Prentice is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Abra Prentice Wilkin Abra Prentice Wilkin (born July 30, 1942) is an American philanthropy, philanthropist. She is the daughter of John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972) and his wife, Abbie Cantrill Prentice. Wilkin is a great-granddaughter of Standard Oil tycoon J ...

(born 1942), American philanthropist *

Nathaniel Prentice Banks Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, ...

(1816–1894), American politician and soldier *

Prentice Cooper William Prentice Cooper Jr. (September 28, 1895May 18, 1969) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 39th governor of Tennessee from 1939 to 1945. He led the state's mobilization efforts for World War II, when over 300,000 Ten ...

(1895–1969), American politician * Prentice Delaney (1945–2003), American musician, producer, road manager, and songwriter * Derrick Prentice Barry (born 1983), American drag queen and Britney Spears impersonator *

Prentice E. Sanders Prentice Earl Sanders, also known as Earl Sanders (October 12, 1937 – January 11, 2021), was a member of the San Francisco Police Department from 1964 through 2003. He became the first African American chief of that department in 2002. His t ...

(1937-2021), American police chief * Prentice Gautt (1938–2005), American football running back *

Prentice Marshall Prentice Henry Marshall (August 7, 1926 – May 24, 2004) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Early life and education Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Marshall graduated f ...

(1926–2004), United States District judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois *

Prentice McCray Prentice Marcellus McCray, Jr. (born March 1, 1951 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 8th round of the 1973 NFL Draft after playing collegi ...

(born 1951), former American football safety in the National Football League *

Prentice Moreland Prentice Moreland (March 4, 1925 – September 1988) was an American R&B and doo wop singer of the 1950s and early 1960s. Early life Moreland was born on March 4, 1925, in East St. Louis, Illinois. At some points in his life, he claime ...

(1925–1988), American rhythm and blues singer *

Prentice Mulford Prentice Mulford (April 5, 1834 – c. May 30, 1891) was an American literary humorist and California author. In addition, he was pivotal in the development of the thought within the New Thought movement. Many of the principles that would becom ...

(1834–1891), American literary humorist *

Prentice Redman Prentice Montezz Redman (born August 23, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets. He is the brother of former big league center fielder Tike Redman. Playing ca ...

(born 1979), American professional baseball player

Surname

Adam Prentice Adam M. Prentice (born January 16, 1997) is an American football fullback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Carolina and Colorado State. Early years Prentice was born in Fresn ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Alta Rockefeller Prentice Alta Rockefeller Prentice (April 12, 1871 – June 21, 1962) was an American philanthropist and socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Early life Alta was born on April 12, 1871 in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. ...

(1871–1962), American activist *

Andrew Prentice Andrew Prentice is an Australian mathematician. He is known for developing an alternative model of planetary formation. In contrast to the conventional model where planetary accretion occurs within a continuous disk, according to Prentice's "Mod ...

(21st century), Australian mathematician * Beatrice Prentice (20th century), American stage actress *

Bill Prentice William John Prentice (born June 10, 1950) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 158 games in the World Hockey Association with the Edmonton Oilers, Quebec Nordiques, Houston Aeros, and Indianapolis Racers The I ...

(born 1950), retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward * Bridget Prentice (born 1952), politician in the United Kingdom * Chris Prentice (born 1953),former British Luger in the winter Olympics * Christopher Prentice (born 1954), British diplomat *

Clarrie Prentice Clarence Warwick Prentice (1 July 1891 – 10 March 1948) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented his country at both sports - a dual-code rugby international. He is the younger brother of fellow Wests player W ...

(20th century), Australian rugby union and rugby league player *

David Prentice David Prentice (4 July 1936 – 7 May 2014) was an English artist and former art teacher. In 1964 he was one of the four founder members of Birmingham's Ikon Gallery. Prentice's work features in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Mu ...

(born 1936), English artist * David R. Prentice (born 1943), American artist *

Dean Prentice Dean Sutherland Prentice (October 5, 1932 – November 2, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 22 seasons between 1952–53 and 1973–74. He had 10 NHL seasons with 20 or mo ...

(born 1932), retired professional ice hockey left wing *

Eric Prentice Eric Dayton Prentice (August 22, 1926 — December 8, 2002) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played a total of 5 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1943–44 season. The rest of ...

(1926–2002), professional ice hockey left winger *

George D. Prentice George Dennison Prentice (December 18, 1802 – January 22, 1870) was an American newspaper editor, writer and poet who built the ''Louisville Journal'' into a major newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Ohio River Valley, in part by the vir ...

(1802–1870), American newspaper editor * Gordon Prentice (born 1951), politician in the United Kingdom *

Jessica Prentice Jessica Prentice is a chef, author, and founding member of Three Stone Hearth, a community-supported kitchen in Berkeley, California. She is known for coining the word ''locavore'', which is a movement in which people seek to eat locally grown foo ...

(21st century), American chef *

Jim Prentice Peter Eric James Prentice (July 20, 1956 – October 13, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate ...

(1956–2016), Canadian politician and 16th Premier of Alberta *

John Prentice (disambiguation) John Prentice may refer to: *John Prentice (businessman), chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council *John Prentice (cartoonist) * John Prentice (footballer, born 1898) *John Prentice (footballer, born 1926) *John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972 ...

, various people ** John Prentice (cartoonist) (1920–1999), American cartoonist **

John Prentice (footballer, born 1926) John Prentice (2 August 1926 – 10 February 2006) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Heart of Midlothian, Rangers, Falkirk and Dumbarton, and managed Arbroath, Falkirk, Dundee, Clyde and Scotland. Club career Prentice ...

(1926–2006), Scottish football player and manager *

John Rockefeller Prentice John Rockefeller Prentice (December 17, 1902 – June 13, 1972) was born to Chicago lawyer Ezra Parmalee Prentice and Alta Rockefeller Prentice in New York. Prentice's maternal grandfather was the Standard Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller (1839 ...

(1902–1972), United States Army officer *

Jordan Prentice Jordan Prentice (born January 30, 1973) is a Canadian actor. A self-described "person of short stature", he is known for his portrayal of Rock in '' American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' and Jimmy in ''In Bruges'', and for appearing in the m ...

(born 1973), Canadian dwarf actor *

Judson Prentice Judson Prentice (March 2, 1810 – July 27, 1886) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Prentice was born in Oriskany Falls, New York, Oriskany Falls, Oneida County, New York, to Lucy Stafford and Thomas Prentice. He lived in Er ...

(1810–1886), member of the Wisconsin State Senate * Justin Prentice (born 1994), American actor *

Keith Prentice Keith Prentice (February 21, 1940 – September 27, 1992) was an American TV, film and stage actor, whose most famous role was the part of Larry in both the original stage and film versions of '' The Boys in the Band''. He also appeared on t ...

(1940–1992), American soap opera actor * Leslie Prentice (1886–1928), Australian-born English cricketer * Levi Wells Prentice (1851–1935), American still life and landscape painter *

Margarita Prentice Margarita López Prentice (February 22, 1931 – April 2, 2019) was a Washington (U.S. state), Washington state legislator. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, she represented the 11th District, which includes Seattle's Beacon Hill, S ...

(21st century), Washington State Senator * Mitchell Prentice (born 1983), Australian football (soccer) player * Reg Prentice (1923–2001), politician in the United Kingdom *

Tim Prentice (designer) Tim Prentice (born c. 1964) is an American industrial designer and president of Motonium Design in California. Prentice holds a B.S. in industrial technology from California State University, Chico (1987) and is a graduate of Art Center College of ...

, industrial designer *

Tim Prentice (sculptor) Tim Prentice is a kinetic sculptor. He received a master's degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture in 1960 and founded the award-winning company of Prentice & Chan in 1965. He resides in Cornwall, Connecticut. Ten years a ...

(21st century), kinetic sculptor * Travis Prentice (born 1976), former American football running back *

(born 1954), World Senior Curling Champion (2007)

Fictional characters

* Dr. Peter Prentice, on the show ''

The Mindy Project ''The Mindy Project'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by and starring Mindy Kaling that began airing on Fox in September 2012 and finished its run of six seasons on Hulu in November 2017. The series was co-produced by Uni ...

'', portrayed by Adam Pally * Dr. John Prentice, fictional character on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Prentice McHoan, the protagonist of Iain Banks' 1992 novel ''

The Crow Road ''The Crow Road'' is a novel by the Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1992. Plot introduction The novel describes Prentice McHoan's preoccupation with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, a mis ...

'' *Prentice Endal, an elf from the series ''Keeper of the Lost Cities'' by Shannon Messenger {{given name, type=both