Brown (disambiguation) - Definition

Brown can have a number of meanings:

• Brown is a color.

• Brown is short for Brown University, an American Ivy League university.

• Brown is a short name for the U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 347 US 483 1954, which desegregated public schools in the United States of America.
  See also Jim Crow.

• There have been different sports teams known as the Browns, including:
  • The Cleveland Browns in the National Football League
  • Two different teams in Major League Baseball called the St. Louis Browns:
    • The first (1883-98) played in the American Association and then the National League, and is now known as the St. Louis Cardinals
    • The second (1902-53), which played in the American League, relocated and became the Baltimore Orioles.

• Brown is also the surname of several famous people including
  • Alphonse Brown
  • Alton Brown -- U.S. TV chef
  • Arthur Brown -- British rock and roll singer
  • Benjamin Gratz Brown -- a Governor of Missouri
  • Bobby Brown -- U.S. rhythm and blues singer
  • Capability Brown -- English landscape gardener
  • Charles Brown -- U.S. blues singer
  • Charles Brockden Brown -- U.S. novelist
  • Charles Wreford Brown -- former captain of the England Soccer Team
  • Clarence Brown -- U.S. movie director
  • Clifford Brown -- U.S. jazz trumpeter
  • Dan Brown -- American author
  • David M. Brown -- U.S. astronaut
  • Dee Brown -- U.S. novelist and historian
  • Derren Brown -- British psychological illusionist
  • Eric Brown -- science fiction author
  • Ford Madox Brown -- English painter
  • Fredric Brown -- science fiction and mystery author
  • George Brown
  • George Brown College -- a college in the western part of downtown Toronto
  • Godfrey Brown -- British runner and teacher
  • Gordon Brown -- British Labour politician
  • H. Rap Brown -- U.S. civil rights activist
  • Henry B. Brown -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice
  • Herbert C. Brown -- chemist
  • Jackie Brown
  • James Brown -- U.S. soul singer
  • Jerry Brown -- Governor of California from 1975-83, and son of Pat
  • John Brown (disambiguation page)
    • John Brown -- U.S. abolitionist
    • John Brown -- Scottish servant of Queen Victoria
    • John Brown -- British preacher
  • Julie Brown -- U.S. actress and singer
  • Junior Brown -- U.S. country singer
  • Les Brown -- big band leader
  • Lew Brown -- U.S. lyricist
  • Margaret Brown -- Titanic survivor aka ("The Unsinkable") Molly Brown
  • Melanie Brown -- British singer aka Scary Spice
  • Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown -- pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Pat Brown -- Governor of California from 1959-67, and father of Jerry
  • Paul Brown -- American football coach
  • Peter Brown (disambiguation page)
    • Peter Brown - historian
    • Peter Brown - New Zealand politician
    • Peter Brown - singer
  • Ricardo Brown
  • Robert Brown -- Botanist (Brownian motion)
  • Rosemary Brown -- spirit medium
  • Rosemary Brown -- Canadian politician
  • Ruth Brown -- U.S. singer
  • Steve Brown -- British composer
  • Theo Wade Brown -- British designer and eccentric
  • Thomas Brown (disambiguation page)
  • Thomas Brown -- Scottish philosopher
  • Thomas Edward Brown -- British poet
  • Thomas Townsend Brown -- U.S.physicist
  • Tom Brown (disambiguation page)
    • Tom Brown -- U.S. jazz trombonist aka Red Brown

See also: List of people by name: Brown

• Several fictional characters have the name Brown including:
  • Father Brown is a fictional detective created by G. K. Chesterton.
  • Charlie Brown is a cartoon character.
  • Lavender Brown is a character in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling

• Several films have the name Brown in them including:
  • Mrs Brown is a 1997 movie about Queen Victoria and her Scottish servant, John Brown.
  • Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter is a 1968 movie starring Herman's Hermits.

• The Sturmabteilung (SA) were known as brown shirts from the color of their uniform.

• Brown is also the title of a P.O.D. album.