is the name of:
; Scotsmen
; Other Britons
; United States politicians
- John Brown (Kentucky) (1757–1837), member of Continental Congress from Virginia; United States representative and senator from Kentucky
- John Brown (Maryland) (died 1815), United States representative from Maryland
- John Brown (North Carolina) (1737–1812), pioneer and statesman from North Carolina
- John Brown (Pennsylvania) (1772–1845), United States representative from Pennsylvania
- John Brown (Rhode Island) (1736–1803), United States representative from Rhode Island
- John Brown (Texas Politician) (c. 1786–1852), Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, 1846
- John Brown (Virginia) (born c. 1940), Republican opponent of United States Representative Rick Boucher in the 1988 congressional election
- John Brewer Brown (1836–1898), United States representative from Maryland
- John C. Brown (1827–1889), Tennessee governor
- John Robert Brown (Virginia Politician) (1842–1927), United States representative from Virginia
- John W. Brown (New York Politician) (1796–1875), United States representative from New York
- John William Brown (1913–1993), Governor of Ohio for eleven days in 1957
- John Y. Brown (1835–1904) , United States Representative from Kentucky
- John Y. Brown, Sr. (1900–1985), United States Representative from Kentucky
- John Y. Brown, Jr. (born 1933), Kentucky governor, 1970s
- John Y. Brown, III , Kentucky secretary of state, 1990s
; Other United States and Canadian persons
- John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), famous abolitionist who led a controversial raid on Harper's Ferry
- John Brown (boxer) , an American boxer who has tried, unsuccessfully, several times to become a world champion
- John Brown (basketball) , NBA player.
- John Brown (fugitive Slave) (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 (Ontario) (b. 1841), Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons
- John George Brown (1831–1913), American painter born Durham, UK.
- John Mason Brown (1900–1969), United States literary critic
- John Robert Brown (British Columbia Politician)
- John Robert Brown (judge) (1909–1993), a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, noted for his key decisions in favor of civil rights
- John Ronald Brown , unlicensed United States sex-change operation surgeon
- John W. Brown (1867–1941), a Canadian-born labor leader in the United States
- John WI Brown (1970) Nationally syndicated show host and news anchor
- John A. Brown, Jr. , an American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin.
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