William Browne may refer to:
Government and politics
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William Browne (Mayor of the Calais Staple) (1410–1489), Lord Mayor and Merchant of the Staple of Calais, France
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William Browne (died 1514), Lord Mayor of London
*Sir William Browne (died 1507),
Lord Mayor of London
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William Browne (MP for Haslemere), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622
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William Browne (MP for Kerry) (1791–1876), Irish politician in the UK Parliament
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William James Browne
William James Browne, (1815 – 4 December 1894), generally referred to as Dr. Browne, was a grazier and pastoralist in South Australia who was born and died in England. His brother, John Harris Browne, was a noted explorer and pastoralist in ...
(1815–1894), pastoralist and politician in South Australia
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William Browne (New South Wales politician)
William Charles Browne (26 July 1842 – 12 June 1916) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Singleton to grazier John Browne and Elizabeth Alcorn. He became a grazier at Singleton, and also obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the Univer ...
(1842–1916), Australian politician
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William M. Browne (1827–1883), soldier and cabinet member of the Confederate States of America
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William Alfred Browne
William Alfred Browne (1831 – 15 August 1904) was an Anglo-Irish civil servant who served four decades at the War Office.
He was born in Armagh, Ireland,''1901 England Census'' the son of John Browne. He was educated at Corlatt House, the p ...
(1831–after 1897), British civil servant
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William Joseph Browne (1897–1989), Newfoundland and Canadian politician
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William Browne (Irish politician) (fl. 1930s), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
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William Browne (Queensland politician) (1846–1904), gold miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Sports
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William Browne (cricketer)
William Browne (6 November 1898 – 25 October 1980) was an Australian cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Queensland
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(1898–1980), Australian cricketer
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Willie Browne (1936–2004), Irish football player
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Horsey Browne
William Fraser "Horsey" Browne (1903–1931) was a British army and Irish rugby international. He won 12 caps between 1925 and 1928. He started playing whilst serving as a lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
The Duke of Wellington ...
(William F. Browne, 1903–1931), Irish rugby player
Other people
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William Browne (poet)
William Browne (''c.'' 1590 – ''c.'' 1645) was an English pastoral poet, born at Tavistock, Devon, and educated at Exeter College, Oxford; subsequently he entered the Inner Temple
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly ...
(c. 1590–c. 1645), English poet
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William Browne (physician) (1692–1774), English physician
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William George Browne (1768–1813), British traveller
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William Phineas Browne
William Phineas Browne (July 9, 1804 – January 13, 1869), a lawyer by profession, was a leading pioneer in the coal mining business in Alabama, credited with operating that state's first systematic underground coal mines prior to, and during ...
(1804–1869), American lawyer and coal mining pioneer
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William A. F. Browne (1805–1885), British psychiatrist
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William F. Browne
William Frank Browne (died September 12, 1867) was an American military photographer noted for his prolific work during the Civil War.
Biography
Browne was born in Northfield, Vermont. When the Civil War erupted in 1861, he enlisted as a privat ...
(died 1867), American military photographer
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William James Browne
William James Browne, (1815 – 4 December 1894), generally referred to as Dr. Browne, was a grazier and pastoralist in South Australia who was born and died in England. His brother, John Harris Browne, was a noted explorer and pastoralist in ...
(1815–1894), grazier, pastoralist and politician in South Australia
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William Rowan Browne
William Rowan Browne FAA (11 December 1884 – 1 September 1975) was an Australian geologist, author of ''The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia''.
Early life
Browne was born in Lislea, County Londonderry, Ireland; both parents were schoo ...
(1884–1975), Australian geologist
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William Denis Browne (1888–1915), British composer, pianist, organist and music critic (last name is Denis Browne, though he is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "William Browne")
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William D. Browne (fl. 1940s), U.S. Army officer who discovered Nazi membership files
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William Washington Browne (1849–1897), former slave and Union soldier
See also
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William Brown (disambiguation) 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
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