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Brent Crude
Brent Crude, also known as Brent Blend, is a light, sweet North Sea crude oil that serves as the pricing benchmark for roughly two-thirds of internationally traded crude.
Brent Dalrymple
G. Brent Dalrymple (born 1937) is an American geologist who built the geomagnetic polarity time scale and wrote the 1991 book The Age of the Earth.
Brent Everett
Brent Everett (Dustin Germaine), born 1984 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, is a Canadian gay pornographic film actor and director with over 40 films since 2003, Channel 1 exclusivity, GayVN and Grabby honors, and husband-manager Steve Peña.
Brent Faiyaz
Brent Faiyaz (Christopher Brent Wood), independent R&B singer from Columbia, Maryland; Sonder member; albums Sonder Son, Wasteland (No. 2 Billboard 200), Larger Than Life, Icon (2026).
Brent Gretzky
Brent Gretzky (born 1972, Brantford, Ontario) is a Canadian former NHL center, brother of Wayne Gretzky; he played 13 games for Tampa Bay with 1 goal and 4 points, and with Wayne holds the NHL record for combined points by two brothers.
Brent Grimes
Brent Grimes, born 1983, is a former NFL cornerback, undrafted from Division II Shippensburg, who earned four Pro Bowls with Atlanta and Miami, led the NFL in passes defensed in 2016 with Tampa Bay, and totaled 33 interceptions.
Brent Hagenbuch
Brent Hagenbuch is an American politician and Republican member of the Texas Senate from District 30 since 2025, previously a transportation executive and Denton County GOP chair.
Brent Hayden
Brent Hayden, Canadian freestyle swimmer, 2007 world 100m champion and London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, Canada's first medal in that event; four-time Olympian who returned at Tokyo 2020 at age 37.
Brent Hinds
Brent Hinds (1974–2025), American guitarist and co-vocalist who co-founded metal band Mastodon; known for Leviathan, Crack the Skye, Grammy-winning Emperor of Sand, side projects Fiend Without a Face and West End Motel; died in an Atlanta motorcycle crash.
Brent Hoberman
Brent Hoberman, born 1968, is a British entrepreneur who co-founded lastminute.com with Martha Lane Fox in 1998, sold it in 2005, and later founded Made.com and firstminute capital.
Brent Jackson
Brent Jackson is an American politician and Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate representing the 9th district, and founder of Jackson Farming Company in Autryville.
Brent L. Iverson
Brent L. Iverson is an American chemist at the University of Texas at Austin whose lab created synthetic folding molecules and co-developed the anthrax antitoxin Anthim, FDA-approved in 2016.
Brent Lang
Brent Lang (Brent Dennis Lang, born 1968) is an American swimmer and executive; Olympic gold medalist in the 1988 4x100 m freestyle relay, four-time NCAA champion for Michigan, and former president and CEO of Vocera Communications.
Brent Livermore
Brent James Livermore OAM (born 1976, Grafton, NSW) is an Australian field hockey midfielder and former Kookaburras captain who won bronze at Sydney 2000, gold at Athens 2004, three Commonwealth golds, 318 caps, and later coached NSWIS and NSW Pride.
Brent Money
Brent Money is an American politician, a Republican lawyer and business owner who represents District 2, covering Hunt, Hopkins, and Van Zandt counties, in the Texas House of Representatives.
Brent Morin
Brent Morin (born 1986, South Windsor, Connecticut) is an American comedian, actor, and writer in Los Angeles, known as Justin Kearney on NBC's Undateable, for the Netflix special I'm Brent Morin, and for Merry Happy Whatever.
Brent Musburger
Brent Musburger, American sportscaster born 1939, host of CBS's The NFL Today 1975-1990 and ABC/ESPN college football voice 1990-2017; known for "You are looking live," popularizing March Madness, founding VSiN, and the 2025 Pete Rozelle Award.
Brent Mydland
Brent Mydland (1952-1990) was an American keyboardist and vocalist, the Grateful Dead's longest-tenured keyboardist (1979-1990), formerly of Silver and Bobby and the Midnites; he died of a speedball overdose.
Brent oil field
The Brent oil field was a Shell and Esso oil and gas field in the UK North Sea, producing from 1976 to 2021 and giving its name to Brent crude.
Brent R. Stockwell
Brent R. Stockwell is an American chemical biologist at Columbia University known for discovering and naming ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death driven by lipid peroxidation.
Brent S. Sumerlin
Brent S. Sumerlin is an American polymer chemist who holds a professorship at the University of Florida, known for RAFT polymerization, stimuli-responsive polymers, and covalent adaptable networks that make plastics recyclable.
Brent Seabrook
Brent Seabrook, Canadian defenceman (born 1985, Richmond, BC), played 15 seasons only for the Chicago Blackhawks: 1,114 games, 464 points, three Stanley Cups (2010, 2013, 2015), 2010 Olympic gold; retired 2021 with hip injury.
Brent Smith
Brent Smith is the American singer, lyricist, and primary songwriter of Shinedown, the Jacksonville, Florida rock band he founded in 2001 after Dreve; holder of a record 25 Mainstream Rock Airplay number ones and over 10 million albums sold.
Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project
The Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project is an Ohio and Kentucky highway program rebuilding 7.8 miles of I-71/I-75 in Cincinnati and Covington and adding a companion bridge.
Brent Spiner
Brent Spiner, born 1949 in Houston, Texas, is an American actor known as Lt. Commander Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its films, also playing Lore and the Soong family, plus roles in Independence Day, Broadway shows, and Star Trek: Picard.
Brent Taylor (Tennessee politician)
Brent Taylor (born 1968) is a Tennessee Republican state senator for District 31, a former Memphis councilman, funeral director, and Trump-endorsed 2026 Republican nominee for TN's 9th congressional district.
Brent Urban
Brent Urban (born 1991, Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian NFL defensive lineman, Virginia alum, drafted 134th overall by Baltimore in 2014 and 15th overall by Hamilton in the 2013 CFL Draft; 137 games, 10.5 sacks.
Brent Venables
Brent Venables (born Dec. 18, 1970, Salina, Kansas) is Oklahoma's 23rd head football coach, hired Dec. 5, 2021 after Lincoln Riley left for USC; 32-20 through 2025, former Clemson and Oklahoma defensive coordinator, three national titles, 2016 Broyles Award.
Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks, American epic fantasy author born and raised in Montana, wrote the Night Angel Trilogy (2008, monthly rapid release) and the five-book Lightbringer Series; millions sold, Oregon resident.
Brent Williams (finance executive)
Brent Colin Williams, born 1971, is a British finance executive who has led AgFe, a London advisory and asset management firm specializing in complex debt investments, since 2008.