Prentiss
# 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 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.
