Roy Brown was born on 30 October 1916 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Jeanne Feciashko and Emily Roberts. He died on 24 February 2013 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Designer of the Edsel, which became an infamous flop, costing Ford Motors millions. However, Brown later designed the Cortina, which became one of the company's biggest sellers in Europe.