Brainin is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Boris Brainin (Sepp Österreicher, 1905-1996), Austrian poet and translator Danny Brainin (?-?), film actor (Xtro, Street Smart) David Brainin (1905-1942), French painter and dancer, murdered in Auschwitz Elisabeth Brainin (1949), Austrian psychoanalyst and scientific writer, daughter of Lotte and Hugo Brainin Fritz (Frederick) Brainin (1913-1992), Austrian/American poet Grégoire Brainin (Moineau, 1933), French poet and philosopher Harald Brainin (1923-2006), Austrian poet and writer Hugo Brainin (1924), Austrian locksmith, survivor, and contemporary witness of the Holocaust, brother of Norbert Brainin, father of Elisabeth Brainin, husband of Lotte Brainin Jerome (Jerry) Brainin (1916-2000), American jazz and film composer, the author of a song The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (for the same film, 1948), which became a Jazz standard Lotte Brainin (1920), Austrian resistance fighter against National Socialism, contemporary witness, and survivor of the Holocaust, prisoner of Auschwitz and Ravensbruck, mother of Elisabeth Brainin, wife of Hugo Brainin Max Brainin (1909-2002), Austrian/American commercial graphic artist and violinist Norbert Brainin (1923–2005), Austrian/British violinist, the founder of Amadeus Quartet Peter Brainin (1959), American saxophonist and jazz composer Reuben Brainin (1862–1939), Hebrew publicist, biographer and public figure Simon Brainin (1854-?), Russian/American physician and public figure Teodor Brainin (1905-?), Russian film actor, the most known film: Benya Krik (1926) Valeri Brainin (1948), Russian/German musicologist, music manager and poet Bruce Braynen (1912-2012), MBE - member of British Empire, Bahamian Politician, Former member of Bahamas parliament, Former V. president of senate, Builder/ developer, statesman, related (nephew) to the late Sir Alvin R. Braynen Sir Alvin Rudolf Braynen (1904-1992) knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, KCMG - Knight Commander of British Empire, Bahamian Politician, Former member of Bahamas parliament, Former Speaker & Deputy Speaker in Parliament, Co-Founder of Bahamas Chamber of Commerce Other manner of writing: Zofia (Sofie, Sophie) Röhr-Brajnin (1861-1937), Polish/German soprano Sources Russian-Jewish surnames