Robert Brown

Last updated July 24, 2025

Robert Brown may refer to: Robert Brown (born 1965), British Director, Animator and author

Entertainers and artists

Washboard Sam or Robert Brown (1910–1966), American musician and singer
Robert W. Brown (1917–2009), American printmaker and glass artist
Robert Brown (British actor) (1921–2003), British actor, played M in four James Bond films
Robert Brown (American actor) (1926–2022), American actor, played Jason Bolt in Here Come the Brides
Robert Delford Brown (1930–2009), American performance artist
Robert Brown (cartoonist) (1936–2007), American painter and cartoonist
Robert Latham Brown (born 1947), American producer, production manager, and author
Robert Curtis Brown (born 1957), American actor
Robert Brown (musician) (born 1970), American lead singer of steampunk band Abney Park
Reb Brown (Robert Edward Brown, born 1948), American actor
Robert Brown (born 1983), multi-instrumentalist of American musical group Epignosis
Robert Brown (born 1971), electronic musician of the music duo Autechre

Robert Brown (sailor) (fl. 1830–1864), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
Robert B. Brown (1844–1916), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Robert Brooks Brown (born 1959), U.S. Army officer

Robert Brown (MP for Gloucester), Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester in 1353 and 1358
Robert Weare alias Brown, MP for Marlborough in 1553
Sir Robert Brown, 1st Baronet, of Westminster (died 1760), British Member of Parliament
Robert Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (1744–1823), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
Robert Brown (English politician) (1921–1996)
Robert Brown (Ohio politician) (1928–1985), member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985
Bob Brown (Australian Labor politician) (1933–2022)
Robert Brown (Minnesota politician) (1935–2020), member of the Minnesota State Senate
Bob Brown (born 1944), Australian politician
Robert Brown (Scottish politician) (born 1947), Scottish politician
Robert Brown (Georgia politician) (1950–2011), Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate
Robert Brown (South Carolina politician) (born 1950), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Robert C. Brown (politician), mayor of Wichita, Kansas in 1981–1982 and 1985–1986
Robert Leslie Brown (born c. 1951), Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2006 to 2019

Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) (1773–1858), Scottish (Montrose) scientist, explorer, author, botanist: R.Br., after whom Brownian motion is named
Robert Brown (New Zealand botanist) (c. 1824–1906), New Zealand bootmaker and botanist: R.Br.bis
Robert Brown (botanist, born 1842) (1842–1895), Scottish (Caithness) explorer, scientist, author, botanist: R.Br.ter
Robert C. Brown (engineer), American mechanical engineering professor
Robert Cunyngham-Brown (1867–1945), British psychologist and medical administrator
Robert Rudmose-Brown (1879–1957), British academic botanist and polar explorer
Robert Brown (plant physiologist) (1908–1999), British scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society
Robert Hanbury Brown (1916–2002), British astronomer and physicist
Robert Goodell Brown (1923–2013), American statistician
Robert E. Brown (1927–2005), American ethnomusicologist, coined the term "world music"
Robert A. Brown (born 1951), president of Boston University
J. Robert Brown Jr., American law professor

Robert Brown (footballer, born 1856) (1856–1904), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1884, nicknamed 'Sparrow'
Robert Brown (footballer, born 1860) (1860–1940), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1885, nicknamed 'Plumber'
Robert Brown (football manager) (1873–1935), English football manager
Robert George Brown (fl. 1920s), English footballer
Sailor Brown (Robert Albert John Brown, 1915–2008), English footballer

Robert Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (1850–1934)
Robert Brown (baseball) (fl. 1874), American baseball player
Robert Brown (sport shooter) (1873–1918), British Olympic shooter
Robert Paul Brown (1876–1962), American baseball player, manager, and team owner
Red Brown (basketball) (1907–1992), American college basketball coach, athletic director
Robert Brown (American racing driver), NASCAR Cup Series driver in the 1974 Winston 500
Robert Brown (South African cricketer) (born 1957)
Dale Brown (boxer) or Robert Dale Brown (born 1971), Canadian boxer
Robert Brown, English racing driver in the 2008 Formula Palmer Audi season

Robert Brown III (born 1989), American Journalist
Robert Brown (agriculturalist) (1757–1831), Scottish rural and agricultural writer
Robert Brown (trade unionist) (1848–1917), Scottish trade union leader
Robert Allan Brown (1849–1931), Canadian-American prospector and mining promoter
Robert G. Brown (1857–1920), American inventor of the telephone handset
Robert Brown (prelate) (1877–1947), Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic prefect of Zambesi
R. Lewis Brown (1892–1948), U.S. federal judge
Robert R. Brown (bishop) (1910–1994), author and Episcopal bishop of Arkansas
Robert Brown (archdeacon of Bedford) (1914–2001), Anglican archdeacon of Bedford
Robert Brown (archdeacon of Killala), Anglican priest in Ireland
Robert James Brown (moderator) (1792–1872), Scottish minister
Robert McAfee Brown (1920–2001), American Protestant theologian and peace activist
Bob Brown (newspaper publisher) (Robert Lloyd Brown, 1930–1984), Las Vegas newspaper editor and publisher
Robert K. Brown (born 1932), American combat correspondent and investigative journalist
Robert L. Brown (Arkansas judge) (born 1941), associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
Robert Brown (born 1957), Scottish man wrongly convicted of murder in the Robert Brown case in 1977
Robert M. Brown, 1978 recipient of the Railroader of the Year award
Robert Brown (solicitor) (1844–1912), British solicitor and classical philologist
Robert Arthur Brown Jr. (1914–1972), Canadian oilman