Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown (surname), meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning. The Mac A Brehons clan of Co. Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800. The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the surname Pardo.
Adam Browne, Australian writerAndrew Browne, several peopleSir Anthony Browne (died 1548), Standard Bearer of EnglandAnthony Browne (author) (born 1946), author of children's booksAnthony Browne (UK politics), journalistAnucha Browne Sanders, American basketball playerAurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedianBaron Browne, American bassistBarrington Browne, Guyanese cricketerBooker Brown, American football playerBud Browne, film directorByron Browne, American baseball playerChance Browne, American comic strip artist, son of Dik BrowneCharles Farrar Browne (1834–1867), American authorCharles E. Browne, American territorial legislatorChris Browne, American cartoonist, son of Dik BrowneChristopher Browne (born 1970), American television producerCoral Browne, Australian actressCourtney Browne, Barbadian cricketerSnuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketerDavey Browne (1986–2015), Australian professional boxerDes Browne, British politicianDik Browne, American comic strip artistEdward Granville Browne, British orientalistEdward Harold Browne, British bishopEdward Stevenson Browne, British soldierEdward Thomas Browne (1866–1937), cnidariologist (researcher on medusae and cessile polyps)Ernest Browne (1855-1946), Irish tennis playerEliane Browne-Bartroli (1917–1944), British intelligence agentElizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester, the mistress of Henry VIII and lady-in-waiting to his second wife, Anne BoleynFeargal Browne, Irish politicianGarech Browne, Irish arts patronGeorge Browne (soldier), Russian field marshalGeorge Joseph Plunket Browne, Bishop of Elphin from 1844 to 1858Hablot Knight Browne, British illustratorHarry Browne, American investment analyst and political writerHenry George Gore-Browne, Irish soldierHoward Browne, American writerIvan Browne, the singer for The Lemon PipersJack Nixon Browne, British politicianJackson Browne (born 1948), American musicianJames Browne (athlete), Antiguan long jumperJames Browne (engineer), Scottish engineerJames Browne (writer), Scottish man of lettersE. Janet Browne, British historian of scienceJann Browne, American country singerJeremy Browne, British politicianJohn Browne, several peopleJoseph Browne, several peopleJoy Browne, American radio psychologistKale Browne (born 1950), American actorLeslie Browne, American ballet dancerE. Martin Browne (1900–1980), British theatre directorMary Browne, American tennis playerMaximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshalMichael Browne, several peopleLady Moyra Browne, nurseNicholas Browne (1947–2014), British diplomatNicholas Browne-Wilkinson, British judgeNoël Browne (1915–1997), Irish politician and physicianOlin Browne (born 1959), American golferPádraig de Brún, Irish churchman, brother of Michael Browne (Cardinal)Patrick Browne, Irish botanistPatti Ann Browne, American broadcasterPeter Browne, several peopleRobert Browne, several peopleRodney Howard-Browne, South African preacherRoscoe Lee Browne, American actorRose Browne, American educatorSam Browne, several peopleSeán Browne (1916–1996), Irish politicianSean K. L. Browne (born 1953), contemporary American sculptorStan Browne, Australian rugby league footballerSteven Browne (born 1989), Australian footballerSylvia Browne (1936−2013), American mediumTara Browne, British socialiteSir Thomas Browne, English authorThom Browne, American fashion designerThomas Gore Browne, British colonial administratorTim Browne, (born 1987), Australian Rugby League playerTom Browne (broadcaster and actor), British broadcasterTony Browne, Irish hurlerTravis Browne, American mixed martial arts fighterUlric Browne, British actorValentine Browne, several peopleVanessa Ward (née Browne), Australian high jumperVincent Browne, Irish journalistVincent Browne (sculptor), Irish sculptorWalter Browne (1949–2015), American chess playerWayles Browne, American linguist and SlavistWilliam Browne (poet) (1588–1643), English poetWilliam A. F. Browne (1805–1885), mental health professional, fellow student of Charles DarwinWilliam Alfred BrowneMajor William D. Browne, U.S. Army officerWilliam George Browne (1768–1813), British travellerWilliam Joseph Browne, politician who served with the federal governments of both Newfoundland and CanadaWilliam M. Browne, American Confederate politicianWillie Browne (1936–2004), Republic of Ireland International football playerWilliam Phineas Browne, American lawyer and coal industry figureWilliam Washington Browne, former American slave, minister, and businessman