William Browne

William Browne may refer to:

  • Sir William Browne, Lord Mayor of London (died 1514), Lord Mayor of London
  • William Browne (poet) (c. 1590–c. 1645), English poet
  • William Browne (physician) (1692–1774), English physician
  • William George Browne (1768–1813), British traveller
  • William Browne (MP) (1791–1876), Irish politician in the UK Parliament
  • William Phineas Browne (1804–1869), American lawyer and coal mining pioneer
  • William A. F. Browne (1805–1885), British psychiatrist
  • William M. Browne (1827–1883), American cabinet member of Confederate States Army
  • William Alfred Browne (1831–after 1897), British civil servant
  • William F. Browne (before 1861–1867), American military photographer
  • William Rowan Browne (1884–1975), Australian geologist
  • William Denis Browne (1888–1915), British composer, pianist, organist and music critic
  • William Joseph Browne (1897–1989), Newfoundland and Canadian politician
  • Willie Browne (1936–2004), Irish football player
  • William Browne (Irish politician) (fl. 1930s), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • William D. Browne (fl. 1940s), U.S. Army officer who discovered Nazi membership files
  • William Browne (MP for Haslemere), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622
  • William Browne (Mayor of the Calais Staple) (1410–1489), Lord Mayor and Merchant of the Staple of Calais, France
  • Horsey Browne (William F. Browne, 1903–1931), Irish rugby player

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