Brooks (given name)

Brooks is a masculine given name, though it is occasionally used as a feminine name. More commonly, it is also a surname. It may refer to:

• Brooks Atkinson (1894–1984), American theater critic
• Brooks Barnhizer (born 2002), American basketball player
• Brooks Bollinger (born 1979), American football player
• Brooks Bowman (1913–1937), American composer
• Brooks Conrad (born 1980), American baseball player
• Brooks Cryder (born 1955), American soccer player
• Brooks Dodge (1929–2018), American alpine skier
• Brooks Douglass (1963–2020), American film producer, actor, politician, and lawyer
• Brooks Foster (born 1986), American football player
• Brooks Gray (born 1975), Canadian actor and film producer
• Brooks Hansen, American author and illustrator
• Brooks Haxton (born 1950), American poet and translator
• Brooks Hays (1898–1981), American politician and religious leader
• Brooks Headley, American musician and chef
• Brooks Holder (1914–1986), American baseball player
• Bubba Jennings, American basketball player and coach
• Brooks Johnson (born 1934), American sprinter and track coach
• Brooks A. Keel, American university president
• Brooks Kerr (1951–2018), American jazz pianist
• Brooks Kieschnick (born 1972), American baseball player
• Brooks Koepka (born 1990), American golfer
• Brooks Kriske (born 1994), American professional baseball player
• Brooks Laich (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Brooks Landgraf (born 1981), American politician
• Brooks Lee (born 2001), American baseball player
• Brooks Macek (born 1992), German-Canadian ice hockey player
• Brooks McCormick (1917–2006), American businessman and philanthropist
• Brooks Mileson (1947–2008), English businessman and philanthropist
• Brooks Moore, Canadian voice actor
• Brooks K. Mould, American music publisher
• Brooks Nader (born 1997), American model
• Brooks Newmark (born 1958), American-born English member of parliament
• Brooks Orpik (born 1980), American ice hockey player
• Brooks Otis (1908–1977), American classical scholar
• Brooks Pate, American chemist
• Brooks Pennington Jr. (1925–1996), American businessman, politician, and philanthropist
• Brooks Pounders (born 1990), American professional baseball player
• Brooks Reed (born 1987), American football player
• Brooks Robinson (1937–2023), American baseball player
• Brooks D. Simpson (born 1957), American historian
• Brooks Stevens (1911–1995), American industrial designer
• Brooks Thompson (1970–2016), American basketball player and coach
• Brooks Wackerman (born 1977), American rock drummer
• Brooks Wheelan (born 1986), American comedian and actor
• Brooks Williams (born 1958), American folk musician
• Brooks D. Williams (born 1978), American women's basketball coach
• A. Brooks Harris (born 1935), American physicist
• D. Brooks Smith (born 1951), U.S. federal judge
• E. Brooks Holifield (born 1942), American religious historian
• G. Brooks Earnest (1902–1992), American college president
• L. Brooks Leavitt (1878–1941), American financier and antiquarian
• L. Brooks Patterson (1939–2019), American lawyer and politician

See also

• Brooksie, a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname