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, 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.
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
- Bruce Altman, American actor
- Bruce Baillie, American filmmaker
- Bruce Bennett, American actor and athlete
- Bruce Berman, American film producer
- Bruce Boa, Canadian actor
- Bruce Boxleitner, American actor
- Bruce Campbell, American actor, director, writer, producer and author
- Bruce Conner, American artist and filmmaker
- Bruce Davison, American actor and director
- Bruce Dern, American actor
- Bruce Forsyth, English television host and entertainer
- Bruce Glover, American actor
- Bruce Gowers, English television director and producer
- Bruce Gray, American-Canadian actor
- Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor
- Bruce Helford, American TV writer and producer
- Bruce Herbelin-Earle, English-French actor and model
- Bruce Horak, Canadian artist and television and stage actor
- Bruce Hung, Taiwanese actor
- Bruce Jones, English actor
- Bruce Kirby, American actor
- Bruce LaBruce, Canadian artist, writer, filmmaker, photographer
- Bruce Lee, martial artist and movie star
- Bruce Lester, English actor
- Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian
- Bruce McGill, American actor
- Bruce Payne, English actor
- Bruce Spence, New Zealand-Australian actor
- Bruce Willis, American actor
Music
- Bruce Abel, American singer
- Bruce C. Allen, American guitarist in The Suburbs
- Bruce Cockburn, Canadian guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author
- Bruce Dickinson, English singer, songwriter, writer, and brewer
- Bruce Guthro, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Bruce Hart (songwriter), American songwriter and screenwriter
- Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- Bruce Johnston, American musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer
- Bruce Kulick, American musician
- Bruce Levingston, American concert pianist
- Bruce Molsky,, American multi-instrumentalist and singer
- Bruce Montgomery, pen name Edmund Crispin, English crime writer and composer
- Bruce Montgomery (musical director), composer, artist, conductor, and director from Philadelphia
- Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter, and musician
- Bruce Thorburn, former member of the Hooley Dooleys Australian children's music and performance act
- Bruce Welch, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Other arts and entertainment
- Bruce Allen (manager), Canadian manager of musical artists
- Bruce Angrave, English poster artist, illustrator and author
- Bruce Bawer, American author and cultural critic
- Bruce Hart (wrestler), Canadian professional wrestler
- Bruce Gray (sculptor), American sculptor
- Bruce Jenner, Olympic gold medalist, auto racer, businessperson and television personality
- Bruce McCall, Canadian author and illustrator
- Bruce Montgomery, pen name Edmund Crispin, English crime writer and composer
- Bruce Morrow, American radio personality born Bruce Meyerowitz
- Bruce Nauman, American multi-media artist
- Bruce Petty, Australian political satirist, sculptor and cartoonist
- Bruce Sterling, American science fiction writer
- Bruce Wands, American digital artist and educator
- Bruce Weber (photographer), American fashion photographer and filmmaker
- Bruce West (artist), American sculptor
Business
- Bruce Jenner, Olympic gold medalist, auto racer, businessperson and television personality
- Bruce Rauner, American businessman and politician
- Bruce Ritchie, English property developer
- Bruce Rockowitz, American businessman
Crime and the law
- Bruce Lander, Federal Court of Australia judge
- Bruce George Peter Lee, English serial killer and arsonist
- Bruce Lindahl, American serial killer
- Bruce Mendenhall, American suspected serial killer
- Thomas Donald Bruce McArthur, Canadian serial killer; better known as Bruce McArthur
- Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, American mass murderer and perpetrator of the 2009 Covina massacre
Military
- Bruce W. Carr, American World War II flying ace
- Bruce W. Carter, American Marine killed in the Vietnam War, awarded the Medal of Honor
Politics
- Bruce F. Allen, American politician
- Bruce Blakeman, American politician
- Bruce Fanjoy, Canadian politician
- Bruce Haigh, Australian political commentator and diplomat
- Bruce Harrell, American politician
- Bruce Kent, English political activist and priest
- Bruce Laingen, American diplomat
- Bruce Marks, American politician
- Bruce Nestande, American politician
- Bruce Rauner, American businessman and politician
- Bruce Reed, American political advisor and non-profit administrator
- Bruce Reid (politician), Australian politician
- Bruce Russett, American political scientist
- Bruce Vento, American politician
- Bruce Westerman, American politician
- Bruce A. White, American politician
Science, technology and medicine
- Bruce Allen (physicist), American physicist
- Bruce G. Blair, American nuclear security expert, research scholar, author, and TV producer
- Bruce Chorpita, American clinical psychologist
- Bruce Fuchs, American immunologist and health science administrator
- Bruce Irons (engineer), Canadian engineer and mathematician
- Bruce Lerman, American cardiologist
- Bruce Perens, computer programmer, open source founder
- Bruce Schneier, cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist and writer
- Bruce Webster, American software engineer, educator, and author
- Bruce Western, American sociologist
- Bruce Wilcox, American programmer
Sports
- Bruce Allen (American football), American football executive
- Bruce Allen (drag racer), American drag racer
- Bruce Arena, American national soccer coach
- Bruce Arians, American football head coach
- Bruce Bennett, American football player
- Bruce Bochte, American baseball player
- Bruce Bochy, American retired baseball team manager and player
- Bruce Bolden, American basketball player
- Bruce Bowen American basketball player
- Bruce Boudreau, Canadian hockey player and coach
- Bruce Branch, American football player
- Bruce Carter (American football), American football player
- Bruce Chen, Panamanian professional baseball pitcher
- Bruce Claridge, Canadian football player
- Bruce Curry, American former professional boxer
- Bruce Dalrymple, American basketball player
- Bruce Dombolo, French footballer
- Bruce Fleisher, American professional golfer
- Bruce Gamble, Canadian professional ice hockey goalie
- Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean football goalkeeper and manager
- Bruce Hector, American football player
- Bruce Holmes, American football player
- Bruce Irons (surfer), American surfer
- Bruce Irvin, American football player
- Bruce Jankowski, American football player
- Bruce Jenner, Olympic gold medalist, auto racer, businessperson and television personality
- Bruce Kamau, Australian footballer
- Bruce Kent (cyclist), New Zealander cyclist
- Bruce LaSane, American football player
- Bruce Manson, American tennis player
- Bruce McCray, American football player
- Bruce McLaren, New Zealander race car driver and designer, founder of McLaren
- Bruce McMillan (sport shooter), New Zealand sportsman
- Bruce McPhail, New Zealander rugby union player
- Bruce Pandolfini, American chess author, teacher, and coach
- Bruce Prichard, American professional wrestling executive
- Bruce Reid, former Australian Test cricketer
- Bruce Reid Sr., Australian rules footballer
- Bruce Reid Jr., Australian rules footballer
- Bruce K. Reid, Australian rules footballer
- Bruce Reid (doctor), Australian rules footballer and Essendon club doctor
- Bruce Seldon, American boxing heavyweight and world champion
- Bruce Smith (halfback), American football player
- Bruce Smith (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Bruce Smith (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- Bruce Smith (Canadian football), Canadian football player
- Bruce Smith (luger), Canadian luger
- Bruce Smith (rugby union), New Zealand rugby union player
- Bruce Smith, American football player
- Bruce Sutter, American baseball pitcher
- Bruce Tasker, English bobsledder
- Bruce Weber (administrator), Australian sports administrator
- Bruce Weber (basketball), American basketball coach
- Bruce Wallrodt, Australian Paralympic athlete
Other
- Bruce R. McConkie, American LDS Church leader and author
- Bruce Parry, English explorer, author, indigenous rights advocate and documentarian
Fictional characters
- Bruce, one of the Delightful Children From Down The Lane on Codename: Kids Next Door
- Bruce, a great white shark in Finding Nemo
- Bruce, a replica of the shark from the 1975 film Jaws displayed at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the nickname given by the film crew to the prop sharks
- The Bruces, from the Monty Python Bruces sketch
- Bruce Banner, the alter ego of the Hulk
- Bruce Ben-Bacharach, the main character's manager in Lady Dynamite
- "The Bruce Dickinson", from the SNL More Cowbell sketch
- Bruce Hyena, a supporting character in the Geronimo Stilton book franchise
- Bruce Irvin, a Muay Thai kickboxer and fictional character from the Tekken series
- 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, from the cartoon M.A.S.K.
- Bruce Wayne, a billionaire and the secret identity of Batman
- Bruce, a penguin-like species on the virtual pet website Neopets. It was named after Bruce Forsyth.