William Brown may refer to: Academics William Brown (industrial relations expert) (1945–2019), British academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge William Brown (plant pathologist) (1888–1975), British mycologist and plant pathologist William Brown (psychologist) (1881–1952), British psychologist William Fuller Brown Jr. (1904–1983), American physicist W. G. Brown, Canadian mathematician William Harvey Brown (1862–1913), American naturalist William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law William L. Brown (geneticist) (1913–1991), American geneticist W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), American Indologist and Sanskritist William Yancey Brown (born 1948), American zoologist and attorney Sportspeople Association football William Brown (footballer, born 1865), English footballer William Brown (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1940), English footballer and cricketer William Brown (footballer, born 1876), Scottish footballer William Brown (footballer, born 1885), Scottish footballer William Brown (footballer, born July 1885), Scottish footballer William Brown (footballer, born 1889)), Scottish footballer William Brown (footballer, born 1897), Scottish footballer William Brown (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1976), English footballer and sprinter William Brown (footballer, born 1928) (1928–2010), English footballer William Brown (goalkeeper) (), English footballer William Brown (Scottish footballer) (1912–2008), Scottish footballer Cricket William Brown (Tasmanian cricketer) (1807–1859), English-born Tasmanian first-class cricketer William Brown (cricketer, born 1866), English cricketer William Brown (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1942), English first-class cricketer William Brown (cricketer, born 1888) (1888–1964), English cricketer William Brown (cricketer, born 1889), English cricketer William Brown (cricketer, born 1900) (1900–1986), English cricketer William Brown (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1917), New Zealand cricketer William Brown (MCC cricketer), English first-class cricketer Other sports William Brown (ice hockey) (born 1998), see 1956 NCAA men's ice hockey tournament William Brown (golfer) (born ), Scottish golfer William Brown (baseball) (1866–1897), American Major League catcher William Brown (tennis) (born 1945), American tennis player William Brown (rugby league), Australian rugby league player William Davie Brown (1852–1876), Scottish rugby union player William Sorley Brown (1860–1901), Scottish rugby union player Will Brown (racing driver) (born 1998), Australian racing driver Rookie Brown (1925–1971), American professional basketball player Bill Brown (runner) (1925–2018), American middle distance runner Clergymen and theologians William Laurence Brown (1755–1830), Scottish divine (theologian) William Brown (clergyman) (1766–1835), Scottish clergyman and Hebraist William Montgomery Brown (1855–1937), American Episcopalian bishop and Communist author William P. Brown, American Presbyterian minister, author and biblical theologian William Haig Brown (1823–1907), English cleric and headmaster of Charterhouse School William Brown (priest) (1710–1797), Archdeacon of Northampton William Cabell Brown (1861–1927), American Episcopal missionary and bishop of Virginia William A. Brown (bishop) (1878–1965), American who