Brinsley (name)

Brinsley is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:
 * Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough (18th century), Grand Master of the Freemasons in Ireland
 * Brinsley Forde (born 1952), Guyanese musician
 * Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty (1911–1995), prominent ufologist
 * Brinsley MacNamara (1890–1963), Irish novelist
 * Brinsley Schwarz (musician) (born 1947), English guitarist and rock musician
 * Edmund Brinsley Teesdale (1915–1997), Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
 * Richard Brinsley Knowles (1820–1882), British journalist
 * Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright and Whig statesman

Surname:
 * Frank Brinsley (born 1971), American radio personality
 * Ismaaiyl Brinsley, suspect in the 2014 killings of NYPD officers