Bryant (surname)

Bryant is an English surname, a variant of "Bryan". Notable people with the surname include:

A

 * Aidy Bryant (born 1987), American actress and comedian
 * Albert Bryant Jr. (born 1952), American general
 * Alexander Bryant or Briant (1556–1581), English Jesuit martyr
 * Anita Bryant (born 1940), American singer and former gay rights opponent
 * Anthony J. Bryant (born 1961), American historian of Japan
 * Antonio Bryant (born 1981), American football player
 * Arthur Bryant (1899–1985), British historian
 * Austin Bryant (born 1996), American football player

B

 * Bart Bryant (1962–2022), American golfer
 * Bear Bryant (1913–1983), American college football coach
 * Benjamin Bryant (born 1977), American broadcaster, filmmaker, and former government official
 * Bob Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bobby Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Boudleaux Bryant (1920–1987), American songwriter
 * Brad Bryant (born 1954), American professional golfer
 * Brady Bryant (born 1982), American soccer player
 * Brandon Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Brooke Bryant (born 2000), American ice hockey player
 * Bunyan Bryant (born 1935), environmental justice advocate and academic

C

 * Castell V. Bryant (born 1948), President of Florida A&M University
 * C. Farris Bryant (1914–2002), American politician
 * Charles Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Chase Bryant (born 1993), American country singer and songwriter
 * Chris Bryant (born 1962), British politician
 * Christian Bryant (born 1992), American football player
 * Clay Bryant (1911–1999), Major League Baseball player for Chicago Cubs
 * Clora Bryant (1927–2019), American jazz trumpeter
 * Cleve Bryant (1947–2023), American college football coach
 * Cobee Bryant, American football player
 * Coby Bryant (born 1999), American football player
 * Cora Mae Bryant (1926–2008), American blues musician

D

 * Dan Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * David Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Desmond Bryant (born 1985), American football player
 * Dez Bryant (born 1988), American football player
 * Dezerea Bryant (born 1993), American sprinter
 * Diana Bryant (born 1947), Australian judge
 * Domingo Bryant (born 1963), American football player

E

 * Ed Bryant (born 1948), American politician
 * Edward Bryant (1945–2017), American writer
 * Edwin Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Elijah Bryant (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Elizabeth Bangs Bryant (1875–1953), British arachnologist
 * Em Bryant (born 1938), American professional basketball player

F

 * Felice Bryant (1925–2003), American songwriter
 * Fernando Bryant (born 1977), American football player
 * Frank Bryant (cricketer) (1909–1984), Australian cricketer and cricket administrator

G

 * Gary Bryant Jr. (born 2001), American football player
 * Gordon Bryant (1914–1991), Australian politician
 * Gridley Bryant (1789–1867), American railroad engineer
 * Gridley James Fox Bryant (1816–1899), American architect
 * Gyude Bryant (1949–2014), Liberian politician

H

 * Harold Child Bryant (1886–1968), American outdoors nature educator
 * Harrison Bryant (born 1998), American football player
 * Henry Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Howard Bryant (born 1968), American sports journalist
 * Howard Bryant (politician) (1861–1930), American politician
 * Hunter Bryant (born 1998), American football player

J

 * Jacky Bryant, fictional character from Virtua Fighter
 * Jacob Bryant, (1715–1804), British scholar and mythographer
 * Jen Bryant (born 1960), American poet, novelist and children's author
 * Jennings Bryant (1944–2020), American scientist
 * Jim Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jimmy Bryant (1925–1980), American guitarist
 * Joe Bryant (1954–2024), American basketball player, father of Kobe Bryant
 * John Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Joseph D. Bryant (1845–1914), New York Surgeon General
 * Joshua Bryant (born 1940), actor best known for playing Scully in M*A*S*H
 * Joy Bryant (born 1976), American actress
 * Joyce Bryant (1927–2022), American singer and actress

K

 * Karyn Bryant (born 1968), American actress
 * Kaylee Bryant (born 1997), American actress and model
 * Keedron Bryant (born 2007), American singer
 * Kelly Bryant (born 1996), American football player
 * Kelvin Bryant (born 1960), American football player
 * Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), American basketball player
 * Kris Bryant (born 1992), American baseball player

L

 * Lane Bryant, American clothes designer
 * Lori Bryant-Woolridge (born 1958), American writer
 * Louise Bryant (1885–1936), American journalist
 * Lucas Bryant (born 1978), Canadian actor

M

 * Ma'Khia Bryant (1994/1995 – 2021), American teen fatally shot by police
 * Maida Bryant (1926 – 2016), New Zealand nurse, local politician, and community leader
 * Margot Bryant (1897–1988), British actress
 * Mark Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Martin Bryant (born 1967), Australian spree killer and perpetrator of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre
 * Martin Bryant (programmer) (born 1958), British computer programmer
 * Mary Bryant (1765–after 1794), convict transported to Australia
 * Matt Bryant (born 1975), American football player
 * Matt Bryant (footballer) (born 1970), football player with Bristol City and Gillingham
 * Matt Bryant (accountant) (born 2001), church basketball, parklands cricket, working towards CA
 * Michael Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Miriam Bryant (born 1991), Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter
 * Myles Bryant (born 1998), American football player

N

 * Nicola Bryant (born 1960), British actress

O

 * Orshawante Bryant (born 1978), American football player

P

 * Paul W. Bryant Jr. (born c. 1945), American banker, investor, and philanthropist; son of Bear Bryant
 * Peter Bryant (disambiguation), several people
 * Phil Bryant (born 1954), American politician
 * Precious Bryant (1942–2013), American musician

R

 * Ralph Bryant (born 1961), Major League Baseball player
 * Ralph C. Bryant (1877–1939), American professor of forestry
 * Randal Bryant (born 1952), American computer scientist
 * Ray Bryant (1931–2011), American jazz pianist, composer
 * Red Bryant (born 1984), American football defensive end
 * Rick Bryant (1948–2019), New Zealand singer
 * Romby Bryant (born 1979), Canadian football wide receiver
 * Ron Bryant (born 1947), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Ronny Rey Bryant (aka Baby Bash) (born 1975), American rapper

S

 * Samuel W. Bryant (1877–1938), American admiral
 * Sarah Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Scott Poulson-Bryant, American music journalist
 * Stanley Bryant (born 1985), American football player
 * Stephen Bryant, English violinist

T

 * Terl Bryant, British drummer, member of the band Iona

V

 * Vanessa Bryant (born 1982), American philanthropist, nonprofit executive, and former model
 * Ventell Bryant (born 1996), American football player

W

 * Wallace Bryant (born 1959), American professional basketball player
 * Wanda G. Bryant (born 1956), American judge
 * Waymond Bryant (born 1952), American football linebacker
 * Wayne R. Bryant (born 1947), American politician
 * Wendell Bryant (born 1980), American football player
 * William Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
 * William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), American poet and journalist
 * Winston Bryant (born 1938), Arkansas Lieutenant Governor and attorney general