Brownell
# Brownell

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, Canadian neo-classical composer and concert pianist
* Francis E. Brownell (1840–1894), Union Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for action during the American Civil War
* Francis H. Brownell (1867–1954), businessman, lawyer, and Washington state pioneer
* Frederick Brownell, 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
* 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
