Bentham (surname)

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 (1800–1884), English botanist
George Bentham (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 (c. 1709–1794), English clergyman and historian of Ely Cathedral
Jeremy Bentham (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 (c. 1765–1858), 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 (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

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