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 may also refer to:

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 Y. Brown, III, Kentucky Secretary of the State, 1996–2000
John Y. Brown (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) (died 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) (1737–1812), 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, 1772–1845)
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 (1827–1889), (D)
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

Australian

John Brown (Australian politician), elected to the Australian House of Representatives, 1977–1990

British

John Wesley Brown, British Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough East, 1922–1923

Canadian

John Brown (Canadian politician) (1841–1905), member of Parliament
John Clemence Gordon Brown, former diplomat
John Brown (reeve), Canadian politician

New Zealand

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

Sports

John Brown (American football) (born 1939), NFL player
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 (bridge player) (1887–?), UK contract-bridge player
John Brown (footballer born 1915), Scottish association football player
John Brown (footballer born 1962), Scottish association football player and manager
John Alf Brown (1881–1936), Welsh international rugby player
Johnny Brown (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
Johnny Mack Brown (1904–1974), American football player

Religion

John Brown (clergyman) (1784–1859), Scottish clergyman and writer
John Brown (theologian) (1722–1787), Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
John Brown (essayist) (1715–1766), English clergyman
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
John Henry Hobart Brown (1831–1888), Episcopal bishop
John Edward Brown, third Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf

Military

John Brown (spy) (died 1964), UK spy and POW during the Second World War
John Brown of Pittsfield (1744–1780), American Revolutionary War officer
John M. Brown III, Lieutenant General in the United States Army
John S. Brown, United States Army brigadier general; Chief Historian of the U.S. Army Center of Military History

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 Brown (professor) (b. 1947), teacher of astronomy in Scotland
John Campbell Brown (b. 1947), Scottish astronomer and professor
John H. Brown, American scholar of public diplomacy
John Ronald Brown (b. 1922), unlicensed United States sex-change operation surgeon

Other John Browns

John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American abolitionist
John Brown (architect), British architect in the 19th century
John Brown (American author) (b. 1966), novelist and short story writer
John Brown (builder) (1809–1876), Canadian builder of Ontario's Imperial
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
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 (servant) (1826–1883), Scottish servant of Queen Victoria
Johnny Brown, American actor and singer
John A. Brown, Jr. (died 1997), American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin
John George Brown (1831–1913), American painter born Durham, England
John Mason Brown (1900–1969), United States literary critic
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 (1867–1941), Canadian-born labor leader in the United States
John W. Brown (set decorator), a set decorator who won an Academy Award
John Brown (entity), entity in season one of ego trip's "The (White) Rapper Show"
John E. Brown (1879–1957), founder of John Brown University

Fictional 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

Other

"John Brown", an anti-war song by Bob Dylan written in 1962 but unreleased until his 1995 MTV Unplugged performance
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's Body (band), an American Reggae band
John Brown University, a private Christian college located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas

Translation

The phrase "John Brown" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.

Translation(s) in other languages: French: John Brown (homonymie), Japanese: ジョン・ブラウン, Polish: John Brown (ujednoznacznienie), Russian: Браун, Джон, Chinese: 约翰·布朗.