Bruce
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In English The meaning of the name Bruce is: Thick brush. Surname since medieval times; now a common given name. Folklore tale of 14th century Robert King of Scotland: (the Bruce) who learned the value of perseverance from watching a spider spin a web.
Bruce may refer to:
In fiction:
- Bruce Banner, the alter ego of the Incredible Hulk
- Bruce Wayne, the alter ego of Batman
In sports:
- Bruce Bowen, small forward for the San Antonio Spurs
- Bruce Arena, American Soccer coach
- Cameron Bruce, Australian-football professional
- Isaac Bruce, wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams
- Bruce Grobbelaar, Retired Zimbabwe soccer goalkeeper
In television and film:
- Bruce, the mechanical shark in the movie Jaws
- Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist and martial arts actor
- Bruce Almighty, a Hollywood comedy movie
- Bruce Campbell, actor best known for the Evil Dead series of films
- Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor
- Bruce McGill, American actor
- Bruce Willis, American actor
- Bruces sketch, famous sketch from the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Fiona Bruce, British television presenter
In politics:
- Jacob Bruce, Russian statesman and military leader
- Malcolm Bruce, British politician
- Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland
- Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Australian Prime Minister from 1923 to 1929
In music:
- Bruce Dickinson, British singer
- Bruce Hornsby, singer-songwriter from Williamsburg, VA
- Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
In education:
- Catherine Wolfe Bruce, American benefactor of the Harvard College Observatory
- Bruce Tuckman, education researcher and psychologist who proposed the forming-storming-norming-performing model of team development
- Bruce Metzger, American theological writer and scholar
In geography:
- Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
- Bruce, Wisconsin, a small town in the northern Wisconsin
- Bruce County, Ontario, county in western Ontario, Canada
- Bruce Crossing, Michigan, a small unincorporated community located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- Division of Bruce, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria
In other fields:
- Bruce, a small crater in the Moon.
- Bruce, a type of anchor
- Alexander Balmain Bruce, a Scottish pastor, Professor and author.
- Bruce Brooks, American author
- Bruce Shelley, American computer game designer
- Lenny Bruce, Jewish-American comedian
- James Bruce, Scottish explorer and self-proclaimed discoverer of the source of the Blue Nile.
- Bruce, a creature from Neopets with a penguin shaped body.
In Trails
- Bruce Trail Trail on Ontario Canada
[edit] Resources
- Baby names list An extensive resource of given names
and their meanings.
