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, English broadcaster *

Dennis Brookes Dennis Brookes (29 October 1915 – 9 March 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 (and as captain between 1954 and 1957). He also played in one Test cricket, ...

, English cricketer *

Ed Brookes Edward A. Brooks (born Dublin, Ireland) was an Irish footballer who played as centre-forward or inside-left for, among others, Shelbourne, Bohemians, Stockport County and Athlone Town. Brookes was a dual internationalist and played for both I ...

(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 (1930–2013), American actress * James Brooks (bishop) or Brookes, English bishop *

James Hall Brookes James Hall Brookes (February 27, 1830 – April 18, 1897) was an American Presbyterian pastor, Christian leader and author. Brookes led congregations in Ohio and Missouri during a career spanning 43 years. He became a leader among his peers ...

, 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) (1754–1821), English divine and book collector * Joshua Brookes (1761–1833), English anatomist and zoologist *

Mabel Brookes Dame Mabel Brookes, DBE (15 June 189030 April 1975) was an Australian community worker, activist, socialite, writer, historian, memoirist and humanitarian. Born Mabel Balcombe Emmerton in Raveloe, South Yarra, Victoria in 1890, her best-known s ...

(1890–1975), Australian community worker, socialite and writer * Norman Brookes (1877–1968), Australian tennis player, winner of Wimbledon * Richard Brookes (fl. 1750), English physician and writer *

Susan Brookes Susan Brookes ( née Walton, born c.1943–44), is an English television chef, broadcaster and writer. During the 1980s and 1990s, she regularly appeared on the ITV daytime magazine show ''This Morning'', cooking recipes for viewers as the pr ...

(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 p ...

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

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