William Brown

William Brown may refer to:

Academics

• William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law
• William E. Brown (academic), president of Cedarville University
• William Arthur Brown, (born 1945), academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
• William Brown (psychologist), British psychologist

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), 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), first-class cricketer
• William Brown (cricketer), cricketer

Clergymen or theologians

• William Laurence Brown (1755–1830), Scottish divine (theologian)
• William Brown (clergyman) (1766–1835), Scottish clergyman and Hebraist
• William Brown (bishop) (1818–1937), Episcopalian bishop and Communist author
• William E. Brown, first African-American archbishop in the state of Virginia

Military people

• William Brown (soldier) (c. 1755–1808), American Revolutionary War soldier
• William Brown (Royal Navy officer) (1764–1814), British Royal Navy admiral
• William Brown (admiral) (or Guillermo Brown) (1777–1857), Irish-Argentine Navy admiral
• William Brown (sailor) (birth name unknown), Black woman who served in the Royal Navy 1804–1816, 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

Politicians and diplomats

• William Brown (MP for Bedford), in 1397, MP for Bedofrd (UK Parliament constituency)
• William Brown (congressman) (1779–1833), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1819–1821
• William Brown (British Columbia politician) (1838–??), a politician in British Columbia, Canada
• William E. Brown, Jr., Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945-57
• William J. Brown (Indiana) (1805–1857), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• William G. Brown, Sr. (1800–1884), U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia
• William Brown (New Zealand), (1809–1898), member of first New Zealand Parliament
• William Gay Brown, Jr. (1856–1916), U.S. Representative from West Virginia, son of William G. Brown
• William Wallace Brown (1836–1926), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• William R. Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
• William M. Brown (1850–1915), U.S. Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, electee to the U.S. House of Representatives
• William Brown (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician, 1922–1927
• William Brown (British politician) (1894–1960), UK Member of Parliament for Rugby 1942–1950
• William Henry Brown (1899–1967), New Zealand politician of the National Party
• William Robson Brown (1900–1975), UK Conservative politician
• William Brown (Australian politician) (born 1920), Australian Senator
• William Brown (Tasmanian politician) (1840–1926)
• William Holmes Brown, (1929–2001), Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1974–1994
• William Brown (Northern Ireland politician), (born 1930), Northern Irish unionist politician
• William Andreas Brown (born 1930), U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1988–1992
• William J. Brown, Ohio Attorney General, elected 1970
• William Brown, Mayor of Rockford, Illinois, 1857-58
• William Stuart Brown (1952–2004), Australian diplomat and convicted child molester
• William Villiers Brown (1843–1915), Queensland politician

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 (1897–1997), novelist, biographer and translator

Other notable people

• Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Richmond Hill (1784–1864), British merchant and banker
• William D. Brown, (1813–1868), 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, African American attorney, fourth Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• William Brown (tenor) (1938–2004), American opera singer

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
• William Brown (Native American), Decendent of Pequot, Mohegan, Narragansett, Montauk and Wampanoag Indian Tribes

See also

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