Brinkman
Brinkman, Brinkmann, Brinckman, and Brinckmann are variations of a German and Dutch surname. It is toponymic surname with the same meaning as the surname Van den Brink: " from the village green". Notable people with these surnames include:
Brinkman
- Austin Brinkman, American football player
- Baba Brinkman, Canadian rapper and playwright
- Bert Brinkman, Dutch water polo player
- Bo Brinkman, American actor, director, and producer
- Bryan Brinkman, American cartoon animator
- Carl Gustaf von Brinkman, Swedish-German classicist poet, writer and diplomat
- Charles Brinkman, American figure skater
- Cookie Brinkman, American football player
- Chuck Brinkman, American baseball player
- Curt Brinkman, American wheelchair racer
- Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
- Elco Brinkman, Dutch politician
- Erna Brinkman, Dutch volleyball player
- Fiona Brinkman, Australian-born Canadian bioinformatician
- Fred Brinkman, American architect
- George Brinkman, American spree killer
- Henri Brinkman, Dutch mathematician and physicist, namesake of the Brinkman number
- Henry W. Brinkman, American architect
- Hero Brinkman, Dutch politician
- Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player
- Joe Brinkman, American baseball umpire
- Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect
- Kiara Brinkman, American author
- Lilani Brinkman, Namibian politician
- Lloyd Donald Brinkman, American businessman, cattle breeder, civic leader, and art collector
- Lutz Brinkmann, German politician
- Mary A. Brinkman, American homeopathic physician
- Mat Brinkman, American artist and musician
- Michiel Brinkman Dutch architect
- Steven Brinkman, Canadian volleyball player
- Tim Brinkman, Dutch footballer
- Tom Brinkman, American politician
Brinckman
- The Brinckman baronets
- *Sir Theodore Brinckman, 1st Baronet, British MP for Yarmouth
- *Sir Theodore Brinckman, 2nd Baronet, his son, British Liberal MP for Canterbury
- *Sir Theodore Brinckman, 4th Baronet, British cricketer
Brinkmann
- Ansgar Brinkmann, German footballer
- Bernd Brinkmann, German forensic pathologist
- Bernhard Brinkmann, German politician
- Beth Brinkmann, American lawyer
- Carl Brinkmann, German sociologist and economist
- Christiane Brinkmann, German athlete
- Daniel Brinkmann, German footballer
- Dennis Brinkmann, German football defender and coach
- Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
- Gunnar Brinkmann, discoverer of the Brinkmann graph
- Hanne Brinkmann, German actress
- Hans Brinkmann, discoverer of Brinkmann coordinates
- Helmuth Brinkmann, German navy vice-admiral
- Lutz Brinkmann, German politician
- Patrik Brinkmann, Swedish-German businessman and right-wing politician
- Philipp Brinkmann, German-Greek entrepreneur
- Rainer Brinkmann , German Navy admiral
- Rainer Brinkmann , German SPD politician
- Reinhold Brinkmann, German musicologist
- Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, German lyricist and storyteller
- Ron Brinkmann, American visual effects supervisor
- Rudolf Brinkmann , German economist
- Ruth Brinkmann, American-born Austrian stage actress
- Svend Brinkmann, Danish psychologist
- Thomas Brinkmann, German musician, also known as Ester Brinkmann
- Thomas Brinkmann , German field hockey player
- Till Brinkmann, German footballer
- Vinzenz Brinkmann, German classical archaeologist
- Werner Brinkmann, German jurist and chief executive
- Wilhelm Brinkmann, German field handball player
- William J. Brinkmann, American architect
- Woldemar Brinkmann, German architect and interior designer
- Wolfgang Brinkmann, German equestrian
Brinckmann
- Alfred Brinckmann, German chess master
- Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann, Danish-German painter and lithographer
- Justus Brinckmann, German museum director
- Karl Gustav von Brinckmann, Swedish-German poet, writer and diplomat
- Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann, German painter and engraver