William Brown

Academics

• William Brown , American physician
• William Brown , English veterinarian and activist
• William Brown , British mycologist and plant pathologist
• William Brown , British psychologist
• William Fuller Brown Jr., American physicist
• W. G. Brown, Canadian mathematician
• William Harvey Brown, American naturalist
• William Jethro Brown, Australian jurist and professor of law
• William L. Brown , American geneticist
• W. Norman Brown, American Indologist and Sanskritist
• William Brown , British academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
• William Yancey Brown, American zoologist and attorney

  Arts and Entertainment

• William Brown , American composer and flutist
• William Alexander Brown, African-American playwright and theatrical producer
• William Mason Brown, American artist
• William Kellock Brown, Scottish sculptor
• William J. Brown , American architect
• Willie Brown , American delta blues guitarist and singer
• William Theophilus Brown, American artist
• William Brown , American opera singer
• Billy Brown , Irish musician and artist, and member of The Freshmen
• Billy Brown , member of American rhythm and blues band Ray, Goodman & Brown
• W. Earl Brown, American character actor
• Guillermo E. Brown, American drummer and multi-disciplinary performer
• William Brown, better known as Compa, British electronic musician
• Bill Brown , American filmmaker and author

  Sportspeople

American football

• Bill Brown , professional player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
• Bill Brown , American football player in 1960 Boston Patriots season
• Bill Brown , American football running back
• Willie Brown , American football Hall-of-Fame cornerback
• Willie Brown , Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach
• Billy Brown , American football tight end

  Association football

• William Brown , English footballer
• William Brown, English footballer
• William Brown , English footballer and cricketer
• William Brown, Scottish footballer
• William Brown, Scottish footballer
• William Brown , Scottish footballer
• William Brown, Scottish footballer
• William Brown, Scottish footballer
• Willie Brown , Scottish footballer
• Billy Brown , English professional footballer
• Bill Brown , Scottish footballer
• William Brown , English footballer and sprinter
• Billy Brown , footballer who played in the Football League
• William Brown , Scottish footballer
• Willie Brown , Scottish football player and manager
• Willie Brown , Scottish footballer
• William Brown , English footballer
• Bill Brown , English football player
• Bill Brown , Scottish international football goalkeeper
• Willie Brown, Scottish footballer
• Bill Brown, English football player
• Willie Brown, Scottish footballer
• Billy Brown, Scottish football player and coach

  Athletics

• Bill Brown , British Olympic racewalker
• Billy Brown , American track and field triple jumper, long jumper, and sprinter
• Bill Brown , American middle distance and relay runner

  Australian rules football

• Bill Brown , Australian rules footballer for Geelong
• Bill Brown , Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn
• Bill Brown , Australian rules footballer for Carlton and Collingwood
• Billy Brown , former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL

  Baseball

• William Brown , American Major League catcher
• Bill Brown , American baseball player
• Bill Brown , American baseball broadcaster and member of the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame
• Bill Brown , American college baseball coach

  Basketball

• Bill Brown , American professional basketball player
• Rookie Brown, American professional basketball player
• Bill Brown , American basketball coach at California University of Pennsylvania
• Will Brown , American basketball coach

  Cricket

• William Brown, English first-class cricketer
• William Brown , English-born Tasmanian first-class cricketer
• William Brown, English cricketer
• William Brown , English first-class cricketer
• William Brown , English cricketer
• William Brown, English cricketer
• William Brown , English cricketer
• Bill Brown , Australian cricketer
• William Brown , New Zealand cricketer

  Golf

• William Brown , Scottish golfer
• Willie Brown , 19th century Scottish golfer
• Billy Ray Brown, former American golfer

  Rugby

• William Davie Brown, Scottish rugby union player
• William Sorley Brown, Scottish rugby union player
• William Brown , Australian rugby league player
• Willie Brown , former Sydney Roosters rugby league player

  Other sports

• William Brown , American tennis player
• Will Brown , Australian racing driver
• Bill Brown, retired NASCAR Cup Series driver who crashed with Larry Flynn

  Clergymen and theologians

• William Brown , Archdeacon of Northampton
• William Laurence Brown, Scottish divine
• William Brown , Scottish clergyman and Hebraist
• William Haig Brown, English cleric and headmaster of Charterhouse School
• William Montgomery Brown, American Episcopalian bishop and Communist author
• William Cabell Brown, American Episcopal missionary and bishop of Virginia
• William Francis Brown, bishop, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
• William Adams Brown, American minister, professor and philanthropist
• William A. Brown , American who served as the fourth Bishop of Southern Virginia
• William P. Brown, American Presbyterian minister, author and biblical theologian

  Engineers

• William H. Brown , American shipbuilder
• William Liston Brown, American industrialist
• William C. Brown, American electrical engineer
• William F. Brown , American welding engineer
• William Brown , English structural engineer, bridge designer
• William Brown , English mining engineer, waggonway designer and steam engine builder

  Military people

• William Brown , commander of the Gilgit Scouts during the Partition of India
• William Brown , American Revolutionary War soldier
• William Brown , British Royal Navy admiral
• William Brown , or Guillermo Brown, Irish-Argentine Navy admiral
• William Brown , Black woman who briefly served in the Royal Navy in 1815, disguised as a man
• William A. Brown , vice admiral in the United States Navy
• William H. Brown , American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Henry Brown , Canadian World War I flying ace
• William Maurice Brown, New Zealand Lt. Colonel; first principal of Faujdarhat Cadet College
• William Gustavus Brown, commander of British troops in China and Hong Kong
• William Perry Brown Jr., American Marine and recipient of two Navy Crosses

  Politicians and diplomats

Australia

• William Brown , member of the New South Wales Parliament
• William Brown , Australian politician
• William Villiers Brown, Queensland politician
• Bill Brown , Australian senator

  United Kingdom

• William Brown, in 1341, MP for Gloucester
• William Brown, in 1397, MP for Bedford
• Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Richmond Hill, British merchant and banker, MP for South Lancashire 1846–1859
• Sir William Slater Brown , Scottish businessman and Lord Provost of Edinburgh
• W. J. Brown , MP for Rugby 1942–1950
• William Robson Brown, UK Conservative politician, MP for Esher 1950–1970
• Oliver Brown , Scottish nationalist activist
• William Brown , Northern Irish unionist politician, MPA for South Down 1982–1986

  United States

• William Browne , Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature
• William Brown , U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1819–1821
• William Little Brown, justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
• William W. Brown , American politician
• William G. Brown Sr., U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia
• William J. Brown , U.S. Representative from Indiana
• William Matt Brown, mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1865–1867
• William Brown , member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• William Brown , Louisiana State Superintendent of Education, 1872–1876
• William Wallace Brown, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• William L. Brown , Ohio and New York politician
• William Ripley Brown, U.S. Representative from Kansas
• William M. Brown , U.S. Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, electee to the U.S. House of Representatives
• William G. Brown Jr., U.S. Representative from West Virginia, son of William G. Brown
• William Brown, mayor of Rockford, 1857–1858, see List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois
• William Anderson Brown, lawyer, member of the Minnesota legislature
• William E. Brown Jr., mayor of Ann Arbor, 1945–1957
• W. K. Brown, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Grant Parish, 1960–72
• William Holmes Brown, Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1974–1994
• William Andreas Brown, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1988–1992
• William Denis Brown III, Louisiana state senator from 1968 to 1976
• William Denis Brown III, known as Billy, Louisiana politician
• Willie Brown , mayor of San Francisco, 1996–2004, Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1980–1995
• William J. Brown , Ohio Attorney General, elected 1970
• Willie B. Brown, American politician in New Jersey

  Elsewhere

• William Brown , Canadian politician in British Columbia
• William Brown, Canadian politician, 1922–1927
• William Heartz Brown, Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
• William Brown , member of first New Zealand Parliament
• William Brown, Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
• Bill Brown , New Zealand politician of the National Party

  Writers

• William Brown , Canadian journalist and co-founder of the Quebec Gazette
• William Hill Brown, American novelist
• William Wells Brown, fugitive slave, African-American writer, and abolitionist
• William Slater Brown, American novelist, biographer and translator
• William F. Brown , American playwright
• William Henry Brown , British co-operative movement journalist and activist