Brandt (name)

Brandt is a Germanic surname and given name.

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 42.4% of all known bearers of the surname Brandt were residents of Germany (frequency 1:1,108), 30.5% of the United States (1:6,951), 4.5% of South Africa (1:6,959), 3.7% of Brazil (1:32,483), 2.7% of Denmark (1:1,232), 2.7% of Sweden (1:2,162), 1.6% of Canada (1:13,299), 1.3% of the Netherlands (1:7,848), 1.3% of Poland (1:17,678), 1.0% of Namibia (1:1,366).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,108) in the following states:
 * 1. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:348)
 * 2. Schleswig-Holstein (1:409)
 * 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:460)
 * 4. Lower Saxony (1:573)
 * 5. Hamburg (1:599)
 * 6. Bremen (1:623)
 * 7. Berlin (1:754)
 * 8. Brandenburg (1:803)
 * 9. Thuringia (1:1,096)

In Denmark, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,232) only in one region: Capital Region of Denmark (1:905)

In Namibia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,366) in the following regions:
 * 1. ǁKaras Region (1:163)
 * 2. Kunene Region (1:454)
 * 3. Omaheke Region (1:700)
 * 4. Erongo Region (1:709)
 * 5. Khomas Region (1:899)
 * 6. Hardap Region (1:942)

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,162) in the following counties:
 * 1. Dalarna County (1:1,266)
 * 2. Skåne County (1:1,497)
 * 3. Jönköping County (1:1,638)
 * 4. Kronoberg County (1:1,876)
 * 5. Västmanland County (1:1,995)
 * 6. Stockholm County (1:2,139)

Arts and entertainment

 * Augusto Brandt (1892–1942), Venezuelan musician and composer
 * Betsy Brandt (born 1973), American actress
 * Bill Brandt (1904–1983), German-British photographer and photojournalist
 * Carlos Brandt (1875–1964), Venezuelan philosopher, author and naturopath
 * Di Brandt (born 1952), Canadian poet and literary critic
 * Eddie Brandt (1920–2011), American composer, writer and store owner
 * Gerard Brandt (1626–1685), Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian
 * Helene Brandt (1936–2013), American sculptor
 * Jerry Brandt (1938–2021), American entrepreneur, impresario, agent, manager, promoter, and club owner
 * Joe Brandt (1882–1939), American publicist, screenwriter, editor, film producer, and general manager
 * Józef Brandt (1841–1915), Polish painter best known for his paintings of battles
 * Kyle Brandt (born 1979), American actor
 * Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 1981), South African actress best known for the role of Mazikeen on the television series Lucifer
 * Mac Brandt, American actor
 * Marianne Brandt (1893–1983), German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer
 * Marianne Brandt (contralto) (1842–1921), Austrian opera singer
 * Max von Brandt (1835–1920), German diplomat and publicist
 * Miroslav Brandt (1914–2002), Croatian historian
 * Paul Brandt (born 1972), Canadian country music singer
 * Peter Andreas Brandt (1792–1862), Norwegian painter and illustrator
 * Skylar Brandt (born 1993), American ballet dancer
 * Vassily Brandt (1869–1923), Russian trumpeter, composer and pedagogue

Science and mathematics

 * Achi Brandt (born 1938), Israeli mathematician
 * Arthur William Brandt (1888–1943), American engineer
 * Brian Brandt, American electrical engineer
 * Eduard Brandt (1839–1891), Russian zoologist and anatomist
 * Fred Hermann Brandt (1908–1994), German insect collector, botanist, and counter-espionage agent
 * Fredric Brandt (1949–2015), American dermatologist
 * Heinrich Brandt (1886–1954), German mathematician
 * Georg Brandt (1694–1768), Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt
 * Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879), German naturalist
 * Karl Brandt (zoologist) (1854–1931), German zoologist and marine biologist

Politics

 * Andy Brandt (born 1938), Canadian politician
 * Bernard E. Brandt (1881–1954), American politician
 * David Brandt (politician), former Chief Minister of Montserrat
 * Edward R. Brandt (1931–2013), American politician
 * Helmut Brandt (born 1950), German politician
 * Michel Brandt (born 1990), German politician
 * Willy Brandt (1913–1992), German politician

Sports

 * David Brandt (American football) (born 1977), former American football offensive lineman
 * Ed Brandt (1905–1944), American baseball player
 * Gil Brandt (1933–2023), American football executive
 * Jackie Brandt (born 1934), American baseball player
 * Julian Brandt (born 1996), German footballer
 * Kerstin Brandt (born 1961), East German high jumper

Fictional characters

 * Katie Brandt-Heppner, fictional character in Andrew Unger's novel Once Removed

Others

 * Charlie Brandt (1957–2004), American serial killer
 * David Brandt (1946–2023), American sustainable farmer
 * Edgar Brandt (1880–1960), French ironworker and weapons designer
 * Francis Frederick Brandt (1819–1874), British barrister and author
 * Franz Brandt (1893–1954), German World War I flying ace
 * Heinz Brandt (1907–1944), German army officer and showjumper
 * Jan Brandt, American entrepreneur
 * Johanna Brandt (1876–1964), South African propagandist, spy, prophet and writer
 * Joseph A. Brandt, American university president
 * Karl Brandt (1904–1948), German Nazi physician and war criminal, executed for war crimes
 * Karl Brandt (economist) (1899–1975), German-American agricultural economist
 * Lawrence Eugene Brandt (born 1939), American Roman Catholic prelate
 * Realf Ottesen Brandt (1859–1927), Lutheran minister
 * Richard Brandt (1910–1997), American philosopher
 * Rudolf Brandt (1909–1948), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
 * Yakov Brandt (1869–1946), Russian Sinologist-diplomat, philologist and professor

People with the given name

 * Brandt Hershman, American politician
 * Brandt C. Louie (born 1943), Canadian businessman
 * Brandt Jobe (born 1965), American golfer
 * Brandt Snedeker (born 1980), American golfer