Brouwer (also Brouwers and de Brouwer) is a Dutch and Flemish surname. The word brouwer means 'brewer'.

Brouwer

  • Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638), Flemish painter
  • Alexander Brouwer (b. 1989), Dutch beach volleyball player
  • Andries Brouwer (b. 1953), Dutch mathematician and computer programmer
  • Brouwer–Haemers graph
  • Bertha "Puck" Brouwer (1930–2006), Dutch sprinter
  • Carolijn Brouwer (b. 1973), Dutch competitive sailor
  • Christoph Brouwer (1559–1617), Dutch Catholic ecclesiastical historian
  • Cornelis Brouwer (–1681), Dutch Golden Age painter
  • Cornelis Brouwer (1900–1952), Dutch long-distance runner
  • Dirk Brouwer (1899–1941), Dutch architect and resistance member
  • Dirk Brouwer (1902–1966), Dutch-American astronomer
  • Brouwer Award, Dirk Brouwer Award, 1746 Brouwer asteroid
  • Emanuel Brouwer (1881–1954), Dutch gymnast
  • George Brouwer, Australian lawyer, Ombudsman for Victoria
  • Gijs Brouwer (b. 1996), Dutch tennis player
  • Harm Brouwer (b. 1957), Dutch politician
  • Hendrik Brouwer (1580–1643), Dutch explorer, admiral, and colonial administrator
  • Brouwer Route, route to the East Indies he devised
  • Hendrik Albertus Brouwer (1886–1973), Dutch geologist and paleontologist
  • Henk Brouwer (b. 1953), Dutch sprinter
  • Hugo Brouwer (1913–1986), Dutch painter, sculptor, and ceramist.
  • Ina Brouwer (b. 1950), Dutch politician
  • Jack Brouwer (b. 1965), American engineer
  • Jan Brouwer (b. 1940), Dutch football manager
  • Joel Brouwer (b. 1968), American poet, professor and critic
  • (1898–1943), Dutch Hispanist, author, and resistance member
  • Jordy Brouwer (b. 1988), Dutch footballer
  • L. E. J. Brouwer (1881–1966), Dutch mathematician and philosopher
  • Brouwer fixed-point theorem, Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation, Brouwer–Hilbert controversy, Kleene–Brouwer order, Phragmen–Brouwer theorem
  • Leo Brouwer (b. 1939), Cuban guitarist and composer
  • Margaret Brouwer (b. 1940), American composer
  • Matt Brouwer (b. 1976), Canadian singer/so ngwriter
  • Matthijs Brouwer (b. 1980), Dutch field hockey player
  • Michael Brouwer (b. 1993), Dutch football goalkeeper
  • Miriam Brouwer (b. 1991), Canadian cyclist
  • Puck Brouwer (1930–2006), Dutch sprinter
  • Rachel Brouwer (b. c. 2001), Canadian inventor
  • Rob Brouwer (b. 1982), Canadian rugby player
  • Ronald Brouwer (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player
  • Sigmund Brouwer (b. 1959), Canadian writer
  • (b. 1991), Dutch swimmer
  • Tiemen Brouwer (1916–1977), Dutch politician and Minister of Agriculture
  • Troy Brouwer (b. 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Willem Brouwer (b. 1963), Dutch football player
  • Willem Coenraad Brouwer (1877–1933), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
  • Wouter Brouwer (1882–1961), Dutch fencer

Brouwers

  • Angela Brouwers (b. 1974), Dutch singer
  • Davy Brouwers (b. 1988), Belgian footballer
  • (1874–1948), Belgian historian and archivist
  • Dolf Brouwers (1912–1997), Dutch comedian, singer, and television actor
  • Eef Brouwers (1939–2018), Dutch journalist
  • Evert Brouwers (b. 1990), Dutch footballer
  • Jeroen Brouwers (1940–2022), Dutch writer
  • José Brouwers (1931–2025), Belgian stage director and actor
  • Laura Brouwers (b. 1988), Dutch cricketer
  • Luuk Brouwers (b. 1998), Dutch footballer
  • Marco Brouwers (b. 1958), Dutch volleyball player
  • Roel Brouwers (b. 1981), Dutch footballer

De Brouwer

  • Gordon de Brouwer, Australian economist
  • Joëlle De Brouwer (b. 1950), French middle-distance runner
  • Ninón Lapeiretta de Brouwer (1907–1989), Dominican composer and pianist
  • Piet de Brouwer (1880–1953), Dutch archer
  • Philippe De Brouwer (b. 1969), Belgian economist and banker
  • Walter De Brouwer (b. 1957), Belgian internet and technology entrepreneur

See also

  • 1746 Brouwer, asteroid
  • Brouwer (crater), lunar crater named after both Dirk Brouwer and L.E.J. "Bertus" Brouwer
  • De Dolle Brouwers, Belgian brewery
  • De Struise Brouwers, Belgian brewery