William Brown Cooper

William Brown Cooper (1811–1900) was an American portrait painter from the state of Tennessee.

Early life William Brown Cooper was born in 1811 near Carthage in Smith County, Tennessee. His brother was the painter Washington Bogart Cooper (1802–1888). He was educated at the National Academy Museum and School in New York City as well as in Paris and Rome for three years. In 1853, he painted a painting entitled Out of State. He had a studio in Memphis, Tennessee for fifteen years.

His portrait, painted by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel (1823–1909), is owned by Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Death Cooper died on May 2, 1900, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was struck by an electric streetcar while crossing the street and attempting to dodge an automobile. "He was a very hale and hearty man at the time of his death," according to a death notice.