Bret (given name)

Bret is a male given name, which derives from Breton, a person from Brittany in France.

People so named include:

• Bret Anderson (born 1974), Canadian football player
• Bret Baier (born 1970), American journalist
• Bret Bergmark (born 1973), American mixed martial artist
• Bret Bielema (born 1970), American football coach
• Bret Blevins (born 1960), American comic book artist
• Bret Boone (born 1969), American baseball player
• Bret Cooper (born 1970), American football player
• Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American writer
• Bret Gilliam, 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 (born 1963), American singer
• Bret Morrison (1912–1978), American actor
• Bret Saberhagen (born 1964), American baseball player
• Bret Schundler (born 1959), American politician
• Bret Stephens (born 1973), American journalist
• Bret Thornton (born 1983), Australian football player
• Bret Weinstein (born 1969), American podcaster, author, and former professor

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