Brinkley (surname)
# Brinkley (surname)

Brinkley is a surname. 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
