Browne

Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown, meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning.[1] The Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800.[2] The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the Spanish surname Pardo.[3]

* Adam Browne (born 1963), Australian writer
* Andrew Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Anthony Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Anucha Browne Sanders, American basketball player
* Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
* Baron Browne, American bassist
* Barrington Browne (born 1967), Guyanese cricketer
* Buckston Browne (1850–1945), English physician
* Bud Browne (1912–2008), American film director
* Byron Browne (baseball) (born 1942), American baseball player
* Carl Browne (1849–1914), American cattle rancher, cartoonist, journalist and political activist in Coxey's Army
* Carolyn Browne (born 1958), British ambassador
* Chance Browne (born 1948), American comic strip artist
* Chris Browne (1952–2023), American cartoonist
* Christopher Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Coral Browne (1913–1991), Australian actress
* Courtney Browne (born 1970), Barbadian cricketer
* Cyril Snuffy Browne (1890–1964), Barbadian cricketer
* Dan Browne (born 1975), American distance runner
* Daniel Browne (born 1979), New Zealand rugby player
* Davey Browne (1986–2015), Australian professional boxer
* David Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Des Browne (born 1952), British politician
* Dik Browne (1917–1989), American comic strip artist
* Edward Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Ernest Browne (1855–1946), Irish tennis player
* Eliane Browne-Bartroli (1917–1944), British intelligence agent
* Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester (died 1565), lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn
* Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890), American poet
* Feargal Browne (born 1973), Irish politician
* Federico Browne (born 1976), Argentine retired tennis player
* Garech Browne (1939–2018), Irish arts patron
* George Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Hablot Knight Browne (1815–1882), British illustrator
* Harrison Browne (born 1993), Canadian hockey player
* Harry Browne (1933–2006), American investment analyst and political writer
* Harry C. Browne (1878–1954), American banjo player and actor
* Henry Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Henry Gore-Browne (1830–1912), Irish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Howard Browne (1908–1999), American writer
* Irene Mary Browne (1881–1977), British artist
* Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760) English politician and poet
* Ivan Browne (born 1947), singer in American pop band The Lemon Pipers
* Jack Nixon Browne (1904–1993), British politician
* Jackson Browne (born 1948), American musician
* James Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Janet Browne (born 1950), British historian of science
* Jann Browne (born 1954), American country singer
* Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo (1939–2014), Irish peer
* Jeremy Browne (born 1970), British politician
* Jim Browne (1930–2003), American basketball player
* Jim Browne (American football) (born 1962), American football player
* John Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Joseph Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Joy Browne (1944–2016), American radio psychologist
* Kale Browne (born 1950), American actor
* Kathie Browne (1930–2003), American actress
* Kathleen Browne (1876–1943), Irish politician, farmer, writer, historian and archaeologist
* Kathleen Browne (artist) (1905–2007), New Zealand artist
* Kimberly Browne, New Zealand architect
* LaVerne Ward Browne (1906–1966), American aviator who used the stage name John Trent as an actor
* Leslie Browne (born 1957), American ballet dancer
* Lucille Baldwin Brown (1922–2019), American librarian
* Martin Browne (1900–1980), British theatre director
* Mary Browne (1891–1971), American tennis player
* Mary Ann Browne (1812–1845), English poet, writer of musical scores
* Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705–1757), Austrian field marshal
* McKenzie Browne (born 1995), American speed skater
* Michael Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Millicent Browne (1881–1975), British suffragette
* Moyra Browne (1918–2016), British nurse
* Nicholas Browne (1947–2014), British diplomat
* Nicholas Brown-Wilkinson (1930–2018), British judge
* Noël Browne (1915–1997), Irish politician and physician
* Norman Anil Kumar Browne (born 1951), Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshall (2011–2013)
* Olin Browne (born 1959), American golfer
* Patrick Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Patti Ann Browne (born 1965), American broadcaster
* Peter Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Ray Browne (politician) (1939–2010), American businessman and politician
* Reginald Spencer Browne (1856–1943), Australian journalist, newspaper editor and general
* Robert Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Ronnie Browne (born 1937), Scottish folk singer
* Roscoe Lee Browne (1922–2007), American actor
* Rose Browne (1897–1986), American educator
* Sam Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Seán Browne (1916–1996), Irish politician
* Sean K. L. Browne (born 1953), contemporary American sculptor
* Sidney Browne (1850–1941), British nurse
* Spencer Browne (born 1994), American musician
* Spencer Browne (born 2003), American Musician, stage name Malcolm Mark
* Stan Browne (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer
* Steven Browne (born 1989), Australian footballer
* Sylvester John Browne (1841–1915), Australian pastoralist, miner and sportsman
* Sylvia Browne (1936–2013), American medium
* Tara Browne (1945–1966), British socialite
* Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682), English author
* Thomas Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Thom Browne, American fashion designer
* Tim Browne (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player
* Tom Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Tony Browne (born 1973), Irish hurler
* Tony Browne (diplomat) (born 1946), New Zealand diplomat
* Tracy Browne, survivor of an attack be English English serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
* Travis Browne (born 1982), American mixed martial arts fighter
* Ulric Browne, British actor
* Valentine Browne (disambiguation), several people
* Vanessa Browne (born 1963), Australian high jumper
* Vincent Browne (born 1944), Irish journalist
* Vincent Browne (sculptor) (born 1947), Irish sculptor
* Walter Browne (1949–2015), American chess player
* Wayles Browne (born 1941), American linguist and Slavist
* William Browne (disambiguation), several people

## Given name

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* Browne Bushell (bap. 1609, d. 1651), English Civil War-era naval officer
* Browne Langrish (died 1759), English physician and medical author
* Browne C. Lewis (c. 1962–2022), dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law
* Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquary, author, numismatist and member of the House of Commons

## See also

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* Brown (surname)
* Broun (surname)
* Earl of Kenmare, where Browne is the family name
* Viscount Montagu, where Browne is the family name
* Marquess of Sligo, where Browne is the family name
* Baron Oranmore and Browne
* Tribes of Galway, which includes Browne as one of the tribes

## References

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1. ^ Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 59
2. ^ "GulliverIreland.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20.
3. ^ "The Pardo (Prado) Family". 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

Surname list

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