List of people with surname Brown explained
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
- Mather Brown, American painter
- 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
Crime and the law
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
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
- The 5 Browns, classical piano musical group: Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra, and Desirae
Politics
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
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
- Donnie Brown, American politician
- 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
- Rufus E. Brown (1854-1920), Vermont politician and attorney general
- Sherrod Brown (born 1952), U.S. senator from Ohio
- Shontel Brown (born 1975), U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district
- 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
- Jyaire Brown (born 2004), American 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
- Norris Brown (born 1961), American football player
- 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
- Rufus Brown (born 1980), 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
See also
Categories
- Brown family of Rhode Island
