Bentham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Billy Bentham, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s * Charles Bentham, 18th-century English shipwright in Dutch service * Craig Bentham (born 1985), English association footballer * Edward Bentham (1707–1776), English theologian * Ethel Bentham (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 studie ...

(1800–1884), English botanist *

(1843–1911), British operatic tenor * George Jackson Bentham (1863–1929), British politician * Howard Bentham (born 1965), British radio personality * Isaac Bentham (1886–1917), British water polo player * James Bentham (–1794), English clergyman and historian of Ely Cathedral *

Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham (; 4 February Dual dating, 1747/8 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. 5 February 1748 Old Style and New Style dates, N.S.– 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of mo ...

(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 (born 1970), Canadian former racing driver * Mary Sophia Bentham (–1858), British botanist * Nat Bentham (1900–1975), English rugby league footballer * Percy George Bentham (1883–1936), English sculptor * Phil Bentham (born 1971), English rugby league referee * Rosie Bentham (born 2001), English actress *

Samuel Bentham Brigadier General Sir Samuel Bentham (11 January 1757 – 31 May 1831) was an England, English mechanical engineering, mechanical engineer and naval architect credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, incl ...

(1757–1831), English mechanical engineer * Stan Bentham (1915–2002), English association footballer * 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, a character in the British television series ''Waterloo Road''

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