Famous People with Name Browning

John Moses Browning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Moses Browning: was an American firearms designer who developed many varieties of firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He is the most important figure in the development of modern automatic and semi-automatic firearms and is credited with 128 gun patents — his first was granted October 7, 1879.Browning influenced nearly all categories of firearms design. He invented or made significant improvements to single-shot rifles, lever action rifles, and slide action firearms. His most significant contributions were in the area of autoloading firearms. He developed the autoloading pistol by inventing the slide design found on nearly every modern automatic handgun. He also developed the first gas-operated machine gun, the Colt-Browning Model 1895 — a system that would surpass recoil operation in popularity. Other successful designs include the Browning .50 caliber machine gun, the Browning Automatic Rifle, and a ground-breaking semi-automatic shotgun, the Browning Auto-5.

David "Skippy" Browning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David "Skippy" Browning: was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented the US at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he received a gold medal in Springboard Diving.

Nickey Browning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nickey Browning: is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 3rd District since 1996.

James Nathan Browning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Nathan Browning: was a Texas politician and lawyer. He served as Lieutenant Governor from 1898-1902. He had earlier served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives(1883-89, 1891).[1] A later Lieutenant Governor, Rick Perry, made the following comments when he was

Gordon Weaver Browning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gordon Weaver Browning: was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States Congress and was later Governor of Tennessee from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1949 to 1953. After World War I, Browning returned to the practice of law and ran for the Democratic no