Browning
Encyclopedia
Places
- Browning, IllinoisBrowning, IllinoisBrowning is a village in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States. The population was 130 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Browning is located at ....
, USA - Browning, MontanaBrowning, MontanaBrowning is a town in Glacier County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,016 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Browning is located at ....
, USA - Browning, WisconsinBrowning, WisconsinBrowning is a town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 850 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.5 square miles , of which, 36.5 square miles of it is land and 0.03% is...
, USA - Browning, MissouriBrowning, MissouriBrowning is a city in Linn and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 317 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Browning is located at ....
, USA - Browning Hill, in Brown County, IndianaBrown County, IndianaBrown County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population is 15,242. The county seat is Nashville.- History :...
; sometimes called Browning Mountain - Browning, SaskatchewanBrowning, SaskatchewanBrowning is a hamlet in Saskatchewan....
, Canada - Browning No. 34, SaskatchewanBrowning No. 34, SaskatchewanBrowning No. 34 is a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 823.39 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality in conjunction with the provincial government is in charge of maintenance of highways in its area...
, Canada; rural municipality
Last name
- Alan BrowningAlan BrowningAlan Browning was an English film and television actor, born in Sunderland. He is best remembered as the character Alan Howard in the television series Coronation Street, a role he played from 1969 until 1973...
, English actor - Christopher BrowningChristopher BrowningChristopher Robert Browning is an American historian of the Holocaust.-Education:Browning received his bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in 1968 and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1975. He taught at Pacific Lutheran University from 1974 to 1999, eventually becoming...
, American historian focusing on the Holocaust - D'Arcy BrowningD'Arcy BrowningD'Arcy Browning is a Canadian actor born in Edmonton and raised in South Cooking Lake, Alberta most widely known for his portrayal of Jesus Christ in the Canadian Badlands Passion Play, Drumheller...
, Canadian Jesus Actor - David BrowningDavid BrowningDavid "Skippy" Browning was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented the US at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he received a gold medal in Springboard Diving....
, U.S. Olympic diver - Elizabeth Barrett BrowningElizabeth Barrett BrowningElizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband, Robert Browning, shortly after her death.-Early life:Members...
, English poet - Emily BrowningEmily BrowningEmily Jane Browning is an Australian film actress and fashion model, known for her roles as Violet Baudelaire in Brad Silberling's 2004 film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, as Anna Ivers in the 2009 film The Uninvited, as Babydoll in Zack Snyder's 2011 action thriller Sucker...
, Australian actor - Frederick BrowningFrederick BrowningLieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Browning GCVO, KBE, CB, DSO was a British Army officer who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He is best known as the commander of the I Airborne Corps and deputy commander of First Allied Airborne Army during Operation...
, English World War II lieutenant general - George L. BrowningGeorge L. BrowningGeorge L. Browning was born in Rappahannock County, Virginia. He was educated in the public schools of Rappahannock County and taught school there for several years. Later, he attended Georgetown University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree. Shortly thereafter, he took...
(1867–1947), American justice - George Browning (bishop) (1942–), Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn
- Greg BrowningGreg BrowningGreg Browning is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada....
, Australian field hockey player - Guy BrowningGuy BrowningGuy Browning is a humorist and after-dinner speaker. He wrote the How To.. column in The Guardian from 1999-2009. Before that he wrote about office politics and social climbing...
, British humorist and author - John Moses Browning, American firearms inventor
- Jonathan BrowningJonathan BrowningJonathan Browning was an American inventor and gunmaker. Born in Sumner County, Tennessee, he started earning a living as a blacksmith and later switched to become a lock and gunsmith. He invented a 'sliding breech' repeating rifle also called a Harmonica gun between 1834 and 1842 while living...
, the American pioneer and firearms inventor (father of John Browning) - Kurt BrowningKurt BrowningKurt Browning, CM is a Canadian figure skater, choreographer and commentator. He is a four-time World Champion and four-time Canadian national champion.-Life and career:...
, Canadian skater - Kurt S. BrowningKurt S. BrowningKurt S. Browning is a previous Secretary of State of Florida, who has been re-appointed to that position by the new Governor, Rick Scott. Browning, a Republican, was first appointed in December 2006 by then-Governor-elect Charlie Crist....
, Florida politician - Martin BrowningMartin BrowningMartin Browning is an English economist. He is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.Browning received his undergraduate education at the London School of Economics...
, Professor of economics - Maurice BrowningMaurice BrowningMaurice Browning was a British television actor.He appeared in several cult television series, including The Avengers, The Saint, The Champions and Doctor Who....
, English actor - Miles BrowningMiles BrowningMiles Rutherford Browning was an officer in the United States Navy in the Atlantic during World War I and in the Pacific during World War II. A pioneer in the development of aircraft carrier combat operations concepts, he is noted for his aggressive aerial warfare tactics as a captain on the ...
, American World War II rear admiral - Robert BrowningRobert BrowningRobert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.-Early years:...
, English poet - Tod BrowningTod BrowningTod Browning was an American motion picture actor, director and screenwriter.Browning's career spanned the silent and talkie eras...
, horror movie pioneer - Val A. BrowningVal A. BrowningVal Allen Browning was a noted Utah industrialist, philanthropist, and third generation gun innovator. His grandfather, Jonathan Browning, opened a gun shop in Ogden, Utah in 1852 and his father, John Browning, is considered by many to be the most important gun inventor in history.-Life:Born in...
, American firearms inventor and industrialist (son of John Browning)
Given name
- Browning Mummery (tenor)Browning Mummery (tenor)Browning Mummery , was an Australian opera tenor and actor of the 1920s and '30s who achieved a considerable reputation in Europe as well as Australia....
(1888–1974), Australian opera singer - Browning Ross, Olympian and father of long distance running in the United States
Other
- Browning (chemical process), the chemical process of browning food
- Browning (partial cooking)Browning (partial cooking)Browning is the process of partially cooking the surface of meat to help remove excessive fat and to give the meat a brown color crust and flavor through various browning reactions. Ground meat will frequently be browned prior to adding other ingredients and completing the cooking process...
, the cooking process that removes excessive fat from meat and changes its color to a light brown. - Gravy browningGravyGravy is a sauce made often from the juices that run naturally from meat or vegetables during cooking. In North America the term can refer to a wider variety of sauces and gravy is often thicker than in Britain...
, a substance used to darken and flavour gravies, soups etc. - Browning (steel), a surface finishing process to increase corrosion resistance
- A series of firearms by inventor John Browning
- Browning machine gun (disambiguation), several machine guns designed by John Browning
- Browning Arms CompanyBrowning Arms CompanyBrowning Arms Company is a maker of firearms, bows and fishing gear. Founded in Utah in 1927, it offers a wide variety of firearms, including shotguns, rifles, pistols, and rimfire firearms and sport bows, as well as fishing rods and reels....
, initially marketing the sporting designs of John Browning- Browning BDMBrowning BDMThe Browning BDM is a semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured by the Browning Arms Company up until production ceased in 1998. Similar in appearance to Browning's P-35 model "Hi-Power" pistol, the BDM was actually a new design created to compete in service trials as a standard issue pistol...
, a semi-automatic pistol developed in the 1990s, a coaster
- Browning BDM
- Browning Mummery (Electronic sound works)Browning Mummery (Electronic sound works)The name Browning Mummery was adopted in Sydney in 1983 by Australian electronic musician Andrew Lonsdale , as a vehicle for his contemporary electronic sound works. The name was taken from the label of an old 78 rpm platter without realising the original history of the artist...
(1983) by the Australian musician Andrew Lonsdale (1961–)