Bruce (surname)

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.[citation needed]

## People with the surname

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* 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
* Harry Bruce (disambiguation)
* 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

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1. ^ Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 63.
2. ^ Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 69.

## References

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* Reaney, PH (1995). Wilson, RM (ed.). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-8631464.

## See also

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* Admiral Bruce (disambiguation)
* General Bruce (disambiguation)
* Governor Bruce (disambiguation)
* Judge Bruce (disambiguation)
* Senator Bruce (disambiguation)

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