Brooks (surname)
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Brooks is a surname
of English
origin, that is thought to have been derived from the condition of residing near a stream
(or brook
). The Hundred Rolls
, a late thirteenth century census of England and part of Wales, contains many uses of "Broke" and variants "Brock" and "Brok" as a surname. The word "brook" derives from the Old English "broc" and appears in the Medieval predecessors of "Brooks" such as "Ate-Broc" and "Atte-Broc". The surname is also found among English-speaking Ashkenazi Jews
, deriving from the male Hebrew given name Boruch, meaning "blessed", a derivation that may also have contributed to its origins in medieval England and Wales. The surname arrived in North America from England in the mid-seventeenth century.
The surname Brooks is shared by many notable people.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
origin, that is thought to have been derived from the condition of residing near a stream
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
(or brook
Brook
-Places:*In the United Kingdom:**Brook, New Forest, Hampshire**Brook, Test Valley, Hampshire**Brook, Isle of Wight**Brook, Kent**Brook, Surrey**Brook, Carmarthenshire*In the United States:**Brook, Indiana-People:...
). The Hundred Rolls
Hundred Rolls
The Hundred Rolls are a census of England and parts of what is now Wales taken in the late thirteenth century. Often considered an attempt to produce a second Domesday Book, they are named for the hundreds by which most returns were recorded....
, a late thirteenth century census of England and part of Wales, contains many uses of "Broke" and variants "Brock" and "Brok" as a surname. The word "brook" derives from the Old English "broc" and appears in the Medieval predecessors of "Brooks" such as "Ate-Broc" and "Atte-Broc". The surname is also found among English-speaking Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany from Alsace in the south to the Rhineland in the north. Ashkenaz is the medieval Hebrew name for this region and thus for Germany...
, deriving from the male Hebrew given name Boruch, meaning "blessed", a derivation that may also have contributed to its origins in medieval England and Wales. The surname arrived in North America from England in the mid-seventeenth century.
The surname Brooks is shared by many notable people.
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- Aaron Brooks (disambiguation)
- Ahmad BrooksAhmad BrooksAhmad Brooks is an American football linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 2006 NFL Supplemental Draft. He played college football at Virginia.He is the son of late NFL defensive tackle Perry...
(b. 1984), American football linebacker - Albert BrooksAlbert BrooksAlbert Lawrence Brooks is an American actor, voice actor, writer, comedian and director. He received an Academy Award nomination in 1987 for his role in Broadcast News...
(b. 1947), actor, comedian, and director - Alfred Johnson BrooksAlfred Johnson BrooksAlfred Johnson Brooks, PC, QC was a Canadian parliamentarian.A teacher and barrister by training, Brooks represented King's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1925 to 1935. He first won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 general election as the Conservative...
(1890–1967), Canadian politician - Allan BrooksAllan BrooksAllan Cyril Brooks was an ornithologist and bird artist who lived in Canada.He went to school in England and studied the bird life of the Northumberland moors. He interacted with Henry Seebohm and learnt egg-collection and butterfly collection from John Hancock...
(1869–1946), Canadian bird artist - Allette BrooksAllette BrooksAllette Brooks is an American folk singer/songwriter from Long Beach, California. She graduated from Stanford University in 1996, majoring in human biology...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1996–2001), American folk singer - Anne Rose BrooksAnne Rose BrooksAnne Rose Brooks , a 1981 graduate of the Plainview-Old Bethpage school system, is an American soap opera actress....
(b. 1963), American actress - Anthony BrooksAnthony BrooksMajor Anthony Morris "Tony" Brooks was a British undercover agent in World War II. He received the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Croix de Guerre, and Legion d'Honneur for his work as a leader of a group sabotaging German reinforcements prior to and during the Normandy invasion...
(1922–2007), British undercover agent - Arthur C. BrooksArthur C. BrooksArthur C. Brooks is an American social scientist and musician. He is the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Brooks is best known for his work on the junctions between culture, economics, and politics...
(b. 1964), an American social scientist and musician. - Avery BrooksAvery BrooksAvery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, television director, jazz musician, opera singer and college professor. Brooks is perhaps best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and in the...
(b. 1948), American film/TV actor
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- Barney BrooksBarney BrooksBarney Brooks , a 20th century U.S. physician and surgeon, was an influential medical educator, particularly in surgical residency training, and was known for his research in orthopedics, intestinal obstruction, and vascular surgery...
, American physician - Barrett BrooksBarrett BrooksBarrett Charles Brooks is a former American football offensive tackle. He recently played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League...
, American football player - Beverley Brooks, British actress, later Pamela Harmsworth, Viscountess RothermerePamela Harmsworth, Viscountess RothermerePatricia Evelyn Beverley Matthews Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere was an English socialite and actress. As Beverly Brooks, she appeared in several films, such as Reach for the Sky ....
- Bill Brooks (disambiguation)
- Bruce BrooksBruce BrooksBruce Brooks is an American author of young adult and children's literature. - Background :Brooks, born in Richmond, Virginia, lived most of his young life in North Carolina as a result of parental divorce. Brooks credits moving around multiple times between the two locations with making him a...
(b. 1950), American author - Bryant Butler BrooksBryant Butler BrooksBryant Butler Brooks was an American businessman, rancher and politician. He was the seventh Governor of Wyoming from January 2, 1905 until January 2, 1911....
, American politician
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- Caroline St John-BrooksCaroline St John-BrooksDr Caroline St. John-Brooks was an Anglo-Irish journalist and academic.She gained a BA in English Literature from Trinity College Dublin, an MA in Education from the University of Ulster at Coleraine, and a PhD in the teaching of English in secondary schools from Bristol University in 1980...
, British journalist and academic - Charles Brooks (disambiguation)
- Charlie BrooksCharlie BrooksCharlene "Charlie" Brooks is a Welsh actress, best known for playing Janine Butcher on the BBC soap opera EastEnders.-Acting career:...
(b. 1981), Welsh actress - Chris Brooks (disambiguation)
- Cindy Brooks, American model
- Cleanth BrooksCleanth BrooksCleanth Brooks was an influential American literary critic and professor. He is best known for his contributions to New Criticism in the mid-twentieth century and for revolutionizing the teaching of poetry in American higher education...
(1906–1994), American literary critic - Conrad BrooksConrad BrooksConrad Brooks is an American actor. He moved to Hollywood, California in the early 1950s to pursue a career in acting...
(b. 1931), American actor - Constance "Connie" Brooks (see Our Miss BrooksOur Miss BrooksOur Miss Brooks is an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television , it became one of the medium's earliest hits...
), a fictional English language teacher
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- Dallas BrooksDallas BrooksBrooks made his first-class debut for the Royal Navy against Cambridge University in 1919 as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium. The same season Brooks made his debut for Hampshire against Surrey in the County Championship...
, Australian general and politician - Darin BrooksDarin BrooksDarin Lee Brooks is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Max Brady on Days of our Lives, and as Alex Moran on Blue Mountain State.-Personal life:...
, American actor - Darren BrooksDarren BrooksDarren Darnell Brooks is American professional basketball player. A 6'3" , 205-pound point guard / shooting guard, Brooks' professional career began in 2005–06 and has taken him to numerous countries and leagues around the world...
(b. 1982), American professional basketball player - David Brooks (disambiguation)
- Deanna BrooksDeanna BrooksDeanna Brooks is an American glamour model and actress who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May, 1998...
, American model - Derrick BrooksDerrick BrooksDerrick Dewan Brooks is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buccaneers 28th overall in the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State....
(b. 1973), American professional football player - Dick BrooksDick BrooksRichard "Dick" Brooks was an American NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500...
, American racing driver - Dolores "LaLa" Brooks (b. 1947), former member of girl group The Crystals
- Donald BrooksDonald BrooksDonald Brooks was an American fashion designer. Though he was very successful, if not as famous as some of his contemporaries, his passion was his work for the stage and film, designing over 3500 costumes...
, American fashion designer - Donnie BrooksDonnie BrooksDonnie Brooks was an American pop music singer. Brooks is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
(b. 1936), American pop music singer
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- Edmund Wright BrooksEdmund Wright BrooksEdmund Wright Brooks was an English Quaker philanthropist and cement maker. He was active in the Anti-Slavery movement and also in famine relief in Russia and aid to Armenians...
(1834–1928), English Quaker philanthropist and cement maker - Edward Brooks (disambiguation)Edward Brooks (disambiguation)Edward Brooks may refer to:*Edward Brooks , English recipient of the Victoria Cross*Edward Brooks , American politician*Edward H...
- Elisabeth BrooksElisabeth BrooksElisabeth Brooks was a Canadian film and television actress.Brooks was born Elisabeth Brooks Luyties in Toronto, Ontario and began her acting career aged five encompassing both stage and screen...
(1951–1997), Canadian actress - Elkie BrooksElkie BrooksElkie Brooks is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. Elkie has been nominated twice for Brit Awards' top female singer. She is known for her powerful husky voice...
(b. 1945), British singer
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- Foster BrooksFoster BrooksFoster Brooks was an American actor and comedian most famous for his portrayal of a lovable drunken man in nightclub performances and television programs.-Biography:...
, American comedian - Frank BrooksFrank BrooksFrank J. Brooks is a Major League Baseball player who currently plays in the Atlantic League for the Somerset Patriots...
, American baseball player - Frank Leonard BrooksFrank Leonard Brooks-Biography:Born in London, England, Brooks arrived in Canada in 1912. Primarily self-taught, he did study at the Ontario College of Art and taught at the Central Technical School. He became an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1939....
, Canadian artist - Fred BrooksFred BrooksFrederick Phillips Brooks, Jr. is a software engineer and computer scientist, best known for managing the development of IBM's System/360 family of computers and the OS/360 software support package, then later writing candidly about the process in his seminal book The Mythical Man-Month...
(b. 1931), American software engineer and computer scientist
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- Garth BrooksGarth BrooksTroyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
(b. 1962), American musician - Gary BrooksGary BrooksGary Brooks is a Jamaican soccer player currently playing for Crystal Palace Baltimore in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-Professional:...
(b. 1980), Jamaican Association football player - Geoffrey Michael BrooksGeoffrey Michael BrooksGeoffrey Michael Brooks is a writer and translator. In 1960 he was awarded the ICHS School Prize in Languages....
, British writer - Geraldine Brooks (disambiguation)
- Glenn BrooksGlenn BrooksRobert "Glenn" Brooks is a Canadian politician who was mayor of Rideau Township and later Ottawa City Councilor representing the rural Rideau-Goulbourn Ward. He grew up on a dairy farm outside of Oshawa and became a science teacher, he and is a wife Gail also operated a small beef cattle farm.He...
, Canadian politician - Golden BrooksGolden BrooksGolden Ameda Brooks is an American actress. She is best known for her nine-year role as Maya Wilkes on the UPN/CW comedy Girlfriends.-Biography:...
, American actress - Greg Brooks (disambiguation)
- Guy BrooksGuy BrooksGuy Brooks was a fiddle player for the late 1920s early 1930s string band The Red Fox Chasers. He played classic old time music....
, American fiddle player - Gwendolyn BrooksGwendolyn BrooksGwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985.-Biography:...
, (1917–2000), award-winning African American woman poet
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- Hadda BrooksHadda BrooksHadda Brooks , was an American pianist, vocalist and composer. Her first single, "Swingin' the Boogie", which she composed, was issued in 1945...
, American pianist - Harold Brooks-BakerHarold Brooks-BakerHarold Brooks-Baker , was an American-British financier, journalist and publisher, and self-proclaimed expert on genealogy....
, American journalist - Harold E. BrooksHarold E. BrooksHarold Edward Brooks is an American meteorologist whose research is concentrated on severe convective storms and tornadoes, particularly severe weather climatology, as well as weather forecasting....
, American atmospheric scientist - Harriet BrooksHarriet BrooksHarriet Brooks was the first Canadian woman nuclear physicist. She is most famous for her research on nuclear transmutations and radioactivity. Ernest Rutherford, who guided her graduate work, regarded her as being next to Marie Curie in the calibre of her aptitude.She was born in Exeter, Ontario...
, Canadian physicist - Harry Brooks (composer)Harry Brooks (composer)Harry Brooks was an American writer of popular songs, jazz pianist and composer in the 1920s through the early 1950s....
, American composer - Harvey BrooksHarvey BrooksHarvey Brooks is an American bassist. He has played in many styles of music...
, American bassist - Henry Luesing BrooksHenry Luesing BrooksHenry Luesing Brooks was a United States federal judge.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Brooks received an A.B. from the University of Wisconsin in 1927 and an LL.B. from Jefferson School of Law in 1929. He was in private practice in Louisville, Kentucky from 1929 to 1954. He was a U.S. Naval Reserve...
, American federal judge - Herb BrooksHerb BrooksHerbert Paul Brooks, Jr. was an American ice hockey player and coach. He notably coached the United States' men's hockey team to a 4-3 upset of the heavily favored Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980...
, American ice hockey coach - Horatio G. BrooksHoratio G. BrooksHoratio G. Brooks worked as chief engineer for the New York and Erie Railroad until the railroad moved its steam locomotive maintenance facilities from Dunkirk, New York, to Buffalo, New York. In 1869 he leased the former NY&E shops in Dunkirk and formed Brooks Locomotive Works...
, American rail engineer - Hubie BrooksHubie BrooksHubert Brooks, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. During his career, he played as a third baseman, shortstop and right fielder for the New York Mets , Montreal Expos , Los Angeles Dodgers , California Angels and Kansas City Royals .Brooks played varsity baseball...
, American baseball player
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- J. Twing BrooksJ. Twing BrooksJoshua Twing Brooks was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(1884–1956), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania - Jack Brooks (disambiguation)
- James Brooks (disambiguation)
- Jamie Brooks (disambiguation)
- Jason Brooks (disambiguation)
- Jean BrooksJean BrooksJean Brooks born Ruby M. Kelly was an American film actress who appeared in over 30 films. She was raised in both New York City and Costa Rica, and was fluent in both English and Spanish. She never achieved major stardom in Hollywood, though she landed a number of prominent roles in the early 1940s...
, American actress - Jimmy Brooks a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Joe Brooks (actor), American actor
- John BrooksJohn BrooksJohn Brooks was the 11th Governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823; he was the last significant Federalist elected official in office in the United States....
(1752–1825), governor of Massachusetts - John Brooks, Jr. (1783–1813), United States Marine Corps officer
- Joseph BrooksJoseph BrooksJoseph Brooks was a Republican politician in Arkansas after the Civil War. He is mainly remembered for losing the 1872 gubernatorial race in Arkansas and then leading a coup d'état, now referred to as the Brooks–Baxter War, in 1874.-Early life:Joseph Brooks was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and worked...
, American politician - Joseph Brooks (songwriter)Joseph Brooks (songwriter)Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He composed the song "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produced. In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of...
, American composer and filmmaker - Juanita BrooksJuanita BrooksJuanita Pulsipher Brooks was an American historian and author, specializing in the American West and Mormon history, including books related to the Mountain Meadows massacre, to which her ancestor Dudley Leavitt was sometimes linked.-Biography:Born Juanita Leone Leavitt, Brooks was born and raised...
, American writer
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- Kimberly BrooksKimberly BrooksKimberly Brooks is an American voice actress in the anime, feature films, video games, and theatre industry. She started her acting career when she was nine....
, American actress - Kix BrooksKix BrooksLeon Eric "Kix" Brooks III , is an American country music artist, best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn.-Early life:...
, American musician from Brooks & DunnBrooks & DunnBrooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
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- Larry BrooksLarry BrooksLawrence Lee Brooks, Sr. , is a former American Football defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams eleven seasons from 1972 to 1982 in the National Football League...
, American football player - Lela Brooks, Canadian skater
- Lonnie BrooksLonnie BrooksLonnie Brooks is an American blues singer and guitarist. He was born in Dubuisson, Louisiana, United States...
, American blues musician - Louise BrooksLouise BrooksMary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...
, American actress
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- Maria Gowen BrooksMaria Gowen BrooksMaria Gowen Brooks was an American poet.-Biography:She was born Abigail Gowen in Medford, Massachusetts. Her father was a man of literary tastes, and she was exposed to a lot of poetry at home; by age nine, she had memorized a large quantity of prose. Unfortunately, when Abigail was 13, her...
, American poet - Mark Brooks (disambiguation)
- Maurice BrooksMaurice BrooksMaurice Graham Brooks was an American educator and naturalist whose name became synonymous with the natural history of Appalachia.-Biography:...
, American naturalist - Max BrooksMax BrooksMaximillian Michael "Max" Brooks is an American author and screenwriter, with a particular interest in zombies. Brooks is also a television and voice-over actor.- Early life and education :...
, American humorist - Mehcad BrooksMehcad BrooksMehcad Jason McKinley Brooks is an American actor and former fashion model.-Early life:Brooks was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where he attended L.C. Anderson High School...
, American actor - Mel BrooksMel BrooksMel Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a stand-up comic and as a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows...
(b. 1926), American comic actor, writer, director, and theatrical producer - Meredith BrooksMeredith BrooksMeredith Ann Brooks is an American singer/songwriter and guitarist. She is best known for her 1997 hit song "Bitch", for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award.- Early life :...
(b. 1958), American musician
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- Nan BrooksNan BrooksNan Brooks is a children's book illustrator who has illustrated numerous books from the 1970s onwards.Brooks grew up in Cape May, New Jersey, and studied advertising design in Philadelphia. After graduation, she soon moved on to freelance illustration. Her colorful style is partly influenced by her...
, American illustrator - Nathan C. BrooksNathan C. BrooksNathan Covington Brooks was an American educator, historian, and poet. Born in West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland, Brooks grew up to become the first principal of Baltimore City College, the third oldest public high school in the United States, and the only president of the Baltimore Female...
, American educator - Ned BrooksNed BrooksNed Brooks was an American television and radio journalist who was moderator of NBC's Meet the Press on television from 1953 until 1965, and earlier on radio. Brooks is the second-longest tenured moderator of the program, after Tim Russert.Brooks was a graduate of Ohio State University where he...
, American broadcaster - Neil BrooksNeil BrooksNeil Brooks is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents...
, Australian swimmer - Noah BrooksNoah BrooksNoah Brooks was a journalist and editor who worked for newspapers in Sacramento, San Francisco, Newark, and New York, and authored a major biography of Abraham Lincoln based on close personal observation. Born in Castine, Maine, he moved to Dixon, Illinois in 1856, where he became involved in the...
, American journalist
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- Pattie BrooksPattie BrooksPattie Brooks is an American singer most frequently associated with the disco era. She was born in Fort Riley, Kansas to a military family. Her first break came in 1968 when she auditioned for the chorus on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". In the next decade she became a sought-after backing...
, American singer - Phil BrooksCM PunkPhillip Jack "Phil" Brooks , better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE and working on its Raw brand currently serving his second title reign as WWE Champion....
, American wrestler - Philip John BrooksPhilip John BrooksPhilip John Brooks, who also performs as Phil Brooks, is a folk and rock musician. He grew up in Fleetwood, Lancashire in northwestern England, but now lives in the United States. He sings, plays guitar, and writes folk music in both American and British styles...
, British folk musician - Phillips BrooksPhillips BrooksPhillips Brooks was an American clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s. In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23...
, American Episcopalian bishop and writer - Preston BrooksPreston BrooksPreston Smith Brooks was a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina. Brooks is primarily remembered for his severe beating of Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate with a gutta-percha cane, delivered in response to an anti-slavery speech in which Sumner compared Brooks'...
, American politician
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- Ralph G. BrooksRalph G. BrooksRalph Gilmour Brooks was a Nebraska Democratic politician best known for being the 29th Governor of Nebraska. He was governor from 1959 until September 9, 1960 when he died in office. He also ran and lost as a candidate for Nebraska's first district in 1942.-References:#...
, American politician - Ramy BrooksRamy BrooksRamy "Ray" Brooks is an Alaska Native kennel owner and operator, motivational speaker, and dog musher who specializes in long-distance races. He is a two-time runner up in the 1,049+ mi Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S...
, American dog racer - Randy Brooks (disambiguation)
- Ray Brooks (actor), English actor
- Rich BrooksRich BrooksRich Brooks is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Oregon from 1977 to 1994 and at the University of Kentucky from 2003 to 2009, compiling a career college football record of 128–154–4. Brooks was also the head coach of the...
, American football coach - Richard BrooksRichard BrooksRichard Brooks was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and occasional film producer.-Early life and career:...
(1912–1992), American film writer, director and producer - Richard Brooks (actor)Richard Brooks (actor)Richard L. Brooks is an African-American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his role as Assistant District Attorney Paul Robinette during the first three seasons of the NBC TV drama Law & Order .Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at...
(b. 1962), American actor - Robert BrooksRobert BrooksRobert Darren Brooks is a former American football wide receiver who attended University of South Carolina and played for the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos.-Early life:...
(born 1970), former NFL football player - Robert Edward Brooks (born 1966), British wrestler known as Robbie BrooksideRobbie BrooksideRobert Edward Brooks , better known by his ring name Robbie Brookside, is a British professional wrestler. He has toured all over the world during his career including such countries as the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico...
- Rodney BrooksRodney BrooksRodney Allen Brooks is the former Panasonic professor of robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since 1986 he has authored a series of highly influential papers which have inaugurated a fundamental shift in artificial intelligence research...
(b. 1954), director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory - Romaine BrooksRomaine BrooksRomaine Brooks, born Beatrice Romaine Goddard , was an American painter who worked mostly in Paris and Capri. She specialized in portraiture and used a subdued palette dominated by the color gray...
, American painter
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- Samuel BrooksSamuel BrooksSamuel Brooks was born at Great Harwood, near Whalley in Lancashire, England, the second son of William Brooks. In 1815 he became a partner in his father’s Blackburn-based business, Cunliffe Brooks & Co. This business supplied cotton and/or textile equipment, and also ran a bank as a sideline...
, Manchester (UK) businessman - Scott BrooksScott BrooksScott William Brooks is a retired American professional basketball player from Lathrop, California and is the current head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA...
, American basketball player - Shelton BrooksShelton BrooksShelton Brooks was a popular music and jazz composer who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century.Brooks was born in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada...
, American popular music composer - Siobhan BrooksSiobhan BrooksSiobhan Brooks is an African American lesbian feminist sociologist known for her work with African American women in the sex worker industry and feminist issues affecting these women. She holds a B.A. in women's studies from San Francisco State University, and a Ph.D...
, American sociologist and activist - Stacy BrooksStacy BrooksStacy Brooks is a critic of the Church of Scientology. Like her late ex-husband Robert Vaughn Young, a Scientology whistleblower employed by Scientology for over 20 years, Brooks was also a member of the Church, working in its upper level management in Los Angeles for almost fifteen years.After...
, public critic of the Church of Scientology - Steve Brooks (disambiguation) or Stephen Brooks
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- Terry BrooksTerry BrooksTerence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print...
(b. 1944), American author - Theodore Marley Brooks, fictional character from Doc Savage
- Tina BrooksTina BrooksHarold Floyd "Tina" Brooks was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist and composer.-Early years:Harold Floyd Brooks was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and was the brother of David "Bubba" Brooks. The nickname "Tina", pronounced Teena, was a slight variation of "Teeny", a childhood moniker....
, American jazz saxophonist - Tom BrooksTom BrooksThomas Francis Brooks OAM was an Australian Test cricket match umpire who was born in Paddington, New South Wales...
, Australian cricketer - Tony BrooksTony BrooksCharles Anthony Standish Brooks is a British former racing driver from England also known as the "racing dentist"...
, British racing driver - Travis BrooksTravis BrooksTravis Brooks is a field hockey forward from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
, Australian field hockey player
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- Walter R. BrooksWalter R. BrooksWalter Rollin Brooks was an American writer best remembered for his short stories and children's books, particularly those about Freddy the Pig and other anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the "Bean farm" in upstate New York.Born in Rome, New York, Brooks attended college at the University of...
, American children's writer - Wiley Brooks, founder of the Breatharian Institute of America
- William Brooks (disambiguation)
See also
- BrooksBrooks-Places:Canada*Brooks, AlbertaUnited States*Brooks, Arkansas*Brooks, California*Brooks, Georgia*Brooks, Kentucky*Brooks, Maine*Brooks, Minnesota*Brooks, Oregon*Brooks Township, Michigan...
- Baron CrawshawBaron CrawshawBaron Crawshaw, of Crawshaw in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1892 for Sir Thomas Brooks, 1st Baronet. He notably served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1884. Brooks had already been created a Baronet, of Crawshaw Hall in the County of...
, family name Brooks - BrookesBrookesBrookes is a surname, and may refer to* Bruno Brookes, British broadcaster* Dennis Brookes, English cricketer* Ed Brookes* James Brookes, English bishop* James H...
- Brook (disambiguation)
- BrookeBrooke (name)The unisex name Brooke is a common female given name, also used as a surname. Other forms of Brooke include Brook. It's meaning is "a brook or a stream."-People with the first name Brooke:Brooke is a given name. It is a variant of the name Brook...