Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown, meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning.[1] The Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800.[2]
The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the Spanish surname Pardo.[3]
- 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
- Kimberly Browne, New Zealand architect
- 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