Harvey Winfield Brown (October 28, 1883 – September 4, 1956) was an American labor union leader.
In 1905, he joined the International Association of Machinists (IAM), and from 1911 he worked full-time for the union.
Under his leadership, the IAM grew rapidly, and became an industrial union, supplemented its members in the railroad sector with others in airframe and general manufacturing.
He also centralized the union, and engaged in lengthy conflicts with Emmet Davision, the IAM's secretary-treasurer, and with both the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the International Union of Operating Engineers.
[1] Brown stood down as president of the IAM in 1949,[1] becoming director of the office of labor affairs of the United States High Commission in Germany.