Brown is a popular English-language surname derived from the color brown as a personal feature. This list provides links to biography of people who share this surname, organized by area of endeavor.

• Curlee Brown Sr. (1909-1976), African-American activist
• Eva Maria Brown (1856-1917), American social reformer, temperance activist
• H. Rap Brown (born 1943), American civil rights activist
• Hallie Quinn Brown (1849–1949), African-American educator, writer, activist
• Hazel Brown (1942–2022), Trinbagonian women's and consumer rights activist
• LaVera Brown (1931-2017), African-American activist
• Lyn Mikel Brown (born 1956), American academic, author, feminist, and youth activist
• Olympia Brown (1835–1926), American women's suffragist
• John Brown of Priesthill (1627–1685), Presbyterian Martyr
• Ted Brown (born 1950), British gay rights activist
• Ymania Brown (born 1962/1963), Samoan LGBT rights activist

• Albert Grant Brown (1881–1924), American architect active in West Virginia
• Christy Brown (1932–1981), Irish author, painter and poet
• Daniel K. Brown, New Zealand-based American architect
• David Brown, American contemporary artist
• Dexter Brown (born 1942), British painter
• Ethel Isadore Brown (1872–1944), American painter
• Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893), English painter
• Georgia Louise Harris Brown (1918–1999), American architect
• Gordon H. Brown (born 1931), New Zealand art historian, curator, and artist
• Hillary Brown, American architect
• James MacLellan Brown (c. 1886–1967), city architect of Dundee
• Joan Brown (artist, born 1945), American artist
• Lancelot "Capability" Brown (1716–1783), English landscape gardener
• Laurie Halsey Brown, American artist
• Mather Brown, American painter
• Olivia Sanchez Brown, Chicana artist
• Neave Brown (1929–2018), American-born British architect
• Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011), Australian painter
• Thomas Brown (1781–1850), Scots architect
• Thomas Brown (1806–1872), Scots architect notable for prison design

• Bobbi Brown (born 1957), makeup artist and entrepreneur
• Jim Brown (banker), New Zealand banker
• William Roger Brown (1831–1902), English mill-owner and philanthropist

• Janet Brown (1944–1995), English murder victim
• Justice Brown (disambiguation)
• Judge Brown (disambiguation)
• Brenda Sue Brown (1955–1966), American murder victim
• Kenyel Brown (1979–2020), American criminal
• Michael Brown (born 1966), Scots fraudster
• Nathaniel Bar-Jonah (1957–2008), born David Paul Brown, convicted kidnapper, child molester and cannibalistic serial killer
• Nixzmary Brown (1998–2006), American murder victim

• Barnum Brown (1873–1963), American paleontologist
• Charlotte Blake Brown (1846–1904), pioneering American doctor
• Edgar H. Brown (1926–2021), American mathematician
• George Thomas Brown (1827–1906), English veterinary surgeon.
• Gerald E. Brown (1926–2013), American theoretical physicist
• G. Spencer-Brown (1923–2016), English mathematician
• Holly Brown-Borg American biologist and biogerontologist
• James Campbell Brown (1843–1910), British chemist
• Janine Brown (born 1954), American reproductive biologist
• John Campbell Brown (1947-2019), Scottish astronomer
• Jeannette Brown (born 1934), American organic medicinal chemist, historian, and author
• Lowell S. Brown (1934-2023), American physicist
• N. E. Brown (Nicholas Edward Brown, 1849–1934), botanist
• Ola Brown (born 1986), British-Nigerian physician
• Paula Brown, Canadian science researcher
• R. Malcolm Brown Jr., American biologist
• Roland W. Brown (1893–1961), American paleobotanist
• William C. Brown (1916–1999), American electrical engineer

• A. Whitney Brown (born 1952), American comedian
• Ajiona Alexus Brown (born 1996), American actress better known as Ajiona Alexus
• Alden Brown, birth name of Peter North (born 1957), Canadian-born pornographic actor
• Alton Brown (born 1962), American TV chef
• Andre Rosey Brown (1956–2006), American film and television actor, police officer and football coach
• Bille Brown (1952–2013), Australian actor and playwright
• Blair Brown (born 1946), actress
• Blake Ellender Brown, birth name of Blake Lively (born 1987), American actress
• Bryan Brown (born 1947), Australian actor
• Candy Brown (born 1958), American actress and dancer
• Clancy Brown (born 1959), American actor
• Clarence Brown (1890–1987), American movie director
• Joe E. Brown (1891–1973), British/American actor and comedian
• June Brown (1927–2022), English actress
• Kardea Brown, American chef and television host
• Michel Brown (born 1976), Argentine actor
• Millie Bobby Brown (born 2004), English actress and model
• Quinne Brown (born 1979), South African actress
• Samantha Brown (born 1970), Travel Channel host
• Tessica Brown (born 1980), American Internet celebrity known for putting Gorilla Glue in her hair
• Theo Wade Brown (1950–2002), British designer and eccentric, well-known member of the London special effects community
• Treg Brown (1899–1984), sound-effects editor for Warner Bros. Cartoons
• Yvette Nicole Brown (born 1971), American actress

• Archie Brown (historian) (born 1938), British academic and historian
• Elizabeth A. R. Brown (1932–2024), American historian.
• Jeannine Brown, American New Testament scholar
• Michael Brown (New Zealand priest) (1936–2024), New Zealand Anglican priest
• Truesdell Sparhawk Brown (1906–1992), American historian of ancient Greece

• Anna Brown (1747–1810), ballad collector
• Borsa Brown (born 1975), Hungarian novelist
• Dale Brown (born 1956), American novelist
• Emma Elizabeth Brown (1847–1???), American writer, artist
• Fredric Brown (1906–1972), science fiction and mystery author
• Harriet Connor Brown (1872-1962), American writer and women's rights activist
• Hilary Brown (born 1946), Canadian journalist
• J. B. Selkirk (James Brown of Selkirk, 1832–1904), Scottish poet and essayist
• Lillian Brown (1914–2020), American writer, radio and television producer, educator, and make-up artist
• Loren G. Brown (1920-1996), American author
• Norman O. Brown (1913–2002), American literary scholar
• Phoebe Hinsdale Brown (1783–1861), American hymnwriter
• Rita Mae Brown (born 1944), American writer and social activist
• Rollo Walter Brown (1880-1956), American writer and teacher of rhetoric
• Roseanne A. Brown, Ghanaian American writer
• Rosel George Brown (1926–1967), American science fiction author
• Ticasuk Brown (1904–1982), Iñupiaq educator poet and writer
• Tina Brown (born 1953), English journalist and author, biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales

• Angie Brown (born 1963), British singer
• Ayla Brown (born 1988), American singer, college basketball player and former American Idol contestant
• Bobby Brown (born 1969), American R&B singer, founding member of singing group New Edition
• Chastity Brown (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
• Chuck Brown (1936–2012), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Clifford Brown (1930–1956), American jazz trumpeter
• Dennis Brown (1957–1999), Jamaican reggae singer
• Dusty Brown (1929–2016), American blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter
• Earle Brown (1926–2002), American experimental composer
• Eban Brown (born 1972), American pop vocalist, lead singer of The Stylistics
• Gabriel Brown (1910–1972), American Piedmont blues singer and guitarist
• Gertrude Foster Brown (1867–1956), concert pianist, teacher, suffragette
• Ian Brown (born 1963), British singer and multi-instrumentalist
• Iona Brown (1941–2004), British violinist and conductor
• Ivadell Brown, American musician and vocalist
• J. Harold Brown (died 1982), American composer
• James Brown (1933–2006), American vocalist, musician, and composer
• Jazbo Brown, black Delta blues musician from around the turn of the 20th century whose existence is disputed
• Jocelyn Brown (born 1950), American R&B and dance music singer
• Julie Brown (born 1958), American actress and singer
• Junior Brown (born 1952), American country singer
• Kane Brown (born 1993), American country music singer and songwriter
• Kevin Brown (blues musician) (born 1950), English blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
• Khalif Brown (born 1995), birth name of Swae Lee, American rapper
• Kitty Brown (1899–after 1990), American classic female blues singer
• Lew Brown (1893–1958), American lyricist
• Maurice J. E. Brown (1906–1975), British musicologist
• Melanie Brown (born 1975), English pop singer
• Odell Brown (1940–2011), American jazz organist
• Pearly Brown (1915–1986), American musician
• Ruth Brown (1928–2006), American singer
• Texas Johnny Brown (1928–2013), American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
• Tobit Brown (born 1993), aka TBJZL, English YouTuber
• Trisha Brown (1936–2017), American choreographer and dancer
• Tyler Jamal Brown, birth name of American rapper and singer Tyla Yaweh (born 1995)
• Vicki Brown (1940–1991), English singer
• Wilfred Brown (tenor) (1921–1971), English tenor
• The Browns, American country and folk music vocal trio
  • Bonnie Brown (musician) (1938–2016)
  • Jim Ed Brown (1934–2015)
  • Maxine Brown (country singer) (1931–2019)
• The 5 Browns, classical piano musical group: Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra, and Desirae

• Mayor Brown (disambiguation)
• Representative Brown (disambiguation)
• Senator Brown (disambiguation)

• Peter Broun (1797–1846), known for most of life as Peter Nicholas Brown, first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1829–1846)

• Bert Brown (1938–2018), Canadian politician
• Bonnie Brown (politician) (born 1941), Canadian politician
• Fergy Brown (1923–2013), Canadian politician
• Gord Brown (1960–2018), Canadian politician
• Jan Brown (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Jim Brown (Ontario politician) (1943–2020), Canadian politician
• Jordan Brown (Newfoundland and Labrador politician) (born 1989), Canadian politician
• Jordan Brown (Prince Edward Island politician) (born 1980), Canadian politician
• Levinia Brown (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Lois Brown (born 1955), Canadian politician
• Michael A. Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1950), Canadian politician
• Neil Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1947 or 1948), Canadian politician
• Patrick Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1978), Canadian politician
• Philip Brown (Prince Edward Island politician) (born 1957), Canadian politician
• Richard Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1956), Canadian politician

• Len Brown (born 1956), controversial Auckland mayor

• George Brown, Baron George-Brown (1914–1985), British politician
• Gordon Brown (born 1951), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

• A. Freeborn Brown (1915–1998), Maryland state delegate and lawyer
• Adam M. Brown (1826–1910), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1901
• Adon P. Brown (1873–1942), New York state senator
• Basil W. Brown (1927–1997), Michigan state senator
• Byron D. Brown (1854–1929), New York state assemblyman
• Clarke W. Brown (died 1956), Michigan Secretary of State
• Cloria Brown (1942–2018), Missouri state representative
• Corrine Brown (born 1946), Florida Representative from 1993 to 2017 and convicted felon
• Donnie Brown, American politician
• Edward and Elaine Brown (born 1942 and c. 1940), New Hampshire tax protesters
• Elon R. Brown (1857–1922), President pro tem of the New York State Senate 1915 until 1918
• Emily Sophie Brown (1881–1985), one of the first women elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives
• Fred H. Brown (1879–1955), American lawyer and politician
• Garfield W. Brown (1881-1967), American lawyer and Minnesota state representative
• Gene Brown (1933-1996), American politician and Florida state representative
• Hank Brown (born 1940), United States Senator from Colorado 1991 to 1997, and five-term U.S. Representative of Colorado's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 1991
• J. Marshall Brown (1926–1995), Louisiana state representative and Democratic national committeeman
• Karilyn Brown, Arkansan politician
• LaForest E. Brown (1858-1942), Minnesotan state senator
• Neal Brown (Wisconsin politician) (1861–1917), American politician
• Pat Brown (1905–1996), governor of California from 1959 to 1967
• Raleigh Brown (1921–2009), Texas House of Representatives and state judge
• Richard L. Brown (1925-1991), Florida House of Representatives
• Ron Brown (1941–1996), Secretary of Commerce, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
• Rufus E. Brown (1854-1920), Vermont politician and attorney general
• Sherrod Brown (born 1952), U.S. senator from Ohio
• Shontel Brown (born 1975), U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district
• Vanessa L. Brown (born 1966), Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who was convicted of bribery

• A. J. Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Alfredo Brown (1886–1958), Argentine association football player
• Ali Brown (born 1970), English cricketer
• Allen Brown (1943–2020), American football player
• Alyssa Brown (born 1989), Canadian artistic gymnast
• Antario Brown (born 2002), American football player
• Antonio Brown (born 1978), American football player
• Antonio Brown (born 1988), American football player
• Arkeith Brown (born 1986), American football player
• Ashley Brown (born 1994), Australian footballer
• Barrie Brown (1931–2014), Australian rules footballer
• Beniquez Brown (born 1993), American football player
• Blace Brown (born 1996), American football player
• Blair Brown (born 1994), American football player
• Brant Brown (born 1971), American baseball player and coach
• Brittain Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Bryce Brown (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Carlon Brown (born 1989), American basketball player
• Chase Brown (born 2000), Canadian American football player
• Cyril Brown (1918–1990), English footballer
• Dan Brown (born 1994), English professional golfer
• Dante Brown (born 1980), American football player
• Darby Brown (1929–1988), Australian boxer
• Deonte Brown (born 1998), American football player
• Diane Brown (born 1946), American curler and coach
• Donatello Brown (born 1991), American football player
• Dougie Brown (born 1969), Scottish cricketer
• Dyami Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player
• Edwin Brown (1898–1972), Australian rugby league footballer
• Eliseo Brown (1888 – after 1911), Argentine association football player
• Emmett Brown (born 2003), American football player
• Erika Brown (born 1973), American curler
• Ernesto Brown (1885–1935), Argentine association football player
• Fa'amanu Brown (born 1994), New Zealand rugby league player
• Fadol Brown (born 1993), American football player
• Felicia Brown (born 1993), American sprinter
• Frankie Brown (born 1987), Scottish association footballer
• Gabe Brown (born 2000), American basketball player
• Gates Brown (1939–2013), American baseball player
• Gene Brown (1935–2020), American basketball player
• Gilbert Brown (born 1971), American football player
• Greg Brown (born 1980), American baseball coach
• Hank Brown, American college football player
• Herb Brown (born 1936), American basketball coach
• Hunter Brown (born 1998), American baseball player
• Ike Brown (1942–2001), American baseball player
• Ira Brown (born 1982), Japanese basketball player
• J'Covan Brown (born 1990), American basketball player
• Jacurri Brown (born 2003), American college football player
• Jack Alan Brown (born 2001), Indonesian football player
• Jammal Brown (born 1981), American football player
• Jared Brown (born 1973), American football player
• Jason Brown (born 1974), American baseball coach
• Jason Brown (born 1994), American figure skater
• Jayce Brown (born 2005), American football player
• Jaylen Brown (born 1996), American basketball player
• Jayon Brown (born 1995), American football player
• Ji'Ayir Brown (born 2000), American football player
• Jim Brown (1936–2023), American NFL football player
• Jophery Brown (1945–2014), American baseball player
• Jorge Brown (1880–1936), Argentine association football player
• José Luis Brown (1956–2019), Argentine association football player
• Journey Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Juan Domingo Brown (1888–1931), Argentine association football player
• Jyaire Brown (born 2004), American football player
• Kalani Brown (born 1997), American player
• Kaleb Brown (born 2003), American college football player
• Kendall Brown (basketball) (born 2003), American basketball player
• Kerrith Brown (born 1962), British judoka
• Kiel Brown (born 1984), Australian field hockey midfielder
• Kris Brown (born 1976), American football placekicker
• Kristen Brown (born 1992), American pole vaulter
• Kwame Brown (born 1982), American basketball player
• Kyron Brown (born 1996), American football player
• Leddie Brown (born 2000), American football player
• Leigha Brown (born 2000), American basketball player
• Lorenzo Brown (born 1990), basketball player
• Mace Brown (1909–2002), American baseball player
• Markel Brown (born 1992), American basketball player
• Marquise Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Miles Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Montaric Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Monty Brown (born 1970), American professional wrestler
• Mordecai Brown (1876–1948), American baseball player
• Neal Brown (born 1980), American football coach
• Norris Brown (born 1961), American football player
• R. M. Brown (1885–1927), American college sports coach
• R. R. Brown (1879–1950), American athlete
• Rod Brown (born 1978), American basketball player
• Rod Brown (born 1963), American football player
• Ronnie Brown (born 1981), American football player
• Ruben Brown (born 1972), American football player
• Rufus Brown (born 1980), American football player
• Sailor Brown (1915–2008), English footballer
• Sean Brown (born 1976), professional ice hockey player
• Seth Brown (born 1992), American baseball player
• Shannon Brown (born 1985), American basketball player
• Shakur Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Sherwood Brown (born 1991), American basketball player
• Sky Brown (born 2008), Anglo-Japanese skateboarder
• Stevens Brown (1875–1957), English cricketer
• Stuart Brown (born 1972), British sidecarcross rider
• Tanner Brown (born 1999), American football player
• Tevin Brown (born 1998), American basketball player
• Tre Brown (born 1997), American football player
• Wes Brown (born 1979), English footballer
• Zabien Brown, American football player

• Andrew Brown, Irish soldier, journalist, and congressional reporter
• Cheryl Brown (educator), New Zealand education academic
• Letty Brown, New Zealand Māori community leader
• Claudine K. Brown (1949–2016), museum director
• Derren Brown (born 1971), English magician and psychological illusionist
• George Brown (1650–1730), arithmetician and inventor
• Heidi V. Brown, United States Army Major General
• Hugh Ned Brown (1919-2011), freelance fundraising consultant
• John Coggin Brown (1884–1962), British geologist
• Jill E. Brown (born 1950), African American aviator
• Judy Brown (born 1956), New Zealand academic
• Kirsty M. Brown, served as the Chairman of the World Adult Resources Committee
• Louis M. Brown (1909–1996), US lawyer and pioneer of preventive law
• Louise Brown (born 1978), the first "test-tube baby"
• Marian and Vivian Brown (1927–2013/14), notable San Francisco twins
• Matthew Brown, British-American music theorist
• Melvin Jerome Brown (born 1967), American chef
• Violet Brown (1900–2017), oldest verified person in Jamaica
• Walter Brown (mathematician) (1886–1957), engineer and mathematician

• Amber Brown, in a book by Paula Danziger
• Bob, Kim, and Serena, characters on the CBS television series The Unit
• Charlie Brown, principal character of the comic strip Peanuts
• Emmett Brown, a character in the Back To The Future movie series
• Foxy and Lincoln "Link" Brown, characters in the 1974 American blaxploitation action movie Foxy Brown
• Mr. Brown, a character in the 1971 Spanish/American adventure/western movie Four Rode Out
• Reverend Brown, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film Coming to America
• Sam Brown, a character in the 2004 American animated Western musical comedy movie Home on the Range
• Sandy Brown, a character in the 1974 American made-for-television comedy movie The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped
• Cleveland Brown, main character in the animated TV series The Cleveland Show

• Braun (surname)
• Brawn (surname)
• Browne (surname)

• Brown family of Rhode Island