John Brown

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Contents 1 Australians 2 Scotsmen 3 Other Britons 4 United States politicians 5 Other Americans and Canadians 6 Fictional characters 7 Things 8 See also

John Brown may refer to several people, most famously the abolitionist John Brown (and the related song John Brown's Body). Others include the following:

[edit] 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
• John R. Brown (Australian Commonwealth Officer) (b. 1972 in Liverpool N.S.W), Residing in Canberra. Currently Director of IT Applications & Portals Testing at the Commonwealth Department of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC), previously Australian Defence Policy Owner (Assistant Director) of Cost Estimation & Analysis of Global Projects (DMO), and Systems Testing Manager at the Commonwealth Department of Employment & Workplace Relations (DEWR).

[edit] Scotsmen

• John Brown (of Wamphray) (1610–1679)
• John Brown (theologian) (1722–1787), a Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
• John Brown (doctor) (1735–1788), a Scottish physician who developed his own medical “system”
• John Brown (clergyman) (1784–1859), a Scottish clergyman and writer
• John Brown (physician) (1810–1882), a Scottish physician and essayist
• John Brown (servant) (1826–1883), the Scottish servant of Queen Victoria
• John Brown (professor) (b. 1947), teacher of astronomy in Scotland.
• John Brown (footballer) (b. 1962), football (soccer) player for Rangers Football Club

[edit] Other Britons

• John Brown (essayist) (1715–1766), an English clergyman and essayist
• John Brown (architect), a British architect in the 19th century.
• John Brown (bridge player), a contract-bridge player.
• 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
• John Thomas Brown (1869–1904), Yorkshire and England cricketer.
• John Brown (curler), an English curling player
• John Brown (soldier) English Civil War Parliamenternian Colonel, lost the Battle of Powick Bridge
• Dr. John M. Brown, Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, investigating the spectroscopic theory of free radicals

[edit] United States politicians

(listed in alphabetical order by state, office)

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

[edit] Other Americans and Canadians

• John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), famous abolitionist who led a controversial raid on the Harpers Ferry armory
• John Brown (actor) (1904-1957), had a role on tv series, I Love Lucy, as photographer, "Mr. Murdock".
• John Brown (basketball), NBA player.
• John Brown (boxer), an American boxer who has tried, unsuccessfully, several times to become a world champion
• John Brown (builder), builder of Canada's Imperial Towers
• John Brown (executive), who ran Stryker Corp. and became a billionaire
• 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 (Medal of Honor) (born 1838), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Brown (Ontario) (b. 1841), Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons
• John Brown of Pittsfield (1744–1780), American Revolutionary War officer
• John Brown (entity) John Brown is an entity who appears in season one of ego trip's "The (White) Rapper Show."
• John Brown (sailor) (born 1826), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John A. Brown, Jr., an American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin.

• John Appleton Brown (d. 1902), American painter
• John George Brown (1831–1913), American painter born Durham, England
• 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

[edit] Fictional characters

• John Brown, the protagonist of the 1999 film Inspector Gadget

[edit] 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 (song)”, a Bob Dylan song
• John Brown's Body (band), an American Reggae band
• John Brown University, a private Christian college located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas

[edit] See also

• John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, CEO of BP