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Bruce
Bruce
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"...

is a male given name with a list of people with the name.

Bruce may also refer to:

People

  • Bruce (surname)
    Bruce (surname)
    Bruce is a surname of Scottish-Norman origin. The de Brus family originated in Brix, in Manche, northern France.-People named Bruce:* Alexander Bruce * Benjamin F...

  • Clan Bruce
    Clan Bruce
    Clan Bruce is a Scottish clan from Kincardine in Scotland. It was a Royal House in the 14th century, producing two kings of Scotland.-Origins of the Clan:...

    , Scottish clan
  • House of Bruce, Scottish Royal house

Places

Australia
  • Bruce, Australian Capital Territory
    Bruce, Australian Capital Territory
    Bruce is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Bruce was gazetted as a division on 6 June 1968 in recognition of Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce, the first Chancellor of the Australian National University and eighth Prime Minister of Australia. S. M. Bruce served as...

    , a suburb of Canberra
  • Bruce, South Australia
    Bruce, South Australia
    Bruce is a settlement in South Australia....

    , a town
  • Division of Bruce
    Division of Bruce
    The Division of Bruce is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1955 and is named for Stanley Bruce, who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1923 to 1929. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne...

    , an electoral division in Victoria


Canada
  • Bruce, Alberta
    Bruce, Alberta
    Bruce is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Beaver County. It is located along Highway 14 between Viking and Ryley, approximately east of Edmonton, and has an elevation of ....

    • Bruce (Alberta provincial electoral district)
      Bruce (Alberta provincial electoral district)
      -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...

  • Bruce County, Ontario
    Bruce County, Ontario
    Bruce County is a county in western Ontario, Canada, and includes the Bruce Peninsula. As of 2006, the population was 65,349. The area was . The county seat is Walkerton, Ontario. It is located at ....

    • Bruce (Ontario provincial electoral district)
      Bruce (Ontario provincial electoral district)
      Bruce was a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.The riding existed from 1934 to 1967 and again from 1987 to 1999....

  • Bruce Island (Nunavut)
    Bruce Island (Nunavut)
    Bruce Island is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Frobisher Bay, south of Ward Inlet....

  • Bruce Mountains
    Bruce Mountains
    The Bruce Mountains are a small mountain range on the northeast coast of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is a subrange of the Baffin Mountains which in turn form part of the Arctic Cordillera mountain range....

    , a mountain range on Baffin Island, Nunavut
  • Bruce Trail
    Bruce Trail
    The Bruce Trail is a hiking trail in southern and central Ontario, Canada.-General:The trail follows the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, one of the thirteen UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves in Canada, for almost...

    , a hiking trail in Ontario


New Zealand
  • Bruce (New Zealand electorate)
    Bruce (New Zealand electorate)
    Bruce was a rural parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1922. For part of the 1860s with the influx to Otago of gold-miners it was a multi-member constituency with two members.-History:...

    , a former parliamentary electorate


Russia
  • Bruce Island
    Bruce Island
    Bruce Island is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Its area is 191 km². The highest point of the island is 301 m.Except for a very small area at the western shoreline, Bruce Island is completely glacierized....

    , Russian Arctic


United States
  • Bruce, Florida
  • Bruce, Minnesota
    Bruce, Minnesota
    Bruce was the name of a town in Martin Township, Rock County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The townsite is now abandoned, and no trace remains.-History:...

  • Bruce, Mississippi
    Bruce, Mississippi
    Bruce is a town situated along the Skuna River in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States.-Geography:Bruce is located at .-History:...

  • Bruce, Wisconsin
    Bruce, Wisconsin
    Bruce is a village in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 787 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bruce is located at ....

  • Bruce Crossing, Michigan
    Bruce Crossing, Michigan
    Bruce Crossing is an unincorporated community in Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States. Bruce Crossing is located in Stannard Township at the junction of U.S. Route 45 and M-28, south-southeast of Ontonagon. Bruce Crossing has a post office with ZIP code 49912.- History :Bruce Crossing was...

  • Bruce Township (disambiguation), several places

Fiction

  • Bruce Banner, the alter ego of the Incredible Hulk
  • Bruce the Moose, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Bruce Wayne, the alter ego of Batman
  • Don Bruce, a character in Robert Asprin's MythAdventures series

General

  • The Bruce (film)
    The Bruce (film)
    The Bruce is a 1996 film set in Scotland and England in the early 14th century. The film focuses primarily on the rise to power of Robert I of Scotland, culminating in the Battle of Bannockburn in AD 1314....

    , a 1996 film about Robert the Bruce
  • The Brus
    The Brus
    The Brus is a long narrative poem of just under 14,000 octosyllabic lines composed by John Barbour which gives a historic and chivalric account of the actions of Robert the Bruce and the Black Douglas in the Scottish Wars of Independence during a period from the circumstances leading up the English...

    , a long historical military romance composed by the poet John Barbour
  • Bruce (crater)
    Bruce (crater)
    Bruce is a small lunar impact crater located in the Sinus Medii. It lies to the west-northwest of the irregular crater Rhaeticus, and just to the west of the even smaller Blagg....

    , on the Moon
  • Bruces sketch
    Bruces sketch
    The Bruces sketch is a famous sketch from the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus, and appears in episode 22, 'How to recognise different parts of the body'...

    , from the TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus
  • Bruce/Claw, a type of anchor
  • Bruce, one of the vegetarian sharks from the 2003 film Finding Nemo named for the production nickname for the shark in the film Jaws
  • Bruce and Bongo
    Bruce and Bongo
    Bruce and Bongo were a 1980s British electronic, New Wave duo consisting of Bruce Hammond Earlam and Douglas Wilgrove . The pair are best known internationally for their 1986 hit "Geil". The German word 'geil' is used in this context to mean 'cool' or 'awesome', but translates literally as 'horny'...

    , British New Wave band of the 1980s
  • Bruce protocol
    Bruce Protocol
    The Bruce protocol is a diagnostic test used in the evaluation of cardiac function, developed by Robert A. Bruce.-History:Before the development of the Bruce Protocol there was no safe, standardized protocol that could be used to monitor cardiac function in exercising patients...

    , a diagnostic test used in the evaluation of cardiac function, developed by Robert A. Bruce
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