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 football player 1943–44 from Texas Tech University
- William Brown (baseball) (1866–1897), American Major League catcher
- William Brown (footballer born 1865), English football player, played 6 games in 1888–89 Everton F.C. season
- William Brown (footballer, born 1889), Scottish footballer
- William Brown (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1976), English association football player
- William Brown (footballer, born 1928), English association football player
- William Brown (Scottish footballer), Scottish association football player in the 1930s
- William Brown (tennis) (born 1945), pro tennis player from the early 1970s
- William Brown (Tasmanian cricketer) (1807–1859), first-class cricketer
- William Brown (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1942), English cricketer
- William Brown (MCC cricketer), English cricketer
- William Brown (cricketer, born 1900) (1900–1986), English cricketer
- William Brown (cricketer, born 1888) (1888–1964), English cricketer
- William Brown (cricketer, born 1889), English cricketer
- William Brown (cricketer, born 1866), English cricketer
- William Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1917), New Zealand cricketer
- William "Rookie" Brown (1925–1971), American professional basketball player
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
- William P. Brown, American Presbyterian minister, author and biblical theologian
Engineers
- William Liston Brown (1842–1929), American industrialist
- William C. Brown (1916–1999), American electrical engineer
- William F. Brown (1919–2010), American welding engineer
- William Brown (bridge designer) (1928–2005), English structural engineer, bridge designer
- William Brown (mining engineer) (1717-1782), English mining engineer, waggonway designer and steam engine builder
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 A. "Andy" Brown, vice admiral in the United States Navy
- 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
Australia
- William Brown (New South Wales politician) (1867–1958), member of the New South Wales Parliament
- William Brown (Tasmanian politician) (1840–1926), Australian politician
- William Villiers Brown (1843–1915), Queensland politician
United Kingdom
- William Brown (MP for Gloucester), in 1341, MP for Gloucester
- William Brown (MP for Bedford), in 1397, MP for Bedford
- William Brown (trade unionist) (1896–1960), UK Member of Parliament for Rugby, 1942–1950
- William Robson Brown (1900–1975), UK Conservative politician
- William Oliver Brown (1903–1976), Scottish nationalist activist
- William Brown (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1930), Northern Irish unionist politician
United States
- William Brown (congressman) (1779–1833), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1819–1821
- William Brown (Illinois politician) (1819–1891), member of Illinois House of Representatives
- William Denis Brown, III, Louisiana state senator from 1968 to 1976
- William E. Brown Jr., mayor of Ann Arbor, 1945–1957, 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 Wallace Brown (1836–1926), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- William Brown, mayor of Rockford, 1857–1858, see List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois
- William Holmes Brown (1929–2001), Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1974–1994
- William J. Brown (1940–1999), Ohio Attorney General, elected 1970
- William J. Brown (Indiana) (1805–1857), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- W. K. Brown (1923–2011), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1960–72
- 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 Wallace Brown (1836-1926), American politician
- William W. Brown (Wisconsin politician), American politician
- William Matt Brown (1815–1885), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1865–1867
- William Ripley Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
- William Andreas Brown (born 1930), U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1988–1992
Other
- William Brown (British Columbia politician) (1838–?), politician in British Columbia, Canada
- William Brown (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician, 1922–1927
- William Brown (New Zealand politician) (1809–1898), member of first New Zealand Parliament
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
- William F. Brown (writer) (born 1928), American playwright
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 Penn Brown (1841–1929), pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting
- William Kellock Brown (1856–1934), Scottish sculptor
- William Lincoln Brown (1862–1940), second Register of Copyrights in the United States Copyright Office
- William Robinson Brown (1875–1955), American horse breeder and director of the Brown Company
- William B. Brown (1912–1985), American lawyer and judge in Hawaii and Ohio
- William Theophilus Brown (1919–2012), American artist
- 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 Earl Brown (born 1963), American character actor
- William Mason Brown (1828–1898), an American artist
Other
- William Brown, fictional schoolboy from the Just William series
- 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)
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