Famous People with Name Kent

Kent Dennis Bottenfield            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kent Dennis Bottenfield: (born November 14, 1968 in Portland, Oregon) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1992 to 2001 for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Anaheim Angels, Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros.

Kent Franklin Mercker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kent Franklin Mercker: (born February 1, 1968 in Dublin, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. He has played for nine teams over his seventeen-year career.

Kent E. Hovind            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kent E. Hovind: He is famous for creation science seminars, which aim to convince listeners to believe in biblical creation and to reject evolution,

Kent Douglas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kent Douglas: is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He is best remembered for winning the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year in the 1962–63 NHL season, when he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Kent Douglas Graham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kent Douglas Graham: is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League. Graham played quarterback at the University of Notre Dame before transferring to Ohio State University.

Arthur Kent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Kent: is a Canadian television journalist. He rose to international prominence during the 1991 Persian Gulf War during which he acquired the nickname "The Scud Stud". He is the brother of Canada's Minister of the Environment Peter Kent and Alberta jurist Madam Justice C. Adele Kent. In November 2007, Kent was chosen by local party members as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Alberta provincial riding of Calgary Currie. In the March 3, 2008 election he lost to incumbent Dave Taylor.

Stephen (Steve) Kent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stephen (Steve) Kent: is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He is the Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for the District of Mount Pearl North. Kent was born in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador and has lived in Mount Pearl since 1980. He is married to Janet (Browne) Kent, a teacher and President of FOCUS Driver Training. They live in Mount Pearl with their young sons, Benjamin and Ciaran. Kent has served as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the City of Mount Pearl and he has worked as Chief Executive Officer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Newfoundland, as Executive Director at United Way of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, and as the Manager of Corporate Development at Stirling Communications. Kent began his political career as a teenager, first serving on school councils, in Youth Parliament and on the Youth Council for the City of Mount Pearl. In 1997, at age 19, he ran a successful campaign for city council and was elected Deputy Mayor of Mount Pearl (a position assigned to the Councillor with the most votes), the youngest elected official in the city's history. He became the eighth Mayor of Mount Pearl in 2003 when Dave Denine moved on to provincial politics, and he was elected Mayor by acclamation in 2005. During his time on city council, Kent was Chair of various committees including the Parks and Recreation Committee, the Human Resources and Finance Committee and the Planning and Use Committee. He also sat on the Economic Development Committee, the Technical Services Committee and the Regional Fire Services Committee. He was also Co-Chair of the Mount Pearl Drug Strategy Committee.

William Joseph Kent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Joseph Kent: was a business and political leader in Bathurst, New Brunswick in Canada. Kent's business enterprises were significant in the economic development of the region, and Kent was a founding alderman in Bathurst's first town council for sixteen years before serving as mayor of Bathurst for two terms.

Peter Kent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Kent: is a Conservative member of parliament for the riding of Thornhill, and the current Minister of the Environment in the 28th Canadian Ministry. Previously, he was Deputy Editor of the Global Television Network, a Canadian TV network. He has previously worked as a news editor, producer, foreign correspondent and news anchorman on Canadian and American television networks. In the 2006 federal election, Kent ran as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the Toronto riding of St. Paul's. He placed second with 25.76% of the vote against the incumbent, Carolyn Bennett of the Liberals (50.25%), and ahead of Paul Summerville of the New Democratic Party (19.19%).

William Richard Kent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Richard Kent: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a barrister by career. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Kent was educated at Bishop Feild College in St. John's. From June 1935 to April 1938, he was a magistrate in the community of St. George's. From May 1942 to April 1945 he was Deputy Secretary of Justice for St. John's. He was first elected to Parliament at the Humber—St. George's riding in the 1949 general election. After completing his only term in the House of Commons, the 21st Canadian Parliament, Kent did not stand as a candidate in the 1953 federal election.