William Brown - Other Notable People

Other Notable People

  • Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Richmond Hill (1784–1864), British merchant and banker
  • William D. Brown (1813–1863), founder of Omaha, Nebraska
  • William C. Brown (1916–1999), American electrical engineer
  • William Brown (bridge designer) (1928–2005), English structural engineer, bridge designer
  • William H. Brown, III (born 1928), African American attorney, fourth Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • William Brown (tenor) (1938–2004), American opera singer
  • William F. Brown (1919–2010), American welding engineer
  • William Lincoln Brown (1862–1940), second Register of Copyrights in the United States Copyright Office
  • William Penn Brown (1841–1929), pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting
  • William Earl Brown (born 1963), American character actor
  • William Robinson Brown (born 1875) American horse breeder and director of the Brown Company

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