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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:

• 1. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:348)
• 2. Schleswig-Holstein (1:409)
• 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:460)
• 4. Lower Saxony (1:573)
• 5. Hamburg (1:599)
• 6. Bremen (1:623)
• 7. Berlin (1:754)
• 8. Brandenburg (1:803)
• 9. Thuringia (1:1,096)

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:

• 1. ǁKaras Region (1:163)
• 2. Kunene Region (1:454)
• 3. Omaheke Region (1:700)
• 4. Erongo Region (1:709)
• 5. Khomas Region (1:899)
• 6. Hardap Region (1:942)

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,162) in the following counties:

• 1. Dalarna County (1:1,266)
• 2. Skåne County (1:1,497)
• 3. Jönköping County (1:1,638)
• 4. Kronoberg County (1:1,876)
• 5. Västmanland County (1:1,995)
• 6. Stockholm County (1:2,139)

People with the surname

Arts and entertainment

• Augusto Brandt (1892–1942), Venezuelan musician and composer
• Betsy Brandt (born 1973), American actress
• Bill Brandt (1904–1983), German-British photographer and photojournalist
• Carlos Brandt (1875–1964), Venezuelan philosopher, author and naturopath
• Di Brandt (born 1952), Canadian poet and literary critic
• Eddie Brandt (1920–2011), American composer, writer and store owner
• George Brandt (1920–2007), German film producer
• Gerard Brandt (1626–1685), Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian
• Helene Brandt (1936–2013), American sculptor
• Helmut Brandt (musician) (1931–2001), German jazz saxophonist and bandleader
• Jerry Brandt (1938–2021), American entrepreneur, impresario, agent, manager, promoter, and club owner
• Joe Brandt (1882–1939), American publicist, screenwriter, editor, film producer, and general manager
• Józef Brandt (1841–1915), 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 (1893–1983), German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer
• Marianne Brandt (contralto) (1842–1921), Austrian opera singer
• Matthias Brandt (born 1961), German actor, audiobook narrator, and writer
• Max von Brandt (1835–1920), German diplomat and publicist
• Miroslav Brandt (1914–2002), Croatian historian
• Paul Brandt (born 1972), Canadian country music singer
• Peter Andreas Brandt (1792–1862), Norwegian painter and illustrator
• Rainer Brandt (1936–2024), German actor
• Skylar Brandt (born 1993), American ballet dancer
• Vassily Brandt (1869–1923), Russian trumpeter, composer and pedagogue

Science and mathematics

• Achi Brandt (born 1938), Israeli mathematician
• Arthur William Brandt (1888–1943), American engineer
• Brian Brandt, American electrical engineer
• Eduard Brandt (1839–1891), Russian zoologist and anatomist
• Fred Hermann Brandt (1908–1994), German insect collector, botanist, and counter-espionage agent
• Fredric Brandt (1949–2015), American dermatologist
• Heinrich Brandt (1886–1954), German mathematician
• Georg Brandt (1694–1768), Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt
• Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879), German naturalist
• Karl Brandt (zoologist) (1854–1931), German zoologist and marine biologist

Politics

• Andy Brandt (1938–2023), Canadian politician
• Bernard E. Brandt (1881–1954), American politician
• David Brandt (politician), former Chief Minister of Montserrat
• Edward R. Brandt (1931–2013), American politician
• Gökhan Brandt (born 1997), German politician
• Helmut Brandt (born 1950), German politician
• Helmut Brandt (1911–1998), German politician in East Germany
• Kate Brandt, first American Chief Sustainability Officer
• Michel Brandt (born 1990), German politician
• William Brandt (Nebraska politician) (1924–2000), American politician from Nebraska
• Willy Brandt (1913–1992), German politician

Sports

• David Brandt (American football) (born 1977), American football offensive lineman
• Ed Brandt (1905–1944), American baseball player
• Gil Brandt (1933–2023), American football executive
• Hannah Brandt (born 1993), American ice hockey player
• Jackie Brandt (born 1934), American baseball player
• Julian Brandt (born 1996), German footballer
• Kerstin Brandt (born 1961), East German high jumper
• Peter Brandt (1931–2022), British rower
• Viktor Brandt (born 1999), Swedish biathlete

Fictional characters

• Katie Brandt-Heppner, fictional character in Andrew Unger's novel Once Removed

Others

• Charlie Brandt (1957–2004), American serial killer
• Charles Brandt (1942–2024), American investigator and writer
• David Brandt (1946–2023), American sustainable farmer
• Edgar Brandt (1880–1960), French ironworker and weapons designer
• Francis Frederick Brandt (1819–1874), British barrister and author
• Franz Brandt (1893–1954), German World War I flying ace
• Heinz Brandt (1907–1944), German army officer and showjumper
• Jan Brandt, American entrepreneur
• Johanna Brandt (1876–1964), South African propagandist, spy, prophet and writer
• Joseph A. Brandt, American university president
• Karl Brandt (1904–1948), German Nazi physician and war criminal, executed for war crimes
• Karl Brandt (economist) (1899–1975), German-American agricultural economist
• Lawrence Eugene Brandt (1939–2025), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Realf Ottesen Brandt (1859–1927), Lutheran minister
• Reinhard Brandt (1937–2025), German philosopher
• Richard Brandt (1910–1997), American philosopher
• Rudolf Brandt (1909–1948), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
• Yakov Brandt (1869–1946), Russian Sinologist-diplomat, philologist and professor

People with the given name

• Brandt Hershman, American politician
• Brandt C. Louie (born 1943), Canadian businessman
• Brandt Jobe (born 1965), American golfer
• Brandt Snedeker (born 1980), American golfer

See also

• Brant (surname)
• Brand (surname)