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Brookes

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This article is about the surname. For the 1780s slave ship, see Brooks (1781 ship).

Brookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Barbara Brookes, New Zealand historian
  • Bruno Brookes, English broadcaster
  • Dennis Brookes, English cricketer
  • Ed Brookes (1881–1958), Irish international soccer player
  • Faye Brookes (born 1987), British actress
  • Jacqueline Brookes (1930–2013), American actress
  • James Brooks (bishop) or Brookes, English bishop
  • James Hall Brookes, American Presbyterian writer
  • John Henry Brookes (1891-1975), English Craftsman, Educator, Administrator who gave his name to Oxford Brookes University
  • Josh Brookes (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 (1890–1975), Australian community worker, socialite and writer
  • Norman Brookes (1877–1968), Australian tennis player, winner of Wimbledon
  • Rachel Brookes, English TV presenter/reporter
  • Richard Brookes (fl. 1750), English physician and writer
  • Warwick Brookes (1875–1935), English businessman, yachtsman and Conservative Party politician
  • William Penny Brookes (1809–1895), English physician and "Father of the modern Olympics"

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