John Browne (disambiguation)
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John Browne may refer to:
- John Browne, Baron Browne of MadingleyJohn Browne, Baron Browne of MadingleyEdmund John Philip Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, FRS FREng is President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and was group Chief Executive of BP until his resignation on 1 May 2007...
(born 1948), Baron Browne of Madingley, former Group Chief Executive of BP - John Harris BrowneJohn Harris BrowneJohn Harris Brown was an explorer in Australia and a pioneer pastoralist.Browne was born in Ilford, Wiltshire, England, son of Benjamin Browne, landowner, and his wife Tara...
(1817–1904), English born explorer of Australia - John Browne (Fine Gael)John Browne (Fine Gael)John Browne is a former Irish Fine Gael politician, who served as a Senator and later as a TD for the constituency of Carlow–Kilkenny....
(born 1936), Irish Fine Gael politician - John Browne (Fianna Fáil)John Browne (Fianna Fáil)John Browne is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Wexford constituency since 1982. He is a former Minister of State...
(born 1948), Irish Fianna Fáil politician - John Browne (UK politician)John Browne (UK politician)John Ernest Douglas Delavalette Browne is a former British politician who is currently acting as a political and financial consultant in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA....
(born 1938), UK Conservative MP for Winchester, 1979–1992 - John Browne (composer)John Browne (composer)John Browne is first among the composers of the Eton Choirbook both in size of contribution and excellence of achievement. It is astonishing that work of such exceptional interest should be known to us only from the Eton Choirbook, even given the paucity of late fifteenth- and early...
(died 1505), composer represented by several pieces in the Eton choirbook - John C. Browne (physicist)John C. Browne (physicist)John C. Browne was born on July 29, 1942 in Pottstown, Pa. as the fifth child of Charles I. and Mary Agnes Browne. He received a B.S. in Physics from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa. He received a Ph.D. in Physics from Duke University in Durham, NC. His thesis John C. Browne was born on...
, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory - John T. BrowneJohn T. BrowneJohn Thomas Browne was an Irish Catholic Mayor of Houston, Texas. He was instrumental in starting the Houston Fire Department as a paid force. He served in that post from 1892 to 1896 and then in the Texas House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899 and again in 1907...
(1845–1941), mayor of Houston - John Browne (King's Gunfounder)John Browne (King's Gunfounder)John Browne was the first holder of the post of King's Gunfounder, which was created in 1615. He was heavily involved in the Wealden iron industry, having control of six furnaces in Surrey and Sussex, two in the Forest of Dean as well as his own furnace between Brenchley and...
(died 1651), first holder of the post of King's Gunfounder (in 1615) - John Browne (academic)John Browne (academic)Dr John Browne D.D. was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford, and also served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.John Browne was a student at University College and then a Fellow from 1711 to 1739....
(died 1764), Master of University College, Oxford (1742–1762) - John Browne, 1st Baron KilmaineJohn Browne, 1st Baron KilmaineJohn Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine , known as Sir John Browne, 7th Baronet, from 1765 to 1789, was an Irish politician....
(1726–1794), Irish politician - John Browne, 1st Marquess of SligoJohn Browne, 1st Marquess of SligoJohn Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo KP PC was an Irish peer and politician, styled Viscount Westport from 1771 to 1780 and known as John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont from 1780 to 1800...
(1756–1809), Irish peer and politician - John Browne (anatomist)John Browne (anatomist)John Browne was a British anatomist, surgeon and author. He published the first description of cirrhosis of the liver in 1685 and the first description of necrotising pancreatitis in 1684. He was also known for publishing the work of others under his name.-See also:* Plagiarism* Scientific...
(1642–1702), British anatomist and surgeon - John Browne (hurler)John Browne (hurler)John Browne is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with Cork and Blackrock in the 1990s and 2000s.John Browne was born in Blackrock just outside Cork in 1977. He was educated locally and later studied at University College Cork where he qualified with a degree in dentistry...
(born 1976), former Irish sportsperson - John Browne (artist) (1741–1801)
- John Browne (sheriff)John Browne (sheriff)John Browne was an Irish mapmaker and Sheriff.Browne appears to have been a member of the Anglo-Norman Browne family of Kilpatrick, County Westmeath...
(died 1589), Irish mapmaker and sheriff - John Browne, 1st Earl of AltamontJohn Browne, 1st Earl of AltamontJohn Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont, , an Irish peer and politician, was a son of Peter Browne and Mary Daly.He was created 1st Earl of Altamont on 4 December 1771.-Paternal ancestors:* John Browne...
(c. 1709–1776), Irish peer and politician - John Browne, 4th Marquess of Sligo (1824–1903)
- John Collis BrowneJohn Collis BrowneDr. John Collis Browne MRCS was a British Army officer, inventor of items for yachts and the originator of the medicine Chlorodyne. Dr. Browne first used the remedy in India in 1848, when there was a desperate visitation of cholera, whilst he was serving with the 98th Regiment of Foot as their...
(1819–1884), British Army officer - John Henry BrowneJohn Henry BrowneJohn Henry Browne is a criminal defense attorney practicing in Seattle, Washington.-Background:Browne has represented defendants in a number of high-profile criminal cases...
(born 1946), criminal defense attorney practicing in Seattle, Washington - John Ferguson BrowneJohn Ferguson BrowneJohn Ferguson Browne is a former Canadian politician, manager and traffic manager.Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party in the 1958 election to represent the riding of Vancouver Kingsway...
(born 1920), former Canadian politician, manager and traffic manager - John Ross BrowneJohn Ross BrowneJohn Ross Browne , often called J. Ross Browne, date of birth sometimes given as 1917, was an Irish-born American traveler, artist and writer.-Biography:...
(1821–1875), Irish-American writer - John Browne (MP for Gloucester)John Browne (MP for Gloucester)John Browne was an English brewer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1629.Browne was a brewer at Gloucester. He was sheriff of Gloucester in 1603 and Mayor in 1610. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucester. He was mayor of Gloucester again in 1621...
, Member of Parliament for GloucesterGloucester (UK Parliament constituency)Gloucester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was established in 1295 to return two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons but in 1885 representation was reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885... - John Denis Browne, Member of the UK Parliament for MayoMayo (UK Parliament constituency)Mayo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.-History :...