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[Sergeant] (''"Serjens d'Armes"''); and "Serjiant of the Law" [Serjeant-at-law] (''"Serviens ad Legem"'') was also a term in very early use. The English translation of ''Serviens'' into Sargent did not appear until the reign of Henry III or

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. Today, the surname has many variant spellings ranging from ''Sargant, Sargeant'' and ''Seargeant'' to ''Sergant, Searjeant'' and ''Sergeaunt''.Sargent surname
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Notable people with the name include:

In arts and entertainment

Alvin Sargent Alvin Sargent (April 12, 1927 – May 9, 2019) was an American screenwriter. He won two Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, for '' Julia'' (1977), and '' Ordinary People'' (1980). Sargent's other works include screenplays of the films ...

(1927–2019), American screenwriter *

Carl Sargent Carl Lynwood Sargent (11 December 1952 – 12 September 2018) was a British parapsychologist and author of several roleplaying game-based products and novels, who used the pen name Keith Martin to write '' Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks. Early li ...

(1952–2018), British author of role-playing games *

Dick Sargent Richard Stanford Cox (April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994), known professionally as Dick Sargent, was an American actor. He is best known for being the second actor to portray Darrin Stephens on ABC's fantasy sitcom ''Bewitched''. He took the name ...

(1930–1994), American actor known for his role in ''Bewitched'' * Edward Sargent (architect) (1842–1914), American Architect * Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke) (1811–1850), American poet * Henry Sargent (1770–1845), American painter and soldier *

Herb Sargent Herbert Sargent (born Supowitz; July 15, 1923 – May 6, 2005) was an American television writer, a Television producer, producer for such comedy shows as ''The Tonight Show'' and ''Saturday Night Live'', and a screenwriter (''Bye Bye Braverman'' ...

(1923–2005), American television writer and producer *

John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent (; January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era, Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil ...

(1856–1925), portrait artist *

Joseph Sargent Joseph Sargent (born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente; July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) was an American film director. He is best known for his feature-length works, like the action movie '' White Lightning'' starring Burt Reynolds, the biopi ...

(1925–2014), American film director *

Judith Sargent Murray Judith Sargent Stevens Murray (May 1, 1751 – June 9, 1820) was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essay writer, playwright, poet, and letter writer. She was one of the first American proponents of the idea of the equality of the ...

(1751–1820), American women's rights advocate and writer * Kenny Sargent, American musician and disc jockey * Kevin Sargent (composer), film and television composer *

Lia Sargent Lia Sargent is an American voice actress. She is known for extensive anime and video game voice work and has also done ADR directing and script writing for Animaze.. iNC. She is the daughter of movie and TV director Joseph Sargent and actr ...

, American voice actress *

Malcolm Sargent Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (29 April 1895 – 3 October 1967) was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated include ...

(1895–1967), British conductor, organist and composer * Margaret Holland Sargent (born 1927), American portrait artist *

Martin Sargent Martin Sargent is an American television personality and was co-host of the This WEEK in FUN podcast with Sarah Lane. He is most well known from his time as a Segment Producer on TechTV's ''The Screen Savers'' and later as the host of his own ...

(born 1975), American television personality *

Pamela Sargent Pamela Sargent (born March 20, 1948) is an American feminist, science fiction author, and editor. She has an MA in classical philosophy and has won a Nebula Award. Sargent wrote a trilogy concerning the terraforming of Venus that is sometim ...

(born 1948), American science fiction writer * Richard Sargent (1911–1978), American illustrator * Robert F. Sargent (), American war photographer * Roger Sargent (photographer) (born 1970), a British photographer

Politicians

* Aaron A. Sargent (1827–1887) American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat * Bradley Varnum Sargent (1828- 1893) * Bradley V. Sargent Jr. (1863–1940) *

Eddie Sargent Edward Carson Sargent (April 11, 1915 – January 28, 1998) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1987 who represented the central Ontario riding of Grey North and Grey ...

(1915–1998), Canadian politician * Francis W. Sargent (1915–1998), American politician * Gregory Sargent, American politician *

John Sargent (1714–1791) John Sargent may refer to: Politicians *John Sargent (1714–1791), British Member of Parliament for West Looe (UK Parliament constituency), West Looe and Midhurst *John Sargent (1750–1831), British Member of Parliament for Seaford, Bodmin and ...

, British Member of Parliament for West Looe and Midhurst * John Sargent (1750–1831), British Member of Parliament for Seaford, Bodmin and Queenborough * John Sargent (merchant) (1792–1874), Canadian merchant, farmer and politician * John Sargent (1799–1880), American politician * Narciso Joseph Alegre y Sargent (1911–1980), Filipino civil liberties advocate *

Trevor Sargent Trevor Sargent (born 26 July 1960) is a minister of the Church of Ireland and a former Irish Green Party politician who served as a Minister of State from 2007 to 2010 and Leader of the Green Party from 2001 to 2007. He served as a Teachta Dál ...

(born 1960), Irish politician *

Winthrop Sargent Winthrop Sargent (May 1, 1753 – June 3, 1820) was an American politician, military officer and writer, who served as List of Governors of Mississippi, Governor of Mississippi Territory from 1798 to 1801, and briefly as acting List of Adjutant ...

(1753–1820), American politician

Scientists and engineers

Anneila Sargent Anneila Isabel Sargent (née Cassells; born 1942) is a Scottish–American astronomer who specializes in star formation. Biography Sargent was brought up in Burntisland, Fife, and schooled at Burntisland Primary School and Kirkcaldy High S ...

(born 1942), Scottish–American astronomer * Bernice Weldon Sargent (1906–1993), Canadian physicist *

Charles Sprague Sargent Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841March 22, 1927) was an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death. He published se ...

(1841–1927), American botanist * Oswald Hewlett Sargent (1880–1952), Australian botanist and plant collector * Roger Sargent (1926–2018), chemical engineer * Thomas J. Sargent (born 1943), American economist * Wallace L. W. Sargent (1935–2012), British-American astronomer * Winifred Sargent (1905–1979), English mathematician * Edward H. Sargent, Canadian scientist

Soldiers

* John Sargent (Loyalist) (1750–1824), Loyalist officer during the American Revolutionary War * John Neptune Sargent (1826–1893), commander of British troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements * Paul Dudley Sargent (baptized 1745–died 1828), privateer and soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War * Ruppert L. Sargent (1938–1967), American soldier

In sports

* April Sargent, American figure skater * Bill Sargent (1907–1963), American football coach * Danyelle Sargent (born ), American sports television reporter *

Frank Sargent (sports executive) Frank Forest Sargent (July 6, 1902 – September 28, 1988) was a Canadian sports executive in ice hockey and curling. He served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) from 1942 to 1945, and was president of the Cur ...

(1902–1988), a Canadian executive in ice hockey and curling * Gary Sargent (born 1954), Native American Hockey Player * George Sargent (golfer) (1882–1962), English golfer * James Sargent (born 1973), American hockey player * Kevin Sargent (American football) (born 1969), American football player * Josh Sargent (born 2000), American soccer player * Logan Sargent (born 2000), American racing driver * Mark Sargent (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer * Mekhi Sargent (born 1997), American football player * Mitchell Sargent (born 1979), Australian rugby league footballer * Murray Sargent (1928–2012), Australian cricketer

Other

* Alonzo Sargent (1866–1942), American locomotive engineer * Amanda (Aimee) Sargent (1885–1945), spouse of Philippines Senator Juan B. Alegre * Ben Sargent (born 1948), American editorial cartoonist * C. B. R. Sargent (1906–1943), British educator and clergyman * Charlie Sargent, British criminal *Cornelia Sargent, lawyer, chair of the Albert Einstein Institution * Daniel Wycliffe Sargent (1850–1902), British explorer * David Sargent (born 1929), American lawyer and academic * Dwight E. Sargent (1917–2002), American journalist * Frank P. Sargent (1854–1908), American trade union functionary * George Sargent (businessman) (1859–1921), Australian businessman *

Henry Winthrop Sargent Henry Winthrop Sargent (November 26, 1810 – November 11, 1882), American horticulturist and landscape gardener. Early life Henry Winthrop Sargent was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, the first child of Hannah (Welles) Sargent and artist ...

(1810–1882), American landscape gardener * Irene Sargent (1852–1932), American art historian * John G. Sargent (1860–1939), American lawyer and U.S. Attorney General * John Turner Sargent (born ), American publisher * Kevin Sargent, several people * Lucius Manlius Sargent (1786–1867), American author, antiquarian and temperance advocate * Lydia Sargent (1942–2020), American feminist * Mark K. Sargent, American proponent of the flat Earth conspiracy theory *Sir

Orme Sargent Sir Harold Orme Garton Sargent (31 October 1884 – 23 October 1962) was a British diplomat and civil servant. Early life and career Sargent was born Giles Orme Sargent; his parents changed his name after they registered his birth. He was educa ...

(1884–1962), British diplomat and civil servant * Shirley Sargent (1927–2004), American local historian

Fictional characters

*John Sargent, alter ego of the DC Comics character

Sargon the Sorcerer Sargon the Sorcerer is the name of several fictional characters appearing in DC Comics. The first version of the character appeared in 1941, during the period known to fans as the Golden Age. The original incarnation of the character is John Sarge ...

c. 1941
His grandson David Sargent inherited this alter ego. *Joe Sargent, a bus driver in the horror novella

The Shadow over Innsmouth ''The Shadow over Innsmouth'' is a Horror fiction, horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November – December 1931 in literature, 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilizatio ...

by H.P. Lovecraft.

Given name

* Sargent Claude Johnson (1888–1967), Harlem Renaissance artist * Sargent Kahanamoku (1910–1993), Native Hawaiian aquatic athlete *Robert

Sargent Shriver Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family by birth, and a member of the Kennedy family through his marriage to Eunice Kennedy. ...

(1915–2011), American politician and activist

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