Namesakes
Lavender Brown
(f) 
Harry Potter Characters
Lily Brown
(f)
Tolkien's Characters
Robert Brown
(m) 1773-1858
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Molly Brown
(f) 1867-1932
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals 1960 The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown
(m) 1876-1948
Hall-of-Famers 1949 (baseball)
Alice Joyce
(a.k.a. Brown) (f) 1890-1955
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe E. Brown
(m) 1891-1973
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Hal Brown
(m) 1898-1983
Olympic Medalists 1920 3000 m team (gold)
Helen Hayes
(a.k.a. Brown) (f) 1900-1993
Emmy Award Winners 1953 (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1933; 1971 The Sin of Madelon Claudet; Airport (actress)
Tony Award Winners 1947; 1958 Happy Birthday; Time Remembered (actress)
Leroy Brown
(m) 1902-1970
Olympic Medalists 1924 high jump (silver)
Ray Brown
(m) 1908-1965
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (baseball)
Paul Brown
(m) 1908-1991
Hall-of-Famers 1967 (football)
Father Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1910 The Blue Cross
Fictional Characters from Television 2013 Father Brown
Herbert C. Brown
(m) 1912-2004
Nobel Prize Winners 1979 (chemistry)
Audrey Brown
(f) 1913-2005
Olympic Medalists 1936 4x100 m relay (silver)
Godfrey Brown
(m) 1915-1995
Olympic Medalists 1936 400 m; 4x400 m relay (silver/gold)
Willard Brown
(m) 1915-1996
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (baseball)
William Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1922 Just William
Georgia Brown
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1925 Sweet Georgia Brown
Ruth Brown
(f) 1928-2006
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1993
Paul Dooley
(a.k.a. Brown) (m) 1928-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Vanessa Brown
(f) 1928-1999
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Robert Lansing
(a.k.a. Brown) (m) 1928-1994
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Angie Dickinson
(a.k.a. Brown) (f) 1931-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Rosey Brown
(m) 1932-2004
Hall-of-Famers 1975 (football)
James Brown
(m) 1933-2006
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1986
Hubie Brown
(m) 1933-
Hall-of-Famers 2005 (basketball)
Velvet Brown
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1935 National Velvet
Fictional Characters from Movies 1944 National Velvet
Fictional Characters from Television 1960 National Velvet
Jed Allan
(a.k.a. Brown) (m) 1935-2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Earlene Brown
(f) 1935-1983
Olympic Medalists 1960 shot put (bronze)
Jim Brown
(m) 1936-2023
Hall-of-Famers 1971 (football)
Most Valuable Players 1965 football
Notable Athletes (football)
Michele Brown
(f) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1964 high jump (silver)
Larry Brown
(m) 1940-
Hall-of-Famers 2002 (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 1964 basketball (gold)
Willie Brown
(m) 1940-2019
Hall-of-Famers 1984 (football)
Michael Stuart Brown
(m) 1941-
Nobel Prize Winners 1985 (medicine)
Bob "The Boomer" Brown
(m) 1941-2023
Hall-of-Famers 2004 (football)
Roger Brown
(m) 1942-1997
Hall-of-Famers 2013 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Blair Brown
(f) 1946-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Charlie Brown
(m)
Other Fictional Characters 1947 comic strip
David Brown
(m) 1947-2000
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1998 Santana
Bryan Brown
(m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Larry Brown
(m) 1947-
Most Valuable Players 1972 football
Reb Brown
(m) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Gordon Brown
(m) 1951-
British Prime Ministers 2007-2010
Dana
(a.k.a. Brown) (f) 1951-
Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1970 Ireland
Notable Musicians
Benny Brown
(m) 1953-1996
Olympic Medalists 1976 4x400 m relay (gold)
Katie Brown
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1953 Calamity Jane
Leslie Browne
(a.k.a. Brown) (f) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (dancer/actor)
Paddington
(a.k.a. Brown) (m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1958 A Bear Called Paddington
Charlie Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1959 Charlie Brown
Sally Brown
(f)
Other Fictional Characters 1959 comic strip
Clancy Brown
(m) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Olivia Brown
(f) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Alice Brown
(f) 1960-
Olympic Medalists 1984; 1988 100 m; 4x100 m relay (silver/gold)
Ron Brown
(m) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1984 4x100 m relay (gold)
Kimberlin Brown
(f) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
(f) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1984 100 m hurdles (gold)
Judi Brown Clarke
(f) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1984 400 m hurdles (silver)
Angie Stone
(a.k.a. Brown) (f) 1961-
Notable Musicians
Phil Brown
(m) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1984 4x400 m relay (silver)
Kerrith Brown
(m) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1984 judo (bronze)
W. Earl Brown
(m) 1963-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dan Brown
(m) 1964-
Notable Writers
Curtis Reed
(a.k.a. Brown) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
Cindy Brown
(f) 1965-
Olympic Medalists 1988 basketball (gold)
Tim Brown
(m) 1966-
Hall-of-Famers 2015 (football)
Natasha Kaiser-Brown
(f) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1992 4x400 m relay (silver)
Junior Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1971 The Planet of Junior Brown
Yvette Nicole Brown
(f) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Leroy Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1973 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Michael Ealy
(a.k.a. Brown) (m) 1973-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mel B.
(a.k.a. Brown) (f) 1975-
Notable Musicians
Sterling K. Brown
(m) 1976-
Emmy Award Winners 2017 The People v. O. J. Simpson (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Juan Ignacio Sánchez
(a.k.a. Brown) (m) 1977-
Olympic Medalists 2004 basketball (gold)
Chris Brown
(m) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2000; 2008; 2012; 2016 4x400 m relay (silver/gold/bronze)
Bobby Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1979 Bobby Brown
Max Brown
(m) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Veronica Campbell Brown
(f) 1982-
Notable Athletes (track)
Olympic Medalists 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016 200 m; 100 m; 4x100 m relay (gold/bronze/silver)
Matthew Brown
(m) 1982-
Olympic Medalists 2008 baseball (bronze)
Kiel Brown
(m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2008 field hockey (bronze)
Dustin Brown
(m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Emmett "Doc" Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1985 Back to the Future
Victoria Brown
(f) 1985-
Olympic Medalists 2012 water polo (bronze)
Duane Brown
(m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (football)
Mike Brown
(m) 1985-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Jeremiah Brown
(m) 1985-
Olympic Medalists 2012 rowing (silver)
Orlando Brown
(m) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Jackie Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1989 Jackie Brown
Chris Brown
(m) 1989-
Notable Musicians
Fraser Brown
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Jessica Brown Findlay
(f) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Steve Sanders
(a.k.a. Brown) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210
Aaron Brown
(m) 1992-
Olympic Medalists 2016; 2020 4x100 m relay (bronze/silver)
Keanu Marsh-Brown
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Rhyon Nicole Brown
(f) 1992-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Graham Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 Heartbreak High
Jemma McKenzie-Brown
(f) 1994-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jason Brown
(m) 1994-
Olympic Medalists 2014 figure skating (bronze)
Swae Lee
(a.k.a. Brown) (m) 1995-
Notable Musicians
Ajiona Alexus
(a.k.a. Brown) (f) 1996-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ella Brown
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1999 Just Ella
Cleveland Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999; 2009 Family Guy; The Cleveland Show
Warrick Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Andy Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 Everwood
Delia Brown
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 Everwood
Ephram Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2002 Everwood
Millie Bobby Brown
(f) 2004-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Billy Brown
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2007 Billy Brown
Traci Brown
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2008 Traci Brown