Brinkley (surname)
Brinkley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Brinkley, historian
- Amy Woods Brinkley, businesswoman
- Christie Brinkley, model
- David Brinkley, television journalist
- David R. Brinkley, Maryland politician
- Don Brinkley, television writer and producer, adoptive father of Christie
- Douglas Brinkley, American author and historian
- Jack Thomas Brinkley, American politician
- Joel Brinkley, New York Times journalist
- John Brinkley , Astronomer Royal of Ireland
- John R. Brinkley, American doctor known for his radio broadcasts
- Stephen Brinkley, English printer of the sixteenth century
