Cognomen Brain (Brain 
, Brein 
, Брайн 
) , around the world, is a common surname. The surname Brain is characteristic of Isle of Man, where it is quite a common surname, Ghana, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United Kingdom. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United Kingdom, Ghana, and the United States. Likewise, Brain is the forename as well as the last name.
| cellach mac brain Irish king (b. 701) |
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| muiredach mac brain 770-818 (b. 701) |
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| máel muad mac brain 10th-century Irish monarch (b. 950) |
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| john brain (born 1726) (b. 1726) |
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| benjamin brain English bareknuckle prizefighter, GB (b. 1753) |
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| thomas brain (1762-1835) (b. 1762) |
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| john brain (1799-1865) (b. 1799) |
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samuel brain (b. 1850) |
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| john alfred brain (1827-1901) (b. 1827) |
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dave brain American baseball player (1879-1959), US (b. 1879) |
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george brain Australian politician, NZ (b. 1893) |
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russell brain British neurologist (1895-1966), GB (b. 1895) |
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| samuel brain Brain, Samuel Arthur (1850–1903), brewer (b. 1850) |
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lester brain Australian aviation pioneer (1903-1980), AU (b. 1903) |
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| walter john brain (1854-1927) (b. 1854) |
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