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John Brown may refer to several people, most famously the abolitionist John Brown (and the related song The Battle Hymn of the Republic):

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

Scotsmen

• John Brown (of Wamphray) (1610–1679)
• John Brown (essayist) (1715–1766), a Scottish clergyman and essayist
• 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

Other Britons

• John Brown (soldier) English Civil War Parliamenternian Colonel, lost the Battle of Powick Bridge
• 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

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)

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 (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

Fictional characters

• 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 (song)”, a Bob Dylan song
• John Brown's Body (band), a jamaican Reggae band

See also

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

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