William Brown

William Brown may refer to:

Academics

• William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law
• William Arthur Brown (born 1945), academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
• William Brown (psychologist) (1881–1952), British psychologist
• William L. Brown (1913–1991), American geneticist
• W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), Indologist and Sanskritist
• William Yancey Brown (born 1948), zoologist and attorney

Athletes

• William Brown (American football), American professional football player
• William Brown (baseball) (1866–1897), American Major League catcher
• William Brown (footballer born 1865), English association football player
• William Brown (footballer born 1907) (1907–1976), English association football player
• William Brown (footballer born 1909), English association football player
• William Brown (footballer born 1928), English association football player
• William Brown (tennis), pro tennis player from the early 1970s
• William Brown (Tasmanian cricketer) (1807–1858), first-class cricketer
• William Brown (cricketer) (1876–1942), cricketer
• William Brown (MCC cricketer), English cricketer

Clergymen or theologians

• William Laurence Brown (1755–1830), Scottish divine (theologian)
• William Brown (clergyman) (1766–1835), Scottish clergyman and Hebraist
• William Montgomery Brown (1855–1937), Episcopalian bishop and Communist author
• William E. Brown, first African-American archbishop in the state of Virginia
• William A. Brown, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1938–1950

Military people

• William Brown (soldier) (1759–1808), American Revolutionary War soldier
• William Brown (Royal Navy officer) (1764–1814), British Royal Navy admiral
• William Brown (admiral) (1777–1857), or Guillermo Brown, Irish-Argentine Navy admiral
• William Brown (sailor) (birth name unknown), Black woman who briefly served in the Royal Navy in 1815, disguised as a man
• William H. Brown (1836–1896), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Maurice Brown (1910–1975), Lt. Colonel; first principal of Faujdarhat Cadet College
• William Gustavus Brown (died 1883), commander of British troops in China and Hong Kong

Politicians and diplomats

• William Brown (Australian politician) (born 1920), Australian Senator
• William Brown (British Columbia politician) (1838–?), politician in British Columbia, Canada
• William Brown (congressman) (1779–1833), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1819–1821
• William Brown (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician, 1922–1927
• William Brown (MP for Gloucester), in 1341, MP for Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)
• William Brown (MP for Bedford), in 1397, MP for Bedford
• William Brown (New Zealand politician) (1809–1898), member of first New Zealand Parliament
• William Brown (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1930), Northern Irish unionist politician
• William Brown (Tasmanian politician) (1840–1926), Australian politician
• William Brown (trade unionist) (1896–1960), UK Member of Parliament for Rugby, 1942–1950
• William Andreas Brown (born 1930), U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1988–1992
• William E. Brown Jr., Mayor of Ann Arbor 1945 to 1957, see List of mayors of Ann Arbor, Michigan
• William G. Brown, Sr. (1800–1884), U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia
• William Gay Brown, Jr. (1856–1916), U.S. Representative from West Virginia, son of William G. Brown
• William Holmes Brown (1929–2001), Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1974–1994
• William J. Brown, Ohio Attorney General, elected 1970
• William J. Brown (Indiana) (1805–1857), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• William L. Brown (politician) (1840–1906), Ohio and New York politician
• William M. Brown (1850–1915), U.S. Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, electee to the U.S. House of Representatives
• William Ripley Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
• William Robson Brown (1900–1975), UK Conservative politician
• William Villiers Brown (1843–1915), Queensland politician
• William Wallace Brown (1836–1926), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• William Brown, Mayor of Rockford 1857 to 1858, see List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois

Writers

• William Brown (journalist) (1737–1789), Canadian journalist and co-founder of the Quebec Gazette
• William Hill Brown (1765–1793), American novelist
• William Wells Brown (1814–1884), African American writer and abolitionist
• William Slater Brown (1896–1997), novelist, biographer and translator

Other notable people

• Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Richmond Hill (1784–1864), British merchant and banker
• William D. Brown (1813–1863), founder of Omaha, Nebraska
• William C. Brown (1916–1999), American electrical engineer
• William Brown (bridge designer) (1928–2005), English structural engineer, bridge designer
• William H. Brown, III (born 1928), African American attorney, fourth Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• William Brown (tenor) (1938–2004), American opera singer
• William F. Brown (1919–2010), American welding engineer
• William Lincoln Brown (1862–1940), second Register of Copyrights in the United States Copyright Office
• William Penn Brown (1841–1929), pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting
• William Earl Brown (born 1963), American character actor
• William Robinson Brown (born 1875) American horse breeder and director of the Brown Company

Other

• William Brown (fictional boy), fictional schoolboy from Just William
• William Brown (ship), American ship which struck an iceberg and sank on April 19, 1841
• William Brown Library and Museum, historic building in Liverpool, England
• William Brown Street, Liverpool

See also

• Willie Brown (disambiguation)
• Will Brown (disambiguation)
• Bill Brown (disambiguation)
• Billy Brown (disambiguation)
• William Browne (disambiguation)
• William Broun (disambiguation)