Brook

A brook is a small stream. The word may also refer to:

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

For an etymology and history of the surname, see Brooks (surname).

• A persona of Mary J. Blige
• Brook (One Piece), a fictional skeleton from the anime and manga One Piece
• Brook Mahealani Lee (born 1971), former Miss USA and Miss Universe (1997) from Hawaii, USA
• Abraham Brook (flourished 1789), English physicist and bookseller
• Basil Brook (1576 – c. 1646), English ironmaster, see Basil Brooke (metallurgist)
• Benjamin Brook (1776–1848), English nonconformist minister and religious historian
• Charles Brook (philanthropist) (1814–1872), English philanthropist
• Claudio Brook (1927–1995), Mexican actor
• Clive Brook (1887–1974), English actor
• David Brook (also Broke or Brooke) (c. 1498 – 1560) English judge and Member of Parliament
• Eric Brook (1907–1965), English footballer
• Faith Brook (born 1922), English actress
• Holly Brook (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
• Jayne Brook (born 1962), American actress
• Kelly Brook (born 1979), English model
• Michael Brook (born 1951), Canadian guitarist, inventor, producer, and film music composer
• Norman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook
• Peter Brook (born 1925), English theatre and film director and innovator
• Richard Brook (chief executive), English executive
• Timothy Brook (historian) (born 1951), Canadian historian
• Tom Brook (born 1953), BBC World presenter
• Yaron Brook

Other uses

• Brook (programming language), a programming language for GPU programming based on C
• Brook, meaning fart in the Tamil language of India
• Brook+, an explicit data-parallel C compiler
• BrookGPU, a framework for GPGPU programming

See also

• Brooke (disambiguation)
• Brooks (disambiguation)
• Brock (disambiguation)
• Brock (surname)
• Bruck (disambiguation)