William Browne

William Browne may refer to:

  • Sir William Browne, Lord Mayor of London (died 1514), Lord Mayor of London
  • William Browne (poet) (c. 1590–c. 1645), English poet
  • William Browne (physician) (1692–1774), English physician
  • William George Browne (1768–1813), British traveller
  • William Browne (MP) (1791–1876), Irish politician in the UK Parliament
  • William Phineas Browne (1804–1869), American lawyer and coal mining pioneer
  • William A. F. Browne (1805–1885), British psychiatrist
  • William M. Browne (1827–1883), American cabinet member of Confederate States Army
  • William Alfred Browne (1831–after 1897), British civil servant
  • William F. Browne (before 1861–1867), American military photographer
  • William Rowan Browne (1884–1975), Australian geologist
  • William Denis Browne (1888–1915), British composer, pianist, organist and music critic
  • William Joseph Browne (1897–1989), Newfoundland and Canadian politician
  • Willie Browne (1936–2004), Irish football player
  • William Browne (Irish politician) (fl. 1930s), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • William D. Browne (fl. 1940s), U.S. Army officer who discovered Nazi membership files
  • William Browne (MP for Haslemere), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622
  • William Browne (Mayor of the Calais Staple) (1410–1489), Lord Mayor and Merchant of the Staple of Calais, France
  • Horsey Browne (William F. Browne, 1903–1931), Irish rugby player

Read more about William Browne:  See Also

Famous quotes containing the words william and/or browne:

    Bless your heart, they don’t mind—they’re exceedingly
    kind—
    They don’t blame you—as long as you’re funny!
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.
    —Thomas Browne (1605–1682)