Bruce
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans , from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name.
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | the willowlands |
| Popularity | see popular names |
The variant Lebrix and Le Brix are French variations of the surname.
Actors
- Bruce Bennett (1906–2007), American actor and athlete
- Bruce Boxleitner, American actor
- Bruce Campbell, American actor, director, writer, producer and author
- Bruce Davison, American actor and director
- Bruce Dern, American actor and intellectual
- Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and musician
- Bruce Herbelin-Earle, English-French actor and model
- Bruce Jones, English actor, known for playing Les Battersby in soap opera Coronation Street from 1997-2007
- Bruce Kirby, American actor
- Bruce Lee (1940–1973), martial artist and movie star
- Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian
- Bruce McGill, American actor
- Bruce Willis, American actor
Musicians
- Bruce Cockburn, Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Bruce Dickinson, lead vocalist of Iron Maiden
- Bruce Guthro, lead vocalist of the Scottish Band Runrig and Canadian singer-songwriter
- Bruce Hornsby, American pianist
- Bruce Johnston, long time member of the Beach Boys
- Bruce Kulick, long time member of Kiss and member of Grand Funk Railroad
- Bruce Levingston, American concert pianist
- Bruce Molsky, old-time fiddler
- Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter
Sports
- Bruce Arena, American ex head coach of the US men's national soccer team
- Steve Bruce, (born 1960) former English professional football player who played as a centre-back. He is the current manager of Newcastle United.
- Bruce Arians, NFL head coach
- Bruce Bochy, San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres baseball team manager and past Padres catcher
- Bruce Bolden, American basketball player
- Bruce Boudreau, Canadian former NHL player and current NHL coach
- Bruce Carter (American football), American football player
- Bruce Claridge, Canadian football player
- Bruce Dalrymple (born 1964), American basketball player
- Bruce Fleisher (born 1948), American PGA golfer
- Bruce Grobbelaar, former Zimbabwean football goalkeeper and manager
- Bruce Hector (born 1994), American football player
- Bruce Holmes, American football player
- Bruce Jankowski, American football player
- Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner; born 1949), Olympic gold medalist, auto racer, businessman, television personality
- Bruce LaSane, American football player
- Bruce Manson (born 1956), American tennis player
- Bruce McCray, American football player
- Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), race car driver and designer
- Bruce McPhail (1937–2020), New Zealand rugby union player
- Bruce Seldon, American WBA heavyweight and world champion
- Bruce Smith (defensive end), all star NFL defensive end
Other
- Bruce Angrave (1914–1983), British poster artist, illustrator and author
- Bruce W. Carr (1924–1998), American flying ace during World War II
- Bruce Forsyth, English TV host and entertainer
- Bruce Fuchs, American immunologist and health science administrator
- Bruce James (1730–1794), Scottish traveller in Ethiopia, and writer
- Bruce Lander (born 1946), Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
- Bruce George Peter Lee (born 1960), prolific British serial killer, arsonist, and mass murderer
- Bruce Lerman, American cardiologist; Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Bruce Marks (born 1957), American politician
- Thomas Donald Bruce McArthur (born 1951), Canadian serial killer; better known as "Bruce McArthur"
- Bruce Mendenhall (born 1951), American suspected serial killer
- Bruce Morrow ("Cousin Brucie"), American radio personality
- Bruce Nauman (born 1941), American artist
- Bruce Nestande (1938–2020), American politician
- Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, American mass murderer and perpetrator of the 2009 Covina massacre
- Bruce Parry, English explorer, author, indigenous rights advocate and documentarian
- Bruce Perens, computer programmer, open source founder
- Bruce Rauner (born 1957), American businessman and politician
- Bruce Ritchie (born 1965), British property developer
- Bruce Rockowitz (born 1958/59), American businessman
- Bruce Sterling, American science fiction writer
- Bruce Schneier, cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist and writer
- Bruce Thorburn, from the Hooley Dooleys
- Bruce Tree, an oak tree named for Robert the Bruce
Fictional characters
- Bruce Wayne, a billionaire and the secret identity of Batman
- Bruce Banner, the alter ego of the Hulk
- Bruce, a great white shark in Finding Nemo
- Bruce McKenzie, effeminate minor character in Family Guy
- Bruce Nolan, a reporter who is offered a chance to be God for a week in Bruce Almighty
- Bruce Sato, a character in the cartoon M.A.S.K. (TV series)
- Bruce, one of the Delightful Children From Down The Lane on Codename: Kids Next Door
- The Bruces from the Monty Python Bruces sketch
- Bruce Irvin, a Muay Thai kickboxer and fictional character from the Tekken series
- Bruce Lauderdale, a larger than life character from Fareham
- Bruce, a replica of the shark from the 1975 film Jaws on display at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, from the nickname given by the film crew to the prop sharks
See also
- Bruce (surname), people with surname Bruce
- Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, a Canadian nuclear reactor facility
- Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra
- All pages with titles beginning with Bruce
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