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William Brown may refer to:
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
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 1912) (1912–2008), Scottish footballer
William Brown (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2010), English footballer
William Brown (goalkeeper) (
fl. 1889–1895 ), English footballer
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
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
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
Politicians and diplomats
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
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
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