Brit

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Brit, Brits or BRIT may refer to:

People[edit]

Nicknames[edit]

  • British people, people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
  • Brit Hume (born 1943), American TV journalist
  • Brit Selby (born 1945), Canadian ice-hockey player
  • Brit Smith (born 1985), American actress, model, singer, and songwriter
  • Britney Spears (born 1981), American singer

Given names[edit]

  • Brit Andresen, Norwegian-born Australian architect
  • Brit Bildøen (born 1962), Norwegian poet, novelist, essayist, children's writer and literary critic
  • Brit Hoel (born 1942), Norwegian politician
  • Brit Marling (born 1982), American writer, producer, director and actress
  • Brit McRoberts (born 1957), Canadian retired middle-distance runner
  • Brit Morgan (born 1987), American film and television actress
  • Brit Pettersen (born 1961), Norwegian former cross-country skier
  • Brit Sandaune (born 1972), Norwegian soccer player and pre-school teacher
  • Brit Solli (born 1959), Norwegian archaeologist
  • Brit Stakston (born 1961), Swedish-Norwegian writer, public speaker and media strategist
  • Brit Volden (born 1960), Norwegian orienteering competitor

Family names[edit]

  • Cri-Zelda Brits (born 1983), South African cricketer
  • Danie Brits, South African former professional wrestler
  • Gorka Brit (born 1978), Spanish footballer
  • Grant Brits (born 1987), Australian freestyle swimmer
  • Okkert Brits (born 1973), South African former pole vaulter
  • Schalk Brits (born 1981), South African rugby union footballer
  • Stefan Brits (born 1992), South African track and field athlete
  • Tazmin Brits (born 1991), South African cricketer and former javelin thrower
  • Walter Brit (fl. 1390), a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and the reputed author of works on astronomy and mathematics, as well as a treatise on surgery

Places[edit]

  • Brits, North West, a town in the North West province of South Africa, near Pretoria
  • River Brit, a river in Dorset, England
  • Britstown, a small farming town in the Northern Cape of South Africa

Organizations[edit]

Other uses[edit]

See also[edit]