Bruce
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | the willowlands[citation needed] |
| Popularity | see popular names |
Bruce is an English language name that arrived in Scotland with the Normans,[1] from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy,[citation needed] France, meaning "the willowlands".[dubious – discuss] 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 male given name.
The variant Lebrix and Le Brix are French variations of the surname.
Note: A few people are notable in more than one field, and therefore appear in more than one section.
Film and television
- Bruce Altman (born 1955), American actor
- Bruce Baillie (1931–2020), American filmmaker
- Bruce Bennett (1906–2007), American actor and athlete
- Bruce Berman (born 1952), American film producer
- Bruce Boa (1930–2004), Canadian actor
- Bruce Boxleitner (born 1950), American actor
- Bruce Campbell (born 1958), American actor, director, writer, producer and author
- Bruce Conner (1933–2008), American artist and filmmaker
- Bruce Davison (born 1946), American actor and director
- Bruce Dern (born 1936), American actor
- Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017), English television host and entertainer
- Bruce Glover (1932–2025), American actor
- Bruce Gowers (1940–2023), English television director and producer
- Bruce Gray (1936–2017), American-Canadian actor
- Bruce Greenwood (born 1956), Canadian actor
- Bruce Helford (born 1952), American TV writer and producer
- Bruce Herbelin-Earle (born 1998), English-French actor and model
- Bruce Horak (born 1974), Canadian artist and television and stage actor
- Bruce Hung (born 1990), Taiwanese actor
- Bruce Jones (born 1953), English actor
- Bruce Kirby (1925–2021), American actor
- Bruce LaBruce (born 1964), Canadian artist, writer, filmmaker, photographer
- Bruce Lee (1940–1973), martial artist and movie star
- Bruce Lester (1912–2008), English actor
- Bruce McCulloch (born 1961), Canadian actor and comedian
- Bruce McDonald (born 1959), Canadian film and TV director
- Bruce McGill (born 1950), American actor
- Bruce Payne (born 1958), English actor
- Bruce Spence (born 1945), New Zealand-Australian actor
- Bruce Willis (born 1955), American actor
Music
- Bruce Abel (1936–2021), American singer
- Bruce C. Allen (died 2009), American guitarist in The Suburbs
- Bruce Cockburn (born 1945), Canadian guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author
- Bruce Dickinson (born 1958), English singer, songwriter, writer, and brewer
- Bruce Guthro (born 1961), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Bruce Hart (songwriter) (1938–2006), American songwriter and screenwriter
- Bruce Hornsby (born 1954), American singer-songwriter and pianist
- Bruce Johnston (born 1942), American musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer
- Bruce Kulick (born 1953), American musician
- Bruce Levingston, American concert pianist
- Bruce Molsky, (born 1955), American multi-instrumentalist and singer
- Bruce Montgomery, pen name Edmund Crispin, English crime writer and composer
- Bruce Montgomery (musical director) (1927–2008), composer, artist, conductor, and director from Philadelphia
- Bruce Palmer (died 2004), Canadian bassist in Buffalo Springfield
- Bruce Springsteen (born 1949), American singer-songwriter, and musician
- Bruce Thorburn, former member of the Hooley Dooleys Australian children's music and performance act
- Bruce Welch (born 1941), English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Other arts and entertainment
- Bruce Allen (manager), Canadian manager of musical artists
- Bruce Angrave (1914–1983), English poster artist, illustrator and author
- Bruce Bawer (born 1956), American author and cultural critic
- Bruce Hart (wrestler) (born 1950), Canadian professional wrestler
- Bruce Gray (sculptor) (1956–2019), American sculptor
- Bruce McCall (1935–2023), Canadian author and illustrator
- Bruce Montgomery, pen name Edmund Crispin, English crime writer and composer
- Bruce Morrow (born 1935 or 1937), American radio personality born Bruce Meyerowitz
- Bruce Nauman (born 1941), American multi-media artist
- Bruce Petty (1929–2023), Australian political satirist, sculptor and cartoonist
- Bruce Sterling, American science fiction writer
- Bruce Wands (1949–2022), American digital artist and educator
- Bruce Weber (photographer) (born 1946), American fashion photographer and filmmaker
- Bruce West (artist) (1939–2021), American sculptor
Business
- Bruce Rauner (born 1957), American businessman and politician
- Bruce Ritchie (born 1965), English property developer
- Bruce Rockowitz (born 1958/59), American businessman
Crime and the law
- Bruce Lander (born 1946), Federal Court of Australia judge
- Bruce George Peter Lee (born 1960), English serial killer and arsonist
- Bruce Lindahl (1953–1981), American serial killer
- Bruce Mendenhall (born 1951), American suspected serial killer
- Bruce McArthur (born 1951), Canadian serial killer
- Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, American mass murderer and perpetrator of the 2009 Covina massacre
Military
- Bruce W. Carr (1924–1998), American World War II flying ace
- Bruce W. Carter (1950–1969), American Marine killed in the Vietnam War, awarded the Medal of Honor
Politics
- Bruce F. Allen (1917–1986), American politician
- Bruce Blakeman (1955-present), American politician
- Bruce Fanjoy, Canadian politician
- Bruce Haigh (1945–2023), Australian political commentator and diplomat
- Bruce Harrell (born 1958), American politician
- Bruce Kent (1929–2022), English political activist and priest
- Bruce Laingen (1922–2019), American diplomat
- Bruce Marks (politician) (born 1957), American politician
- Bruce Nestande (1938–2020), American politician
- Bruce Rauner (born 1957), American businessman and politician
- Bruce Reed (born 1960), American political advisor and non-profit administrator
- Bruce Reid (politician) (1935–2020), Australian politician
- Bruce Russett (1935–2023), American political scientist
- Bruce Vento (1940–2000), American politician
- Bruce Westerman (born 1967), American politician
- Bruce A. White, American politician
Science, technology and medicine
- Bruce Allen (physicist) (born 1959), American physicist
- Bruce G. Blair (1947–2020), American nuclear security expert, research scholar, author, and TV producer
- Bruce Chorpita (born 1967), American clinical psychologist
- Bruce Fuchs, American immunologist and health science administrator
- Bruce Irons (engineer) (1924–1983), Canadian engineer and mathematician
- Bruce Lerman, American cardiologist
- Bruce Perens, computer programmer, open source founder
- Bruce Schneier (born 1963), cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist and writer
- Bruce Webster, American software engineer, educator, and author
- Bruce Western (born 1964), American sociologist
- Bruce Wilcox (born 1951), American programmer
Sports
- Bruce Allen (American football) (born 1956), American football executive
- Bruce Allen (drag racer), American drag racer
- Bruce Arena (born 1951), American national soccer coach
- Bruce Arians (born 1952), American football head coach
- Bruce Bennett (1943–2021), American football player
- Bruce Bochte (born 1950), American baseball player
- Bruce Bochy (born 1955), American retired baseball team manager and player
- Bruce Bolden (born 1963), American basketball player
- Bruce Bowen (born 1971) American basketball player
- Bruce Boudreau (born 1955), Canadian hockey player and coach
- Bruce Branch (born 1978), American football player
- Bruce Carter (American football) (born 1988), American football player
- Bruce Chen (born 1977), Panamanian professional baseball pitcher
- Bruce Claridge (died 1999), Canadian football player
- Bruce Curry (born 1956), American former professional boxer
- Bruce Dalrymple (born 1964), American basketball player
- Bruce Dombolo (born 1985), French footballer
- Bruce Fleisher (1948–2021), American professional golfer
- Bruce Gamble (1938–1982), Canadian professional ice hockey goalie
- Bruce Grobbelaar (born 1957), Zimbabwean football goalkeeper and manager
- Bruce Hector (born 1994), American football player
- Bruce Holmes (born 1965), American football player
- Bruce Irons (surfer) (born 1979), American surfer
- Bruce Irvin (born 1987), American football player
- Bruce Jankowski (born 1949), American football player
- Bruce Kamau (born 1995), Australian footballer
- Bruce Kent (cyclist) (1928–1979), New Zealander cyclist
- Bruce LaSane (born 1967), American football player
- Bruce Manson (born 1956), American tennis player
- Bruce McCray (born 1963), American football player
- Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), New Zealander race car driver and designer, founder of McLaren
- Bruce McMillan (sport shooter) (born 1942), New Zealand sportsman
- Bruce McPhail (1937–2020), New Zealander rugby union player
- Bruce Pandolfini (born 1947), American chess author, teacher, and coach
- Bruce Prichard (born 1963), American professional wrestling executive
- Bruce Reid (born 1963), former Australian Test cricketer
- Bruce Reid Sr. (1929–1955), Australian rules footballer
- Bruce Reid Jr. (born 1955), Australian rules footballer
- Bruce K. Reid (1950–1970), Australian rules footballer
- Bruce Reid (doctor) (1946–2020), Australian rules footballer and Essendon club doctor
- Bruce Seldon (born 1967), American boxing heavyweight and world champion
- Bruce Smith (halfback) (1920–1967), American football player
- Bruce Smith (Australian footballer) (1939–2017), Australian rules footballer
- Bruce Smith (cricketer) (born 1946), New Zealand cricketer
- Bruce Smith (Canadian football) (1949–2013), Canadian football player
- Bruce Smith (luger) (born 1958), Canadian luger
- Bruce Smith (rugby union) (born 1959), New Zealand rugby union player
- Bruce Smith (born 1963), American football player
- Bruce Sutter (1953–2022), American baseball pitcher
- Bruce Tasker (born 1987), English bobsledder
- Bruce Weber (administrator) (1951–2006), Australian sports administrator
- Bruce Weber (basketball) (born 1956), American basketball coach
- Bruce Wallrodt (1951–2019), Australian Paralympic athlete
Other
- Bruce (kea), a male kea studied for his accommodation of a beak disability
- Bruce R. McConkie (1915–1985), American LDS Church leader and author
- Bruce Parry (born 1969), English explorer, author, indigenous rights advocate and documentarian
