Bret (given name)

Bret is a male given name, which derives from Breton, a person from Brittany in France.

People so named include:
 * Bret Anderson (born 1974), Canadian football player
 * Bret Baier (born 1970), American journalist
 * Bret Bergmark (born 1973), American mixed martial artist
 * Bret Bielema (born 1970), American football coach
 * Bret Blevins (born 1960), American comic book artist
 * Bret Boone (born 1969), American baseball player
 * Bret Cooper (born 1970), American football player
 * Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American writer
 * Bret Gilliam, American diver
 * Bret Haaland (born 1959), American animator
 * Bret Harrison (born 1982), American actor
 * Bret Hart (born 1957), Canadian-American wrestler
 * Bret Harte (1836–1902), American author
 * Bret Hedican (born 1970), American ice hockey player
 * Bret Iwan (born 1982), American voice actor
 * Bret Anthony Johnston (born 1972), American writer
 * Bret Loehr (born 1993), American actor
 * Bret McKenzie (born 1976), New Zealand musician and actor
 * Bret Myers (born 1980), American soccer player and professor
 * Bret Michaels (born 1963), American singer
 * Bret Morrison (1912–1978), American actor
 * Bret Saberhagen (born 1964), American baseball player
 * Bret Schundler (born 1959), American politician
 * Bret Stephens (born 1973), American journalist
 * Bret Thornton (born 1983), Australian football player
 * Bret Weinstein (born 1969), American podcaster, author, and former professor

Fictional characters with the given name include:
 * Bret Leather, in the comic book series Planetary
 * Bret Maverick, in the television series Maverick and subsequent movies
 * Bret Rensselaer, in several spy novels by Len Deighton