John Brown may refer to:
Australians
Scotsmen
Other Britons
- John Brown (essayist) (1715–1766), English clergyman
- John Brown (architect), British architect in the 19th century
- John Brown (bridge player), contract-bridge player
- Sir John Brown (industrialist) (1816–1896), 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), eloquent British evangelical preacher and Vicar of St. Mary's Leicester
- John Brown of Bedford (1830-1922), Doctor of Divinity, pastor of Bunyan's Chapel, and author of many works of theology and church history
- Jack Brown (1869–1904), Yorkshire and England cricketer
- John Brown (curler), English curling player
- John Brown (soldier) English Civil War Parliamentarian Colonel, lost the Battle of Powick Bridge
- Prof. John M. Brown (physical chemist), Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, investigating the spectroscopic theory of free radicals
- Dr John Brown (organic chemist), Fellow of the Royal Society and tutor in organic chemistry at Wadham College, Oxford.
- John Brown (actor) (1904-1957) British born radio and film actor, Digby "Digger" O'Dell in The Life of Riley radio series and "Al" in the My Friend Irma radio series
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 Robert Brown (Virginia politician), U.S. Representative (1842–1927)
Other Americans and Canadians
- John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), abolitionist
- John Brown (baseball) (1876–1908), player for 1897 Brooklyn Bridegrooms, which later became Los Angeles Dodgers
- John Brown (basketball) (b. 1951), NBA player
- John Brown (builder) (1809–1876), Canadian builder of Ontario's Imperial Towers
- John Brown (educator) (1763–1842), third president of the University of Georgia
- John Brown (executive), who ran Stryker Corp. and became a billionaire
- John Brown (football player) (b. 1939), NFL player
- Johnny Brown, American actor and singer
- 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) (b. 1838), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Brown (news anchor), KTVI news anchor
- 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), entity in season one of ego trip's "The (White) Rapper Show"
- John Brown (sailor) (b. 1826), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John A. Brown, Jr. (d. 1997), American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin
Pastoral Landscape (1890) by John Appleton Brown
- John Appleton Brown (d. 1902), American painter
- John Elward Brown, Sr. (1879-1957), influential American evangelist at the turn of the century; founded John Brown University in Arkansas
- 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 Henry Hobart Brown (1831–1888), Episcopal bishop
- John M. Brown III, Lieutenant General in the United States Army
- John Mason Brown (1900–1969), United States literary critic
- John Robert Brown (British Columbia politician)
- 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 Ronald Brown (b. 1922), unlicensed United States sex-change operation surgeon
- John W. Brown (1867–1941), Canadian-born labor leader in the United States
- John W. Brown (New York politician) (1796–1875), U.S. Representative from New York
Fictional characters
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 (song)”, a Masters of Reality song, a retelling of the Civil War marching song from the Confederates' point of view
- John Brown's Body (band), an American Reggae band
- John Brown University, a private Christian college located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas
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