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Briton British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, w ...

, a British person Brit, Brits or BRIT may also refer to:

People

Nicknames

Brit Hume Alexander Britton Hume (born June 22, 1943), known professionally as Brit Hume, is an American journalist and political commentator. He had a 23-year career with ABC News, where he contributed to '' World News Tonight with Peter Jennings'', ''N ...

(born 1943), American TV journalist *

Brit Selby Robert Briton Selby (born March 27, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues from 1965 to 1971. He also p ...

(born 1945), Canadian ice-hockey player *

Brit Smith Brittany Smith (born December 3, 1985), formerly known as Matisse, is an American singer. She gained prominence from a young age as one half of a modeling duo with her identical twin sister Alex, appearing in various commercials. They later wen ...

(born 1985), American actress, model, singer, and songwriter

Given names

Brit Andresen Brit Andresen is a Norwegian-born Australian architect and was the first female recipient of the RAIA Gold Medal, awarded in 2002, for her sustained contribution to architecture through teaching, scholarship and practice. Biography Andresen ...

, Norwegian-born Australian architect *

Brit Bildøen Brit Bildøen (born 28 January 1962) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, essayist, children's writer and literary critic. Her awards include the Nynorsk Literature Prize, the Melsom Prize, the Amalie Skram Prize, and the Dobloug Prize. Background ...

(born 1962), Norwegian poet, novelist, essayist, children's writer and literary critic * Brit Hoel (born 1942), Norwegian politician *

Brit Marling Brit Marling (born August 7, 1982) is an American actress and screenwriter. She rose to prominence after starring in several films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, including '' Sound of My Voice'' (2011), '' Another Earth'' (2011), a ...

(born 1982), American writer, producer, director and actress * Brit McRoberts (born 1957), Canadian retired middle-distance runner *

Brit Morgan Brittany Morgan Dengler (born September 24, 1987) is an American actress. Early life Morgan was born and raised in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, New Jersey, where she was a 2005 graduate of Cherokee High School. Career Morgan's fi ...

(born 1987), American film and television actress *

Brit Pettersen Brit Pettersen Tofte (born 24 November 1961) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s. Pettersen earned one gold and two bronzes at two Winter Olympic Games. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, she won one ...

(born 1961), Norwegian former cross-country skier *

Brit Sandaune Brit Sandaune (born 5 June 1972) is a Norwegian footballer and pre-school teacher. She is originally from the rural area of Skatval in Stjørdal Municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county. She was educated in economy and administration. Brit set ...

(born 1972), Norwegian soccer player and pre-school teacher * Brit Solli (born 1959), Norwegian archaeologist *

Brit Stakston Brit Stakston (born 21 December 1961) is a Swedish-Norwegian writer, public speaker and media strategist, who is the executive director of Blank Spot Project, a magazine on foreign issues she founded with Martin Schibbye. Biography Brit Staks ...

(born 1961), Swedish-Norwegian writer, public speaker and media strategist *

Brit Volden Brit Volden (born 4 April 1960) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. Her achievements include two individual silver medals, and one gold and one silver medal in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships. She also won the unofficial Or ...

(born 1960), Norwegian orienteering competitor

Family names

Cri-Zelda Brits Cri-Zelda Brits (), also written Crizelda Brits and Cri-zelda Brits (born 20 November 1983) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Brits was originally called up to the South Africa national wom ...

(born 1983), South African cricketer *

Danie Brits Danie Brits was a South African professional wrestler and former South African Heavyweight Champion, known for his work in many of South Africa's major promotions in the past and for his 1980s stint as ''The Masked Tornado''. Career Early ca ...

, South African former professional wrestler *

Gorka Brit Gorka Brit Gallego (born 19 April 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He amassed Segunda División totals of 177 games and 59 goals over six seasons, in representation of Eibar, Salamanca, Numancia and ...

(born 1978), Spanish footballer *

Grant Brits Grant Brits (born 11 August 1987) is a South African-born competition swimmer who represented Australia at various international championship events including at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he secured an Olympic bronze medal. Brit ...

(born 1987), Australian freestyle swimmer *

Okkert Brits Okkert Brits (born 22 August 1973, in Uitenhage) is a former South African track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He was the silver medallist at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003. He was a four-time champion at t ...

(born 1973), South African former pole vaulter *

Schalk Brits Schalk Burger Brits (born 16 May 1981) is a South African former professional rugby union player who last played for the South Africa national team and the in Super Rugby. He primarily played as a hooker. He was part of the 2019 Rugby World ...

(born 1981), South African rugby union footballer *

Stefan Brits Stefan Brits (born 19 January 1992) is a South African track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. Brits represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He holds a personal best of , set in 2016. Career Born in Cape Town, he at ...

(born 1992), South African track and field athlete *

Tazmin Brits Tazmin Brits (born 8 January 1991) is a South African athlete and cricketer. She won gold in the javelin throw at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics. She was in line to be selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, before bein ...

(born 1991), South African cricketer and former javelin thrower *

Walter Brit Walter Brit (alternatively Brit, Brytte, or Brithus) (fl. 1390), was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and the reputed author of several works on astronomy and mathematics, as well as a treatise on surgery. He has also been described as a foll ...

(fl. 1390), a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and the reputed author of works on astronomy and mathematics, as well as a treatise on surgery

Places

Brits, North West Brits () is a town in the North West Province (South Africa), North West Province of South Africa. It is situated in a fertile citrus, vegetable and grain-producing area that is irrigated by the waters of the Hartbeespoort Dam. It is close to ...

, a town in the North West province of South Africa, near Pretoria *

River Brit The River Brit is a river in west Dorset in south-west England, which rises just to the north of Beaminster. It then flows south to Netherbury and Bridport, where it is joined by tributaries: the River Simene and River Asker. South of Bridpo ...

, a river in Dorset, England *

Britstown Britstown is a small farming town situated in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Emthanjeni Local Municipality. The town is named after Hans Brits who settled here after he accompanied David ...

, a small farming town in the Northern Cape of South Africa

Organizations

Botanical Research Institute of Texas The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) is a botanical research institute located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was established in 1987 for the herbarium and botanical library collections of Lloyd H. Shinners from Southern Met ...

, a global botanical research institute and learning center in the U.S. *

Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology The Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology (BRIT) is a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy, with its headquarters in Navi Mumbai, India. The unit of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is focused on developing applications for radio ...

, a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy in Navi Mumbai, India *

Brit + Co. Brit most commonly refers to: * Briton, a British person Brit, Brits or BRIT may also refer to: People Nicknames * Brit Hume (born 1943), American TV journalist * Brit Selby (born 1945), Canadian ice-hockey player * Brit Smith (born 1985) ...

, an online DIY community/e-commerce company based in San Francisco *

Brit plc Brit is an international general insurance and reinsurance group specialising in commercial insurance. It was acquired by Fairfax Financial in May 2015. History The Company was founded as ''Benfield & Rea Investment Trust'' in 1995. In 1996 it ...

, an international general insurance and reinsurance group acquired by Fairfax Financial in May 2015 *

BRIT School BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, ...

for Performing Arts and Technology, a British performing arts and technology school in the London Borough of Croydon

Other uses

* The Brit Awards, the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards *

Bedford Road Invitational Tournament The Bedford Road Invitational Tournament (BRIT) is a boy's high school basketball tournaments in Canada. It takes place every January at Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The current format has 12 schools take part in the tournam ...

, a basketball tournament held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada * Berith (disambiguation), Hebrew for "covenant" *

Brit (character) Brit is a superhero appearing in comic books published by Image Comics. He first appeared in ''Brit'' (July 2003), and was created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. ''Brit'' supporting character, Donald Ferguson, saw his ''Brit'' storyline adapt ...

, an Image Comics superhero and series *

Brit Stevenson The Saw (franchise), ''Saw'' franchise features a large cast of characters created primarily by directors and screenwriters James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan. The films mainly focus on the chara ...

, a character in the film ''Saw V'' portrayed by Julie Benz