title: Broke (surname)
text: # Broke (surname)
  
  Broke is the surname of:
  
  * Charles Broke Vere (1779–1843), né Broke, English army officer at the time of the Napoleonic Wars
  * David Broke or Brooke (c.1498–1560), English judge and Member of Parliament
  * George Broke (born 1946), British Army officer, equerry to the Queen
  * Philip Broke (1776–1841), Royal Navy officer
  * Philip Broke, 2nd Baronet (1804–1855), Royal Navy officer, of the Broke-Middleton baronets
  * Richard Broke (judge) (died 1529), English judge
  * Robert Broke (died 1558), British justice, politician and legal writer
  * Simon Broke (fl.1393–1406), English politician
  * Thomas Broke or Brooke (fl.1550), British translator, alderman of Calais
  * William Broke, English 16th-century college and university head
  