Famous People with Name Brent

Brent Michael Jones            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brent Michael Jones: is a former American Football tight end who played almost his entire career with the San Francisco 49ers from (1987 to 1997). He was selected in the 5th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1986 NFL Draft. Jones won 3 Super Bowl rings with the 49ers and was three times named All-Pro (1992-1994) and is a four-time Pro Bowler (1992-95).

Brent Carver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brent Carver: a Canadian actor.Carver is known for a variety of stage and film roles, including The Wars, Kronborg: 1582, Lilies, Larry's Party, Elizabeth Rex, Millennium, and Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love. Internationally, he is best known for his performances on Broadway in Kiss of the Spider Woman for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical in 1993, Fiddler on the Roof and Parade. Carver originated the role of Gandalf in the stage production of The Lord of the Rings and has appeared in several Soulpepper Theatre Company productions such as The Wild Duck, Don Carlos and the Pirate King in the 1985 production of The Pirates of Penzance.

Brent D. Galloway            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brent D. Galloway: an American linguist noted for his work with endangered Amerindian languages.Galloway received his B.A., C.Phil., and Ph.D. in linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1965, 1971, and 1977, respectively. He has done linguistic field work with the Haisla language, Upriver Halkomelem (from 1970), Nooksack (from 1974), the Samish dialect of Northern Straits Salish (from 1984), and Gullah (from 1994). In the case of Nooksack and Samish, he worked with the last surviving fluent speakers known then (one speaker has become a fluent speaker of Nooksack since 2002, and there may be 3 or 4 descendants who speak Samish.

Brent Fedyk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brent Fedyk: is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He was drafted in the first round, 8th overall, by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

Brent Hayden            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brent Hayden: is a Canadian swimmer. He was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.Hayden was raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year.

George Brent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Brent: was a film and television actor in American cinema. He was born George Brendan Nolan in Raharabeg, County Roscommon on the opposite bank of the River Shannon from the town of Shannonbridge, County Offaly, Ireland, to a family with a history of British Arm