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Britt is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:


Surname


Music

* Brian A. Britt, American music professor * Catherine Britt (born 1984), Australian country music artist * Elton Britt (1913–1972), American country music yodeler and singer *
King Britt King Britt (born 1968) is an American record producer, composer, performer, educator, and DJ and record producer from Philadelphia. Britt is known for his eclectic mix of electronic, house, disco, techno, rave, experimental music, and other gen ...
(born 1968), American DJ and producer *
Britt Walford Britt Walford (born March 16, 1970) is an American musician best known for being the drummer, co-founder, and occasional guitarist for the post-rock band Slint. Early life Walford grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and attended the J. Graham Bro ...
(born 1970), American rock drummer


Politics

* Charles Robin Britt (born 1942), U.S. Representative from North Carolina * Gwendolyn T. Britt (1941–2008), Maryland state senator *
Harry Britt Harry Britt (June 8, 1938 – June 24, 2020) was an American politician and gay rights activist. Born in Texas, he worked as a Methodist pastor in Chicago as a young man and later moved to San Francisco. There, he worked with Harvey Milk until Mi ...
, (1938–2020), American civil rights activist and politician *
Katie Britt Katie Elizabeth Boyd Britt (née Boyd; born February 2, 1982) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2023 as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from Alabama. A member of the ...
(born 1982), American attorney and politician


Sports

* Darren Britt (born 1969), Australian cricketer * Edgar Britt (1913–2017), Australian jockey * Jessie Britt (born 1963), American football player * Justin Britt (born 1991), American football player *
Jimmy Britt Jimmy Britt (October 5, 1879, in San Francisco, California – January 21, 1940) was a boxer from 1902 to 1909. He fought Joe Gans twice for the World lightweight title but lost both bouts. In a career spanning 23 bouts, Britt met 6 different Ha ...
(1879–1940), American lightweight boxer *
Kenny Britt Kenneth Lawrence Britt (born September 19, 1988) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and was selected by the ...
(born 1988), American football player * K. J. Britt (born 1999), American football player *
Kris Britt Kris Lynsey Britt (born 13 April 1984) is an Australian former cricketer. She debuted for the Australian women's cricket team in 2002 in the second test against England in Sydney, becoming the 144th woman to play Test cricket for Australia. S ...
(born 1984), Australian rugby league player *
Maurice Britt Maurice Lee "Footsie" Britt (June 29, 1919 – November 26, 1995) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician. He played professional football for the Detroit Lions in 1941 before entering active service with the U.S. Army duri ...
(1919–1995), American football player, Medal of Honor recipient, and politician * Wesley Britt (born 1981), former American football player * Jamal Britt (born 1998), American hurdler


Other

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Chris Britt Chris Britt is an editorial cartoonist and author from Phoenix, Arizona. Britt is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's College of Fine Arts with a degree in visual arts. Britt has been a cartoonist since 1991. His work run ...
, editorial cartoonist * Clifton Todd Britt, birth name of
Lexington Steele Clifton Todd Britt (born November 28, 1969), better known by his stage name Lexington Steele, is an American pornographic actor, director, producer, and former stockbroker. He is the owner of the adult production companies Mercenary Motion Pict ...
(born 1969), pornographic actor * Eileen Britt, New Zealand professor of psychology * Jim Britt (1910–1980), American sportscaster * John J. Britt, American philatelist awarded the Lichtenstein Medal *
May Britt May Britt (born May Britt Wilkens; 22 March 1934) is a Swedish former actress who had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States. She was married to American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. from 1960 to 1968. Career Bri ...
(born 1934), Swedish actress *
Martin Britt Martin Britt (born 17 January 1946) is an English former footballer. He played as a centre forward for West Ham United from 1961 to 1966 before injury ended his career whilst playing for Blackburn Rovers. Career West Ham United Spotted playing ...
(born 1971), trucking logistics owner, philanthropist


Given name

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Britt Allcroft Britt Allcroft (born Hilary Mary Allcroft Coote; 14 December 1943 - 25 December 2024) was an English screenwriter, producer, director, and voice actress. She adapted Wilbert Awdry's ''The Railway Series'' in the form of the children's television ...
(1943–2024), English producer, writer, director and voice actress * Britt Arenander (1941–2022), Swedish translator, writer and journalist * Britt Bager (born 1976), Danish politician * Britt Baron (born 1991), American actress *
Britt Baker Brittany Ann Baker (born April 23, 1991) is an American professional wrestler and dentist. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling—where she performs under the ring name Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and is a former AEW Women's World Championship, AEW W ...
(born 1991), American professional wrestler * Britt Bohlin Olsson (born 1956), Swedish politician * Britt Brøndsted (born 1981), Danish ten-pin bowler * Britt Damberg (1937–2019), Swedish singer and actress * Britt-Marie Danestig (born 1940), Swedish politician *
Britt Daniel John Britt Daniel (born April 14, 1971) is an American musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Spoon, as well as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and singer of the band Divine Fits. Daniel also founded ...
(born 1971), American musician (
Spoon A spoon (, ) is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl (also known as a head), oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery (sometimes called flatware in the United States), especially as part of a table setting, place setting, it ...
) * Britt Dekker (born 1992), Dutch actress and television presenter *
Britt Ekland Britt Ekland (born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in ''The Double Man (1967 film), The Double Man'' (1967), ''The Night They ...
(born 1942), Swedish actress * Britt-Marie Ericson (born 1950), Swedish curler *
Britt Hagedorn Britt Hagedorn (born Britt Reinecke, 2 January 1972 in Hamburg) is a German model and television presenter who hosts the Talk Show ''Britt – Der Talk um eins'' on Sat 1.Benjamin Weber"Britt, die letzte deutsche Daily-Talkerin: Last Woman Talki ...
(born 1972), German television presenter * Britt G. Hallqvist (1914–1997), Swedish hymnwriter, poet, and translator * Britt Harkestad (born 1946), Norwegian politician * Britt Hildeng (1943–2022), Norwegian politician * Britt Holmquist, Swedish racewalker *
Britt Irvin Brittney Elizabeth Irvin (born November 10, 1984) is a Canadian actress who has also done voiceover work for Ocean Productions. Irvin is best known for playing Katie in '' Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular'' and its sequel '' Scary Godmothe ...
(born 1984), Canadian actress, singer and voice-over artist * Britt Johansen (born 1954), Norwegian handball player * Britt Synnøve Johansen (born 1970), Norwegian singer * Britt Langlie (born 1945), Norwegian actress * Britt Karin Larsen (born 1945), Norwegian poet, author and government scholar *
Britt Lindeborg Britt Lindeborg (22 March 1928 – 5 August 1998) was a Swedish lyricist. She was born in Solna Municipality to Gunnar Karlsson and Elsa Sparring. Her greatest success was probably "Lyckliga gatan", a Swedish version of " Il ragazzo della via G ...
(1928–1998), Swedish lyricist * Britt Love, British singer ( Mini Viva) *
Britt Olauson Britt Eila Maria Olauson (born 1945) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she represented Östergötland County Östergötland County () is a county or '' ...
(born 1945), Swedish politician *
Britt Mjaasund Øyen Britt Mjaasund Øyen (born 7 September 1944) is a Norwegian known for medals in Ice sledge speed racing at the Winter Paralympics. Øyen also won Paralympic medals in Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing (1980) and ice sledge hocke ...
(born 1944), Norwegian Paralympic cross-country skier and ice sledge hockey player *
Britt McKillip Britt Analisa McKillip (born January 18, 1991) is a Canadian actress and singer. Her credits include the film '' Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktacular'' and its sequel '' Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy'', and her role as Reggie Lass i ...
(born 1991), Canadian actress, singer and voice-over-artist * Britt Mogård (1922–2012), Swedish politician *
Britt Nicole Brittany Nicole Waddell (born August 2, 1984), better known by her stage name Britt Nicole, is an American singer and songwriter. She has mainly charted as a Christian pop artist, but in 2012 found her debut mainstream single, "Gold" and in 201 ...
(born 1984), American Christian pop singer * Britt Ingunn Nydal (born 1989), Norwegian cross-country skier and orienteer * Britt Raaby (born 1978), Danish freestyle swimmer *
Britt Robertson Brittany Leanna Robertson-Floyd (née Robertson; born April 18, 1990), known professionally as Britt Robertson, is an American actress. She has appeared in the films '' The First Time'' (2012), ''Tomorrowland'' (2015), '' The Space Between Us'' ...
(born 1990), American actress * Britt Schultz (born 1945), Norwegian politician * Britt Strandberg (born 1934), Swedish cross-country skier * Britt Weerman (born 2003), Dutch high jumper


Nickname

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Brittany Benn Brittany "Britt" Benn (born April 23, 1989) is a Canadian rugby union player. She represented at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of the touring squad that played and in November 2013. Career Benn won a gold medal at the 2 ...
(born 1989), Canadian rugby union player


Fictional characters


Surname

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Edie Britt Edie Britt is a fictional character created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series ''Desperate Housewives''. Nicollette Sheridan portrayed Edie from her debut in the pilot episode of the series unti ...
, on the TV series ''Desperate Housewives'' portrayed by Nicollette Sheridan *
Ponsonby Britt Ponsonby Britt was the credited—but fictional—executive producer of the television series ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'', '' Fractured Flickers'', ''Hoppity Hooper'', and ''George of the Jungle''. In 1959, TV-network executives in ...
, fictional executive producer of ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'' * Britt, one of the original '' Magnificent Seven'', played by James Coburn


Given name

* Britt Pollack, private investigator on the TV series ''
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'', portrayed by
Michael Raymond-James Michael Raymond-James (born Michael Weverstad; December 24, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing René Lenier in the first season of the HBO series '' True Blood'', Britt Pollack on the FX series ''Terriers'', Neal Cassidy/B ...
* Britt Ponset, title character in American old-time radio Western '' The Six Shooter'' * Britt Reid, the
Green Hornet The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of me ...
and the grand nephew of John Reid, the Lone Ranger {{given name, type=both Surnames of French origin French-language surnames Danish feminine given names Norwegian feminine given names Feminine given names Swedish feminine given names Hypocorisms