Braithwaite, Brathwaite, or Brathwait is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, the relative frequency of the surname Braithwaite was highest in Westmorland (37.3 times the British average), followed by Cumberland, Yorkshire, Linlithgowshire, Lancashire, County Durham, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Anglesey and Flintshire. Notable people with the surname include:
Sir Albert Braithwaite (1893–1959), British politician
Bob Braithwaite (1925–2015), British trap shooter
Brenda Brathwaite (born 1966), American video game designer and developer
Carlos Brathwaite (born 1988), Barbadian cricketer
Charles Braithwaite (1850–1910), Canadian politician and agrarian leader
Chris Braithwaite aka Chris Jones (1885–1944), Barbadian seaman, leader of the Colonial Seamen's Association
Darren Braithwaite (born 1969), British sprinter
Daryl Braithwaite (born 1949), Australian pop singer
Donald Braithwaite (born 1937), Welsh professional boxer
Doug Braithwaite British comic book artist
Edward Kamau Brathwaite (born 1930), Barbadian poet
E. R. Braithwaite (1912–2016), Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat
Errol Brathwaite (1924–2005), New Zealand author
Fred Brathwaite (born 1972), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
Geoffrey Braithwaite, fictional character in Julian Barnes's novel Flaubert's Parrot
George Braithwaite (disambiguation)
Sir Gurney Braithwaite, 1st Baronet (1895–1958), English politician
Jahron Anthony Brathwaite aka PartyNextDoor, Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and rapper
Jeffrey Braithwaite, Australian professor in the field of health policy
Jessica Braithwaite, Australian television presenter and reporter
John Braithwaite (disambiguation)
Joseph Braithwaite (mayor) (1848–1917), New Zealand bookseller and politician, mayor of Dunedin
Joseph Bevan Braithwaite (1818–1905), English Quaker minister
Junior Braithwaite (1949–1999), Jamaican reggae musician
Keith Braithwaite, New Zealand football player and manager
Kraigg Brathwaite (born 1992), West Indian cricket international
Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite (1963–2008) Canadian novelist, spoken word artist, dub poet, essayist, digital drummer and short fiction writer
Leon Braithwaite (born 1972), English footballer
Leonard Braithwaite (1923–2012), Canadian lawyer and politician
Dame Lilian Braithwaite (1873–1948), English actress
Martin Braithwaite (born 1991), Danish footballer
Max Braithwaite (1911–1995), Canadian novelist and non-fiction author
Michael Braithwaite (born 1987), Canadian rower
Sir Nicholas Brathwaite (1925–2016), prime minister of Grenada
Nicholas Braithwaite (born 1939), English conductor
Pandora Braithwaite, fictional character in the Adrian Mole series by British author Sue Townsend
Ray Braithwaite (born 1933), Australian politician
Rewi Braithwaite (fl. 1920s), New Zealand football player
Richard Brathwait or Brathwaite (1588–1673), English poet
R. B. Braithwaite (1900–1990), English philosopher
Robert Braithwaite (bryologist) (1824–1917), English botanist
Robert Braithwaite (engineer) (born 1943), British engineer
Robert Braithwaite (judge) (born 1950), United States District Court judge
Roderick Braithwaite (1901–1963), New Zealand politician, mayor of Hamilton
Sir Rodric Braithwaite (born 1932), British diplomat and author
Ryan Brathwaite (born 1988), Barbadian track and field athlete
Stephen Brathwaite (born c.1949), Canadian actor and puppeteer
Stuart Braithwaite (born 1976), Scottish guitarist, bassist, drummer, singer and songwriter
Talabi Braithwaite (1928–2011), Nigerian insurance broker
Ted Braithwaite (1902–unknown), English footballer
Tut Braithwaite (born 1946), Paul "Tut" Braithwaite, British rock climber and mountaineer
Sir Walter Braithwaite (1865–1945), British Army general during World War I
Walter Braithwaite (composer) (1906–1991), English composer, pianist and teacher
Warwick Braithwaite (1896–1971), New Zealand-born British conductor
Wayne Braithwaite (born 1975), Guyanese professional boxer
William Charles Braithwaite (1862–1922), British Quaker historian
William Garnett Braithwaite (1870–1937), British Army general who served with New Zealand Military Forces during World War I
William Stanley Braithwaite (1878–1962), African-American poet, literary critic and scholar
