William Brown may refer to:

Academics

* William Brown (industrial relations expert) (1945–2019), British academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge * William Brown (plant pathologist) (1888–1975), British mycologist and plant pathologist * William Brown (psychologist) (1881–1952), British psychologist *

William Fuller Brown Jr. William Fuller Brown Jr. (21 October 1904 – 1983) was an American physicist who developed the theory of micromagnetics, a continuum theory of ferromagnetism that has had numerous applications in physics and engineering. He published three books: ...

(1904–1983), American physicist *

W. G. Brown William G. Brown is a Canadian mathematician specializing in graph theory. He is a professor emeritus of mathematics at McGill University. Education and career Brown earned his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1963, under the joint supervis ...

, Canadian mathematician *

William Harvey Brown William Harvey Brown (August 22, 1862April 5, 1913) was an American naturalist who later settled in Rhodesia. Whilst studying at the University of Kansas Brown volunteered with the National Museum of Natural History and took part in collecting e ...

(1862–1913), American naturalist * William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law *

William L. Brown (geneticist) William Lacy Brown (July 16, 1913 – March 8, 1991) was an American geneticist notable for breeding programs in maize, sorghum, soybeans and wheat. He was president, chairman and chief executive of Pioneer Hi-Bred International. He was also a dir ...

(1913–1991), American geneticist * W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), American Indologist and Sanskritist * William Yancey Brown (born 1948), American zoologist and attorney

Sportspeople

Association football

Cricket

* William Brown (Tasmanian cricketer) (1807–1859), English-born Tasmanian first-class cricketer * William Brown (cricketer, born 1866), English cricketer * William Brown (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1942), English first-class cricketer * William Brown (cricketer, born 1888) (1888–1964), English cricketer * William Brown (cricketer, born 1889), English cricketer * William Brown (cricketer, born 1900) (1900–1986), English cricketer * William Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1917), New Zealand cricketer * William Brown (MCC cricketer), English first-class cricketer

Other sports

* William Brown (ice hockey) (born 1998), see

1956 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament The 1956 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1955–56 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 9th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 15 and 17, 1956, and concluded with Michigan defeating Mic ...

* William Brown (golfer) (born ), Scottish golfer * William Brown (baseball) (1866–1897), American Major League catcher * William Brown (tennis) (born 1945), American tennis player *

William Brown (rugby league) William Brown nicknamed "Bill" was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played for Western Suburbs and Balmain in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. Playing career A Balmain junior, ...

, Australian rugby league player * William Davie Brown (1852–1876), Scottish rugby union player *

William Sorley Brown William Sorley Brown (1860-1901) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 15th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Rugby union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh Institution F.P. Provincial career Brown wa ...

(1860–1901), Scottish rugby union player * Will Brown (racing driver) (born 1998), Australian racing driver *

Rookie Brown William "Rookie" Brown (February 15, 1925 – May 22, 1971) was an American professional basketball player in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL).Bill Brown (runner) Bill Brown (April 28, 1925 – April 25, 2018) was an American athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be ...

(1925–2018), American middle distance runner

Clergymen and theologians

* William Laurence Brown (1755–1830), Scottish divine (theologian) *

William Brown (clergyman) William Brown (1766–1835) was a Scottish clergyman. Life Brown was licensed by the presbytery of Stirling in 1791, was minister to the parish of Eskdalemuir Scotland, presented by Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, and served from 1792 to 1 ...

(1766–1835), Scottish clergyman and Hebraist *

William Montgomery Brown William Montgomery Brown (September 4, 1855 – October 31, 1937), sometimes called "Bad Bishop" Brown, was an Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal clergyman and author. Brown, of Galion, Ohio, was consecrated a bishop of the Episcopal Chur ...

(1855–1937), American Episcopalian bishop and Communist author *

William P. Brown William P. Brown is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, author, biblical theologian, and the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. Education Brown earned a Bachelor of Arts in ...

, American Presbyterian minister, author and biblical theologian * William Haig Brown (1823–1907), English cleric and headmaster of Charterhouse School *

William Brown (priest) William Brown, DD (b Grantham 23 October 1710 - d Horbling 17 November 1797) was Archdeacon of Northampton from 1764 until 1797. Brown was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and ordained in 1740. He held incumbencies at Marston Trussell, ...

(1710–1797), Archdeacon of Northampton * William Cabell Brown (1861–1927), American Episcopal missionary and bishop of Virginia *

William A. Brown (bishop) William Ambrose Brown (January 3, 1878 – July 12, 1965) was an American bishop who served as the fourth Bishop of Southern Virginia between 1938 and 1950. Early life and education Brown was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, on January 3, 187 ...

(1878–1965), American who served as the fourth Bishop of Southern Virginia * William Adams Brown, American minister, professor and philanthropist * William Francis Brown (1862–1951), bishop, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark

Engineers

William Liston Brown William Liston Brown (August 23, 1842 – November 1, 1929) was an American businessman and industrialist in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Brown served in the Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery during the Civil War, then de ...

(1842–1929), American industrialist * William C. Brown (1916–1999), American electrical engineer *

William F. Brown (engineer) William F. Brown (29 November 1919, in Tampa, Florida – 6 September 2010, in Kennewick, Washington, Kennewick, Washington (state), Washington) was an American welding engineer, professional engineer and magnetic pulse welding expert. Life and ...

(1919–2010), American welding engineer *

William Brown (bridge designer) William Christopher Brown OBE (16 September 1928 – 16 March 2005) was a structural engineer and bridge designer who specialised in suspension bridges. He is credited with the idea of designing bridge decks with an aerofoil-shaped cross sectio ...

(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) William Brown (1759–1808) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Stamford and enlisted in the 5th Connecticut Regiment as a corporal on 23 May 1775, and re-enlisted as a private on 9 Apri ...

(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) William A. "Andy" Brown (born April 5, 1958) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy last serving as the director for logistics, J4 for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. *Currently serves as President and CEO of NDTA (National Defense Transportatio ...

(born 1958), vice admiral in the United States Navy * William H. Brown (Medal of Honor) (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 William Maurice Brown (1910–1974) was the first principal of Faujdarhat Cadet College, one of the 12 Cadet Colleges in Bangladesh, Cadet Colleges of Bangladesh. He was then a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the New Zealand Army. He was a recipient ...

(1910–1975), New Zealand Lt. Colonel; first principal of Faujdarhat Cadet College * William Gustavus Brown (1809–1883), commander of British troops in China and Hong Kong *

William Perry Brown Jr. William Perry Brown Jr. (December 18, 1923 – February 24, 1952) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps aviator. He was a flying ace and a recipient of two Navy Crosses and was killed in the Korean War. World War II William P. Brown ...

(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 William Villiers Brown (1843 – 29 April 1915) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council. Public life Brown was the member for Townsville in the Legislat ...

(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) William Brown may refer to: Academics *William Brown (industrial relations expert) (1945–2019), British academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge *William Brown (plant pathologist) (1888–1975), British mycologist and plant pathologist * Wi ...

, in 1397, MP for Bedford *

W. J. Brown (trade unionist) William John Brown (13 September 1894 – 3 October 1960) was a British trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament (MP). Life Brown grew up in Margate in Kent and served as general secretary of the Civil Service Clerical Association ...

(William John Brown, 1896–1960), MP for Rugby 1942–1950 *

William Robson Brown Sir William Robson Brown (1 September 1900 – 25 February 1975) was a British Conservative politician. He was elected in 1950 as the first Member of Parliament for the new Surrey constituency of Esher. Robson-Brown served until his retirement i ...

(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 *Sir William Slater Brown (Lord Provost), Scottish businessman and Lord Provost of Edinburgh

United States

* William Brown (congressman) (1779–1833), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1819–1821 * William Brown (Illinois politician) (1819–1891), member of the Illinois House of Representatives * William Brown (Massachusetts judge) (1737–1802), Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature *

William Anderson Brown William Anderson Brown (August 4, 1861 – September 26, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician. Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He went to University of Pennsylvania and then received his law degree from University of Michiga ...

(1861–1940), lawyer, member of the Minnesota legislature *

William Denis Brown III William Denis Brown III (November 20, 1931 – March 6, 2012) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic lawyer and businessman from Monroe, Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana, who was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1968 to 1976. ...

(1931–2012), Louisiana state senator from 1968 to 1976 *

William E. Brown Jr. William Ellis Brown Jr. (May 1, 1896December 8, 1970) was a Michigan politician. Brown was born on May 1, 1896, in Lapeer, Michigan, to parents William E. Brown Sr. and Grace Brown. Brown served in the United States Army during World War I. Bro ...

(1896–1970), mayor of Ann Arbor, 1945–1957 *

William G. Brown Sr. William Gay Brown Sr. (September 25, 1800 – April 19, 1884) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia, who was twice elected to the Virginia General Assembly and thrice to the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served at ...

(1800–1884), U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia *

William Gay Brown Jr. William Gay Brown Jr. (April 7, 1856 – March 9, 1916) was a lawyer, and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative. Congressman Brown was born in Kingwood, West Virginia in Preston County (then in ...

(1856–1916), U.S. Representative from West Virginia, son of William G. Brown *

William Wallace Brown William Wallace Brown (April 22, 1836 – November 4, 1926) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography William W. Brown was born in Summerhill, New York. He moved with his parents to Elk County, P ...

(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) William J. Brown (July 12, 1940 – November 3, 1999) was an American lawyer, and was elected Ohio Attorney General The Ohio Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Ohio in the United States. The office is filled by genera ...

(1940–1999), Ohio Attorney General, elected 1970 * William J. Brown (Indiana politician) (1805–1857), U.S. Representative from Indiana *

W. K. Brown William K. Brown (January 7, 1923 – July 13, 2011) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Life and career Brown attended Dry Prong High School and Louisiana State University. ...

(1923–2011), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for

Grant Parish Grant Parish (french: Paroisse de Grant) is a parish located in the North Central portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,309. The parish seat is Colfax. The parish was founded in 1869 durin ...

, 1960–72 *

William L. Brown (politician) William Lee Brown (December 25, 1840 Vermont – December 13, 1906 Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts) was an American newspaper publisher and politician from Ohio and New York. Life The family removed to Mahoning County, Ohio, ...

(1840–1906), Ohio and New York politician *

William Little Brown William Little Brown (August 9, 1789 – February 28, 1830) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1822 to 1824. Brown was born near Cheraw, South Carolina, to Morgan Brown and Elizabeth Little who laid out Palmyra, Tennessee. Aft ...

(1789–1830), justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court * William M. Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (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

Elsewhere

* William Brown (British Columbia politician) (1838–1???), politician in British Columbia, Canada * William Brown (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician, 1922–1927 *

William Heartz Brown William Heartz Brown (February 25, 1883 – May 24, 1967) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party o ...

(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) William Brown (1737–1789) was a Canadian journalist and the co-founder of the ''Quebec Gazette''. He was born in Scotland. He arrived in Quebec City on 30 September 1763, a week before the Province of Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to ...

(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 William Slater Brown (November 13, 1896 – June 22, 1997) was an American novelist, biographer, and translator of French literature. Most notably, he was a friend of the poet E. E. Cummings and is best known as the character "B." in Cumming ...

(1896–1997), American novelist, biographer and translator *

William F. Brown (writer) William Ferdinand Brown (April 16, 1928 – June 23, 2019) was an American playwright best known for writing the book of the musical, ''The Wiz'' (1974), an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' with music and lyrics by Charl ...

(1928–2019), American playwright * William Henry Brown (journalist) (1860s–1950), British co-operative movement journalist and activist

Other notable people

* William Brown (physician) (1748–1792), American physician *

William D. Brown William D. Brown (1813 – February 3, 1868) was the first pioneer to envision building a city where Omaha, Nebraska sits today. Many historians attribute Brown to be the founder of Omaha, although this has been disputed since the late nineteenth ...

(1813–1863), founder of Omaha, Nebraska * William Brown (miner) (died 1900), British trade union leader *

William Penn Brown William Penn Brown (1841–1929), of New York City, was an early pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting. Brown was born in India of missionary parents and was raised in Japan before he came to the United States and started a successful business ...

(1841–1929), American pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting * William J. Brown (architect) (died 1970), American architect *

William Kellock Brown William Kellock Brown (15 December 1856 – 20 February 1934) was a Scottish sculptor prominent in late Victorian Glasgow, with many public works. His brother was the landscape artist Alexander Kellock Brown. He exhibited at the Royal Academy a ...

(1856–1934), Scottish sculptor *

William Lincoln Brown William Lincoln Brown (1862–1940) was the second Register of Copyrights (1934–36) in the United States Copyright Office. He presided over the office during a time when Congress was active in proposing copyright legislation in the wake ...

(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 William Burbridge Brown (10 September 1912, in Chillicothe, Ohio – 24 December 1985), was a lawyer who served a variety of positions in the Territory of Hawaii from 1943 to 1955, before returning to serve on the Ohio District Courts of Appe ...

(1912–1985), American lawyer and judge in Hawaii and Ohio *William Theophilus Brown (1919–2012), American artist *

William H. Brown III William H. Brown III (born January 19, 1928) is an American attorney. In 1963, he became a partner at the law firm of Norris Schmidt Green Harris Higginbotham & Brown, Philadelphia's first black-owned law firm. Brown was appointed to the U.S. ...

(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 William Mason Brown (c. 1828–1898) was an American artist. Early life Born in Troy, New York. Education Brown began his career as a portraitist, studying under Abel Buell Moore, Troy’s preferred portraitist. Career Brown painted portraits, l ...

(1828–1898), American artist * William M. Brown (businessman) (born 1963), American businessman, CEO of Harris Corporation *

William Brown (composer) William Brown was an 18th-century American composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, ...

(1790–1884), American composer and flutist *

William Brown (headmaster) Revd William Martyn Brown (1914–2005) was Head teacher, Headmaster of the King's School, Ely, and Head teacher, Head Master of Bedford School. Biography Born on 12 July 1914, William Brown was educated at Bedford School and at Pembroke College, ...

(1914–2005), British headmaster * William Alexander Brown, African-American playwright and theatrical producer *

Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Baronet Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Baronet DL (16 January 1840 – 10 May 1906) was an English landowner. Early life William Richmond Brown was born on 16 January 1840. He was the eldest of four sons and one daughter born to Alexander Brown and S ...

, English landowner *Sir

William Brown (civil servant) Sir William Barrowclough Brown, KCB, KCMG, CBE (1893 – 11 February 1947) was an English civil servant. Educated at King's College, Cambridge, he served in the Army during the First World War and was injured. He entered the civil service in 1918 ...

, English civil servant *

William Charles Langdon Brown William Charles Langdon Brown (9 September 1931 – 29 June 2024) was a British banker of the Standard Chartered Bank. He was an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1980 to 1985. Biography Brown was born on 9 Septembe ...

, British banker *

William H. Brown (shipbuilder) William H. Brown (June 16, 1803 – October 27, 1855) was an American shipbuilder during the 19th-century. He built yachts, paddle steamers and steamboats. He was one of the first shipbuilders in the country and had his business for more than thi ...

, American shipbuilder *

Guillermo E. Brown Guillermo E. Brown (aka Pegasus Warning) is a multi-disciplinary performer whose works include ''Soul at the Hands of the Machine'', ''The Beat Kids' Open Rhythm System and Sound Magazine'', ''Black Dreams 1.0,'' ''...Is Arturo Klauft'', ''Hande ...

(born 1976), American drummer and multi-disciplinary performer *

William Roger Brown Sir William Roger Brown (1831 – 14 May 1902), known as Roger Brown, was an English mill-owner and philanthropist, lord of the manor of Beckington in Somerset. Early life He was born in 1831, the son of James Brown, a tea merchant, of Highfield ...

(1831–1902), British industrialist and philanthropist *William Brown, better known as

Compa William Brown, better known as Compa, is a British electronic musician and DJ from Clitheroe, Lancashire, who began releasing music in 2011. Compa first rose to prominence following his self-released remix of Mavado's Dem A Talk in 2012, follow ...

, British electronic musician

Other uses

*William Brown,the main character in the ''Just William'' series * ''William Brown'' (ship), American ship which struck an iceberg and sank on April 19, 1841 *

William Brown Library and Museum The William Brown Library and Museum is a Grade II* listed building situated on the historic William Brown Street in Liverpool, England. The building currently houses part of the World Museum Liverpool and Liverpool Central Library. The ...

, historic building in Liverpool, England * William Brown Street, Liverpool