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Brown is a common English-language surname derived from the color brown as a personal feature. This list provides links to biography of people who share this common surname, organized by area of endeavor.

Contents

Activism

  • Gerald W. Brown, American whistleblower
  • H. Rap Brown (born 1943), American civil rights activist
  • John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American abolitionist
  • John W. Brown (labor leader) (1867–1941), a Canadian-born labour leader in the United States
  • Lyn Mikel Brown (born 1956), American academic, author, feminist, and youth activist
  • Oliver Brown (American activist) (1918–1961), plaintiff of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case concerning school segregation
  • Olympia Brown (1835–1926), American women's suffragist
  • Art and architecture

  • Bob Brown (comics), comic book artist
  • Christy Brown (1932–1981), Irish author, painter and poet
  • Dexter Brown (born 1942), British painter
  • Ethel Isadore Brown (1872–1944) American painter
  • Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893), English painter
  • Georgia Louise Harris Brown (1918–1999), American architect
  • Henry Kirke Brown (1814–1886), American sculptor
  • Lancelot "Capability" Brown (1716–1783), English landscape gardener
  • John Brown (architect) (1805–1876), English architect in the 19th century
  • John George Brown (1831–1913), American painter born Durham, England
  • Martin Brown (artist) (born 1959), illustrator of children's books
  • Ralph Brown (sculptor) (1928–2013), British sculptor
  • Business

  • Bobbi Brown (born 1957), makeup artist and entrepreneur
  • David Brown (entrepreneur) (1904–1993), English entrepreneur
  • Howard Brown (Halifax Bank) (born c. 1966), spokesman for Halifax bank in the U.K.
  • Crime

  • Nathaniel Bar-Jonah (1957–2008), born David Paul Brown, convicted kidnapper and child sexual assaulter
  • Jason Derek Brown (born 1969), suspected murderer listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list
  • John A. Brown, Jr. (died 1997), an American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin
  • John Ronald Brown (1922–2010), unlicensed United States sex-change operation surgeon
  • Nixzmary Brown (1998–2006), American murder victim from Brooklyn, New York
  • Engineering, science, and medicine

  • Alexander Crum Brown (1838–1922), Scottish chemist
  • Barnum Brown (1873–1963), American paleontologist
  • David K. Brown (1928–2008), British naval architect and author
  • George Brown (1650–1730), Scots arithmetician and inventor
  • Ernest William Brown (1866–1938), English mathematician and astronomer
  • George Harold Brown (1908–1987), American research engineer
  • George R. Brown (1898–1983), American entrepreneur
  • Gerald E. Brown (1926–2013), American theoretical physicist
  • G. Spencer-Brown (1923–2016), English mathematician
  • Harold P. Brown (1869–1932), inventor, anti-alternating current activist
  • Herbert C. Brown (1912–2004) Nobel Prize chemist
  • Howard Junior Brown (1924–1975), physician, public health official, and gay-rights activist
  • Jeannette Brown (born 1934), American organic medicinal chemist, historian, and author
  • John Brown (doctor) (1735–1788), Scottish physician
  • John Brown (industrialist) (1816–1896), inventor of a process for rolling armour-plate
  • John Brown (physician) (1810–1882), Scottish physician and essayist
  • John Campbell Brown (born 1947), Scottish Royal Astronomer
  • Justin Brown (aquanaut) (born circa 1982), American aquanaut
  • Lowell S. Brown (born 1934), American physicist
  • Michael E. Brown (born 1965), astronomer
  • Michael Glyn Brown (1957–2013), American surgeon
  • Michael Stuart Brown (born 1941), American geneticist
  • Moses Brown (1738–1836), American inventor
  • N. E. Brown (Nicholas Edward Brown, 1849–1934), botanist
  • Rachel Fuller Brown (1898–1980), American scientist
  • Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Montrose) (1773–1858), botanist
  • Robert Hanbury Brown (1916–2002), British astronomer and physicist
  • Roger Brown (psychologist) (1925–1997), American social psychologist
  • Roy Brown Jr. (1916–2013), American car designer and engineer
  • Samuel Brown (Royal Navy officer) (1774–1852), British civil engineer
  • Thomas Brown (engineer) (1772–1850), English surveyor, engineer, businessman, and landowner
  • Thomas Brown (naturalist) (1785–1862), English naturalist
  • Thomas Townsend Brown (1905–1985), American inventor
  • William Brown (bridge designer) (1928–2005), British bridge designer
  • Fiction

  • the Browns, a hobbit family mentioned in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Amber Brown, title character in a series of books by Paula Danziger
  • Bingo Brown, title character in a series of books by Betsy Byars
  • Bob Brown (The Unit), a character in the American TV show The Unit
  • Buster Brown, an early 20th-century U.S. comic strip character
  • Charlie Brown, central hero of the Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schulz
  • Cleveland Brown, character on the television shows Family Guy and The Cleveland Show
  • Dr Emmett Brown, the "crazy, wild-eyed" scientist from the Back to the Future trilogy, played by Christopher Lloyd
  • Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective
  • Father Brown, Catholic priest and detective in stories by G. K. Chesterton
  • John Brown, protagonist of the 1999 film Inspector Gadget
  • Lavender Brown, fellow student in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
  • Harry Brown (film), 2009 British film with Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer
  • Paddington Brown, bear in Michael Bond's children's stories
  • Rembrandt Brown, musician in US TV show Sliders
  • Sally Brown, sister of Charlie Brown in Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schulz
  • Teela Brown, heroine of Larry Niven's Ringworld SF series with in-born good luck
  • Tom Brown (character), plucky student in semi-autobiographical Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes, later mentioned in George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman series
  • Vanbeest Brown, pseudonym of Harry Bertram in Sir Walter Scott's novel, Guy Mannering
  • William Brown (fictional boy), naughty schoolboy hero of Just William by Richmal Crompton
  • Agent Brown in The Matrix
  • Film, television, and theater

  • A. Whitney Brown (born 1952), American comedian
  • Aaron Brown (journalist) (born 1948), American broadcast journalist
  • Alton Brown (born 1962), American TV chef
  • Arnold Brown (comedian), Scottish comedian
  • Barry Brown (actor) (1951–1978), American actor
  • Bille Brown (1952–2013), Australian actor and playwright
  • Bruce Brown (born 1937), American documentary filmmaker
  • Bryan Brown (born 1947), Australian actor
  • Candy Brown (born 1958), American actress and dancer
  • Clancy Brown (born 1959), American actor
  • Clarence Brown (1890–1987), American movie director
  • David Brown (producer) (1916–2010), American movie producer
  • George Brown (union official), president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
  • Harry Brown (journalist) (1930–2002), Canadian radio and television host
  • James Brown (actor) (1920–1992), American actor
  • James Brown (sportscaster) (born 1951), American television sports personality
  • Joe Brown (judge) (born 1947), television judge on the Judge Joe Brown show
  • Joe E. Brown (1892–1973), American actor and comedian
  • Kimberly J. Brown (born 1984), American actress
  • Robert Brown (British actor) (1921–2003), English actor
  • Robert Brown (American actor) (born 1927), American actor
  • Robert Latham Brown (born 1947), producer, production manager, and author
  • Samantha Brown (born 1970), Travel Channel host
  • Theo Wade Brown (1950–2002), British designer and eccentric, well-known member of the London special effects community
  • Tom Brown (actor) (1913–1990), film and television actor
  • History, philosophy, and religion

  • Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army) (1913–2002), 11th General of The Salvation Army
  • George Brown (missionary) (1835–1917), English missionary to Fiji, Samoa
  • John Brown (minister) (1784–1858), Scottish clergyman and writer
  • John Brown (theologian) (1722–1787), Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
  • John Brown (Vicar of St Mary's, Leicester) (died 1845), an eloquent British evangelical preacher and Vicar of St. Mary's Leicester
  • Peter Brown (historian) (born 1935), Irish historian specializing in the period of Late Antiquity and study of the cult of saints
  • Thomas Brown (philosopher) (1778–1820), Scottish philosopher
  • Truesdell Sparhawk Brown (1906–1992), American historian of ancient Greece
  • William Brown (clergyman) (1766–1835), Scottish clergyman and Hebraist
  • Literature

  • Alice Brown (writer) (1856–1948), American novelist
  • Andrew Brown (writer) (born 1955), British journalist and writer
  • Bill Brown (critical theory), American author and professor of English at the University of Chicago
  • Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810), American novelist
  • Dale Brown (born 1956), American novelist
  • Dan Brown (born 1964), American novelist; author of The Da Vinci Code
  • Dee Brown (writer) (1908–2002), American novelist and historian
  • Eric Brown (writer) (born 1960), science fiction author
  • Fredric Brown (1906–1972), science fiction and mystery author
  • George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist
  • George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), Scottish poet, author, and dramatist
  • Harry Brown (writer) (1917–1986), American screenwriter and novelist
  • Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012), author, publisher, and businesswoman
  • J. B. Selkirk (James Brown of Selkirk, 1832–1904), Scottish poet and essayist
  • James Cooke Brown (1921–2000), sociologist
  • John Brown (essayist) (1715–1766), English divine and author
  • John Brown (fugitive slave) (c. 1810–1876), writer of Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings and Escape of John Brown
  • Norman O. Brown (1913–2002), American literary scholar
  • Rita Mae Brown (born 1944), American writer and social activist
  • Rosel George Brown (1926–1967), American science fiction author
  • Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897), Manx poet, scholar, and divine
  • Ticasuk Brown (1904–1982), Iñupiaq educator poet and writer
  • Tina Brown (born 1953), English journalist and author, biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales
  • Tom Brown Jr. (born 1950), an American outdoorsman and nature writer
  • Tom Brown (satirist) (c. 1663–1704), English translator and satirist
  • William Wells Brown (1814–1884), African American writer and abolitionist
  • Military

  • George Brown (British Army officer) (1790–1865)
  • George Scratchley Brown (1918–1978), Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Harry W. Brown (1898–1917), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Jacob Brown (1775–1828), U.S. Army officer in the War of 1812, later commanding general, U.S. Army
  • John Brown (British Army soldier) (died 1964), British POW and spy during the Second World War
  • Peter Brown (VC) (1837–1894), Swedish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Roy Brown (RAF officer) (1893–1944), Canadian World War I flying ace
  • Tom Brown (British Army soldier) (1705–1746), hero of the Battle of Dettingen
  • Walter Brown (VC), DCM (1885–1942), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • William Brown (admiral) (1777–1857), Irish-born Argentine Navy admiral
  • William Brown (sailor), black woman who served in the Royal Navy disguised as a man
  • William Brown (soldier) (18th century), American Revolutionary War soldier
  • Music

  • Arthur Brown (musician) (born 1942), English rock and roll singer
  • Ayla Brown (born 1988), American singer, college basketball player and former American Idol contestant
  • Barry Brown (singer) (1962–2004), Jamaican reggae singer
  • Bill Brown (composer) (born 1969), American composer
  • Bobby Brown (born 1969), American rhythm and blues singer
  • Charles Brown (musician) (1922–1999), American blues singer
  • Chastity Brown (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
  • Chris Brown (born 1989), American rhythm and blues singer and dancer
  • Chuck Brown (1936–2012), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
  • Clifford Brown (1930–1956), American jazz trumpeter
  • David Brown (Australian musician), Australian musician
  • David Brown (American musician) (1947–2000), American musician
  • Dennis Brown (1957–1999), Jamaican reggae singer
  • Earle Brown (1926–2002), American experimental composer
  • Eban Brown (born 1972), American pop vocalist, lead singer of The Stylistics
  • Errol Brown (1943–2015), British-Jamaican songwriter, lead singer of (Hot Chocolate)
  • Foxy Brown (rapper) (born 1979), American female rapper
  • George Brown (musician) (born 1949), drummer for Kool & the Gang
  • Gertrude Foster Brown (1867–1956), concert pianist, teacher, suffragette
  • Harold Ray Brown (born 1946), member of the 1970s band War
  • Ian Brown (born 1963), solo artist and former lead singer in The Stone Roses
  • Iona Brown (1941–2004), British violinist and conductor, sister of Timothy
  • James Brown (1933–2006), American soul and funk singer and bandleader
  • Jason "J" Brown (born 1976), former member of boy-band 5ive
  • Jocelyn Brown (born 1950), American R&B and dance music singer
  • Joe Brown (singer) (born 1941), British singer
  • Julie Brown (born 1958), American actress and singer
  • Junior Brown (born 1952), American country singer
  • Les Brown (bandleader) (1912–2001), big band leader
  • Lew Brown (1893–1958), American lyricist
  • Melanie Brown (born 1975), English pop singer
  • Pearly Brown (aka Reverend, or Blind, Pearly Brown; 1915–1986), American musician
  • Peter Brown (singer) (born 1953), singer, songwriter, and producer
  • Robert E. Brown (1927–2005), American ethnomusicologist
  • Rosemary Brown (spiritualist) (1916–2001), spirit medium and classical pianist
  • Ruth Brown (1928–2006), American singer
  • Stephen Brown (composer) (born 1948), Canadian composer, conductor, and teacher
  • Steve Brown (bass player) (1890–1965), American jazz musician and string bass player from New Orleans
  • Steve Brown (composer), British television composer
  • Texas Johnny Brown (1928–2013), American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
  • Timothy Brown (hornist), British hornist, brother of Iona
  • Tom Brown (trombonist) (1888–1958), American jazz trombonist and bandleader
  • The 5 Browns, classical piano musical group: Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra, and Desirae
  • Vicki Brown (1940–1991), English singer
  • Wilfred Brown (1921–1971), English tenor
  • Willie Brown (musician) (1900–1952), American delta blues guitarist and singer
  • Australia

  • Bob Brown (born 1944), Australian Greens politician
  • Bob Brown (Australian Labor politician) (born 1933)
  • Carol Brown (politician) (born 1963), Australian senator
  • John Brown (Australian politician) (born 1931), Australian Labor Party politician and federal minister
  • Neil Brown (Australian politician) (born 1940), Liberal Party politician and federal minister
  • Peter Broun, known for most of life as Peter Nicholas Brown (1797–1846), first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1829–1846)
  • Robert Leslie Brown (born c. 1951), Australian Shooters Party politician
  • Thomas Brown (Western Australian politician) (1803–1863), Australian pastoralist and politician
  • Canada

  • Fergy Brown (1923–2013), Canadian politician
  • George Brown (Canadian politician) (1818–1880), Scottish-born Canadian politician
  • Rosemary Brown (politician) (1930–2003)
  • William Brown (Manitoba politician), politician in Manitoba 1922–27
  • New Zealand

  • Arthur Winton Brown (1856–1916), former Mayor of Wellington in 1886 and 1891
  • Peter Brown (New Zealand politician) (born 1939), New Zealand First MP
  • Len Brown, controversial Auckland mayor
  • South Africa

  • Peter Brown (South African politician) (1924–2004), founding member of the South African Liberal Party
  • United Kingdom

  • Ernest Brown (British politician) (1881–1962), British politician
  • George Brown, Baron George-Brown (1914–1985), British politician
  • Gordon Brown (born 1951), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • James Brown (Scottish politician) (1862–1939), Member of Parliament for Ayrshire, UK
  • Robert Brown (English politician) (1921–1996), English politician
  • Robert Brown (Scottish politician) (born 1947), Scottish politician
  • United States

  • Adam M. Brown (1826–1901), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1901
  • Adon P. Brown (1873–1942), New York state senator
  • Basil W. Brown (1927–1997), Michigan state senator
  • Benjamin Gratz Brown (1826–1885), governor of Missouri
  • Charlie Brown (California politician) (born 1949), candidate for Congress in northern California
  • Edward and Elaine Brown (born 1942 and c. 1940), New Hampshire tax protesters
  • Elon R. Brown (1857–1922), President pro tem of the New York State Senate 1915 until 1918
  • Eric Brown (judge), Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
  • Fred H. Brown (1879–1955), American lawyer and politician
  • Several people named George Brown, including:
  • George Brown, Jr. (1920–1999), U.S. congressman from California
  • George Houston Brown (1810–1865), represented New Jersey 's 4th congressional district from 1853 to 1855
  • Hank Brown (born 1940), United States Senator from Colorado 1991 to 1997, and five-term U.S. Representative of Colorado's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 1991
  • Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense) (born 1927), American physicist
  • Henry Billings Brown (1836–1914), U.S. Supreme Court justice
  • Henry E. Brown, Jr. (born 1935), U.S. congressman from South Carolina
  • Jack A. Brown (1929–2015), Arizona state legislator and rancher
  • James Brown (Louisiana) (1766–1835), U.S. senator from Louisiana
  • James S. Brown (1824–1878), mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
  • J. E. "Buster" Brown (born 1940), Texas state senator
  • Jerry Brown (born 1938), governor of California from 1975 until 1983 and since 2011
  • J. Marshall Brown (1924 – deceased prior to 2013), Louisiana state representative and Democratic national committeeman
  • John Brown (Kentucky) (1757–1837), member of Continental Congress from Virginia
  • John Brown (Maryland) (c. 1760–1815), United States congressman from Maryland
  • John Brown (North Carolina) (1737–1812), pioneer and statesman from North Carolina
  • John Brown (Pennsylvania) (1772–1845), United States congressman from Pennsylvania
  • John Brown (Rhode Island) (1736–1803), United States congressman from Rhode Island
  • John Brewer Brown (1836–1898), United States congressman from Maryland
  • John C. Brown (1827–1889), Tennessee governor
  • John Robert Brown (judge) (1909–1993), a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • John W. Brown (New York politician) (1796–1875), United States congressman from New York
  • John William Brown (1913–1993), governor of Ohio for eleven days in 1957
  • John Y. Brown Sr. (1900–1985), United States congressman from Kentucky
  • John Y. Brown Jr. (born 1933), Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983
  • Joseph E. Brown (1821–1894), governor of American state of Georgia
  • Joseph O. Brown (1848–1903), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1901–1903
  • Kate Brown (born 1960), governor of Oregon
  • Melissa Brown (politician), ophthalmologist and several-time candidate from Pennsylvania for the United States House of Representatives
  • Neal Brown (Wisconsin politician) (1861–1917), American politician
  • Orlando Brown (Kentucky) (1801–1867), American politician from Kentucky
  • Pat Brown (1905–1996), governor of California from 1959–1967
  • Raleigh Brown (1921–2009), Texas House of Representatives and state judge
  • Ron Brown (1941–1996), Secretary of Commerce, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
  • Scott Brown (born 1959), U.S. senator from Massachusetts
  • Sherrod Brown (born 1952), U.S. senator from Ohio
  • Thomas Brown (Florida politician) (1785–1867), American politician
  • Wayne Brown (politician) (1936–2013), American politician and accountant
  • W. K. Brown (c. 1923–2011), Louisiana state representative
  • Willie Brown (politician) (born 1934), American mayor of San Francisco
  • Sports

  • Alfredo Brown (1886–1958), Argentine association football player
  • Ali Brown (born 1970), English cricketer
  • Allan Brown (footballer) (1926–2011), Scottish football player and manager
  • Allan Brown (soccer) (born 1984), South African-born Canadian association football player
  • Andrew Brown (soccer) (1870–1948), Scottish American association football player and coach
  • Andrew Brown (sailor) (born 1977), New Zealand sailing sportsman
  • Antonio Brown (born 1988), American football player
  • Antonio Brown (wide receiver, born 1978), American football player
  • Arkeith Brown (born 1986), American football player
  • Barrie Brown (1931–2014), Australian rules footballer
  • Barry Brown (boxer) (1931–2004), New Zealander boxer of the 1950s
  • Bill Brown (American football) (born 1938), running back
  • Bill Brown (cricketer) (1912–2008), Australian cricketer
  • Bill Brown (goalkeeper) (1931–2004), Scots/English goalkeeper
  • Bob Brown (offensive lineman) (born 1941), American NFL football player
  • Bob Brown (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Salford
  • Bobby Brown (footballer, born 1923), Scottish football player and manager
  • Bobby Brown (third baseman) (born 1924), American Major League Baseball player and American League president
  • Brown (Middlesex cricketer) (before 1789 – after 1791), English cricketer
  • Carlos Brown (footballer) (1882–1926), Argentine association football player
  • Charles Wreford-Brown (1866–1951), former captain of the English national association football team
  • Chris Brown (running back) (born 1981), American football player
  • Cyril Brown (1918–1990), English footballer
  • Dante Brown (born 1980), American football player
  • Darby Brown (1929–1988), Australian boxer of the 1940s, and 1950s
  • David J. Brown (cricketer, born 1942), English cricketer
  • David Brown (golfer) (before 1886 – 1930), Scottish golfer
  • Don Brown (American football) (born 1955), American college football coach
  • Dougie Brown (born 1969), Scottish cricketer
  • Edwin Brown (1898–1972), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Eliseo Brown (1888 – after 1911), Argentine association football player
  • Ernesto Brown (1885–1935), Argentine association football player
  • Errol Brown (cricketer) (born 1952), Jamaican cricketer
  • Fa'amanu Brown (born 1994), New Zealand rugby league player
  • Gates Brown (1939–2013), American baseball player
  • Gene Brown, American basketball player
  • George Brown (cricketer, born 1887) (died 1964), English cricketer
  • Gilbert Brown (born 1971), American NFL football defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers
  • Godfrey Brown (1915–1995), British runner
  • Herb Brown (born 1936), American basketball coach
  • Ike Brown (1942–2001), American baseball player
  • Jackie Brown (English boxer) (1909–1971), professional boxer
  • James Brown (footballer, born 1987), English footballer for Hartlepool United F.C.
  • James A. Brown (1900–1965), American college sports coach
  • Jammal Brown (born 1981), American NFL football left tackle for the New Orleans Saints
  • Jared Brown (born 1973), American football player
  • Jason Brown (born 1994), American Olympic medalist figure skater
  • Jim Brown (born 1936), American football player and film actor
  • Jim Brown (pitcher) (1860–1908), American baseball player
  • Joe Brown (boxer) (1926–1997), American boxer
  • Joe Brown (climber) (born 1930), English climber
  • Joe Brown (footballer, born 1920), English footballer
  • Joe Brown (footballer, born 1929), English footballer and manager
  • Joe Brown (footballer, born 1988), English footballer
  • John Brown (bridge) (born 1887; deceased), expert contract bridge player and author
  • John Brown (cyclist), New Zealand cyclist
  • John Brown (footballer, born 1915), Scottish association football player
  • John Brown (footballer, born July 1940), English association football player
  • John Brown (footballer, born 1962), Scottish association football player
  • Johnny Brown (rugby league) (born 1943), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Johnny Brown (English boxer) (1902–1976), English boxer of the 1910s, and 1920s
  • Jonathan Brown (Australian footballer) (born 1981)
  • Jonathan Brown (Welsh footballer) (born 1990), football player for Cardiff City
  • Jophery Brown (1945–2014), American baseball player
  • Jorge Brown (1880–1936), Argentine association football player
  • José Luis Brown (born 1956), Argentine association football player
  • Juan Domingo Brown (1888–1931), Argentine association football player
  • Kerrith Brown (born 1962), British judoka
  • Kevin Brown (catcher) (born 1973), American baseball player
  • Kevin Brown (ice hockey) (born 1974), English-born Canadian ice hockey player
  • Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher) (born 1965), American baseball player
  • Kevin Brown (left-handed pitcher) (born 1966), American baseball player
  • Kevin Brown (rugby league) (born 1984), English rugby league footballer
  • Kevin Brown (defensive tackle) (born 1985), American football player
  • Kiel Brown (born 1984), Australian field hockey midfielder
  • Kwame Brown (born 1982), American basketball player
  • Lewis Brown (rugby league) (born 1986), New Zealand Rugby League player
  • Larry Brown (basketball) (born 1940), professional basketball coach
  • Martha Brown (figure skater) (born 1900), American figure skater
  • Melissa Brown (tennis) (born 1968), retired American tennis player
  • Michael Brown (footballer, born 1977), English footballer for Wigan Athletic
  • Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970), American basketball head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Mike Brown (basketball, born 1963), retired American professional basketball player and assistant coach
  • Mike Brown (ice hockey, born 1985), American NHL ice hockey player
  • Mitch Brown (rugby league) (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player
  • Monty Brown (born 1970), American professional wrestler
  • Mordecai Brown ("Three Fingers", 1876–1948), pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Nathan Brown (Australian footballer, born 1976), former player for Melbourne
  • Nathan Brown (Australian footballer, born 1978), former player for Richmond and the Western Bulldogs
  • Nathan Brown (Australian footballer, born 1988), player with Collingwood
  • Nathan Brown (rugby league, born 1973), Australian rugby league player and coach
  • Nathan Brown (rugby league, born 1993), Australian rugby league player
  • Neal Brown (born 1980), American football coach
  • Omar Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Paul Brown (1908–1991), American football coach
  • Peter Brown (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league footballer
  • Peter Brown (rugby union) (born 1941), Scottish rugby union footballer
  • Phil Brown (footballer, born 1959), English football player and manager of Hull City A.F.C.
  • Phil Brown (footballer, born 1966), English football player and manager of Matlock Town F.C.
  • R. M. Brown (1885–1927), American college sports coach
  • R. R. Brown (1879–1950), American athlete, coach, and administrator
  • Rachel Brown (born 1980), English football player
  • Rod Brown (born 1978), American basketball player
  • Rod Brown (gridiron football) (born 1963), American player of gridiron football
  • Roger Brown (defensive tackle) (born 1937), American football player
  • Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942) (died 1997), American basketball player
  • Roger Brown (basketball, born 1950), American basketball player
  • Roger Brown (footballer) (1952–2011), English footballer
  • Roger Brown (defensive back) (born 1966), American football player
  • Ronnie Brown (born 1981), American football player
  • Ruben Brown (born 1972), American football player
  • Sailor Brown (1915–2008), English footballer
  • Scott Brown (footballer, born April 1985), English footballer
  • Scott Brown (footballer, born May 1985), English footballer
  • Scott Brown (footballer, born June 1985), Scottish footballer
  • Sean Brown (born 1976), professional ice hockey player
  • Shannon Brown (born 1985), American basketball player
  • Sheldon Brown (American football) (born 1979), professional American football player
  • Sherwood Brown (born 1991), American basketball player
  • Steve Brown (footballer, born 1966), English footballer
  • Steve Brown (footballer, born 1972), English footballer
  • Stuart Brown (born 1972), British sidecarcross rider
  • Tim Brown (figure skater) (1938–1989), American figure skater
  • Tim Brown (darts player) (born 1944), Australian darts player
  • Tim Brown (American football) (born 1966), American NFL football player and 1987 Heisman Trophy winner
  • Tim Brown (footballer) (born 1981), New Zealand association football player
  • Tim Brown (Canadian football) (born 1984), American player of Canadian football
  • Tom Brown (center fielder) (1860–1927), Liverpool-born American baseball player and manager
  • Tom Brown (tennis) (1922–2011), American amateur tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s
  • Tommy Brown (baseball) (born 1927), American Major League Baseball infielder
  • Tony Brown (English footballer) (born 1945), English footballer who mainly played for West Bromwich Albion
  • Tony Brown (rugby union) (born 1975), New Zealand rugby footballer who played mainly for Otago
  • Troy Brown (born 1971), wideout for the New England Patriots
  • Wendy Brown (heptathlete) (born 1966), American heptathlete
  • Wes Brown (born 1979), English football player for Manchester United
  • Willie Brown (American football) (born 1940), American football Hall-of-Fame cornerback
  • Brown (Middlesex cricketer), late 18th century English cricketer
  • Other fields

  • Archie Brown (born 1938), British academic and historian
  • Arthur Whitten Brown (1886–1948), Scottish aviator
  • Claudine K. Brown (1949–2016), Museum director
  • David M. Brown (1956–2003), American astronaut
  • Derren Brown (born 1971), English magician and psychological illusionist
  • Gillian Brown (1923–1999), British diplomat, the second female British ambassador
  • Henry Box Brown (c. 1816–1897), slave who had himself mailed in a box to freedom
  • John Brown (servant) (1826–1883), Scottish servant of Queen Victoria
  • Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer) (1816–1874), founder of Kerrville, Texas
  • Keith L. Brown (1925–2016), American diplomat and lawyer
  • Kirsty M. Brown, served as the Chairman of the World Adult Resources Committee
  • Louis M. Brown (1909–1996), US lawyer and pioneer of preventive law
  • Louise Brown (born 1978), the first "test-tube baby"
  • Margaret Brown (1867–1932), American socialite and philanthropist, Titanic survivor, also known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
  • Marian and Vivian Brown (born 1927), notable San Francisco twins
  • mrbrown, a prominent Singaporean blogger
  • Robert A. Brown (born 1951), President of Boston University
  • Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic) (1944–2008), bicycle mechanic, writer, and webmaster
  • Violet Brown (born 1900), oldest verified person in Jamaica
  • William Penn Brown (1841–1929), American philatelic pioneer
  • Disambiguation pages

  • Aaron Brown (disambiguation)
  • Abe Brown (disambiguation)
  • Adam Brown (disambiguation)
  • Adrian Brown (disambiguation)
  • Al Brown (disambiguation)
  • Alan Brown (disambiguation)
  • Albert Brown (disambiguation)
  • Alex Brown (disambiguation)
  • Alexander Brown (disambiguation)
  • Alfred Brown (disambiguation)
  • Alice Brown (disambiguation)
  • Allan Brown (disambiguation)
  • Alistair Brown (disambiguation)
  • Amanda Brown (disambiguation)
  • Andre Brown (disambiguation)
  • Andrew Brown (disambiguation)
  • Andy Brown (disambiguation)
  • Anne Brown (disambiguation)
  • Anthony Brown (disambiguation)
  • Arnold Brown (disambiguation)
  • Arthur Brown (disambiguation)
  • Barbara Brown (disambiguation)
  • Barry Brown (disambiguation)
  • Ben Brown (disambiguation)
  • Benjamin Brown (disambiguation)
  • Bert Brown (disambiguation)
  • Bertram Brown (disambiguation)
  • Bill Brown (disambiguation)
  • Billy Brown (disambiguation)
  • Bob Brown (disambiguation)
  • Bobby Brown (disambiguation)
  • Bonnie Brown (disambiguation)
  • Brian Brown (disambiguation)
  • Bud Brown (disambiguation)
  • Buster Brown (disambiguation)
  • Cameron Brown (disambiguation)
  • Carl Brown (disambiguation)
  • Carlos Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Carolyn Brown (disambiguation)
  • Catherine Brown (disambiguation)
  • Cecil Brown (disambiguation)
  • Chad Brown (disambiguation)
  • Charles Brown (disambiguation)
  • Charlotte Brown (disambiguation)
  • Chris Brown (disambiguation)
  • Cindy Brown (disambiguation)
  • Clarence Brown (disambiguation)
  • Cliff Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Courtney Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Dana Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Dean Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Dennis Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Eugene Brown (disambiguation)
  • Foxy Brown (disambiguation)
  • Frances Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Fred Brown (disambiguation)
  • Garry Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Gavin Brown (disambiguation)
  • Geoffrey Brown (disambiguation)
  • George Brown (disambiguation)
  • George Washington Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Glenn Brown (disambiguation)
  • Gordon Brown (disambiguation)
  • Greg Brown (disambiguation)
  • Gus Brown (disambiguation)
  • Harold Brown (disambiguation)
  • Harrison Brown (disambiguation)
  • Harry Brown (disambiguation)
  • Harvey Brown (disambiguation)
  • Helen Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Ian Brown (disambiguation)
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  • J. T. Brown (disambiguation)
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  • James Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Jermaine Brown (disambiguation)
  • Jerry Brown (disambiguation)
  • Jesse Brown (disambiguation)
  • Jim Brown (disambiguation)
  • Joe Brown (disambiguation)
  • John Brown (disambiguation)
  • John Henry Brown (disambiguation)
  • John Robert Brown (disambiguation)
  • John Young Brown (disambiguation)
  • John Brown, Jr. (disambiguation)
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  • Jordan Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Joyce Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Justin Brown (disambiguation)
  • Karen Brown (disambiguation)
  • Karl Brown (disambiguation)
  • Kate Brown (disambiguation)—also covering Katharine, Katie, Kathy, Kathleen, and similar
  • Keith Brown (disambiguation)
  • Kelly Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Kent Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Margaret Brown (disambiguation)
  • Marilyn Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Martin Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Matt Brown (disambiguation)
  • Max Brown (disambiguation)
  • Maxine Brown (disambiguation)
  • Maxwell Brown (disambiguation)
  • Mel Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Michael Brown (disambiguation)
  • Mick Brown (disambiguation)
  • Mitch Brown (disambiguation)
  • Nancy Brown (disambiguation)
  • Natalie Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Neil Brown (disambiguation)
  • Nicholas Brown (disambiguation)
  • Norman Brown (disambiguation)
  • Oliver Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Owen Brown (disambiguation)
  • Pamela Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Ralph Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Roy Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Sam Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Sandra Brown (disambiguation)
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  • Sheldon Brown (disambiguation)
  • Sidney Brown (disambiguation)
  • Simon Brown (disambiguation)
  • Spencer Brown (disambiguation)
  • Stan Brown (disambiguation)
  • Stephanie Brown (disambiguation)
  • Stephen Brown (disambiguation)
  • Steve Brown (disambiguation)
  • Susan Brown (disambiguation)
  • Ted Brown (disambiguation)
  • Terry Brown (disambiguation)
  • Thomas Brown (disambiguation)
  • Timothy Brown (disambiguation)
  • Tom Brown (disambiguation)
  • Tommy Brown (disambiguation)
  • Tony Brown (disambiguation)
  • Travis Brown (disambiguation)
  • Vernon Brown (disambiguation)
  • Victor Brown (disambiguation)
  • Victoria Brown (disambiguation)
  • Vincent Brown (disambiguation)
  • Walter Brown (disambiguation)
  • Warren Brown (disambiguation)
  • Wayne Brown (disambiguation)
  • Wendy Brown (disambiguation)
  • Wesley Brown (disambiguation)
  • Will Brown (disambiguation)
  • William Brown (disambiguation)
  • William Henry Brown (disambiguation)
  • Willie Brown (disambiguation)
  • Wilson Brown (disambiguation)
  • Woody Brown (disambiguation)
  • References

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