布莱恩·威尔森·柯林汉（英语：Brian Wilson Kernighan，1942年－），生于加拿大多伦多，加拿大计算机科学家，曾服务于贝尔实验室，为普林斯顿大学教授。他曾参与Unix的研发，也是AMPL与AWK的共同创造者之一。

与丹尼斯·里奇共同写作了C语言的第一本著作《C进程设计语言》之后，他的名字开始为人所熟知。他也创作了许多Unix上的程序，包括在Version 7 Unix上的ditroff与cron。

Brian Wilson Kernighan (/ˈkɜːrnᵻhæn/; born January 1, 1942) is a Canadian computer scientist who worked at Bell Labs alongside Unix creators Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie and contributed to the development of Unix. He is also coauthor of the AWK and AMPL programming languages. The "K" of K&R C and the "K" in AWK both stand for "Kernighan". Since 2000 Brian Kernighan has been a Professor at the Computer Science Department of Princeton University, where he is also the Undergraduate Department Representative.