Brandes is a German surname and Jewish surname, and may refer to:
Bernd Jürgen Brandes (1958–2001), German cannibalism victim Bruno Brandes (1910–1985), German lawyer and politician (CDU), MdB, MdL Niedersachsen Charles Brandes, American financial consultant Christian Brandes (born 1971), German politician (Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive) David Brandes (born 1968), German musician Detlef Brandes (born 1941), German historian and professor at Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf Dietmar Brandes (born 1948), German botanist, professor and librarian Dirk Brandes (born 1974), German politician Eddo Brandes, cricketer from Zimbabwe Edvard Brandes (1847–1931), Danish Cultural politician and editor and co-founder of the newspaper Politiken, brother of Georg Brandes Ernst Brandes (journalist) (1758–1810), German lawyer Ernst Brandes (1862–1935), German lawyer, estate manager and politician Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes (1844–1892), Danish economist and newspaper editor Esther Charlotte Brandes (1742–1786), actress Georg Brandes (1842–1927), Danish writer and literature critic, brother of Edvard Brandes Gustav Brandes (1842–1941), German zoologist Heinrich Brandes (1803–1868), German landscape painter Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes (1777–1834), German astronomer, mathematician and physicist Ina Brandes (born 1977), German politician (CDU) Jan Laurens Andries Brandes (1857–1905), Dutch historian Johann Christian Brandes (1735–1799), German dramatist John Brandes (born 1964), American football player Lothar Brandes (1926–2011), German painter Marthe Brandès (1862–1930), French actress Peter Brandes (1944–2025), Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and photographer Raymond S. Brandes (1924–2014), American archeologist and historian Rudolph Simon Brandes (1795–1842), German naturalist and pharmacist Werner Brandes (1889–1968), German cameraman Wilhelm Brandes (1854–1928), German writer Will Brandes (1928–1990), German pop singer Winfried Brandes (born 1942), managing director of 'Prussian Memorial Institute e.V.'
See also Brand (surname) Brandeis Brandis (surname)