Tennent is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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Blair Tennent William Blair Tennent (4 December 1898 – 1 May 1976), known as Blair Tennent, was a New Zealand politician of the National Party and a cabinet minister. In Palmerston North he was a dentist, and a local body politician. Early life Tennent wa ...

(1898–1976), New Zealand politician * David Hilt Tennent 1873–1941), American developmental biologist *

Gilbert Tennent Gilbert Tennent (5 February 1703 – 23 July 1764) was a pietistic Protestant evangelist in colonial America. Born in a Presbyterian Scots-Irish family in County Armagh, Ireland, he migrated to America as a teenager, trained for pastoral mini ...

(1703–1764), Irish Presbyterian clergyman *

H. M. Tennent Henry Moncrieff Tennent (18 February 1879 – 10 June 1941), was a British theatrical producer, impresario and songwriter. From 1929 to 1933, he mentored Binkie Beaumont, having previously worked with him in Cardiff. When Tennent, already the ge ...

(1879–1941), British theatre impresario * Hector Tennent (1842–1904), Australian cricketer *

Hugh Tennent Hugh Tennent Tennent (29 August 1863 – 20 April 1890) was a Scottish brewer, the great-great-grandson of the founder (also Hugh Tennent) of the Wellpark Brewery now known as the Tennent's brewery. He began production of Tennent's lager in 1885, ...

(1863–1890), Scottish brewer known for beginning the production of

Wellpark Brewery Tennent Caledonian is a brewery based in Glasgow, Scotland. The Wellpark Brewery is situated in the city's East End, between the Townhead and Dennistoun districts along Duke Street. It was founded in 1740 on the bank of the Molendinar Burn ...

's "Tennent's Lager" *

James Emerson Tennent Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet, FRS (born James Emerson; 7 April 1804 – 6 March 1869) was a British politician and traveller born in Ireland. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 June 1862. Life The third son of William ...

(1804–1869), British politician *

John Tennent (disambiguation) John Tennent may refer to: * John Tennent (courtier) John Tennent or Tennand of Listonshiels (died c. 1549) was a servant and companion of King James V of Scotland. He kept an account of the king's daily expenses which is an important source docum ...

Madge Tennent Madge Tennent (June 22, 1889 – February 5, 1972) was a naturalized American artist, born in England, raised in South Africa, and trained in France. She ranks among the most accomplished and globally renowned artists ever to have lived and wor ...

(1889–1972), American artist of Hawaii * Peter Tennent, mayor of

New Plymouth New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

William Tennent William Tennent (1673 – May 6, 1746) was an early Scottish American Presbyterian minister and educator in British North America. Early life Tennent was born in Mid Calder, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, in 1673. He graduated from the Univers ...

(1673–1746), Scottish-American Presbyterian clergyman *

William Tennent III William Tennent III (1740August 11, 1777) was a Presbyterian pastor and South Carolina politician. He was born and educated in northern Colonial America, but spent the latter part of his life in the southern state of South Carolina. He was a pro ...

(1740–1777), Presbyterian clergyman and colonial patriot

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