Marvin Kent (September 21, 1816 – December 10, 1908) was a railroad president, politician, and businessman from Portage County, Ohio, United States, best known as the namesake of the city of Kent, Ohio, which was previously known as Franklin Mills.

Kent also served as a bank president and as an Ohio state senator from the Republican party.

Kent's father Zenas had several business ventures during the 1830s through the 1850s in Franklin Mills and briefly had a partnership with John Brown to build a tannery.

[3] He also had considerable land holdings and built a four-story commercial block in what is now downtown Kent in 1837 that was said to have been the tallest building in Ohio at the time.

Henry was the father of two daughters and the grandfather of Marvin Kent Curtis.