John Brown

John Brown may refer to:

• John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American who led an anti-slavery revolt in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859
• John Brown (doctor) (1735–1788), Scottish physician who taught that disease was caused by either excessive or inadequate stimulation
• John Brown (servant) (1826–1883), Scottish servant of Queen Victoria

John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to:

People

Politicians

American

• John Y. Brown, Sr. (1900–1985), U.S. representative (D-KY, 1933–1935)
• John Y. Brown, Jr. (born 1933), Kentucky governor, 1979–1983
• John Young Brown III (born 1963), Kentucky Secretary of State, 1996–2004
• John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835) (1835–1904), Kentucky governor 1891–1895, U.S. representative (D–KY, 1859–1861, 1873–1877)
• John Brown (Kentucky) (1757–1837), U.S. representative (VA, 1789–1792) and U.S. senator (KY, 1793–1805); member of Continental Congress from Virginia
• John Brewer Brown (1836–1898), U.S. representative (D–MD, 1892–1893)
• John Brown (Maryland) (1760–1815), U.S. representative (DR-MD, 1809–1810)
• John W. Brown (New York politician) (1796–1875), U.S. representative (JD–NY, 1833–1837)
• John Brown (North Carolina) (1738–1812), pioneer and statesman
• John William Brown (1913–1993), Ohio governor for eleven days in 1957 (R)
• John Brown (Pennsylvania) (1772–1845), U.S. representative (PA)
• John Brown (Rhode Island) (1736–1803), U.S. representative (F–RI, 1799–1801), co-founder of Brown University
• John C. Brown (1827–1889), Confederate general, Tennessee governor, (D)
• John C. Brown (Ohio) (1844–1900), Republican politician in the state of Ohio
• John Brown (Texas politician) (c. 1786–1852), Republic of Texas politician, speaker of the Texas state House of Representatives, 1846, (D)
• John Robert Brown (Virginia politician) (1842–1927), U.S. representative (R-VA, 1887–1889)
• John Henry Brown (1820–1895), Texas politician, historian, chaired Texas articles of Secession
• John Calhoun Brown (1879–1964), merchant and mayor of Minden, Louisiana
• John T. Brown (1876–1951), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1929–1931
• John Brown (Cherokee chief)
• John Brown (Seminole Chief) (1842–1919)

Australian

• John Brown (Australian politician) (born 1931), elected to the Australian House of Representatives, 1977–1990
• John Brown (New South Wales politician) (1821–1896), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1880–1882
• John Brown (Tasmanian politician) (1886–1974), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1948
• John Alexander Voules Brown, member of the South Australian House of Assembly

British

• John Wesley Brown (1873–1944), British Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough East, 1922–1923
• John Brown (Wales MP) (died c. 1654), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653
• John Brown (MP for Bishop's Lynn), see Bishop's Lynn

Canadian

• John Brown (Canadian politician) (1841–1905), member of Parliament
• John Brown (Upper Canada politician) (1791–1842), merchant and politician in Upper Canada
• John Clemence Gordon Brown, former diplomat
• John Brown (Ontario MPP) (1849–19??), member of Ontario assembly and mayor of Stratford, Ontario
• John Brown (reeve), Canadian politician
• John Cunningham Brown (1844–1929), Irish-born newspaper owner and political figure in British Columbia
• John Cameron Brown (1843–?), civil engineer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
• John G. Brown (born 1900), Ontario politician
• John Livingstone Brown (1867–1953), Canadian politician, farmer and minister
• John Lothrop Brown (1815–1887), farmer, merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada
• John L. Brown (Ontario politician), Ontario New Democrat politician

New Zealand

• John Evans Brown (1827–1895), Canterbury (New Zealand) politician, known as "Yankee Brown"

Sports

American Football

• John Brown (American football, born 1891) (1891–1963), player for Navy, College Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Johnny Mack Brown (1904–1974), American football player
• John Brown (offensive tackle) (born 1939), NFL player
• John Brown (wide receiver) (born 1990), American football wide receiver

Association football

• John Brown (footballer, born 1866) (1866–1931), English footballer for Notts County
• John Brown (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), Scottish footballer for Sunderland
• John Brown (footballer, born 1888) (1888–?), footballer for Manchester City and Stoke
• John Brown (footballer, born 1890s), Scottish professional footballer
• John Brown (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1918), English footballer
• John Brown (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1977), English footballer for Leicester City and Wrexham
• John Brown (footballer, born 1915) (1915–2005), Scottish association football player
• John Brown (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1989), English professional footballer for York City
• John Brown (footballer, born 1935), Scottish association football player
• John Brown (footballer, born July 1940), English association footballer
• John Brown (footballer, born March 1940), Scottish association footballer
• John Brown (footballer, born 1947), English association football goalkeeper
• John Brown (footballer, born 1962), Scottish association football player and manager

Australian rules football

• John Brown (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2007), former Australian rules footballer for Carlton
• John Brown (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2001), former Australian rules footballer for Geelong
• John Brown (footballer, born 1944) (1944–2001), former Australian rules footballer for Geelong

Cricket

• John Brown (cricketer, born 1820) (1820–?), English cricketer
• John Brown (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1950), English cricketer
• John Brown (cricketer, born 1890) (1890–1968), English cricketer
• Jack Brown (cricketer) (1869–1904), English cricketer
• John Brown (umpire) (1928–2005), New Zealand Test match umpire

Rugby

• John Alf Brown (1881–1936), Welsh international rugby player
• Johnny Brown (rugby league) (born 1943), Australian rugby league footballer

Other sports

• John Brown (baseball) (1876–1908), player for 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms, which later became Los Angeles Dodgers
• John Brown (basketball, born 1951), NBA player
• John Brown (basketball, born 1992), American college basketball player
• John Brown (bridge) (1887–?), UK contract-bridge player and author
• John Brown (cyclist), New Zealand cyclist

Religion

• John Brown (Covenanter) (1627–1685), Scottish Protestant martyr
• John Brown (essayist) (1715–1766), English clergyman
• John Brown (theologian) (1722–1787), Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
• John Brown (Vicar of St Mary's, Leicester) (died 1845), eloquent British evangelical preacher
• John Brown (minister) (1784–1858), Scottish clergyman and writer
• John Newton Brown (1803–1868), Baptist teacher, minister and publisher
• John Brown (writer) (1830–1922), Doctor of Divinity, pastor of Bunyan's Chapel, and author of many works of theology and church history
• John Henry Hobart Brown (1831–1888), Episcopal bishop of Fond du Lac
• John J. Brown, American Roman Catholic priest and educator
• John Brown (bishop) (1930–2011), Anglican bishop
• John Brown (Mormon pioneer) (1820–1897)

Military

• John Brown (British Army officer) (died 1762), British Army general
• John Brown (British Army soldier) (died 1964), UK spy and POW during the Second World War
• John Brown of Pittsfield (1744–1780), American Revolutionary War officer
• John Brown (Medal of Honor) (1838–?), American sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient
• John Brown (sailor) (1826–1883), American sailor and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• John H. Brown (Medal of Honor) (1842–1898), American soldier and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• John M. Brown III, Lieutenant General in the United States Army
• John S. Brown, United States Army brigadier general; Chief Historian of the United States Army Center of Military History
• John Brown, Jr. (Navajo) (1921–2009), American Navajo Code Talker during World War II
• John Harties Brown (1834–1905), Canadian soldier who fought in the American Civil War

Doctors and professors

• John Brown (doctor) (1735–1788), Scottish physician who developed his own medical “system”
• John Brown (physician) (1810–1882), Scottish physician and essayist
• John Campbell Brown (born 1947), Scottish astronomer and professor
• John H. Brown (scholar), American scholar of public diplomacy
• John Ronald Brown (1922–2010), unlicensed United States sex-change operation surgeon
• John Browne (anatomist) (1642–1702), was a British anatomist and surgeon

Entertainers

• John Brown (actor) (1904–1957), English radio and film actor
• Johnny Brown (actor) (born 1937), American actor and singer
• John Moulder-Brown (born 1953), British actor
• John Brown, rapper and contestant on ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show
• John Brown, American television news anchor for KTVI

Visual artists

• John Brown (artist) (1752–1787), Scottish artist
• John Crawford Brown (1805–1867), Scottish landscape painter
• John Lewis Brown (1829–1892), French battle, animal, and genre painter
• John George Brown (1831–1913), American painter born Durham, England
• John William Brown (artist) (1842–1928), English painter and stained glass designer
• John Appleton Brown (1844–1902), American painter
• John Arnesby Brown (1866–1955), English landscape artist

Other people

• John Brown (American author) (born 1966), novelist and short story writer
• John Brown (architect) (1805–1876), British architect
• John Brown (brewer) (1795–1890), English brewer
• John Brown (builder) (1809–1876), prolific Canadian builder best remembered for building Ontario's Imperial Towers
• John Brown (educator) (1763–1842), third president of the University of Georgia
• John Brown (fugitive slave) (c. 1810–1876), writer of Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings and Escape of John Brown published in London, UK 1855
• John Brown (geographer) (1797–1861), English geographer
• Sir John Brown (industrialist) (1816–1896), UK inventor of a process for rolling armor-plate and founder of the Atlas steelworks, Sheffield Towers
• John Brown (trade unionist) (1880s-1961), British trade union leader and local councillor
• John A. Brown, Jr. (died 1997), American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin
• John Mason Brown (1900–1969), United States literary critic
• John Nicholas Brown II (1900–1979), heir of the Brown fortune and U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (AIR) 1946–49
• John Robert Brown (judge) (1909–1993), member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, noted for his key decisions in favor of civil rights
• John W. Brown (labor leader) (1867–1941), Canadian-born labor leader in the United States
• John W. Brown (set decorator), set decorator who won an Academy Award
• John W. Brown (corporate executive) (living), formerly of Stryker Corporation
• John E. Brown (1879–1957), founder of John Brown University
• John Macmillan Brown (1845–1935), Scottish-New Zealand academic, administrator and promoter of education for women
• John Carter Brown (1797–1874), book collector
• John Crosby Brown (1838–1909), partner in Brown Bros. & Co.
• Sir John McLeavy Brown (1835–1926), British lawyer and diplomat
• John Gregory Brown (born 1960), American novelist
• John Seely Brown, researcher in organizational studies

Characters

• Inspector John "Gadget" Brown, the protagonist of the 1999 film Inspector Gadget
• The name of the sheriff in the song I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley
• The father in the Just William series
• The name of the sheriff in the song Bad Boys by Inner Circle
• The millionaire in the musical comedy The Shop Girl
• The judge who puts Johnny away for ninety-nine years in Bruce Springsteen's "Johnny 99"
• The name of a physician who becomes the protagonist's fiancée in Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate
• A character in the anime/manga Ghost Hunt

Music

• "John Brown" (Bob Dylan song), a 1962 anti-war song by Bob Dylan
• "John Brown's Body", Union marching song of the American Civil War
• John Brown's Body (band), an American Reggae band

Companies and organisations

• John Brown & Company, a shipbuilding company based in Clydebank, Scotland that was part-owner of Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval
• John Brown Media, British magazine publisher with a stable including Viz and Fortean Times
• John A. Brown (department store), a defunct Oklahoma-based department store chain
• John Brown University, a private Christian college located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas

Vehicles

• SS John W. Brown, Liberty ship
• SS John W. Brown II, Victory ship

Other

• John Brown (biography), a 1909 biography written by W.E.B. Du Bois about the abolitionist John Brown
• Virginia v. John Brown, trial of the abolitionist
• John Brown Battery, an American volunteer artillery unit in the Lincoln Battalion during the Spanish Civil War

See also

• John Browne (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Brown (disambiguation)
• Jack Brown (disambiguation)
• Jackie Brown (disambiguation)
• John Young Brown (disambiguation)
• Jon Brown (born 1971), British-Canadian runner