Bruce (surname) explained
The surname Bruce is a British surname of French origin. In Scotland, it is derived from Clan Bruce. In some cases it is derived from the French place name of Briouze in Normandy,[1] (see Braose) while in others it appears to be derived from Brix in Normandy, or Bruz in Brittany, both in France.[2]
The surname is also common among a Ghanaian family of Accra of Euro-African ancestry.
People with the surname
- Adam Bruce (born 1968), Scottish businessman
- Alexander Bruce (disambiguation)
- Alice Bruce (1867–1951), British educationist
- Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin, Scottish aristocrat, chief of the name of Bruce
- Angela Bruce (born 1951) British actress
- Brenda Bruce (1918–1996), British actress
- Ben Bruce (born 1988), musician
- Benjamin F. Bruce (1811–1888), New York politician
- Cameron Bruce (born 1979), Australian-football professional
- Carlos Bruce (born 1959), Peruvian politician
- Carol Bruce (1919–2007), American actress and singer
- Catherine Fleming Bruce (born 1961), American politician
- Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816–1900), American benefactor of the Harvard College Observatory
- Charles Bruce (disambiguation)
- Colin Bruce (disambiguation)
- David Bruce (disambiguation)
- Dylan Bruce (born 1980), actor
- Earle Bruce (1931–2018), American football coach
- Ed Bruce (1939–2021), American country music singer-songwriter
- Edgar Bruce (c. 1845–1901), English actor-manager
- Edward Bruce (disambiguation)
- Edward Bruce (c. 1280–1318), King of Ireland
- Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss (1548–1611), Scottish Judge
- Emily Bruce Roelofson (1832-1921), American composer
- Everend Lester Bruce (1884–1949), Canadian geologist
- F. F. Bruce (1910–1990), Scottish professor and Biblical scholar
- Fiona Bruce (born 1964), British television presenter
- Fiona Bruce (politician) (born 1957), British politician
- Frederick Bruce-Lyle (1953 – 2016), Ghanaian-born jurist and judge in several Caribbean countries
- William Bruce-Lyle (1919–?), Ghanaian jurist of Supreme Courts of Ghana and Zambia
- Frederick Nanka-Bruce (1878–1953), physician, journalist and politician of British Gold Coast colony
- Gail Bruce (1923–1998), American football player
- Geoffrey Bruce (mountaineer) (1896–1972), British army officer and Everest mountaineer
- George Bruce (disambiguation)
- Harriet Bruce-Annan (born 1965), Ghanaian programmer and humanitarian
- Ingrid Bruce (1940–2012), Swedish civil engineer
- Isaac Bruce (born 1972), American football wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams
- Jack Bruce (1943–2014), Scottish bass player with the band Cream
- Jacob Bruce (1669–1735), Russian statesman, military leader and scientist
- James Bruce (disambiguation)
- Jane Bruce, Canadian teacher and principal
- Jay Bruce (born 1987), Major League Baseball outfielder
- John Bruce (disambiguation)
- John Bruce-Gardyne Baron Bruce-Gardyne of Kirkden
- Joseph Bruce (born 1972), known as Violent J, American rapper of duo Insane Clown Posse
- Josette Bruce (1920–1996), French novelist
- Joshua Harrison Bruce (8133-1891), American farmer and politician
- Kate Bruce (1860–1946), American actress
- Ken Bruce (born 1951), radio presenter
- King Bruce, (1922–1997), Ghanaian composer, band leader and musician
- Lenny Bruce (1925–1966), American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist
- Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, writer, entrepreneur and cookery expert
- Malcolm Bruce (born 1944), British politician
- Michael Bruce (disambiguation)
- Mrs Victor Bruce, British aviator, racing driver and businesswoman
- Nigel Bruce (1895–1953), British character actor
- Noel Bruce (born 1921), South African banker and businessman
- Patrick Henry Bruce (1881–1936), American cubist painter
- Philip Alexander Bruce (1856–1933), American historian specialized in the history of Virginia
- Robert Bruce (disambiguation)
- Rowena Mary Bruce (1915–1999), English chess master
- Stanley Bruce (1883–1967), Prime Minister of Australia
- Steve Bruce (born 1960), British football manager
- Tammy Bruce (born 1962), American radio host, author, and political commentator
- Theo Bruce (1923–2002), Australian athlete
- Theodore Bruce (1847–1911), South Australian auctioneer, politician and mayor of Adelaide
- Thomas Bruce (disambiguation)
- Vicki Bruce (born 1953), British psychologist
- Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India
- Vida Bruce, Ghanaian athlete
- Virginia Bruce (1910-1982), actress
- W. H. Bruce (fl.1910–1930), businessman in Adelaide, South Australia
- William Bruce (disambiguation)
References
- Book: Reaney, PH . Wilson . RM . 1995 . A Dictionary of English Surnames . 3rd . . Oxford . 0-19-8631464 . R1 .
See also
Notes and References
- [#R1|Reaney; Wilson (1995)]
- [#R1|Reaney; Wilson (1995)]
