Bruin (surname)
Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno. The form "the brown" is more common.
Notable people with the surname include:
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- James J. Bruin, Massachusetts politician
- Jan Bruin, Dutch footballer
- Joseph Bruin, American slave trader
- Will Bruin, American soccer player
- Antonie Augustus Bruijn, Dutch navy officer, merchant and naturalist
- * Named after him: Bruijn's brushturkey and Bruijn's Riflebird
- Jaap R. Bruijn, Dutch maritime historian
- Jordy Bruijn, Dutch football midfielder
- Andrew DeWitt Bruyn, New York politician
- Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Cologne Renaissance painter
- Barthel Bruyn the Younger, Cologne Renaissance painter
- Jan Bruyn, Dutch rower
- Maurice Bruyn, English knight
- Bruno Bruins, Dutch politician
- Eppo Bruins, Dutch politician
- Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch politician
- Jan Bruins, Dutch motorcycle road racer
- Luigi Bruins, Dutch footballer
- Mary Bruins Allison, American doctor and missionary
- Récardo Bruins Choi, Dutch-Korean racecar driver
- Regina Bruins, Dutch racing cyclist
- Rika Bruins, Dutch swimmer
- Siert Bruins, Dutch collaborator with Nazi Germany
- Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist and composer
- Tonny Bruins Slot, Dutch football coach
- Mark Bruyns, South African cricketer