Braunlich or Bräunlich is a German surname meaning "brownish". Notable people with the surname include: Friedrich Gustav Bräunlich (1800–1875), German physician on medical psychology Alice Braunlich (1888–1989), American classical philologist Erich Bräunlich (1892–1945), German orientist Egon Arno Bräunlich (1919–2001), German painter and pharmacist Helmut Braunlich (1929–2013), German-American violinist, composer and musicologist Hans Bräunlich (born 1940), German dramaturge Tom Braunlich (born 1958), American CCG designer René Bräunlich (born 1974), German engineer from Leipzig, a victim of the kidnapping in Iraq, 2006 along with Thomas Nitzschke