Bruce

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| caption= Robert the Bruce

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| gender = Male

| meaning = the willowlands{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

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The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans,{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Mike|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Bruce|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/bruce|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Behind the Name}} from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy,{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} France, meaning "the willowlands".{{dubious|date=September 2017}} 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.

Arts and entertainment

=Film and television=

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 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

=Music=

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 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 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

=Other arts and entertainment=

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 Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner; born 1949), Olympic gold medalist, auto racer, businessperson and television personality
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

Business

Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner; born 1949), Olympic gold medalist, auto racer, businessperson and television personality
Bruce Rauner (born 1957), American businessman and politician
Bruce Ritchie (born 1965), English property developer
Bruce Rockowitz (born 1958/59), American businessman

Crime and the law

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
Thomas Donald Bruce McArthur (born 1951), 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 (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

Politics

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 Kent (1929–2022), English political activist and priest
Bruce Laingen (1922–2019), American diplomat
Bruce Marks (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

Science, technology and medicine

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 cinical 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

Sports

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 Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner; born 1949), Olympic gold medalist, auto racer, businessperson and television personality
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

Other

Bruce R. McConkie (1915–1985), American LDS Church leader and author
Bruce Parry (born 1969), 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.{{Cite web|title=Old Neopets {{!}} Neopets History {{!}} Book of Ages|url=https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=bruce|access-date=2021-08-22|website=bookofages.jellyneo.net}}