Bruce
This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Bruce (disambiguation).
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| Gender | Male |
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| Meaning | the willowlands |
| Popularity | see popular names |
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix of the Manche département in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of King Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce) (1274−1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name.
The variant Lebrix and Le Brix are French variations of the surname.
Actors
- Bruce Bennett, 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 Kirby, American actor
- Bruce Lee, martial artist and movie star
- Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian
- Bruce McGill, American actor
- Bruce Willis, American actor
Musicians
- Bruce Molsky, Old Time Fiddler
- Bruce Cockburn, a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
- Bruce Dickinson, the lead vocalist of Iron Maiden.
- Bruce Hornsby, American pianist
- Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter
- Bruce Kulick, long time member of KISS and member of Grand Funk Railroad
Sports
- Bruce Arians, NFL head coach
- Bruce Bochy, Giants and Padres baseball team manager and past Padres catcher
- Bruce Bolden, American basketball player
- Bruce Boudreau, former NHL player and current NHL coach
- Bruce Carter, American football player
- Bruce Claridge, Canadian football player
- Bruce Grobbelaar, former Zimbabwean football goalkeeper and manager
- Bruce Holmes, American football player
- Bruce Jankowski, American football player
- Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner), Olympic gold medalist, auto racer, businessman, television personality
- Bruce LaSane, American football player
- Bruce McCray, American football player
- Bruce McLaren, race car driver and designer
- Bruce Seldon, WBA heavyweight and world champion
- Bruce Smith, all star NFL defensive end
Fictional characters
- Bruce Wayne, a billionaire and the secret identity of Batman
- Bruce Banner, the secret identity 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, one of the Delightful Children From Down The Lane on Codename: Kids Next Door
- The Bruces from the Monty Python sketch "Bruce"
Other
- Sir Bruce Forsyth, English TV host and entertainer
- Bruce Lander (born 1946), Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
- Bruce Morrow ("Cousin Brucie"), American radio personality
- Bruce Sterling, American science fiction writer
- Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, a Canadian nuclear reactor facility.
See also
- All pages beginning with "Bruce"
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