Bret is a male given name, which derives from ''Breton'', a person from Brittany in France. People so named include: *

Bret Anderson Bret Anderson (born April 23, 1974) is a former Canadian football placekicker and slotback who played his entire career for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. Anderson is 6'3" and 215 lbs. He played 13 years in the CFL, mostl ...

(born 1974), Canadian football player *

Bret Baier William Bret Baier ( ; born August 4, 1970) is the host of ''Special Report with Bret Baier'' on the Fox News Channel and the chief political correspondent for Fox. He previously worked as the network's Chief White House Correspondent and Pent ...

(born 1970), American journalist * Bret Bergmark (born 1973), American mixed martial artist * Bret Bielema (born 1970), American football coach *

Bret Blevins Bret Blevins (sometimes spelled Brett Blevins) (born August 13, 1960) is an American comics artist, animation storyboard artist, and painter. He is perhaps best known for his stint as the regular penciler of ''New Mutants'' for Marvel Comics. Ca ...

(born 1960), American comic book artist * Bret Boone (born 1969), American baseball player *

Bret Cooper Bret Cooper (born December 16, 1970) is a former American football player who played twelve seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Tampa Bay Storm, Memphis Pharaohs, San Jose SaberCats, Orlando Predators, Buffalo Destroyers and Georg ...

(born 1970), American football player * Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American writer *

Bret Gilliam Bret Clifton Gilliam (born February 3, 1951) is a pioneering technical diver. He is most famous as the founder of the certification agency Technical Diving International, and as the one time holder of the world record for deep diving on air. ...

, American diver * Bret Haaland (born 1959), American animator * Bret Harrison (born 1982), American actor * Bret Hart (born 1957), Canadian-American wrestler * Bret Harte (1836-1902), American author * Bret Hedican (born 1970), American ice hockey player * Bret Iwan (born 1982), American voice actor * Bret Anthony Johnston (born 1972), American writer * Bret Loehr (born 1993), American actor * Bret McKenzie (born 1976), New Zealand musician and actor * Bret Myers (born 1980), American soccer player and professor *

Bret Michaels Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American singer and musician. He gained fame as the frontman of rock band Poison who has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and 15 million records in the U ...

(born 1963), American singer * Bret Morrison (1912-1978), American actor *

Bret Saberhagen Bret William Saberhagen (; born April 11, 1964) is an American former professional baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, and Boston Red Sox fro ...

(born 1964), American baseball player *

Bret Schundler Bret D. Schundler (born January 14, 1959) is an American Republican politician from New Jersey. Schundler was the mayor of Jersey City from 1992 until 2001. Schundler was the city's first Republican mayor since 1917. He ran for Governor of New Je ...

(born 1959), American politician * Bret Stephens (born 1973), American journalist * Bret Thornton (born 1983), Australian football player Fictional characters with the given name include: * Bret Leather, in the comic book series ''Planetary'' * Bret Maverick, in the television series ''Maverick'' and subsequent movies *Bret Rensselaer, in several spy novels by Len Deighton

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