James Brown (disambiguation)
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James Brown
(1933–2006) was an American entertainer.
Jim Brown
(born 1936) is an American football player and film actor.
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
(1933–2006) was an American entertainer.
Jim Brown
Jim Brown
James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by Sporting News...
(born 1936) is an American football player and film actor.
United Kingdom and Isle of Man
- James Clifton BrownJames Clifton BrownJames Clifton Brown JP was a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament .He was the second son of Alexander Brown and his wife Sarah Benedict Brown, daughter of James Brown. His paternal grandfather was the banker and merchant Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, and his younger brother the Liberal...
(1841–1917), member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Horsham, 1876–1880 - James Brown (Northern Ireland politician)James Brown (Northern Ireland politician)James Brown was a Unionist politician and journalist in Northern Ireland.Brown stood as an independent Farmers and New Industries candidate in South Down at the Northern Ireland general election, 1938...
(born 1897), MP for South Down, Northern Ireland - James Brown (Scottish politician) (1862–1939), MP for Ayrshire, Scotland
- James Anthony BrownJames Anthony BrownJames Anthony "Tony" Brown is a Manx politician, former businessman and electrician, Who was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, from December 2006, until October 2011, When he stepped down from office following his decision to retire....
(born 1950), Chief Minister of the Isle of Man - James Brown (MP for Malton)James Brown (MP for Malton)James Brown was a British Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1857 to 1868.At the 1847 general election, Brown stood unsuccessfully in Hull, where the three Liberal candidates for the City's two seats were unopposed by any Conservatives.Brown did not stand for Parliament...
(1814–1877), British Liberal Party politician - James Gordon BrownGordon BrownJames Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
(born 1951), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2007–2010
United States
- James Brown (Louisiana) (1766–1835), U.S. Senator from Louisiana , 1813–1817 and 1819–1823
- James S. BrownJames S. BrownJames Sproat Brown was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Wisconsin who served in Congress.Brown was born in 1824 in Hampden, Maine. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1840 and, after being admitted to the bar in 1843, began practicing law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1844...
(1824–1878), mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1861 and member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1863–1865 - James W. BrownJames W. BrownJames W. Brown was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James W. Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He worked in the iron and steel industry and served as vice president of the Crucible Steel Company...
(1844–1909), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1903–1905 - James H. "Jim" Brown (born 1940), Louisiana politician
Canada
- James Brown (New Brunswick politician)James Brown (New Brunswick politician)James Brown was a Scottish-born farmer, educator and politician in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1830 to 1850, from 1854 to 1856 and from 1857 to 1861....
(1790–1870), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick between 1830 and 1861 - James Elisha BrownJames Elisha BrownJames Elisha Brown was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in St. Marys, Ontario and became a lawyer by career.He was first elected at the Brantford riding in...
(1913–1974), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1957 and 1962 to 1971 - Jim Brown (politician) (born 1943), member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995–1999
- James Brown (Canadian politician)James Brown (Canadian politician)James Brown was an Ontario businessman and politician. He represented Hastings West in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1882.He was born in Scotland in 1828...
(1828–1897), Ontario businessman and politician - James C. BrownJames C. BrownJames C. Brown was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Middlesex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923 as a United Farmers of Ontario member....
(born 1868), Ontario farmer and political figure - James Pollock BrownJames Pollock BrownJames Pollock Brown was a Canadian politician.Born in Beau River, Canada East, the son of David Brown and Jean Pollock both from Renfrewshire, Scotland, Brown was educated at the Elementary Schools and the Business College of New Haven, Connecticut...
(1841–1913), Canadian politician
Australia and New Zealand
- Jim Brown (Australian politician) (1918–1999), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- James Clark BrownJames Clark BrownJames Clark Brown was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Bruce electorate in 1870 , and then the Tuapeka electorate from 1871 to 1890, when he was defeated.-References:...
(1830–1891), New Zealand MP in 1870 & 1871–1890
Sports
- James Brown (American football coach)James Brown (American football coach)James A. "Babe" Brown was an American football coach in the United States.-Michigan State Normal:James Brown was the head college football coach for the Michigan State normal Normalites located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and he held that position for the 1923 and 1924 seasons...
- James Brown (quarterback) (born 1975), American college football player for the University of Texas
- James Brown (cricketer)James Brown (cricketer)James Brown is a former Scottish first class cricketer. He played as a wicketkeeper and took a record 119 catches and 40 stumpings for them. In first class cricket his tally of 105 is easily the most by a cricketer for Scotland....
(born 1931), Scottish cricketer - James Brown (footballer born 1987), English footballer
- James Brown (footballer born 1862)James Brown (footballer born 1862)James Brown was an English association football player of the Victorian era. Born in Blackburn, he played for Blackburn Rovers and was part of the team that won the FA Cup in three successive seasons between 1884 and 1886 , as well as appearaing on the losing side in 1882...
(1862–1922), British footballer - James Brown (1890s footballer)James Brown (1890s footballer)James Brown was a Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a defender. He played for Manchester United, Dundee Our Boys, and Dundee.-External links:*...
, Scottish footballer for Manchester United, Dundee Our Boys, and Dundee - James Brown (footballer born 1907)James Brown (footballer born 1907)James Brown was a Scottish footballer who played at right half-back. In his early life, he worked in the coal-mining industry before leaving for England. He joined East Fife for the 1926-27 season, after which he was signed by Burnley. He became captain of Burnley in March 1932. In June 1935, he...
, Scottish footballer - James Brown (Australian footballer)James Brown (Australian footballer)James Brown is an Indigenous Australian football player who is currently signed to play for Gold Coast United FC.-Club career:...
(born 1990), Australian footballer - James Brown (offensive tackle)James Brown (offensive tackle)James Lamont Brown is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round of the 1992 NFL Draft...
(born 1970), American professional football player from 1993–2000 - James Brown (sportscaster) (born 1951), American sportscaster
- James Keith BrownJames Keith BrownJames "Jimmy" Keith Brown is a Scottish former association football player.Brown was signed from Midlothian boys by English football club Aston Villa in May 1969. He was Aston Villa's youngest ever player to play in a first team game at 15 years 349 days. He signed professional in...
(born 1953), Scottish footballer who played for Aston Villa - James Victor BrownJames Victor BrownJames Victor Brown is a former Australian Rugby Union player who played for the Wallabies nine times.-Early life:Brown was born in Sydney and attended Newington College from where he was selected to play rugby in the GPS Ist XV...
(born 1935), Australian rugby player - Jim Brown (sprinter) (born 1909), Canadian sprinter
- Jim Brown (long distance runner) (born 1952), Scottish long distance runner
- Jim Brown (footballer)Jim Brown (footballer)Jim Brown is a Scottish former professional association football player, who played as a goalkeeper.Since 1986 he has been the Commercial Manager at Chesterfield F.C..-External links:***...
(born 1952), Scottish footballer (Sheffield United) - Jim Brown (footballer born 1950), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Hibernian)
- Jim Brown (ice hockey)Jim Brown (ice hockey)Jim Brown is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played in three games with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League in the 1982–83 NHL season....
(born 1960), retired American professional ice hockey defenseman - Jim Brown (outfielder)Jim Brown (outfielder)James Donaldson Brown was a professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1915 for the St...
(1897–1944), baseball player - Jim Brown (pitcher) (James W.H. Brown, 1860–1908), baseball pitcher in 1884 and 1886
- Jim Brown (footballer born 1908) (1908–1994), American soccer player
- Jimmy Brown (baseball) (1910–1977), American baseball player
- Jimmy Brown (cricketer)Jimmy Brown (cricketer)Jimmy Brown was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in Gainford and died in Denmark.Brown's only County Championship appearance coming in 1890 against Kent...
(1864–1916), cricketer - Jimmy Brown (football manager)Jimmy Brown (football manager)Jimmy Brown is a Scottish former association football manager. He was the manager from March 1999 to October 2000 of Dumbarton.Having gone through a mediocre first season in charge, he resigned from his position in the autumn of 2000. Brown was succeeded by his former assistant Tom Carson.-...
, Scottish football manager (Dumbarton) - Jimmy Brown (footballer born 1924) (1924–2002), Scottish footballer (Bradford City)
- Jimmy Brown (footballer born 1925)Jimmy Brown (footballer born 1925)Jimmy Brown was a Scottish football goalkeeper, who played for Hearts, Kilmarnock, St. Mirren, Stranraer and Falkirk in the Scottish Football League. He was also temporarily loaned to Southend and East Fife....
(1925–2008), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Kilmarnock) - Jimmy Brown (tennis)Jimmy Brown (tennis)----Jimmy Brown is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Brown reached a career high singles ranking of #42 in November 1983 and played in four singles finals...
(born 1965), retired American professional tennis player - Jimmy WhiteJimmy WhiteJames Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.White's extensive list of achievements,...
(aka Jimmy Brown, born 1962), snooker player
Writing and publishing
- James Browne (writer) (1793–1841), Scottish writer and editor
- James Brown (publisher)James Brown (publisher)James Brown was an American publisher and co-founder of Little, Brown and Company.-Biography:Brown was born in Acton, Massachusetts. He started his working life was as a servant in the family of Prof. Hedge, of Cambridge, by whom he was instructed in the classics and in mathematics. Around 1832,...
(1800–1855), American publisher and co-founder of Little, Brown and Company - J. B. SelkirkJ. B. SelkirkJames Brown was a Scottish poet and essayist. Greatly admired by other great writers including Tennyson....
(1832–1904), Scottish poet and essayist, born James Brown - James Cooke BrownJames Cooke BrownDr. James Cooke Brown was a sociologist and science fiction author. He is notable for creating the artificial language Loglan and for designing the Parker Brothers board game Careers....
(1921–2000), sociologist and science fiction author - James Brown (author)James Brown (author)James Brown is an American novelist who has also written short fiction and nonfiction.His acclaimed memoir, The Los Angeles Diaries is an intimate portrait of his dysfunctional family, covering his childhood, Hollywood script meetings, his splintered marriage and life with his older brother, the...
(born 1957), American novelist and memoirist - James Brown (editor)James Brown (editor)James Brown is a British journalist. He is best known for creating the modern men's magazine market with the launch of his title Loaded in 1994, a magazine that was said to define a generation...
(born 1965), English editor and media entrepreneur
Media, entertainment and arts
- James Brown (actor) (1920–1992), American actor
- Jimmy Brown (musician)Jimmy Brown (musician)Jimmy Earle Brown was an American trumpeter, saxophonist and singer, who was the first husband of R&B singer Ruth Brown. He was also known as Jumpin' Jimmy Brown from his performing style of jumping from the stage into the audience with his trumpet. In his early career he played trumpet with Paul...
(1926–2006), American trumpeter, saxophonist and singer - James Brown (magician)James Brown (magician)James Brown is a professional English magician from Bournemouth.He was awarded The Magic Circle close-up magician of the year in 2006 and also came second in the 2006 International Magic Convention Close-Up competition . His style of magic is a cross between close-up magic and pickpocketing, all...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
2000s), British magic-performer - James Brown (artist)James Brown (artist)James Brown is an American-born painter now active in Paris and Oaxaca . He was most well known in the 1980s for his rough painterly semi-figurative paintings, bearing affinities to Jean-Michel Basquiat and East Village painting of the time, but with influences from primitive art and classical...
(born 1951), American painter active in Paris - James Clifford BrownJames Clifford Brown-Life:James Clifford Brown, usually referred to as James Brown, was born in Ipswich on 18th August 1923. He was trained in singing and organ-playing by Jonathan Job, the Ipswich Borough Organist, then himself became organist and choirmaster at All Hallows' Church....
(1923–2004), English composer - James Gopsill Brown (born 1929), British composer
- James Brown (hair stylist)James Brown (hair stylist)-Life and career:Brown was born in Croydon, London, in the 1969. Brown is best known for his work with celebrities including Kate Moss. Brown is a monarchist; in 2006, he said: "I ... wear a suit and a hat every day...
, Irish hair stylist - Jim Brown (director)Jim Brown (director)James Bradford Brown is an American film director, primarily known for his work in documentary film. He has won four Emmys, most recently for Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. He has directed and produced four feature documentaries that received theatrical distribution...
(born 1950), American film director - Jim Brown (radio host)Jim Brown (radio host)Jim Brown has been the host of the Calgary Eyeopeneron CBR since 2003. Before moving to Calgary, he hosted The Morning Show at CBN in St. John's, Newfoundland, for eight seasons. His voice has also been heard across Canada as Friday host of The Current and guest host of Sounds Like Canada, As It...
, host of the Calgary Eyeopener - Jim Ed BrownJim Ed BrownJim Ed Brown is an American country music singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of The Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with Helen Cornelius through 1981...
(born 1934), American country music singer - James Francis BrownJames Francis BrownJames Francis Brown is a British composer. He studied composition with the Viennese émigré Hans Heimler and then at the Royal Academy of Music, London....
(born 1969), British composer - James Crawford BrownJames Crawford BrownJohn Crawford Brown was a Scottish painter of landscape, genre and historical subjects.He was born in 1805 in Glasgow, where he began his art studies. He visited Holland, Flanders and Spain. On his return to Britain he spent several years in London...
(1805–1867), Scottish painter - James Harmon Brown, American television writer with Barbara Esensten
Other people
- James Brown (Scottish clergyman)James Brown (Scottish clergyman)James Brown was a clergyman in the Scottish Episcopal Church, notable as one of a few Jacobite dissenters who refused to abandon their allegiance to the House of Stuart when directed to do so in 1788.James Brown was born around 1734...
(1734–1791), clergyman in the Scottish Episcopal Church - James Browne (Indian Army officer) (1839–1896), Scottish-Indian military officer and engineer
- James Joseph BrownJames Joseph BrownJames Joseph "J.J." Brown , mining engineer, inventor, and self-made member of fashionable "society", was born in Waymart, Pennsylvania. His wife was RMS Titanic survivor Molly Brown....
(1854–1922), American mining businessman - James Sutherland BrownJames Sutherland BrownJames "Buster" Sutherland Brown was a Canadian military officer best known for drafting a contingency war plan in 1921 to invade and occupy several American border cities. The style of the plan was Defence Scheme No. 1...
(1881–1951), Canadian general and war planner - James A.C. BrownJames A.C. BrownJames Alexander Campbell Brown was a psychiatrist who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.He took a degree in medicine at Edinburgh University. He later traveled to Europe where he studied in many countries. During the Second World War, he was a specialist in psychiatry in the Middle East...
(1911–1964), Scottish psychiatrist - Jimmy Brown (Irish republican) (1955/56-1992), activist
- James FaillaJames FaillaJames "Jimmy Brown" Failla was a senior caporegime with the Gambino crime family who was a major power in the garbage hauling industry in New York City...
(1919–1999), also known as Jimmy Brown, member of the Gambino crime family - James M. BrownJames M. BrownJames M. Brown is a trial attorney in private practice in Salem, Oregon, who served as Oregon Attorney General from 1980 to 1981. He is a Democrat....
(born 1941), Attorney General of Oregon from 1980–1981 - James Brown (ecologist)James Brown (ecologist)James Hemphill Brown , is an American biologist and academic.He is an ecologist, and a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico...
(born 1942), American ecologist & academic - James Robert BrownJames Robert BrownJames Robert Brown is a Canadian philosopher of science. He is a Professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. In the philosophy of mathematics, he has advocated mathematical Platonism, and in the philosophy of science he has defended scientific realism mostly against anti-realist views...
, Canadian philosopher & academic - James Duff BrownJames Duff BrownJames Duff Brown was a British librarian, information theorist, music biographer and educationalist. Most of his life was spent in London.-Biography:...
(1862–1914), British librarian - James E. Brown IIIJames E. Brown IIIJames E. Brown III is a Lockheed Martin test pilot and former United States Air Force officer. He is the chief test pilot for the F-22 Raptor program and is stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in California where he performs activities including avionics testing, flight envelope expansion, and the...
(born 1954), American pilot - James Brown (bishop of Louisiana)James Brown (bishop of Louisiana)James B. Brown was an American prelate of the Episcopal Church. He served as the ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana from 1976 to 1998.-References:...
, American Episcopal Church bishop - James Brown (bishop of Shrewsbury)James Brown (bishop of Shrewsbury)James Brown was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1851 to 1881....
(1812–1881), English Roman Catholic bishop - Jim Brown (computer scientist), computer scientist with IBM
- James Baldwin BrownJames Baldwin BrownJames Baldwin Brown was a British Congregational minister.In 1839 he was one of the first to graduate from London University. He was Minister in Derby, in 1843, at Claylands Chapel, Clapham Road, in 1846, and at Brixton Independent Chapel, Brixton Road, from 1870 until his death.He was famous at...
(1820–1884), British Congregational minister - James Brown (academic)James Brown (academic)James Brown was an English clergyman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1770 until his death. A close friend of Thomas Gray, he acted with William Mason as executor of Gray's will.-Life:...
(1709–1784), English clergyman and academic - James Graham BrownJames Graham BrownJames Graham Brown was an American businessman and real estate developer best known as the builder of the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky and for his philanthropy. Born in Madison, Indiana, he moved to Louisville in 1903 and founded, with his brother and father, the W.P. Brown and Sons Lumber...
(1881–1969), American businessman and real estate developer - James MacLellan BrownJames MacLellan BrownJames MacLellan Brown was the City Architect of Dundee, Scotland, known for remodelling of Sir John James Burnet's designs and designing the Mills Observatory ....
, Scottish architect
Other uses
- "James Brown" (song)James Brown (song)James Brown is a 1989 single by Big Audio Dynamite on their album Megatop Phoenix that came #2 on the Billboard US Modern Rock charts....
, a 1989 song by Big Audio Dynamite - "The Three BellsThe Three Bells"The Three Bells", also known as "Jimmy Brown" or "Little Jimmy Brown", is a song made popular by The Browns in 1959. The single reached number one on the U.S. country and pop charts,. outperforming a competing version by Dick Flood. The version by The Browns also hit number ten on the Hot R&B...
", a 1959 song also known as "Jimmy Brown" or "Little Jimmy Brown"
See also
- Jamie Brown (disambiguation)
- Jim Brown (disambiguation)Jim Brown (disambiguation)Jim Brown may refer to:*Jim Brown, American football player*Jim Brown , Scottish-American soccer player*Jim Brown , American ice hockey player*Jim Brown , American baseball outfielder...
- James Browne (disambiguation)