// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Brinkman a good plumber? He's always on the brink.

For other uses, see Brinkman (disambiguation).

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: "(man) from the village green". Notable people with these surnames include:

Brinkman

• Austin Brinkman (born 2002), American football player
• Baba Brinkman (born 1978), Canadian rapper and playwright
• Bert Brinkman (born 1968), Dutch water polo player
• Bo Brinkman (born 1956), American actor, director, and producer
• Bryan Brinkman (fl. 2009), American cartoon animator
• Carl Gustaf von Brinkman (1764–1847), Swedish-German classicist poet, writer and diplomat
• Charles Brinkman (1928–2003), American figure skater
• Cookie Brinkman (1949–2019), American football player
• Chuck Brinkman (born 1944), American baseball player
• Curt Brinkman (1953–2010), American wheelchair racer
• Ed Brinkman (1941–2008), American baseball player
• Elco Brinkman (born 1948), Dutch politician
• Erna Brinkman (born 1972), Dutch volleyball player
• Fiona Brinkman (born 1967), Australian-born Canadian bioinformatician
• Fred Brinkman (1892–1961), American architect
• George Brinkman (born 1972), American spree killer
• Henri Brinkman (1908–1961), Dutch mathematician and physicist, namesake of the Brinkman number
• Henry W. Brinkman (1881–1949), American architect
• Hero Brinkman (born 1964), Dutch politician
• Jacques Brinkman (born 1966), Dutch field hockey player
• Joe Brinkman (born 1944), American baseball umpire
• Johannes Brinkman (1902–1949), Dutch architect
• Kiara Brinkman (born 1979), American author
• Lilani Brinkman (born 1985), Namibian politician
• Lloyd Donald Brinkman (1929–2015), American businessman, cattle breeder, civic leader, and art collector
• Lutz Brinkmann (born 1975), German politician (CDU)
• Mary A. Brinkman (1846–1932), American homeopathic physician
• Mat Brinkman (born 1973), American artist and musician
• Michiel Brinkman (1873–1925) Dutch architect
• Steven Brinkman (born 1979), Canadian volleyball player
• Tim Brinkman (born 1997), Dutch footballer
• Tom Brinkman (born 1957), American (Ohio) politician

Brinckman

• The Brinckman baronets
  • Sir Theodore Brinckman, 1st Baronet (1798–1880), British MP for Yarmouth
  • Sir Theodore Brinckman, 2nd Baronet (1830–1905), his son, British Liberal MP for Canterbury
  • Sir Theodore Brinckman, 4th Baronet (1898–1954), British cricketer

Brinkmann

• Ansgar Brinkmann (born 1969), German footballer
• Bernd Brinkmann (born 1939), German forensic pathologist
• Bernhard Brinkmann (1952–2022), German politician
• Beth Brinkmann (born 1958), American lawyer
• Carl Brinkmann (1885–1954), German sociologist and economist
• Christiane Brinkmann (born 1962), German athlete
• Daniel Brinkmann (born 1986), German footballer
• Dennis Brinkmann (born 1978), German football defender and coach
• Dirk Brinkmann (born 1964), German field hockey player
• Gunnar Brinkmann, discoverer of the Brinkmann graph
• Hanne Brinkmann (1895–1984), German actress
• Hans Brinkmann, discoverer of Brinkmann coordinates
• Helmuth Brinkmann (1895–1983), German navy vice-admiral
• Lutz Brinkmann (born 1975), German politician
• Patrik Brinkmann (born 1966), Swedish-German businessman and right-wing politician
• Philipp Brinkmann, German-Greek entrepreneur
• Rainer Brinkmann (admiral) (born 1958), German Navy admiral
• Rainer Brinkmann (politician) (born 1958), German SPD politician
• Reinhold Brinkmann (1934–2010), German musicologist
• Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975), German lyricist and storyteller
• Ron Brinkmann (born 1964), American (?) visual effects supervisor
• Rudolf Brinkmann (Secretary of State) (1893–1973), German economist
• Ruth Brinkmann (1937–1997), American-born Austrian stage actress
• Svend Brinkmann (born 1975), Danish psychologist
• Thomas Brinkmann (born 1959), German musician, also known as Ester Brinkmann
• Thomas Brinkmann (field hockey) (born 1968), German field hockey player
• Till Brinkmann (born 1995), German footballer
• Vinzenz Brinkmann (born 1958), German classical archaeologist
• Werner Brinkmann (born 1946), German jurist and chief executive
• Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910–1991), German field handball player
• William J. Brinkmann (1874–1911), American architect
• Woldemar Brinkmann (1890–1959), German architect and interior designer
• Wolfgang Brinkmann (born 1950), German equestrian

Brinckmann

• Alfred Brinckmann (1891–1967), German chess master
• Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann (1862–1934), Danish-German painter and lithographer
• Justus Brinckmann (1843–1915), German museum director
• Karl Gustav von Brinckmann (1764–1847), Swedish-German poet, writer and diplomat
• Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann (1709–1761), German painter and engraver