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

Sportspeople

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) ( fl. 1889–1895), 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

Politicians and diplomats

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

See also

• Bill Brown (disambiguation)
• Billy Brown (disambiguation)
• William Browne (disambiguation)
• Will Brown (disambiguation)
• Willie Brown (disambiguation)
• William Broun (disambiguation)

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