John Brown

John Brown most often refers to:
 * John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American who led an anti-slavery raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859

John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to:

Academia

 * John Brown (educator) (1763–1842), Irish educator; third president of the University of Georgia
 * John Carter Brown (1797–1874), American book collector and antiquarian
 * John Macmillan Brown (1845–1935), Scottish-New Zealand academic, administrator and promoter of education for women
 * John Nicholas Brown I (1861–1900), American book collector and antiquarian
 * John Lott Brown (1924–2011), American university administrator and professor
 * John H. Brown (scholar) (born 1948), American scholar of public diplomacy

Literature

 * John Brown (historian) (died c. 1826 or 1829), English miscellaneous writer
 * John Mason Brown (1900–1969), American literary critic
 * Sir John Gilbert Newton Brown (1916–2003), English book publisher
 * John Gregory Brown (born 1960), American novelist
 * John Brown (American author) (born 1966), American novelist and short story writer

Performing arts

 * John Browne (composer), (1453–c. 1500), composer
 * John Brown (actor) (1904–1957), English radio and film actor
 * Johnny Mack Brown (1904–1974), American film actor and college football player
 * Johnny Brown (actor) (1937–2022), American actor and singer
 * John Moulder-Brown (born 1953), English actor
 * John W. Brown (set decorator) (fl. 1960s–1970s)

Visual arts

 * John Brown (artist) (1752–1787), Scottish artist
 * John Crawford Brown (1805–1867), Scottish landscape painter
 * John Lewis Brown (1829–1892), French battle, animal, and genre painter
 * John George Brown (1831–1913), English-born American painter
 * John William Brown (artist) (1842–1928), English painter and stained-glass designer
 * John Appleton Brown (1844–1902), American painter
 * John Arnesby Brown (1866–1955), English landscape artist

Business and industry

 * John Brown (1723–1808), Scottish-Danish merchant and shipowner
 * John Brown (brewer) (1795–1890), English brewer
 * John Brown (builder) (1809–1876), Canadian builder
 * John Brown (coalmine owner) (1850–1930), coal baron and shipowner in New South Wales, Australia
 * Sir John Brown (industrialist) (1816–1896), British industrialist; founder of the Atlas steelworks
 * John Crosby Brown (1838–1909), American banker; partner in Brown Bros. & Co.
 * John W. Brown (labor leader) (1867–1941), Canadian-born labor leader in the United States
 * John Brown (trade unionist) (1880/81–1961), British trade union leader and local councilor
 * John W. Brown (British trade unionist) (1886–?), British activist, general secretary of the International Federation of Trade Unions
 * John Seely Brown (born 1940), American researcher in organizational studies
 * John W. Brown (corporate executive) (fl. 1980s–2010s), American executive; president of Stryker Corporation

Military

 * John Brown (British Army officer, died 1762), British Army general
 * John Brown (British Army soldier) (1908–1965), Royal Artillery quartermaster sergeant and espionage agent
 * John Brown of Pittsfield (1744–1780), American Revolutionary War officer
 * John Brown (sailor) (1826–1883), American sailor and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
 * John Harties Brown (1834–1905), Canadian soldier who fought in the American Civil War
 * John Brown (Medal of Honor) (1838–?), American sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient
 * John H. Brown (Medal of Honor) (1842–1898), American soldier and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
 * John H. Brown Jr. (1891–1963), United States Navy admiral and American football player
 * John Nicholas Brown II (1900–1979), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
 * John Brown Jr. (Navajo code talker) (1921–2009), American Navajo code talker during World War II
 * John M. Brown III (fl. 1960s–2000s), United States Army general
 * John S. Brown (general) (fl. 1970s–2000s), United States Army brigadier general; Chief Historian of the United States Army Center of Military History
 * John Marshall Brown (1838–1907), American commissioned officer during the American Civil War

Australia

 * John Brown (New South Wales politician) (1821–1896), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
 * John Alexander Voules Brown (1852–1945), member of the South Australian House of Assembly
 * John Brown (Queensland politician) (1881–1949), blacksmith and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 * John Brown (Tasmanian politician) (1886–1974), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
 * John Brown (Australian politician) (born 1931), member of the Australian House of Representatives

Canada

 * John Brown (Upper Canada politician) (1791–1842), Irish-born Canadian politician
 * John Lothrop Brown (1815–1887), Canadian political figure in Nova Scotia
 * John Brown (Richmond Hill politician) (fl. 1870s–1880s), Canadian politician
 * John Brown (Canadian politician) (1841–1905), member of Parliament
 * John Cameron Brown (1843–?), Canadian political figure in New Brunswick
 * John Cunningham Brown (1844–1929), Irish-born political figure in British Columbia
 * John Brown (Ontario MPP) (1849–1924), member of Ontario assembly and mayor of Stratford, Ontario
 * John Robert Brown (British Columbia politician) (1862–1947), Canadian politician
 * John Livingstone Brown (1867–1953), Canadian politician
 * John G. Brown (1900–1958), Ontario politician
 * John L. Brown (Ontario politician) (1921–2004), Canadian politician

United Kingdom

 * John Brown (Wales MP) (died c. 1654)
 * Sir John McLeavy Brown (1835–1926), British lawyer and diplomat
 * John Wesley Brown (1873–1944), British MP for Middlesbrough East

Kentucky

 * John Brown (Kentucky politician, born 1757) (1757–1837), U.S. representative and U.S. senator; member of Continental Congress from Virginia
 * John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835) (1835–1904), Kentucky governor, U.S. representative for Kentucky
 * John Y. Brown Sr. (1900–1985), U.S. representative for Kentucky
 * John Y. Brown Jr. (1933–2022), Kentucky governor
 * John Young Brown III (born 1963), Kentucky Secretary of State

Other U.S. states

 * John Brown (Rhode Island politician) (1736–1803), U.S. representative, co-founder of Brown University
 * John Brown (North Carolina politician) (1738–1812), pioneer and statesman
 * John Brown (Maryland politician) (1760–1815), U.S. representative
 * John Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (1772–1845), U.S. representative
 * Red Brown (politician) (1786–1852), Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
 * John W. Brown (New York politician) (1796–1875), U.S. representative
 * John Brown (Cherokee chief) (fl. 1830s)
 * John S. Brown (Michigan politician) (born c. 1810), Michigan state representative
 * John Brown (mountain man) (1817–1889), fur trapper and trader around Pueblo, Colorado from 1841 to 1849
 * John Henry Brown (1820–1895), Texas politician, chaired Texas articles of Secession
 * John C. Brown (1827–1889), Confederate general, Tennessee governor
 * John S. Brown (Maryland politician), American politician
 * John B. Brown (1836–1898), U.S. representative for Maryland
 * John Robert Brown (Virginia politician) (1842–1927), U.S. representative
 * John Brown (Seminole chief) (1842–1919), Seminole chief and Confederate States Army officer
 * John C. Brown (Ohio politician) (1844–1900), American politician
 * John T. Brown (1876–1951), Ohio lieutenant governor
 * John Robert Brown (judge) (1909–1993), member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
 * John William Brown (1913–1993), Ohio governor
 * John Brown Junior (1821–1895), American abolitionist

Other countries

 * John Evans Brown (1827–1895), American-born member of New Zealand parliament

Religion

 * John Brown of Priesthill (1627–1685), Scottish Protestant martyr
 * John Brown (essayist) (1715–1766), English clergyman
 * John Brown of Haddington (1722–1787), Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
 * John Brown (Vicar of St Mary's, Leicester) (c. 1792–1845), British evangelical preacher
 * John Brown (minister) (1784–1858), Scottish clergyman and writer
 * John Newton Brown (1803–1868), Baptist teacher, minister and publisher
 * John Croumbie Brown (1808–1895), Scottish missionary and forestry pioneer in South Africa
 * John M. Brown (1817–1852), American bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal church
 * John Brown (Mormon pioneer) (1820–1897), American Mormon leader
 * John Brown (writer) (1830–1922), British theologian, historian, and pastor
 * John Henry Hobart Brown (1831–1888), American Episcopal bishop of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
 * John Brown (moderator) (1850–1919), Scottish minister
 * John E. Brown (evangelist) (1879–1957), American evangelist, founder of John Brown University
 * John J. Brown (fl. 1915), American Roman Catholic priest and educator
 * John Brown (bishop) (1931–2011), English Anglican bishop
 * John Brown of Wamphray (1610–1679), Scottish church leader
 * John Pierce Brown (1843–1925), Irish Anglican priest

Science and medicine

 * John Brown (physician, born 1735) (1735–1788), Scottish physician
 * John Brown (geographer) (1797–1861), English geographer
 * John Brown (physician, born 1810) (1810–1882), Scottish physician and essayist
 * John Ronald Brown (1922–2010), unlicensed United States sex-change operation surgeon
 * John Campbell Brown (1947–2019), Scottish astronomer

American football

 * John Brown (center) (1922–2009), American football center and linebacker
 * John Brown (offensive tackle) (born 1939), American NFL football offensive tackle
 * John Brown (offensive lineman) (born 1988), American football offensive lineman
 * John Brown (wide receiver) (born 1990), American NFL football wide receiver
 * Jon Brown (American football) (born 1992), American NFL football placekicker

Association football

 * John Arnesby Brown (1866–1955), English footballer born in Nottingham
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), Scottish footballer for Sunderland
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1943), Scottish footballer born in Clackmannan
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1888) (1888–?), English footballer born in Liverpool
 * Jonathan Brown (English footballer) (1893–1918), English footballer born in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1890s), Scottish professional footballer born in Glasgow
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1977), English footballer born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
 * John Brown (1920s footballer), English footballer for Rochdale
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1915) (1915–2005), Scottish football player born in Troon
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1989), English footballer born in Crook, County Durham
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2000), Scottish football left-back born in Edinburgh
 * John Brown (footballer, born March 1940), Scottish football wing-half born in Edinburgh
 * John Brown (footballer, born July 1940), English footballer born in Wadebridge, Cornwall
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1947), English football goalkeeper born in Bradford, Yorkshire
 * John Brown (footballer, born 1962), Scottish football player and manager born in Lennoxtown

Australian rules football

 * John Brown (Australian footballer, born 1923) (1923–2007), Australian rules footballer for Carlton
 * John Brown (Australian footballer, born 1937) (1937–2001), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
 * John Brown (Australian footballer, born 1944) (1944–2001), Australian rules footballer for Geelong

Basketball

 * John Brown (basketball, born 1951), American former basketball player in the NBA
 * John Brown (basketball, born 1992), American basketball player
 * John Y. Brown Jr. (1933–2022), American basketball owner

Cricket

 * John Brown (Nottinghamshire cricketer) (1807–1883), English cricketer
 * John Brown (cricketer, born 1820) (1820–?), English cricketer
 * John Brown (cricketer, born 1862) (1862–?), English cricketer
 * Jack Brown (cricketer) (1869–1904), English cricketer
 * John Brown (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1950), English cricketer
 * John Brown (cricketer, born 1890) (1890–1968), English cricketer
 * John Brown (umpire) (1928–2005), New Zealand Test match umpire

Rugby football

 * John Blair Brown (1856–1904), Scottish rugby union player
 * John Alf Brown (1881–1936), Welsh international rugby union player
 * Johnny Brown (rugby league) (born 1943), Australian rugby league footballer
 * John Brown (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league player

Other sports

 * John Brown (1890s pitcher) (1876–1908), American baseball player
 * John Brown (1940s pitcher) (1918–1999), American baseball player
 * Jackie Brown (English boxer) or John Brown (1909–1971), English boxer
 * John Brown (cyclist) (1916–1990), New Zealand cyclist
 * John Brown (bobsleigh) (1935–2019), British Olympic bobsledder
 * John Brown (bodybuilder) (fl. 1980s), American bodybuilder
 * John Brown (runner) (fl. 2000s–2010s), British competitor in the 2010 World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge
 * John Brown (tennis), Australian sports promoter and tennis player
 * Jonny Brown (cyclist) (born 1997), American cyclist
 * John Brown (runner, born c. 1954), Myers Park HS middle-distance runner and winner of the 1974 4 × 880 yard relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

Others

 * John Brown (architect) (1805–1876), British architect
 * John Brown (fugitive slave) (c. 1810–1876), American author of Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings and Escape of John Brown
 * John Brown (servant) (1826–1883), Scottish servant and close friend of Queen Victoria
 * John Ednie Brown (1848–1899), Scottish author on sylviculture and state conservator of forests
 * John Brown (colonist) (died 1879), English colonist in South Australia
 * John Brown (bridge) (1887–?), English contract-bridge player and author
 * John A. Brown Jr. (died 1997), American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin

Artistic uses

 * "John Brown's Body", Union marching song of the American Civil War
 * John Brown (The Shop Girl), fictional millionaire in The Shop Girl (1894)
 * John Brown (biography), 1909 biography of the abolitionist by W.E.B. Du Bois
 * "John Brown" (song) by Bob Dylan (1962)
 * John Brown, fictional sheriff in "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley (1973)
 * "John Brown", a song by the Masters of Reality from Masters of Reality (1989)
 * John Brown, fictional character in Ghost Hunt (1989–1992)
 * John Brown, fictional physician in Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
 * John Brown, fictional protagonist of Inspector Gadget (1999)
 * John Brown's Body (band), an American reggae band

Business and legal uses

 * Virginia v. John Brown, 1859 trial of the abolitionist
 * John Brown & Company, shipbuilding company in Clydebank, Scotland
 * John Brown Media, British magazine publisher
 * John A. Brown (department store), Oklahoma-based department store chain
 * John Brown University, college in Siloam Springs, Arkansas

Military uses

 * John Brown Battery, American volunteer artillery unit in the Lincoln Battalion during the Spanish Civil War
 * SS John W. Brown, American Liberty ship
 * SS John W. Brown II, American Victory ship