title: Brest (surname)
text: # Brest (surname)
  
  Brest is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Harold Brest, 20th-century American prisoner
  * Jorge Romero Brest (1905–1989), Argentine art critic and curator
  * Lewis F. Brest (1842–1915), Union Army soldier
  * Martin Brest (born 1951), American filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, film editor, and actor
  * Paul Brest (born c. 1940), American academic
  * Vida Brest (1925–1985), Slovenian poet and writer
  