William Brown - Military People

Military People

  • William Brown (soldier) (1759–1808), American Revolutionary War soldier
  • William Brown (Royal Navy officer) (1764–1814), British Royal Navy admiral
  • William Brown (admiral) (1777–1857), or Guillermo Brown, Irish-Argentine Navy admiral
  • William Brown (sailor) (birth name unknown), Black woman who served in the Royal Navy 1804–1816, disguised as a man
  • William H. Brown (1836–1896), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • William Maurice Brown (1910–1975), Lt. Colonel; first principal of Faujdarhat Cadet College
  • William Gustavus Brown (died 1883), commander of British troops in China and Hong Kong

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