Around the world, Braun (Brown 
, Braun , ブラウン 
, and others...) is a common epicene given name. The first name Braun is characteristic of Reunion, where it is quite a common male name, Tanzania, and Jamaica, where it is quite a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Predominantly, Braun is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Braun, Brown | Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Canada |
| ブラウン | Japan |
| براون | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq |
| برون | Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq |
| Браун | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| בראון | Israel |
Braun is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Brown Lady of Raynham Hall , the ghost and Brown Cesario , the character from 2008 film 'Camp Rock'.
| erasmus braun German sculptor, DE (b. 1505) |
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| hartmann braun (b. 1570) |
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| metta braun SE (b. 1657) |
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kaspar braun German artist (1807-1877), DE (b. 1807) |
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| gottlieb braun (b. 1783) |
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| augustyn tomasz braun PL (b. 1789) |
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| gottlieb braun botanist (1821-1882) (b. 1821) |
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| lebrecht johann ernst von braun DE (b. 1816) |
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| meier braun holocaust victim, b. 1858-01-31, CZ (b. 1858) |
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| braun salamon Hungarian rabbi, teacher (1869-?), HU (b. 1869) |
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| wolf braun holocaust victim, b. 1874-02-13, DE (b. 1874) |
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cekson braun American writer, US (b. 1940) |
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albrecht braun DE (b. 1932) |
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| heřman braun holocaust victim, b. 1902-07-25, CZ (b. 1902) |
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| bernát braun holocaust victim, b. 1903-09-07, CZ (b. 1903) |
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