Brandes is a German surname and Jewish surname, and may refer to: Bernd Jürgen Armando Brandes (1961-2001), German cannibalism victim Bruno Brandes (1910–1985), German lawyer and politician (CDU), MdB, MdL Niedersachsen Charles Brandes, American money manager 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 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 (1758–1810), German lawyer 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 Jan Laurens Andries Brandes (1857-1905), Dutch historian Johann Christian Brandes (1735–1799), German dramatist John Brandes (born 1964), American football player Lothar Brandes (born 1926), German painter 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 Brandeis Brandis (surname)