John Brown
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Persons
John Brown may refer to several people, most famously the abolitionist John Brown:
- Scotsmen
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- John Brown (of Wamphray) (1610–1679)
- John Brown, the protagonist of the 1999 film Inspector Gadget
Things
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
See also
- John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, CEO of BP
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