Brooks (surname)
The word brook derives from the Old English broc and appears in the Medieval predecessors of Brooks. The surname arrived in North America from England in the mid-seventeenth century.
The surname Brooks is recorded in Ireland from the 1600s. O'Laughlin reports that "some of the name could stem from Irish origins, the name being changed into the English word 'Brook' or Brooks." The surname is also found among English-speaking Ashkenazi Jews, deriving from the male Hebrew given name Boruch.
A
- A. Brooks , English cricketer
- Aaron Brooks, multiple people
- Abraham Brooks, English cricketer
- Adam Brooks, multiple people
- Adrian Brooks, English soccer player
- Ahmad Brooks, American football player
- Ahmad D. Brooks, American football player and sports broadcaster
- Aimee Brooks, American actress
- Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, and director
- Alden Brooks, American writer
- Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player
- Alexandra Brooks, English footballer
- Alfred Brooks, multiple people
- Alison Brooks, Canadian architect
- Allan Brooks, Canadian ornithologist and bird artist
- Allette Brooks, American folk singer
- Allison Brooks, American aviator
- Alvin Brooks, American basketball coach
- Alvin Brooks III, American basketball coach
- Amanda Brooks, American actress
- Amber Brooks, American soccer player
- Ameal Brooks, American baseball player
- Andy Brooks, British Communist leader
- Angel Brooks, character on the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Angela Brooks, American architect, partner in Brooks + Scarpa
- Angelle Brooks, American actress
- Angie Brooks, Liberian diplomat and jurist
- Annabel Brooks, British actress
- Anne Brooks, American physician and nun
- Anne Rose Brooks, American actress
- Anthony Brooks, British undercover agent
- Anthony Michael Brooks, American speedcuber
- Antoine Brooks, American football player
- April Brooks, real name of wrestler AJ Lee
- Archie Brooks, fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Art Brooks, see Arthur Brooks
- Arthur Brooks, multiple people
- Audrey Brooks, British botanist
- Avery Brooks, American actor
B
- Barney Brooks, American physician
- Barrett Brooks, American football player
- Barry Brooks, multiple people
- Beau Brooks, member of The Janoskians
- Ben Brooks, see Benjamin Brooks
- Benjamin Brooks, multiple people
- Berry Boswell Brooks, American cotton broker and big-game hunter
- Bert Brooks, Canadian race car driver
- Beverley Brooks, stage name of British actress Pamela Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere
- Bill Brooks, multiple people
- Billy Brooks, American football player
- Bob or Bobby Brooks, see Robert Brooks
- Bonnie Brooks, Canadian department store executive
- Bradley Brooks, darts player
- Brandon Brooks, multiple people
- Brendan Brooks, Canadian ice hockey player
- British Brooks, American football player
- Brittany Brooks, American musician
- Bruce Brooks, American author
- Bryant Butler Brooks, American politician
- Bubba Brooks, American saxophonist
- Bucky Brooks, American sportswriter
- Bud Brooks, American football player
C
- Caroline Shawk Brooks, American sculptor
- Cat Brooks, American activist
- Cecil Brooks III, American jazz drummer
- Cecil Joslin Brooks, British metallurgical chemist and naturalist
- Cedric Brooks, Jamaican saxophonist and flautist
- Chandler McCuskey Brooks, American physiologist
- Charles Brooks, multiple people
- Charlie Brooks, Welsh actress
- Charlie Brooks , British racehorse trainer
- Charlotte Brooks, American photojournalist
- Charmaine Brooks, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Chase Brooks, American soccer player and coach
- Cherryl Brooks, fictional character from Atlas Shrugged
- Chet Brooks, American football player
- Chris Brooks, multiple people
- Clifford Cleveland Brooks, American politician
- Cindy Brooks , American model and actress
- Cindy Brooks , American rower
- Claire Brooks, British politician
- Cleanth Brooks, American literary critic
- Clifford Brooks, American football player
- Clive Brooks, English drummer
- Coby G. Brooks, American businessman
- Colin Brooks, multiple people
- Collin Brooks, British journalist, writer and broadcaster
- Conrad Brooks, American actor
- Corey Brooks, American politician
- Corrin Brooks-Meade, English-born Montserratian footballer
- Curtis Brooks, American football player
- Constance "Connie" Brooks, fictional English language teacher
D
- D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman
- Dallas Brooks, Australian general and politician
- Dalton Brooks, American football player
- Daniel Brooks, American clothier, one of the Brooks Brothers
- Daniel Brooks, Canadian theatre director, actor and playwright
- Danny Brooks, Canadian blues musician
- Darin Brooks, American actor
- Darren Brooks, American basketball player
- David Brooks, multiple people
- Dean Brooks, American physician and actor
- Deanna Brooks, American model
- Delray Brooks, American basketball player and coach
- De'Mon Brooks,, American basketball player
- Derreck Brooks, American basketball player
- Derrick Brooks, American football player
- Derrius Brooks, American football player
- Desley Brooks, American politician
- Dianne Brooks, American jazz singer
- Dick or Dickie Brooks, see Richard Brooks
- Dillon Brooks, Canadian basketball player
- Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, member of girl group The Crystals
- Don Frank Brooks, American blues harmonica player
- Donald Brooks, American fashion designer
- Donnie Brooks, American pop music singer
- Douglas Jackson Brooks, American country music singer, known as Doug Stone
- Dudley Brooks, American jazz pianist
- Durant Brooks, American football player
- Dustin Brooks, from Power Rangers Ninja Storm
- Dustin Brooks, from Zoey 101
- Duwayne Brooks, English politician
E
- Earl Brooks, American race car driver
- Earl Brooks, title character of the film Mr. Brooks
- Ed Brooks, see Edward Brooks
- Edgar Brooks, English rugby league footballer
- Edmund Wright Brooks, English Quaker philanthropist and cement maker
- Edward Brooks, multiple people
- Edwin Brooks, British-Australian politician and academic
- Edwin B. Brooks, American politician
- Edwy Searles Brooks, British novelist
- Elbridge Streeter Brooks, American author, editor and critic
- Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress
- Elisha Brooks, American clothier, one of the Brooks Brothers
- Elizabeth Carter Brooks, American architect, educator and social activist
- Elkie Brooks, British singer
- Ellen Brooks, American photographer
- Elmore Brooks, American blues guitarist, better known as Elmore James
- Erastus Brooks, New York newspaper editor and politician
- Eric Brooks, multiple people
- Ernest Brooks, multiple people
- Errol Brooks, Antiguan bishop
- Ethan Brooks, American football player
- Eugene C. Brooks, American educator
F
- Farmer Brooks, Canadian wrestler
- Foster Brooks, American comedian
- Francis Gerard Brooks, Northern Ireland Roman Catholic bishop
- Francis K. Brooks, American educator and Vermont Democratic politician
- Frank Brooks, multiple people
- Frank Leonard Brooks, Canadian artist
- Frankie Brooks, fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Franklin E. Brooks, American Republican politician
- Frederick Brooks, also includes Fred and Freddie Brooks
G
- Gabriel Brooks, English calligrapher
- Gabrielle Brooks, English actress
- Gareth Brooks, New Zealand field hockey player
- Garrison Brooks, American basketball player
- Garth Brooks, American country musician
- Gary Brooks, Jamaican football player
- Gene Edward Brooks, American judge
- George Brooks, multiple people
- Georgia Brooks, fictional character from the soap opera Neighbours
- Gerald Brooks, Belizean bishop
- Geraldine Brooks, multiple people
- Glenn Brooks, Canadian politician
- Golden Brooks, American actress
- Gordon Brooks, multiple people
- Greg Brooks, multiple people
- Gregory Brooks, American poker player
- Guy Brooks, American fiddle player
- Gwendolyn Brooks,, American poet
H
- H. Allen Brooks, American architectural historian
- H. H. Brooks, co-founder of the Herff-Brooks Corporation
- Hadda Brooks, American pianist
- Halbert W. Brooks, American politician
- Hannibal Brooks, fictional character from the film of the same name
- Harold Brooks, multiple people
- Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist
- Harry Brooks, multiple people
- Harvey Brooks , American bassist
- Harvey Brooks , American physicist
- Harvey Oliver Brooks, American pianist and composer
- Hazel Brooks, American actress
- Helen Brooks, pseudonym of British novelist Rita Bradshaw
- Hellen M. Brooks, American educator and politician
- Henderson Brooks, Indian general, co-author of the Henderson Brooks–Bhagat Report
- Henry Brooks, multiple people
- Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach
- Hillery Brooks, American planter, for whom Brooks, Georgia, was named
- Holly Brooks, American skier
- Holly Brooks, fictional character on the TV show Malcolm & Eddie
- Horace Brooks, American army officer
- Horatio G. Brooks, American rail engineer
- Hubert Brooks, Canadian air force officer and hockey player
- Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
I
- Ian James Brooks, New Zealand politician
- Irvin Brooks, American baseball player
J
- J. Stewart Brooks, Canadian politician
- J. Twing Brooks, American politician
- Jack Brooks, multiple people
- Ja'Corey Brooks, American football player
- Jade Brooks, Canadian author and activist
- Jai Brooks, member of Australian group The Janoskians
- Jalen Brooks, American football player
- Jamal Brooks, American football player
- James Brooks, multiple people
- James L. Brooks, American film and television director, producer and screenwriter
- Jamie Brooks, English football player
- Janice Young Brooks, birth name of American mystery writer Jill Churchill
- Jarred Brooks, American mixed martial artist
- Jason Brooks, multiple people
- Jean Brooks, American actress
- Jeff Brooks, American-Italian basketball player
- Jeffrey Brooks, American composer
- Jehiel Brooks, American soldier and politician
- Jeremy Brooks, British writer
- Jerry Brooks, American baseball player
- Jess Lee Brooks, American actor
- Jessica Brooks, English actress
- Jim or Jimmy Brooks, see James Brooks
- Joanna Brooks, American author and professor
- Jody Brooks, American country music singer, better known as Jody Miller
- Joe Brooks, see Joseph Brooks
- Joel Brooks, American actor
- John Brooks, multiple people
- John J. Brooks, American lawman
- Johnny Brooks, English footballer
- Jon Brooks, multiple people
- Jordyn Brooks, American football player
- Joseph Brooks, multiple people
- Joshua Brooks, multiple people
- Josh Brooks, College athletic director
- Josie Brooks, fictional character from the British soap opera Brookside
- Juanita Brooks, American writer
- Julia Evangeline Brooks, American educator
- Justin Brooks, American attorney