Braun is a common surname, originating from the German word for the color brown. The name is the 22nd most common

family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

in Germany. Many German emigrants to the United States also changed their name to ''Brown'' (''see

Brown (surname) Brown is an English-language surname in origin chiefly descriptive of a person with brown hair, complexion or clothing. It is one of the most common surnames in English-speaking countries. It is the second most common surname in Canada and Scotl ...

''). In German, ''Braun'' is pronounced , except for the "r" equal to the English word "brown". In English, it is often pronounced as "brawn", as in 'Carol Moseley Braun'. Pronunciation is an individual preference and is hard to guess unless one is in a position to hear the person's name spoken. As forename: * Braun Strowman (formerly Braun Stowman), ring name of American professional wrestler Adam Scherr (born 1983) As surname: * Alexander Braun (1805–1877), German botanist *

Anna Maria Braun Anna Maria Braun (born 3 July 1979) is a German business executive and lawyer. Since 2019, she has been managing the family business B. Braun in the 6th generation as CEO. She also holds 10% of the company's shares. Early life and education Brau ...

(born 3 July 1979), German business executive and lawyer *

Annette Frances Braun Annette Frances Braun (1884–1978) was an American entomologist and leading authority on microlepidoptera, a grouping of mostly small and nocturnal moths. Her special interest was leaf miners: moths whose larvae live and feed from within a leaf ...

(1884–1978), American entomologist * Arthur Michael Braun (1910–1989), American politician and businessman * Ben Braun (born 1953), American college basketball coach * Bob Braun (1929–2001), Cincinnati television personality * Carol Moseley Braun (born 1947), American politician and lawyer *

Carl Braun (basketball) Carl August Braun Jr. (September 25, 1927 – February 10, 2010) was an American professional basketball and baseball player and professional basketball coach. Sports career Born on Sept. 25, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, Braun's family moved to ...

(1927–2010), American basketball player and coach * Carl Braun (bass) (1886–1960), German opera singer, bass * Carl Braun (obstetrician) (1822–1891), Austrian obstetrician (knighted to Carl Ritter von Fernwald Braun) * Christian Braun (born 2001), American basketball player * Colin Braun (born 1988), race car driver * Dagmar Braun Celeste (born 1942), first lady of Ohio * Egidius Braun (1925–2022), president of the German Soccer Association (1992-201) * Émile Braun (1849–1927), Belgian liberal politician, Mayor of Ghent * Emma Lucy Braun (1889–1971), American botanist and ecologist * Emmy Braun (1826–1904), German cookbook author * Ernest Braun (1925–2015), British-Austrian technology assessor * Eva Braun (1912–1945), longtime companion of Adolf Hitler * Franziska Braun (died 1976), mother of Eva Braun * Friedrich Braun (1862–1942), Russian-German philologist * Gregor Braun (born 1955), German bicycle racer * Grzegorz Braun (born 1967), Polish journalist, media director and politician * György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP. * Győző Braun (1911–1972), Hungarian and British table tennis champion, better known as Viktor Barna * Hanns Braun (1886–1918), German athlete * Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Braun (1862–1934), German surgeon * Hel Braun (1914–1986), German mathematician * Helena Braun (1903–1990), German soprano * Helge Braun (born 1972), German politician * Isabella Braun (1815–1886), German writer * Jayme Caetano Braun (1924–1999), Brazilian folk musician, composer and poet * Jerzy Braun (disambiguation), several people * Johanna Braun (1929–2008), German writer * Jürgen Braun (born 1961), German politician * Justin Braun (born 1987), American ice hockey player * Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), German physicist and inventor * Lasse Braun (born Alberto Ferrero 1936), Franco-Italian director * Lilian Jackson Braun (1913–2011), American writer * Lily Braun (1865–1916), German feminist writer * Ma Braun (1881–1956), Dutch swimming coach * Marie Braun (1911–1982), Dutch swimmer, daughter of Ma Braun * Matt Braun (born 1932), American writer of Western novels * Matthias Braun (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun; 1684–1738), sculptor and carver * Maurice Braun (1877–1941), American painter * Michael Braun (footballer) (born 1978), Australian rules footballer * Mike Braun (born 1954), American businessman and politician in Indiana * Nicholas Braun (born 1988), American actor * Otto Braun (1872–1955), German Social Democratic politician and prime minister of Prussia * Otto Braun (communist) (1900–1974), German communist and representative of the Comintern *

Ralf Braun Ralf Braun (born 24 January 1973 in Berlin) is a retired backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). A member of Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 he is be ...

(born 1973), German backstroke swimmer * Ralph Braun (1940–2013), American businessman * Rick Braun (born 1955), American jazz trumpet player *

Russell Braun Russell Braun (born 19 July 1965) is a Canadian operatic lyric baritone and Juno Award winner. Much sought-after as a soloist and for opera roles, Russell Braun performs regularly at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Lyric ...

, Canadian operatic lyric baritone, son of Victor Braun * Ryan Braun (born 1983), American MVP baseball player * Sabine Braun (born 1965), German athlete * Sanford Braun, better known as Sandy Koufax (born 1935), American Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher * Steve Braun (disambiguation), several people * Tamara Braun (born 1971), American actor * Victor Braun, Canadian-born operatic baritone, father of Russell Braun * Volker Braun (born 1939), German writer * Wernher von Braun (1912–1977), German-American rocket scientist

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