Brownell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Baker Brownell Baker Brownell (December 12, 1887 – April 5, 1965) was an American philosopher. Brownell was born in St. Charles, Illinois, the fifth of six children of Eugene A. and Esther Burr Baker Brownell. He grew up in St. Charles, where he graduated f ...

, philosopher *

Bill Brownell William Brownell was an American professional basketball player and coach. Brownell played in the National Basketball League for the Toledo Jim White Chevrolets in 1941–42 and the Cleveland Chase Brassmen in 1943–44. He averaged 2.0 points p ...

, 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 blu ...

, Canadian neo-classical composer and concert pianist *

Francis E. Brownell Francis Edwin Brownell (July 18, 1840 – March 15, 1894) was a Union Army soldier who received a Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War. Brownell received the award for killing James W. Jackson after Jackson shot Col. Elm ...

(1840–1894), Union Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for action during the American Civil War *

Francis H. Brownell Francis Herbert Brownell (April 21, 1867 – March 8, 1954) was a Washington state pioneer, lawyer, and businessman. During his lifetime, he worked in and made contributions to the cities of Tacoma, Everett, Seattle, and New York. As an activ ...

(1867–1954), businessman, lawyer, and Washington state pioneer * Frederick Brownell, 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 Browne ...

, United States Attorney General * Jim Brownell, politician *

Joseph H. Brownell Joseph H. Brownell (April 21, 1854 – March 6, 1925) was an American lumberman, farmer, and politician from New York. Life Brownell was born on April 21, 1854, in Windsor, New York, the son of farmer Bennett Brownell and Mary Ann Brownell. ...

, American lumberman, farmer, politician *

Kelly D. Brownell Kelly David Brownell (born October 31, 1951) is a clinical psychologist and scholar of public health and public policy at Duke University whose work focuses on obesity and food policy. He is a former dean of Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. ...

, obesity researcher *

Mia Brownell Mia Brownell (born 1971) is an American painter whose work has been described by the ''Boston Globe'' art critic Cate McQuaid as "a 21st-century take on the 17th-century genre, pulled off with thrilling technique -- a postmodern fruit cocktail that ...

, 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 acco ...

(1894–1974), Royal Australian Air Force officer and World War I flying ace * Sonia Brownell, wife of George Orwell *

William Crary Brownell William Crary Brownell (August 30, 1851 – July 22, 1928) was an American literary and art critic, born in New York City, son of Isaac W Brownell and his wife Lucia E née Brown. Biography Brownell graduated from Amherst College in 1871, f ...

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

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