Brackebusch or Brakebusch is a German-based surname:
Johann Georg Ludwig Brackebusch (1768–1835), German Lutheran theologian Georg Friedrich Brackebusch (1799–1883), German Freemason, entrepreneur, and politician, Member of the Frankfurt National Assembly Hans Brackebusch (1808–1880), German theologian and politician, member of the Erfurt Union Parliament Ludwig Brackebusch (1849–1906), German geologist Lotte Brackebusch (1898–1978), German actress and radio play narrator Gabriele Brakebusch (1954), German politician (CDU) and member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt