Bentham
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People
- Billy BenthamBilly BenthamWilliam "Billy" Bentham is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Broughton Rangers, playing at , i.e...
, English rugby league footballer - Charles BenthamCharles BenthamCharles Bentham was an English shipwright. In 1727 the Amsterdam Admiralty, brought in Bentham and two other English shipwrights to work for them in improving ship design and avoiding the wreck after wreck they had recently been suffering...
, English shipwright in Dutch service - Craig BenthamCraig BenthamCraig Bentham is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder. He started his career at Bradford City, where he had been from 2001 to 2008...
(born 1985), English footballer - Ethel BenthamEthel BenthamDr. Ethel Bentham was a progressive doctor, a politician and a suffragette in the United Kingdom. She was born in Ireland, educated at Alexandra School and College in Dublin, the London School of Medicine for Women and the Rotunda Hospital...
(1861–1931), Irish doctor, politician and suffragette - George BenthamGeorge BenthamGeorge Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :...
(1800–1884), English botanist, son of Samuel - Howard BenthamHoward Bentham- Early career :After leaving home in 1984, Bentham decided to study Geography and Sociology at Birmingham University. Howard is a member of the university old boys' cricket team, The Bunnies C.C. He is a very talented left arm off spin bowler...
(born 1965), English broadcaster - Isaac BenthamIsaac BenthamIsaac Bentham was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the British team, which was able to win the gold medal....
(1886–1917), British water polo player - Jeremy BenthamJeremy BenthamJeremy Bentham was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He became a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law, and a political radical whose ideas influenced the development of welfarism...
(1748–1832), English philosopher - Lee BenthamLee BenthamLee Bentham is a Canadian former racing driver from Richmond Hill, Ontario. In 1990 and 1992 he competed in the Formula K karting World Championship series. He moved to cars in the Toyota Atlantic series in 1995 in a successful partial-season program that managed to place Bentham on the podium...
(born 1970), former Canadian racing driver - Nathan BenthamNathan BenthamNathan "Nat" Bentham is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Liverpool Stanley, Halifax, and Warrington, playing at , i.e...
, former English professional rugby league footballer - Samuel BenthamSamuel BenthamSir Samuel Bentham was a noted English mechanical engineer and naval architect credited with numerous innovations, particularly related to naval architecture, including weapons...
(1757–1831), English mechanical engineer, brother of Jeremy - Thomas BenthamThomas BenthamThomas Bentham , Bishop of Coventry, was a Protestant minister, one of the Marian exiles, who continued secretly ministering to an underground congregation in London...
(1513–1578), Bishop of Coventry - Trevor BenthamTrevor BenthamTrevor Bentham is an English former stage manager and screenwriter. He is a screenwriter of works including A Month by the Lake and The Clandestine Marriage ....
(born 1943), former English stage manager and screenwriter
Fictional characters
- Jeremy Bentham (Lost), another name for the character John Locke in Lost
- Karla Bentham, character in the BBC 1 TV drama Waterloo Road, played by Jessica Baglow
- Bentham (One Piece), a character in Eiichiro Oda's manga One Piece
Other
- The Life and Death of Jeremy BenthamThe Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" is the seventh television episode of the fifth season of ABC's Lost. The 93rd episode of the show overall, "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" aired on February 25, 2009 on ABC in the United States, being simulcast on A in Canada...
, an episode in season 5 of Lost - Bentham Science PublishersBentham Science PublishersBentham Science Publishers is a publishing company of scientific, technical, and medical literature based at Sharjah. Bentham publishes more than 106 subscription-based academic journals and over 230 open access journals and e-books....
, scientific publisher in the United Arab Emirates - Bentham House, law school in England
- Bentham station