This time in **First Names First it is about Brent! **Not a very common name, but pretty popular in Canada, seems like. Take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!

Brent Ashabranner* Peace Corps administrator/ children’s books writer – Shawnee, OK USA (1921)

Brent Spiner* actor/ musician/singer – Houston, TX USA (1949)

Brent Mydland* American keyboardist/vocalist/songwriter (The Grateful Dead) – Munich, West Germany (1952)
Brent W. Jett Jr.* aeronautical engineer/astronaut – Pontiac, MI USA (1958)

Brent Sutter* hockey player/coach – Viking, AB Canada (1962)
Brent Butt* stand-up comedian/actor/screenwriter – Tisdale, SK Canada (1966)
Brent Pierce* curler/WC/coach – New Westminster, BC Canada (1969)

Brent Gretzky* hockey player/brother of Wayne – Brantford, ON Canada (1972)
Brent Johnson* Am. football player – Kingston, ON Canada (1976)
Brent Johnson* hockey goalie – Farmington, MI USA (1977)
Brent Smith* singer (Shinedown) – Knoxville, TN USA (1978)

Brent Lakatos* Paralympic athlete (wheelchair racer)/OG – Dorval, QC Canada (1980) pic
Brent Kite* rugby player/of Tongan descent – Queanbeyan, NSW Australia (1981)
Brent Burns* hockey player/actor (Vikings) – Barrie, ON Canada (1985)
Brent Seabrook* hockey player – Richmond, BC Canada (1985)

Brent Lepistu* football player – Tallinn, Estonia (1993)
Brent Faiyaz* (b Christopher Brent Wood) singer – Columbia, MD USA (1995)
Brent Rivera* YouTuber/social media personality/actor  – Huntington Beach, CA USA (1998)

Updated 10.9.2021