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* [[William H. Brett|William Howard Brett Jr.]] (1893–1989), Director of the United States Mint from 1954 to 1961 |
* [[William H. Brett|William Howard Brett Jr.]] (1893–1989), Director of the United States Mint from 1954 to 1961 |
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==People with the given name== |
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*[[Brett Anderson]] (born 1967), English singer-songwriter |
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*[[Brett Anderson (American musician)|Brett Elizabeth Anderson]] (female, born 1979), American singer |
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*[[Brett Barnett]] (born 1992), English writer and director |
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*[[Brett Blundy]] (born 1959/1960), Australian billionaire businessman |
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*[[Brett Boyko]] (born 1992), American football player |
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*[[Brett Butler (baseball)]] (born 1957), American baseball player |
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*[[Brett Butler (comedian)]] (born 1958), American comedian and actress |
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*[[Brett Dalton]] (born 1983), American actor |
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*[[Brett Eldredge]] (born 1986), American country musician |
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*[[Brett Favre]] (born 1969), American football player |
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*[[Brett Gardner]] (born 1983), American baseball player |
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*[[Brett Giehl]] aka [[Dalton Castle (wrestler)]] |
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*[[Brett J. Gladman]] (born 1966), Canadian astronomer |
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*[[Brett Hull]] (born 1964), Canadian–American hockey player |
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*[[Brett Hundley]] (born 1993), American football player |
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*[[Brett James]] (born 1968), American singer, songwriter, and record producer |
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*[[Brett Kavanaugh]] (born 1965), American Supreme Court Associate Justice |
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*[[Brett Lauther]] (born 1990), Canadian football player |
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*[[Brett Lee]] (born 1976), Australian cricketer |
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*[[Brett Maher (American football)]] (born 1989), American football punter and placekicker |
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*[[Brett Maher (basketball)]] (born 1973), retired Australian basketball player |
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*[[Brett Moffitt]] (born 1992), American NASCAR driver |
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*[[Brett Morris]] (born 1986), Australian rugby league player |
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*[[Brett Queener]] (born 1984), American lacrosse goaltender |
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*[[Brett Ratner]], US film director and actor |
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*[[Brett Rice]] (born 1954), American actor |
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*[[Brett Rypien]] (born 1996), American football player |
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*[[Brett Salisbury]] (born 1968), American football player and writer |
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*[[Brett Sheehy]] (born 1958), Australian artistic director |
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*[[Brett Somers]] (1924–2007), Canadian-born American comedian and actress |
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*[[Brett Sterling]] (born 1984), American NHL ice hockey player |
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*[[Brett Stewart (director)]], American choir director |
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*[[Brett Stewart (rugby league)]] (born 1985), Australian Rugby League player |
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*[[Brett Toth]] (born 1996), American football player |
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*[[Brett Vroman]] (born 1955), American basketball player |
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*[[Brett Wheeler]] (born 1971), Australian basketball player |
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*[[Brett Whiteley]] (1939–1992), Australian artist |
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*[[Brett Young (singer)|Brett Young]] (born 1981), American country singer |
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==Fictional characters== |
==Fictional characters== |
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Revision as of 18:41, 27 May 2020
Brett derives from a Middle English surname meaning "Briton" or "Breton", referring to the Celtic people of Britain and Brittany, France.[1] Brette can be a feminine name.
People with the surname
- Agnes Baldwin Brett (1876–1955), American numismatist
- Bill Brett, Baron Brett (born 1942), English politician and businessman
- Brian Brett (born 1950), Canadian writer
- Charles Brett (1928–2005), Northern Irish lawyer
- Charles Brett (MP) (1715–1799), British politician
- Dorothy Brett (1883–1977), British-American painter
- George Brett (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player, brother of Ken Brett
- George Brett (general) (1886–1963), American general
- George Wendell Brett (1912–2005), American philatelist
- Henry Brett (polo player) (born 1974), English polo player
- Jan Brett (born 1949), American children's writer
- Jasper Brett (1895–1917), Irish rugby player
- Jeremy Brett (1933–1995), British actor
- Jodie Brett (born 1996), English footballer
- John Brett (disambiguation)
- Ken Brett (1948–2003), American baseball player
- Laurie Brett (born 1970), British actress
- Paul Brett (born 1947), British guitarist
- Peter V. Brett (born 1973), American writer of fantasy novels
- Philip Brett (1937–2002), American musicologist and conductor
- Philip Milledoler Brett (1871–1960), American lawyer and university president
- Raymond L. Brett (1917–1996), professor of English and a friend of Philip Larkin
- Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher (1852–1930), British politician
- Richard Brett (1567–1637), English scholar
- Robert Brett (1851–1929), Canadian politician
- Rosa Brett (1829–1882), British painter
- Ryan Brett (born 1991), baseball player
- Sammy Brett (1879–1939), English footballer
- Sarah Brett (born 1974), UK-based radio presenter
- Simon Brett (born 1945), British writer
- Stephen Brett (born 1985), New Zealand rugby player
- Sylvia Brett (1885–1971), Ranee of Sarawak
- Thomas Brett (cricketer) (1747–1809), English cricketer
- Thomas Brett (nonjuror) (1667–1743), English nonjuring clergyman
- Thomas Rutherford Brett (born 1931), United States federal judge
- Tom Brett (born 1989), English cricketer
- William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher (1817–1899), British lawyer
- William Howard Brett (1846–1918), librarian
- William Howard Brett Jr. (1893–1989), Director of the United States Mint from 1954 to 1961
- Nooo Noo looky
Fictional characters
- Brett Ashley, in Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Sun Also Rises
- Lord Brett Sinclair, played by Roger Moore in the 1971 TV series, The Persuaders!
- Brett Graham, played by Laura Harrington in the 1986 film, Maximum Overdrive
- Sgt. Brett C. Shelton, the bullying Sgt. in Child's Play 3, played by Travis Fine
See also
References
- ^ "Brett Name Meaning". ancestry.com.
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