John Brown

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Persons

John Brown may refer to several people, most famously the abolitionist John Brown:

John Brown (clergyman) (1784–1858), a Scottish clergyman and writer
John Brown (doctor) (1735–1788), a Scottish physician who developed his own medical “system”
John Brown (essayist) (1715–1766), a Scottish clergyman and essayist
John Brown (footballer), football (soccer) player for Rangers Football Club
John Brown (physician) (1810–1882), a Scottish physician and essayist
John Brown (professor), teacher of astronomy in Scotland.
John Brown (servant) (1826–1883), the Scottish servant of Queen Victoria
John Brown (theologian) (1722–1787), a Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator

Other Britons

John Brown (architect), a British architect in the 19th century.
John Brown (bridge expert), a contract-bridge expert.
Sir John Brown (industrialist) (1816–1896), the inventor of a process for rolling armour-plate and founder of the Atlas steelworks, Sheffield
John Brown (spy), spy and POW during the Second World War
John Brown (vicar) (died 1845), an eloquent British evangelical preacher and Vicar of St. Mary's Leicester
Dr. John M. Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, investigating the spectroscopic theory of free radicals

United States politicians

John Brown (Kentucky) (1757–1837), member of Continental Congress from Virginia; United States representative and senator from Kentucky
John Brown (Maryland) (died 1815), United States representative from Maryland
John Brown (North Carolina) (1737–1812), pioneer and statesman from North Carolina
John Brown (Pennsylvania) (1772–1845), United States representative from Pennsylvania
John Brown (Rhode Island) (1736–1803), United States representative from Rhode Island
John Brown (Texas politician) (c. 1786–1852), Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 1846
John Brown (Virginia) (born c. 1940), Republican opponent of United States Representative Rick Boucher in the 1988 congressional election
John Brewer Brown (1836–1898), United States representative from Maryland
John C. Brown (1827–1889), Tennessee governor
John Robert Brown (Virginia politician) (1842–1927), United States representative from Virginia
John W. Brown (New York politician) (1796–1875), United States representative from New York
John William Brown (1913–1993), Governor of Ohio for eleven days in 1957
John Y. Brown (1835–1904), United States Representative from Kentucky
John Y. Brown, Sr. (1900–1985), United States Representative from Kentucky
John Y. Brown, Jr. (born 1933), Kentucky governor, 1970s
John Y. Brown, III, Kentucky secretary of state, 1990s

Other United States and Canadian persons

John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), famous abolitionist who led a controversial raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown (boxer), an American boxer who has tried, unsuccessfully, several times to become a world champion
John Brown (basketball), NBA player.
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, 1855
John Brown (sailor) (born 1826), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
John Brown (Ontario) (b. 1841), Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons
John George Brown (1831–1913), American painter born Durham, UK.
John H. Brown, American scholar of public diplomacy
John H. Brown (soldier), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
John Mason Brown (1900–1969), United States literary critic
John Robert Brown (British Columbia politician)
John Robert Brown (judge) (1909–1993), a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, noted for his key decisions in favor of civil rights
John Ronald Brown, unlicensed United States sex-change operation surgeon
John W. Brown (1867–1941), a Canadian-born labor leader in the United States
John WI Brown (1970) Nationally syndicated show host and news anchor
John A. Brown, Jr., an American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin.

Australians

John Brown (Australian magnate) (1850–1930), a mining magnate in New South Wales, Australia; known as the “Coal Baron”
John Brown (Australian politician), the Member for Parramatta in the Australian House of Representatives from 1977 to 1990

Others

John Brown may also be:

John Brown & Company, a shipbuilding company based in Clydebank, Scotland that was part-owner of Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval
John Brown Publishing, British magazine publisher with a stable including Viz and Fortean Times
John Brown (Trial)
“John Brown's Body”, Union marching song of the American Civil War
“John Brown”, a Bob Dylan song