Famous People with Name Bente

Bente Thorsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Bente Thorsen: is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party. She has been a member of the Storting since following the 2009 parliamentary election as Rogaland's 12th representative. She was a deputy representative between 2005 and 2009. Prior to her election to parliament, Thorsen was a member of the Karmøy municipality council from 1987, and also a member of the formannskap between 1995 and 2009. She has been a member of the Rogaland county council between 1991 and 1995, and again between 1999 and 2003. Ahead of the 2009 election, Thorsen was nominated as the Progress Party's fourth candidate on the Rogaland ballot. Following the election there was some confusion about the result because of a calculation error at Statistics Norway which showed that Karmøy mayor Kjell Arvid Svendsen (KrF) had won the 12th seat instead of Thorsen. When this was corrected, it turned out that Thorsen had won the seat and that Svendsen was out.

Christian Benteke            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Christian Benteke: is a Congolese-Belgian football player, he currently plays for KV Kortrijk on loan from the Belgian club Standard Liège.He was member for the Belgium U-17 team at 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic and played 3 games and shoot 1 goal.

Verena Bentele            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Verena Bentele: is a blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She won her first Paralympic medals (one gold, two silver, one bronze) at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, followed by four gold medals at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, as well as two gold and one

Uwe Benter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Uwe Benter: is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1972 he was the coxswain of the West German boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event.