Brain (surname)

Brain is a surname. Those bearing it include:

• Alfred Brain (disambiguation), several people

• Alfred Edwin Brain Sr. (1860–1929), English French hornist
• Alfred Edwin Brain Jr. (1885–1966), English French hornist

• Archie Brain (born 1942), British anaesthetist and inventor of the laryngeal mask
• Aubrey Brain (1893–1955), British French hornist
• Benjamin Brain (1753–1794), British boxer
• Bill Brain (1891–1961), British social activist
• Brian Brain (1940–2023), British cricketer
• Charles Kimberlin Brain (1931–2023), South African paleontologist
• Dave Brain (1879–1959), American baseball player
• David Brain (born 1964), Zimbabwean cricketer
• Davide Lewton Brain (born 1998), Monégasque-French figure skater
• Dennis Brain (1921–1957), British French hornist
• Dereck Brain (born 1936), Rhodesian field hockey player
• Desmond Brain (1909–1990), Australian cricketer
• Dow Brain, American music producer, songwriter, composer and pianist
• Errol Brain (born 1968), New Zealand rugby player
• Gary Brain (1943–2015), New Zealand timpanist and conductor
• George Brain (1893–1969), Australian politician
• Horrie Brain (1885–1966), Australian rules footballer
• Jack Brain (1920–2014), Australian rules footballer
• Jessica Brain (born 2002), British gymnast
• Jimmy Brain (1900–1971), British football player
• John Brain (1905–1961), Australian cricketer
• Jonny Brain (born 1983), British football goalkeeper
• Joseph Brain (academic) (1940–2024), American physiologist and environmental health researcher
• Joseph Brain (cricketer) (1863–1914), English cricketer
• Kenny Brain (born 1988), Canadian television personality
• Lester Brain (1903–1980), Australian air force officer and airline executive
• Louis Brain (born 1982), English-Australian football player
• Marilyn Brain (born 1959), Canadian rower
• Mark Brain (born 1978), German DJ and music producer
• Marshall Brain (1961–2024), American computer scientist and entrepreneur
• Martin Brain (1932–1970), British racing driver
• Matias Brain (born 1974), Chilean triathlete
• Matthew Brain, Australian bishop
• Michael Brain (1910–1971), Welsh cricketer
• Orlando William Brain (c. 1866–1936), Australian railway engineer
• Pat Brain (1896–1945), Welsh cricketer
• Paul Brain (born 1964), British slalom canoeist
• Peter Brain (born 1947), Australian bishop
• Ray Brain (1952–2019), Australian rules footballer
• Roy Brain (1926–2006), Australian cricketer
• Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain (1895–1966), British neurologist
• Samuel Brain (1850–1902), British brewer and politician
• Simon Brain (born 1966), English footballer
• Stan Brain (1903–1969), Australian rugby league footballer
• Steve Brain (born 1954), English rugby union player
• Stewart Brain (born 1962), Australian judoka
• Susan Brain, British pharmacologist
• Tega Brain, Australian-born digital artist and environmental engineer
• Terence Brain (born 1938), British bishop
• Terry Brain (1907–1984), Australian rules football player
• Terry Brain Jr. (born 1938), Australian rules football player
• Terry Brain (animator) (1955–2016), animator
• Tim Brain (born 1954), British police chief
• William Brain (1870–1934), English cricketer and footballer
• William Blanch Brain (1843–1908), English mining engineer in Australia

See also

• Brayne, another surname