Browne is a variant of the English and Brazilian surname Brown, meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning. The Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800. The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the Spanish surname Pardo.
- Adam Browne (born 1963), Australian writer
- Andrew Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Anthony Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Anucha Browne Sanders, American basketball player
- Aurora Browne, Canadian actress and comedian
- Baron Browne, American bassist
- Barrington Browne (born 1967), Guyanese cricketer
- Sir Benjamin Chapman Browne (1839 - 1917), English industrialist and shipbuilder
- Buckston Browne (1850–1945), English physician
- Bud Browne (1912–2008), American film director
- Byron Browne (baseball) (born 1942), American baseball player
- Carl Browne (1849–1914), American cattle rancher, cartoonist, journalist and political activist in Coxey's Army
- Carolyn Browne (born 1958), British ambassador
- Chance Browne (born 1948), American comic strip artist
- Chris Browne (1952–2023), American cartoonist
- Christopher Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Coral Browne (1913–1991), Australian actress
- Courtney Browne (born 1970), Barbadian cricketer
- Cyril Snuffy Browne (1890–1964), Barbadian cricketer
- Dan Browne (born 1975), American distance runner
- Daniel Browne (born 1979), New Zealand rugby player
- Davey Browne (1986–2015), Australian professional boxer
- David Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Des Browne (born 1952), British politician
- Dik Browne (1917–1989), American comic strip artist
- Edward Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Ernest Browne (1855–1946), Irish tennis player
- Eliane Browne-Bartroli (1917–1944), British intelligence agent
- Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester (died 1565), lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn
- Emma Alice Browne (1835–1890), American poet
- Feargal Browne (born 1973), Irish politician
- Federico Browne (born 1976), Argentine retired tennis player
- Garech Browne (1939–2018), Irish arts patron
- George Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Hablot Knight Browne (1815–1882), British illustrator
- Harrison Browne (born 1993), Canadian hockey player
- Harry Browne (1933–2006), American investment analyst and political writer
- Harry C. Browne (1878–1954), American banjo player and actor
- Henry Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Henry Gore-Browne (1830–1912), Irish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Howard Browne (1908–1999), American writer
- Irene Mary Browne (1881–1977), British artist
- Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760) English politician and poet
- Ivan Browne (born 1947), singer in American pop band The Lemon Pipers
- Jack Nixon Browne (1904–1993), British politician
- Jackson Browne (born 1948), American musician
- James Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Janet Browne (born 1950), British historian of science
- Jann Browne (born 1954), American country singer
- Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo (1939–2014), Irish peer
- Jeremy Browne (born 1970), British politician
- Jim Browne (1930–2003), American basketball player
- Jim Browne (American football) (born 1962), American football player
- John Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Joy Browne (1944–2016), American radio psychologist
- Kale Browne (born 1950), American actor
- Kathie Browne (1930–2003), American actress
- Kathleen Browne (1876–1943), Irish politician, farmer, writer, historian and archaeologist
- Kathleen Browne (artist) (1905–2007), New Zealand artist
- LaVerne Ward Browne (1906–1966), American aviator who used the stage name John Trent as an actor
- Leslie Browne (born 1957), American ballet dancer
- Lucille Baldwin Brown (1922–2019), American librarian
- Martin Browne (1900–1980), British theatre director
- Mary Browne (1891–1971), American tennis player
- Mary Ann Browne (1812–1845), English poet, writer of musical scores
- Maximilian Ulysses Browne (1705–1757), Austrian field marshal
- McKenzie Browne (born 1995), American speed skater
- Michael Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Millicent Browne (1881–1975), British suffragette
- Moyra Browne (1918–2016), British nurse
- Nicholas Browne (1947–2014), British diplomat
- Nicholas Brown-Wilkinson (1930–2018), British judge
- Noël Browne (1915–1997), Irish politician and physician
- Norman Anil Kumar Browne (born 1951), Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshall (2011–2013)
- Olin Browne (born 1959), American golfer
- Patrick Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Patti Ann Browne (born 1965), American broadcaster
- Peter Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Ray Browne (politician) (1939–2010), American businessman and politician
- Reginald Spencer Browne (1856–1943), Australian journalist, newspaper editor and general
- Robert Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Ronnie Browne (born 1937), Scottish folk singer
- Roscoe Lee Browne (1922–2007), American actor
- Rose Browne (1897–1986), American educator
- Sam Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Seán Browne (1916–1996), Irish politician
- Sean K. L. Browne (born 1953), contemporary American sculptor
- Sidney Browne (1850–1941), British nurse
- Spencer Browne (born 1994), American musician
- Spencer Browne (born 2003), American Musician, stage name Malcolm Mark
- Stan Browne (born 1962), Australian rugby league footballer
- Steven Browne (born 1989), Australian footballer
- Sylvester John Browne (1841–1915), Australian pastoralist, miner and sportsman
- Sylvia Browne (1936–2013), American medium
- Tara Browne (1945–1966), British socialite
- Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682), English author
- Thomas Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Thom Browne, American fashion designer
- Tim Browne (born 1987), Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Tony Browne (born 1973), Irish hurler
- Tony Browne (diplomat) (born 1946), New Zealand diplomat
- Tracy Browne, survivor of an attack be English English serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
- Travis Browne (born 1982), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Ulric Browne, British actor
- Valentine Browne (disambiguation), several people
- Vanessa Browne (born 1963), Australian high jumper
- Vincent Browne (born 1944), Irish journalist
- Vincent Browne (sculptor) (born 1947), Irish sculptor
- Walter Browne (1949–2015), American chess player
- Wayles Browne (born 1941), American linguist and Slavist
- William Browne (disambiguation), several people
Given name
- Browne Bushell (bap. 1609, d. 1651), English Civil War-era naval officer
- Browne Langrish (died 1759), English physician and medical author
- Browne C. Lewis (c. 1962–2022), dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law
- Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquary, author, numismatist and member of the House of Commons
See also
- Brown (surname)
- Broun (surname)
- Earl of Kenmare, where Browne is the family name
- Viscount Montagu, where Browne is the family name
- Marquess of Sligo, where Browne is the family name
- Baron Oranmore and Browne
- Tribes of Galway, which includes Browne as one of the tribes
References
- Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 59
- "GulliverIreland.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20.
- "The Pardo (Prado) Family". 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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