Browne is a surname from the French le Brun which becomes de Brun in Gaelic in Ireland (11th century) or a variant of the English surname Brown (surname).^[1] The Mac an Bhreithamhnaigh clan of Co. Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800.^[2]

• Adam Browne, Australian writer
• Andrew Browne, Australian rules footballer
• Sir Anthony Browne (died 1548), Standard Bearer of England
• Anthony Browne (author) (born 1946), author of children's books
• Anthony Browne (UK politics), journalist
• Anucha Browne Sanders, American basketball player
• Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
• Baron Browne, American bassist
• Barrington Browne, Guyanese cricketer
• Bud Browne, film director
• Byron Browne, American baseball player
• Chance Browne, American comic strip artist, son of Dik Browne
• Charles Farrar Browne (1834–1867), American author
• Chris Browne, American cartoonist, son of Dik Browne
• Christopher Browne (born 1970), American television producer
• Coral Browne, Australian actress
• Courtney Browne, Barbadian cricketer
• Cyril Browne, Barbadian cricketer
• Des Browne, British politician
• Dik Browne, American comic strip artist
• Edward Granville Browne, British orientalist
• Edward Harold Browne, British bishop
• Edward Stevenson Browne, British soldier
• Edward Thomas Browne (1866–1937), cnidariologist
• Eliane Browne-Bartroli (1917–1944), British intelligence agent
• Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester, the mistress of Henry VIII and lady-in-waiting to his second wife, Anne Boleyn
• Feargal Browne, Irish politician
• Garech Browne, Irish arts patron
• George Browne (soldier), Russian field marshal
• George Joseph Plunket Browne, Bishop of Elphin from 1844 to 1858
• Hablot Knight Browne, British illustrator
• Harry Browne, American investment analyst and political writer
• Henry George Gore-Browne, Irish soldier
• Howard Browne, American writer
• Ivan Browne, the singer for The Lemon Pipers
• Jack Nixon Browne, British politician
• Jackson Browne (born 1948), American musician
• James Browne (athlete), Antiguan long jumper
• James Browne (engineer), Scottish engineer
• James Browne (writer), Scottish man of letters
• E. Janet Browne, British historian of science
• Jann Browne, American country singer
• Jeremy Browne, British politician
• John Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Browne (disambiguation), several people
• Joy Browne, American radio psychologist
• Kale Browne (born 1950), American actor
• Leslie Browne, American ballet dancer
• E. Martin Browne (1900–1980), British theatre director
• Mary Browne, American tennis player
• Mason Browne, Pianoist.
• Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal
• Michael Browne (disambiguation)
• Lady Moyra Browne, nurse
• Nicholas Browne-Wilkinson, British judge
• Noël Browne (1915–1997), Irish politician and physician
• Olin Browne (born 1959), American golfer
• Pádraig de Brún, Irish churchman, brother of Michael Browne (Cardinal)
• Patrick Browne, Irish botanist
• Patti Ann Browne, American broadcaster
• Peter Browne (disambiguation)
• Robert Browne (disambiguation)
• Rodney Howard-Browne, South African preacher
• Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor
• Rose Browne, American educator
• Sam Browne, several people
• Seán Browne (1916–1996), Irish politician
• Sean K. L. Browne (born 1953), contemporary American sculptor
• Steven Browne (born 1989), Australian footballer
• Sylvia Browne, American medium
• Tara Browne, British socialite
• Sir Thomas Browne, English author
• Thomas Gore Browne, British colonial administrator
• Tom Browne (broadcaster and actor), British broadcaster
• Tony Browne, Irish hurler
• Travis Browne, American mixed martial arts fighter
• Ulric Browne, British actor
• Valentine Browne (disambiguation)
• Vanessa Browne-Ward, Australian high jumper
• Vincent Browne, Irish journalist
• Vincent Browne (sculptor), Irish sculptor
• Walter Browne, American chess player
• Wayles Browne, American linguist and Slavist
• Whit Browne (fl. late 20th century), American musician
• William Browne (poet) (1588–1643), English poet
• William A. F. Browne (1805–1885), mental health professional, fellow student of Charles Darwin
• William Alfred Browne
• Major William D. Browne, U.S. Army officer
• William George Browne (1768–1813), British traveller
• William Joseph Browne, politician who served with the federal governments of both Newfoundland and Canada
• William M. Browne, American Confederate politician
• Willie Browne (1936–2004), Republic of Ireland International football player
• William Phineas Browne, American lawyer and coal industry figure

See also

• Brown (surname)
• Earl of Kenmare, where Browne is the family name
• Viscount Montagu, where Browne is the family name
• Marquess of Sligo, where Browne is the family name
• Baron Oranmore and Browne
• Tribes of Galway, which includes Browne as one of the tribes

References

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