Dent may refer to:

People

Dent (surname) Dent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aileen Dent (1890–1978), Australian artist *Akeem Dent (born 1987), American football linebacker *Alan Dent (1905–1978), Scottish journalist, editor and writer *Albert W. Dent (1904� ...

Dent May James Dent May Jr. (born May 6, 1985) known by his stage name Dent May, is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is mostly associated with psychedelic pop, synthpop, indie rock, and new wave genres of ...

(active 2007), American musician * Dent Mowrey (1888–1960), American composer, musician and music teacher *

Dent Oliver John Walter Denton Oliver (13 April 1918 in Crook, County Durham, England – 1973) was an international speedway rider who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals three times.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the Wor ...

(1918–1973), international speedway rider

Places

France

Dent d'Oche The Dent d'Oche is a mountain in the Haute-Savoie region of France, in the Chablais massif, near the Swiss-French border, that rises to in altitude. It towers above Évian, Thonon, and Lake Geneva. It offers a view of the French and Swiss Alps a ...

, Haute-Savoie * Dent de Burgin, Savoie *

Dent Parrachée Dent Parrachée is a mountain of Savoie, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas an ...

, Savoie * Denting, Moselle

Switzerland

Dent Blanche The Dent Blanche is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At -high, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps. Naming The original name was probably ''Dent d'Hérens'', the current name of the nearby D ...

, a mountain in the Pennine Alps *

Dent d'Hérens The Dent d'Hérens (4,174 m) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, lying on the border between Italy and Switzerland. The mountain lies a few kilometres west of the Matterhorn. The Aosta hut (2,781 m) is used for the normal route. Naming The mou ...

(shared with Italy), a mountain in the Pennine Alps *

Dent de Lys The Dent de Lys (2,014 m) is a mountain in the Bernese Alps ( Swiss Prealps), in the canton of Fribourg. Geography The Dent de Lys is the natural border of the municipalities of Châtel-St-Denis (west side) and Haut-Intyamon on the east si ...

, a mountain in the Bernese Alps (Swiss Prealps) *

Dents du Midi The Dents du Midi (French language, French: "teeth of noon") are a three-kilometre-long mountain range in the Chablais Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Overlooking the Val d'Illiez and the Rhône valley to the south, they face the Lac d ...

, a multi-summited mountain situated in the Chablais Alps

United Kingdom

Dent (fell) Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the English Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont. Sometimes known as Long Barrow, it is traditionally the first fell encountered by hikers following Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk. I ...

, near England's Lake District in Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria *

Dent, South Lakeland Dent is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It lies in Dentdale, a narrow valley on the western slopes of the Pennines within the Yorkshire ...

, a village near Sedbergh in Cumbria, formerly in Yorkshire **

Dent railway station Dent is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated north-west of Leeds, serves the villages of Cowgill and Dent, South Lakeland in Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and ...

* Dent Bank, a small village in County Durham *

Dent Fault The Dent Fault is a major fault zone on the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in northern England. It is named after the village of Dent in Dentdale, on the western margin of the Yorkshire Dales. The fault, or rather ...

, in northern England *

Dent Group The Dent Group is a group of Upper Ordovician sedimentary and volcanic rocks in north-west England. It is the lowermost part of the Windermere Supergroup, which was deposited in the foreland basin formed during the collision between Laurentia and ...

, a group of Upper Ordovician sedimentary and volcanic rocks in northwest England

United States

Dent, Idaho Dent is an unincorporated community in Clearwater County, Idaho. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and ...

Dent, Minnesota Dent is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 173 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History A post office called Dent has been in operation since 1900. Dent was platted in 1903, and was incorpora ...

* Dent, Missouri *

Dent, Ohio Dent is a census-designated place (CDP) in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,497 at the 2010 census. History Dent was originally known as Challensville in the 19th century, named for the local minister ...

Dent, West Virginia Dent is an unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cl ...

Dent Bridge The Dent Bridge is a suspension bridge in the northwest United States, located in north central Idaho in Clearwater County, north of Orofino. It is up the North Fork of the Clearwater River, now Dworshak Reservoir. Completed in 1971 at a ...

, in north central Idaho *

Dent County, Missouri Dent County is a county in Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,421. The largest city and county seat is Salem. The county was officially organized on February 10, 1851, and is named after state representative Lewis Dent, a p ...

Dent site The Dent site is a Clovis culture (about 11,000 years before present) site located in Weld County, Colorado, near Milliken, Colorado. It provided evidence that humans and mammoths co-existed in the Americas. The site is located on an alluvial fa ...

, a Clovis culture site near Milliken, Colorado *

Fort Dent Fort Dent is a historic fort and present-day park in Tukwila, Washington. History Fort Dent was a blockhouse built on the orders of Territorial Governor, Isaac Stevens, in approximately 1860. It was located southeast of the confluence of the ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Dent (Pokémon) Dent may refer to: People * Dent (surname) * Dent May (active 2007), American musician * Dent Mowrey (1888–1960), American composer, musician and music teacher * Dent Oliver (1918–1973), international speedway rider Places France * Dent d' ...

, the Japanese name for a gym leader in ''Pokémon Black'' and ''White'', named Cilan in English *

Dent (Pokémon anime) Dent may refer to: People * Dent (surname) * Dent May (active 2007), American musician * Dent Mowrey (1888–1960), American composer, musician and music teacher * Dent Oliver (1918–1973), international speedway rider Places France * Dent d' ...

, the Japanese name for a main character in the ''Pokémon: Black & White'' anime series, named Cilan in English *

Arthur Dent Arthur Philip Dent is a fictional character and the hapless protagonist of the comic science fiction series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' by Douglas Adams. In the radio, LP and television versions of the story, Arthur is played by ...

, protagonist of the science fiction series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' * Harvey Dent, aka

Two-Face Two-Face is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character was created by Bob Kane and first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #66 (August 1942). As one of Batman's ...

, a DC comics fictional villain

Companies

Dent (clocks and watches) Dent was a London manufacturer of luxury clocks and watches, founded by Edward John Dent. Dent began making watches in 1814, although the Dent triangular trade mark was not registered until 1876. A notable success for the company was winning the con ...

, the manufacturer of London's Big Ben * Dent & Co., a major trading company in Hong Kong's early colonial days *

Dents Dents is a British company that crafts luxury leather gloves, handbags, small leather goods. Dents is known for its hand cutting, sewing, and stitching techniques, which are still practised today on some limited top-end products, most merchand ...

, a British leather goods company founded in 1777 * J. M. Dent & Sons, a British publishing company founded by

J. M. Dent Joseph Malaby Dent (30 August 1849 – 9 May 1926) was a British book publisher who produced the Everyman's Library series. Early life Dent was born in Darlington in what is now part of the Grade II listed Britannia Inn. After a short and ...

in 1888

Other uses

* Dent (conference), an annual leadership conference in Sun Valley, Idaho *

Dent Corn Dent corn, also known as grain corn, is a type of field corn with a high soft starch content. It received its name because of the small indentation, or "dent", at the crown of each kernel on a ripe ear of corn. Reid's Yellow Dent is a variety de ...

, a variety of maize with a high soft starch content * USS ''Dent'' (DD-116), a United States Navy ship