Notable people with the name include:
In arts and entertainment •
Alvin Sargent (1927–2019), American screenwriter •
Carl Sargent (1952–2018), British author of role-playing games •
Dick Sargent (1930–1994), American actor known for his role in
Bewitched •
Edward Sargent (architect) (1842–1914), American architect •
Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke) (1811–1850), American poet •
Henry Sargent (1770–1845), American painter and soldier •
Herb Sargent (1923–2005), American television writer and producer •
Ida Sargent (1893–1989), English musician, composer and radio presenter •
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), portrait artist •
Joseph Sargent (1925–2014), American film director •
Judith Sargent Murray (1751–1820), American women's rights advocate and writer •
Kenny Sargent, American musician and disc jockey •
Kevin Sargent (composer), film and television composer •
Lia Sargent, American voice actress •
Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), British conductor, organist and composer •
Margaret Holland Sargent (born 1927), American portrait artist •
Martin Sargent (born 1975), American television personality •
Pamela Sargent (born 1948), American science fiction writer •
Richard Sargent (1911–1978), American illustrator •
Robert F. Sargent (), American war photographer •
Roger Sargent (photographer) (born 1970), a British photographer
Politicians •
Aaron A. Sargent (1827–1887) American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat •
Bradley Varnum Sargent (1828–1893), American politician •
Bradley V. Sargent Jr. (1863–1940), American politician •
Eddie Sargent (1915–1998), Canadian politician •
Francis W. Sargent (1915–1998), American politician •
Gregory Sargent, American politician •
John Sargent (1714–1791), British Member of Parliament for
West Looe and Midhurst •
John Sargent (1750–1831), British Member of Parliament for Seaford, Bodmin and Queenborough •
John Sargent (merchant) (1792–1874), Canadian merchant, farmer and politician •
John Sargent (1799–1880), American politician •
Narciso Joseph Alegre y Sargent (1911–1980), Filipino civil liberties advocate •
Trevor Sargent (born 1960), Irish politician •
Winthrop Sargent (1753–1820), American politician
Scientists and engineers •
Anneila Sargent (born 1942), Scottish–American astronomer •
Bernice Weldon Sargent (1906–1993), Canadian physicist •
Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927), American botanist •
Oswald Hewlett Sargent (1880–1952), Australian botanist and plant collector •
Roger Sargent (1926–2018), chemical engineer •
Thomas J. Sargent (born 1943), American economist •
Wallace L. W. Sargent (1935–2012), British-American astronomer •
Winifred Sargent (1905–1979), English mathematician •
Edward H. Sargent, Canadian scientist
Soldiers •
John Sargent (Loyalist) (1750–1824), Loyalist officer during the American Revolutionary War •
John Neptune Sargent (1826–1893), commander of British troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements •
Paul Dudley Sargent (baptized 1745–died 1828), privateer and soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War •
Ruppert L. Sargent (1938–1967), American soldier
In sports •
April Sargent, American figure skater •
Bill Sargent (1907–1963), American football coach •
Danyelle Sargent (born ), American sports television reporter •
Frank Sargent (sports executive) (1902–1988), a Canadian executive in ice hockey and curling •
Gary Sargent (born 1954), Native American hockey player •
George Sargent (golfer) (1882–1962), English golfer •
James Sargent (born 1973), American hockey player •
Kevin Sargent (American football) (born 1969), American football player •
Josh Sargent (born 2000), American soccer player •
Logan Sargent (born 2000), American racing driver •
Mark Sargent (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer •
Mekhi Sargent (born 1997), American football player •
Mitchell Sargent (born 1979), Australian rugby league footballer •
Murray Sargent (1928–2012), Australian cricketer •
Tom Sargent (racing driver) (born 2003), Australian racing driver
Other •
Alonzo Sargent (1866–1942), American locomotive engineer •
Amanda (Aimee) Sargent (1885–1945), spouse of Philippines Senator Juan B. Alegre •
Ben Sargent (born 1948), American editorial cartoonist •
C. B. R. Sargent (1906–1943), British educator and clergyman •
Charlie Sargent, British criminal • Cornelia Sargent, lawyer, chair of the
Albert Einstein Institution •
Daniel Wycliffe Sargent (1850–1902), British explorer •
David Sargent (born 1929), American lawyer and academic •
Dwight E. Sargent (1917–2002), American journalist •
Frank P. Sargent (1854–1908), American trade union functionary •
George Sargent (businessman) (1859–1921), Australian businessman •
Henry Winthrop Sargent (1810–1882), American landscape gardener •
Irene Sargent (1852–1932), American art historian •
John G. Sargent (1860–1939), American lawyer and U.S. Attorney General •
John Turner Sargent (born ), American publisher •
Kevin Sargent, several people •
Lucius Manlius Sargent (1786–1867), American author, antiquarian and temperance advocate •
Lydia Sargent (1942–2020), American feminist •
Mark K. Sargent, American proponent of the flat Earth conspiracy theory • Sir
Orme Sargent (1884–1962), British diplomat and civil servant •
Shirley Sargent (1927–2004), American local historian
Fictional characters • John Sargent, alter ego of the DC Comics character
Sargon the Sorcerer c. 1941His grandson David Sargent inherited this alter ego. • Joe Sargent, a bus driver in the horror novella
The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft. ==Given name==