Browne
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Browne is a surname
from the French
le Brun which becomes de Brun in Gaelic
in Ireland (11th century) or a variant of the English surname Brown (surname)
. The Mac an Bhreithamhnaigh clan of Co. Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
from the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
le Brun which becomes de Brun in Gaelic
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
in Ireland (11th century) or a variant of the English surname Brown (surname)
Brown (surname)
Brown is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It also originates independently in the United States, as an Anglicization of several other surnames, such as the German Braun. Among the earliest recorded Browns is John Brown of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England in 1312. Brown is one of the most...
. The Mac an Bhreithamhnaigh clan of Co. Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800.
- Adam BrowneAdam BrowneAdam Browne is an Australian speculative fiction writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.-Publications:*"Orlando’s Third Trance" -HQ Magazine , 1999*"Account Dracula" -Orb Magazine , 1999...
, Australian writer - Andrew BrowneAndrew BrowneAndrew Grahame Browne is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League . He plays as a rover and began his football career at Claremont in the West Australian Football League...
, Australian rules footballer - Sir Anthony Browne (died 1548), Standard Bearer of England
- Anthony Browne (author)Anthony Browne (author)Anthony Edward Tudor Browne is a British author and illustrator of children's books, with nearly forty titles to his name. He was the previous Children's Laureate.-Life and work:...
(born 1946), author of children's books - Anthony Browne (UK politics), journalist
- Anucha Browne SandersAnucha Browne SandersAnucha Browne Sanders is an American former women's basketball player, collegiate star at Northwestern University, former executive for the New York Knicks of the NBA...
, American basketball player - Aurora BrowneAurora BrowneAurora Browne is a Canadian actress and comedian originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, currently based out of Toronto. In 2000, she was nominated for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award. Also in that year she was hired by Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe...
, Canadian actress and comedian - Baron BrowneBaron BrowneBaron Browne is an American bassist.Born and raised in Georgia, USA, Baron Browne gravitated to music at a very early age, learning to play his uncle's drumset at 7 years old...
, American bassist - Barrington BrowneBarrington BrowneBarrington St Aubyn Browne is a former West Indian cricketer who played four ODIs in 1994.-References:...
, Guyanese cricketer - Bud BrowneBud BrowneBud "Barracuda" Browne, was an early pioneer surf film maker. He was the first filmmaker to show surf movies commercially...
, film director - Byron BrowneByron BrowneByron Ellis Browne is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Browne was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. In his first Major League at-bat, Browne lined out in the second inning of Sandy Koufax's 1965 perfect game. Browne had the dubious distinction of...
, American baseball player - Chance BrowneChance BrowneRobert "Chance" Browne is an American musician, painter, and cartoonist. He was born in New York City.After his father Dik Browne died in 1989, Browne took over drawing the family comic strip Hi and Lois. The comic is syndicated throughout the United States and stars the characters Hi, Lois, Dot,...
, American comic strip artist, son of Dik Browne - Charles Farrar BrowneCharles Farrar BrowneCharles Farrar Browne was a United States humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. At birth, his surname was "Brown." He added the "e" after he became famous.-Biography:...
(1834–1867), American author - Chris BrowneChris BrowneChris Browne is an American comic strip artist and cartoonist. He is the son of cartoonist Dik Browne and the brother of cartoonist Chance Browne...
, American cartoonist, son of Dik Browne - Christopher BrowneChristopher BrowneChristopher Browne is a documentary film maker/director in the USA.He is noted for directing the ten-pin bowling sports documentary A League of Ordinary Gentlemen.Browne is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania....
(born 1970), American television producer - Coral BrowneCoral BrowneCoral Browne was an Australian-American stage and screen actress.-Career:Coral Edith Brown was the only daughter of a restaurant-owner. She and her two brothers were raised in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, where she studied at the National Gallery Art School...
, Australian actress - Courtney BrowneCourtney BrowneCourtney Oswald Browne is a Barbadian cricketer. He is a right-handed wicketkeeping batsman. He is the only West Indian Test cricketer to have been born in England....
, Barbadian cricketer - Cyril BrowneCyril BrowneCyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne was a West Indian Test cricketer who was a member of the first West Indies Test cricket team, playing against England in 1928...
, Barbadian cricketer - Des BrowneDes BrowneDesmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010...
, British politician - Dik Browne, American comic strip artist
- Edward Granville BrowneEdward Granville BrowneEdward Granville Browne , born in Stouts Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire, England, was a British orientalist who published numerous articles and books of academic value, mainly in the areas of history and literature...
, British orientalist - Edward Harold BrowneEdward Harold BrowneEdward Harold Browne was a Bishop of the Church of England.The second son of Col. Robert Browne of Morton House, in Buckinghamshire, and of Sarah Dorothea Steward, he was educated at Eton and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. After securing his B.A...
, British bishop - Edward Stevenson BrowneEdward Stevenson BrowneBrigadier General Edward Stevenson Browne VC CB was an English 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:He was 26 years old, and a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion,...
, British soldier - Edward Thomas Browne (1866–1937), cnidariologistCnidariologist-Examples:* Browne, Edward Thomas * Bigelow, Henry Bryant * Kirkpatrick, Randolph * Kishinouye, Kamakichi * Lassenius Kramp, Paul Torben * Mayer, Alfred G....
- Eliane Browne-Bartroli (1917–1944), British intelligence agent
- Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester, the mistress of Henry VIII and lady-in-waiting to his second wife, Anne Boleyn
- Feargal BrowneFeargal BrowneFergal Browne is a Fine Gael Party politician from County Carlow in Ireland who served as a member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann. He was elected by the Labour Panel in 2002....
, Irish politician - Garech BrowneGarech BrowneThe Hon. Garech Domnagh Browne, born 25 June, 1939, is a member of the titled family of Oranmore and Browne in the West of Ireland and is a wealthy patron of Irish arts, notably traditional Irish music...
, Irish arts patron - George Browne (soldier)George Browne (soldier)George Browne, Count von Browne in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire was an Irish soldier of fortune who became field-marshal in the Russian service....
, Russian field marshal - George Joseph Plunket BrowneGeorge Joseph Plunket BrowneThe Most Reverend George Joseph Plunket Browne was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1844 to 1858....
, Bishop of Elphin from 1844 to 1858 - Hablot Knight BrowneHablot Knight BrowneHablot Knight Browne was an English artist, famous as Phiz, illustrator of books by Charles Dickens, Charles Lever and Harrison Ainsworth.-Biography:...
, British illustrator - Harry BrowneHarry BrowneHarry Browne was an American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1996 and 2000....
, American investment analyst and political writer - Henry George Gore-BrowneHenry George Gore-BrowneColonel Henry George Gore-Browne VC was born in Newtown, County Roscommon and was an Irish 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.-Family:Henry George was the son of...
, Irish soldier - Howard BrowneHoward BrowneHoward Browne was a science fiction editor and mystery writer. He also wrote for several television series and films...
, American writer - Ivan Browne, the singer for The Lemon Pipers
- Jack Nixon BrowneJack Nixon BrowneJack Nixon Browne, Baron Craigton CBE, PC was a Scottish Conservative politician.-Early life:The son of Edwin Gilbert Izod, he adopted the surname Browne in 1920 as his family felt his more unusual surname a handicap. Educated at Cheltenham College, Browne served in World War II as an Acting Group...
, British politician - Jackson BrowneJackson BrowneJackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....
(born 1948), American musician - James Browne (athlete)James Browne (athlete)James Browne is a retired long jumper, who finished in 17th position at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, as a representative of Antigua, where he grew up as a soccer player.-References:*...
, Antiguan long jumper - James Browne (engineer)James Browne (engineer)Major-General Sir James Browne KCSI CB was a British military engineer and administrator in British India.He was the son of Robert Browne of Falkirk, Scotland...
, Scottish engineer - James Browne (writer), Scottish man of letters
- E. Janet BrowneE. Janet BrowneElizabeth Janet Browne is a British historian of science known especially for her work on the history of 19th century biology. She taught at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, London, before returning to Harvard...
, British historian of science - Jann BrowneJann BrowneJann Browne is an American country singer. Before her solo career, she was a vocalist with the Western swing group Asleep at the Wheel. She has recorded four studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her highest single is 1990's "Tell Me Why" at...
, American country singer - Jeremy BrowneJeremy BrowneJeremy Richard Browne is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Taunton Deane since 2005 and a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 2010.-Early life and education:...
, British politician - John Browne (disambiguation)John Browne (disambiguation)John Browne may refer to:* John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley , Baron Browne of Madingley, former Group Chief Executive of BP* John Harris Browne , English born explorer of Australia...
, several people - Joseph BrowneJoseph BrowneJoseph Browne is a Fijian civil servant, who was Official Secretary to the late President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, prior to Mara's possibly forced resignation during the insurrection which deposed the constitutional government in 2000...
, Fijian civil servant - Joy BrowneJoy BrowneJoy Browne also named Dr. Joy, is an American radio psychologist.-Early life:Browne was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and educated at Rice University in Houston, TX.-Career:...
, American radio psychologist - Kale BrowneKale BrowneDavid Charles "Kale" Browne is an American actor. He was born in San Rafael, California. Browne was the first to play the roles of Michael Hudson on Another World and Sam Rappaport on One Life to Live . Browne has a son, Nicholas, with former wife Karen Allen...
(born 1950), American actor - Leslie BrowneLeslie BrowneLeslie Browne is an American ballet dancer and actress.She was born Leslie Brown, the daughter of Kelly Brown and Isabel Mirrow. She had two brothers and one sister; her brother Kevin is a film producer. At the age of seven she began dancing, and would be trained at her father's studio in Arizona,...
, American ballet dancer - E. Martin BrowneE. Martin BrowneE. Martin Browne was a British theatre director, known for his production of twentieth century verse plays. He collaborated for many years with T. S...
(1900–1980), British theatre director - Mary BrowneMary BrowneMary Kendall Browne was the first American female professional tennis player, a World No. 1 amateur tennis player, and an amateur golfer...
, American tennis player - Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal
- Michael Browne (disambiguation)Michael Browne (disambiguation)Michael Browne may refer to:*Michael Browne , Irish cardinal*Michael Browne , Irish bishop*Michael Browne , Irish Fine Gael politician from Mayo...
- Lady Moyra BrowneLady Moyra BrowneLady Moyra Blanche Madeleine Browne, DBE is a former nurse and the only daughter of Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough and his wife, Roberte....
, nurse - Nicholas Browne-Wilkinson, British judge
- Noël BrowneNoel BrowneNoël Christopher Browne was an Irish politician and doctor. He holds the distinction of being one of only five Teachtaí Dála to be appointed Minister on their first day in the Dáil. His controversial Mother and Child Scheme in effect brought down the First Inter-Party Government of John A...
(1915–1997), Irish politician and physician - Olin BrowneOlin BrowneOlin Douglas Browne is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour as well as the Champions Tour.Browne was born in Washington, D.C. He graduated from St. Albans School in 1977. He then went on to Occidental College in 1981. He turned professional in 1984. He lives in Hobe Sound,...
(born 1959), American golfer - Pádraig de BrúnPádraig de BrúnMonsignor Pádraig de Brún was an Irish clergyman, mathematician and classical scholar, who served as President of University College Galway....
, Irish churchman, brother of Michael Browne (Cardinal) - Patrick BrownePatrick BrownePatrick Browne was an Irish physician and botanist.-Career:Browne was born in Woodstock, County Mayo, sent to relatives on Antigua in 1737 and returned to Europe due to ill health after two years. He studied medicine, natural history and especially botany at Reims, Paris and Leyden, qualifying...
, Irish botanist - Patti Ann BrownePatti Ann BrownePatti Ann Browne is an American news anchor and reporter on the Fox News Channel.Browne currently hosts the headline update during Glenn Beck's program, among other Fox News shows. She also substitute anchors various shows. On international feeds of Fox News, Patti Ann also hosts Fox News Extra...
, American broadcaster - Peter Browne (disambiguation)
- Robert Browne (disambiguation)Robert Browne (disambiguation)Robert Browne may refer to:* Bobby Browne , Irish footballer* Bobby Browne , Irish footballer* Robert Alan Browne , American actor...
- Rodney Howard-BrowneRodney Howard-BrowneRodney Howard-Browne is a charismatic Christian preacher and evangelist. He is pastor of The River at Tampa Bay, a church which he and his wife founded in 1996, and heads Revival Ministries International...
, South African preacher - Roscoe Lee BrowneRoscoe Lee BrowneRoscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing.-Biography:Browne was the fourth son of a Baptist minister, Sylvanus S. Browne, and his wife Lovie...
, American actor - Rose BrowneRose BrowneRose Butler Browne was an African American educator, engineer and author of Love My Children.Dr. Browne taught for many years at Virginia State University and North Carolina College. She was devoted to improving education for minority children. There is a program named in her honor at the...
, American educator - Sam BrowneSam BrowneGeneral Sir Samuel James Browne VC GCB KCSI was a British Indian Army cavalry officer in India and the Afghanistan, best known today as the namesake of the Sam Browne belt...
, several people - Seán BrowneSeán BrowneSeán Browne was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Wexford constituency — first elected in 1957.-Early and private life:Browne was a prominent member of the GAA...
(1916–1996), Irish politician - Sean K. L. BrowneSean K. L. BrowneSean Kekamakupaa Lee Loy Browne is a contemporary sculptor who was born in Hilo, Hawaii. He attended the Kamehameha Schools and then earned a BA in studio art from the University of Redlands in 1975. In 1981, he studied marble carving under Paoli Silverio in Pietrasanta, Italy and was later...
(born 1953), contemporary American sculptor - Steven BrowneSteven BrowneSteven Browne is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2008–2010. He currently plays for West Perth in the West Australian Football League ....
(born 1989), Australian footballer - Sylvia BrowneSylvia BrowneSylvia Browne is an American author who describes herself as a psychic and spiritual medium...
, American medium - Tara BrowneTara BrowneThe Honourable Tara Browne was a young London socialite. He is perhaps most famous today for serving as an inspiration of the Beatles song "A Day in the Life".-Biography:...
, British socialite - Sir Thomas Browne, English author
- Thomas Gore BrowneThomas Gore BrowneColonel Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne KCMG CB was a British colonial administrator, who was Governor of St Helena, Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Tasmania and Governor of Bermuda.-Early life:...
, British colonial administrator - Tom Browne (broadcaster and actor)Tom Browne (broadcaster and actor)Tom Browne is a British broadcaster and actor, born in Lymington, Hampshire, and educated at King's College School, Wimbledon.-Radio and acting career:As an actor, he graduated from RADA...
, British broadcaster - Tony BrowneTony BrowneTony Browne is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local club Mount Sion and is a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team from 1991 to present. He is currently the longest serving player in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.-Club:Browne plays his club hurling with the...
, Irish hurler - Travis Browne, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Ulric BrowneUlric BrowneUlric Browne is a UK-based actor who is best known for playing Winston in EastEnders.-Career:Since 1985, Ulric has played Winston, a man that runs a stall in Walford. He is the shows longest-serving male extra and the shows second longest serving extra, behind Jane Slaughter's character Tracey. He...
, British actor - Valentine Browne (disambiguation)Valentine Browne (disambiguation)Valentine Browne may refer to several members of the family of the Earl of Kenmare:*Sir Valentine Browne *Sir Valentine Browne, 1st Baronet *Sir Valentine Browne, 2nd Baronet...
- Vanessa Browne-WardVanessa Browne-WardVanessa Carol Browne-Ward is a retired high jumper from Australia, who set her personal best on 12 February 1989, jumping 1.98 metres at a meet in Perth, Western Australia...
, Australian high jumper - Vincent BrowneVincent BrowneVincent Browne is an Irish print and broadcast journalist. He is a columnist with The Irish Times and The Sunday Business Post and a part time barrister....
, Irish journalist - Vincent Browne (sculptor)Vincent Browne (sculptor)Vincent Browne is an Irish sculptor who created a well-loved Dublin landmark, Mr. Screen, the squat bronze usher who stands outside the Screen Cinema at the junction of Hawkins Street and Townsend Street in Dublin...
, Irish sculptor - Walter Browne, American chess player
- Wayles BrowneWayles BrowneEppes Wayles Browne is a linguist, Slavist, translator and editor of Slavic journals in several countries. He is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Cornell University, with research interests in Slavic and general linguistics, notably the study and analysis of Serbo-Croatian, where he is one...
, American linguist and Slavist - Whit Browne (fl. late 20th century), American musician
- William Browne (poet) (1588–1643), English poet
- William A. F. BrowneWilliam A. F. BrowneDr William A. F. Browne was one of the most significant psychiatrists of the nineteenth century. At Montrose Asylum and, later, at Crichton Royal in Dumfries , Browne introduced activities for patients including writing, art, group activity and drama, pioneered early forms of occupational...
(1805–1885), mental health professional, fellow student of Charles Darwin - William Alfred BrowneWilliam Alfred BrowneWilliam Alfred Browne was a British civil servant. He received his university education at Queens College Galway. In 1853, he was awarded a B.A. from Queens University Ireland. Browne entered the War Office in 1856 and became a senior clerk in 1878. He became a principal in the finance department...
- Major William D. BrowneMajor William D. BrowneMajor William D. Browne is a former U.S. Army officer. He served in the postwar occupation military government of Germany, as a Major in the Third Army. He was involved in the recovery of German documents at the end of WWII....
, U.S. Army officer - William George BrowneWilliam George BrowneWilliam George Browne was an English traveller.Browne was born at Great Tower Hill, London. At seventeen he was sent to Oriel College, Oxford. Having had a moderate inheritance left him by his father, on quitting the university he applied himself entirely to literary pursuits...
(1768–1813), British traveller - William Joseph BrowneWilliam Joseph BrowneWilliam Joseph Browne, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was a Member of the last Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1933 and a cabinet minister in the government of Frederick C...
, politician who served with the federal governments of both Newfoundland and Canada - William M. BrowneWilliam M. BrowneWilliam Montague Browne was a prominent Confederate politician, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
, American Confederate politician - Willie BrowneWillie BrowneWillie Browne was an Irish soccer player during the 1960s.A Bohemian F.C. legend, he was the last amateur to have been capped for the full Ireland national team for 43 years until Joseph Lapira was capped against Ecuador in May 2007.- Career :...
(1936–2004), Republic of Ireland International football player - William Phineas BrowneWilliam Phineas BrowneWilliam Phineas Browne , a lawyer by profession, was a leading pioneer in the coal mining business in Alabama, credited with operating that state’s first systematic underground coal mines prior to, and during, the American Civil War.Browne’s coal mines, located near Montevallo, Alabama, were under...
, American lawyer and coal industry figure
See also
- Brown (surname)Brown (surname)Brown is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It also originates independently in the United States, as an Anglicization of several other surnames, such as the German Braun. Among the earliest recorded Browns is John Brown of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England in 1312. Brown is one of the most...
- Earl of KenmareEarl of KenmareThe title of Earl of Kenmare was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1801. It became extinct upon the death of the 7th Earl in 1952.All of the Earls bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Castlerosse , Viscount Kenmare , and Baron Castlerosse in the Peerage of Ireland...
, where Browne is the family name - Viscount MontaguViscount MontaguViscount Montagu was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 2 September 1554 for Anthony Browne. It became extinct in 1797.The title Viscount Montagu was chosen from line of descent from John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. His daughter Lucy Neville was the mother of Anthony Browne...
, where Browne is the family name - Marquess of SligoMarquess of SligoMarquess of Sligo is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1800 for John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Mount Eagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo , Viscount Westport, of Westport in the County of Mayo , Earl of Altamont, in the...
, where Browne is the family name - Baron Oranmore and BrowneBaron Oranmore and BrowneBaron Oranmore and Browne, of Carrabrowne Castle in the County of Galway and of Castle Macgarrett in the County of Mayo, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1836 for Dominick Browne, who had earlier represented County Mayo in the House of Commons. His son, the second Baron, sat...
- Tribes of GalwayTribes of GalwayThe Tribes of Galway were fourteen merchant families who dominated the political, commercial, and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late-19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, D'Arcy, Deane, Font, Ffrench, Joyce, Kirwan,...
, which includes Browne as one of the tribes