John Browne (1582 – 16 May 1659) was an English lawyer who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1653. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.
Browne was the son of John Browne of Frampton, Dorset. He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 13 October1598, aged 16. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1599. In 1621, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bridport. He was re-elected as one of the members for Bridport in 1628, but his election was declared void on 12 April. In June 1641 he was elected for Dorset in the Long Parliament and sat until 1653, surviving Pride's Purge in 1648. He was appointed as a commissioner for the trial of the King in 1649, but did not act.
Browne died at the age of 78.