William Brown

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
 * William Brown (psychologist) (1881–1952), British psychologist
 * William Fuller Brown Jr. (1904–1983), American physicist
 * W. G. Brown, Canadian mathematician
 * William Harvey Brown (1862–1913), American naturalist
 * William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law
 * William L. Brown (geneticist) (1913–1991), American geneticist
 * W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), American Indologist and Sanskritist
 * William Yancey Brown (born 1948), American zoologist and attorney

Association football

 * William Brown (footballer, born 1865), English footballer
 * William Brown (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1940), English footballer and cricketer
 * William Brown (footballer, born 1876), Scottish footballer
 * William Brown (footballer, born 1885), Scottish footballer
 * William Brown (footballer, born July 1885) (1885–1915), Scottish footballer
 * William Brown (footballer, born 1889), Scottish footballer
 * William Brown (footballer, born 1897), Scottish footballer
 * William Brown (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1976), English footballer and sprinter
 * William Brown (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2010), English footballer
 * William Brown (goalkeeper), English footballer
 * William Brown (Scottish footballer) (1912–2008), Scottish footballer

Cricket

 * William Brown (Tasmanian cricketer) (1807–1859), English-born Tasmanian first-class cricketer
 * William Brown (cricketer, born 1866), English cricketer
 * William Brown (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1942), English first-class cricketer
 * William Brown (cricketer, born 1888) (1888–1964), English cricketer
 * William Brown (cricketer, born 1889), English cricketer
 * William Brown (cricketer, born 1900) (1900–1986), English cricketer
 * William Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1917), New Zealand cricketer
 * William Brown (MCC cricketer), English first-class cricketer

Other sports

 * William Brown (golfer) (c. 1854—unknown), Scottish golfer
 * William Brown (baseball) (1866–1897), American Major League catcher
 * William Brown (tennis) (born 1945), American tennis player
 * William Brown (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
 * William Davie Brown (1852–1876), Scottish rugby union player
 * William Sorley Brown (1860–1901), Scottish rugby union player
 * Will Brown (racing driver) (born 1998), Australian racing driver
 * Rookie Brown (1925–1971), American professional basketball player
 * Bill Brown (runner) (1925–2018), American middle distance runner

Clergymen and theologians

 * William Laurence Brown (1755–1830), Scottish divine (theologian)
 * William Brown (clergyman) (1766–1835), Scottish clergyman and Hebraist
 * William Montgomery Brown (1855–1937), American Episcopalian bishop and Communist author
 * William P. Brown, American Presbyterian minister, author and biblical theologian
 * William Haig Brown (1823–1907), English cleric and headmaster of Charterhouse School
 * William Brown (priest) (1710–1797), Archdeacon of Northampton
 * William Cabell Brown (1861–1927), American Episcopal missionary and bishop of Virginia
 * William A. Brown (bishop) (1878–1965), American who served as the fourth Bishop of Southern Virginia
 * William Adams Brown (1865–1943), American minister, professor and philanthropist
 * William Francis Brown (1862–1951), bishop, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark

Engineers

 * William Liston Brown (1842–1929), American industrialist
 * William C. Brown (1916–1999), American electrical engineer
 * William F. Brown (engineer) (1919–2010), American welding engineer
 * William Brown (bridge designer) (1928–2005), English structural engineer, bridge designer
 * William Brown (mining engineer) (1717–1782), English mining engineer, waggonway designer and steam engine builder

Military people

 * William Brown (British Army officer) (1922–1984), commander of the Gilgit Scouts during the Partition of India
 * William Brown (soldier) (1759–1808), American Revolutionary War soldier
 * William Brown (Royal Navy officer) (1764–1814), British Royal Navy admiral
 * William Brown (admiral) (1777–1857), or Guillermo Brown, Irish-Argentine Navy admiral
 * William Brown (sailor) (birth name unknown), Black woman who briefly served in the Royal Navy in 1815, disguised as a man
 * William A. Brown (admiral) (born 1958), vice admiral in the United States Navy
 * William H. Brown (Medal of Honor) (1836–1896), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
 * William Henry Brown (aviator) (1894–1969), Canadian World War I flying ace
 * William Maurice Brown (1910–1975), New Zealand Lt. Colonel; first principal of Faujdarhat Cadet College
 * William Gustavus Brown (1809–1883), commander of British troops in China and Hong Kong
 * William Perry Brown Jr. (1923–1952), American Marine and recipient of two Navy Crosses

Australia

 * William Brown (New South Wales politician) (1867–1954), member of the New South Wales Parliament
 * William Brown (Tasmanian politician) (1840–1926), Australian politician
 * William Villiers Brown (1843–1915), Queensland politician

United Kingdom

 * Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Richmond Hill (1784–1864), British merchant and banker, MP for South Lancashire 1846–1859
 * William Brown (MP for Gloucester), in 1341, MP for Gloucester
 * William Brown (MP for Bedford), in 1397, MP for Bedford
 * W. J. Brown (trade unionist) (William John Brown, 1896–1960), MP for Rugby 1942–1950
 * William Robson Brown (1900–1975), UK Conservative politician, MP for Esher 1950–1970
 * Oliver Brown (Scottish activist) (William Oliver Brown, 1903–1976), Scottish nationalist activist
 * William Brown (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1930), Northern Irish unionist politician, MPA for South Down 1982–1986
 * Sir William Slater Brown (Lord Provost) (1844–1917), Scottish businessman and Lord Provost of Edinburgh

United States

 * William Brown (congressman) (1779–1833), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1819–1821
 * William Brown (Illinois politician) (1819–1891), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
 * William Brown (Louisiana politician) (1832–1883), Louisiana State Superintendent of Education, 1872–1876
 * William Browne (judge) (sometimes reported as "Brown", 1737–1802), Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature
 * William Anderson Brown (1861–1940), lawyer, member of the Minnesota legislature
 * William Denis Brown III (1931–2012), Louisiana state senator from 1968 to 1976
 * William E. Brown Jr. (1896–1970), mayor of Ann Arbor, 1945–1957
 * William G. Brown Sr. (1800–1884), U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia
 * William G. Brown Jr. (1856–1916), U.S. Representative from West Virginia, son of William G. Brown
 * William Wallace Brown (1836–1926), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
 * William Brown, mayor of Rockford, 1857–1858, see List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois
 * William Holmes Brown (1929–2001), Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1974–1994
 * William J. Brown (Ohio politician) (1940–1999), Ohio Attorney General, elected 1970
 * William J. Brown (Indiana politician) (1805–1857), U.S. Representative from Indiana
 * W. K. Brown (1923–2011), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Grant Parish, 1960–72
 * William L. Brown (politician) (1840–1906), Ohio and New York politician
 * William Little Brown (1789–1830), justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
 * William M. Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (1850–1915), U.S. Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, electee to the U.S. House of Representatives
 * William W. Brown (Wisconsin politician) (died 1871), American politician
 * William Matt Brown (1815–1885), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1865–1867
 * William Ripley Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas
 * William Andreas Brown (born 1930), U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1988–1992

Elsewhere

 * William Brown (British Columbia politician) (1838–1915), Canadian politician in British Columbia
 * William Brown (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician, 1922–1927
 * William Heartz Brown (1883–1967), Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
 * William Brown (New Zealand politician) (1809–1898), member of first New Zealand Parliament

Writers

 * William Brown (journalist) (1737–1789), Canadian journalist and co-founder of the Quebec Gazette
 * William Hill Brown (1765–1793), American novelist
 * William Wells Brown (1814–1884), fugitive slave, African-American writer, and abolitionist
 * William Slater Brown (1896–1997), American novelist, biographer and translator
 * William F. Brown (writer) (1928–2019), American playwright
 * William Henry Brown (journalist) (1867/8–1950), British co-operative movement journalist and activist

Other notable people

 * William Brown (physician) (1748–1792), American physician
 * William D. Brown (1813–1863), founder of Omaha, Nebraska
 * William Brown (miner) (1824/5–1900), British trade union leader
 * William Penn Brown (1841–1929), American pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting
 * William J. Brown (architect) (died 1970), American architect
 * William Kellock Brown (1856–1934), Scottish sculptor
 * William Lincoln Brown (1862–1940), second Register of Copyrights in the United States Copyright Office
 * William Robinson Brown (1875–1955), American horse breeder and director of the Brown Company
 * William B. Brown (1912–1985), American lawyer and judge in Hawaii and Ohio
 * William Theophilus Brown (1919–2012), American artist
 * William H. Brown III (born 1928), African American attorney, fourth Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 * William Brown (tenor) (1938–2004), American opera singer
 * W. Earl Brown (born 1963), American character actor
 * William Mason Brown (1828–1898), American artist
 * William M. Brown (businessman) (born 1963), American businessman, CEO of Harris Corporation
 * William Brown (composer) (1790–1884), American composer and flutist
 * William Brown (headmaster) (1914–2005), British headmaster
 * William Alexander Brown (1790–1884), African-American playwright and theatrical producer
 * Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Baronet (1840–1906), English landowner
 * Sir William Brown (civil servant) (1893–1947), English civil servant
 * William Charles Langdon Brown (born 1931), British banker
 * William H. Brown (shipbuilder) (1803–1855), American shipbuilder
 * Guillermo E. Brown (born 1976), American drummer and multi-disciplinary performer
 * William Roger Brown (1831–1902), British industrialist and philanthropist
 * William Brown, better known as Compa, British electronic musician

Other uses

 * William Brown,the main character in the Just William series
 * William Brown (ship), American ship which struck an iceberg and sank on April 19, 1841
 * William Brown Library and Museum, historic building in Liverpool, England
 * William Brown Street, Liverpool