Alan Brown may refer to:
- Alan Brown (racing driver) (1919–2004), Formula 1 racing driver
- Alan Brown (cricketer) (born 1935), English Test cricketer
- Alan Brown (Worcestershire cricketer) (born 1957), former English cricketer
- Alan Brown (cricketer, born 1933), former English cricketer
- Alan Brown (footballer) (1914–1996), English football player and manager
- Alan Grahame Brown (1913–1972), Member of Parliament for Tottenham, 1959–1964
- Alan Brown (Australian politician) (born 1946), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Alan Brown (filmmaker), American director and author
- Alan Brown (tennis), British tennis player from the 1930s, see 1931 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
- Alan A. Brown (Andor Braun, 1928–2010), professor of economics and Holocaust survivor
- A. Whitney Brown, American writer and comedian
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