Brownie, Browny, or brownies may refer to:

Foods

Blondie (confection) A blondie, also known as a blonde brownie or butterscotch brownie, is a dessert bar originating in the United States. Rather than chocolate, blondies are based on brown sugar and vanilla, making them light in color. History Originally, the te ...

Chocolate brownie Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa beans that can be a liquid, solid, or paste, either by itself or to flavor other foods. Cocoa beans are the processed seeds of the cacao tree ('' Theobroma cacao''); unprocessed, they ...

, a baked good

People

People with the given name

Brownie (given name) Brownie is a given name or a hypocorism often used in reference to the brownie. The name came into use in the 1890s when poems and drawings about the mythical beings were published by Palmer Cox in the children's magazine '' St. Nicholas''. Broonie ...

Brownie Samukai Brownie Jeffery Samukai Jr. is the former Minister of National Defence of Liberia. He took office on January 16, 2006, as part of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Cabinet. In the 1980s, he worked within the Liberian Ministry of National Defens ...

, Minister of National Defence of Liberia *

Brownie Wise Brownie Wise (; May 25, 1913 – September 24, 1992) was a pioneering American saleswoman largely responsible for the success of the home products company Tupperware, through her development of the "party plan" system of marketing. She initiall ...

(1913–1992), developer of the party plan system of marketing for Tupperware

People with the surname

* Cavell Brownie, American statistician

Fictional characters

* Brownie, a fictional character in ''Ace Combat 7 : Skies Unknown''

People with the nickname

Clifford Brown Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Sprin ...

(1930–1956), American jazz trumpeter *

Ernest Brown (dancer) Ernest "Brownie" Brown (April 25, 1916 – August 21, 2009) was an African American tap dancer and last surviving member of the Original Copasetics. He was the dance partner of Charles "Cookie" Cook, with whom he performed from the days of vaudev ...

(1916–2009), African-American tap dancer *

Lewis Brown (rugby league) Lewis Brown (born 3 October 1986), also known by the nickname of "Sharky", is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s, who played for the New Zealand Warriors, Penrith Panthers and Manly Wa ...

(born 1986), New Zealand footballer *

Luke Brown (footballer, born 1992) Luke Brown (born 22 September 1992) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was first recruited by incoming club as a pre-selection and was ...

, Australian rules footballer *

Michael D. Brown Michael DeWayne Brown (born November 8, 1954) is an American attorney, and former government official who served as the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from 2003 to 2005. He joined FEMA as general counsel in 2001 a ...

, U.S. undersecretary of emergency preparedness and response *

Tim Brown (darts player) Tim Brown (born 6 July 1944) is an Australian former professional darts player. He used the nickname Brownie. Career Brown made three BDO World Darts Championship The BDO World Darts Championship was a professional darts tournament organi ...

(born 1944), Australian darts player *

Vernon Brown (musician) Vernon Brown (January 6, 1907May 18, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist that was the trombonist with Benny Goodman for 21 years, and helped participate in several major songs, such as Sing, Sing, Sing and One O'Clock Jump. Career Brown play ...

(1907–1979), American trombonist * Brownie Foreman (1875–1926), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Browny Igboegwu Brown Ifeanyi "Browny" Igboegwu (30 August 1976 in Ozubulu, Anambra State, Nigeria) is an Igbo-Nigerian actor. His career in Nollywood began in 2005. Education Igboegwu had his secondary school education at the All Hallow Seminary Onitsha. ...

(born 1976), Nigerian actor * Brownie Ledbetter (1932–2010), political activist *

Brownie McGhee Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. Life and career McGhee was bor ...

(1915–1996), blues musician *

Agnes Vernon Agnes Vernon (18951948) was an American film actress of the Silent film, silent era. While still in her teens, she experienced a meteoric ascent from obscurity to Box office, box-office sensation. After turning twenty-three and a movie career fa ...

(1895–1948), American actress

Arts, entertainment, and media

Brownie (folklore) A brownie or broonie ( Scots), also known as a or (Scottish Gaelic), is a household spirit or hobgoblin from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and perform various chores and farmin ...

, a legendary creature *

Brownie (guitar) Brownie is the nickname for a Fender Stratocaster that was used extensively by Eric Clapton during the early 1970s, most notably with Derek and the Dominos on their 1970 album '' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs''. Overview The guitar h ...

, a Fender Stratocaster used by Eric Clapton in the 1970s * ''Brownie'' (sculpture), a 1905 bronze by Louis Amateis at the Houston Zoo, Texas, US * ''Brownies'' (film), a 2004 Indonesian film by Hanung Bramantyo * ''Brownies'' (web series), Indian American web comic * ''

The Brownies ''The Brownies'' is a series of publications by Canadian illustrator and author Palmer Cox, based on names and elements from English traditional mythology and Scottish stories told to Cox by his grandmother. Illustrations with verse aimed at ch ...

'', a series of publications by Palmer Cox, 1879 onwards *

Brownies (company) is a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. It was founded in 2012 by Shinichi Kameoka, who is best known for his work on the ''Mana'' series. He founded the company after leaving his previous studio, Brownie Brown, which had been rest ...

, Japanese video game developer

Brands and enterprises

Brownie (camera) The Brownie was a series of camera models made by Eastman Kodak and first released in 1900. It introduced the Snapshot (photography), snapshot to the masses by addressing the cost factor which had meant that amateur photography remained beyond t ...

, a popular inexpensive camera made by Eastman Kodak *

Bristol Brownie The Bristol Type 91 Brownie was a light sports aircraft produced in the United Kingdom by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1924. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainp ...

, a light sports airplane *

Brownie Chocolate Drink Brownie Chocolate was a whey-based chocolate drink. History Produced from before the 1950s until the 2000s, Brownie Chocolate was similar to the better known Yoo-hoo beverage. Brownie is known to have been sold in Tennessee, Indiana, Florida, Virg ...

, a U.S. soft drink *

Mossberg Brownie The Mossberg Brownie is a four shot, .22 Long Rifle pistol, similar to a derringer or pepperbox, produced by O.F. Mossberg & Sons from 1920 to 1932.James, Gary. "Handguns". ''Guns & Ammo'', February 2003 The Brownie is based on an earlier pist ...

, a pistol *

St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Chartered on June 6, 1903, the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway (also known as the ''Brownie'') was a 200-mile (321 km) U.S. railroad that operated from Brownsville, Texas, to Gulf Coast Junction in Houston, Texas. It served numerous t ...

, or the Brownie

Other uses

Brownie, Kentucky Brownie was an unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. It eventually became part of Central City. Notable people *Don Everly, one half of the rock 'n rol ...

, a former unincorporated community now part of Central City *

Algona Brownies The Algona Brownies were an independent interracial baseball team that played in the 1902 and 1903 seasons. They were based in Algona, Iowa, and was primarily made up of former members of the Chicago Unions, Columbia Giants, and Chicago Union ...

, a baseball team in Algona, Iowa, United States * Brownie points, an imaginary social currency *

Brownies (Scouting) Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides (or in the United States, Girl Scouts of the USA, Girl Scouts) organisation for girls aged seven years old to ten years old. Exact age limits are slightly different in each organisation. History Brow ...

, a level in several Guiding/Scouting organizations ** Brownie, a level in

Woodcraft Indians Woodcraft League of America, originally called the Woodcraft Indians and League of Woodcraft Indians, is a youth program, established by Ernest Thompson Seton in 1901. Despite the name, the program was created for non- Indian children. At first th ...

scouting for girls and boys ages 6–11 * ''

Diplacus douglasii ''Diplacus douglasii'' is a species of Diplacus, monkeyflower known by the common names brownies and purple mouse ears. It is native to the mountains and foothills of California and Oregon, where it is often found on serpentine soils.David M. Tho ...

'' or brownies, a species of plant * ''Miletus'' (butterfly) or brownies, a genus of butterflies