Count Johann Georg von Browne (or Johann Georg von Browne-Camus) (Riga, 20 September 1767 – Vienna, January 1827) was an officer in the Russian army, and settled in Vienna where he was a patron of Ludwig van Beethoven during the composer's early career.
His father was George Browne, an Irish soldier of fortune who became an officer in the Imperial Russian Army from 1730, reaching the rank of general.
Ferdinand Ries, a pupil of Beethoven, was through his recommendation appointed piano player at von Browne's house.
9, in which the composer calls him "Premiere Mécène de sa Muse" ("foremost patron of his muse"); Seven Variations for cello and piano in E-flat major on "Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute, WoO 46; Piano Sonata No.
The Count's majordomo, Hofrat Johannes Büel, said that von Browne was "one of the strangest of men, on the one hand full of excellent talents and splendid qualities of heart and mind, and on the other full of weaknesses and depravity".