Brit, Brits or BRIT may refer to:

People

Nicknames

British people British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs m ...

, people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, and their descendants *

Brit Hume Alexander Britton Hume (born June 22, 1943), known professionally as Brit Hume, is an American journalist and political commentator. Hume had a 23-year career with ABC News, where he contributed to ''World News Tonight with Peter Jennings'', ''N ...

(born 1943), American TV journalist *

Brit Selby Robert Briton Selby (born March 27, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues. He also played in the World Ho ...

(born 1945), Canadian ice-hockey player *

Brit Smith Brittany Smith, better known by her stage name Matisse, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and model. She was best known for being part of the duo Brit & Alex (with her twin sister Alex) until their breakup in 2009. Matisse was signed t ...

(born 1985), American actress, model, singer, and songwriter * Britney Spears (born 1981), American singer

Given names

* Brit Andresen, Norwegian-born Australian architect *

Brit Bildøen Brit Bildøen (born 28 January 1962) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, essayist, children's writer and literary critic. She was born in Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, ...

(born 1962), Norwegian poet, novelist, essayist, children's writer and literary critic *

Brit Hoel Brit Hoel (born 19 December 1942 in Arendal) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1981, and was re-elected on three occasions. She had previously served in the position o ...

(born 1942), Norwegian politician * Brit Marling (born 1982), American writer, producer, director and actress *

Brit McRoberts Brit Lind-Petersen-McRoberts (born 10 February 1957), also known as Brit Townsend, is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in middle-distance running events. Born in Copenhagen in Denmark, she later moved to Canada and represen ...

(born 1957), Canadian retired middle-distance runner * Brit Morgan (born 1987), American film and television actress *

Brit Pettersen Brit Pettersen Tofte (born 24 November 1961) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1980s. Pettersen earned one gold and two bronzes at two Winter Olympic Games. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, she won one g ...

(born 1961), Norwegian former cross-country skier *

Brit Sandaune Brit Sandaune (born 5 June 1972) is a Norwegian footballer and pre-school teacher. She is originally from the rural area of Skatval in the municipality of Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, and is educated in economy and administration. Brit is today se ...

(born 1972), Norwegian soccer player and pre-school teacher * Brit Solli (born 1959), Norwegian archaeologist * Brit Volden (born 1960), Norwegian orienteering competitor

Family names

* Cri-Zelda Brits (born 1983), South African cricketer *

Danie Brits Danie Brits was a South African professional wrestler and former South African Heavyweight Champion, known for his work in many of South Africa's major promotions in the past and for his 1980s stint as ''The Masked Tornado''. Career Early car ...

, South African former professional wrestler *

Gorka Brit Gorka Brit Gallego (born 19 April 1978) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He amassed Segunda División totals of 177 games and 59 goals over six seasons, in representation of Eibar, Salamanca, Numancia and R ...

(born 1978), Spanish footballer *

Grant Brits Grant Brits (born 11 August 1987) is a South African-born competition swimmer who represented Australia at various international championship events including at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he secured an Olympic bronze medal. Gr ...

(born 1987), Australian freestyle swimmer * Okkert Brits (born 1973), South African former pole vaulter * Schalk Brits (born 1981), South African rugby union footballer *

Walter Brit Walter Brit ( alternatively Brit, Brytte, or Brithus) (fl. 1390), was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and the reputed author of several works on astronomy and mathematics, as well as of a treatise on surgery. He has also been described as a f ...

(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

Brits, North West Brits () is a town situated in a fertile citrus, vegetable and grain-producing area that is irrigated by the waters of the Hartbeespoort Dam in North West Province of South Africa. It is close to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality i ...

, a town in the North West province of South Africa, near Pretoria *

River Brit The River Brit is a river in west Dorset in south-west England, which rises just to the north of Beaminster. It then flows south to Netherbury and Bridport, where it is joined by tributaries: the River Simene and River Asker. South of Bridport, ...

, a river in Dorset, England *

Britstown Britstown is a small farming town situated in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Emthanjeni Local Municipality. The town is named after Hans Brits who settled here after he accompanied David Li ...

, a small farming town in the Northern Cape of South Africa

Organizations

Botanical Research Institute of Texas The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) is a botanical research institute located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was established in 1987 for the herbarium and botanical library collections of Lloyd H. Shinners from Southern Meth ...

, a global botanical research institute and learning center in the U.S. *

Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology in short known as "BRIT" is a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy with its headquarters in Navi Mumbai, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It ...

, a unit of the Department of Atomic Energy with its headquarters in Navi Mumbai, India * Brit + Co., an online DIY community/e-commerce company based in San Francisco *

Brit plc Brit is an international general insurance and reinsurance group specialising in commercial insurance. It was acquired by Fairfax Financial in May 2015. History The Company was founded as ''Benfield & Rea Investment Trust'' in 1995. In 1996 it a ...

, an international general insurance and reinsurance group acquired by Fairfax Financial in May 2015 *

BRIT School The BRIT School is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, theatre, musical theatre, dan ...

for Performing Arts and Technology, a British performing arts and technology school in the London Borough of Croydon

Other uses

The Brit Awards The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...

, the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards *

Bedford Road Invitational Tournament The Bedford Road Invitational Tournament (BRIT) is one of the most prestigious, and largest boys high school basketball tournaments in all of Canada. It takes place every January at Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The curren ...

, a basketball tournament held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada * Brit bein HaBetarim, the Biblical covenant between God and Abraham; see

Covenant of the pieces According to the Old Testament, the covenant of the pieces or covenant between the parts () is an important event in Jewish history. In this seminal event God revealed himself to Abraham and made a covenant with him (in the site known nowadays as ...

* Brit milah, the circumcision of a Jewish baby boy on the eighth day of life * Brit (character), an Image Comics superhero and series * Brit Stevenson, a character in the film ''Saw V'' portrayed by Julie Benz * Brit, the mascot of

Albion College Albion College is a private liberal arts college in Albion, Michigan. The college was founded in 1835 and its undergraduate population was approximately 1,500 students in 2014. They participate in NCAA Division III and the Michigan Interco ...

in Albion, Michigan