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Name: John Mason Brown  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 3rd July 1900
   
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

John Brown may refer to several people, most famously the abolitionist John Brown:

People commonly known as John Brown

Scotsmen

  • John Brown (1826-1883) — the Scottish servant of Queen Victoria
  • John Brown (1715-1766) — a Scottish clergyman and essayist
  • John Brown (1722-1787) — a Scottish clergyman and Biblical commentator
  • John Brown (1784-1858) — a Scottish clergyman and writer
  • John Brown (1735-1788) — a Scottish physician who developed his own medical "system"
  • John Brown (1810-1882) — a Scottish physician and essayist
  • John Brown — teacher of astronomy in Scotland.
  • John Brown — football (soccer) player for Rangers F.C.

Other U.K.

  • John Brown (died 1845) — an eloquent British evangelical preacher and Vicar of St. Mary's Leicester
  • Sir John Brown (1816-1896) — the inventor of a process for rolling armour-plate, and founder of the Atlas steelworks, Sheffield
  • John Brown — a British architect in the 19th century.
  • John Brown — a contract-bridge expert.
  • Prof John Brown FRS, Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford

U.S. politicians

There are several U.S. politicians commonly known as John Brown:

  • John Brown (1757-1837) — a member of the Continental Congress from Virginia and a Representative and Senator to the U.S. Congress from the state of Kentucky
  • John Brown (????-1815) — a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Maryland
  • John Brown (1737-1812) — pioneer and statesman from North Carolina
  • John Brown (1772-1845) — was a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Pennsylvania
  • John Brown (1736-1803) — U.S.Congressman from Rhode Island
  • John Brown (ca. 1940-) — the 1988 GOP nominee for Congress against Rep. Rick Boucher.
  • John Brewer Brown (1836-1898) — a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Maryland
  • John C. Brown (1827-1889) — Governor of Tennessee
  • John Robert Brown (1842-1927) — a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Virginia
  • John W. Brown (1796-1875) — a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of New York
  • John William Brown (1913-1993) — governor of Ohio for eleven days in 1957.
  • John Young Brown (1835-1904) — a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Kentucky
  • John Young Brown (1900-1985) — a Representative to the U.S. Congress from the state of Kentucky
  • John Y. Brown, Jr. — governor of Kentucky in the 1970s
  • John Y. Brown, III — secretary of state of Kentucky in the 1990s

Other U.S. and Candian

  • John Brown (1800-1859) — the American abolitionist who raided Harpers Ferry.
  • John Brown (c. 1810-1876) — writer of Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings and Escape of John Brown published in London, 1855
  • John Brown — an American boxer who has tried, unsuccessfully, several times to become a world champion
  • John W. Brown (1867-1941) — a Canadian-born labor leader in the U.S.
  • John Brown — a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, noted for his key decisions in favor of civil rights
  • John Brown — NBA player.
  • John Brown (b. 1841) — Liberal Member of the Canadian House of Commons

Australians

  • John Brown (1850-1930) — a mining magnate in New South Wales, Australia; known as the "Coal Baron"
  • John Brown — the Member for Parramatta in the Australian House of Representatives from 1977 to 1990

Others

  • John Brown — the name for the bumbling detective in Disney's live-action Inspector Gadget movie. The name "John Brown" was never used on the original cartoon series.
  • John Brown (of Wamphray), (1610-1679)
  • "John Brown" is the name of a Bob Dylan song. It is essentially an anti-war story told thru the tale of a soldier named John Brown. It appears on Dylan's MTV Unplugged live album.

Things commonly known as John Brown

  • John Brown — the British company that was part-owner of Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval
  • John Brown Publishing— British magazine publisher with a stable including Viz (comic) and Fortean Times

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