Bruce

Bruce is a male first name and a family name. Bruce is the English form of the Norman village of Brix. The name comes from Sir Robert de Brus, a Norman knight who came to England with the Conqueror William and his son Robert was appointed in Scotland by David I. to Lord of Annandale. From the family and the 5th Lord of Annandale, Robert de Brus, the 1291 unsuccessful claims to the Scottish throne rose and whose grandson of the same name, who fought with William Wallace for the independence of Scotland from 1306 to 1329 and King of Scotland come had. The family motto is Fuimus ( " We have been ").

Bearers of the name

First name

• Bruce Alger ( born 1918 ), American politician
• Bruce Bechtold (* 1952), German catamaran sailors
• Bruce Braley ( b. 1957 ), American politician
• Bruce Campbell (born 1958 ), American actor
• Bruce Channel ( born 1940 ), American musician
• Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989), British writer
• Bruce Cohen ( * 19 **), American film producer
• Bruce Conner (1933-2008), American film director and visual artist
• Bruce Alexander Cook (1932-2003), American journalist and writer
• Bruce Darnell ( born 1957 ), American male model, photo model and choreographer
• Bruce Dickinson (born 1958 ), British rock musician, vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden
• Bruce Goodin (born 1969 ), New Zealand Show Jumping
• Bruce Hamilton ( * 1927), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Bruce Hornsby (born 1954 ), American pianist
• Bruce Hutchison (1901-1992), Canadian writer and journalist
• Bruce King (1924-2009), American politician
• Bruce Lee (1940-1973), actor from Hong Kong
• Bruce Li ( born 1950 ), Chinese Bruce Lee impersonator
• Bruce Low (1913-1990), Dutch pop singers
• Bruce Payne ( born 1960 ), British actor
• Bruce Perens ( * 19 **), American computer scientist
• Bruce Reynolds (1931-2013), British Postzugräuber
• Bruce Smith ( b. 1963 ), U.S. American football player
• Bruce Springsteen ( born 1949 ), American rock musician
• Bruce Willis ( born 1955 ), American actor

Family name

Bruce is the name of an aristocratic British family:

• Robert I. (Scotland ) Bruce ( 1274-1329 ), King of Scotland
• Marjorie Bruce (1296-1316), Scottish princess
• David II (Scotland ) Bruce ( 1327-1371 ), King of Scotland
• Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ( 1766-1841 )
• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ( 1811-1863 )
• Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ( 1849-1917 )
• Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare ( 1919-2005 ), British politician and member of the House of Lords ( Conservative)
• Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin (* 1924), British Lord
• Michael Brudenell - Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury ( born 1926 ), British peer and politician

Bruce is a surname and may refer to:

A

• Adolf Adam Bruce (1835-1901), German officer and patron
• Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901-1969), American collector, philanthropist and patron
• Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare ( born 1957 ), British politician
• Alex Bruce ( footballer, 1952) ( born 1952 ), Scottish football player
• Alex Bruce ( footballer, 1984) ( born 1984 ), Irish football player
• Alexander James Bruce ( born 1929 ), British zoologist
• Alexandra Bruce (Alex Bruce, * 1990), Canadian badminton player
• Andrea Bruce ( born 1955 ), Jamaican track and field athlete
• Andrew Bruce (born 1958 ), sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago

B

• Blanche Bruce (1848-1898), American politician

C

• Caroline Bruce (* 1986), American swimmer
• Charles Granville Bruce (1866-1939), British officer and mountaineers
• Charles Morelle Bruce (1853-1938), American politician, Acting Governor of the Arizona Territory

D

• David Bruce (1855-1931), Australian- English physician and parasitologist
• David Bruce (ice hockey player) (born 1964 ), Canadian ice hockey player
• David KE Bruce (1898-1977), American jurist and diplomat
• Donald Bruce, Baron Bruce of Donington (1912-2005), a British accountant and politician of the Labour Party
• Donald C. Bruce (1921-1969), American politician
• Dylan Bruce ( born 1980 ), Canadian actor and model

E

• Ed Bruce ( born 1939 ), American country musician
• Edmond Bruce (1899-1973), American electrical engineer
• Edward Bruce (~ 1275-1318 ), Irish High King
• Edward Bruce ( archer ) ( 1861-1919 ), American archer
• Eileen Adelaide Bruce (1905-1955), English botanist

F

• Francis Edward Hovell - Thurlow - Cumming - Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow ( 1912-2013 ), British nobleman and diplomat
• Frederick Fyvie Bruce (1910-1990), Scottish theologian

G

• Geoff Bruce ( born 1953 ), American alpine skier
• Geoffrey Bruce (1896-1972), British mountaineer

B

• Harriet Bruce - Annan (born 1965 ), Ghanaian programmer and development worker
• Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare ( 1815-1895 ), British statesman

I

• Ian Bruce ( sailor ) ( born 1933), Canadian sailor
• Ian Bruce ( athlete ) ( born 1935 ), Australian athlete

J

• Jack Bruce ( born 1943 ), Scottish musician
• Jacob Daniel Bruce (1669-1735), Scottish field marshal
• James Bruce (1730-1794), Scottish explorer
• Jean Bruce (1921-1963), French writer
• John Bruce (1837-1893), Canadian politician and judge

L

• Bruce Lawrence, British wrestler
• Lenny Bruce (1925-1966), American comedian

M

• Matthew Linn Bruce (1860-1936), American lawyer, judge and politician
• Melanie Bruce (born 1972 ), British figure skater

N

• Nayo Bruce (1856-1919), togolese - German showman
• Nigel Bruce (1895-1953), British actor

P

• Patrick Henry Bruce (1881-1936), American painter
• Phineas Bruce (1762-1809), American politician

R

• Richard Francis - Bruce ( born 1948 ), Australian Cutter
• Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury ( 1626-1685 ), English politician
• Robert Bruce (General ) ( 1668-1720 ), Russian general with Scottish origin, brother of Jacob Bruce
• Robert Bruce ( squatter ) (1835? ​​-1908 ), Australian squatter and author
• Robert Bruce (artist), American Artist
• Robert Bruce ( swimmer ) (born 1969 ), Australian swimmer
• Robert Randolph Bruce (1861-1942), Canadian engineer and mining entrepreneur

S

• Sandy Bruce - Lockhart, Baron Bruce - Lockhart (1942-2008), British politician ( Conservative Party )
• Shelbie Bruce (* 1992), American actress
• Stanley Bruce (1883-1967), Australian politician
• Steve Bruce ( sociologist ) (born 1954 ), English sociologist and university professor
• Steve Bruce ( footballer ) ( born 1960 ), English footballer and football coach

T

• Tami Bruce (born 1967 ), American swimmer
• Tammy Bruce (born 1962 ), American journalist, feminist writer and radio presenter
• Terry L. Bruce ( born 1944 ), American politician
• Theo Bruce (1923-2002), Australian long jumper
• Tom Bruce ( born 1952 ), American swimmer

V

• Virginia Bruce (1910-1982), American actress and singer

W

• Wendy Bruce (born 1973 ), American device Turner
• William Bruce (architect ) ( 1630-1710 ), Scottish architect
• William Bruce (businessman ) ( 1762-1830 ), American businessman, founder of the city Eaton (Ohio )
• William Blair Bruce (1859-1906), Canadian painter
• William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946), American politician
• William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921), Scottish polar explorer