Brown
The taxon authority Brown may refer to:
- Addison Brown (1830–1913, A.Br.), U.S. botanist
- Alex E. Brown, U.S. entomologist
- Alexander Claude Brown, phycologist
- Arthur Erwin Brown (1850–1910), U.S. herpetologist
- Austin J. Brown (fl. 2000, A.J.Br.), botanist
- Barnum Brown (1873–1963), U.S. paleontologist
- Brian V. Brown, U.S. entomologist
- Bryce Cardigan Brown (1920–2008), U.S. herpetologist
- Clair Alan Brown (1903–1982, C.A.Br.), U.S. mycologist, botanist
- Culum Brown, ichthyologist
- Danny Brown (fl. 2012), Australian herpetologist
- Elizabeth Anne Brown (1956–2013, E.A.Br.), Australian botanist and bryologist
- Forest Buffen Harkness Brown (1873–1954), U.S. botanist
- Francis Harold Brown (Frank H. Brown) (1943–2017), U.S. geologist
- Frederick Martin Brown (1903–1993), U.S. entomologist
- George Gardner Brown, Brazilian soil ecologist
- Gillian K. Brown (fl. 2003, Gill.K.Br.), botanist
- Graham R. Brown, Australian entomologist
- Harley Procter Brown (1921–2008), U.S. entomologist
- Helena Jean Brown (1903–1982, H.J.Br), U.S. phycologist
- Herrick H.K. Brown (fl. 2006), U.S. zoologist
- Hubert Dick Brown (1930–2017), South African entomologist
- James Greenlief Brown (1880–1957, J.G.Br.), U.S. botanist, mycologist
- Jason L. Brown, U.S. herpetologist
- Jeremy M. Brown, entomologist
- Jill R. Brown, U.S. herpetologist
- John Ednie Brown (1848–1899, J.E.Br.), British botanist
- John Wesley Brown (born 1951; J.W.Brown), U.S. entomologist
- Judith Brown, ichthyologist
- June M. Brown, U.S. microbiologist
- Keith Spalding Brown (1913–1991; K.S.Brown), Brazilian entomologist
- Keith Spalding Brown Jr., Brazilian entomologist
- Larry Eugene Brown (1937–2020, L.E.Br.), U.S. botanist
- Lauren E. Brown, herpetologist
- Margaret Sibella Brown (1866–1961, M.S.Br.), Canadian botanist
- Matthew W. Brown, biologist
- Nellie Adalesa Brown ((1877–1956, N.A.Br.), U.S. botanist, mycologist
- Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934, N.E.Br.), British botanist
- Paul A. Brown, British entomologist
- Peter B. Brown, herpetologist
- Philip Monroe Brown, palaeontologist
- Rafe Marion Brown, U.S. herpetologist
- Richard L. Brown (R.L.Brown), U.S. entomologist
- Richard P. Brown (fl. 2005), British zoologist
- Richard Malcolm Brown (born 1939, R.M.Br.), phycologist
- Robert Brown (1773–1858, R.Br.), Scottish botanist
- Robert Brown of Campster (1842–1895, R.Br.ter), British botanist
- Robert Brown tertius (c.1820–1906, R.Br.bis), Scottish-born New Zealander botanist
- Robert George Brown (fl. 1986), entomologist
- Roland Wilbur Brown (1893–1961, R.W.Br.), U.S. palaeobotanist
- Roselyn Brown, Irish microbiologist
- Samuel David James Brown, New Zealand entomologist
- Stewardson Brown (1867–1921, S.Br.), U.S. botanist
- Thomas Brown (1785–1862), British naturalist
- Virginius Elholm Brown (1902–1973; V.E.Br.), U.S. zoologist
- Walter Creighton Brown (1913–2002), U.S. herpetologist
- Walter Varian Brown (1913–1977; W.V.Br.), U.S. botanist
- William F. Brown (fl. 1933), entomologist (Hemiptera)
- William L. Brown, Jr. (1922–1997), entomologist
- Williamson James Brown (1902–1977), Canadian entomologist
- Wynne L. Brown, arachnologist