Prentiss
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Prentiss may refer to:
People
Given name
- Prentiss Barnes (1925–2006), American singer
- Prentiss M. Brown (1889–1973), Michigan politician
- Robert Prentiss Daniel (1902–1968), American academic
- Prentiss Douglass (1884–1949), American football coach and player
- Prentiss Hubb (born 1999), American basketball player
- Prentiss Ingraham (1843–1904), American soldier and mercenary
- Prentiss Mellen (1764–1840), Massachusetts jurist
- Prentiss "Air" Noland, American football player
- Prentiss Oakley (1905–1957), Louisiana police officer
- Prentiss Taylor (1907–1991), American artist
- Prentiss Waggner (born 1990), American football player
- Prentiss Walker (1917–1998), Mississippi politician
Surname
- Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950; nee Prentiss), American musician
- Ann Prentiss (1939–2010), American actress
- Anna Marie Prentiss, American archeologist
- Arthur Prentiss (1865–c. 1941), American photographer
- Benjamin Prentiss (1819–1901), Union general in American Civil War
- C. J. Prentiss (1941–2024), Ohio politician
- Ed Prentiss (1908–1992), American actor
- Edith Prentiss (1952–2021), American disability rights activist
- Elizabeth Prentiss (1818–1878), American songwriter, poet, writer
- Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (1865–1944), American philanthropist and art collector
- George Prentiss (1876–1902), American baseball player
- Henry Prentiss (1801–1859), American businessman
- John Holmes Prentiss (1784–1861), New York politician
- Melodye Prentiss, 1968 Playboy model
- Paula Prentiss (born 1938), American actress, wife of Richard Benjamin
- Robert Prentiss (1936-2022), American politician
- Samuel Prentiss (1782–1857), Vermont politician
- Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808–1850), Mississippi politician
- Suzanne Prentiss (born 1964), New Hampshire politician
- Theodore Prentiss (1818–1906), Wisconsin politician
- Thomas Prentiss (1809–1895), American-Canadian merchant and politician
- Virginia Prentiss (c. 1832–1922), American nanny and community leader
- Willard Prentiss (1897–1959), American racing driver
- 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, Bolivar County, 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
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- Prentiss House (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Prentiss
- All pages with titles beginning with Prentiss
- Prentis