Prentice

For other uses, see Prentice (disambiguation).

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

Given name

• Abra Prentice Wilkin (born 1942), American philanthropist
• Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816–1894), American politician and soldier
• Prentice Cooper (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 (1937-2021), American police chief
• Prentice Gautt (1938–2005), American football running back
• Prentice Marshall (1926–2004), United States District judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Prentice McCray (born 1951), former American football safety in the National Football League
• Prentice Moreland (1925–1988), American rhythm and blues singer
• Prentice Mulford (1834–1891), American literary humorist
• Prentice Redman (born 1979), American professional baseball player

Surname

• Prentice (surname)

Fictional characters

• Dr. Peter Prentice, on the show The Mindy Project, 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
• Prentice Endal, an elf from the series Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger