Family name Brinsley (Brinsley 
) , around the globe, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Brinsley is characteristic of Jamaica, where it is a rare surname, New Zealand, and Australia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Likewise, Brinsley is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Brinsley | United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, New Zealand, United States |
| brinsley butler, 1st viscount lanesborough (died 1735) (b. 1670) |
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| brinsley nicholson physician, GB (b. 1824) |
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brinsley shaw American actor and screenwriter (1876-1931), US (b. 1876) |
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brinsley macnamara Irish writer, IE (b. 1890) |
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| brinsley fitzgerald Irish stockbroker, GB (b. 1859) |
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| brinsley rankine le fanu (1862-1945) (b. 1862) |
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| brinsley hampden nixon 7 Aug 1886 - (b. 1886) |
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| william brinsley cricketer (1887-1959), NZ (b. 1887) |
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brinsley forde English actor-musician, GB (b. 1953) |
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| brinsley stracey (1904-1919) (b. 1904) |
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| brinsley ford British art historian and collector (1908-1999), GB (b. 1908) |
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| brinsley le poer trench, 8th earl of clancarty Anglo-Irish noble (1911-1995), GB (b. 1911) |
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| frank brinsley Radio "shock jock" (b. 1971) |
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| brinsley burrowes Peerage person ID=361014 |
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| w. brinsley Australian botanist, AU |
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