List of people with surname Brown

For other people with similar names, see Browne.

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

Activism

• Curlee Brown Sr. (1909-1976), African-American activist
• Eva Maria Brown (1856-1917), American social reformer, temperance activist
• H. Rap Brown (born 1943), American civil rights activist
• Hallie Quinn Brown (1849–1949), African-American educator, writer, activist
• Hazel Brown (1942–2022), Trinbagonian women's and consumer rights activist
• LaVera Brown (1931-2017), African-American activist
• Lyn Mikel Brown (born 1956), American academic, author, feminist, and youth activist
• Olympia Brown (1835–1926), American women's suffragist
• John Brown of Priesthill (1627–1685), Presbyterian Martyr
• Ted Brown (born 1950), British gay rights activist
• Ymania Brown (born 1962/1963), Samoan LGBT rights activist

Art and architecture

• Albert Grant Brown (1881–1924), American architect active in West Virginia
• Christy Brown (1932–1981), Irish author, painter and poet
• Daniel K. Brown, New Zealand-based American architect
• David Brown, American contemporary artist
• 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
• Gordon H. Brown (born 1931), New Zealand art historian, curator, and artist
• Hillary Brown, American architect
• James MacLellan Brown (c. 1886–1967), city architect of Dundee
• Joan Brown (artist, born 1945), American artist
• Lancelot "Capability" Brown (1716–1783), English landscape gardener
• Laurie Halsey Brown, American artist
• Olivia Sanchez Brown, Chicana artist
• Neave Brown (1929–2018), American-born British architect
• Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011), Australian painter
• Thomas Brown (1781–1850), Scots architect
• Thomas Brown (1806–1872), Scots architect notable for prison design

Business

• Bobbi Brown (born 1957), makeup artist and entrepreneur
• Jim Brown (banker), New Zealand banker
• William Roger Brown (1831–1902), English mill-owner and philanthropist

Crime and the law

• Justice Brown (disambiguation)
• Judge Brown (disambiguation)
• Brenda Sue Brown (1955–1966), American murder victim
• Kenyel Brown (1979–2020), American criminal
• Michael Brown (born 1966), Scots fraudster
• Nathaniel Bar-Jonah (1957–2008), born David Paul Brown, convicted kidnapper, child molester and cannibalistic serial killer
• Nixzmary Brown (1998–2006), American murder victim

Engineering, science, and medicine

• Barnum Brown (1873–1963), American paleontologist
• Charlotte Blake Brown (1846–1904), pioneering American doctor
• Edgar H. Brown (1926–2021), American mathematician
• George Thomas Brown (1827–1906), English veterinary surgeon.
• Gerald E. Brown (1926–2013), American theoretical physicist
• G. Spencer-Brown (1923–2016), English mathematician
• James Campbell Brown (1843–1910), British chemist
• Janine Brown (born 1954), American reproductive biologist
• John Campbell Brown (1947-2019), Scottish astronomer
• Jeannette Brown (born 1934), American organic medicinal chemist, historian, and author
• Lowell S. Brown (1934-2023), American physicist
• N. E. Brown (Nicholas Edward Brown, 1849–1934), botanist
• Ola Brown (born 1986), British-Nigerian physician
• Paula Brown, Canadian science researcher
• R. Malcolm Brown Jr., American biologist
• Roland W. Brown (1893–1961), American paleobotanist
• William C. Brown (1916–1999), American electrical engineer

Film, television, and theater

• A. Whitney Brown (born 1952), American comedian
• Ajiona Alexus Brown (born 1996), American actress better known as Ajiona Alexus
• Alden Brown, birth name of Peter North (born 1957), Canadian-born pornographic actor
• Alton Brown (born 1962), American TV chef
• Andre Rosey Brown (1956–2006), American film and television actor, police officer and football coach
• Bille Brown (1952–2013), Australian actor and playwright
• Blair Brown (born 1946), actress
• Blake Ellender Brown, birth name of Blake Lively (born 1987), American actress
• 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
• Joe E. Brown (1891–1973), British/American actor and comedian
• June Brown (1927–2022), English actress
• Kardea Brown, American chef and television host
• Michel Brown (born 1976), Argentine actor
• Millie Bobby Brown (born 2004), English actress and model
• Quinne Brown (born 1979), South African actress
• Samantha Brown (born 1970), Travel Channel host
• Tessica Brown (born 1980), American Internet celebrity known for putting Gorilla Glue in her hair
• Theo Wade Brown (1950–2002), British designer and eccentric, well-known member of the London special effects community
• Treg Brown (1899–1984), sound-effects editor for Warner Bros. Cartoons
• Yvette Nicole Brown (born 1971), American actress

History, philosophy, and religion

• Archie Brown (historian) (born 1938), British academic and historian
• Jeannine Brown, American New Testament scholar
• Michael Brown (New Zealand priest) (1936–2024), New Zealand Anglican priest
• Truesdell Sparhawk Brown (1906–1992), American historian of ancient Greece

Literature

• Anna Brown (1747–1810), ballad collector
• Borsa Brown (born 1975), Hungarian novelist
• Dale Brown (born 1956), American novelist
• Emma Elizabeth Brown (1847–1???), American writer, artist
• Fredric Brown (1906–1972), science fiction and mystery author
• Harriet Connor Brown (1872-1962), American writer and women's rights activist
• Hilary Brown (born 1946), Canadian journalist
• J. B. Selkirk (James Brown of Selkirk, 1832–1904), Scottish poet and essayist
• Lillian Brown (1914–2020), American writer, radio and television producer, educator, and make-up artist
• Loren G. Brown (1920-1996), American author
• Norman O. Brown (1913–2002), American literary scholar
• Phoebe Hinsdale Brown (1783–1861), American hymnwriter
• Rita Mae Brown (born 1944), American writer and social activist
• Rollo Walter Brown (1880-1956), American writer and teacher of rhetoric
• Roseanne A. Brown, Ghanaian American writer
• Rosel George Brown (1926–1967), American science fiction author
• Ticasuk Brown (1904–1982), Iñupiaq educator poet and writer
• Tina Brown (born 1953), English journalist and author, biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales

Music

• Angie Brown (born 1963), British singer
• Ayla Brown (born 1988), American singer, college basketball player and former American Idol contestant
• Bobby Brown (born 1969), American R&B singer, founding member of singing group New Edition
• Chastity Brown (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
• Chuck Brown (1936–2012), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Clifford Brown (1930–1956), American jazz trumpeter
• Dennis Brown (1957–1999), Jamaican reggae singer
• Dusty Brown (1929–2016), American blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter
• Earle Brown (1926–2002), American experimental composer
• Eban Brown (born 1972), American pop vocalist, lead singer of The Stylistics
• Gabriel Brown (1910–1972), American Piedmont blues singer and guitarist
• Gertrude Foster Brown (1867–1956), concert pianist, teacher, suffragette
• Ian Brown (born 1963), British singer and multi-instrumentalist
• Iona Brown (1941–2004), British violinist and conductor
• Ivadell Brown, American musician and vocalist
• J. Harold Brown (died 1982), American composer
• James Brown (1933–2006), American vocalist, musician, and composer
• Jazbo Brown, black Delta blues musician from around the turn of the 20th century whose existence is disputed
• Jocelyn Brown (born 1950), American R&B and dance music singer
• Julie Brown (born 1958), American actress and singer
• Junior Brown (born 1952), American country singer
• Kane Brown (born 1993), American country music singer and songwriter
• Kevin Brown (blues musician) (born 1950), English blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
• Khalif Brown (born 1995), birth name of Swae Lee, American rapper
• Kitty Brown (1899–after 1990), American classic female blues singer
• Lew Brown (1893–1958), American lyricist
• Maurice J. E. Brown (1906–1975), British musicologist
• Melanie Brown (born 1975), English pop singer
• Odell Brown (1940–2011), American jazz organist
• Pearly Brown (1915–1986), American musician
• Ruth Brown (1928–2006), American singer
• Texas Johnny Brown (1928–2013), American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
• Tobit Brown (born 1993), aka TBJZL, English YouTuber
• Trisha Brown (1936–2017), American choreographer and dancer
• Tyler Jamal Brown, birth name of American rapper and singer Tyla Yaweh (born 1995)
• Vicki Brown (1940–1991), English singer
• Wilfred Brown (tenor) (1921–1971), English tenor
• The Browns, American country and folk music vocal trio
  • Bonnie Brown (musician) (1938–2016)
  • Jim Ed Brown (1934–2015)
  • Maxine Brown (country singer) (1931–2019)
• The 5 Browns, classical piano musical group: Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra, and Desirae

Politics

Disambiguation

• Mayor Brown (disambiguation)
• Representative Brown (disambiguation)
• Senator Brown (disambiguation)

Australia

• Peter Broun (1797–1846), known for most of life as Peter Nicholas Brown, first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1829–1846)

Canada

• Bert Brown (1938–2018), Canadian politician
• Bonnie Brown (politician) (born 1941), Canadian politician
• Fergy Brown (1923–2013), Canadian politician
• Gord Brown (1960–2018), Canadian politician
• Jan Brown (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Jim Brown (Ontario politician) (1943–2020), Canadian politician
• Jordan Brown (Newfoundland and Labrador politician) (born 1989), Canadian politician
• Jordan Brown (Prince Edward Island politician) (born 1980), Canadian politician
• Levinia Brown (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Lois Brown (born 1955), Canadian politician
• Michael A. Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1950), Canadian politician
• Neil Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1947 or 1948), Canadian politician
• Patrick Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1978), Canadian politician
• Philip Brown (Prince Edward Island politician) (born 1957), Canadian politician
• Richard Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1956), Canadian politician

New Zealand

• Len Brown (born 1956), controversial Auckland mayor

United Kingdom

• George Brown, Baron George-Brown (1914–1985), British politician
• Gordon Brown (born 1951), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

United States

• A. Freeborn Brown (1915–1998), Maryland state delegate and lawyer
• Adam M. Brown (1826–1910), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1901
• Adon P. Brown (1873–1942), New York state senator
• Basil W. Brown (1927–1997), Michigan state senator
• Byron D. Brown (1854–1929), New York state assemblyman
• Clarke W. Brown (died 1956), Michigan Secretary of State
• Cloria Brown (1942–2018), Missouri state representative
• Corrine Brown (born 1946), Florida Representative from 1993 to 2017 and convicted felon
• 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
• Emily Sophie Brown (1881–1985), one of the first women elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives
• Fred H. Brown (1879–1955), American lawyer and politician
• Garfield W. Brown (1881-1967), American lawyer and Minnesota state representative
• Gene Brown (1933-1996), American politician and Florida state representative
• 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
• J. Marshall Brown (1926–1995), Louisiana state representative and Democratic national committeeman
• Karilyn Brown, Arkansan politician
• LaForest E. Brown (1858-1942), Minnesotan state senator
• Neal Brown (Wisconsin politician) (1861–1917), American politician
• Pat Brown (1905–1996), governor of California from 1959 to 1967
• Raleigh Brown (1921–2009), Texas House of Representatives and state judge
• Richard L. Brown (1925-1991), Florida House of Representatives
• Ron Brown (1941–1996), Secretary of Commerce, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
• Sherrod Brown (born 1952), U.S. senator from Ohio
• Vanessa L. Brown (born 1966), Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who was convicted of bribery

Sports

• A. J. Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Alfredo Brown (1886–1958), Argentine association football player
• Ali Brown (born 1970), English cricketer
• Allen Brown (1943–2020), American football player
• Alyssa Brown (born 1989), Canadian artistic gymnast
• Antonio Brown (born 1978), American football player
• Antonio Brown (born 1988), American football player
• Arkeith Brown (born 1986), American football player
• Ashley Brown (born 1994), Australian footballer
• Barrie Brown (1931–2014), Australian rules footballer
• Beniquez Brown (born 1993), American football player
• Blace Brown (born 1996), American football player
• Blair Brown (born 1994), American football player
• Brant Brown (born 1971), American baseball player and coach
• Brittain Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Carlon Brown (born 1989), American basketball player
• Chase Brown (born 2000), Canadian American football player
• Cyril Brown (1918–1990), English footballer
• Dante Brown (born 1980), American football player
• Darby Brown (1929–1988), Australian boxer
• Deonte Brown (born 1998), American football player
• Diane Brown (born 1946), American curler and coach
• Donatello Brown (born 1991), American football player
• Dougie Brown (born 1969), Scottish cricketer
• Dyami Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player
• Edwin Brown (1898–1972), Australian rugby league footballer
• Eliseo Brown (1888 – after 1911), Argentine association football player
• Erika Brown (born 1973), American curler
• Ernesto Brown (1885–1935), Argentine association football player
• Fa'amanu Brown (born 1994), New Zealand rugby league player
• Fadol Brown (born 1993), American football player
• Felicia Brown (born 1993), American sprinter
• Frankie Brown (born 1987), Scottish association footballer
• Gabe Brown (born 2000), American basketball player
• Gates Brown (1939–2013), American baseball player
• Gene Brown (1935–2020), American basketball player
• Gilbert Brown (born 1971), American football player
• Greg Brown (born 1980), American baseball coach
• Hank Brown, American college football player
• Herb Brown (born 1936), American basketball coach
• Hunter Brown (born 1998), American baseball player
• Ike Brown (1942–2001), American baseball player
• Ira Brown (born 1982), Japanese basketball player
• J'Covan Brown (born 1990), American basketball player
• Jack Alan Brown (born 2001), Indonesian football player
• Jammal Brown (born 1981), American football player
• Jared Brown (born 1973), American football player
• Jason Brown (born 1974), American baseball coach
• Jason Brown (born 1994), American figure skater
• Jaylen Brown (born 1996), American basketball player
• Jayon Brown (born 1995), American football player
• Ji'Ayir Brown (born 2000), American football player
• Jim Brown (1936–2023), American NFL football player
• Jophery Brown (1945–2014), American baseball player
• Jorge Brown (1880–1936), Argentine association football player
• José Luis Brown (1956–2019), Argentine association football player
• Journey Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Juan Domingo Brown (1888–1931), Argentine association football player
• Kalani Brown (born 1997), American player
• Kaleb Brown (born 2003), American college football player
• Kendall Brown (basketball) (born 2003), American basketball player
• Kerrith Brown (born 1962), British judoka
• Kiel Brown (born 1984), Australian field hockey midfielder
• Kris Brown (born 1976), American football placekicker
• Kristen Brown (born 1992), American pole vaulter
• Kwame Brown (born 1982), American basketball player
• Kyron Brown (born 1996), American football player
• Leddie Brown (born 2000), American football player
• Leigha Brown (born 2000), American basketball player
• Lorenzo Brown (born 1990), basketball player
• Mace Brown (1909–2002), American baseball player
• Markel Brown (born 1992), American basketball player
• Marquise Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Miles Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Montaric Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Monty Brown (born 1970), American professional wrestler
• Mordecai Brown (1876–1948), American baseball player
• Neal Brown (born 1980), American football coach
• R. M. Brown (1885–1927), American college sports coach
• R. R. Brown (1879–1950), American athlete
• Rod Brown (born 1978), American basketball player
• Rod Brown (born 1963), American football player
• Ronnie Brown (born 1981), American football player
• Ruben Brown (born 1972), American football player
• Sailor Brown (1915–2008), English footballer
• Sean Brown (born 1976), professional ice hockey player
• Seth Brown (born 1992), American baseball player
• Shannon Brown (born 1985), American basketball player
• Shakur Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Sherwood Brown (born 1991), American basketball player
• Sky Brown (born 2008), Anglo-Japanese skateboarder
• Stevens Brown (1875–1957), English cricketer
• Stuart Brown (born 1972), British sidecarcross rider
• Tanner Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Tevin Brown (born 1998), American basketball player
• Tre Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Wes Brown (born 1979), English footballer

Other fields

• Andrew Brown, Irish soldier, journalist, and congressional reporter
• Cheryl Brown (educator), New Zealand education academic
• Claudine K. Brown (1949–2016), museum director
• Derren Brown (born 1971), English magician and psychological illusionist
• George Brown (1650–1730), arithmetician and inventor
• Heidi V. Brown, United States Army Major General
• Hugh Ned Brown (1919-2011), freelance fundraising consultant
• John Coggin Brown (1884–1962), British geologist
• Jill E. Brown (born 1950), African American aviator
• Judy Brown (born 1956), New Zealand academic
• 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"
• Marian and Vivian Brown (1927–2013/14), notable San Francisco twins
• Matthew Brown, British-American music theorist
• Melvin Jerome Brown (born 1967), American chef
• Violet Brown (1900–2017), oldest verified person in Jamaica
• Walter Brown (mathematician) (1886–1957), engineer and mathematician

Disambiguation pages

• Aaron Brown
• Abe Brown
• Adam Brown
• Adrian Brown
• Al Brown
• Alan Brown
• Albert Brown
• Alex Brown
• Alexander Brown
• Alfred Brown
• Alice Brown
• Alistair Brown
• Allan Brown
• Amanda Brown
• Andre Brown
• Andrew Brown
• Andy Brown
• Anne Brown
• Anthony Brown
• Arnold Brown
• Arthur Brown
• Audrey Brown
• Barbara Brown
• Barry Brown
• Ben Brown
• Benjamin Brown
• Bert Brown
• Bertram Brown
• Bill Brown
• Billy Brown
• Bob Brown
• Bobby Brown
• Bonnie Brown
• Brian Brown
• Bruce Brown
• Bud Brown
• Buster Brown
• Cameron Brown
• Carl Brown
• Carlos Brown
• Carol Brown
• Carolyn Brown
• Catherine Brown
• Cecil Brown
• Chad Brown
• Charles Brown
• Charlotte Brown
• Chris Brown
• Cindy Brown
• Clarence Brown
• Cliff Brown
• Clive Brown
• Colin Brown
• Connor Brown
• Courtney Brown
• Craig Brown
• Curtis Brown
• Dana Brown
• Daniel Brown
• Darrell Brown
• David Brown
• Dean Brown
• Dee Brown
• Dennis Brown
• Derek Brown
• Derrick Brown
• Dick Brown
• Donald Brown
• Donna Brown
• Dorothy Brown
• Doug Brown
• Dustin Brown
• Earl Brown
• Eddie Brown
• Edgar Brown
• Edith Brown
• Edmund Brown
• Edward Brown
• Elizabeth Brown
• Elliot Brown
• Eric Brown
• Ernest Brown
• Errol Brown
• Eugene Brown
• Evan Brown
• Foxy Brown
• Frances Brown
• Francis Brown
• Frank Brown
• Fred Brown
• Garry Brown
• Gary Brown
• Gavin Brown
• Gene Brown
• Geoffrey Brown
• George Brown
• George Washington Brown
• Georgia Brown
• Gerald Brown
• Gerry Brown
• Gillian Brown
• Glenn Brown
• Godfrey Brown
• Gordon Brown
• Grace Brown
• Greg Brown
• Gus Brown
• Harold Brown
• Harrison Brown
• Harry Brown
• Harvey Brown
• Helen Brown
• Henry Brown
• Herbert Brown
• Horace Brown
• Howard Brown
• Hubert Brown
• Hugh Brown
• Ian Brown
• Ivor Brown
• J. T. Brown
• Jack Brown
• Jackie Brown
• Jacob Brown
• Jake Brown
• James Brown
• Jamie Brown
• Jason Brown
• Jeff Brown
• Jeffrey Brown
• Jeremiah Brown
• Jeremy Brown
• Jermaine Brown
• Jerry Brown
• Jesse Brown
• Jim Brown
• Joe Brown
• John Brown
• John Henry Brown
• John Robert Brown
• John Young Brown
• John Brown Jr.
• Jonathan Brown
• Jordan Brown
• Joseph Brown
• Josh Brown
• Joyce Brown
• Judith Brown
• Julie Brown
• Justin Brown
• Karen Brown
• Karl Brown
• Kate Brown
• Keith Brown
• Kelly Brown
• Ken Brown
• Kenneth Brown
• Kent Brown
• Kerry Brown
• Kevin Brown
• Kim Brown
• Kyle Brown
• Larry Brown
• Laurie Brown
• Lawrence Brown
• Lee Brown
• Leon Brown
• Leroy Brown
• Les Brown
• Leslie Brown
• Levi Brown
• Lewis Brown
• Lisa Brown
• Lloyd Brown
• Louise Brown
• Lucy Brown
• Lyn Brown
• Malcolm Brown
• Marc Brown
• Marcus Brown
• Margaret Brown
• Marilyn Brown
• Mark Brown
• Martha Brown
• Martin Brown
• Marty Brown
• Mary Brown
• Matt Brown
• Max Brown
• Maxine Brown
• Maxwell Brown
• Mel Brown
• Melissa Brown
• Melville Brown
• Melvin Brown
• Michael Brown
• Mick Brown
• Mitch Brown
• Moses Brown
• Nancy Brown
• Natalie Brown
• Nathan Brown
• Neil Brown
• Nicholas Brown
• Noah Brown
• Norman Brown
• Oliver Brown
• Omar Brown
• Orlando Brown
• Owen Brown
• Pamela Brown
• Pat Brown
• Patrick Brown
• Paul Brown
• Percy Brown
• Peter Brown
• Phil Brown
• Philip Brown
• Preston Brown
• Rachel Brown
• Ralph Brown
• Randy Brown
• Raymond Brown
• Rebecca Brown
• Reggie Brown
• Representative Brown
• Ricardo Brown
• Richard Brown
• Rick Brown
• Rob Brown
• Robert Brown
• Robin Brown
• Roger Brown
• Ronald Brown
• Ronnie Brown
• Rosemary Brown
• Roy Brown
• Russell Brown
• Ruth Brown
• Ryan Brown
• Sam Brown
• Samuel Brown
• Sandra Brown
• Sandy Brown
• Sarah Brown
• Scott Brown
• Shannon Brown
• Sharon Brown
• Sheldon Brown
• Sidney Brown
• Simon Brown
• Spencer Brown
• Stan Brown
• Stephanie Brown
• Stephen Brown
• Steve Brown
• Susan Brown
• Ted Brown
• Terry Brown
• Thomas Brown
• Timothy Brown
• Tom Brown
• Tommy Brown
• Tony Brown
• Travis Brown
• Troy Brown
• Vernon Brown
• Victor Brown
• Victoria Brown
• Vincent Brown
• Walter Brown
• Warren Brown
• Wayne Brown
• Wendy Brown
• Wesley Brown
• Will Brown
• William Brown
• William Henry Brown
• Willie Brown
• Wilson Brown
• Woody Brown

See also

• Braun (surname)
• Brawn (surname)
• Browne (surname)

Categories

• Brown family of Rhode Island