Prentiss

Prentiss may refer to:

People

Given name

• Prentiss Barnes (1925–2006), U.S. singer
• Prentiss M. Brown (1889–1973), Michigan politician
• Robert Prentiss Daniel (1902–1968), U.S. academic
• Prentiss Douglass (1884–1949), U.S. American football coach and player
• Prentiss Hubb (born 1999), American basketball player for Notre Dame
• Prentiss Ingraham (1843–1904), soldier and mercenary
• Prentiss Mellen (1764–1840), Massachusetts jurist
• Prentiss "Air" Noland, American football player
• Prentiss Oakley, Louisiana police officer
• Prentiss Taylor (1907–1991), U.S. artist
• Prentiss Waggner (born 1990), U.S. American football player
• Prentiss Walker (1917–1998), Mississippi politician

Surname

• Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950; nee Prentiss), U.S musician
• Ann Prentiss (1939–2010), U.S. actress
• Anna Marie Prentiss, American archeologist
• Benjamin Prentiss (1819–1901), Union general in American civil war
• Elizabeth Prentiss (1818–1878), U.S. songwriter, poet, writer
• John Holmes Prentiss (1784–1861), New York politician
• Melodye Prentiss, 1968 Playboy model
• Paula Prentiss (born 1938), U.S. actress, wife of Richard Benjamin
• Robert Prentiss (1936-2022), American politician
• Samuel Prentiss (1782–1857), Vermont politician
• Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808–1850), Mississippi politician
• Theodore Prentiss (1818–1906), Wisconsin politician
• William A. Prentiss (1799–1892), Wisconsin politician

Fictional people

• Adelaide Prentiss, a character from the novel One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
• Amy Prentiss, title character in the American TV series Amy Prentiss
• Charles Prentiss, senior partner of Prentiss-McCabe in BBC television and radio series Absolute Power
• David Prentiss (Mayor/President), a character from the novel series Chaos Walking
• Emily Prentiss, a character in the American television series Criminal Minds
• Jane Prentiss, a character from the horror-fiction podcast The Magnus Archives
• Nora Prentiss, title character of 1947 film
• Pimli Prentiss, a character from The Dark Tower
• Vanessa Prentiss, a character from The Young and the Restless

Places in the United States

• Prentiss, Kentucky
• Prentiss, Maine
• Prentiss, Mississippi
• Prentiss, Ohio
• Prentiss County, Mississippi

Other uses

• Prentiss Bridge, a covered bridge in Langdon, New Hampshire, U.S.
• Prentiss County School District, Mississippi, U.S.
• Prentiss M. Brown Freeway, Michigan, U.S.
• USS Prentiss, a U.S. Navy ship name
  • USS Prentiss (AKA-102), WWII attack cargo ship
  • USS A. G. Prentiss (1912), WWI tugboat
• Mary Prentiss Inn, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

See also

• Prentiss House (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Prentiss
• All pages with titles beginning with Prentiss