Kent (disambiguation)
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Kent may refer to:
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[edit] Counties
- County of Kent, England
- Chatham-Kent, Ontario (formerly Kent County)
- Kent County, Delaware
- Kent County, Maryland
- Kent County, Michigan
- Kent County, New Brunswick
- Kent County, Rhode Island
- Kent County, Texas
- New Kent County, Virginia
[edit] Education
- Kent State University, Ohio, United States of America
- University of Kent at Canterbury
- Kent City School District, a school district in the State of Ohio
- Kent School District, a school district in the State of Washington
- Kent School, a private high school in Kent, Connecticut
[edit] Municipalities
- Kent, British Columbia
- Kent, Connecticut
- Kent, Iowa
- Kent, Illinois
- Kent, Indiana
- Kent, Minnesota
- Kent, New York
- Kent, Ohio
- Kent, Oregon
- Kent, Texas
- Kent, Washington
- Kent City, Michigan
[edit] Other places
- Fort Kent, Maine
- Kent Acres, Delaware
- Kent City, Michigan
- Kent Group of islands, in Bass Strait, Australia
- Kent Island, Maryland
- Kent Narrows, Maryland
- Kentville, Nova Scotia
[edit] People
- Alexander Kent, pseudonym of Douglas Reeman and author of naval novels
- Arthur Kent, Canadian television journalist
- Arthur Atwater Kent, engineer and inventor
- Barbara Kent
- Bobby Kent
- Brad Kent
- Bruce Kent
- Bryan Kent
- Charles Foster Kent
- Chris Kent
- Clark Kent (producer)
- Corita Kent, artist and nun
- Dean Kent
- Don Kent (meteorologist)
- Douglas Kent
- Edgiva of Kent
- Edward Kent (1802-1877), Governor of Maine
- Enid Kent
- Ernie Kent
- Everett Kent (1888-1963), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Fred Kent
- Heather Paige Kent
- Jack Kent
- Jacob Ford Kent
- James Kent (Chancellor Kent) (1763-1847), the legal scholar for whose family Kent, New York, is named
- James Tyler Kent, physician
- Jason Kent
- Jeff Kent, LA Dodgers baseball player
- Jim Kent
- Joan of Kent
- John Kent
- John A. Kent
- Jon Kent
- Joseph Kent (1779-1837), Governor and US Senator and Congressman from Maryland
- Julia Kent
- Julie Kent
- Kelvin Kent (mountaineer)
- Kelvin Kent (writer), pseudonym of Henry Kuttner
- Kent Kim (NY)
- Klark Kent
- Margaret Kent
- Martha Kent
- Martin Kent
- Mary Kent
- Moss Kent (1766-1838), US Congressman from New York
- Necdet Kent
- Nick Kent
- Parker Kent
- Patricia Kent, fictional character
- Paul Kent
- Paul Kent (swimmer)
- Peter Kent, Global news reporter
- Quark Kent
- Rockwell Kent, artist
- Rolfe Kent
- Samuel B. Kent
- Sarah Kent
- Saul Kent
- Sean Kent
- Sherman Kent
- Simon Gipps-Kent
- Stacey Kent
- Stephen A. Kent
- Stephen Kent (chemist)
- Stephen Kent (musician)
- Thomas Kent
- Thomas Worrall Kent
- Trevor Kent
- Tyler Kent
- William Kent (c.1685-1748), an architect
- William Kent (seaman), Commander of the ship Supply
- William Kent (politician) (1864-1928), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
[edit] Fictional characters
- Kent (Fire Emblem), a fictional character from the Fire Emblem series
- Kent Brockman, TV news anchor on "The Simpsons"
- Ariella Kent
- Clark Kent, the secret identity of Superman
- Darren Kent,
- Earl of Kent, character in Shakespeare's King Lear
- Jonathan Kent (comics), Superman's foster father
- PC Gabriel Kent, fictional character
- The Kents, fictional characters from The Kent Family Chronicles
[edit] Transportation
- HMS Kent, a ship
- Ford Kent engine is an engine used in for instance Ford Anglia
- Old Kent Road and New Kent Road in London
- Kent Street (Ottawa), a major downtown street in Ottawa
- Kent Station (OC Transpo), a bus stop in Ottawa's downtown transit corridor.
[edit] Other uses
- Kent (cigarette), a cigarette brand, first to introduce smoke filters in 1952
- Kent (band), a Swedish rock band
- Kent (album), their first album
- Kent, a card game
- Duke of Kent
- Kingdom of Kent
- Earl of Kent
- Kent State shootings
- Kent Applicative Operating System, a computer operating system
- Kent Recursive Calculator, a programming language
- Kent Building Supplies, a Canadian retail hardware chain
[edit] History
The name comes from the Kingdom of Kent, and probably from the Cantiaci tribe.
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