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