Braun
Encyclopedia
Braun is a common surname, originating from the German
word for the color brown
. The name is the 22nd most common family name
in Germany
. Many German emigrants to the United States
also changed their name to Brown (see Brown (surname)
).
In German, Braun is pronounced bʁaʊn, roughly similar to the English word "brown." In English, it is often pronounced like "brawn," as in Carol Mosely Braun. Pronunciation is an individual choice and is hard to guess unless one is in a position to hear the person's name spoken.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
word for the color brown
Brown
Brown is a color term, denoting a range of composite colors produced by a mixture of orange, red, rose, or yellow with black or gray. The term is from Old English brún, in origin for any dusky or dark shade of color....
. The name is the 22nd most common family name
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Many German emigrants to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
also changed their name to Brown (see Brown (surname)
Brown (surname)
Brown is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It also originates independently in the United States, as an Anglicization of several other surnames, such as the German Braun. Among the earliest recorded Browns is John Brown of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England in 1312. Brown is one of the most...
).
In German, Braun is pronounced bʁaʊn, roughly similar to the English word "brown." In English, it is often pronounced like "brawn," as in Carol Mosely Braun. Pronunciation is an individual choice and is hard to guess unless one is in a position to hear the person's name spoken.
People
- Viktor BarnaViktor BarnaViktor Győző Barna was a Hungarian and British champion table tennis player.-Personal life:...
(1911–72). originally "Braun", Hungarian and British champion table tennis 22-time world champion - Alexander BraunAlexander BraunAlexander Carl Heinrich Braun was a German botanist from Regensburg, Bavaria.He studied botany in Heidelberg, Paris and Munich. In 1833 he began teaching botany at the Polytechnic School of Karlsruhe, staying there until 1846...
(1805–77), German botanist - Bob BraunBob BraunBob Braun was a local television and radio personality in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in Ludlow, Kentucky....
(1929–2001), Cincinnati television personality - Carol Moseley BraunCarol Moseley BraunCarol Elizabeth Moseley Braun is an American feminist politician and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. She was the first and to date only African-American woman elected to the United States Senate, the first woman to defeat an incumbent senator in an...
(born 1947), American politician and lawyer, the first (and to date only) black woman elected to the United States Senate - Carl Braun born 1927, American former professional basketball player and coach
- Carl Braun, (1886–1960), German opera singer, bass
- Carl Braun (1822–1891), Austrian obstetrician (knighted to Carl Ritter von Fernwald Braun)
- Colin BraunColin BraunColin Braun is an American racing driver. He currently drives the #51 Ford F-150 Truck for Billy Ballew Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.-Early career:...
(1988), NASCARNASCARThe National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
driver for Roush Fenway Racing - Dagmar Braun CelesteDagmar Braun CelesteDagmar Ingrid Braun Celeste , is a counselor, clergywoman, and author. The former first lady of Ohio, she was married to former Ohio governor and U.S. ambassador Richard F...
(born in 1942, Krems, Austria), former first lady of Ohio, married to former Ohio governor and U.S. ambassador Richard F. Celeste. - Egidius BraunEgidius BraunEgidius Braun was, from 1992 to 2001, the eighth president of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund . In 1985 he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz.-External links:* at dfb.de...
(*1925), from 1992 to 2001 President of the German Soccer Association - Emma Lucy BraunEmma Lucy BraunE. Lucy Braun was a prominent botanist, ecologist, and expert on the forests of the eastern United States.- Life :...
(1889-1971), American botanist and ecologist - Emile BraunEmile BraunEmile, Baron Braun was an engineer, Belgian liberal politician and manager of companies in the textile industry....
(1849–1927) Belgian liberal politician, Mayor of Ghent. - Eva BraunEva BraunEva Anna Paula Hitler was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and, for less than 40 hours, his wife. Braun met Hitler in Munich, when she was 17 years old, while working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer and began seeing him often about two years later...
(1912–45), longtime companion (and ultimately, wife for a night and a day) of Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945... - Friedrich Braun (1862–1942), Russian-German philologist
- Gregor BraunGregor BraunGregor Braun is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won the gold medal in the men's individual pursuit, defeating Holland's Herman Ponsteen...
(*1955), German bicycle racer - Hanns BraunHanns BraunHanns Braun was a German athlete.-Biography:He was born in Wernfels and died near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France as fighter-pilot in an airplane-crash in World War I....
(1886–1918), German athlete - Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm BraunHeinrich BraunHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Braun was a German surgeon remembered for his work in the field of anaesthesiology. He was a native of Rawitsch, Province of Posen ....
(1862–1934), German surgeon - Jayme Caetano BraunJayme Caetano BraunJayme Guilherme Caetano Braun is a Brazilian folk musician, poet and composer .Jayme was a most famous payador of the Rio Grande do Sul and had great participation in the dissemination of the gaúcho culture for Brazil...
(1924–99), Brazilian folk musician, composer and poet - Justin BraunJustin Braun (ice hockey)Justin Braun is an American professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for the Worcester Sharks of the AHL....
(born 1987), American ice hockey player - Karl Ferdinand BraunKarl Ferdinand BraunKarl Ferdinand Braun was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Braun contributed significantly to the development of the radio and television technology: he shared with Guglielmo Marconi the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics.-Biography:Braun was born in Fulda, Germany, and...
(1850–1918), German physicist and inventor of the Cathode ray tubeCathode ray tubeThe cathode ray tube is a vacuum tube containing an electron gun and a fluorescent screen used to view images. It has a means to accelerate and deflect the electron beam onto the fluorescent screen to create the images. The image may represent electrical waveforms , pictures , radar targets and... - Lasse BraunLasse BraunLasse Braun is an Italian pornographer, film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and researcher.- Introduction :...
(born as Alberto Ferrero in 1936 in Algiers, Algeria), Franco-Italian director - Lilian Jackson BraunLilian Jackson BraunLilian Jackson Braun was an American writer, well known for her light-hearted series of "The Cat Who..." mystery novels...
(1913 - 2011), American writer - Lily BraunLily BraunLily Braun , born Amalie von Kretschmann, was a German feminist writer.- Life account :She was the daughter of the Prussian general Hans von Kretschmann...
(1865–1916), German feminist writer - Matt BraunMatt BraunMatt Braun is an author specializing in fictional stories of the American West. He has written fifty-six books, most of which are in the Western genre and has over 40 million copies in print....
(born 1932), American writer of Western novels - Matthias BraunMatthias BraunMatthias Bernard Braun was a sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors in the area....
, (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, February 24, 1684, in Sautens – February 15, 1738, in Prague) sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands - Michael Braun (footballer) (born 1978), Australian rules footballer
- Otto BraunOtto BraunThis article is about the Prime Minister of Prussia. For the German Communist and once the Comintern military adviser to the Chinese Communist revolution see Otto Braun ....
(1872–1955), German Social Democratic politician, and Prime Minister of Prussia 1920–32 - Ralf BraunRalf BraunRalf Braun is a retired backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 ....
(born 1973), German backstroke swimmer - Rick BraunRick BraunRick Braun is a smooth jazz trumpet player.Before embarking on a solo career, Braun got his start by playing in several bands, including guitarist Jeff Golub's Avenue Blue...
, smooth jazz trumpet player - Russell BraunRussell BraunRussell Braun is a Canadian operatic lyric baritone.Much sought-after as a soloist and for opera roles, Russell Braun performs regularly at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, l'Opéra de Paris, the San Diego Opera, the San Francisco Opera and the Canadian...
, Canadian operatic lyric baritone, son of Victor Braun - Ryan BraunRyan BraunRyan Joseph Braun is an American right-handed Major League Baseball left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. A perennial standout, he was ranked No...
(born 1983), American All Star baseball player - Sabine BraunSabine BraunSabine Braun is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes...
(born 1965), German athlete - Sandy KoufaxSandy KoufaxSanford "Sandy" Koufax is a former left-handed baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers...
, originally named Braun (born 1935), American Hall of Fame baseball pitcher - Tamara BraunTamara BraunTamara Braun is American actress. She is best known for her roles on General Hospital as Carly Corinthos from 2001 to 2005, along with her roles on Days of our Lives as Taylor Walker and Ava Vitali. She is also known for her role on All My Children as Reese Williams.-Biography:Braun was born in...
(born 1971), American actress - Timothy BraunTimothy BraunTimothy Braun Braun's has been a one time recipient of a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Award, a Dorothy Norton Clay fellowship from the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, a Warhol Fellow at the Santa Fe Art Institute, and the John Anson Kittredge...
(born 1975), American writer - Victor BraunVictor BraunVictor Conrad Braun was a Canadian baritone who had a major international performance career in concerts and operas that lasted more than 40 years...
, Canadian-born operatic baritone, father of Russell Braun - Volker BraunVolker BraunVolker Braun is a German writer. His works include Provokation für mich -- a collection of poems written between 1959 and 1964 and published in 1965, a play, Die Kipper , and Das ungezwungne Leben Kasts .-Life:Volker Braun, who worked in...
(1939), German writer - Wernher von BraunWernher von BraunWernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun was a German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and in the United States after that.A former member of the Nazi party,...
(1912–77), German-American rocket scientist
See also
- Braun (disambiguation)
- Brawn (disambiguation)Brawn (disambiguation)Brawn is a terrine of meat from the head of a calf or pig but can also be used figuratively to describe strength or muscle.Brawn may also refer to:* Especially in Middle English, Boar meat or poultry breast....
- Brown (surname)Brown (surname)Brown is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It also originates independently in the United States, as an Anglicization of several other surnames, such as the German Braun. Among the earliest recorded Browns is John Brown of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England in 1312. Brown is one of the most...
- BrowneBrowneBrowne is a surname from the French le Brun which becomes de Brun in Gaelic in Ireland or a variant of the English surname Brown . The Mac an Bhreithamhnaigh clan of Co...
- BraunerBraunerBrauner may refer to:* Bay , a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs-Surname:* Artur Brauner , also called Atze Brauner, a German film producer and entrepreneur...