# George Brown

George Brown may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

* George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter
* George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist
* George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor
* George D. Brown (architect) (1898–1968), American architect
* George H. Brown (producer) (1913–2001), British film producer
* George Mackay Brown (1921–1996), Scottish poet, author, and dramatist
* George Brown (medievalist) (died 2021), American scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature
* George Brown (musician) (1949–2023), American drummer for Kool & the Gang

## Business and industry

* George Edwards Brown (1780–1848), British-born Chilean businessman and politician
* George Brown (financier) (1787–1859), American banker and railroad founder
* George W. Brown (businessman) (1845–1918), American founder of the Brown's Business College chain
* George A. Brown (1885–1940), Scottish businessman, manager of the Rangoon Times
* George R. Brown (1898–1983), American construction entrepreneur
* George Garvin Brown IV (born 1969/70), Canadian businessman

## Law

* George F. Brown (c. 1820–1893), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
* George H. Brown (North Carolina judge) (1850–1926), associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
* George M. Brown (judge) (1864–1934), American attorney and judge in Oregon
* George Stewart Brown (1871–1941), judge for the United States Customs Court
* George H. Brown Jr. (born 1939), associate justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
* Sir George Brown (Belizean judge) (1942–2007), chief justice of Belize from 1990 to 1998

## Military

* Sir George Brown (British Army officer) (1790–1865), British general in the Crimean War
* George Brown (admiral) (1835–1913), American admiral
* George Scratchley Brown (1918–1978), chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

## Politics and government
### Canada

* George Brown (Canadian politician) (1818–1880), Scottish-born journalist and politician
* George Stayley Brown (1827–1915), ship owner, historian and political figure in Nova Scotia
* George W. Brown (Saskatchewan politician) (1860–1919), Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
* George Brown (Ottawa politician) (born 1959), Ottawa politician

### United Kingdom

* George Brown (Governor of Bombay) (fl. 1811–1812), governor of Bombay
* George Francis Brown (1802–1871), civil servant of the East India Company
* George Mackenzie Brown (1869–1946), member of parliament
* George Brown, Baron George-Brown (1914–1985), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

### United States

* George Brown (Rhode Island politician) (1746–1836), lieutenant governor of Rhode Island
* George Houston Brown (1810–1865), New Jersey politician
* George William Brown (mayor) (1812–1890), mayor of Baltimore, Maryland
* George W. Brown (Wisconsin politician) (c. 1819–?), Wisconsin legislator from Waukesha County
* George Brown (Wisconsin politician, born 1830) (1830–1909), English-born Wisconsin politician
* George H. Brown (Lowell mayor) (1877–1950), mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
* George Brown Jr. (1920–1999), U.S. representative from California
* George Brown Jr. (Kentucky politician) (born 1948), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
* George L. Brown (1926–2006), Colorado politician
* Hank Brown (George Hanks Brown, born 1940), U.S. senator from Colorado

### Other countries

* George Brown (South African politician) (1870–1932), Scottish-born South African trade unionist and politician
* George Deas Brown (1922–2014), Australian politician
* George Brown (Australian politician, born 1929) (1929–2002), Australian politician and Lord Mayor of Darwin, Northern Territory

## Religion

* George Brown (bishop of Dunkeld) (c. 1438–1515), Scottish bishop
* George Brown (Benedictine) (died 1628), English Benedictine
* George Brown (bishop of Liverpool) (1784–1856), English Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool
* George S. Brown (minister) (1801–1886), American Methodist preacher and missionary to Liberia
* George Brown (missionary) (1835–1917), English Methodist missionary to Fiji, Samoa, and New Britain, president-general of the Methodist Church of Australasia

## Science and medicine

* George Brown (inventor) (1650–1730), Scottish inventor
* Sir George Lindor Brown (1903–1971), English physiologist and Secretary of the Royal Society
* George Harold Brown (1908–1987), American developer of color television
* George W. Brown (computer scientist) (1917–2005), American statistician, game theorist, and computer scientist
* G. Spencer-Brown (1923–2016), English mathematician
* Sir George Malcolm Brown (1925–1997), English geologist
* George Brown (sociologist) (born 1930), English medical sociologist

## Sports
### American football

* George Brown (coach) (1911–1968), American football coach
* George Brown (American football) (1923–2008), American football player
* George Brown (gridiron football) (1923–2013), American and Canadian football player

### Association football (soccer)

* George H. Brown (footballer) (1866–1903), English footballer, Notts County
* George Brown (footballer, born 1880), English footballer, Stoke, Norwich City, Millwall, Sheffield United
* George Brown (footballer, born 1883), English footballer, Southampton
* George Brown (footballer, born 1903) (1903–1948), English footballer, Huddersfield, Aston Villa, Burnley, Leeds United
* George Brown (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1988), Scottish international footballer, Rangers
* George Brown (Australian soccer) (fl. 1920s), Australian international soccer player, Brisbane City, Pineapple Rovers
* George Brown (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2011), Scottish footballer, Stenhousemuir, Hamilton Academical
* George Brown (soccer, born 1935), American soccer player, New York Americans, Elizabeth Falcons
* George Brown (footballer, born 1999), Indonesian footballer

### Baseball

* George Brown (1910s outfielder) (1885–1955), American Negro leagues baseball outfielder
* George Brown (pitcher) (fl. 1920s), American Negro leagues baseball pitcher
* George Brown (1940s outfielder) (fl. 1940s), American Negro leagues baseball outfielder

### Cricket

* George Brown (cricketer, born 1783) (1783–1857), English cricketer
* George Brown (cricketer, born 1821) (1821–1875), English cricketer
* George Brown (cricketer, born 1887) (1887–1964), English cricketer

### Other sports

* George Daniel Brown (1836–1902), English golfer
* George Brown (rower) (1839–1875), Canadian champion single scull rower
* George V. Brown (1880–1937), American sports official and coach
* George Knockout Brown (1890–1971), American welterweight boxer
* George Brown (ice hockey) (1912–1972), Canadian ice hockey player
* George Brown (motorcyclist) (1912–1979), English motorcycle racer
* George Brown (sailor) (1915–1995), British Olympic sailor
* George Brown (rugby league, Batley) (fl. 1940s), English rugby league footballer for England and Batley
* George Brown (long jumper) (1931–2018), American long jumper
* George Brown (basketball) (1935–2016), American basketball player
* George Brown (rugby league, Castleford) (fl. 1950s–1960s), English rugby league footballer for Castleford
* George Brown (Australian footballer) (born 1959), Australian rules footballer

## Trade unions

* George William Brown (trade unionist) (1880–?), British trade unionist and politician
* George Brown (communist) (1906–1937), Irish-born Manchester trade unionist killed in the Spanish Civil War

## Other people

* Sir George McLaren Brown (1865–1939), Canadian railway administrator
* George Brown (executioner) (fl. 1911–1919), English executioner
* Igor Gouzenko (alias George Brown, 1919–1982), Soviet defector to Canada

## Other uses

* George Brown College, applied arts and technology college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* George Brown, Class Clown, a book series by author Nancy E. Krulik
* George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
* George Brown & Co, a defunct Scottish shipbuilder