Brilliant may refer to:

Music

* ''Brilliant'' (album), a 2012 album by Ultravox *

Brilliant (band) Brilliant were a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s. Although not commercially successful and mauled by the critics, they remain notable because of the personnel involved – Martin Glover a.k.a. Youth of Killing Joke and subsequently a ...

, a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s * "Brilliant" (song), a song by D'espairsRay *

Brilliant Classics Brilliant Classics is a classical music label based in the Dutch town of Leeuwarden. It is renowned for releasing super-budget-priced editions on CD of the complete works of J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and many other composers. The label also sp ...

, Dutch classical music record label *''Brilliant!'', a 1989 album by

Kym Mazelle Kym Mazelle (born Kymberly Grigsby; August 10, 1960) is an American singer. She is regarded as a pioneer of house music in the United Kingdom and Europe. Her music combines R&B, soul, funk, house music, dance, and pop. She is credited as " Th ...

Places

Brilliant, British Columbia Brilliant is in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The locality is on the northeast side of the Columbia River, and on the west shore at the mouth of the Kootenay River. This minor residential area, west of Highway 3A, is ...

, a community in Canada *

Brilliant, Alabama Brilliant is a town in Marion County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 845. History In the late part of the 19th century, the discovery of coal led to the development of the Aldridge Mining Company in 1897 (later, in ...

, a town in the U.S. * Brilliant, New Mexico *

Brilliant, Ohio Brilliant is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Jefferson County, Ohio, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. It was named after the Brilliant Glass factory that once was located in the t ...

, a town in the U.S.

Ships

* ''Brilliant'' (schooner), a schooner at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut * * – one of nine vessels by that name * – one of two vessels by that name

Other uses

* Brilliant.org, an educational website *

Brilliant (diamond cut) A brilliant is a diamond or other gemstone cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to have exceptional brilliance. The shape resembles that of a cone and provides maximized light return through the top of the diamond. Even with moder ...

brilliant (typography) In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading, and other items on a printed page. The size of the point has varied throughout printing's history. Since the 18th century, the size of a poin ...

, the typographic size between diamond and excelsior * ''Brilliant'' (film), a 2004 TV film *'' Brilliant!'', 1995/96 art show of Young British Artists in Minneapolis and Houston *''

The Fast Show ''The Fast Show'', known as ''Brilliant'' in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams (actor), M ...

'' or ''Brilliant!'', a BBC series *Brilliant, a 1950s cartoon character in the ''

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''Detroit Mirror'', and it ...

'' comic strip *Brilliant, several species of hummingbirds in the genus ''

Heliodoxa ''Heliodoxa'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Heliodoxa'' was introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist John Gould. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''hēlios'' meaning "sun" and ''doxa' ...

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People with the name

Ashleigh Brilliant Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant (born 9 December 1933) is an English-born American author and cartoonist. He is best known for his ''Pot-Shots'', single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United State ...

(born 1933), author and syndicated cartoonist *

Fredda Brilliant Fredda Brilliant (7 April 1903 – 25 May 1999) was a Polish sculptor and actress, born in Łódź, Poland. She worked in a variety of media and is recognized as an accomplished sculptor, writer, actor, singer and script writer. Throughout her ...

(1903–1999), Polish sculptor and actress *

Larry Brilliant Lawrence Brilliant (born May 5, 1944) is an American epidemiologist, technologist, philanthropist, and author, who worked with the World Health Organization from 1973–1976 helping to successfully eradicate smallpox. Brilliant, a technology pate ...

, American physician, epidemiologist, technologist, and author *

Brilliant Dadashova Brilliant Suleyman gyzy Dadashova ( az, Brilliant Süleyman qızı Dadaşova ; born 15 September 1959

, Azerbaijani pop singer

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