Roy Brown was born on October 30, 1916 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Jeanne Feciashko and Emily Roberts. He died on February 24, 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.