Brome is a surname of French and English origin. The Earls of Anjou were the first to take the name Brome. Fulke, Earl of Anjou chose to represent the Brome family name with a broom plant (Calicotome spinosa). Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Brome (1620–1666), English poet Bartholomew Brome (fl. 1589), English politician Richard Brome (1590–1653), English dramatist Vincent Brome (1910–2004), English writer James Brome (died 1719), English clergyman Joseph Brome (died 1825), British army officer Joseph Brome (died 1796), British army officer Simon Brome (died 1600), English politician Thomas Brome (died 1380), English Carmelite friar Rufus Brome (born 1935), 12th bishop of Barbados
See also Adam de Brome (died 1332), English almoner and college founder Lotta Bromé (born 1964), Swedish radio and television host Mathias Bromé (born 1994), Swedish hockey player Brome and Oakley, English civil parish
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