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Brett Kavanaugh
Brett M. Kavanaugh, American Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since October 6, 2018; former D.C. Circuit judge, Bush White House staff secretary, and Kennedy clerk, confirmed 50-48 after a contentious 2018 hearing.
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination: President Trump's July 2018 nomination of D.C. Circuit judge Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Anthony Kennedy; confirmed 50-48 on October 6, 2018 after Ford allegations and a limited FBI investigation.
Brett Lancaster
Brett Lancaster (born 1979, Shepparton) is an Australian cyclist, 2004 Athens Olympic team pursuit gold medallist, 2005 Giro d'Italia prologue winner in maglia rosa, and later a Team Sky and INEOS sports director.
Brett Lawrie
Brett Lawrie (born 1990, Langley, BC) is a Canadian former MLB infielder, drafted 16th overall by Milwaukee in 2008, traded for Shaun Marcum, and later for Josh Donaldson; career .261, 71 HR, 2011-2016.
Brett Lee
Brett Lee, born 1976, is an Australian former cricketer and right-arm fast bowler who took 310 Test and 380 ODI wickets between 1999 and 2012.
Brett Ligon
Brett Ligon is an American Republican politician and attorney serving in the Texas Senate from District 4, elected in May 2026 after 17 years as Montgomery County District Attorney.
Brett M. Tyler
Brett M. Tyler, also known as Brett Tyler, is a plant pathologist and oomycete genomics researcher who is a professor and center director at Oregon State University.
Brett Matsumoto
Brett Matsumoto is an American economist who became the 17th Commissioner of Labor Statistics, head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in August 2026 after a career researching inflation and consumption measurement there.
Brett P. Fors
Brett P. Fors is an American polymer chemist, the Frank and Robert Laughlin Professor at Cornell University, known for light-controlled polymerizations and degradable, recyclable thermosets.
Brett Pawlak
Brett Pawlak (born 1982) is an American cinematographer, known for Short Term 12, Wonder Man, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and for his long collaboration with director Destin Daniel Cretton.
Brett Peter Cowan
Brett Peter Cowan (born 1969) is the Australian man convicted in 2014 of the 2003 abduction, sexual assault and murder of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe, caught by an undercover police sting, sentenced to life with a 20-year non-parole period.
Brett Ratner
Brett Ratner is an American film director and producer known for Rush Hour (1998, 2001, 2007), X-Men: The Last Stand, and RatPac Entertainment; his career halted after 2017 sexual misconduct allegations, followed by the 2026 Melania documentary and Rush Hour 4.
Brett Rypien
Brett Rypien (born 1996) is an NFL backup quarterback from Boise State, Mountain West career passing leader (13,581 yards), nephew of Super Bowl XXVI MVP Mark Rypien; Broncos, Rams, Vikings, Bengals, Colts.
Brett Scallions
Brett Scallions (born 1971, Brownsville, Tennessee) is an American rock singer and guitarist, original frontman of Fuel (1993–2006, 2010–2020), voice of "Shimmer" and "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)", later singer of Riders on the Storm with Doors members Manzarek and Krieger and of World Fire Brigade; not to be confused with other Bretts.
Brett Somers
Brett Somers (born Audrey Dawn Johnston, 1924–2007), Canadian-American actress and comedian, panelist on CBS Match Game (1,412 episodes) and Blanche on The Odd Couple; wife of Jack Klugman; distinct from actress Suzanne Somers.
Brett Thomas
Brett Thomas is an American private equity investor who co-founded CAVU Consumer Partners in New York in 2015, investing in better-for-you food, wellness, and beauty brands.
Brett Thorson
Brett James Thorson (born 2000), Australian punter from Melbourne; Ray Guy Award winner at Georgia (2025), undrafted 2026, Minnesota Vikings punter who beat out Johnny Hekker.
Brett Torrence
Brett Steven Torrence is an industrial-organizational psychology researcher at the Federal Aviation Administration known for studies of what makes research ethics courses effective, and a 2025 PECASE recipient.
Brett Tucker
Brett Tucker (Brett Alan Tucker), Australian actor born 1972 in Melbourne, known for McLeod's Daughters, Neighbours, Mistresses, Station 19, voicing Singed in Arcane, and The Residence.
Brett Young (singer)
Brett Charles Young (born 1981, Anaheim, California) is an American country singer-songwriter, the "Caliville" artist behind seven straight No. 1 singles including "In Case You Didn't Know" and albums Brett Young, Ticket to L.A., and 2.0.
Brettanomyces
Brettanomyces (teleomorph Dekkera) is a yeast genus first isolated from English beer in 1904; B. bruxellensis spoils wine with volatile phenols but flavors lambic beer and kombucha.
Brette Harrington
Brette Harrington (born 1992) is an American rock climber and alpinist from Lake Tahoe, California, known for her free solos and first ascents of alpine big walls in Patagonia and Alaska.
Bretton Woods Agreements Act
The Bretton Woods Agreements Act is a 1945 United States federal law that authorized US membership in the IMF and World Bank and created the National Advisory Council.
Bretton Woods Conference
The Bretton Woods Conference, formally the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was a July 1944 meeting of 44 allied nations at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, that created the IMF and World Bank.
Bretton Woods system
The Bretton Woods system, created at the July 1944 conference of 44 nations in New Hampshire, pegged currencies to a dollar convertible into gold at $35 per ounce, created the IMF and World Bank, and collapsed in 1971.
Bretylium
Bretylium (bretylium tosylate, Bretylol), an adrenergic neuronal blocking class III antiarrhythmic injected for resistant ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation; removed from ACLS guidelines in 2000 and now largely unavailable.
Breukelen
Breukelen is a village in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, on the Vecht river; predecessor of the early medieval settlement Attingahem and namesake of Brooklyn, New York.
Breusch–Pagan test
The Breusch–Pagan test, also called the Cook–Weisberg test, is a statistical test for heteroskedasticity in linear regression, published by Trevor Breusch and Adrian Pagan in 1979.
Brevan Howard
Brevan Howard Asset Management is a hedge fund manager founded in 2002 by five former Credit Suisse First Boston traders, specializing in global macro and digital-assets strategies.
Brevard County, Florida
Brevard County, Florida, a Space Coast county on the Atlantic in central Florida; established 1854-1855, named for Theodore W. Brevard; about 664,000 residents, home to Kennedy Space Center and Patrick Space Force Base.