Brownlee is an English or Scottish

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...

or Brownley,

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alistair Brownlee Alistair Edward Brownlee MBE (born 23 April 1988) is a British triathlete. He is the only athlete to hold two Olympic titles in the triathlon event, winning gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He is also a four-time World Champion ...

(born 1988), British triathlete *

Bruce Brownlee Bruce Brownlee is a New Zealand former professional squash player. Brownlee was introduced to squash by his father Colin in Rotorua. In 1976 he won the British Amateur Championship. Brownlee won one New Zealand Open Championship and two national ...

, New Zealand squash player *

Charles Brownlee Charles Pacalt Brownlee (1821- 13 September 1890) was a politician and writer of the Cape Colony. He was the first Secretary for Native Affairs in the Cape. Early life Born in 1821, the son of the linguist, botanist and missionary, John Brownle ...

(1821–1890), Cape Colony politician * Derek Brownlee (born 1974), Scottish politician *

Donald E. Brownlee Donald Eugene Brownlee (born December 21, 1943) is a professor of astronomy at the University of Washington at Seattle and the principal investigator for NASA's Stardust mission. In 2000, along with his co-author Peter Ward, he co-originated the ...

, American astronomer * Edward M. Brownlee, American sculptor *

Gerry Brownlee Gerard Anthony Brownlee (born 4 February 1956) is a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand National Party. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1996, was Leader of the House, Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery and Minister of ...

(born 1956), New Zealand politician * Helen Brownlee, Australian executive * John Brownlee (statistician) (1868–1927), British statistician *

John Brownlee (baritone) John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee (7 January 190010 January 1969) was an Australian operatic baritone. For most of his professional career he was based in Europe and then the United States. Biography John Brownlee was born in Geelong, Victoria. As ...

(1900–1969), Australian operatic baritone *

John Edward Brownlee John Edward Brownlee, (August 27, 1883 – July 15, 1961) was the fifth premier of Alberta, serving from 1925 until 1934. Born in Port Ryerse, Ontario, he studied history and political science at the University of Toronto's Victoria College ...

(1884–1961), Canadian politician *

John L. Brownlee John Leslie Brownlee (born January 31, 1965) (payment required) is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia from 2001 to 2008. He has since worked as the chair of the National White Collar ...

, American lawyer, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia *

Jonny Brownlee Jonathan Callum Brownlee (born 30 April 1990) is a British professional duathlete and triathlete. He is a six-time World champion (once World Triathlon Series, twice World Sprint Triathlon, three-time World Triathlon Mixed Relay), and one-ti ...

(born 1990), British triathlete *

Justin Brownlee Justin Donta Brownlee (born April 23, 1988) is an American-born Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). College career Brownlee played college basketball at St ...

(born 1988), American-Filipino basketball player * Kimberley Brownlee (born 1978), Canadian philosopher *

Lawrence Brownlee Lawrence Brownlee (born November 24, 1972) is an American operatic tenor particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire. Describing his voice, Speight Jenkins, general director of the Seattle Opera, said: "There are other singers that sing ...

, American operatic tenor * Les Brownlee, American army officer and politician *

Mark Brownlee Mark Brownlee (born 26 November 1942) is a New Zealand rower. Brownlee was born in 1942 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Like all his brothers, he received his secondary education at St Bede's College. His son is Scott Brownlee, who is also an Ol ...

(born 1942), New Zealand representative rower *

Marques Brownlee Marques Keith Brownlee ( ; born December 3, 1993), also known professionally as MKBHD, is an American YouTuber and professional ultimate Frisbee player, best known for his technology-focused videos as well as his podcast ''Waveform''. As of Aug ...

(born 1993), American video blogger *

Norman Brownlee Norman Edward Brownlee (Feb 7, 1896 - April 9, 1967) was born in Algiers, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. He was a pioneer jazz musician and led (and played piano with) a very popular orchestra in New Orleans in the 1920s, Brownlee's Orchestra of New O ...

(born 1896), American jazz musician and orchestra leader * Robert Brownlee (1942–1991), American chemist * Ryan Brownlee (born 1976), American college baseball coach *

Scott Brownlee Scott Alexander Brownlee (born 19 March 1969) is a New Zealand rower. Brownlee was born in 1969 in Christchurch, New Zealand. His father is the rower Mark Brownlee and his cousin is the politician Gerry Brownlee. He represented New Zealand at ...

(born 1969), New Zealand representative rower * Shona Brownlee, British skier and RAF aircraftwoman * William Craig Brownlee (1784–1860), American clergyman

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