Browning (name) explained

Browning is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Alan Browning, professional name of Alan Brown (1926–1979), English actor
• Baron Browning (born 1999), American football player
• Cal Browning (1938–2022), American baseball player
• Christopher Browning, American historian focusing on the Holocaust
• Curtis Browning (born 1993), Australian Rugby Union player
• D'Arcy Browning, Canadian actor
• David Browning, American Olympic diver
• Donovan Browning, English footballer
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet
• Emma Carter Browning (1910–2010), American pilot and aviation executive
• Emily Browning, Australian actor
• Ethel Browning (actress) (1876/1877 – 1965), American actress and screenwriter
• Ethel Browning (toxicologist) (1891–1969), British medical researcher
• Frederick Browning, English World War II lieutenant general
• George Browning (bishop) (born 1942), Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn
• George L. Browning (1867–1947), American justice
• Greg Browning, Australian field hockey player
• Guy Browning, British humorist and author
• Jake Browning (born 1996), American football player
• John Browning (disambiguation), several people
• Jonathan Browning (disambiguation), several people
• Keith Browning, British meteorologist
• Kurt Browning, Canadian skater
• Kurt S. Browning, Florida politician
• Martin Browning (born 1946), British professor of economics
• Maurice Browning (1919–1983), English actor
• Miles Browning (1897–1954), American World War II rear admiral
• Richard Browning (disambiguation), several people
• Ricou Browning (1930–2023), American actor and film director
• Robert Browning (1812–1889), English poet
• Tod Browning, American film director
• Tom Browning (1960–2022), American baseball player
• Tom Browning (entomologist) (1920–1998), Australian scientist
• Tracey Browning (born 1963), Australian basketball player
• Tyias Browning (born 1994), English footballer
• Val A. Browning (1895–1994), American firearms inventor and industrialist
• William A. Browning (1835–1866), personal secretary to Andrew Johnson

Given name

• Browning Bryant, professional name of John Baxter Browning Bryant (1957–2019), American singer-songwriter
• Browning Mummery (1888–1974), Australian operatic tenor
• Browning Ross, American athlete at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, known as the father of long-distance running in the United States