Brinkley (surname)
Appearance
Brinkley is a surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Brinkley (1949–2019), historian
- Amy Woods Brinkley (born c. 1956), businesswoman
- Christie Brinkley (born 1954), model
- 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
- Jack Thomas Brinkley (1930–2019), American politician
- Jamel Brinkley, American writer
- 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
- Stephen Brinkley (born c. 1550), English printer of the sixteenth century
References
[edit]- ^ Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 26 August 2018.