John Brown is a common name shared by numerous individuals.

Some of the more notable John Browns include:

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• John Brown (1800-1859) was the American abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry.
• John Brown (c. 1810-1876) wrote Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings and Escape of John Brown published in London, 1855
• John Brown (1826-1883) was the Scottish servant of Queen Victoria
• John Brown (1715-1766) was a Scottish clergyman and essayist
• John Brown (1722-1787) was a Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
• John Brown (1784-1858) was a Scottish clergyman and writer
• John Brown (1735-1788) was a Scottish physician who developed his own medical "system"
• John Brown (died 1845) was an eloquent British evangelical preacher and Vicar of St. Mary's Leicester
• John Brown (1810-1882) was a Scottish physician and essayist
• Sir John Brown (1816-1896) was the inventor of a process for rolling armour-plate, and founded the Atlas steelworks, Sheffield
• John Brown (1850-1930) was a mining magnate in New South Wales, Australia; known as the "Coal Baron"
• John Brown was a British architect in the 19th century.
• John Brown is an American boxer who has tried, unsuccessfully, several times to become a world champion
• John W. Brown (1867-1941) was a Canadian-born labor leader in the U.S.
• John Brown was a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, noted for his key decisions in favor of civil rights
• John Brown was the Member for Parramatta in the Australian House of Representatives from 1977 to 1990
• John Brown teaches astronomy in Scotland.
• John Brown was a contract-bridge expert.
• John Brown was the name for the bumbling detective in Disney's live-action Inspector Gadget movie. The name "John Brown" was never used on the original cartoon series.

U.S. politicians

There are several U.S. politicians named John Brown:

• John Brown (1757-1837), was a member of the Continental Congress from Virginia and a Representative and Senator to the U.S. Congress from the state of Kentucky
• John Brown (????-1815), was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Maryland
• John Brown (1737-1812), pioneer and statesman from North Carolina
• John Brown (1772-1845), was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Pennsylvania
• John Brown (1736-1803), U.S.Congressman from Rhode Island
• John Brewer Brown (1836-1898), was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Maryland
• John C. Brown (1827-1889), was Governor of Tennessee
• John Robert Brown (1842-1927), was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Virginia
• John W. Brown (1796-1875), was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of New York
• John William Brown (1913-1993) was governor of Ohio for eleven days in 1957.
• John Young Brown (1835-1904), was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Kentucky
• John Young Brown (1900-1985), was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Kentucky
• John Y. Brown, Jr., was governor of Kentucky in the 1970s
• John Y. Brown, III , was secretary of state of Kentucky in the 1990s

See also

• Lord John Browne, CEO of BP.