Bruce

Bruce

Robert the Bruce
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	the willowlands
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, France, meaning "the willowlands". 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.

• 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

• 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 Corbitt (1962–2019), American heavy metal vocalist
• 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

• 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

• Bruce Rauner (born 1957), American businessman and politician
• Bruce Ritchie (born 1965), English property developer
• Bruce Rockowitz (born 1958/59), American businessman

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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.²