List of people with surname Brown

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
• Dominique Brown (1989 or 1990–2024), American social media influencer
• Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917), American social reformer, temperance activist
• H. Rap Brown (1943–2025), 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
• Olympia Brown (1835–1926), American women's suffragist
• Ymania Brown (1963–2025), Samoan LGBT rights activist

Art and architecture

• Christy Brown (1932–1981), Irish author, painter and poet
• Dexter Brown (born 1942), British painter
• Ethel Isadore Brown (1872–1944), American painter
• Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893), English painter
• Hillary Brown, American architect
• Joan Brown (artist, born 1945), American artist
• Lancelot "Capability" Brown (1716–1783), English landscape gardener
• Mather Brown, American painter
• Neave Brown (1929–2018), American-born British architect
• Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011), Australian painter

Business

• Bobbi Brown (born 1957), makeup artist and entrepreneur

Crime and the law

• Justice Brown (disambiguation)
• Judge Brown (disambiguation)
• Kenyel Brown (1979–2020), American criminal
• Nixzmary Brown (1998–2006), American murder victim

Engineering, science, and medicine

• Barnum Brown (1873–1963), American paleontologist
• Holly Brown-Borg American biologist and biogerontologist
• Janine Brown (born 1954), American reproductive biologist
• 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
• R. Malcolm Brown Jr., American biologist

Film, television, and theater

• 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
• Bille Brown (1952–2013), Australian actor and playwright
• Blair Brown (born 1946), American 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
• Dionne Brown, British actress
• June Brown (1927–2022), English actress
• Kardea Brown (born 1987), American chef and television host
• Michel Brown (born 1976), Argentine actor
• 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

History, philosophy, and religion

• Jeannine Brown, American New Testament scholar
• Truesdell Sparhawk Brown (1906–1992), American historian of ancient Greece

Literature

• Borsa Brown (born 1975), Hungarian novelist
• Dale Brown (born 1956), American novelist
• Hilary Brown (born 1946), Canadian journalist
• Lillian Brown (1914–2020), American writer, radio and television producer, educator, and make-up artist
• Loren G. Brown (1920–1996), American author
• 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

Music

• Angie Brown (born 1963), British singer
• Ayla Brown (born 1988), American singer, college basketball player and former American Idol contestant
• Chastity Brown (born 1982), American singer-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
• Iona Brown (1941–2004), British violinist and conductor
• Ivadell Brown, American musician and vocalist
• J. Harold Brown (died 1982), American composer
• Jazbo Brown, black Delta blues musician from around the transition of the 19th into the 20th century, whose existence is disputed
• Jocelyn Brown (born 1950), American R&B and dance music singer
• Junior Brown (born 1952), American country singer
• Kane Brown (born 1993), American country music singer and songwriter
• Kenji Brown (born 1956), Japanese-American R&B Musician, guitarist and lead vocalist of band Rose Royce
• Khalif Brown (born 1995), birth name of Swae Lee, American rapper
• Lew Brown (1893–1958), American lyricist
• 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
• Tally Brown (1924–1989), American singer and actress
• 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
• Vicki Brown (1940–1991), English singer
• The 5 Browns, classical piano musical group: Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra, and Desirae

Politics

Disambiguation

• Mayor Brown (disambiguation)
• Representative Brown (disambiguation)
• Senator Brown (disambiguation)

Australia

• Peter Broun (1797–1846), known for most of life as Peter Nicholas Brown, first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1829–1846)

Canada

• Fergy Brown (1923–2013), Canadian politician
• Gord Brown (1960–2018), Canadian politician
• Jan Brown (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Levinia Brown (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Lois Brown (born 1955), Canadian politician

New Zealand

• Len Brown (born 1956), first mayor of Greater Auckland

United States

• A. Freeborn Brown (1915–1998), Maryland state delegate and lawyer
• Adon P. Brown (1873–1942), New York state senator
• Basil W. Brown (1927–1997), Michigan state senator
• 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
• Garfield W. Brown (1881–1967), American lawyer and Minnesota state representative
• Karilyn Brown, Arkansan politician
• LaForest E. Brown (1858–1942), Minnesotan state senator
• Neal Brown (Wisconsin politician) (1861–1917), American politician
• Raleigh Brown (1921–2009), Texas House of Representatives and state judge
• 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

Sports

• Alfredo Brown (1886–1958), Argentine association football player
• Ali Brown (born 1970), English cricketer
• Alyssa Brown (born 1989), Canadian artistic gymnast
• Antario Brown (born 2002), American football player
• Antonio Brown (born 1978), American football player
• Antonio Brown (born 1988), American football player
• Arkeith Brown (born 1986), American football player
• Barion Brown (born 2003), American football player
• Barrie Brown (1931–2014), Australian rules footballer
• Beniquez Brown (born 1993), American football player
• Blace Brown (born 1996), American football player
• Brant Brown (born 1971), American baseball player and coach
• Brittain Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Bryce Brown (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Carlon Brown (born 1989), American basketball player
• CharMar Brown (born 2005), American football player
• Chase Brown (born 2000), Canadian American football player
• Cherrelle Brown (born 1986), English boxer
• 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
• Dominique Brown (born 1991), American football player
• Donatello Brown (born 1991), American football player
• Dyami Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Earlene Brown (1935–1983) American athlete
• Eliseo Brown (1888 – after 1911), Argentine association football player
• Emmett Brown (born 2003), American football player
• 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
• Germaine Brown (born 1994), English professional boxer
• Grady Brown (born 1977), American football coach
• Hank Brown (born 2005), American college football player
• Hunter Brown (born 1998), American baseball player
• Indra Brown (born 2010), Australian freestyle skier
• Ira Brown (born 1982), Japanese basketball player
• J'Covan Brown (born 1990), American basketball player
• Jacurri Brown (born 2003), American college football player
• Jaelyn Brown (born 1998), American basketball player
• Jammal Brown (born 1981), American football player
• Jared Brown (born 1973), American football player
• Jayce Brown (born 2005), American football player
• Jaylen Brown (born 1996), American basketball player
• Jayon Brown (born 1995), American football player
• Ji'Ayir Brown (born 2000), American 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 basketball player
• Kaleb Brown (born 2003), American college football player
• Keyjuan Brown (born 2004), American football player
• 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
• Kyson Brown (born 2005), American football player
• Leddie Brown (born 2000), American football player
• Leigha Brown (born 2000), American basketball player
• Lexie Brown (born 1994), American basketball player
• Lola Brown (born 2007), English footballer
• 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
• 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
• Raleek Brown (born 2003), American football player
• R. M. Brown (1885–1927), American college sports coach
• 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
• 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
• Tanner Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Tevin Brown (born 1998), American basketball player
• Zabien Brown, American football player

Other fields

• Cheryl Brown (educator), New Zealand education academic
• Letty Brown, New Zealand Māori community leader
• Claudine K. Brown (1949–2016), American museum director
• Derren Brown (born 1971), English magician and psychological illusionist
• Heidi V. Brown, United States Army Major General
• Jill E. Brown (born 1950), African American aviator
• Judy Brown (born 1956), New Zealand academic
• Louis M. Brown (1909–1996), American lawyer and pioneer of preventive law
• Marian and Vivian Brown (1927–2013/14), San Francisco celebrity twins
• Violet Brown (1900–2017), oldest verified person in Jamaica

Fictional characters

• Amber Brown, protagonist of a book series by Paula Danziger
• April, Brad, Helen, and Jay Brown, characters in the 1986 American science fiction comedy horror movie Critters
• Benjamin, Grandma, Kelly, Professor Alex, and Sandy Brown, characters from the Japanese anime The Noozles
• Bob, Kim, and Serena, characters on the CBS television series The Unit
• Charlie Brown, principal character of the comic strip Peanuts
• Chesney Brown, in the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street
• Cleveland Brown, main character in the animated TV series The Cleveland Show
• Emmett Brown, in the Back To The Future movie series
• Father Brown, fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton
• Foxy and Lincoln "Link" Brown, in the 1974 American blaxploitation action movie Foxy Brown
• Grandpa Brown, a character in the 1964 horror–science fiction movie The Creeping Terror
• Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, title character from Donald J. Sobol's Encyclopedia Brown series of children's books
• Lily Brown, a character in the 2005 comedy drama fantasy film Nanny McPhee, played by Jennifer Rae Daykin
• Marie Brown, a character in the 2020 movie Christmas in the Rockies
• Mr. Brown, in the 1971 Spanish/American adventure/western movie Four Rode Out
• Pinkie Brown, a character in the 2010 English movie Brighton Rock
• Reverend Brown, in the 1988 American romantic comedy film Coming to America
• Sam Brown, in the 2004 American animated Western musical comedy movie Home on the Range
• Sammy Brown, a character in the American biographical romantic musical drama teen movie Clouds
• Sandy Brown, in the 1974 American made-for-television comedy movie The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped
• Sheriff Brown, a character in the American drama television series Shooter
• William Brown, the main character in the Just William series of children's short stories, written by Richmal Crompton

Disambiguation pages

• Aaron Brown
• Abe Brown
• Adam Brown
• Adrian Brown
• Al Brown
• Alan Brown
• Albert Brown
• Alex Brown
• Alexander Brown
• Alfred Brown
• Alice Brown
• Alistair Brown
• Allan Brown
• Allen Brown
• Amanda Brown
• Andre Brown
• Andrew Brown
• Andy Brown
• Anna Brown
• Anne Brown
• Annie Brown
• Anthony Brown
• Archibald Brown
• Arnold Brown
• Arthur Brown
• Ashley Brown
• Audrey Brown
• Barbara Brown
• Barry Brown
• Ben Brown
• Benjamin Brown
• Bert Brown
• Bertram Brown
• Bill Brown
• Billy Brown
• Blair Brown
• Bob Brown
• Bobby Brown
• Bonnie Brown
• Brenda Brown
• Brian Brown
• Bruce Brown
• Bud Brown
• Buster Brown
• Byron Brown
• Cameron Brown
• Carl Brown
• Carlos Brown
• Carol Brown
• Carolyn Brown
• Catherine Brown
• Cecil Brown
• Chad Brown
• Charles Brown
• Charlotte Brown
• Chris Brown
• Chuck Brown
• Cindy Brown
• Clarence Brown
• Cliff Brown
• Clive Brown
• Colin Brown
• Connor Brown
• Courtney Brown
• Craig Brown
• Curtis Brown
• Dana Brown
• Daniel Brown
• Darrell Brown
• David Brown
• Dean Brown
• Dee Brown
• Dennis Brown
• Derek Brown
• Derrick Brown
• Dick Brown
• Donald Brown
• Donna Brown
• Dorothy Brown
• Doug Brown
• Dustin Brown
• Earl Brown
• Eddie Brown
• Edgar Brown
• Edith Brown
• Edmund Brown
• Edward Brown
• Edwin Brown
• Elizabeth Brown
• Elliot Brown
• Emma Brown
• Emily Brown
• Eric Brown
• Erika Brown
• Ernest Brown
• Errol Brown
• Eugene Brown
• Evan Brown
• Foxy Brown
• Frances Brown
• Francis Brown
• Frank Brown
• Fred Brown
• Gail Brown
• Garry Brown
• Gary Brown
• Gavin Brown
• Gene Brown
• Geoffrey Brown
• George Brown
• George Washington Brown
• Georgia Brown
• Gerald Brown
• Gerry Brown
• Gertrude Brown
• Gilbert Brown
• Gillian Brown
• Glenn Brown
• Godfrey Brown
• Gordon Brown
• Grace Brown
• Greg Brown
• Gus Brown
• Harold Brown
• Harriet Brown
• Harrison Brown
• Harry Brown
• Harvey Brown
• Helen Brown
• Henry Brown
• Herbert Brown
• Horace Brown
• Howard Brown
• Hubert Brown
• Hugh Brown
• Ian Brown
• Isaac Brown
• Ivor Brown
• J. T. Brown
• Jack Brown
• Jackie Brown
• Jacob Brown
• Jake Brown
• James Brown
• Jamie Brown
• Janet Brown
• Jason Brown
• Jeff Brown
• Jeffrey Brown
• Jeremiah Brown
• Jeremy Brown
• Jermaine Brown
• Jerry Brown
• Jesse Brown
• Jim Brown
• Joan Brown
• Joe Brown
• John Brown
• John Henry Brown
• John Robert Brown
• John Young Brown
• John Brown Jr.
• Jonathan Brown
• Jordan Brown
• Joseph Brown
• Josh Brown
• Joyce Brown
• Judith Brown
• Julie Brown
• Justin Brown
• Karen Brown
• Karl Brown
• Kate Brown
• Keith Brown
• Kelly Brown
• Ken Brown
• Kendall Brown
• Kenneth Brown
• Kent Brown
• Kerry Brown
• Kevin Brown
• Kim Brown
• Kyle Brown
• Larry Brown
• Laurie Brown
• Lawrence Brown
• Lee Brown
• Leon Brown
• Leroy Brown
• Les Brown
• Leslie Brown
• Levi Brown
• Lewis Brown
• Lisa Brown
• Lloyd Brown
• Logan Brown
• Louise Brown
• Lucy Brown
• Lyn Brown
• Malcolm Brown
• Marc Brown
• Marcus Brown
• Margaret Brown
• Marilyn Brown
• Mark Brown
• Martha Brown
• Martin Brown
• Marty Brown
• Mary Brown
• Matt Brown
• Maurice Brown
• Max Brown
• Maxine Brown
• Maxwell Brown
• Mel Brown
• Melissa Brown
• Melville Brown
• Melvin Brown
• Michael Brown
• Mick Brown
• Miles Brown
• Millie Brown
• Mitch Brown
• Moses Brown
• Nancy Brown
• Natalie Brown
• Nathan Brown
• Neil Brown
• Nicholas Brown
• Nicole Brown
• Noah Brown
• Norman Brown
• Oliver Brown
• Olivia Brown
• Omar Brown
• Orlando Brown
• Owen Brown
• Pamela Brown
• Pat Brown
• Patrick Brown
• Paul Brown
• Paula Brown
• Percy Brown
• Peter Brown
• Phil Brown
• Philip Brown
• Preston Brown
• Rachel Brown
• Ralph Brown
• Randy Brown
• Raymond Brown
• Rebecca Brown
• Reggie Brown
• Representative Brown
• Ricardo Brown
• Richard Brown
• Rick Brown
• Rob Brown
• Robert Brown
• Robin Brown
• Rod Brown
• Rodney Brown
• Roger Brown
• Roland Brown
• Ronald Brown
• Ronnie Brown
• Rosemary Brown
• Roy Brown
• Russell Brown
• Ruth Brown
• Ryan Brown
• Sam Brown
• Samuel Brown
• Sandra Brown
• Sandy Brown
• Sarah Brown
• Scott Brown
• Sean Brown
• Shannon Brown
• Sharon Brown
• Shawn Brown
• Sheldon Brown
• Sidney Brown
• Simon Brown
• Spencer Brown
• Stan Brown
• Stephanie Brown
• Stephen Brown
• Steve Brown
• Stuart Brown
• Susan Brown
• Taylor Brown
• Ted Brown
• Terry Brown
• Theodore Brown
• Thomas Brown
• Thomas J. Brown
• Timothy Brown
• Tina Brown
• Tom Brown
• Tommy Brown
• Tony Brown
• Travis Brown
• Troy Brown
• Tyler Brown
• Vanessa Brown
• Vernell Brown
• Vernon Brown
• Victor Brown
• Victoria Brown
• Vincent Brown
• Walter Brown
• Warren Brown
• Wayne Brown
• Wendy Brown
• Wesley Brown
• Wilfred Brown
• Will Brown
• William Brown
• William Henry Brown
• Willie Brown
• Wilson Brown
• Woody Brown
• Yvette Brown

See also

• of Rhode Island