Robert Brown

Robert Brown may refer to:

Entertainers and artists

• Washboard Sam or Robert Brown (1910–1966), American musician and singer
• Robert W. Brown (1917–2009), American printmaker and glass artist
• Robert Brown (British actor) (1921–2003), British actor, played M in four James Bond films
• Robert Brown (American actor) (1926–2022), American actor, played Jason Bolt in Here Come the Brides
• Robert Delford Brown (1930–2009), American performance artist
• Robert Brown (cartoonist) (1936–2007), American painter and cartoonist
• Robert Latham Brown (born 1947), American producer, production manager, and author
• Robert Curtis Brown (born 1957), American actor
• Robert Brown (musician) (born 1970), lead singer of steampunk band Abney Park
• Reb Brown (Robert Edward Brown, born 1948), American actor
• Robert Brown (born 1983), multi-instrumentalist of American musical group Epignosis

Military

• Robert Brown (sailor) (fl. 1830–1864), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• Robert B. Brown (1844–1916), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Robert Brooks Brown (born 1959), U.S. Army officer

Politicians

• Robert Brown (MP for Gloucester), Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester in 1353 and 1358
• Robert Weare alias Brown, MP for Marlborough in 1553
• Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of Westminster (died 1760), British Member of Parliament
• Robert Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (1744–1823), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
• Robert Brown (English politician) (1921–1996)
• Robert Brown (Ohio politician) (1928–1985), member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985
• Bob Brown (Australian Labor politician) (1933–2022)
• Robert Brown (Minnesota politician) (1935–2020), member of the Minnesota State Senate
• Bob Brown (born 1944), Australian politician
• Robert Brown (Scottish politician) (born 1947), Scottish politician
• Robert Brown (Georgia politician) (1950–2011), Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate
• Robert Brown (South Carolina politician) (born 1950), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
• Robert C. Brown (politician), mayor of Wichita, Kansas in 1981–1982 and 1985–1986
• Robert Leslie Brown (born c. 1951), Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2006 to 2019

Scientists and academics

• Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) (1773–1858), Scottish (Montrose) scientist, explorer, author, botanist: R.Br., after whom Brownian motion is named
• Robert Brown (New Zealand botanist) (c. 1824–1906), New Zealand bootmaker and botanist: R.Br.bis
• Robert Brown (botanist, born 1842) (1842–1895), Scottish (Caithness) explorer, scientist, author, botanist: R.Br.ter
• Robert C. Brown (engineer), American mechanical engineering professor
• Robert Cunyngham Brown (1867–1945), British psychologist and medical administrator
• Robert Rudmose-Brown (1879–1957), British academic botanist and polar explorer
• Robert Brown (plant physiologist) (1908–1999), British scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society
• Robert Hanbury Brown (1916–2002), British astronomer and physicist
• Robert Goodell Brown (1923–2013), American statistician
• Robert E. Brown (1927–2005), American ethnomusicologist, coined the term "world music"
• Robert A. Brown (born 1951), president of Boston University
• J. Robert Brown Jr., American law professor

Sportspeople

American football

• R. R. Brown (1879–1950), American football coach
• Robert J. Brown (1904–1985), American football player, businessman and author
• Robert Brown (American football, born 1960), American football defensive end
• Robert Brown (tight end) (born 1943), American football tight end

Association football

• Robert Brown (footballer, born 1856) (1856–1904), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1884, nicknamed 'Sparrow'
• Robert Brown (footballer, born 1860) (1860–1940), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1885, nicknamed 'Plumber'
• Robert Brown (football manager) (1873–1935), English football manager
• Robert George Brown (fl. 1920s), English footballer
• Sailor Brown (Robert Albert John Brown, 1915–2008), English footballer

Other sports

• Robert Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (1850–1934)
• Robert Brown (baseball) (fl. 1874), American baseball player
• Robert Brown (sport shooter) (1873–1918), British Olympic shooter
• Robert Paul Brown (1876–1962), American baseball player, manager, and team owner
• Red Brown (basketball) (1907–1992), American college basketball coach, athletic director
• Robert Brown (American racing driver), NASCAR Cup Series driver in the 1974 Winston 500
• Robert Brown (South African cricketer) (born 1957)
• Dale Brown (boxer) or Robert Dale Brown (born 1971), Canadian boxer
• Robert Brown, English racing driver in the 2008 Formula Palmer Audi season

Other people

• Robert Brown (agriculturalist) (1757–1831), Scottish rural and agricultural writer
• Robert Brown (trade unionist) (1848–1917), Scottish trade union leader
• Robert Allan Brown (1849–1931), Canadian-American prospector and mining promoter
• Robert G. Brown (1857–1920), American inventor of the telephone handset
• Robert Brown (prelate) (1877–1947), Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic prefect of Zambesi
• R. Lewis Brown (1892–1948), U.S. federal judge
• Robert R. Brown (bishop) (1910–1994), author and Episcopal bishop of Arkansas
• Robert Brown (archdeacon of Bedford) (1914–2001), Anglican archdeacon of Bedford
• Robert Brown (archdeacon of Killala), Anglican priest in Ireland
• Robert James Brown (moderator) (1792–1872), Scottish minister
• Robert McAfee Brown (1920–2001), American Protestant theologian and peace activist
• Bob Brown (newspaper publisher) (Robert Lloyd Brown, 1930–1984), Las Vegas newspaper editor and publisher
• Robert K. Brown (born 1932), American combat correspondent and investigative journalist
• Robert L. Brown (Arkansas judge) (born 1941), associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Robert Brown (born 1957), Scottish man wrongly convicted of murder in the Robert Brown case in 1977
• Robert M. Brown, 1978 recipient of the Railroader of the Year award
• Robert Brown (solicitor) (1844–1912), British solicitor and classical philologist
• Robert Arthur Brown Jr. (1914–1972), Canadian oilman

See also

• Bert Brown (disambiguation)
• Bob Brown (disambiguation)
• Bobby Brown (disambiguation)
• Rob Brown (disambiguation)
• Robby Brown (disambiguation)
• Robert Browne (disambiguation)