Browning is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Alan Browning Alan Brown (23 March 1926 – 7 September 1979), known professionally as Alan Browning, was an English actor. He is best remembered for portraying Alan Howard in the television series ''Coronation Street'', a role he played from 1969 to 1973. H ...

, professional name of Alan Brown (1926–1979), English actor *

Baron Browning Baron Browning (born February 19, 1999) is an American football linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State. Early years Browning attended Kennedale High School in Kennedal ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Cal Browning Calvin Duane Browning (March 16, 1938 – September 14, 2022) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), appearing in one game during the 1960 season. Early life and care ...

(1938–2022), American baseball player *

Christopher Browning Christopher Robert Browning (born May 22, 1944) is an American historian who is the professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). A specialist on the Holocaust, Browning is known for his work documenting ...

, American historian focusing on the Holocaust *

Curtis Browning Curtis Browning (born 30 October 1993) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. He currently plays in the French Pro D2 competition but started his professional career with the Queensland Reds in . His usual position is loose forw ...

(born 1993), Australian Rugby Union player * D'Arcy Browning, Canadian actor *

David Browning David Greig "Skippy" Browning Jr. (June 5, 1931 – March 13, 1956) was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented the US at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he received a gold medal in springboard diving. A ...

, American Olympic diver * Donovan Browning, English footballer *

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Born in County Durham, the eldest of 12 children, Elizabet ...

, English poet *

Emma Carter Browning Emma Carter Browning (October 26, 1910 – April 23, 2010) was an American pilot and aviation executive from Texas. Browning was born on October 26, 1910 in Eastland, Texas to James William Carter and Pamela Lousia Gilbreath. She was one of e ...

(1910–2010), American pilot and aviation executive *

Emily Browning Emily Jane Browning
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, Australian actor * Ethel Browning (toxicologist) (1891–1969), British medical researcher *

Ethel Browning (actress) Ethel Browning (born Ethel Bull; April 17, 1877 – September 22, 1965) was an American actress and screenwriter. Early years The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bull, Browning was born in Indianapolis and lived on the South Side of St. Lou ...

(1876/1877 - 1965), American actress and screenwriter *

Frederick Browning Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague "Boy" Browning, (20 December 1896 – 14 March 1965) was a senior officer of the British Army who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He was also an Olympic bobslei ...

, English World War II lieutenant general * George L. Browning (1867–1947), American justice *

George Browning (bishop) George Victor Browning (born 28 September 1942) is a retired British-Australian Anglican bishop who served as the 9th Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was elected on 31 January 1993 and installed on 30 May ...

(born 1942), Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn * Greg Browning, Australian field hockey player *

Guy Browning Guy Browning (born 1964 in Chipping Norton) is a humourist, after-dinner speaker and film director. He wrote the ''How To...'' column in ''The Guardian'' from 1999–2009. Before that he wrote about office politics and social climbing. Early li ...

, British humorist and author *

Jake Browning Jake Browning (born April 11, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies and signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undraft ...

(born 1996), American football player * John Browning (disambiguation), several people * Jonathan Browning (disambiguation), several people *

Keith Browning Keith Anthony Browning (born 31 July 1938) is a British meteorologist who worked at Imperial College London, the Met Office, and the University of Reading departments of meteorology. His work with Frank Ludlam on the supercell thunderstorm ...

, British meteorologist *

Kurt Browning Kurt Browning, (born June 18, 1966) is a Canadian figure skater, choreographer and commentator. He is the first skater to land a ratified quadruple jump in competition. He is a four-time World Champion and Canadian national champion. Career ...

, Canadian skater * Kurt S. Browning, Florida politician *

Martin Browning Martin James Browning (born 1946) is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, Oxford, England, a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and an emeritus Fellow of the European Economic Association. ...

(born 1946), British professor of economics *

Maurice Browning Maurice Browning (11 May 1919 – 4 December 1983) was a British television actor. He appeared in several cult television series, including '' The Avengers'', '' The Saint'', ''The Champions'' and ''Doctor Who''. His film credits included role ...

(1919–1983), English actor *

Miles Browning Miles Rutherford Browning (April 10, 1897 – September 29, 1954) was an officer in the United States Navy in the Atlantic during World War I and in the Pacific during World War II. A pioneer in the development of aircraft carrier combat operat ...

(1897–1954), American World War II rear admiral * Richard Browning (disambiguation), several people *

Robert Browning Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical sett ...

, English poet *

Tod Browning Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of vari ...

, American film director *

Tom Browning Thomas Leo Browning (April 28, 1960 – December 19, 2022) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1984 to 1995, spending almost his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds. In his rookie season in 1985, ...

(1960-2022), American baseball player * Tom Browning (entomologist) (born 1920), Australian scientist * Tracey Browning (born 1963), Australian basketball player *

Tyias Browning Tyias Charles Browning (born 27 May 1994), also known as Jiang Guangtai (), is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port. Born in Liverpool, England to a mother of Cantonese descent, he has ...

(born 1994), English footballer * Val A. Browning, American firearms inventor and industrialist (son of John Browning)

Given name

Browning Bryant John Baxter Browning Bryant (January 24, 1957 – November 16, 2019) was an American singer-songwriter, whose greatest commercial popularity was before and during his early teens. Background Known professionally as Browning Bryant, he was the o ...

, professional name of John Baxter Browning Bryant (1957–2019), American singer-songwriter * Browning Mummery (1888–1974), Australian operatic tenor *

Browning Ross Harris Browning 'Brownie' Ross (April 26, 1924 – April 27, 1998) is often referred to as the father of long-distance running in the United States.Road Runners Club of Woodbury: George Benjamin, Jr. & H. Browning Ross Memorial 5K Run & Walk'' 2 ...

, American athlete at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, known as the father of long-distance running in the United States {{given name, type=both