What is "bentham"

Bentham may refer to:

• Bentham, Gloucestershire
• Bentham, North Yorkshire
• Bentham (surname)
• Bentham (One Piece), a character in Eiichiro Oda's manga One Piece
• Bentham Science Publishers, scientific publisher in the United Arab Emirates
• Bentham House, law school in England
• Bentham station

Bentham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Billy Bentham, rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Great Britain, and England
• Charles Bentham, English shipwright in Dutch service
• Craig Bentham (born 1985), English footballer
• Ethel Bentham (1861–1931), Irish doctor, politician and suffragette
• George Bentham (1800–1884), English botanist, son of Samuel
• Isaac Bentham (1886–1917), British water polo player
• James Bentham (1708–1794), English clergyman and historian of Ely Cathedral
• Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), English philosopher and jurist who developed utilitarianism
• Joseph Bentham (1693/94-1671), Church of England minister and writer on theology
• Lee Bentham (born 1970), former Canadian racing driver
• Nathan Bentham, rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s for Great Britain, and England
• Samuel Bentham (1757–1831), English mechanical engineer, brother of Jeremy
• Thomas Bentham (1513–1578), Bishop of Coventry
• Trevor Bentham (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