| ![Show Contents]() Valent History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Valent familyThe surname Valent was first found in Vicenza, anciently known as Vicetia, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Vicenza. It was conquered by the Venetians in 1405. It has many beautiful palaces and churches, galleries and museums. The cathedral is Gothic. The original church SS.Felice e Fortunato was built in 975 but has been much altered. It is notable for its development painters, architects, sculptors and scholars. Natives were Trissino, Palladio, Pigafetta, Fogazzaro, Mantegna, Montagna, Speranza, Scamozzi and Buoncosiglio. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry. The name is first mentioned in the year 1200 in Vicenza. Early History of the Valent familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Valent research. Another 98 words (7 lines of text) covering the year 1820 is included under the topic Early Valent History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Valent Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Valenti, Vajenti, Vaienti, Valent, Valente, Valentic, Valentich, Valentin, Valentineli, Valentuzzi and many more. Early Notables of the Valent familyProminent among bearers of this family in early times was Migration of the Valent familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Anna Valente, who came to New York city in 1895; Gundenzio Valenti, who arrived in California in 1893; Abigall Valentia, who arrived in Jamaica 1744, as well as Joseph Valenti, who came to Seneca Falls, New York some time between 1884-1915..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Valent (post 1700) | + |
- Eric Christian Valent (b. 1977), American former Major League Baseball outfielder, who for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Mets
- Pablo Valent (1892-1969), American Coast Guardsman, best known for his part in the rescue of the crew of the Cape Horn in 1919, eponym of the USCGC Pablo Valent
- Dacia Soraya Valent (1963-2015), Somali-born, Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament (1989-1994)
- Géjza Valent (1953-2024), retired male discus thrower from Czechoslovakia, who won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships
- Roman Valent (b. 1983), Swiss professional tennis player
- Michal Valent (b. 1986), Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender who currently playing for HK Dukla Trencín of the Slovak Extraliga
- Martín Valent, Argentine professional polo player as well as a competitive pato player
- Dmitry 'Black Valet' Valent (b. 1988), Belarusian Muay Thai middleweight/super middleweight kickboxer
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