Brownell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Baker Brownell, philosopher * Bill Brownell, American professional basketball player *

Edwin Orion Brownell Edwin Orion Brownell (born November 30, 1964 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and author. He is a neo-classical composer and concert pianist whose original music has been described as highly melodic; exhibiting an improvisational blue ...

, Canadian neo-classical composer and concert pianist * Francis E. Brownell (1840–1894),

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. It proved essential to th ...

soldier awarded the

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valo ...

for action during the

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* Francis H. Brownell (1867–1954), businessman, lawyer, and Washington state pioneer *

Frederick Brownell Frederick Gordon Brownell } (8 March 1940 – 10 May 2019) was a South African herald, vexillologist, and genealogist. He designed the flags of Namibia and South Africa. Family and early life Brownell was born in Bethlehem, in what was th ...

, former South African state herald, designer of the South African flag *

Herbert Brownell Jr. Herbert Brownell Jr. (February 20, 1904 – May 1, 1996) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. From 1953 to 1957, he served as United States Attorney General in the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Early life Brow ...

, United States Attorney General *

Jim Brownell Jim Brownell (born 29 January 1948) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2011. One of his distant ancestors, John Brownell, represented the same general region i ...

, politician * Joseph H. Brownell, American lumberman, farmer, politician * Kelly D. Brownell, obesity researcher * Mia Brownell, American visual artist *

Raymond Brownell Air Commodore Raymond James Brownell, (17 May 1894 – 12 April 1974) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a First World War flying ace. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Brownell was working as a clerk with a firm of acc ...

(1894–1974), Royal Australian Air Force officer and World War I flying ace *

Sonia Brownell Sonia Mary Brownell (25 August 1918 – 11 December 1980), better known as Sonia Orwell, was the second wife of writer George Orwell. Sonia is believed to be the model for Julia, the heroine of ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. Sonia collaborated with ...

, wife of George Orwell * William Crary Brownell, essayist, art critic, journalist * William E. Brownell, American scientist who conducts research at Baylor College of Medicine

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