James Brown (disambiguation)

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James Brown (1933–2006) was an American recording artist and musician.

Jim Brown (born 1936) is an American former football player and actor.

James, Jim or Jimmy Brown may also refer to:

Politicians

United Kingdom and Isle of Man

James Clifton Brown (1841–1917), member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Horsham, 1876–1880
James Brown (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1897), MP for South Down, Northern Ireland
James Brown (Scottish politician) (1862–1939), MP for Ayrshire, Scotland
Tony Brown (Manx politician) (James Anthony Brown, born 1950), Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
James Brown (MP for Malton) (1814–1877), British Liberal Party politician
James Gordon Brown (born 1951), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2007–2010

United States

James Brown (Louisiana) (1766–1835), U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1813–1817 and 1819–1823
James S. Brown (1824–1878), mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1861 and member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1863–1865
James W. Brown (1844–1909), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1903–1905
James H. "Jim" Brown (born 1940), Louisiana politician
James Harvey Brown (1906–1995), city council member in Los Angeles, California
James Stephens Brown (died 1947), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee

Canada

James Brown (New Brunswick politician) (1790–1870), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick between 1830 and 1861
James Elisha Brown (1913–1974), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1957 and 1962 to 1971
Jim Brown (politician) (born 1943), member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995–1999
James Brown (Canadian politician) (1828–1897), Ontario businessman and politician
James C. Brown (1868–?), Ontario farmer and political figure
James Pollock Brown (1841–1913), Canadian politician
James Thomas Brown (1871–1957), lawyer, judge and political figure in Saskatchewan

Australia and New Zealand

Jim Brown (Australian politician) (1918–1999), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
James Clark Brown (1830–1891), New Zealand MP in 1870 & 1871–1890

Sports

James A. Brown (1900–1965), American football and basketball coach
James Brown (quarterback) (born 1975), American college football player for the University of Texas
James Brown (cricketer) (born 1931), Scottish cricketer
James Brown (footballer born 1987), English footballer
James Brown (footballer born 1862) (1862–1922), British footballer
James Brown (1890s footballer), Scottish footballer for Manchester United, Dundee Our Boys, and Dundee
James Brown (footballer born 1907), Scottish footballer
James Brown (footballer born 1868) (1868–1934), English footballer for Aston Villa
James Brown (Australian footballer) (born 1990), Australian footballer
James Brown (offensive tackle) (born 1970), American professional football player from 1993–2000
James Brown (American football guard) (born 1988), American professional football player for the Chicago Bears
James Brown (sportscaster) (born 1951), American sportscaster
James Keith Brown (born 1953), Scottish footballer who played for Aston Villa
James Victor Brown (born 1935), Australian rugby player
Jim Brown (sprinter) (born 1909), Canadian sprinter
Jim Brown (footballer) (born 1952), Scottish footballer (Sheffield United)
Jim Brown (footballer born 1950), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Hibernian)
Jim Brown (ice hockey) (born 1960), retired American professional ice hockey defenseman
Jim Brown (outfielder) (1897–1944), baseball player
Jim Brown (pitcher) (James W.H. Brown, 1860–1908), baseball pitcher in 1884 and 1886
Jim Brown (catcher) (1892–1943), American baseball catcher and first baseman
Jim Brown (footballer born 1908) (1908–1994), American soccer player
Jimmy Brown (baseball) (1910–1977), American baseball player
Jimmy Brown (cricketer) (1864–1916), cricketer
Jimmy Brown (football manager), Scottish football manager (Dumbarton)
Jimmy Brown (footballer born 1924) (1924–2002), Scottish footballer (Bradford City)
Jimmy Brown (footballer born 1925) (1925–2008), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Kilmarnock)
Jimmy Brown (tennis) (born 1965), retired American professional tennis player
Jimmy White (aka Jimmy Brown, born 1962), snooker player

Writing and publishing

James Browne (writer) (1793–1841), Scottish writer and editor
James Brown (publisher) (1800–1855), American publisher and co-founder of Little, Brown and Company
J. B. Selkirk (1832–1904), Scottish poet and essayist, born James Brown
James Cooke Brown (1921–2000), sociologist and science fiction author
James Brown (author) (born 1957), American novelist and memoirist
James Brown (editor) (born 1965), English editor and media entrepreneur

Media, entertainment and arts

James Brown (actor) (1920–1992), American actor
Jimmy Brown (musician) (1926–2006), American trumpeter, saxophonist and singer
James Brown (magician) (fl. 2000s), British magic-performer
James Brown (artist) (born 1951), American painter active in Paris
James Clifford Brown (1923–2004), English composer
James Brown (hair stylist), Irish hair stylist
Jim Brown (director) (born 1950), American film director
Jim Brown (radio host), host of the Calgary Eyeopener
Jim Ed Brown (born 1934), American country music singer
James Francis Brown (born 1969), British composer
James Harmon Brown, American television writer with Barbara Esensten

Other people

James Brown (Scottish clergyman) (1734–1791), clergyman in the Scottish Episcopal Church
James Browne (Indian Army officer) (1839–1896), Scottish-Indian military officer and engineer
James Joseph Brown (1854–1922), American mining businessman
James Sutherland Brown (1881–1951), Canadian general and war planner
James A.C. Brown (1911–1964), Scottish psychiatrist
Jimmy Brown (Irish republican) (1955/56-1992), activist
James Failla (1919–1999), also known as Jimmy Brown, member of the Gambino crime family
James M. Brown (born 1941), Attorney General of Oregon from 1980–1981
James Brown (ecologist) (born 1942), American ecologist & academic
James Robert Brown, Canadian philosopher & academic
James Duff Brown (1862–1914), British librarian
James E. Brown III (born 1954), American pilot
James Brown (bishop of Louisiana), American Episcopal Church bishop
James Brown (bishop of Shrewsbury) (1812–1881), English Roman Catholic bishop
Jim Brown (computer scientist), computer scientist with IBM
James Baldwin Brown (1820–1884), British Congregational minister
James Brown (academic) (1709–1784), English clergyman and academic
James Graham Brown (1881–1969), American businessman and real estate developer
James MacLellan Brown, Scottish architect
James Brown (journalist), correspondent on the TV channel Russia Today
James Brown (engraver) (1819–1877), New Zealand engraver, caricaturist and drawing tutor
James Brown (sailor) (1826–?), American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
James Brown (priest) (born 1903), Dean of Edmonton
James Boyer Brown, Australian gynaecologist

Other uses

"James Brown" (song), a 1989 song by Big Audio Dynamite
"The Three Bells", a 1959 song also known as "Jimmy Brown" or "Little Jimmy Brown"
"James Brown", a song by Cage the Elephant from the 2008 album Cage the Elephant