Brodie Leonidas Duke (September 17, 1846 – February 2, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, often credited with starting the tobacco manufacturing industry in Durham, North Carolina.

[1] Founder of Semper Idem, and co-founder of W. Duke, Sons & Co., Brodie produced and sold tobacco products across North Carolina for over 20 years.

At this time, Washington Duke built a split warehouse to share with Brodie, and the two held an agreement by which each would sell the other's products.

Eventually, Brodie built his warehouse and co-founded W. Duke, Sons & Co. with his father, half-brothers, and a family business partner, George Washington Watts.

So much so, that he bought three pieces of land in Durham, and named the streets so that they read "Washington, Hated, Watts" from East to West.