Browne
Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown (surname), meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning.[1] The Mac A Brehons clan of Co. Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800.[2]
- Adam Browne, Australian writer
- Andrew Browne, several people
- 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
- Booker Brown, American football player
- 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
- Charles E. Browne, American territorial legislator
- Chris Browne, American cartoonist, son of Dik Browne
- Christopher Browne (born 1970), American television producer
- Coral Browne, Australian actress
- Courtney Browne, Barbadian cricketer
- Snuffy 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
- Ernest Browne (1855-1946), Irish tennis player
- 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, several people
- Joseph Browne, 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
- Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal
- Michael Browne, several people
- Lady Moyra Browne, nurse
- Nicholas Browne (1947–2014), British diplomat
- 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, several people
- Robert Browne, several people
- 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 (1936−2013), American medium
- Tara Browne, British socialite
- Sir Thomas Browne, English author
- Thomas Gore Browne, British colonial administrator
- Tim Browne, (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Browne (broadcaster and actor), British broadcaster
- Tony Browne, Irish hurler
- Travis Browne, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Ulric Browne, British actor
- Valentine Browne, several people
- Vanessa Ward (née Browne), Australian high jumper
- Vincent Browne, Irish journalist
- Vincent Browne (sculptor), Irish sculptor
- Walter Browne, American chess player
- Wayles Browne, American linguist and Slavist
- 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
- ↑ Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 59
- ↑ http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/family.htm?FamilyId=447