Brent (disambiguation)
Brent is an English place name and surname. Brent can also refer to:
Place name
- Brent, Alabama
- Brent, Florida
- Brent Knoll, a hill in Somerset, England
- Brent Knoll (village), a village at the foot of the hill
- East Brent, Somerset, another village at the foot of the hill
- Brent oilfield, North Sea
- Brent, Ontario, a village in Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada
- Brent crater, a meteor crater named after the village of Brent, Ontario
- London Borough of Brent, England
- South Brent, Devon, England
Surname
- Bix Brent (1923-1972), American singer
- Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929), American bishop and episcopal saint
- Dannielle Brent (born 1979), English actress
- Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent (born 1983), English cricketer
- Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894-1969), British novelist
- Evelyn Brent (1899-1975), American actress
- Gary Brent (born 1976), Zimbabwean cricketer
- George Brent, Virginian (d. 1694), planter and legislator
- George Brent (1899-1979), Irish actor
- George William Brent (1821-1872), American politician
- Giles Brent (1604-1672), English aristocrat turned colonist, acting Governor of Province of Maryland (colony), 1643–44, in absence of Gov. Leonard Calvert, traveling to England to consult with older brother Cecilus Calvert (1605-1675), second Lord Baltimore, and Lord Proprietor of Maryland; brother of Margaret Brent
- Giles Brent (1652-1679), Virginia planter and rebel
- Leslie Brent (born 1925), German immunologist
- Margaret Brent (1601-1671), American/Maryland lawyer, religious leader and planter and women's rights advocate
- Richard Brent (scientist) (born 1946), Australian mathematician and computer scientist
- Richard Brent (Virginia) (1757-1814), American politician
- Robert Brent (1763-1819), American politician, first mayor of Washington DC
- William Lee Brent (1931-2006), hijacker and civil rights activist
- William Leigh Brent(1784-1848), American politician
Given name
- Brent Butt (born 1966), Canadian comedian and actor
- Brent Corrigan (born 1986), stage name of American porn actor Sean Lockhart
- Brent Jett (born 1958), American astronaut
- Brent Jones (born 1963), American football player
- Brent Hartinger, American writer
- Brent Hinds, American singer for the heavy metal band Mastodon
- Brent Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Brent Kite (born 1981), Australian Rugby League player
- Brent Mayne, former Major League Baseball player
- Brent Morin, American comedian and actor
- Brent Musburger (born 1939), American journalist and sportscaster
- Brent Mydland (1952-1990), American keyboardist, member of the Grateful Dead
- Brent Petrus (born 1975), American football player
- Brent Seabrook (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Brent Scowcroft (born 1925), American general, U.S. National Security Advisor from 1974-1977 and 1989-1993
- Brent Spiner (born 1949), American actor
- Brent Symonette (born 1954), Bahamian politician
- Brent Tate (born 1982), Australian Rugby League player
- R. Brent Tully, American astronomer
- Brent Pierce, Canadian Curler from Vancouver,BC
In fiction
- David Brent, fictional character on the BBC television comedy The Office, played by Ricky Gervais
- Brent Scopes, a main character from the novel Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- Brent McHale, character from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Other
- Brent Cross tube station, North-west London, England
- Brent Crude, benchmark classification of oil
- Brent goose, Branta bernicla, known in North America as brant
- Brent International School, the Philippines
- Brent's method in mathematics
- Brent railway station, South Devon, England
- Brent sidings, railway freight facility in north-west London, England
- Brent Spar, decommissioned oil storage and tanker loading buoy
- National Theatre of Brent, British comedy double-act
- River Brent, London, England
See also
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