Brinsley (name) explained

Brinsley is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough (18th century), Grand Master of the Freemasons in Ireland
• Brinsley Forde (born 1952), Guyanese musician
• Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty (1911–1995), prominent ufologist
• Brinsley MacNamara (1890–1963), Irish novelist
• Brinsley Schwarz (musician) (born 1947), English guitarist and rock musician
• Edmund Brinsley Teesdale (1915–1997), Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
• Richard Brinsley Knowles (1820–1882), British journalist
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright and Whig statesman

Surname:

• Frank Brinsley (born 1971), American radio personality
• Ismaaiyl Brinsley, suspect in the 2014 killings of NYPD officers