Patrick Branwell Brontë (26 June 1817 – 24 September 1848) was a painter, writer and poet, the only son of the Brontë family, and the brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.

Branwell Brontë was the fourth of six children and the only son of Patrick Brontë (1777–1861) and his wife, Maria Branwell Brontë (1783–1821). He was born in Thornton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, and moved with his family to Haworth when his father was appointed to the perpetual curacy in 1821.