Brooke

Origin: Ireland

Brooke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963), British Chief of the Imperial General Staff in WW 2 Arthur Brooke (poet), English poet Arthur Brooke (lieutenant-general) (1772–1843), British general Arthur de Capell Brooke (1791–1858), British baronet and travel writer Arthur Brooke (entrepreneur) (1845–1918), founder of Brooke Bond tea company Basil Stanlake Brooke (1888–1973), 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Irish Unionist politician Brooke baronets, families of baronets with the surname Brooke Bryan Nicholson Brooke (1915–1998), English surgeon Cecil Brooke-Short (1897–1934), English cricketer Charles Brooke (Jesuit) (1777–1852), English Jesuit Charles Brooke (surgeon) (1804–1879), English surgeon and inventor Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke (1829–1917), Second Rajah of Sarawak Charles Vyner Brooke (1874–1963), third and last Rajah of Sarawak Charlotte Brooke (writer), (c.1740–1793), Irish author Christopher Brooke (poet), English lawyer, author and politician Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke (1927–2015), British medieval historian Edward Brooke (1919–2015), American politician Eileen Brooke (1905–1989), British statistician and health policy professional Elizabeth Brooke, Lady Wyatt, alleged mistress of Henry VIII and estranged wife of the poet Thomas Wyatt Elisabeth Brooke, Marchioness of Northampton, leading lady at the court of Edward VI and Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth Brooke (writer) (1601–1683), English religious writer Emily Brooke, British inventor Frances Brooke (1724–1789), English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator Frederick H. Brooke (1876–1960), American architect from Washington, D.C. Garry Brooke (1960–2025), English footballer George Brooke (conspirator) (1568–1603), executed for his part in two plots against the government of King James I Graeme Brooke, Australian boxer of the 1980s Gustavus Vaughan Brooke (1818–1866), Irish stage actor, active in Ireland, England and Australia Gwydion Brooke (1912–2005), British bassoonist Heather Brooke, American journalist Henry Brooke (disambiguation) Humphrey Brooke (physician) (1617–1693), British doctor Humphrey Brooke (1914–1988), British art historian Iris Brooke, English artist and author James Brooke (1803–1868), first Rajah of Sarawak James Brooke, American journalist Jennifer Brooke, English actress Jocelyn Brooke, writer Sir John Arthur Brooke, 1st Baronet of the Brooke Baronetcy of Almondbury (1844–1920) John Brooke (1755–1802), English politician John Charles Brooke (1748–1794), Somerset Herald John Weston Brooke (1880–1908), English Officer in the Boer War, son of John Arthur Jonatha Brooke, American folk-rock singer-songwriter John Mercer Brooke (1826–1906), scientist Katharine Brooke, Lady Brooke, British courtier Lola Brooke, American rapper Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, British politician and son of Henry Peter Brooke, English politician Peter Brooke (businessman) (1929–2020), American businessman Ralph Brooke (1553–1625), English Officer of Arms Richard Kendall Brooke (1930–1996), South African ornithologist Robert Brooke (disambiguation), several people Sir Robert Weston Brooke, 2nd Baronet of the Brooke Baronetcy of Almondbury (1885–1942) Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), poet Samuel Brooke, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge Stopford Brooke (chaplain) (1832–1916), Irish churchman and writer Stopford Brooke (politician) (1859–1938), British politician Sylvia Brett (1885–1917), Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor Sir Victor Alexander Brooke (1843–1891), 3rd Baronet, Anglo-Irish sportsman and naturalist Winifred M. A. Brooke (1893–1975), British botanist, illustrator and author Zachary Brooke (theologian) (1716–1788), English clergyman and academic Zachary Nugent Brooke, (1883–1946), British medieval historian and writer Zinzan Brooke, New Zealand rugby player