Peter Brown
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Historical figures
- Peter Browne (Mayflower Pilgrim)Peter Browne (Mayflower Pilgrim)Peter Browne , often modernized as Peter Brown, was a Pilgrim Father, a Mayflower passenger on its 1620 voyage that initiated the settlement of New England, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact, the first document of democratic and republican governance in the future United States of America.-...
, also spelled Brown, (1594–1633), Pilgrim and English colonist, signer of the Mayflower Compact - Peter Brown (Newfoundland politician)Peter Brown (Newfoundland politician)Peter Brown was a merchant, politician and justice of the peace was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832.Brown, born in Ireland immigrated to Newfoundland where he was a dealer and shopkeeper in the...
(c. 1797–1845), one of Newfoundland's first elected Member of House of Assembly - Peter Nicholas Brown (Peter Broun) (1797–1846), first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1829–1846)
- Peter Hume BrownPeter Hume BrownPeter Hume Brown was a Scottish historian and professor who played an important part in establishing Scottish history as a significant academic discipline...
(1849–1918), Scottish biographer and historian - Peter Brown (VC)Peter Brown (VC)Peter Brown was a Swedish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
(1837–1894), Swedish recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sportsmen
- Pete Brown (golfer)Pete Brown (golfer)Pete Brown is an American professional golfer who is best known as the first African American to win a PGA Tour event....
, PGA Tour golfer - Peter Brown (rugby league) New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Peter Brown (rugby union) (born 1941), Scottish rugby union footballer
- Peter Brown (Australian rules footballer)Peter Brown (Australian rules footballer)Peter Brown is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and St Kilda in the VFL.Brown started his career as a key forward and was at full-forward in Carlton's 1979 VFL Grand Final win over Collingwood. He sought a clearance after the 1980 season and joined St Kilda in 1981 with...
, Carlton premiership player - Pete Brown (American football)Pete Brown (American football)Samuel Morris Brown also known as Pete Brown was a National Football League player for the San Francisco 49ers. He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team. He graduated from Rossville High School in Rossville, GA.-External links:...
(born 1930), American football player
Politicians
- Peter Hoyt BrownPeter Hoyt BrownPeter Hoyt Brown is a politician who held office as an at-large Council Member in the city of Houston, Texas. He was a candidate for the 2009 Houston Mayoral race, to succeed then Mayor Bill White who vacate the position due to term limits...
(born 1936), Council Member, city of Houston - Peter Brown (New Zealand politician) (born 1939), New Zealand First MP and former Deputy Party Leader(1996–2008)
- Peter Brown (South African politician)Peter Brown (South African politician)Peter McKenzie Brown was a founding member of the Liberal Party of South Africa and succeeded Alan Paton as its national chairman in 1958....
(1924–2004), founding member of the South African Liberal Party
Musicians
- Peter Brown (music industry)Peter Brown (music industry)Peter Brown is an American-based English businessman. He currently resides in New York City.-The Beatles:Brown was a personal assistant to Brian Epstein and The Beatles during the 1960s. He was a confidant to the Epstein family, and bore some resemblance to Brian in his looks and manner...
, personal assistant to The Beatles and Brian Epstein - Pete BrownPete BrownPeter Ronald Brown is an English performance poet and lyricist.Best known for his collaborations with Jack Bruce, Brown also worked with The Battered Ornaments, formed his own group Pete Brown & Piblokto!, and worked with Graham Bond and Phil Ryan. Brown also writes film scores and formed a film...
(born 1940), singer-songwriter from Surrey, England - Pete Brown (producer) British music producer and musician, brother of Sam Brown
- Peter Brown (singer)Peter Brown (singer)Peter Brown is an artist, songwriter and record producer. He grew up in Palos Heights, another Chicago suburb. His mother, Virginia, was artistic and musically talented and gave Peter music lessons at a very young age. Peter’s father, Maurice, was an electronic engineer and unwittingly helped him...
(born 1953), singer, songwriter, and producer from Illinois, USA - Pete Brown (jazz musician)Pete Brown (jazz musician)James Ostend "Pete" Brown was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader....
(1906–1963), American jazz saxophonist
Businessmen
- Peter C. BrownPeter C. BrownPeter Christopher Brown in Kansas City, Missouri is an accomplished businessman and former CEO of AMC Theatres. He currently serves and the CEO of Grassmere Partners and as a Board member for CenturyLink. Brown is Married to his wife Kate, and they have 6 kids. Until his retiring in 2009, Brown...
, Chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment, Inc. and Board Member of EmbarqEmbarqEmbarq Corporation was the largest independent local exchange carrier in the United States , serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long distance, high-speed data and wireless services to residential and business customers...
Corporation - Peter T. BrownPeter T. BrownPeter T. Brown was the Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation from 2001 until early 2011. He began working for the organization as a controller, and was promoted to Executive Director in 2005 after the departure of Bradley Kuhn. He was replaced by William John Sullivan. He has since...
, former Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation
Others
- Peter Brown (actor)Peter Brown (actor)Peter Brown is an American television actor known for his role as Deputy Johnny McKay opposite John Russell in the 1958 Warner Bros. western series Lawman.-Early life:...
, of Lawman - Peter Brown (British artist)Peter Brown (British artist)Peter Edward Mackenzie Brown is a British Impressionist painter popularly known as "Pete the Street" from his practice of working on location in all weathers...
, (born 1967) - Peter Brown (artist)Peter Brown (artist)Charles Fredrick Peter Brown was a New Zealand born artist of the school of traditional realism.Brown served in the RAF throughout World War II and the drawing and sketching he did while a German prisoner of war from 1943 helped him decide to pursue art seriously as a career...
, (1921–2005), New Zealand Artist - Peter Brown (botanical painter)Peter Brown (botanical painter)Peter Brown, a flower painter, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1770 till 1791. He was a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists and Botanical Painter to the then Prince of Wales.-References:...
, late 18th century British painter - Peter Brown (historian)Peter Brown (historian)Peter Robert Lamont Brown is Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University. His principal contributions to the discipline have been in the field of late antiquity and, in particular, the religious culture of the later Roman Empire and early medieval Europe.-Life:Peter Brown was born in...
(born 1935), Irish historian and biographer specializing in Late Antiquity and the study of the cult of Saints - Peter Currell BrownPeter Currell BrownPeter Currell Brown is the author of the cult classic 1965 surrealist novel, Smallcreep's Day.He was born in Colchester, Essex, and went to Colchester Royal Grammar School, which he left at fifteen...
, Author - Peter J. Brown, Computer Scientist and developer of the Guide hypertext system, and the ML/1 macro system
- Peter Brown (Oz)Peter Brown (Oz)Peter Brown is a major character in the Oz novels of Ruth Plumly Thompson, who continued the series of Oz books after the death of their creator, L. Frank Baum...
, child protagonist of the Oz books by Ruth Plumly Thompson - Pete Brown (writer)Pete Brown (writer)Pete Brown is an English writer who has written extensively on the subject of beer and drinking cultures around the world. He has written three books; Man Walks Into a Pub, Three Sheets to the Wind, and Hops and Glory. Brown was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and now lives in...
, UK writer and expert on drink and drinking culture - Peter Brown (anthropologist), the discoverer of homo floresiensisHomo floresiensisHomo floresiensis is a possible species, now extinct, in the genus Homo. The remains were discovered in 2003 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. Partial skeletons of nine individuals have been recovered, including one complete cranium...
See also
- Peter Browne (disambiguation)