George Brown Explained

George Brown may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter
• George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist
• George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor
• George D. Brown (architect), American architect
• George H. Brown (producer) (1913–2001), British film producer
• George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), Scottish poet, author, and dramatist
• George Brown (medievalist) (died 2021), American scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature
• George Brown (musician) (1949–2023), American drummer for Kool & the Gang

Business and industry

• George Edwards Brown (1780–1848), British-born Chilean businessman and politician
• George Brown (financier) (1787–1859), American banker and railroad founder
• George W. Brown (businessman) (1845–1918), American founder of the Brown's Business College chain
• George A. Brown (1885–1940), Scottish businessman, manager of the Rangoon Times
• George R. Brown (1898–1983), American construction entrepreneur
• George Garvin Brown IV (born 1969/70), Canadian businessman

Law

• George F. Brown (c. 1820–1893), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
• George H. Brown (North Carolina judge) (1850–1926), associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
• George M. Brown (judge) (1864–1934), American attorney and judge in Oregon
• George Stewart Brown (1871–1941), judge for the United States Customs Court
• George H. Brown Jr. (Tennessee judge) (born 1939), associate justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
• Sir George Brown (Belizean judge) (1942–2007), chief justice of Belize from 1990 to 1998

Military

• Sir George Brown (British Army officer) (1790–1865), British general in the Crimean War
• George Brown (admiral) (1835–1913), American admiral
• George Scratchley Brown (1918–1978), chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Politics and government

Canada

• George Brown (Canadian politician) (1818–1880), Scottish-born journalist and politician
• George Stayley Brown (1827–1915), ship owner, historian and political figure in Nova Scotia
• George W. Brown (Saskatchewan politician) (1860–1919), Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
• George Brown (Ottawa politician) (born 1959), Ottawa politician

United Kingdom

• George Brown (Governor of Bombay) (fl. 1811–1812), governor of Bombay
• George Francis Brown (1802–1871), civil servant of the East India Company
• George Mackenzie Brown (1869–1946), member of parliament
• George Brown, Baron George-Brown (1914–1985), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

United States

• George Brown (Rhode Island politician) (1746–1836), lieutenant governor of Rhode Island
• George Houston Brown (1810–1865), New Jersey politician
• George William Brown (mayor) (1812–1890), mayor of Baltimore, Maryland
• George W. Brown (Wisconsin politician) (c. 1819–?), Wisconsin legislator from Waukesha County
• George Brown (Wisconsin politician, born 1830) (1830–1909), English-born Wisconsin politician
• George H. Brown (Lowell mayor) (1877–1950), mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
• George Brown Jr. (1920–1999), U.S. representative from California
• George Brown Jr. (Kentucky politician) (born 1948), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• George L. Brown (politician) (1926–2006), Colorado politician
• Hank Brown (George Hanks Brown, born 1940), U.S. senator from Colorado

Other countries

• George Brown (South African politician) (1870–1932), Scottish-born South African trade unionist and politician
• George Deas Brown (1922–2014), Australian politician
• George Brown (Australian politician, born 1929) (1929–2002), Australian politician and Lord Mayor of Darwin, Northern Territory

Religion

• George Brown (bishop of Dunkeld) (c. 1438–1515), Scottish bishop
• George Brown (Benedictine) (died 1628), English Benedictine
• George Brown (bishop of Liverpool) (1784–1856), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool
• George Brown (missionary) (1835–1917), English Methodist missionary to Fiji, Samoa, and New Britain, president-general of the Methodist Church of Australasia

Science and medicine

• George Brown (inventor) (1650–1730), Scottish inventor
• Sir George Lindor Brown (1903–1971), English physiologist and Secretary of the Royal Society
• George Harold Brown (1908–1987), American developer of color television
• George W. Brown (computer scientist) (1917–2005), American statistician, game theorist, and computer scientist
• G. Spencer-Brown (1923–2016), English mathematician
• Sir George Malcolm Brown (1925–1997), English geologist
• George Brown (sociologist) (born 1930), English medical sociologist

Sports

American football

• George Brown (coach) (fl. 1953), American football coach
• George Brown (American football) (1923–2008), American football player
• George Brown (gridiron football) (1923–2013), American and Canadian football player

Association football (soccer)

• George H. Brown (footballer) (1866–1903), English footballer, Notts County
• George Brown (footballer, born 1880), English footballer, Stoke, Norwich City, Millwall, Sheffield United
• George Brown (footballer, born 1883), English footballer, Southampton
• George Brown (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1948), English footballer, Huddersfield, Aston Villa, Burnley, Leeds United
• George Brown (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1988), Scottish international footballer, Rangers
• George Brown (Australian soccer) (fl. 1920s), Australian international soccer player, Brisbane City, Pineapple Rovers
• George Brown (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2011), Scottish footballer, Stenhousemuir, Hamilton Academical
• George Brown (soccer, born 1935), American soccer player, New York Americans, Elizabeth Falcons
• George Brown (footballer, born 1999), Indonesian footballer

Baseball

• George Brown (1910s outfielder) (1885–1955), American Negro leagues baseball outfielder
• George Brown (pitcher) (fl. 1920s), American Negro leagues baseball pitcher
• George Brown (1940s outfielder) (fl. 1940s), American Negro leagues baseball outfielder

Cricket

• George Brown (cricketer, born 1783) (1783–1857), English cricketer
• George Brown (cricketer, born 1821) (1821–1875), English cricketer
• George Brown (cricketer, born 1887) (1887–1964), English cricketer

Other sports

• George Daniel Brown (1836–1902), English golfer
• George Brown (rower) (1839–1875), Canadian champion single scull rower
• George V. Brown (1880–1937), American sports official and coach
• George Knockout Brown (1890–?), American welterweight boxer
• George Brown (ice hockey) (1912–1972), Canadian ice hockey player
• George Brown (motorcyclist) (1912–1979), English motorcycle racer
• George Brown (sailor) (1915–1995), British Olympic sailor
• George Brown (rugby league, Batley) (fl. 1940s), English rugby league footballer for England and Batley
• George Brown (long jumper) (1931–2018), American long jumper
• George Brown (basketball) (1935–2016), American basketball player
• George Brown (rugby league, Castleford) (fl. 1950s–1960s), English rugby league footballer for Castleford
• George Brown (Australian footballer) (born 1959), Australian rules footballer

Trade unions

• George William Brown (trade unionist) (1880–?), British trade unionist and politician
• George Brown (communist) (1906–1937), Irish-born Manchester trade unionist killed in the Spanish Civil War

Other people

• Sir George McLaren Brown (1865–1939), Canadian railway administrator
• George Brown (executioner) (fl. 1911–1919), English executioner
• Igor Gouzenko (alias George Brown, 1919–1982), Soviet defector to Canada

Other uses

• George Brown College, applied arts and technology college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• George Brown, Class Clown, a book series by author Nancy E. Krulik
• George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
• George Brown & Co, a defunct Scottish shipbuilder

See also

• Georg Stanford Brown (born 1943), Cuban-American actor and director
• George Browne (disambiguation)
• George Broun (disambiguation)
• Brown George, a Jamaican dessert