Meaning of Last Name

Bryant is a surname, and may refer to: * Albert Bryant, Jr., American general * Alexander Bryant or Briant, English Jesuit martyr * Anita Bryant, American singer * Anthony J. Bryant, American historian of Japan * Antonio Bryant, American football player * Arthur Bryant, British historian * Bart Bryant, American golfer * Bear Bryant, American college football coach * Bobby Bryant, American football player * Castell V. Bryant, President of Florida A&M University * Charles Bryant, one of several people including: ** Charles David Jones Bryant, Australian artist ** Charles Ernest William Bryant, Australian barrister and ornithologist ** Charles Bryant (actor), American movie actor, famous economics teacher * Chris Bryant, British politician * David Bryant, English bowls player * David Ezekiel Bryant, American judge * David R. Bryant, organic chemist * Diana Bryant, Australian judge * Dez Bryant, American football player * Ed Bryant, American politician * Edward Bryant, American writer * Edwin Bryant, one of several people * Elbridge Bryant, American singer * C. Farris Bryant, American politician * Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriters * Fernando Bryant, American football player * Gordon Bryant, Australian politician * Gridley Bryant, American railroad engineer * Gridley James Fox Bryant, American architect * Gyude Bryant, Liberian politician * Jacky Bryant, fictional character from Virtua Fighter * Jim Bryant, one of several people * Jimmy Bryant, American guitarist * Joe Bryant, American basketball player, father of Kobe Bryant * John Bryant, one of several people including: ** John Bryant, English cricketer ** John Delavau Bryant, American physician and poet ** John Harland Bryant, American physician ** John Hope Bryant, American activist ** John W. Bryant, American Mormon fundamentalist leader ** John Wiley Bryant, American politician * Joseph Bryant, founder of the Richmond Times, precursor to the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Bryant family Media General empire; also namesake of Joseph Bryant Park in Richmond, Virginia * Joshua Bryant, best known for playing Scully in M*A*S*H * Joy Bryant, American actress * Karyn Bryant, American actress * Kelvin Bryant, American football player * Kobe Bryant, American NBA basketball player * Lane Bryant, American clothes designer * Lori Bryant-Woolridge, American writer * Louise Bryant, American journalist * Lucas Bryant, Canadian actor * Margot Bryant, British actress * Mark Bryant, former NBA player * Mark Bryant (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer * Martin Bryant, Australian murderer of 35 people in the Port Arthur massacre * Martin Bryant (programmer), British computer programmer * Mary Bryant, convict transported to Australia * Matt Bryant, American football player * Matt Bryant (footballer) (born 1970), footballer with Bristol City and Gillingham * Michael Bryant, one of several people including: **Michael Bryant (actor) **Michael J. Bryant, politician * Nicola Bryant, British actress * Peter Bryant, British television producer * Peter James Bryant, American actor * Randal Bryant, American computer scientist * Ray Bryant, American jazz pianist * Rick Bryant, New Zealand singer * Ron Bryant, American Major League Baseball pitcher * Samuel W. Bryant, American admiral * Sarah Bryant (author), Scottish sci-fi author * Sarah Bryant (computer game character), fictional character from Virtua Fighter * Terl Bryant, British drummer, member of the band Iona * Vanessa Bryant, wife of Kobe Bryant * Wanda G. Bryant, American judge * Wayne R. Bryant, American politicians * Wendell Bryant, American football player * William Bryant, one of several people including: ** William Cullen Bryant, American poet, journalist, politician, and founder of the New York Medical College **William B. Bryant, senior federal judge and the first black federal prosecutor in the U.S. **William Bryant (convict), convict on First Fleet to New South Wales **William Bryant (industrialist), English industrialist of Victorian period (Bryant and May matches)