<P> Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown (surname), meaning "brown - haired" or "brown - skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning . The Mac A Brehons clan of Co . Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800 . The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the surname Pardo . </P> <Ul> <Li> Adam Browne, Australian writer </Li> <Li> Andrew Browne, several people </Li> <Li> Sir Anthony Browne (died 1548), Standard Bearer of England </Li> <Li> Anthony Browne (author) (born 1946), author of children's books </Li> <Li> Anthony Browne (UK politics), journalist </Li> <Li> Anucha Browne Sanders, American basketball player </Li> <Li> Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian </Li> <Li> Baron Browne, American bassist </Li> <Li> Barrington Browne, Guyanese cricketer </Li> <Li> Booker Brown, American football player </Li> <Li> George Buckston Browne (1850 - 1945), English physician </Li> <Li> Bud Browne, film director </Li> <Li> Byron Browne, American baseball player </Li> <Li> Carl Browne (1849 - 1914), American journalist and political activist in Coxey's Army </Li> <Li> Chance Browne, American comic strip artist, son of Dik Browne </Li> <Li> Charles Farrar Browne (1834--1867), American author </Li> <Li> Charles E. Browne, American territorial legislator </Li> <Li> Chris Browne, American cartoonist, son of Dik Browne </Li> <Li> Christopher Browne (born 1970), American television producer </Li> <Li> Coral Browne, Australian actress </Li> <Li> Courtney Browne, Barbadian cricketer </Li> <Li> Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer </Li> <Li> Davey Browne (1986--2015), Australian professional boxer </Li> <Li> Des Browne, British politician </Li> <Li> Dik Browne, American comic strip artist </Li> <Li> Edward Granville Browne, British orientalist </Li> <Li> Edward Harold Browne, British bishop </Li> <Li> Edward Stevenson Browne, British soldier </Li> <Li> Ernest Browne (1855 - 1946), Irish tennis player </Li> <Li> Eliane Browne - Bartroli (1917--1944), British intelligence agent </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester, the mistress of Henry VIII and lady - in - waiting to his second wife, Anne Boleyn </Li> <Li> Feargal Browne, Irish politician </Li> <Li> Garech Browne, Irish arts patron </Li> <Li> George Browne (soldier), Russian field marshal </Li> <Li> George Joseph Plunket Browne, Bishop of Elphin from 1844 to 1858 </Li> <Li> Hablot Knight Browne, British illustrator </Li> <Li> Harrison Browne, Canadian hockey player </Li> <Li> Harry Browne, American investment analyst and political writer </Li> <Li> Henry George Gore - Browne, Irish soldier </Li> <Li> Howard Browne, American writer </Li> <Li> Ivan Browne, the singer for The Lemon Pipers </Li> <Li> Jack Nixon Browne, British politician </Li> <Li> Jackson Browne (born 1948), American musician </Li> <Li> James Browne (athlete), Antiguan long jumper </Li> <Li> James Browne (engineer), Scottish engineer </Li> <Li> James Browne (writer), Scottish man of letters </Li> <Li> E. Janet Browne, British historian of science </Li> <Li> Jann Browne, American country singer </Li> <Li> Jeremy Browne, British politician </Li> <Li> John Browne, several people </Li> <Li> Joseph Browne, several people </Li> <Li> Joy Browne, American radio psychologist </Li> <Li> Kale Browne (born 1950), American actor </Li> <Li> Kathleen Browne (artist), (1905 - 2007), New Zealand artist </Li> <Li> Leslie Browne, American ballet dancer </Li> <Li> E. Martin Browne (1900--1980), British theatre director </Li> <Li> Mary Browne, American tennis player </Li> <Li> Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal </Li> <Li> Michael Browne, several people </Li> <Li> Lady Moyra Browne, nurse </Li> <Li> Nicholas Browne (1947--2014), British diplomat </Li> <Li> Nicholas Browne - Wilkinson, British judge </Li> <Li> Noël Browne (1915--1997), Irish politician and physician </Li> <Li> Olin Browne (born 1959), American golfer </Li> <Li> Pádraig de Brún, Irish churchman, brother of Michael Browne (Cardinal) </Li> <Li> Patrick Browne, Irish botanist </Li> <Li> Patti Ann Browne, American broadcaster </Li> <Li> Peter Browne, several people </Li> <Li> Robert Browne, several people </Li> <Li> Rodney Howard - Browne, South African preacher </Li> <Li> Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor </Li> <Li> Rose Browne, American educator </Li> <Li> Sam Browne, several people </Li> <Li> Seán Browne (1916--1996), Irish politician </Li> <Li> Sean K.L. Browne (born 1953), contemporary American sculptor </Li> <Li> Spencer B. Browne (born 2003) </Li> <Li> Stan Browne, Australian rugby league footballer </Li> <Li> Steven Browne (born 1989), Australian footballer </Li> <Li> Sylvester John Browne (1841--1915), Australian pastoralist, miner and sportsman, brother of "Rolf Boldrewood" </Li> <Li> Sylvia Browne (1936 − 2013), American medium </Li> <Li> Tara Browne, British socialite </Li> <Li> Sir Thomas Browne, English author </Li> <Li> Thom Browne, American fashion designer </Li> <Li> Thomas Alexander Browne aka "Rolf Boldrewood" (1826--1915), Australian author </Li> <Li> Thomas Gore Browne, British colonial administrator </Li> <Li> Tim Browne, (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player </Li> <Li> Tom Browne (broadcaster and actor), British broadcaster </Li> <Li> Tony Browne, Irish hurler </Li> <Li> Travis Browne, American mixed martial arts fighter </Li> <Li> Ulric Browne, British actor </Li> <Li> Valentine Browne, several people </Li> <Li> Vanessa Ward (née Browne), Australian high jumper </Li> <Li> Vincent Browne, Irish journalist </Li> <Li> Vincent Browne (sculptor), Irish sculptor </Li> <Li> Walter Browne (1949--2015), American chess player </Li> <Li> Wayles Browne, American linguist and Slavist </Li> <Li> William Browne (poet) (1588--1643), English poet </Li> <Li> William A.F. Browne (1805--1885), mental health professional, fellow student of Charles Darwin </Li> <Li> William Alfred Browne </Li> <Li> Major William D. Browne, U.S. Army officer </Li> <Li> William George Browne (1768--1813), British traveller </Li> <Li> William Joseph Browne, politician who served with the federal governments of both Newfoundland and Canada </Li> <Li> William M. Browne, American Confederate politician </Li> <Li> Willie Browne (1936--2004), Republic of Ireland International football player </Li> <Li> William Phineas Browne, American lawyer and coal industry figure </Li> <Li> William Washington Browne, former American slave, minister, and businessman </Li> </Ul>

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