Brest (surname)

Brest is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Harold Brest, 20th-century American prisoner
 * Jorge Romero Brest (1905–1989), Argentine art critic and curator
 * Lewis F. Brest (1842–1915), Union Army soldier
 * Martin Brest (born 1951), American filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, film editor, and actor
 * Paul Brest (born c. 1940), American academic
 * Vida Brest (1925–1985), Slovenian poet and writer