Brown is a popular English-language surname derived from the color brown as a personal feature. This list provides links to biography of people who share this surname, organized by area of endeavor.
Activism
Eva Maria Brown (1856-1917), American social reformer, temperance activist
H. Rap Brown (born 1943), American civil rights activist
Hallie Quinn Brown (1849–1949), African-American educator, writer, activist
Hazel Brown (1942–2022), Trinbagonian women's and consumer rights activist
Lyn Mikel Brown (born 1956), American academic, author, feminist, and youth activist
Olympia Brown (1835–1926), American women's suffragist
Elon R. Brown (1857–1922), President pro tem of the New York State Senate 1915 until 1918
Emily Sophie Brown (1881–1985), one of the first women elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives
Fred H. Brown (1879–1955), American lawyer and politician
Garfield W. Brown (1881-1967), American lawyer and Minnesota state representative
Hank Brown (born 1940), United States Senator from Colorado 1991 to 1997, and five-term U.S. Representative of Colorado's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 1991
J. Marshall Brown (1926–1995), Louisiana state representative and Democratic national committeeman
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