Brentano is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Antonie Brentano, philanthropist August Brentano, bookseller Bernard von Brentano, novelist Christian Brentano, German writer Clemens Brentano, poet and novelist Franz Brentano, philosopher Franz Funck-Brentano, French historian and librarian Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo, German politician Lorenzo Brentano, politician Lujo Brentano, economist, reformer Marianne Ehrmann-Brentano, novelist Robert Brentano, American historian Theodore Brentano, American attorney, judge, and diplomat, son of Lorenzo Théophile Funck-Brentano, Luxembourgish-French sociologist
See also Brentano's is a bookstore chain owned by Borders Group. Brenton