Brookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bruno Brookes, English broadcasterDennis Brookes, English cricketerEd Brookes (1881–1958), Irish international soccer playerJacqueline Brookes (1930–2013), American actressJames Brooks (bishop) or Brookes, English bishopJames H. Brookes, American Presbyterian writerJosh Brookes (1983– ), Australian motorcycle road racerJoshua Brookes (1754–1821), English divine and book collectorJoshua Brookes (1761–1833), English anatomist and zoologistMabel Brookes (1890–1975), Australian community worker, socialite and writerNorman Brookes (1877–1968), Australian tennis player, winner of WimbledonRichard Brookes (fl. 1750), English physician and writerWarwick Brookes (1875–1935), English businessman, yachtsman and Conservative Party politicianWilliam Penny Brookes (1809–1895), English physician and "Father of the modern Olympics"John Brookes (Principal) (1891-1975), English Craftsman, Educator, Administrator who gave his name to Oxford Brookes University