Broome (name)

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

Surname:

• Albert Broome (1900–1989), British soccer player
• Bob Broome, American football coach
• Christopher Edmund Broome (1812–1886), British mycologist
• David Broome (born 1940), British equestrian
• Ernest James Broome (1908–1975), Canadian politician
• Emilia Broomé (1866–1925), Swedish politician, feminist and peace activist
• Frank Broome (1915–1994), British soccer player
• Sir Frederick Broome (1842–1896), Governor of Western Australia
• Harvey Broome (1902–1968), American lawyer, writer and conservationist
• Ian Broome (born 1960), English cricketer
• Jack Broome (1901–1985), Royal Navy officer
• James E. Broome (1808–1883), American politician
• Jerry Broome (born 1966), American actor
• John Broome (disambiguation), various people
  • John L. Broome (1824–1898), United States Marine Corps officer
  • John Broome (philosopher) (born 1947), British philosopher
  • John Broome (writer) (1913–1999), comic book writer for DC Comics
  • John "Jack" Spoor Broome (1917–2009), American aviator and philanthropist
  • Johnny Broome (1818–1855), British boxer
• Lewis Broome (born 1991), Australian Rules footballer
• Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911), New Zealand writer Mary Anne Barker
• Paul Broome (born 1976), American soccer player
• Ralph Broome (pamphleteer) (1742–1805), English stockjobber and pamphleteer
• Ralph Broome (1889–1985), British Olympic bobsledder
• Sharon Weston Broome (born 1956), American politician
• Thornhill Francis Broome (1879–1946), American businessman and rancher
• William Broome (1689–1745), British poet and translator
• William Broome (1873–1942), New Zealand manufacturer/tailor, see Swanndri

Given name:

• Broome Pinniger (born 1902), Indian field hockey player