George Brown may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter * George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist *

George Williams Brown George Williams Brown (1894–1963) was a Canadian historian and editor. Born on April 3, 1894, in Glencoe, Middlesex County, Ontario, and died on October 19, 1963, in Ottawa, Ontario. Early life and education The son of Charles William Brown, ...

(1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor * George D. Brown (architect) (1898–1968), American architect * George H. Brown (producer) (1913–2001), British film producer *

George Mackay Brown George Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 – 13 April 1996) was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist with a distinctly Orkney, Orcadian character. He is widely regarded as one of the great Scottish poets of the 20th century. Biography Early life a ...

(1921–1996), Scottish poet, author, and dramatist * George Brown (medievalist) (died 2021), American scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature * George Brown (musician) (1949–2023), American drummer for Kool & the Gang

Business and industry

* George Edwards Brown (1780–1848), British-born Chilean businessman and politician * George Brown (financier) (1787–1859), American banker and railroad founder * George W. Brown (businessman) (1845–1918), American founder of the Brown's Business College chain * George A. Brown (1885–1940), Scottish businessman, manager of the ''Rangoon Times'' * George R. Brown (1898–1983), American construction entrepreneur * George Garvin Brown IV (born 1969/70), Canadian businessman

Law

* George F. Brown (c. 1820–1893), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi * George H. Brown (North Carolina judge) (1850–1926), associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court * George M. Brown (judge) (1864–1934), American attorney and judge in Oregon * George Stewart Brown (1871–1941), judge for the United States Customs Court * George H. Brown Jr. (born 1939), associate justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court * Sir George Brown (Belizean judge) (1942–2007), chief justice of Belize from 1990 to 1998

Military

* Sir

George Brown (British Army officer) General (United Kingdom), General Sir George Brown, (3 July 1790 – 27 August 1865) was a British officer notable for commands in the Peninsular War and the Crimean War. Background Brown was born the son of George Brown, Provost of Elgin, a ...

(1790–1865), British general in the Crimean War * George Brown (admiral) (1835–1913), American admiral * George Scratchley Brown (1918–1978), chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Politics and government

Canada

George Brown (Canadian politician) George Brown (November 29, 1818 – May 9, 1880) was a Scottish Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He attended the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences. A noted Reform politician, he is best known as the fo ...

(1818–1880), Scottish-born journalist and politician * George Stayley Brown (1827–1915), ship owner, historian and political figure in Nova Scotia * George W. Brown (Saskatchewan politician) (1860–1919), Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan *

George Brown (Ottawa politician) George M. Brown (born 1959) is a former Ottawa City Councillor. He represented River Ward, Riverside Ward from 1985 to 1994.George Brown (Governor of Bombay) (fl. 1811–1812), governor of Bombay *

George Francis Brown George Francis Brown (1802–1871) was a British civil servant of the East India Company, and Commissioner of Bhagalpur, Bihar at the time of the Santhal rebellion. Early life He was the son of David Brown, and younger brother of Charles Philip ...

(1802–1871), civil servant of the East India Company *

George Mackenzie Brown George Mackenzie Brown (1869 – 14 July 1946) was a Canadian-born Scottish publisher who also followed a political career. As a publisher, he produced Arthur Conan Doyle's books; as a politician, he beat him to win election to the House of Comm ...

(1869–1946), member of parliament *

George Brown, Baron George-Brown George Alfred George-Brown, Baron George-Brown, (; 2 September 1914 – 2 June 1985), was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to ...

(1914–1985), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

United States

* George Brown (Rhode Island politician) (1746–1836), lieutenant governor of Rhode Island * George Houston Brown (1810–1865), New Jersey politician *

George William Brown (mayor) George William Brown (October 13, 1812 – September 5, 1890) was an American politician, judge and academic. A graduate of Rutgers College in 1831, he was List of Mayors of Baltimore, mayor of Baltimore from 1860 to 1861, professor in University ...

(1812–1890), mayor of Baltimore, Maryland * George W. Brown (Wisconsin politician) (c. 1819–?), Wisconsin legislator from Waukesha County * George Brown (Wisconsin politician, born 1830) (1830–1909), English-born Wisconsin politician * George H. Brown (Lowell mayor) (1877–1950), mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts *

George Brown Jr. George Edward Brown Jr. (March 6, 1920 – July 15, 1999) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from California. He represented suburban portions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County in the United ...

(1920–1999), U.S. representative from California * George Brown Jr. (Kentucky politician) (born 1948), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives * George L. Brown (1926–2006), Colorado politician * Hank Brown (George Hanks Brown, born 1940), U.S. senator from Colorado

Other countries

* George Brown (South African politician) (1870–1932), Scottish-born South African trade unionist and politician * George Deas Brown (1922–2014), Australian politician * George Brown (Australian politician, born 1929) (1929–2002), Australian politician and Lord Mayor of Darwin, Northern Territory

Religion

* George Brown (bishop of Dunkeld) (c. 1438–1515), Scottish bishop * George Brown (Benedictine) (died 1628), English Benedictine * George Brown (bishop of Liverpool) (1784–1856), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool * George S. Brown (minister) (1801–1886), American Methodist preacher and missionary to Liberia * George Brown (missionary) (1835–1917), English Methodist missionary to Fiji, Samoa, and New Britain, president-general of the Methodist Church of Australasia

Science and medicine

* George Brown (inventor) (1650–1730), Scottish inventor * Sir George Lindor Brown (1903–1971), English physiologist and Secretary of the Royal Society * George Harold Brown (1908–1987), American developer of color television * George W. Brown (computer scientist) (1917–2005), American statistician, game theorist, and computer scientist * G. Spencer-Brown (1923–2016), English mathematician * Sir

George Malcolm Brown Sir George Malcolm Brown, FRS (5 October 1925 – 27 March 1997) was one of the most respected geologists of the second half of the twentieth century. His formidable reputation as an igneous petrologist enabled him to become one of the few scie ...

(1925–1997), English geologist *

George Brown (sociologist) George William Brown OBE FBA (born 1930) is a British medical sociologist who works in the field of social nature of mental illness. Life and work Brown was born in Portobello, London, in 1930, as one of non-identical twins. His father was a l ...

(born 1930), English medical sociologist

Sports

American football

* George Brown (coach) (1911–1968), American football coach * George Brown (American football) (1923–2008), American football player *

George Brown (gridiron football) George William Brown Jr. (September 23, 1923 – January 21, 2013) was an American professional football player who played in the AAFC, NFL and CFL, with the New York Yankees, New York Yanks, BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. He previously play ...

(1923–2013), American and Canadian football player

Association football (soccer)

* George H. Brown (footballer) (1866–1903), English footballer, Notts County * George Brown (footballer, born 1880), English footballer, Stoke, Norwich City, Millwall, Sheffield United * George Brown (footballer, born 1883), English footballer, Southampton * George Brown (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1948), English footballer, Huddersfield, Aston Villa, Burnley, Leeds United * George Brown (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1988), Scottish international footballer, Rangers * George Brown (Australian soccer) (fl. 1920s), Australian international soccer player, Brisbane City, Pineapple Rovers * George Brown (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2011), Scottish footballer, Stenhousemuir, Hamilton Academical * George Brown (soccer, born 1935), American soccer player, New York Americans, Elizabeth Falcons * George Brown (footballer, born 1999), Indonesian footballer

Baseball

* George Brown (1910s outfielder) (1885–1955), American Negro leagues baseball outfielder * George Brown (pitcher) (fl. 1920s), American Negro leagues baseball pitcher * George Brown (1940s outfielder) (fl. 1940s), American Negro leagues baseball outfielder

Cricket

* George Brown (cricketer, born 1783) (1783–1857), English cricketer * George Brown (cricketer, born 1821) (1821–1875), English cricketer * George Brown (cricketer, born 1887) (1887–1964), English cricketer

Other sports

* George Daniel Brown (1836–1902), English golfer * George Brown (rower) (1839–1875), Canadian champion single scull rower * George V. Brown (1880–1937), American sports official and coach * George Knockout Brown (1890–1971), American welterweight boxer * George Brown (ice hockey) (1912–1972), Canadian ice hockey player * George Brown (motorcyclist) (1912–1979), English motorcycle racer * George Brown (sailor) (1915–1995), British Olympic sailor * George Brown (rugby league, Batley) (fl. 1940s), English rugby league footballer for England and Batley * George Brown (long jumper) (1931–2018), American long jumper * George Brown (basketball) (1935–2016), American basketball player * George Brown (rugby league, Castleford) (fl. 1950s–1960s), English rugby league footballer for Castleford * George Brown (Australian footballer) (born 1959), Australian rules footballer

Trade unions

George William Brown (trade unionist) George William Brown (born 1880) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Brown became a train driver and relocated to Bristol. He joined the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), and became its organising secretary ...

(1880–?), British trade unionist and politician * George Brown (communist) (1906–1937), Irish-born Manchester trade unionist killed in the Spanish Civil War

Other people

* Sir George McLaren Brown (1865–1939), Canadian railway administrator * George Brown (executioner) (fl. 1911–1919), English executioner *

Igor Gouzenko Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko (; ; January 26, 1919 – June 25, 1982) was a cipher clerk for the Soviet embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, and a lieutenant of the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU). He defected on September 5, 1945, th ...

(alias George Brown, 1919–1982), Soviet defector to Canada

Other uses

George Brown College The George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public, fully accredited college (Canada), college of applied arts and technology with three campuses in downtown Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Like many other colleges in Ontario, George ...

, applied arts and technology college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada * '' George Brown, Class Clown'', a book series by author Nancy E. Krulik *

George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens The George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden located 2 km north of the CBD of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. History The gardens were established on their present site in 1886; this wa ...

, located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia *

George Brown & Co George Brown & Co. Limited (George Brown & Co. (Marine) Limited from 1937) was a ship building and repair company which operated from the Garvel Park Shipyard, Greenock, Scotland. It was incorporated in 1901 by its eponymous founder, formerly gener ...

, a defunct Scottish shipbuilder