Brandt is a Germanic surname and given name.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 42.4% of all known bearers of the surname Brandt were residents of Germany (frequency 1:1,108), 30.5% of the United States (1:6,951), 4.5% of South Africa (1:6,959), 3.7% of Brazil (1:32,483), 2.7% of Denmark (1:1,232), 2.7% of Sweden (1:2,162), 1.6% of Canada (1:13,299), 1.3% of the Netherlands (1:7,848), 1.3% of Poland (1:17,678), 1.0% of Namibia (1:1,366).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,108) in the following states:
In Denmark, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,232) only in one region: Capital Region of Denmark (1:905)
In Namibia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,366) in the following regions:
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,162) in the following counties:
People with the surname
Arts and entertainment
- Augusto Brandt (1892âÂÂ1942), Venezuelan musician and composer
- Betsy Brandt (born 1973), American actress
- Bill Brandt (1904âÂÂ1983), German-British photographer and photojournalist
- Carlos Brandt (1875âÂÂ1964), Venezuelan philosopher, author and naturopath
- Di Brandt (born 1952), Canadian poet and literary critic
- Eddie Brandt (1920âÂÂ2011), American composer, writer and store owner
- George Brandt (1920âÂÂ2007), German film producer
- Gerard Brandt (1626âÂÂ1685), Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian
- Helene Brandt (1936âÂÂ2013), American sculptor
- Helmut Brandt (musician) (1931âÂÂ2001), German jazz saxophonist and bandleader
- Jerry Brandt (1938âÂÂ2021), American entrepreneur, impresario, agent, manager, promoter, and club owner
- Joe Brandt (1882âÂÂ1939), American publicist, screenwriter, editor, film producer, and general manager
- Józef Brandt (1841âÂÂ1915), Polish painter best known for his paintings of battles
- Kyle Brandt (born 1979), American actor
- Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 1981), South African actress, Mazikeen on the TV series Lucifer
- Mac Brandt, American actor
- Marianne Brandt (1893âÂÂ1983), German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer
- Marianne Brandt (contralto) (1842âÂÂ1921), Austrian opera singer
- Matthias Brandt (born 1961), German actor, audiobook narrator, and writer
- Max von Brandt (1835âÂÂ1920), German diplomat and publicist
- Miroslav Brandt (1914âÂÂ2002), Croatian historian
- Paul Brandt (born 1972), Canadian country music singer
- Peter Andreas Brandt (1792âÂÂ1862), Norwegian painter and illustrator
- Rainer Brandt (1936âÂÂ2024), German actor
- Skylar Brandt (born 1993), American ballet dancer
- Vassily Brandt (1869âÂÂ1923), Russian trumpeter, composer and pedagogue
Science and mathematics
- Achi Brandt (born 1938), Israeli mathematician
- Arthur William Brandt (1888âÂÂ1943), American engineer
- Brian Brandt, American electrical engineer
- Eduard Brandt (1839âÂÂ1891), Russian zoologist and anatomist
- Fred Hermann Brandt (1908âÂÂ1994), German insect collector, botanist, and counter-espionage agent
- Fredric Brandt (1949âÂÂ2015), American dermatologist
- Heinrich Brandt (1886âÂÂ1954), German mathematician
- Georg Brandt (1694âÂÂ1768), Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt
- Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802âÂÂ1879), German naturalist
- Karl Brandt (zoologist) (1854âÂÂ1931), German zoologist and marine biologist
Politics
- Andy Brandt (1938âÂÂ2023), Canadian politician
- Bernard E. Brandt (1881âÂÂ1954), American politician
- David Brandt (politician), former Chief Minister of Montserrat
- Edward R. Brandt (1931âÂÂ2013), American politician
- Gökhan Brandt (born 1997), German politician
- Helmut Brandt (born 1950), German politician
- Helmut Brandt (1911âÂÂ1998), German politician in East Germany
- Kate Brandt, first American Chief Sustainability Officer
- Michel Brandt (born 1990), German politician
- Willy Brandt (1913âÂÂ1992), German politician
Sports
Fictional characters
- Katie Brandt-Heppner, fictional character in Andrew Unger's novel Once Removed
Others
- Charlie Brandt (1957âÂÂ2004), American serial killer
- David Brandt (1946âÂÂ2023), American sustainable farmer
- Edgar Brandt (1880âÂÂ1960), French ironworker and weapons designer
- Francis Frederick Brandt (1819âÂÂ1874), British barrister and author
- Franz Brandt (1893âÂÂ1954), German World War I flying ace
- Heinz Brandt (1907âÂÂ1944), German army officer and showjumper
- Jan Brandt, American entrepreneur
- Johanna Brandt (1876âÂÂ1964), South African propagandist, spy, prophet and writer
- Joseph A. Brandt, American university president
- Karl Brandt (1904âÂÂ1948), German Nazi physician and war criminal, executed for war crimes
- Karl Brandt (economist) (1899âÂÂ1975), German-American agricultural economist
- Lawrence Eugene Brandt (1939âÂÂ2025), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Realf Ottesen Brandt (1859âÂÂ1927), Lutheran minister
- Reinhard Brandt (1937âÂÂ2025), German philosopher
- Richard Brandt (1910âÂÂ1997), American philosopher
- Rudolf Brandt (1909âÂÂ1948), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
- Yakov Brandt (1869âÂÂ1946), Russian Sinologist-diplomat, philologist and professor
People with the given name
See also
References