Cognomen Brest (Brest 
, Брест 
, بريست) , worldwide, is quite a common family name. The cognomen Brest is characteristic of Argentina, where it is quite a rare surname, France, and Belarus, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Argentina, France, and the United States. Much less frequently, Brest is the forename as well as the last name.
| susanna brest 30 Oct 1666 Middelburg - 22 Mar 1696 's-Gravenhage (b. 1666) |
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| gabriel brest consul of France, FR (b. 1758) |
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fabius brest French painter (1823-1900), FR (b. 1823) |
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| louis brest vice-consul of France in Kimolos and Milos, GR (b. 1789) |
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| lucie brest daughter of the vice-consul of France in Kimolos and Milos, wife of Lykourgos Kanaris, FR (b. 1840) |
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jorge romero brest Argentinian philosopher, AR (b. 1905) |
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harold brest US criminal, US (b. 1914) |
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| enrique romero brest Argentine professor, AR (b. 1873) |
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| vida brest Slovenian poet and writer, SI (b. 1925) |
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| albert n. brest (b. 1928) |
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| paul brest American academic, US (b. 1940) |
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| martin brest American film director, US (b. 1951) |
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| johnny de brest German artist, DE (b. 1963) |
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| pieter jorissen brest Abt 1590/1600 Arnemuiden - |
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| patrick brest researcher, FR |
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