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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000014693-12-000122
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120726
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120730
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120730

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BROWN FORMAN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000014693
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BEVERAGES [2080]
		IRS NUMBER:				610143150
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		850 DIXIE HWY
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5025851100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1080
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN FORMAN INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870816

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN FORMAN DISTILLERS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19840807

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BROWN FORMAN DISTILLERY CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19670730

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMBLE JOAN LORDI
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001274252

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	002-26821
		FILM NUMBER:		12993463

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
		STREET 2:		200 VESEY STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10285
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        <issuerName>BROWN FORMAN CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BFA, BFB</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>AMBLE JOAN LORDI</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>850 DIXIE HWY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOUISVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>40210</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
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                <value>Deferred Stock Units</value>
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                <value>2012-07-26</value>
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            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>737.65</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Under the Brown-Forman Corporation Non-Employee Director Deferred Stock Unit Program each DSU represents the right to receive one share of the Company's Class B common stock. This grant made on July 26, 2012, was based on the closing price of the Company's Class B common stock on that date ($93.54). On each dividend payment date, participants are credited with DSU equivalents.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Annual grants of DSUs vest over the course of the Board year. DSUs are paid out in Class B common stock on the first February 1 that is at least six months following the Director's termination from Board service.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Diane M. Barhorst, Atty in Fact for Joan L. Amble</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-07-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>   POWER OF ATTORNEY



   The undersigned does hereby constitute and appoint each of Matt Hamel, Nelea A. Absher, Holli

   H. Lewis, Diane M. Barhorst and Laura H. Pulliam, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful

   attorney-in-fact to:



   1. prepare, execute and file, for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including

   amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the

   "Act") and the rules thereunder;



   2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or

   desirable to prepare and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 (including amendments thereto) and timely

   file that Form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or

   similar authority, and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as the attorney-

   in-fact deems appropriate; and



   3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of

   the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of the

   undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

   undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and

   conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's discretion.



   The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform

   any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of

   the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

   could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and

   confirming all that the attorney-in-fact, or the attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do

   or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.



   The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and their substitutes, in serving in

   such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Brown-Forman Corporation (the

   "Corporation") assuming, (i) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the

   Act or (ii) any liability of the undersigned for failure to comply with Section 16 of the Act.  This Power of

   Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from the undersigned's obligations to comply with the

   requirements of the Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16

   thereunder.  The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on information

   furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact.



   This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to

   file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by

   the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing

   attorneys in fact.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that the

   undersigned has previously granted.



   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this

   16 day of November, 2011.







   __________________________________

   Joan L. Amble

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