Bruce


Gender:
Origin: French
2332 famous people named Bruce found on Wikipedia.
382873 male, 1399 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 478-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 25-th in year 1952
Used in: English, Scottish

Meanings

A male given name: from a Norman family name.

The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix of the Manche département in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of King Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce) (1274−1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name.
The variant Lebrix and Le Brix are French variations of the surname.

A Norman surname, but etymology from Brix (place in La Manche, Normandy) is now considered doubtful ["Dictionary of English Surnames"]. Originated in Britain with Robert de Bruis, a baron listed in the Domesday Book. His son, a friend of David I, king of Scotland, was granted by him in 1124 the lordship of Annandale, and David's son, Robert, founded the Scottish House of Bruce. As a given name for U.S. males, most popular for boys born c. 1946-1954.

English baby name: thick brush, from the brushwood thicket. Probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France.

Famous People: 2332 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Bruce Lee 1940 Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
2 Bruce Kingsbury 1918 Australian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
3 Bruce Willis 1955 American actor, producer, and musician
4 Bruce Springsteen 1949 American singer and songwriter
5 Bruce Campbell 1958 American actor
6 Bruce Dern 1936 American actor
7 Robert I of Scotland 1274 King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329
8 Bruce Dickinson 1958 English musician, airline pilot and broadcaster
9 Bruce Forsyth 1928 English television presenter and entertainer
10 Bruce Greenwood 1956 Actor, musician
11 Lenny Bruce 1925 Comedian and social critic
12 Bruce McGill 1950 US-american actor
13 Bruce Boxleitner 1950 Actor, writer
14 Bruce Arians 1952 American football player and coach
15 Steve Bruce 1960 English professional footballer and manager
16 Jack Bruce 1943 Scottish musician
17 Bruce Hornsby 1954 American singer, pianist, and songwriter
18 Bruce Buffer 1957 American martial artist
19 Bruce Paltrow 1943 American film and television director
20 Bruce Rauner 1957 American businessman, politician, and 42nd Governor of Illinois
21 Bruce Arena 1951 American soccer coach
22 Bruce Davison 1946 American actor
23 Dylan Bruce 1980 Canadian actor and model
24 Bruce McLaren 1937 New Zealander racecar driver, designer and team owner
25 Bruce Bowen 1971 American basketball player
26 Tammy Bruce 1962 American broadcaster and political activist
27 Bruce Mann 1950 American professor of law and a legal historian
28 Bruce Venture 1985 American pornographic actor
29 Bruce Spence 1945 New Zealand actor
30 Bruce Prichard 1963 Professional wrestling executive
31 Bruce Bochy 1955 American baseball player and manager
32 Bruce Vilanch 1948 American comedy writer, head writer for the Oscars
33 Bruce Hart 1950 Canadian professional wrestler, promoter, booker, trainer, and school teacher
34 Bruce Timm 1961 Animator
35 Bruce Matthews 1961 Professional football player
36 Bruce Grobbelaar 1957 Zimbabwean footballer and manager
37 Bruce Abbott 1954 American actor
38 Bruce Beresford-Redman 1971 American television producer
39 Bruce Irvin 1987 American football player
40 Bruce Glover 1932 American character actor
41 Bruce Cabot 1904 Actor
42 Bruce Boudreau 1955 Canadian ice hockey player
43 Bruce Payne 1958 British actor
44 Bruce Schneier 1963 American computer scientist
45 Bruce Kulick 1953 American guitarist
46 Bruce Reynolds 1931 English criminal
47 Bruce Weitz 1943 American actor
48 Bruce Hampton 1947 Surrealist American musician
49 Nigel Bruce 1895 British actor
50 Ken Bruce 1951 British DJ
51 Bruce Cockburn 1945 Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
52 Ben Bruce 1988 British musician
53 Bruce Altman 1955 Film, television actor
54 Bruce Edwards Ivins 1946 American microbiologist, vaccinologist
55 Jay Bruce 1987 Baseball player from the United States
56 Bruce Lansbury 1930 British television presenter
57 Bruce Pearl 1960 American college basketball coach
58 Bruce Morrow 1935 American DJ
59 Bruce Sudano 1948 American musician
60 Bruce Robinson 1946 British screenwriter and film director
61 Isaac Bruce 1972 American football player
62 Bruce Toussaint 1973 French journalist
63 Bruce Johnston 1939 Murderer
64 Alex Bruce 1984 Footballer
65 Bruce Gradkowski 1983 American football player
66 Bruce Reitherman 1955 American actor
67 Bruce Langley
68 Bruce Chatwin 1940 English novelist
69 Bruce P. Crandall 1933 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
70 Bruce Wagner 1954 American writer and film director
71 Bruce Lipton 1944 US biologist
72 Bruce Sterling 1954 American writer, speaker, futurist, and design instructor
73 Bruce Jones 1953 British actor
74 Bruce Weber 1946 American photographer
75 Bruce Foxton 1955 British musician
76 Bruce Beresford 1940 Film director
77 Bruce McCulloch 1961 Comedian, actor, writer
78 Virginia Bruce 1910 Actress from the United States
79 Bruce McAvaney 1953 Australian sports broadcaster
80 Bruce Bruce 1965 Comedian
81 Bruce Miller 1987 American football player
82 Bruce Karatz 1945 American businessman
83 Bruce Bennett 1906 Actor
84 Bruce Welch 1941 English musician
85 Bruce Rioch 1947 Scottish footballer
86 Bruce Nauman 1941 American artist
87 Shelbie Bruce 1992 American actress
88 Bruce Harwood 1963 Canadian actor
89 Bruce Hall 1953 American musician
90 Bruce Buck 1946 American lawyer
91 Bruce Sutter 1953 American baseball player
92 Bruce Palmer 1946 Canadian bassist
93 Bruce Kirby 1928 Actor
94 Bruce Babbitt 1938 American lawyer and politician
95 Bruce Levenson 1949 American businessman
96 Bruce Wasserstein 1947 American businessman
97 Bruce Shand 1917 British Army officer
98 Bruce McCandless II 1937 American astronaut
99 Bruce Li 1950 Taiwanese actor and martial artist
100 Bo Bruce 1984 Singer
101 Bruce Straley 1978 American video game designer
102 Bruce Kovner 1945 American businessman
103 Bruce Seldon 1967 American boxer
104 Bruce Parry 1969 British documentarian
105 DeWayne Bruce 1962 Professional wrestler
106 Bruce Mahler 1950 American actor, producer and writer
107 Earle Bruce 1931 American football player and coach
108 Bruce Cassidy 1965 Canadian ice hockey coach
109 Bruce Poliquin 1953 State Treasurer of Maine
110 Bruce LaBruce 1964 Canadian filmmaker
111 Bruce A. Young 1956 American actor
112 Ed Bruce 1939 American country music songwriter and singer
113 Bruce Grannec 1986
114 Bruce Boa 1930 Canadian actor
115 Stanley Bruce 1883 Eighth Prime Minster of Australia
116 Marjorie Bruce 1297 Scottish princess
117 Edward Bruce 1275 Brother of Robert I of Scotland; High King of Ireland
118 Bruce Allen American football player, executive
119 Bruce Geller 1930 American television producer and writer
120 Bruce Murray, 12th Duke of Atholl 1960 Scottish Clan chief
121 Bruce Tuckman 1938 American psychologist
122 Bruce Conner 1933 American artist
123 Bruce Woodley 1942 Australian musician
124 Bruce Penhall 1957 American speedway rider
125 Bruce McNall 1950 American sports executive
126 Bruce Ellington 1991 American football player
127 Bruce Cutler 1948 American lawyer
128 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 1946 Political scientist
129 Bruce Broughton 1945 Composer
130 Bruce Gray 1936 Canadian actor
131 Michael Owen Bruce 1948 American rock musician and member of Alice Cooper
132 Bruce Wilhelm 1945 American strongman
133 Bruce Ratner 1945 New Jersey Nets owner, real estate developer
134 Bruce Dyer 1975 Footballer
135 Bruce Fairbairn 1949 Canadian musician
136 Bruce R. McConkie 1915 American Mormon leader
137 Bruce Perens 1958 American computer scientist
138 Bruce George Peter Lee 1960 British arsonist
139 Bruce Cohen 1961 American film producer
140 Bruce Golding 1947 Jamaican politician; Prime Minister of Jamaica
141 Bruce Halle 1930 Executive
142 Bruce Low 1913 Netherland singer
143 Bruce Henderson 1915 Founder of the Boston Consulting Group
144 Bruce Le 1950 Hong Kong actor
145 Bruce Catton 1899 American historian and journalist
146 Bruce K. Alexander 1939 Canadian psychologist
147 Bruce Carter 1988 American football player
148 Bruce Watson 1961 Canadian guitarist
149 Bruce Chen 1977 Major League Baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization
150 Blanche Bruce 1841 American politician
151 Bruce Jay Friedman 1930 Novelist, screenwriter, playwright
152 Bruce Baumgartner 1960 Olympic wrestler
153 Bruce D. Perry 1955 American psychiatrist
154 Bruce Channel 1940 American musician
155 Bruce Anstey 1969 New Zealand motorcycle racer
156 Bruce Faulconer Composer
157 Bruce Irons 1979 American surfer
158 Angela Bruce 1951 British actress
159 F. F. Bruce 1910 Scottish biblical scholar
160 Robert Bruce 1970 American rapper, Psychopathic Records don, and professional wrestler
161 Bruce Dawe 1930 Australian poet
162 Bruce Djite 1987 Australian soccer player
163 Mary Bruce Sister of Robert the Bruce
164 Bruce Darnell 1957 American model and choreographer
165 Bruce Sewell 1957
166 Bruce Fogle 1944 Veterinarian and author
167 Chloe Bruce
168 Bruce Langhorne 1938 American musician
169 Bruce Gordon 1916 American actor
170 Bruce Fairweather 1960 American musician
171 Bruce Bartlett 1951 American historian
172 Bruce Marchiano 1956 American actor
173 Bruce Pandolfini 1947 American chess player
174 Bruce Manning Metzger 1914 American scholar
175 Bruce W. Smith 1960 American film director born around 1960
176 Bruce Byron 1959 British actor
177 Bruce Beutler 1957 American immunologist and geneticist
178 Bruce Thomas 1948 British musician
179 Bruce Fraser 1964 American basketball player
180 Bruce Ames 1928 American biochemist
181 Bruce Oldfield 1950 British fashion designer
182 Lorraine Bruce Actress
183 Bruce Swedien 1934 American audio engineer
184 Bruce Alberts 1938 American biochemist
185 Bruce Heyman 1958 American banker and diplomat
186 Bruce Joel Rubin 1943 American screenwriter
187 Bruce DeHaven 1948 American football coach
188 Bruce Feiler 1964 Writer
189 Bruce Wilkinson 1940 American evangelist
190 Bruce Davidson 1933 American photographer
191 Bruce Hyde 1941 American actor and academic
192 Bruce Williams 1932 American talk radio host
193 Bruce Ramsay 1966 Canadian actor
194 Fiona Bruce 1957 British politician
195 Bruce Smith British musician
196 Bruce Karsh 1955 American businessman
197 Bruce Wayne Comic book character
198 Bruce Brown 1937 American filmmaker
199 Bruce Armstrong 1965 American football player
200 Bruce Braley 1957 American politician