Brookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Barbara Brookes Barbara Lesley Brookes (born 1955) is a New Zealand historian and academic. She specialises in women's history and medical history. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2022. Biography Brookes completed a bachelor's ...

, New Zealand historian *

Bruno Brookes Trevor Neil "Bruno" Brookes (born 1959 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English former radio presenter who became prominent on British radio in the 1980s. He was CEO of in-store radio company Immedia from 2000–2020. Early life and care ...

, English broadcaster * Dennis Brookes, English cricketer * Ed Brookes (1881–1958), Irish international soccer player *

Faye Brookes Faye Alicia Brookes (born 3 September 1987) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Kate Connor on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. In 2021, she competed in the thirteenth series of ''Dancing on Ice'', where sh ...

(born 1987), British actress *

Jacqueline Brookes Jacqueline Victoire Brookes (July 24, 1930 – April 26, 2013) was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her work both off-Broadway and on Broadway. Life and career Brookes was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the daugh ...

(1930–2013), American actress *

James Brooks (bishop) James Brooks D.D. (or Brookes) (May 1512 – 7 September 1558) was an English Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Gloucester. Life Born in May 1512, in Hampshire, southern England, Brooks became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1532 ...

or Brookes, English bishop * James Hall Brookes, American Presbyterian writer * John Henry Brookes (1891-1975), English Craftsman, Educator, Administrator who gave his name to Oxford Brookes University *

Josh Brookes Joshua Brookes (born 28 April 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional motorcycle road racing, road racer with experience of Superbike and Supersport racing, both domestically and internationally. In 2020, he raced in the ...

(1983– ), Australian motorcycle road racer *

Joshua Brookes (divine) Joshua Brookes (1754–1821), was an Anglican divine and English eccentric. Early life Brookes was born at Cheadle Hulme, near Stockport, Cheshire, and baptised on 19 May 1754. His father, a shoemaker, who removed soon after his son's birth to ...

(1754–1821), English divine and book collector *

Joshua Brookes Joshua Brookes (24 November 1761 – 10 January 1833) was a British anatomist and naturalist. Early life Brookes studied under William Hunter, William Hewson, Andrew Marshall, and John Sheldon, in London. He then attended the practice of ...

(1761–1833), English anatomist and zoologist * Mabel Brookes (1890–1975), Australian community worker, socialite and writer *

Norman Brookes Sir Norman Everard Brookes (14 November 187728 September 1968) was an Australian tennis player. During his career he won three Grand Slam singles titles; Wimbledon in 1907 and 1914 (the first non-British individual to do so) and the Austral ...

(1877–1968), Australian tennis player, winner of Wimbledon *

Richard Brookes Richard Brookes ( fl. 1721 – 1763) was an English physician and author of compilations and translations on medicine, surgery, natural history, and geography, most of which went through several editions. Life He was at one time a rural practi ...

(fl. 1750), English physician and writer * Susan Brookes (born c.1943/44), English television chef *

Warwick Brookes Warwick Brookes (1875 – August 1935) was an English businessman, yachtsman and Conservative Party politician. As his retail and other businesses prospered, he was elected to the House of Commons in 1916, but after an electoral defeat in 1918 he ...

(1875–1935), English businessman, yachtsman and Conservative Party politician *

William Penny Brookes William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of ...

(1809–1895), English physician and "Father of the modern Olympics"

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