Brentano is an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonie Brentano, philanthropist * August Brentano, bookseller * Bernard von Brentano, novelist * Christian Brentano, German writer *

Clemens Brentano Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano (also Klemens; pseudonym: Clemens Maria Brentano ; ; 9 September 1778 – 28 July 1842) was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. He was the uncle, via his brother Christian, of Franz a ...

, poet and novelist, brother of Bettina von Arnim (born Brentano) *

Franz Brentano Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (; ; 16 January 1838 – 17 March 1917) was a German philosopher and psychologist. His 1874 '' Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint'', considered his magnum opus, is credited with having reintrod ...

, philosopher, influenced phenomenology and gestalt psychology * Franz Funck-Brentano, French historian and librarian *

Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo Heinrich Joseph Maximilian Johann Maria von Brentano di Tremezzo (20 June 1904 – 14 November 1964), known professionally as Heinrich von Brentano, was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as Federal Ministe ...

, politician of the Christian Democratic Union (West Germany) *

Lorenzo Brentano Lorenzo Brentano (November 4, 1813 – September 18, 1891) was a German people, German revolutionary and journalist who served as President of the 1849 Baden Revolution, Free State of Baden during the 1849 Baden Revolution. Following the failur ...

, politician * Lujo Brentano, economist, reformer * Marianne Ehrmann-Brentano, novelist * Robert Brentano, American historian * Theodore Brentano, American attorney, judge, and first U.S. ambassador to Hungary, son of Lorenzo * Théophile Funck-Brentano, Luxembourgish-French sociologist

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