# Brandt (name)

Brandt is a Germanic surname and given name.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 42.4% of all known bearers of the surname Brandt were residents of Germany (frequency 1:1,108), 30.5% of the United States (1:6,951), 4.5% of South Africa (1:6,959), 3.7% of Brazil (1:32,483), 2.7% of Denmark (1:1,232), 2.7% of Sweden (1:2,162), 1.6% of Canada (1:13,299), 1.3% of the Netherlands (1:7,848), 1.3% of Poland (1:17,678), 1.0% of Namibia (1:1,366).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,108) in the following states:
* 1. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:348)
* 2. Schleswig-Holstein (1:409)
* 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:460)
* 4. Lower Saxony (1:573)
* 5. Hamburg (1:599)
* 6. Bremen (1:623)
* 7. Berlin (1:754)
* 8. Brandenburg (1:803)
* 9. Thuringia (1:1,096)
In Denmark, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,232) only in one region: Capital Region of Denmark (1:905)
In Namibia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,366) in the following regions:
* 1. ǁKaras Region (1:163)
* 2. Kunene Region (1:454)
* 3. Omaheke Region (1:700)
* 4. Erongo Region (1:709)
* 5. Khomas Region (1:899)
* 6. Hardap Region (1:942)
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,162) in the following counties:
* 1. Dalarna County (1:1,266)
* 2. Skåne County (1:1,497)
* 3. Jönköping County (1:1,638)
* 4. Kronoberg County (1:1,876)
* 5. Västmanland County (1:1,995)
* 6. Stockholm County (1:2,139)

## People with the surname
### Arts and entertainment

* Augusto Brandt (1892–1942), Venezuelan musician and composer
* Betsy Brandt (born 1973), American actress
* Bill Brandt (1904–1983), German-British photographer and photojournalist
* Carlos Brandt (1875–1964), Venezuelan philosopher, author and naturopath
* Di Brandt (born 1952), Canadian poet and literary critic
* Eddie Brandt (1920–2011), American composer, writer and store owner
* Gerard Brandt (1626–1685), Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian
* Helene Brandt (1936–2013), American sculptor
* Jerry Brandt (1938–2021), American entrepreneur, impresario, agent, manager, promoter, and club owner
* Joe Brandt (1882–1939), American publicist, screenwriter, editor, film producer, and general manager
* Józef Brandt (1841–1915), Polish painter best known for his paintings of battles
* Kyle Brandt (born 1979), American actor
* Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 1981), South African actress best known for the role of Mazikeen on the television series Lucifer
* Mac Brandt, American actor
* Marianne Brandt (1893–1983), German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer
* Marianne Brandt (contralto) (1842–1921), Austrian opera singer
* Max von Brandt (1835–1920), German diplomat and publicist
* Miroslav Brandt (1914–2002), Croatian historian
* Paul Brandt (born 1972), Canadian country music singer
* Peter Andreas Brandt (1792–1862), Norwegian painter and illustrator
* Rainer Brandt (1936-2024), german actor
* Skylar Brandt (born 1993), American ballet dancer
* Vassily Brandt (1869–1923), Russian trumpeter, composer and pedagogue

### Science and mathematics

* Achi Brandt (born 1938), Israeli mathematician
* Arthur William Brandt (1888–1943), American engineer
* Brian Brandt, American electrical engineer
* Eduard Brandt (1839–1891), Russian zoologist and anatomist
* Fred Hermann Brandt (1908–1994), German insect collector, botanist, and counter-espionage agent
* Fredric Brandt (1949–2015), American dermatologist
* Heinrich Brandt (1886–1954), German mathematician
* Georg Brandt (1694–1768), Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt
* Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879), German naturalist
* Karl Brandt (zoologist) (1854–1931), German zoologist and marine biologist

### Politics

* Andy Brandt (born 1938), Canadian politician
* Bernard E. Brandt (1881–1954), American politician
* David Brandt (politician), former Chief Minister of Montserrat
* Edward R. Brandt (1931–2013), American politician
* Helmut Brandt (born 1950), German politician
* Kate Brandt, first American Chief Sustainability Officer
* Michel Brandt (born 1990), German politician
* Willy Brandt (1913–1992), German politician

### Sports

* David Brandt (American football) (born 1977), former American football offensive lineman
* Ed Brandt (1905–1944), American baseball player
* Gil Brandt (1933–2023), American football executive
* Jackie Brandt (born 1934), American baseball player
* Julian Brandt (born 1996), German footballer
* Kerstin Brandt (born 1961), East German high jumper

### Fictional characters

* Katie Brandt-Heppner, fictional character in Andrew Unger's novel Once Removed

### Others

* Charlie Brandt (1957–2004), American serial killer
* David Brandt (1946–2023), American sustainable farmer
* Edgar Brandt (1880–1960), French ironworker and weapons designer
* Francis Frederick Brandt (1819–1874), British barrister and author
* Franz Brandt (1893–1954), German World War I flying ace
* Heinz Brandt (1907–1944), German army officer and showjumper
* Jan Brandt, American entrepreneur
* Johanna Brandt (1876–1964), South African propagandist, spy, prophet and writer
* Joseph A. Brandt, American university president
* Karl Brandt (1904–1948), German Nazi physician and war criminal, executed for war crimes
* Karl Brandt (economist) (1899–1975), German-American agricultural economist
* Lawrence Eugene Brandt (born 1939), American Roman Catholic prelate
* Realf Ottesen Brandt (1859–1927), Lutheran minister
* Richard Brandt (1910–1997), American philosopher
* Rudolf Brandt (1909–1948), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes
* Yakov Brandt (1869–1946), Russian Sinologist-diplomat, philologist and professor
* Leon Brandt 2nd (born-1980), American contractor

## People with the given name

* Brandt Hershman, American politician
* Brandt C. Louie (born 1943), Canadian businessman
* Brandt Jobe (born 1965), American golfer
* Brandt Snedeker (born 1980), American golfer