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Brooker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Brooker (born 1984), English journalist and presenter *
Bertram Brooker Bertram Richard Brooker, (March 31, 1888 – March 22, 1955) was one of Canada's pioneer abstract painters.Joan Murray. Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century'. Dundurn; November 1999. . p. 40-41. A self-taught polymath, in addition to being a ...
(1888–1955), Canadian writer *
Bob Brooker Bob Brooker (17 October 1926 – 11 October 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia ...
(1926–1986), Australian rules footballer * Charlie Brooker (ice hockey) (1932–2020), Canadian ice hockey player * Charlie Brooker (born 1971), British television presenter, journalist and writer *
Chris Brooker Chris Brooker (born 31 May 1986) is an English rugby union player, currently playing for Bristol in the RFU Premiership. Brooker's position of choice is as a hooker. He can also operate as a prop. He has previously played for Bath Rugby. On ...
(born 1986), English rugby union player *
Daphne Brooker Daphne Elizabeth Brooker (née Beacon, 8 June 1927 – 2 February 2012) was a British model, costume designer, and a professor and head of fashion at Kingston University for three decades, where she had "a leading role in the teaching of fashion" ...
(1927–2012), British model, costume designer, and fashion professor * Edward Brooker (1891–1948), Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania * Gary Brooker (1945–2022), British musician * Greg Brooker (screenwriter), American screenwriter * Greg Brooker (music producer) (born 1981), British music producer * Ian Brooker (1934–2016), Australian botanist *
James Brooker James Kent Brooker (August 12, 1902 - September 25, 1973) was an Americans, American Athletics (sport), athlete who competed in the men's pole vault. He competed in Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and won bronze medal, bronze, beh ...
(1902–1973), American athlete *John Brooker (1861–1947) founder of Brooker & Sons, Australian preserved fruit makers * Justin Brooker (born 1977), Australian rugby league footballer *
Lesley Brooker Lesley Brooker is an Australian ornithologist based in Western Australia following retirement from a career with the CSIRO's Division of Wildlife Research. There she worked, as a database manager and computer modeller, on developing methodolog ...
, Australian ornithologist *
Matt Brooker Matt Brooker, whose work most often appears under the pseudonym D'Israeli (sometimes "D'Israeli D'Emon D'Raughtsman"), is a British comic artist, colorist, writer and letterer. Other pseudonyms he uses include "Molly Eyre" (a pun on Molière) fo ...
, British comics artist *
Mervyn Brooker Mervyn Edward William Brooker (24 March 1954 – 23 January 2019) was an English cricketer and school headmaster. Early life Mervyn Brooker was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. He attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Burnley Gr ...
(1954–2019), English cricketer and school headmaster *
Michael Brooker Michael Brooker is an Australian ornithologist based in Western Australia following retirement from a career with the CSIRO's Division of Wildlife Research. There he worked on wedge-tailed eagles, fauna surveys, the environmental impact of wildf ...
, Australian ornithologist * Moira Brooker (born 1957), British actress * Murray Ian Hill Brooker (1934–2016), Australian botanist *Patricia Brooker, cast member in British TV reality show '' The Only Way Is Essex'' *
Paul Brooker Paul Brooker (born 25 November 1976) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion, Leicester City, Reading and Brentford. Career Fulham and Brighton & Hove ...
(born 1976), English footballer * Richard Brooker (1954–2013), English stunt performer *
Scott Brooker Scott Brooker is a British puppeteer, puppet maker, puppet designer. Career Scott Brooker has many television, theatre and film credits as a puppet maker and puppeteer. One of his most well known work was for ''Spitting Image'', where he spent th ...
, British puppeteer *
Steve Brooker ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...
(born 1981), English football player *
Thomas Henry Brooker Thomas Henry Brooker (30 December 1850 – 11 July 1927) was a politician in colonial South Australia. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1905, representing West Torrens (1890–1902) and Port Adelaide (1902 ...
(1850–1927), politician in South Australia, brother of John * Todd Brooker (born 1959), Canadian alpine ski racer and TV commentator *
Tommy Brooker William Thomas Brooker (October 31, 1939 – September 21, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a placekicker and end. He played for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) from 1962 t ...
(1939–2019), American football player * Tony Brooker (1925–2019), British computer scientist


Fictional characters with the surname

* Emma Brooker, character from the British soap-opera
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See also

* Brookers *
Brookes Brookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Barbara Brookes, New Zealand historian * Bruno Brookes, English broadcaster * Dennis Brookes, English cricketer * Ed Brookes (1881–1958), Irish international soccer player * ...
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Brooks (surname) Brooks is thought to have been derived from both the Swedish language, Swedish surname Bäckland, (''bäck'', "brook", "stream") and ''lund'' ("grove"); and in English language, English, Old Irish, Gaelic and Scots language, Scottish from "of the ...
* Booker (disambiguation) {{surname, Brooker