Brentano is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Antonie BrentanoAugust Brentano, booksellerBernard von Brentano, novelistChristian BrentanoClemens Brentano, poet and novelist, brother of Bettina von Arnim (b. Brentano)Franz Brentano, philosopher, influenced phenomenology and gestalt psychologyFranz Funck-Brentano, French historian and librarianHeinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, politician Christian Democratic Union (Germany)Lorenzo Brentano, politicianLujo Brentano, economist, reformerMarianne Ehrmann-Brentano, novelistMaximiliane Brentano, befriended Goethe; dedicatee of some of Beethoven's compositionsRobert Brentano, American historianTheodore Brentano, attorney, judge, and first U. S. ambassador to Hungary, son of LorenzoThéophile Funck-Brentano, Luxembourgian-French sociologist