Browne Explained

Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown, meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning.^[1] The Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800.^[2] The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the Spanish surname Pardo.^[3]

• Adam Browne (born 1963), Australian writer
• Andrew Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Anthony Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Anucha Browne Sanders, American basketball player
• Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
• Baron Browne, American bassist
• Barrington Browne (born 1967), Guyanese cricketer
• Buckston Browne (1850–1945), English physician
• Bud Browne (1912–2008), American film director
• Byron Browne (baseball) (born 1942), American baseball player
• Carl Browne (1849–1914), American cattle rancher, cartoonist, journalist and political activist in Coxey's Army
• Carolyn Browne (born 1958), British ambassador
• Chance Browne (born 1948), American comic strip artist
• Chris Browne (1952–2023), American cartoonist
• Christopher Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Coral Browne (1913–1991), Australian actress
• Courtney Browne (born 1970), Barbadian cricketer
• Cyril Snuffy Browne (1890–1964), Barbadian cricketer
• Dan Browne (born 1975), American distance runner
• Daniel Browne (born 1979), New Zealand rugby player
• Davey Browne (1986–2015), Australian professional boxer
• David Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Des Browne (born 1952), British politician
• Dik Browne (1917–1989), American comic strip artist
• Edward Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Ernest Browne (1855–1946), Irish tennis player
• Eliane Browne-Bartroli (1917–1944), British intelligence agent
• Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester (died 1565), lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn
• Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890), American poet
• Feargal Browne (born 1973), Irish politician
• Federico Browne (born 1976), Argentine retired tennis player
• Garech Browne (1939–2018), Irish arts patron
• George Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Hablot Knight Browne (1815–1882), British illustrator
• Harrison Browne (born 1993), Canadian hockey player
• Harry Browne (1933–2006), American investment analyst and political writer
• Harry C. Browne (1878–1954), American banjo player and actor
• Henry Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Henry Gore-Browne (1830–1912), Irish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Howard Browne (1908–1999), American writer
• Irene Mary Browne (1881–1977), British artist
• Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760) English politician and poet
• Ivan Browne (born 1947), singer in American pop band The Lemon Pipers
• Jack Nixon Browne (1904–1993), British politician
• Jackson Browne (born 1948), American musician
• James Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Janet Browne (born 1950), British historian of science
• Jann Browne (born 1954), American country singer
• Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo (1939–2014), Irish peer
• Jeremy Browne (born 1970), British politician
• Jim Browne (1930–2003), American basketball player
• Jim Browne (American football) (born 1962), American football player
• John Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Joy Browne (1944–2016), American radio psychologist
• Kale Browne (born 1950), American actor
• Kathie Browne (1930–2003), American actress
• Kathleen Browne (1876–1943), Irish politician, farmer, writer, historian and archaeologist
• Kathleen Browne (artist) (1905–2007), New Zealand artist
• Kimberly Browne, New Zealand architect
• LaVerne Ward Browne (1906–1966), American aviator who used the stage name John Trent as an actor
• Leslie Browne (born 1957), American ballet dancer
• Lucille Baldwin Brown (1922–2019), American librarian
• Martin Browne (1900–1980), British theatre director
• Mary Browne (1891–1971), American tennis player
• Mary Ann Browne (1812–1845), English poet, writer of musical scores
• Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705–1757), Austrian field marshal
• McKenzie Browne (born 1995), American speed skater
• Michael Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Millicent Browne (1881–1975), British suffragette
• Moyra Browne (1918–2016), British nurse
• Nicholas Browne (1947–2014), British diplomat
• Nicholas Brown-Wilkinson (1930–2018), British judge
• Noël Browne (1915–1997), Irish politician and physician
• Norman Anil Kumar Browne (born 1951), Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshall (2011–2013)
• Olin Browne (born 1959), American golfer
• Patrick Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Patti Ann Browne (born 1965), American broadcaster
• Peter Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Ray Browne (politician) (1939–2010), American businessman and politician
• Reginald Spencer Browne (1856–1943), Australian journalist, newspaper editor and general
• Robert Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Ronnie Browne (born 1937), Scottish folk singer
• Roscoe Lee Browne (1922–2007), American actor
• Rose Browne (1897–1986), American educator
• Sam Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Seán Browne (1916–1996), Irish politician
• Sean K. L. Browne (born 1953), contemporary American sculptor
• Sidney Browne (1850–1941), British nurse
• Spencer Browne (born 1994), American musician
• Spencer Browne (born 2003), American Musician, stage name Malcolm Mark
• Stan Browne (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer
• Steven Browne (born 1989), Australian footballer
• Sylvester John Browne (1841–1915), Australian pastoralist, miner and sportsman
• Sylvia Browne (1936–2013), American medium
• Tara Browne (1945–1966), British socialite
• Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682), English author
• Thomas Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Thom Browne, American fashion designer
• Tim Browne (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player
• Tom Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Tony Browne (born 1973), Irish hurler
• Tony Browne (diplomat) (born 1946), New Zealand diplomat
• Tracy Browne, survivor of an attack be English English serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
• Travis Browne (born 1982), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Ulric Browne, British actor
• Valentine Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Vanessa Browne (born 1963), Australian high jumper
• Vincent Browne (born 1944), Irish journalist
• Vincent Browne (sculptor) (born 1947), Irish sculptor
• Walter Browne (1949–2015), American chess player
• Wayles Browne (born 1941), American linguist and Slavist
• William Browne (disambiguation), several people

Given name

• Browne Bushell (bap. 1609, d. 1651), English Civil War-era naval officer
• Browne Langrish (died 1759), English physician and medical author
• Browne C. Lewis (c. 1962–2022), dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law
• Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquary, author, numismatist and member of the House of Commons

See also

• Brown (surname)
• Broun (surname)
• Earl of Kenmare, where Browne is the family name
• Viscount Montagu, where Browne is the family name
• Marquess of Sligo, where Browne is the family name
• Baron Oranmore and Browne
• Tribes of Galway, which includes Browne as one of the tribes

Notes and References

1. Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 59
2. Web site: GulliverIreland.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120220100754/http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/family.htm?FamilyId=447. 2012-02-20.
3. Web site: The Pardo (Prado) Family. 1999. 2 October 2015.