Famous People with Name Kent

Kent Hadley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kent Hadley: (December 17, 1934 — March 10, 2005) was a free-swinging first baseman who played three years in the major leagues, alongside Roger Maris both in Kansas City and in New York.

Kent Allen Hrbek            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kent Allen Hrbek: born May 21, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), nicknamed "Herbie", is a former American Major League Baseball player. He played fourteen seasons for the Minnesota Twins at first base, and batted left handed.

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,

Herman O. Kent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herman O. Kent: was a farmhand, typesetter and trade union activist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served two terms as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Milwaukee County's 9th Assembly district (the 9th and 10th wards of the City of Milwaukee

Joseph Kent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Kent: was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837. He also served in the House of Representatives, serving the second district of Maryland from 1811-1815 and again from 1819-1826, and as the 19th Governor of Maryland fro

William Kent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Kent: was an American who served as a United States Congressman representing the State of California. He spearheaded the movement to create the Muir Woods National Monument by donating land to the Federal Government for the Monument. Upon graduation, Kent retur

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.