series in 1995 in a success ...

(born 1970), Canadian former racing driver *

Mary Sophia Bentham Mary Sophia Bentham ( 1765 – 1858) was a British botanist and author. Bentham was daughter of chemist George Fordyce (1736–1802), wife of mechanical engineer Samuel Bentham (1757–1831), and mother of botanist George Bentham George Be ...

(–1858), British botanist *

Nat Bentham Nathan "Nat" Bentham (8 March 1900 - 1975) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Wigan Highfield, Halifax ...

(1900–1975), English rugby league footballer *

Percy George Bentham Percy George Bentham (1883–1936) was a British sculptor whose works include portrait busts, statues and several war memorials. He was a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, Royal Society of British Sculptors, and a member of the Art Worker ...

(1883–1936), English sculptor *

Phil Bentham Phil Bentham (born 28 October 1971) is a Premier League football VAR coach and former English professional rugby league Referee & video referee. He was one of the Rugby Football League's full-time match officials since its inception in 2007. Ref ...

(born 1971), English rugby league referee *

Rosie Bentham Rosie Elizabeth Bentham (born 29 July 2001) is an English actress, who has appeared as Gabby Thomas in ''Emmerdale'' since January 2016. Early and personal life Bentham was born in 2001 to John and Marianne Bentham, who acted as her chaperones ...

(born 2001), English actress *

Samuel Bentham Sir Samuel Bentham (11 January 1757 – 31 May 1831) was a noted English mechanical engineer and naval architect credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, including weapons. He was the only surviving siblin ...

(1757–1831), English mechanical engineer *

Stan Bentham Stanley Joseph Bentham (17 March 1915 – 29 May 2002) was an English footballer. Born at Leigh, Greater Manchester, Leigh, Lancashire, in 1915, he had a trial with Football League club Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers as a teenager in t ...

(1915–2002), English association footballer * Thomas Bentham (1513–1578), Bishop of Coventry *

Trevor Bentham Trevor Bentham (born 11 October 1943) is a British former stage manager and screenwriter (''A Month by the Lake'' and ''The Clandestine Marriage''). For 22 years, he was the partner of British actor Sir Nigel Hawthorne. They met in 1968 when ...

(born 1943), former English stage manager and screenwriter ; Fictional characters * Jeremy Bentham (''Lost''), another name for the character John Locke in Lost *

Karla Bentham This article lists the characters and the actors who portray them from the award-winning BBC television series '' Waterloo Road''. The series utilises an ensemble cast, led by the staff members of the eponymous school. It also has a high turnov ...

, a character in the British television series ''Waterloo Road''

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