Peter Brown

Peter Brown may refer to:

Business

  • Peter T. Brown, former executive director of the Free Software Foundation
  • Peter M. Brown (born 1941), Canadian businessman
  • Peter Fitzhugh Brown (born 1955), CEO of Renaissance Technologies

Music

  • Pete Brown (jazz musician) (1906–1963), American jazz saxophonist
  • Peter Brown (singer) (born 1953), American funk singer, 1970s
  • Pete Brown (1940–2023), British rock singer, 1960s
  • Peter Brown (music manager), personal assistant to The Beatles and Brian Epstein

Politics

  • Peter Brown (Newfoundland politician) (c. 1797–1845), one of Newfoundland's first elected Member of House of Assembly
  • Peter Brown (South African politician) (1924–2004), founding member of the South African Liberal Party
  • Peter Brown (New Zealand politician) (born 1939), New Zealand First MP and former Deputy Party Leader, 1996–2008
  • Peter Nicholas Brown (Peter Broun), (1797–1846), first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1829–1846)
  • Peter Hoyt Brown (1936–2017), council member, city of Houston
  • Peter Campbell Brown (1913–1994), corporation counsel for New York City and Justice Department official

Sports

  • Pete Brown (golfer) (1935–2015), PGA Tour golfer
  • Peter Brown (ice hockey) (born 1954), American ice hockey defenceman
  • Pete Brown (American football) (1930–2001), American football player
  • Peter Brown (rugby league) (born 1961), New Zealand rugby league footballer
  • Peter Brown (rugby union) (born 1941), Scottish rugby union footballer
  • Peter Brown (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2011), with Southampton and Wrexham
  • Peter Brown (footballer, born 1961), English former footballer

Australian rules footballers

  • Peter Brown (Australian footballer, born 1906) (1906–1988), North Melbourne player
  • Peter Brown (Australian footballer, born 1949), Geelong player
  • Peter Brown (Australian footballer, born 1952), South Melbourne player
  • Peter Brown (Australian footballer, born 1957), Fitzroy player
  • Peter Brown (Australian footballer, born 1958), Carlton and St Kilda player
  • Peter Brown (Australian footballer, born 1963), St Kilda player

Literature, arts and entertainment

  • Peter Brown (naturalist) (died 1799), British painter and natural history illustrator
  • Peter Brown (British artist) (born 1967), British painter
  • Peter Brown (illustrator) (born 1979), American illustrator of children's books
  • Peter Brown (New Zealand artist) (1921–2005), New Zealand painter
  • Peter Brown (actor) (1935–2016), American television actor
  • Pete Brown (writer) (born 1968), UK writer on drink and drinking culture
  • Peter Brown (Oz), child protagonist of the Oz books by Ruth Plumly Thompson
  • Peter Currell Brown (born 1936), British novelist

Other

  • Peter Browne (Mayflower passenger) (1594–1633), also spelled Brown, Pilgrim and English colonist, signer of the Mayflower Compact
  • Peter Brown (British Army officer) (1775–1853), British Army officer interested in the welfare of soldiers' children
  • Peter Brown (VC) (1837–1894), Swedish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Peter Hume Brown (1849–1918), Scottish biographer and historian
  • Peter Brown (historian) (born 1935), Irish historian and biographer specializing in Late Antiquity and the cult of Saints
  • Peter Douglas Brown, historian of eighteenth-century British politics
  • Peter Brown (bishop) (born 1947), New Zealand-born Catholic bishop in American Samoa
  • Peter J. Brown (born 1963), US Coast Guard rear admiral and Homeland Security Adviser
  • Peter J. Brown, computer scientist, developer of the Guide hypertext system and ML/I macro system

See also

  • Peter Browne (disambiguation)
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