Robert Brown
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Athletes
- Robert J. BrownRobert J. BrownRobert J. Brown was an American football center and university regent. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1923 to 1925. He later served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1974...
(c. 1904–1985), American football player - Robert Brown (NASCAR driver), retired NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Robert Brown (American football)Robert Brown (American football)Robert Lee Brown is a former American football defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers in an eleven year career that lasted from 1982 to 1992, in the National Football League. He ranks ninth in team history in sacks with 25.5, and played in more games than any Packer defensive lineman...
(born 1960), former American football player - Robert Brown (American football coach), American football coach
- Robert Brown (boxer)Robert Brown (boxer)Robert Dale Brown is a boxer, who represented Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was stopped in the second round of the light heavyweight division by Germany's Torsten May.-Professional career:Brown has been a contender in the Cruiserweight division since the late...
(born 1971), Canadian boxer - Robert Brown (football manager)Robert Brown (football manager)Robert Brown was an English association football player and manager in the early twentieth century.After an undistinguished career in semi-professional football in his native north-east England, Brown joined Sheffield Wednesday as a scout. In 1911 he joined Portsmouth as secretary, a job he held...
(died 1935), association football manager - Robert Brown (footballer)Robert Brown (footballer)Robert George Brown was a footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington Stanley, Rotherham County and Bradford City-References:...
(fl. 1920s), English footballer - Robert Brown (footballer born 1940), English footballer
- Robert Brown (baseball)Robert Brown (baseball)Robert Brown was an American shortstop in the National Association for the 1874 Baltimore Canaries. In 9 at-bats, Brown compiled no hits. Brown played his 2 career games at the shortstop position and committed 3 errors in 11 total chances....
, 19th century baseball player
Entertainers and artists
- Robert Brown (British actor) (1921–2003), British actor, played M in four James Bond films
- Robert Brown (US actor)Robert Brown (US actor)Robert Brown , is a television actor from the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:Brown was born in Trenton, New Jersey...
(born 1927), American actor, played Jason Bolt in Here Come the Brides - Robert Brown (cartoonist)Robert Brown (cartoonist)Robert "Buck" Brown was an African American painter and cartoonist best known for creating Playboy Magazine's naughty "Granny" character....
(c. 1936–2007), American painter and cartoonist - Robert Brown (musician)Robert Brown (musician)Robert Brown is the leader and lead vocalist of the steampunk band Abney Park. Brown was born on May 27, 1970 in Washington.-Early years:...
(born 1970), lead singer of steampunk band Abney Park - Robert Brown (North Carolina musician) (born 1983), multi-instrumentalistMulti-instrumentalistA multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
of his solo project "Epignosis" - Robert Curtis Brown (born 1957), American actor
- Robert Delford BrownRobert Delford BrownRobert Delford-Brown was an American performance artist. The New York Times called him "a painter, sculptor, performance artist and avant-garde philosopher whose exuberantly provocative works challenged orthodoxies of both the art world and the world at large, usually with a big wink." Deborah...
(1930–2009), American performance artist - Robert W. BrownRobert W. BrownRobert W. Brown was an American serigrapher, arts educator, glassmaker and ceramicist.-Early life:Brown was born and raised in San Francisco and moved to Glendale, California, with his wife and young daughter in 1948, where he resided until his death...
(1917-2009), American printmaker and glass artist - Robert Brown, British singer-songwriter, finger style guitar player based in the county of Suffolk
Politicians
- Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of WestminsterSir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of WestminsterSir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet was a British politician and merchant.He was the son of William Brown and Grisel Brice and for some time a merchant and King George II's resident in Venice...
(died 1760), British Member of Parliament - Bob BrownBob BrownRobert James Brown is an Australian senator, the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia...
(born 1944), Australian Greens senator - Bob Brown (Australian Labor politician) (born 1933), Australian Labor Party politician, 1978–1998
- Robert Leslie BrownRobert Leslie BrownRobert Leslie Brown is an Australian politician. He has been a Shooters and Fishers Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since May 2006, when he filled a casual vacancy sparked by the retirement of long-time party leader John Tingle...
, Australian politician since 2006 - Robert Brown (English politician)Robert Brown (English politician)Robert Crofton Brown was an English Labour Party politician.Brown was a district gas inspector with the Northern Gas Board and a branch secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers...
(1921–1996), English politician - Robert Brown (Scottish politician)Robert Brown (Scottish politician)Robert E. Brown is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and former MSP for Glasgow Region.-Career:A graduate of University of Aberdeen, he was Depute Procurator Fiscal of Dumbarton 1972-1974 and has since been a partner & consultant with a Glasgow firm of solicitors...
(born 1947), Scottish politician - Robert Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (1744–1823), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
- Robert Brown (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Robert Brown (Georgia politician), Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate
Scientists
- Robert Brown (botanist)Robert Brown (botanist)Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...
(1773–1858), Scottish (Montrose) scientist, explorer, author, botanist: R.Br. - Robert Brown (explorer)Robert Brown (explorer)Robert Brown was a Scottish scientist, explorer, and author.He was born in Camster, Caithness, and studied in the universities of Edinburgh, Leyden, Copenhagen, and Rostock. He took the habit of referring to his home town, Campster , to distinguish himself from his famous contemporary of the same...
(1842–1895), Scottish (Caithness) explorer, scientist, author, botanist: R.Br.ter - Robert Brown (entomologist) (died 1947), entomologist at Manila ObservatoryManila ObservatoryThe Manila Observatory is a non-profit research institute housed in the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines.Founded in 1865 by the Jesuits, it has served many purposes over the years including weather...
- Robert E. BrownRobert E. BrownRobert E . "Bob" Brown was an ethnomusicologist who is credited with coining the term "world music" . He was also well known for his recordings of music from Indonesia...
(1927–2005), American ethnomusicologist, coined the term "world music" - Robert Hanbury BrownRobert Hanbury BrownRobert Hanbury Brown, AC FRS was a British astronomer and physicist born in Aruvankadu, India. He made notable contributions to the development of radar and he later conducted pioneering work in the field of radio astronomy...
(1916–2002), British astronomer and physicist
Other people
- Robert Brown (academic)Robert Brown (academic)Professor Robert Brown is the Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. He is also the director of Design Wales.-References:...
, Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - Robert Brown (agriculturalist)Robert Brown (agriculturalist)Robert Brown was a Scottish writer on agricultural science and rural subjects.He was born in East Linton, Haddingtonshire, entered into business in his native village, but soon turned to agriculture, which he carried on first at West Fortune and afterwards at Markle, where be practised several...
(1757–1831), Scottish rural and agricultural writer - Robert A. BrownRobert A. BrownRobert A. Brown is the 10th president of Boston University. He was formerly the provost of MIT.-External links:*...
(born 1951), President of Boston University - Robert Allan BrownRobert Allan BrownRobert Allan Brown was a well-known and flamboyant prospector and speculator in 19th and early 20th Century in the Canadian province of British Columbia...
, Canadian-American prospector and mining promoter - Robert J. BrownRobert J. BrownRobert J. Brown was an American football center and university regent. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1923 to 1925. He later served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1974...
(1904–1985), football player, businessman and author - Robert Latham BrownRobert Latham BrownRobert Latham Brown is a film producer, line producer, production manager, author, and teacher. In his 30-year film career, he has worked with Mel Brooks, George Lucas, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielberg and many others. His expertise in budgeting and line producing inspired Mel Brooks to nickname...
(born 1947), producer, production manager, and author - Robert Lewis Brown, Sr.Robert Lewis Brown, Sr.Robert Lewis Brown, Sr. was a United States federal judge.Born in Phillipsburg, Montana, Brown received an LL.B. from State University of Montana in 1916. He was a County attorney for Granite County, Montana from 1916 to 1918. He was in private practice in Philipsburg from 1918 to 1924...
(1892–1948), U.S. federal judge - Robert M. BrownRobert M. BrownRobert M. Brown was the Chief Engineer for Union Pacific Railroad in the 1960s and 1970s. For his work with the railroad, Modern Railways magazine selected Brown to receive the magazine's Man of the Year award in 1978; the award has since been continued by Railway Age magazine as the Railroader of...
, American railroad Chief Engineer; 1978 recipient of the Railroader of the Year award - Robert McAfee BrownRobert McAfee BrownRobert McAfee Brown was an American theologian and activist.Brown earned a bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1943 and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1944...
(1920–2001), Protestant theologian and peace activist - Robert Mark BrownRobert Mark BrownBrigadier General Mark Brown is the Commanding General, Soldier Systems Center , Natick Massachusetts, and the , headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia....
, US Army officer
See also
- Robert Browne (disambiguation)Robert Browne (disambiguation)Robert Browne may refer to:* Bobby Browne , Irish footballer* Bobby Browne , Irish footballer* Robert Alan Browne , American actor...
- Bob Brown (disambiguation)Bob Brown (disambiguation)Bob Brown is the name of:*Bob Brown , former Australian Labor Party politician*Bob Brown , American baseball pitcher for the Boston Braves...
- Bobby Brown (disambiguation)Bobby Brown (disambiguation)-Association football:*Bobby Brown , Scottish international footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper*Bobby Brown , English-born footballer who played as a centre forward in the 1960s with Northampton and Cardiff...
- Rob Brown (disambiguation)