Brinkley (surname)

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

• Alan Brinkley (1949–2019), historian
• Amy Woods Brinkley (born c. 1956), businesswoman
• Beau Brinkley (born 1990), American football player
• Casper Brinkley (born 1985), American football player
• Christie Brinkley (born 1954), model
• Curtis Brinkley (born 1985), American football player
• Darryl Brinkley (born 1968), American baseball player and coach
• David Brinkley (1920–2003), television journalist
• David R. Brinkley (born 1959), Maryland politician
• Don Brinkley, (1921–2012) television writer and producer, adoptive father of Christie
• Douglas Brinkley (born 1960), American author and historian
• Francis Brinkley (1841–1912), Anglo-Irish newspaper author and scholar
• Lester Brinkley (1965–2002), American football player
• Jack Thomas Brinkley (1930–2019), American politician
• Jamel Brinkley, American writer
• James Brinkley (born 1974), Scottish cricketer
• Jasper Brinkley (born 1985), American football player
• Jesse Brinkley (born 1976), American boxer
• Joel Brinkley (1952–2014), New York Times journalist
• John Brinkley (astronomer) (1763–1835), Astronomer Royal of Ireland
• John R. Brinkley (1885–1941), American "goat gland" doctor also known for his radio broadcasts
• Martin H. Brinkley (born 1966), American lawyer
• Nell Brinkley (1886–1944), American illustrator
• Paul Brinkley (born 1966), American businessman and government official
• Richard Brinkley (died c. 1379), English philosopher and theologian
• Richard Brinkley (16th century) (died c. 1525?), English provincial master
• Rick Brinkley (born 1961), American politician
• Ritch Brinkley (1944–2015), American character actor
• Stephen Brinkley (born c. 1550), English printer of the sixteenth century
• William Brinkley (1917–1993), American writer and journalist
• William Brinkley (Underground Railroad) (c. 1814 – 1887), American Underground Railroad conductor
• William R. Brinkley (1936–2020), American cellular biologist
• William T. Brinkley (1936–1989), American politician

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