Peter Brown

Peter Brown may refer to:

Academics

• Peter Brown (anthropologist), the discoverer of Homo floresiensis
• Peter Brown (historian) (born 1935), Irish historian and biographer specializing in Late Antiquity and the cult of Saints
• Peter Hume Brown (1849–1918), Scottish biographer and historian
• Peter J. Brown, computer scientist and developer of the Guide hypertext system, and the ML/1 macro system

Artists

• Peter Brown (actor) (1935–2016), American television actor
• Peter Brown (British artist) (born 1967)
• Peter Brown (New Zealand artist) (1921–2005)
• Peter Brown (naturalist) (died 1799), British painter and natural history illustrator
• Peter Currell Brown, author
• Pete Brown (writer) (born 1968), UK writer and expert on drink and drinking culture
• Peter Brown (illustrator) (born 1979), American creator of children's books

Musicians

• Peter Brown (music industry), personal assistant to The Beatles and Brian Epstein
• Pete Brown (born 1940), singer-songwriter from Surrey, England
• Pete Brown (producer) British music producer and musician, brother of Sam Brown
• Peter Brown (singer) (born 1953), singer, songwriter, and producer from Illinois, USA
• Pete Brown (jazz musician) (1906–1963), American jazz saxophonist

Athletes

• Pete Brown (American football) (1930–2001), American football player
• Six 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
• Peter Brown (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2011), with Southampton and Wrexham
• Peter Brown (footballer, born 1961), English former footballer
• Pete Brown (golfer) (1935-2015), PGA Tour golfer
• Peter Brown (rugby league) (born 1961/62), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Peter Brown (rugby union) (born 1941), Scottish rugby union footballer
• Peter Brown (ice hockey) (born 1954), retired American ice hockey defenceman

Businesspeople

• Peter C. Brown, chairman and CEO of AMC Entertainment, Inc. and board member of Embarq Corporation
• Peter T. Brown, former Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation
• Peter Brown (lecturer), Managing Director of the Irish Institute of Financial Trading (IIFT)
• Peter Brown (co-CEO), Renaissance Technologies

Politicians

• Peter Hoyt Brown (born 1936), Council Member, city of Houston
• Peter Brown, a councillor of the City of Greater Dandenong Council
• Peter Brown (New Zealand politician) (born 1939), New Zealand First MP and former Deputy Party Leader, 1996–2008
• Peter Brown (South African politician) (1924–2004), founding member of the South African Liberal Party
• Peter Brown (Newfoundland politician) (c. 1797–1845), one of Newfoundland's first elected Member of House of Assembly

Others

• Peter Browne (Mayflower passenger) (1594–1633), also spelled Brown, Pilgrim and English colonist, signer of the Mayflower Compact
• Peter Nicholas Brown (Peter Broun) (1797–1846), first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia (1829–1846)
• Peter Brown (VC) (1837–1894), Swedish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Peter Brown (Oz), child protagonist of the Oz books by Ruth Plumly Thompson
• Peter Brown (bishop) (born 1947), New Zealand-born Catholic bishop in American Samoa
• Peter Campbell Brown (1913–1994), corporation counsel for New York City and Justice Department official