legislature William Denis Brown III (1931–2012), Louisiana state senator from 1968 to 1976 William E. Brown Jr. (1896–1970), mayor of Ann Arbor, 1945–1957 William G. Brown Sr. (1800–1884), U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia William Gay Brown Jr. (1856–1916), U.S. Representative from West Virginia, son of William G. Brown William Wallace Brown (1836–1926), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania William Brown, mayor of Rockford, 1857–1858, see List of mayors of Rockford, Illinois William Holmes Brown (1929–2001), Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1974–1994 William J. Brown (Ohio politician) (1940–1999), Ohio Attorney General, elected 1970 William J. Brown (Indiana politician) (1805–1857), U.S. Representative from Indiana W. K. Brown (1923–2011), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Grant Parish, 1960–72 William L. Brown (politician) (1840–1906), Ohio and New York politician William Little Brown (1789–1830), justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court William M. Brown (Pennsylvania politician) (1850–1915), U.S. Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, electee to the U.S. House of Representatives William W. Brown (Wisconsin politician) (died 1871), American politician William Matt Brown (1815–1885), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1865–1867 William Ripley Brown (1840–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas William Andreas Brown (born 1930), U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1988–1992 Elsewhere William Brown (British Columbia politician) (1838–1???), politician in British Columbia, Canada William Brown (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician, 1922–1927 William Heartz Brown (1883–1967), Canadian politician in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly William Brown (New Zealand politician) (1809–1898), member of first New Zealand Parliament Writers William Brown (journalist) (1737–1789), Canadian journalist and co-founder of the Quebec Gazette William Hill Brown (1765–1793), American novelist William Wells Brown (1814–1884), fugitive slave, African-American writer, and abolitionist William Slater Brown (1896–1997), American novelist, biographer and translator William F. Brown (writer) (1928–2019), American playwright William Henry Brown (journalist) (1860s–1950), British co-operative movement journalist and activist Other notable people William Brown (physician) (1748–1792), American physician William D. Brown (1813–1863), founder of Omaha, Nebraska William Brown (miner) (died 1900), British trade union leader William Penn Brown (1841–1929), American pioneer in the hobby of stamp collecting William J. Brown (architect) (died 1970), American architect William Kellock Brown (1856–1934), Scottish sculptor William Lincoln Brown (1862–1940), second Register of Copyrights in the United States Copyright Office William Robinson Brown (1875–1955), American horse breeder and director of the Brown Company William B. Brown (1912–1985), American lawyer and judge in Hawaii and Ohio William Theophilus Brown (1919–2012), American artist William H. Brown III (born 1928), African American attorney, fourth