Bryant (surname)

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

Bryant

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 (born 1962), American golfer
• Bear Bryant (1913–1983), American college football coach
• 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 (American football) (born 1995), American football player
• Bunyan Bryant (1935), environmental justice advocate and academic

C

• Castell V. Bryant (born 1948), President of Florida A&M University
• Charles Bryant (disambiguation), one of several people
• Chase Bryant (born 1993), American country singer and songwriter
• C. Farris Bryant (1914–2002), American politician
• 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

D

• Dan Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
• David Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
  • David Bryant (born 1931), English bowls player
  • David Ezekiel Bryant (1845–1910), American judge
  • David R. Bryant (born 1936), organic chemist
• Dez Bryant (born 1988), American football player
• 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), one of several people
• Elbridge Bryant (1939–1975), American singer
• 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 (1909–1984), Australian cricketer and cricket administrator

G

• 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

• Harrison Bryant (born 1998), American football player
• Henry Bryant (disambiguation), one of several people
• 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
• Jim Bryant (disambiguation), one of several people
• Jimmy Bryant (1925–1980), American guitarist
• Joe Bryant (born 1954), American basketball player, father of Kobe Bryant
• John Bryant (disambiguation), one of several people
• Joshua Bryant (actor) (born 1940), actor best known for playing Scully in M*A*S*H
• Joseph D. Bryant (1845–1914), New York Surgeon General
• Joy Bryant (born 1976), American actress

K

• Karyn Bryant (born 1968), American actress
• 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

• Margot Bryant (1897–1988), British actress
• Mark Bryant (disambiguation), one of several 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 (born 1765), convict transported to Australia
• Matt Bryant (born 1975), American football player
• Matt Bryant (footballer) (born 1970), football player with Bristol City and Gillingham
• Michael Bryant (disambiguation), one of several people
• Miriam Bryant (born 1991), Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter

N

• Nicola Bryant (born 1964), British actress

O

• Orshawante Bryant (born 1978), American football player

P

• Peter Bryant (disambiguation), several people
  • Peter Bryant (1923–2006), British television producer
  • Peter James Bryant, American actor
• Phil Bryant (born 1954), American politician
• Precious Bryant (1942–2013), American musician

R

• Ralph C. Bryant (1877–1939), American professor of forestry
• Ralph Bryant (born 1961), Major League Baseball player
• 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, fictional character from Virtua Fighter
• Scott Poulson-Bryant, American music journalist
• Stanley Bryant (born 1985), American football player

T

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

V

• Vanessa Laine Bryant, Wife of Kobe Bryant
• Ventell Bryant (born 1996), American football player

W

• Wallace Bryant (born 1959), American professional basketball player
• William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), American poet and journalist
• 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), one of several people
• Winston Bryant (born 1938), Arkansas Lieutenant Governor and attorney general

See also

• Bryant (disambiguation)
• Briant (disambiguation)
• Bryan (disambiguation)