Brittain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Bill Brittain (born 1930), American author
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Donald Brittain
Donald Code Brittain, (June 10, 1928 – July 21, 1989) was a film director and producer with the National Film Board of Canada.
Career
''Fields of Sacrifice'' (1964) is considered Brittain's first major film as director.
His other notable ...
(1928–1989), Canadian filmmaker
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Joe Brittain
Joseph Brittain (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Leeds and York, as a , or , i.e. numbe ...
, rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s
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Marion Luther Brittain
Marion Luther Brittain Sr. (November 11, 1866 – July 13, 1953) was an American academic administrator and longest serving President of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1944. Brittain was born in Georgia and, aside from a brief st ...
(1865–1953), U.S. educator
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Martin Brittain
Martin Brittain (born 29 December 1984) is an English former footballer who played as a winger. A boyhood Newcastle United supporter, Brittain progressed through the club's academy to make his senior debut for Newcastle United under Sir Bobby R ...
(born 1984), English professional football player
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Neil Brittain
Neil Brittain is a Northern Irish born television executive and former sports journalist.
Education
A native of Bangor, County Down where he attended Bangor Grammar School, Brittain graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2001 with a BA i ...
, Northern Irish television presenter and journalist
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Paul Brittain
Paul Brittain (born February 16, 1977) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2010 to 2012.
Early life and education
Brittain was born and raised in Naperville, Illinois.Moynihan, Rob. "''SNLs Fab ...
, American actor and comedian, ''Saturday Night Live''
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Ronald Brittain
Ronald Brittain (2 September 1899 – 9 January 1981) was a regimental sergeant major (RSM) in the British Army. Reported on widely in the newspapers of the day, he featured in several British military training films during the Second World War. H ...
, MBE (1899–1981), British Regimental Sergeant Major (R.S.M.)
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Thomas Lewis Brittain
Thomas Lewis Brittain (born near Chester, England, 1744; died at Hartpury Court, Hartpury, Gloucestershire 1827) was an English Dominican.
Life
Brittain's parents were Protestants, but at the age of sixteen Thomas became a Catholic. Shortly af ...
(1744–1827), English Dominican
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Vera Brittain
Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir ''Testament of Youth'' recounted her experiences during the First ...
(1893–1970), English writer, feminist, and pacifist
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Victoria Brittain
Victoria Brittain (born 1942) is a British journalist and author who lived and worked for many years in Africa, the US, and Asia, including 20 years at ''The Guardian'', where she eventually became associate foreign editor. In the 1980s, she wor ...
(born 1942), British journalist and author
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Wayne Brittain
Wayne Brittain (born 13 June 1958) is a former coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Career Playing career
In his playing career, Brittain played for Zillmere Eagles in the Queensland State League. He ...
, Australian Football League (AFL) coach
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