Brereton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Picton Brereton (1892–1976), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross Ben Brereton Díaz (born 1999), Chilean footballer Bridget Brereton (born 1946), Trinidad and Tobago-based historian Cuthbert Arthur Brereton (1850–1910), British civil engineer Dan Brereton (born 1965), American artist and illustrator Dermott Brereton (born 1964), Australian rules footballer Ernest Le Gay Brereton (1869–1932), Australian mining engineer and academic Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957), British author Henry E. H. Brereton (1865–1957), New York politician Jack Brereton (born 1991), British politician John Brereton (disambiguation), several people John Brereton, 4th Baron Brereton (1659–1718), English baron in the peerage of Ireland John Brereton (Adventurer and clergyman) (c. 1571–c. 1632), English gentleman adventurer, clergyman, and chronicler John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933), Australian poet John Brereton (footballer) (1935–2021), Australian footballer John Brereton (Irish lawyer) (1576–1629), English-born lawyer Joseph Lloyd Brereton (1822–1901), English educational reformer and writer Kevin Brereton (born 1972), Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer Laurie Brereton (born 1946), Australian politician Lewis H. Brereton (1890–1967), American military aviation pioneer Mocky Brereton, New Zealand rugby league footballer Patrick Brereton, author and academic at Dublin City University Paul Brereton (born 1957), Australian judge and soldier Robert Maitland Brereton (1834–1911), English railway engineer Robert Pearson Brereton (1818–1894), British engineer and colleague of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Thomas Brereton (1782–1831), Irish soldier, governor of Senegal William Brereton (disambiguation), several people William Brereton (fl. 1406–1432), MP for Midhurst and Chichester William Brereton (courtier) (d. 1536) in the privy chamber of Henry VIII Sir William Brereton (died 1559) (c. 1520–1559), MP for Cheshire Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet (1604–1661), Parliamentary General in the English Civil War William Brereton, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Lords Brereton William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton (1550–1630), MP for Cheshire in 1597, 1614 and 1621 William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton (1611–1664), MP for Cheshire in 1661 William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton (1631–1680), MP for Newton in 1659 and Bossiney 1660 William Brereton (British Army officer) (1789–1864), colonel in the Royal Horse Artillery William Brereton (priest) (1726–1812), Archdeacon of Lichfield, 1782–1801 William Brereton (planter) (died 1822), planter in British Guiana