Brainerd (surname)
Brainerd is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- David Brainerd, Christian missionary to Native Americans, brother of John
- Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, U.S. novelist of the early 20th century
- Elizabeth L. Brainerd, American biologist
- Ezra Brainerd, president of Middlebury College in Vermont
- John Brainerd, Presbyterian minister and missionary, brother of David
- John Grist Brainerd, American computer pioneer
- Lawrence Brainerd, U.S. Senator from Vermont
- Paul Brainerd, American businessman, computer programmer and philanthropist
- Samuel Myron Brainerd, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Sibyl Brainerd, another name for Sibyl Anikeef, American photographer
- Tereasa Brainerd, astronomer