Brainerd (surname)

Brainerd is a surname. Notable people with the name include:


 * David Brainerd (1718–1747), Christian missionary to Native Americans, brother of John
 * Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd (1868–1942), U.S. novelist of the early 20th century
 * Elizabeth L. Brainerd (born 1963), American biologist
 * Ezra Brainerd (1844–1924), president of Middlebury College in Vermont
 * John Brainerd (1720–1781), Presbyterian minister and missionary, brother of David
 * John Grist Brainerd (1904–1988), American computer pioneer
 * Lawrence Brainerd (1794–1870), U.S. Senator from Vermont
 * Paul Brainerd (born 1947), American businessman, computer programmer and philanthropist
 * Samuel Myron Brainerd (1842–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
 * Sibyl Brainerd (1896–1997), another name for Sibyl Anikeef, American photographer
 * Tereasa Brainerd, astronomer