Nick or Nicholas Brown may refer to: Nicholas Brown I (1729–1791), American signer of the 1764 charter of what became Brown University Nicholas Brown II (1769–1841), Brown University was renamed for him in 1804 Nicholas Brown III (1792–1859), American Consul to Italy Nicholas Brown (pirate) (died 1726), English pirate Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934), Kew Gardens plant taxonomist Nicholas John Brown (1838–1903), Australian politician, Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Nicholas W. Brown (1821–1889), manufacturer and political figure in Ontario Nicholas Brown (actor) (born 1980), Australian actor, singer, songwriter and screenwriter