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This list is probably not a complete accounting of all incidents, but it dates back to the 1780s, and has 88 cases where a brown bear killed a human.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America
Going the other direction:
https://www.fws.gov/species/grizzly-bear-ursus-arctos-horribilis
The kill-to-death ratio is pretty favorable to humans.