Prentiss

Prentiss may refer to:

Given name

 * Prentiss Barnes (1925–2006), U.S. singer
 * Prentiss M. Brown (1889–1973), Michigan politician
 * Robert Prentiss Daniel (1902–1968), U.S. academic
 * Prentiss Douglass (1884–1949), U.S. American football coach and player
 * Prentiss Hubb (born 1999), American basketball player for Notre Dame
 * Prentiss Ingraham (1843–1904), soldier and mercenary
 * Prentiss Mellen (1764–1840), Massachusetts jurist
 * Prentiss "Air" Noland, American football player
 * Prentiss Oakley, Louisiana police officer
 * Prentiss Taylor (1907–1991), U.S. artist
 * Prentiss Waggner (born 1990), U.S. American football player
 * Prentiss Walker (1917–1998), Mississippi politician

Surname

 * Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950; nee Prentiss), U.S musician
 * Ann Prentiss (1939–2010), U.S. actress
 * Anna Marie Prentiss, American archeologist
 * Benjamin Prentiss (1819–1901), Union general in American civil war
 * Elizabeth Prentiss (1818–1878), U.S. songwriter, poet, writer
 * John Holmes Prentiss (1784–1861), New York politician
 * Melodye Prentiss, 1968 Playboy model
 * Paula Prentiss (born 1938), U.S. actress, wife of Richard Benjamin
 * Robert Prentiss (1936-2022), American politician
 * Samuel Prentiss (1782–1857), Vermont politician
 * Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808–1850), Mississippi politician
 * Theodore Prentiss (1818–1906), Wisconsin politician
 * William A. Prentiss (1799–1892), Wisconsin politician

Fictional people

 * Adelaide Prentiss, a character from the novel One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
 * Amy Prentiss, title character in the American TV series Amy Prentiss
 * Charles Prentiss, senior partner of Prentiss-McCabe in BBC television and radio series Absolute Power
 * David Prentiss (Mayor/President), a character from the novel series Chaos Walking
 * Emily Prentiss, a character in the American television series Criminal Minds
 * Jane Prentiss, a character from the horror-fiction podcast The Magnus Archives
 * Nora Prentiss, title character of 1947 film
 * Pimli Prentiss, a character from The Dark Tower
 * Vanessa Prentiss, a character from The Young and the Restless

Places in the United States

 * Prentiss, Kentucky
 * Prentiss, Maine
 * Prentiss, Mississippi
 * Prentiss, Ohio
 * Prentiss County, Mississippi

Other uses

 * Prentiss Bridge, a covered bridge in Langdon, New Hampshire, U.S.
 * Prentiss County School District, Mississippi, U.S.
 * Prentiss M. Brown Freeway, Michigan, U.S.
 * USS Prentiss, a U.S. Navy ship name
 * USS Prentiss, WWII attack cargo ship
 * USS A. G. Prentiss, WWI tugboat
 * Mary Prentiss Inn, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.