William Browne may refer to:
Government and politics William Browne (mayor of the Calais Staple) (1410–1489), Lord Mayor and Merchant of the Staple of Calais, France Sir William Browne (died 1514), Lord Mayor of London Sir William Browne (died 1507), Lord Mayor of London William Browne (judge) (1737–1802), justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature William Browne (MP for Haslemere), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622 William Browne (burgess) (1630–1705), Virginia colonial planter, officer and politician William Browne (MP for Kerry) (1791–1876), Irish politician in the UK Parliament William James Browne (1815–1894), pastoralist and politician in South Australia William Browne (New South Wales politician) (1842–1916), Australian politician William M. Browne (1827–1883), soldier and cabinet member of the Confederate States of America William Alfred Browne (1831–1904), British civil servant William Joseph Browne (1897–1989), Newfoundland and Canadian politician William Browne (Irish politician) (fl. 1930s), Irish Fianna Fáil politician W. H. Browne (William Henry Browne, 1846–1904), gold miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Willie Parau Browne (William Parau Browne, 1884–1957), Cook Islands businessman and politician
Sports William Browne (cricketer) (1898–1980), Australian cricketer Willie Browne (1936–2004), Irish football player Horsey Browne (William F. Browne, 1903–1931), Irish rugby player Bill Browne (William Edward Browne, 1902–1948), Australian rules footballer
Other people William Browne (poet) (c. 1590–c. 1645), English poet William Browne (physician) (1692–1774), English physician William George Browne (1768–1813), British traveller William Phineas Browne (1804–1869), American lawyer and coal mining pioneer William A. F. Browne (1805–1885), British psychiatrist William F. Browne (died 1867), American military photographer William Rowan Browne (1884–1975), Australian geologist William Denis Browne (1888–1915), British composer, pianist, organist and music critic (last name is Denis Browne, though he is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "William Browne") William D. Browne (fl. 1940s), U.S. Army officer who discovered Nazi membership files William Washington Browne (1849–1897), former slave and Union soldier William Browne (priest) (1800–1877), Irish-born Anglican priest in Australia
See also William Brown (disambiguation)