Broke (surname)

Broke is the surname of:

• Charles Broke Vere (1779–1843), né Broke, English army officer at the time of the Napoleonic Wars
• David Broke or Brooke (c.1498–1560), English judge and Member of Parliament
• George Broke (born 1946), British Army officer, equerry to the Queen
• Philip Broke (1776–1841), Royal Navy officer
• Philip Broke, 2nd Baronet (1804–1855), Royal Navy officer, of the Broke-Middleton baronets
• Richard Broke (judge) (died 1529), English judge
• Robert Broke (died 1558), British justice, politician and legal writer
• Simon Broke (fl.1393–1406), English politician
• Thomas Broke or Brooke (fl.1550), British translator, alderman of Calais
• William Broke, English 16th-century college and university head