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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, (see Braose) while in others it appears to be derived from Brix in Normandy, or Bruz in Brittany, both in France.
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)
Citations
References
Reaney, PH (1995). Wilson, RM (ed.). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-8631464.
See also
Admiral Bruce (disambiguation)
General Bruce (disambiguation)
Governor Bruce (disambiguation)
Judge Bruce (disambiguation)
Senator Bruce (disambiguation)
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