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

Given name

Abra Prentice Wilkin Abra Prentice Wilkin (born July 30, 1942) is an American philanthropist. She is the daughter of John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972) and his wife, Abbie Cantrill Prentice. Wilkin is a great-granddaughter of Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rocke ...

(born 1942), American philanthropist *

Nathaniel Prentice Banks Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker, Banks became prominent in local debating societies and entered ...

(1816–1894), American politician and soldier *

Prentice Cooper William Prentice Cooper Jr. (September 28, 1895May 18, 1969) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 39th governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945. He led the state's mobilization efforts for World War II, when over 300,000 Tenne ...

(1895–1969), American politician * Prentice Delaney (1945–2003), American musician, producer, road manager, and songwriter * Derrick Prentice Barry (born 1983), American drag queen and Britney Spears impersonator * Prentice E. Sanders (1937-2021), American police chief *

Prentice Gautt Prentice Gautt (February 8, 1938 – March 17, 2005) was an American football running back for the University of Oklahoma football team from 1956 to 1959. Gautt was the first black football player at the University of Oklahoma where he wore #38. ...

(1938–2005), American football running back * Prentice Marshall (1926–2004), United States District judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois *

Prentice McCray Prentice Marcellus McCray Jr. (born March 1, 1951) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and was selected by the De ...

(born 1951), former American football safety in the National Football League *

Prentice Moreland Prentice Moreland (March 4, 1925 – September 1988) was an American R&B and doo wop singer of the 1950s and early 1960s. Early life Moreland was born on March 4, 1925, in East St. Louis, Illinois. At some points in his life, he claimed ...

(1925–1988), American rhythm and blues singer *

Prentice Mulford Prentice Mulford (April 5, 1834 – c. May 30, 1891) was an American literary humorist, philosopher, and early figure in the development of the New Thought movement. Many of the principles that would become standard in the movement, including th ...

(1834–1891), American literary humorist * Prentice Redman (born 1979), American professional baseball player

Surname

* Adam Prentice (born 1997), American football player *

Alta Rockefeller Prentice Alta Rockefeller Prentice (April 12, 1871 – June 21, 1962) was an American philanthropist and socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Early life Alta was born on April 12, 1871, in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio ...

(1871–1962), American activist * Andrew Prentice (21st century), Australian mathematician *

Beatrice Prentice Beatrice Prentice (September 1, 1884 – May 30, 1977) was a stage actress of the early 20th century. Family Per the baptismal records of Mount Vernon Trinity Church (Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal), New York, Prentice was born in M ...

(20th century), American stage actress *

Bill Prentice William John Prentice (born June 10, 1950) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 158 games in the World Hockey Association with the Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Houston Aeros, and Indianapolis Racers The I ...

(born 1950), Canadian professional ice hockey forward *

Bridget Prentice Bridget Theresa Prentice (' Corr; born 28 December 1952) is a Scottish politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from 1992 to 2010. She was married to the Labour MP Gordon Prentice from 1975 until their divorce in 200 ...

(born 1952), politician in the United Kingdom *

Chris Prentice Chris Prentice (born 4 May 1953) is a British luger. He competed in the men's singles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian and ...

(born 1953), British Luger in the winter Olympics *

Christopher Prentice Christopher Norman Russell Prentice (born 5 September 1954) is a retired British diplomat. His last diplomatic post was Ambassador to Italy. He is currently Chairman of the Governors of the British Institute of Florence. Prentice had been a B ...

(born 1954), British diplomat *

Clarrie Prentice Clarence Warwick Prentice (1 July 1891 – 10 March 1948) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international. He is the younger brother of fellow Wests player ...

(20th century), Australian rugby union and rugby league player *

David Prentice David Prentice (4 July 1936 – 7 May 2014) was an English artist and former art teacher. In 1964 he was one of the four founder members of Birmingham's Ikon Gallery. Prentice's work features in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Mu ...

(1936–2014), English artist *

David R. Prentice David R. Prentice (December 22, 1943–November 11, 2024) was an American artist. Prentice was born in Hartford, Connecticut and studied at the Art School of the University of Hartford from 1962 to 1964, after which he worked for multiple esteem ...

(born 1943), American artist *

Dean Prentice Dean Sutherland Prentice (October 5, 1932 – November 2, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 22 seasons between 1952–53 and 1973–74. He had 10 NHL seasons with 20 or mo ...

(1932–2019), professional ice hockey left wing *

Eric Prentice Eric Dayton Prentice (August 22, 1926 — December 8, 2002) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played a total of 5 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1943–44 season. The rest of ...

(1926–2002), professional ice hockey left winger *

Frank Winnold Prentice Frank Winnold Prentice MC (17 February 1889 – 19 May 1982) was a British merchant seaman and the assistant storekeeper on the ocean liner RMS ''Titanic'' during her maiden voyage. He survived the sinking and at the time of his death was th ...

(1889–1982), Titanic survivor * George D. Prentice (1802–1870), American newspaper editor *

Gordon Prentice Gordon Prentice (born 28 January 1951) is a British-Canadian former politician of the Labour Party who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire from 1992 to 2010. Early life He was educated at the independent George Heriot' ...

(born 1951), politician in the United Kingdom *

Jessica Prentice Jessica Prentice is a chef, author, and founding member of Three Stone Hearth, a community-supported kitchen in Berkeley, California. She is known for coining the word '' locavore'', which is a movement in which people seek to eat locally grown fo ...

(21st century), American chef *

Jim Prentice Peter Eric James Prentice (July 20, 1956 – October 13, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candida ...

(1956–2016), Canadian politician and 16th Premier of Alberta *

Jo Ann Prentice Jo Ann Prentice (February 9, 1933 – May 18, 2025) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Prentice was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She turned professional in 1956. Prentice joined the LPGA tour in 1957 and won six ti ...

(1933–2025), American professional golfer * John Prentice (disambiguation), various people **

John Prentice (cartoonist) John Franklin Prentice Jr. (October 17, 1920 – May 23, 1999) was an American cartoonist most known for taking over the comic strip '' Rip Kirby'' upon the death of the strip's creator, Alex Raymond. Early life John Prentice was born in W ...

(1920–1999), American cartoonist ** John Prentice (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2006), Scottish football player and manager *

John Rockefeller Prentice John Rockefeller Prentice (December 17, 1902 – June 13, 1972) was an American attorney and member of the prominent Rockefeller family. He was born to Chicago lawyer Ezra Parmalee Prentice and Alta Rockefeller Prentice in New York. Prentice ...

(1902–1972), United States Army officer *

Jordan Prentice Jordan Prentice (born January 30, 1973) is a Canadian actor. A self-described "person of short stature", he is known for his portrayal of Rock in '' American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' and '' American Pie Presents: Beta House'', Jimmy in ' ...

(born 1973), Canadian dwarf actor *

Judson Prentice Judson Prentice (March 2, 1810 – July 27, 1886) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Prentice was born in Oriskany Falls, Oneida County, New York, to Lucy Stafford and Thomas Prentice. He lived in Erie County, New York for 3 ...

(1810–1886), member of the Wisconsin State Senate * Justin Prentice (born 1994), American actor *

Keith Prentice Keith Prentice (February 21, 1940 – September 27, 1992) was an American TV, film and stage actor, whose most famous role was the part of Larry in both the original stage and film version of '' The Boys in the Band''. He also appeared on t ...

(1940–1992), American soap opera actor *

Leslie Prentice Leslie Roff Vincent Prentice (30 November 1886 – 13 August 1928) was an Australian-born English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, he had a brief first-class cricket career for Middlesex in the early 1920s. Biogra ...

(1886–1928), Australian-born English cricketer *

Levi Wells Prentice Levi Wells Prentice (December 18, 1851 – November 28, 1935) was an American still life and Landscape art, landscape painter. Prentice was associated with the Hudson River School. Prentice grew up on a farm in Lewis County, New York By 1872, P ...

(1851–1935), American still life and landscape painter *

Margarita Prentice Margarita López Prentice (February 22, 1931 – April 2, 2019) was a Washington state legislator. A Democrat, she represented the 11th District, which includes Seattle's Beacon Hill, South Park and portions of Renton, Kent, Tukwila, Burien, ...

(21st century), Washington State Senator * Mitchell Prentice (born 1983), Australian football (soccer) player *

Reg Prentice Reginald Ernest Prentice, Baron Prentice, PC (16 July 1923 – 18 January 2001) was a British politician who held ministerial office in both Labour and Conservative Party governments. He was the most senior Labour figure ever to defect to th ...

(1923–2001), politician in the United Kingdom * Tim Prentice (designer), industrial designer *

Tim Prentice (sculptor) Tim Prentice is a kinetic sculptor. He received a master's degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture in 1960 and founded the award-winning company of Prentice & Chan in 1965. He resides in Cornwall, Connecticut. Ten years afte ...

(21st century), kinetic sculptor * Travis Prentice (born 1976), former American football running back *

(born 1954), World Senior Curling Champion (2007)

Fictional characters

* Dr. Peter Prentice, on the show ''

The Mindy Project ''The Mindy Project'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by and starring Mindy Kaling that began airing on Fox in September 2012 and finished its six-season run on Hulu in November 2017. The series was co-produced by Unive ...

'', portrayed by Adam Pally * Dr. John Prentice, fictional character on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Prentice McHoan, the protagonist of Iain Banks' 1992 novel ''

The Crow Road ''The Crow Road'' is a novel by the Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1992. Plot introduction The novel describes Prentice McHoan's preoccupation with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, a mi ...

'' *Prentice Endal, an elf from the series ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'' by Shannon Messenger {{given name, type=both