Robert Brown
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Robert Brown may refer to:
Sportspeople[edit]
- Robert Brown (American racing driver), retired NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Robert Brown (American football) (born 1960), American football player
- R. R. Brown (1879–1950), American football coach
- Dale Brown (boxer) (Robert Dale Brown, born 1971), Canadian boxer
- Robert Brown (football manager) (fl. 1911–1935), association football manager
- Robert George Brown (fl. 1920s), English footballer
- Robert Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (1850–1934), New Zealand cricketer
- Robert Brown (South African cricketer) (born 1957), South African cricketer
- Robert Brown (Cambuslang footballer), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1890
- Robert Brown (footballer, born 1850), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1884 (nicknamed "The Sparrow")
- Robert Brown (footballer, born 1860), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1885 (nicknamed "The Plumber")
- Sailor Brown (Robert Albert John Brown, 1915–2008), English footballer
- Robert Brown (baseball), 19th century baseball player
- Robert Brown, English racing driver, see 2008 Formula Palmer Audi season
- Robert Brown (sport shooter) (1873–1918), British Olympic shooter
- Robert J. Brown (1904–1985), American football player, businessman and author
- Robert Paul Brown (1876–1962), baseball player, manager, and team owner
- Robert Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (1850–1934), New Zealand cricketer
- Robert Brown (South African cricketer) (born 1957), South African cricketer
- Red Brown (basketball) (1907–1992), American college basketball coach, athletic director
Entertainers and artists[edit]
- Robert Brown (1910–1966), better known as Washboard Sam
- Robert Brown (British actor) (1921–2003), British actor, played M in four James Bond films
- Robert Brown (American actor) (born 1926), American actor, played Jason Bolt in Here Come the Brides
- Robert Brown (cartoonist) (1936–2007), American painter and cartoonist
- Robert Brown (musician) (born 1970), lead singer of steampunk band Abney Park
- Robert Brown (North Carolina musician) (born 1983), multi-instrumentalist of his solo project Epignosis
- Robert Curtis Brown (born 1957), American actor
- Robert Delford Brown (1930–2009), American performance artist
- Robert Latham Brown (born 1947), producer, production manager, and author
- Robert W. Brown (1917–2009), American printmaker and glass artist
Military[edit]
- Robert B. Brown (1844–1916), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Robert Brooks Brown (born 1959), U.S. Army officer
- Robert Brown (sailor) (1830–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
Politicians[edit]
- Robert Brown (MP for Gloucester), Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester
- Robert Weare alias Brown, MP for Marlborough
- Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of Westminster (died 1760), British Member of Parliament
- Bob Brown (born 1944), Australian Greens senator
- Bob Brown (Australian Labor politician) (born 1933), Australian Labor Party politician, 1978–1998
- Robert Leslie Brown, Australian politician since 2006
- Robert Brown (English politician) (1921–1996), English politician
- Robert Brown (Scottish politician) (born 1947), Scottish politician
- Robert Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (1744–1823), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
- Robert Brown (Ohio politician), member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985
- Robert Brown (Georgia politician) (1950–2011), Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate
- Robert Brown (South Carolina politician) (born 1950), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Scientists[edit]
- Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) (1773–1858), Scottish (Montrose) scientist, explorer, author, botanist: R.Br., after whom Brownian motion is named
- Robert Brown (botanist, born 1842) (1842–1895), Scottish (Caithness) explorer, scientist, author, botanist: R.Br.ter
- Robert Brown (plant physiologist) (1908–1999), British scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society
- Robert Brown (New Zealand botanist) (c. 1824–1906), New Zealand bootmaker and botanist: R.Br.bis
- Robert E. Brown (1927–2005), American ethnomusicologist, coined the term "world music"
- Robert Hanbury Brown (1916–2002), British astronomer and physicist
- Robert Rudmose-Brown (1879–1957), academic botanist and polar explorer
- Robert Cunyngham Brown (1867–1945), British psychologist and medical administrator
- Robert Goodell Brown (1923–2013), American statistician
Other people[edit]
- Robert Brown, Scottish man wrongly convicted of murder in 1977
- Robert A. Brown (born 1951), President of Boston University
- Robert Allan Brown, Canadian-American prospector and mining promoter
- Robert Brown (academic), Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
- Robert Brown (agriculturalist) (1757–1831), Scottish rural and agricultural writer
- Robert Brown (prelate) (1877–1947), Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Prefect of Zambesi (1922–1929)
- Robert Brown (priest) (1914–2001), Anglican Archdeacon of Bedford
- Robert Brown (trade unionist) (1848–1917), Scottish trade union leader
- Robert C. Brown, American engineer
- Robert G. Brown (c. 1870–1920), American inventor of the telephone handset
- Robert K. Brown (born 1932), combat correspondent and investigative journalist
- Robert L. Brown (Arkansas) (born 1941), Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
- Robert Lewis Brown Sr. (1892–1948), U.S. federal judge
- Robert Lloyd Brown (1930–1984), Las Vegas newspaper editor and publisher
- Robert M. Brown, American railroad Chief Engineer; 1978 recipient of the Railroader of the Year award
- Robert McAfee Brown (1920–2001), Protestant theologian and peace activist
- Robert R. Brown (bishop) (1910–1994), author and Episcopal bishop of Arkansas
- J. Robert Brown Jr., law professor
See also[edit]
- Robert Browne (disambiguation)
- Bob Brown (disambiguation)
- Bobby Brown (disambiguation)
- Rob Brown (disambiguation)
- Bert Brown (disambiguation)
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