Sargent (name)
Sargent is a surname, and it has also been used as a given name. It is of early medieval English and Old French origin, first used in the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain, and is a name for a servant.[1]
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old French and Middle English |
| Meaning | Servant |
| Region of origin | Britain |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sergius, Sargis |
Background
The name derives from the Middle English, Old French "sergent", servant, from the Latin "serviens", present participle of "servire", to serve. The name or word also formed several specific meanings. For example, a technical term for a tenant by military service below the rank of a knight, and as the name for any of administrative and legal officials in different districts. Today, the surname has many variant spellings ranging from Sargant, Sargeant and Seargeant to Sergant, Searjeant and Sergeaunt.[2]
Surname
Notable people with the name include:
In arts and entertainment
- Alvin Sargent (1927–2019), American screenwriter
- Carl Sargent (born 1952), British author of role-playing games
- Dick Sargent (1930–1994), American actor known for his role in Bewitched
- Edward Sargent (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
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), portrait artist
- Joseph Sargent (1925–2014), American film director
- Judith Sargent Murray (1751–1820), American women's rights advocate, essayist, playwright, poet and letter writer
- Kenny Sargent, American musician and disc jockey
- 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
- Robert F. Sargent (fl. 1944), American war photographer
- G.F. Sargent, British painter
Politicians
- Aaron A. Sargent (1827–1887) American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat
- Eddie Sargent (1915–1998), Canadian politician
- Francis W. Sargent (1915–1998), American politician
- John Sargent (1715–1791), 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
- 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
- Roger Sargent (1926–2018), chemical engineer
- Thomas J. Sargent (born 1943), American economist
- Wallace L. W. Sargent (born 1935), British-American astronomer
- Winifred Sargent (1905–1979), English mathematician
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 (born 1907), American football coach
- Danyelle Sargent (born c. 1978), 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
- Mark Sargent (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer
- Mitchell Sargent (born 1979), Australian rugby league footballer
- Murray Sargent (1928–2012), Australian cricketer
Other
- Alonzo Sargent (1866–1942), American locomotive engineer
- Ben Sargent (born 1948), American editorial cartoonist
- C. B. R. Sargent (1906–1943), British educator and clergyman
- Charlie Sargent, British criminal
- Daniel Wycliffe Sargent (born 1850), 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 c. 1956), American publisher
- Lucius Manlius Sargent (1786–1867), American author, antiquarian and temperance advocate
- Lydia Sargent (born 1942), American feminist
- 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. 1941
His grandson David Sargent inherited this alter ego.
Given name
- Sargent Kahanamoku (1910–1993), Native Hawaiian aquatic athlete
- Robert Sargent Shriver (1915–2011), American politician and activist
References
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Sargent surname by Ancestry.com
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