John Brown

• John Brown , American who led an anti-slavery raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859

Academia

• John Brown , Irish educator; third president of the University of Georgia
• John Carter Brown, American book collector and antiquarian
• John Macmillan Brown, Scottish-New Zealand academic, administrator and promoter of education for women
• John Nicholas Brown I, American book collector and antiquarian
• John Lott Brown, American university administrator and professor
• John H. Brown , American scholar of public diplomacy

  Arts and entertainment

Literature

• John Brown , English miscellaneous writer
• John Mason Brown, American literary critic
• Sir John Gilbert Newton Brown, English book publisher
• John Gregory Brown, American novelist
• John Brown , American novelist and short story writer

  Performing arts

• John Browne , English composer
• John Brown , English radio and film actor
• Johnny Mack Brown, American film actor and college football player
• Johnny Brown , American actor and singer
• John Moulder-Brown, English actor
• John W. Brown

  Visual arts

• John Brown , Scottish artist
• John Crawford Brown, Scottish landscape painter
• John Lewis Brown, French battle, animal, and genre painter
• John George Brown, English-born American painter
• John William Brown , English painter and stained-glass designer
• John Appleton Brown, American painter
• John Arnesby Brown, English landscape artist

  Business and industry

• John Brown , Scottish-Danish merchant and shipowner
• John Brown , English brewer
• John Brown , Canadian builder
• John Brown , coal baron and shipowner in New South Wales, Australia
• Sir John Brown , British industrialist; founder of the Atlas steelworks
• John Crosby Brown, American banker; partner in Brown Bros. & Co.
• John W. Brown , Canadian-born labor leader in the United States
• John Brown , British trade union leader and local councilor
• John W. Brown , British activist, general secretary of the International Federation of Trade Unions
• John Seely Brown, American researcher in organizational studies
• John W. Brown , American executive; president of Stryker Corporation

  Military

• John Brown , British Army general
• John Brown , Royal Artillery quartermaster sergeant and espionage agent
• John Brown of Pittsfield, American Revolutionary War officer
• John Brown , American sailor and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• John Harties Brown, Canadian soldier who fought in the American Civil War
• John Brown , American sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient
• John H. Brown , American soldier and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• John H. Brown Jr., United States Navy admiral and American football player
• John Nicholas Brown II, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• John Brown Jr. , American Navajo code talker during World War II
• John M. Brown III, United States Army general
• John S. Brown , United States Army brigadier general; Chief Historian of the United States Army Center of Military History
• John Marshall Brown, American commissioned officer during the American Civil War

  Politics and law

Australia

• John Brown , member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• John Alexander Voules Brown, member of the South Australian House of Assembly
• John Brown , blacksmith and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• John Brown , member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
• John Brown , member of the Australian House of Representatives

  Canada

• John Brown , Irish-born Canadian politician
• John Lothrop Brown, Canadian political figure in Nova Scotia
• John Brown , Canadian politician
• John Brown , member of Parliament
• John Cameron Brown, Canadian political figure in New Brunswick
• John Cunningham Brown, Irish-born political figure in British Columbia
• John Brown , member of Ontario assembly and mayor of Stratford, Ontario
• John Robert Brown , Canadian politician
• John Livingstone Brown, Canadian politician
• John G. Brown, Ontario politician
• John L. Brown , Canadian politician

  United Kingdom

• John Brown
• Sir John McLeavy Brown, British lawyer and diplomat
• John Wesley Brown, British MP for Middlesbrough East

  United States

Kentucky

• John Brown , U.S. representative and U.S. senator; member of Continental Congress from Virginia
• John Y. Brown , Kentucky governor, U.S. representative for Kentucky
• John Y. Brown Sr., U.S. representative for Kentucky
• John Y. Brown Jr., Kentucky governor
• John Young Brown III, Kentucky Secretary of State

  Other U.S. states

• John Brown , U.S. representative, co-founder of Brown University
• John Brown , pioneer and statesman
• John Brown , U.S. representative
• John Brown , U.S. representative
• Red Brown , Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
• John W. Brown , U.S. representative
• John Brown
• John S. Brown , Michigan state representative
• John Brown , fur trapper and trader around Pueblo, Colorado from 1841 to 1849
• John Henry Brown, Texas politician, chaired Texas articles of Secession
• John C. Brown, Confederate general, Tennessee governor
• John S. Brown , American politician
• John B. Brown, U.S. representative for Maryland
• John Robert Brown , U.S. representative
• John Brown , Seminole chief and Confederate States Army officer
• John C. Brown , American politician
• John T. Brown, Ohio lieutenant governor
• John Robert Brown , member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• John William Brown, Ohio governor
• John Brown Junior, American abolitionist

  Other countries

• John Evans Brown, American-born member of New Zealand parliament

  Religion

• John Brown of Priesthill, Scottish Protestant martyr
• John Brown , English clergyman
• John Brown of Haddington, Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
• John Brown , British evangelical preacher
• John Brown , Scottish clergyman and writer
• John Newton Brown, Baptist teacher, minister and publisher
• John Croumbie Brown, Scottish missionary and forestry pioneer in South Africa
• John M. Brown, American bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal church
• John Brown , American Mormon leader
• John Brown , British theologian, historian, and pastor
• John Henry Hobart Brown, American Episcopal bishop of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
• John Brown , Scottish minister
• John E. Brown , American evangelist, founder of John Brown University
• John J. Brown, American Roman Catholic priest and educator
• John Brown , English Anglican bishop
• John Brown of Wamphray, Scottish church leader
• John Pierce Brown, Irish Anglican priest

  Science and medicine

• John Brown , Scottish physician
• John Brown , English geographer
• John Brown , Scottish physician and essayist
• John Ronald Brown, unlicensed United States sex-change operation surgeon
• John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer

  Sports

American football

• John Brown , American football center and linebacker
• John Brown , American NFL football offensive tackle
• John Brown , American football offensive lineman
• John Brown , American NFL football wide receiver
• Jon Brown , American NFL football placekicker

  Association football

• John Arnesby Brown, English footballer born in Nottingham
• John Brown , Scottish footballer for Sunderland
• John Brown , Scottish footballer born in Clackmannan
• John Brown , English footballer born in Liverpool
• Jonathan Brown , English footballer born in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire
• John Brown , Scottish professional footballer born in Glasgow
• John Brown , English footballer born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
• John Brown , English footballer for Rochdale
• John Brown , Scottish football player born in Troon
• John Brown , English footballer born in Crook, County Durham
• John Brown , Scottish football left-back born in Edinburgh
• John Brown , Scottish football wing-half born in Edinburgh
• John Brown , English footballer born in Wadebridge, Cornwall
• John Brown , English football goalkeeper born in Bradford, Yorkshire
• John Brown , Scottish football player and manager born in Lennoxtown

  Australian rules football

• John Brown , Australian rules footballer for Carlton
• John Brown , Australian rules footballer for Geelong
• John Brown , Australian rules footballer for Geelong

  Basketball

• John Brown , American former basketball player in the NBA
• John Brown , American basketball player
• John Y. Brown Jr., American basketball owner

  Cricket

• John Brown , English cricketer
• John Brown , English cricketer
• John Brown , English cricketer
• Jack Brown , English cricketer
• John Brown , English cricketer
• John Brown , English cricketer
• John Brown , New Zealand Test match umpire

  Rugby football

• John Blair Brown, Scottish rugby union player
• John Alf Brown, Welsh international rugby union player
• Johnny Brown , Australian rugby league footballer
• John Brown , New Zealand rugby league player

  Other sports

• John Brown , American baseball player
• John Brown , American baseball player
• Jackie Brown or John Brown, English boxer
• John Brown , New Zealand cyclist
• John Brown , British Olympic bobsledder
• John Brown , American bodybuilder
• John Brown , British competitor in the 2010 World [Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge]
• John Brown , Australian sports promoter and tennis player
• Jonny Brown , American cyclist
• John Brown, 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 , British architect
• John Brown , American author of Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings and Escape of John Brown
• John Brown , Scottish servant and close friend of Queen Victoria
• John Ednie Brown, Scottish author on sylviculture and state conservator of forests
• John Brown , English colonist in South Australia
• John Brown , English contract-bridge player and author
• John A. Brown Jr., American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin

  Other uses

Artistic uses

• "John Brown's Body", Union marching song of the American Civil War
• John Brown , fictional millionaire in The Shop Girl
• John Brown , 1909 biography of the abolitionist by W.E.B. Du Bois
• "John Brown" by Bob Dylan
• John Brown, fictional sheriff in "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley
• "John Brown", a song by the Masters of Reality from Masters of Reality
• John Brown, fictional character in Ghost Hunt
• John Brown, fictional physician in Like Water for Chocolate
• John Brown, fictional protagonist of Inspector Gadget
• John Brown's Body , 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 , Oklahoma-based department store chain
• John Brown Stone Warehouse, historic commercial building in Fort Wayne
• 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