William Brown
William Brown may refer to:
Academics
- William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law
- William Brown (industrial relations expert) (born 1945), academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
- William Brown (psychologist) (1881–1952), British psychologist
- William Fuller Brown Jr. (1904–1983), American physicist
- William Harvey Brown (1862-1913), American naturalist
- W. G. Brown, Canadian mathematician
- William L. Brown (1913–1991), American geneticist
- W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), Indologist and Sanskritist
- William Yancey Brown (born 1948), zoologist and attorney
Sportspeople
- William Brown (baseball) (1866–1897), American Major League catcher
- William Brown (footballer, born 1865) (1865–?), English footballer
- William Brown (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1940), English footballer
- William Brown (footballer, born 1885) (1885–?), Scottish footballer
- William Brown (footballer, born 1889) (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 (goalkeeper), 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) (1889–?), English cricketer
- William Brown (cricketer, born 1866) (1866–?), English cricketer
- William Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1917), New Zealand cricketer
- William Brown (golfer) (1854–?), Scottish golfer
- William Davie Brown (1852–1876), Scottish rugby union player
- William Sorley Brown (1860–1901), Scottish rugby union player
- Rookie Brown (1925–1971), American professional basketball player
- Bill Brown (athlete) (1925–2018), American middle distance runner
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 P. Brown, American Presbyterian minister, author and biblical theologian
- William Haig Brown (1823–1907), English cleric and headmaster of Charterhouse School
- William Brown (priest) (1710–1797), Archdeacon of Northampton
- William Cabell Brown (1861–1927), Episcopal missionary and bishop of Virginia
- William A. Brown (bishop)
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 (British Army officer) (1922-1984), commander of the Gilgit Scouts during the Partition of India
- 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. Brown (admiral), vice admiral in the United States Navy
- William H. Brown (1836–1896), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Henry Brown (aviator) (1894–1969), Canadian World War I flying ace
- 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
- William Perry Brown Jr. (1923–1952), American Marine and recipient of two Navy Crosses
Politicians and diplomats
Australia
- William Brown (New South Wales politician) (1867–1954), member of the New South Wales Parliament
- William Brown (Tasmanian politician) (1840–1926), Australian politician
- William Villiers Brown (1843–1915), Queensland politician
United Kingdom
- Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Richmond Hill (1784–1864), British merchant and banker, MP for South Lancashire, 1846-1859
- William Brown (MP for Gloucester), in 1341, MP for Gloucester
- William Brown (MP for Bedford), in 1397, MP for Bedford
- W. J. Brown (trade unionist) (William John Brown, 1896–1960), MP for Rugby, 1942–1950
- William Robson Brown (1900–1975), UK Conservative politician, MP for Esher, 1950-1970
- Oliver Brown (Scottish activist) (William Oliver Brown, 1903–1976), Scottish nationalist activist
- William Brown (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1930), Northern Irish unionist politician, MPA for South Down, 1982-1986
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 Brown (Massachusetts judge) (1737–1802), Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature
- William Denis Brown III (1931–2012), Louisiana state senator from 1968 to 1976
- William E. Brown Jr., mayor of Ann Arbor, 1945–1957
- 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 (Ohio politician) (1940–1999), Ohio Attorney General, elected 1970
- William J. Brown (Indiana politician) (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 W. Brown (Wisconsin politician) (died 1871), 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 Heartz Brown (1883–1967), Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- 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), fugitive slave, African-American writer, and abolitionist
- William Slater Brown (1896–1997), novelist, biographer and translator
- William F. Brown (writer) (born 1928), American playwright
- William Henry Brown (journalist) (1860s–1950), British co-operative movement journalist and activist
Other notable people
- William D. Brown (1813–1863), founder of Omaha, Nebraska
- William Brown (miner) (died 1900), British trade union leader
- William Penn Brown (1841–1929), pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting
- William J. Brown (architect) (died 1970), American architect
- 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
- W. Earl Brown (born 1963), American character actor
- William Mason Brown (1828–1898), American artist
- William M. Brown (businessman) (born 1963), CEO of Harris Corporation
- William Brown (composer), 18th-century American composer and flutist
- William Brown (headmaster) (1914–2005), British headmaster
- William Alexander Brown, African-American playwright and theatrical producer
- Guillermo E. Brown, drummer and multi-disciplinary performer
- William Brown, better known as Compa, British electronic musician
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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