Brownell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abner C. Brownell (1813–1857), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States * Baker Brownell, philosopher * Bill Brownell, American professional basketball player *

Edwin Orion Brownell Edwin Orion Brownell (born November 30, 1964, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian musician and author. He is a neo-classical composer and concert pianist whose original music has been described as highly melodic; exhibiting an improvisational blu ...

, Canadian neo-classical composer and concert pianist * Francis E. Brownell (1840–1894), Union Army soldier awarded the

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for action during the

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* Francis H. Brownell (1867–1954), businessman, lawyer, and Washington state pioneer *

Frederick Brownell Frederick Gordon Brownell } (8 March 1940 – 10 May 2019) was a South African herald, vexillologist, and genealogist. He designed the flag of South Africa and claimed to have designed the flag of Namibia. Family and early life Brownell was ...

, former South African state herald, designer of the South African flag * Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904–1996), United States Attorney General * Jim Brownell, politician * Joseph H. Brownell, American lumberman, farmer, politician * Kelly D. Brownell (born 1951), obesity researcher * Mia Brownell, American visual artist * Nelson Brownell, American politician * Peter Brownell (born 1948), American politician * Raymond Brownell (1894–1974), Royal Australian Air Force officer and World War I flying ace *Sonia Brownell, maiden name of Sonia Orwell (1918–1980), wife of George Orwell * Thomas Church Brownell (1779–1865), founder of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church * William Crary Brownell (1851–1928), American literary and art critic * William E. Brownell, American scientist who conducts research at Baylor College of Medicine

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