Across the world, Brooks (Brooks 
, Брукс 
, بروكس) is a common predominantly male, but scarcely feminine forename. The forename Brooks is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a rare principally boy's, but very infrequently female name, Botswana, where it is quite a rare male name, and Canada, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the United States, Nigeria, and Canada. Much more prevalently, Brooks is the last name as well as the forename.
Brooks is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Brooks , the musical character in the musical Grey Gardens by Scott Frankel.
| cotton brown brooks (20 Jul 1765 - certain 12 May 1834) (b. 1765) |
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phillips brooks American clergyman and author, hymnwriter, US (b. 1835) |
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| lewis brooks American philanthropist (b. 1793) |
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bryant butler brooks American politician (1861-1944), US (b. 1861) |
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| wolcott turner brooks American politician, US (b. 1826) |
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van wyck brooks American literary critic, biographer, and historian, US (b. 1886) |
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overton brooks American politician, US (b. 1897) |
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roy brooks American actor, US (b. 1901) |
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| marshall brooks English rugby union footballer and high jumper (1855-1944), GB (b. 1855) |
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| morgan brooks American inventor (1861-1947), US (b. 1861) |
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| weldon f. brooks American politician, US (b. 1861) |
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| hall l. brooks American politician, US (b. 1864) |
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rand brooks actor and rancher (1918-2003), US (b. 1918) |
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| shelton brooks Canadian-born African American composer of popular music and jazz, CA (b. 1886) |
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| cleveland f. brooks American politician, US (b. 1887) |
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