# Bryant (surname)

Bryant is an English surname, a variant of "Bryan". Notable people and characters with the surname include:
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Aidy Bryant (born 1987), American actress and comedian
* Albert Bryant Jr. (born 1952), American general
* Alexander Bryant or Briant (1556–1581), English Jesuit martyr
* Anita Bryant (1940–2024), American singer and gay rights opponent
* Anthony J. Bryant (born 1961), American historian of Japan
* Antonio Bryant (born 1981), American football player
* Arthur Bryant (1899–1985), British historian
* Austin Bryant (born 1996), American football player

## B

* Bart Bryant (1962–2022), American golfer
* Bear Bryant (1913–1983), American college football coach
* Benjamin Bryant (disambiguation), several people
* Bob Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Bobby Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Boudleaux Bryant (1920–1987), American songwriter
* Brad Bryant (born 1954), American professional golfer
* Brady Bryant (born 1982), American soccer player
* Brandon Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Brooke Bryant (born 2000), American ice hockey player
* Bunyan Bryant (1935–2024), American environmental justice advocate and academic

## C

* Castell V. Bryant (born 1948), President of Florida A&M University
* C. Farris Bryant (1914–2002), American politician
* Charles Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Chase Bryant (born 1993), American country singer and songwriter
* Chris Bryant (born 1962), British politician
* Christian Bryant (born 1992), American football player
* Clay Bryant (1911–1999), Major League Baseball player for Chicago Cubs
* Clora Bryant (1927–2019), American jazz trumpeter
* Cleve Bryant (1947–2023), American college football coach
* Cobee Bryant, American football player
* Coby Bryant (born 1999), American football player
* Cora Mae Bryant (1926–2008), American blues musician

## D

* Dan Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* David Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Desmond Bryant (born 1985), American football player
* Dez Bryant (born 1988), American football player
* Dezerea Bryant (born 1993), American sprinter
* Diana Bryant (born 1947), Australian judge
* Domingo Bryant (born 1963), American football player

## E

* Ed Bryant (born 1948), American politician
* Edward Bryant (1945–2017), American writer
* Edwin Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Elijah Bryant (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Elizabeth Bangs Bryant (1875–1953), British arachnologist
* Em Bryant (born 1938), American professional basketball player

## F

* Felice Bryant (1925–2003), American songwriter
* Fernando Bryant (born 1977), American football player
* Frank Bryant (cricketer) (1909–1984), Australian cricketer and cricket administrator

## G

* Gary Bryant Jr. (born 2001), American football player
* Gianna Bryant (2006–2020), American student-athlete
* Gordon Bryant (1914–1991), Australian politician
* Gridley Bryant (1789–1867), American railroad engineer
* Gridley James Fox Bryant (1816–1899), American architect
* Gyude Bryant (1949–2014), Liberian politician

## H

* Harold Child Bryant (1886–1968), American outdoors nature educator
* Harrison Bryant (born 1998), American football player
* Henry Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Howard Bryant (born 1968), American sports journalist
* Howard Bryant (politician) (1861–1930), American politician
* Hunter Bryant (born 1998), American football player

## J

* Jacky Bryant, fictional character from Virtua Fighter
* Jacob Bryant (1715–1804), British scholar and mythographer
* Jen Bryant (born 1960), American poet, novelist and children's author
* Jennings Bryant (1944–2020), American scientist
* Jim Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jimmy Bryant (1925–1980), American guitarist
* Joe Bryant (1954–2024), American basketball player, father of Kobe Bryant
* John Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joseph D. Bryant (1845–1914), New York Surgeon General
* Joshua Bryant (born 1940), American actor best known for playing Scully in M*A*S*H
* Joy Bryant (born 1976), American actress
* Joyce Bryant (1927–2022), American singer and actress

## K

* Karyn Bryant (born 1968), American actress
* Kaylee Bryant (born 1997), American actress and model
* Keedron Bryant (born 2007), American singer
* Kelly Bryant (born 1996), American football player
* Kelvin Bryant (born 1960), American football player
* Kobe Bryant (1978–2020), American basketball player
* Kris Bryant (born 1992), American baseball player

## L

* Lane Bryant, American clothes designer
* Lori Bryant-Woolridge (born 1958), American writer
* Louise Bryant (1885–1936), American journalist
* Lucas Bryant (born 1978), Canadian actor

## M

* Ma'Khia Bryant (1994/1995 – 2021), American teen fatally shot by police
* Maida Bryant (1926–2016), New Zealand nurse, local politician, and community leader
* Margot Bryant (1897–1988), British actress
* Mark Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Martin Bryant (born 1967), Australian spree killer and perpetrator of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre
* Martin Bryant (programmer) (born 1958), British computer programmer
* Mary Bryant (1765–after 1794), Cornish convict transported to Australia
* Matt Bryant (born 1975), American football player
* Matt Bryant (footballer) (born 1970), English football player with Bristol City and Gillingham
* Michael Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Miriam Bryant (born 1991), Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter
* Myles Bryant (born 1998), American football player

## N

* Nicola Bryant (born 1960), British actress

## O

* Orshawante Bryant (born 1978), American football player

## P

* Pat Bryant (born 2002), American football player
* Paul W. Bryant Jr. (born c. 1945), American banker, investor, and philanthropist; son of Bear Bryant
* Peter Bryant (disambiguation), several people
* Phil Bryant (born 1954), American politician
* Precious Bryant (1942–2013), American musician

## R

* Ralph Bryant (born 1961), Major League Baseball player
* Ralph C. Bryant (1877–1939), American professor of forestry
* Randal Bryant (born 1952), American computer scientist
* Ray Bryant (1931–2011), American jazz pianist, composer
* Red Bryant (born 1984), American football defensive end
* Rick Bryant (1948–2019), New Zealand singer
* Romby Bryant (born 1979), Canadian football wide receiver
* Ron Bryant (born 1947), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Ronny Rey Bryant (aka Baby Bash) (born 1975), American rapper

## S

* Samuel W. Bryant (1877–1938), American admiral
* Sarah Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* Scott Poulson-Bryant, American music journalist
* Serderius Bryant (born 1991), American football player
* Stanley Bryant (born 1985), American football player
* Stephen Bryant, English violinist

## T

* Terl Bryant, British drummer, member of the band Iona
* Tom Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people

## V

* Vanessa Bryant (born 1982), American philanthropist, nonprofit executive, and former model
* Ventell Bryant (born 1996), American football player

## W

* Wallace Bryant (born 1959), American professional basketball player
* Wanda G. Bryant (born 1956), American judge
* Waymond Bryant (born 1952), American football linebacker
* Wayne R. Bryant (born 1947), American politician
* Wendell Bryant (born 1980), American football player
* William Bryant (disambiguation), multiple people
* William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878), American poet and journalist
* Winston Bryant (born 1938), Arkansas Lieutenant Governor and attorney general