Brun
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Brun may refer to the following:
- the FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
word derived from the GermanicGermanic languagesThe Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
word for "brown" (paronym with brinBrinBrin is a surname, and may refer to:* Benedetto Brin , Italian naval administrator and politician.**Italian submarine Brin named after Benedetto Brin - also Brin class submarine* David Brin , science fiction author....
). If applied to hair, see brunette - Brun, Duke of Saxony, died 880
Place name
- Brun, ArmeniaAkner, SyunikAkner |rural community]] in the Syunik Province of Armenia. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia reported its population as 1,338 in 2010, up from 1,116 at the 2001 census....
, (now Akner) also Romanized as Brrun - The River BrunRiver BrunThe River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire.Rising at the confluence of Hurstwood Brook and Rock Water at Foxstones Bridge near the village of Hurstwood, the river runs north west towards the town of Burnley.The river passes through the artificial Rowley Lake near Rowley Hall and collects...
runs through BurnleyBurnleyBurnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....
in eastern LancashireLancashireLancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
in EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Surname
- Ane BrunAne BrunAne Brun is a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. Since 2003 she has recorded eight albums, four of which are studio albums, a live DVD and a collection of duets...
(born 1976), Norwegian singer/songwriter - Antoine Brun-Rollet (1810–1858), French Africa explorer
- Bairbre de BrúnBairbre de BrúnBairbre de Brún is an Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing Northern Ireland.- Political work :...
(born 1954), Irish politician - Charles Brun (France)Charles Brun (France)Charles Brun was a 1st class engineer of the French Navy stationed at Rochefort, France.He was famously involved in building the submarine Plongeur, which had been designed by Simon Bourgeois, in 1862....
, engineer - Charles Brun (Denmark)Charles Brun (Denmark)Charles Brun was a Danish politician, representing the Venstre Reform Party in Parliament . He served as Finance Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Niels Neergaard I from October 12, 1908 to August 16, 1909....
(1866–1919), Danish politician - Charles Le BrunCharles Le BrunCharles Le Brun , a French painter and art theorist, became the all-powerful, peerless master of 17th-century French art.-Biography:-Early life and training:...
(1619–1690), French painter and art theorist - Conrad Malte-BrunConrad Malte-BrunConrad Malte-Brun , born Malthe Conrad Bruun, was a Danish-French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a geographer.-Biography:...
(1755–1826), Danish-French geographer and journalist - Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le BrunÉlisabeth-Louise Vigée Le BrunLouise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was a French painter, and is recognized as the most famous female painter of the 18th century. Her style is generally considered Rococo and shows interest in the subject of neoclassical painting...
(1755–1842), French painter - Eske BrunEske BrunEske Brun was a high civil servant in Greenland and in relation to Greenland from 1932 till 1964.Brun was born in Aalborg in the northern part of Jutland, Denmark. His father died when he was 15 and the family moved to Ordrup north of Copenhagen...
(1904–1987), politician in Greenland - Friederike BrunFriederike BrunFriederike Brun, née Münther , was a Danish author and salonist.She was married to the affluent merchant Constantin Brun and during the Danish Golden Age of the first half of the 19th century she arranged literary salons at Sophienholm, their summer retreat north of Copenhagen.-Early...
, German writer - Herbert BrünHerbert BrunHerbert Brün was a composer and pioneer of electronic and computer music. Born in Berlin, Germany, he taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1962 until he retired, several years before his death.-Career:...
(1918–2000), German-American composer of electronic music - Johan Nordahl BrunJohan Nordahl BrunJohan Nordahl Brun was the poet, dramatist, bishop in Bergen , and politician who contributed significantly to the growth of National Romanticism in Norway, contributing to the growing national consciousness.He traveled to Copenhagen in 1767, where he passed his theological examinations...
(1745–1816), Norwegian poet, dramatist, bishop, and politician - Napoleon LeBrunNapoleon LeBrunNapoleon Eugene Charles Henry LeBrun was an American architect. LeBrun is best known as the architect of several notable Philadelphia churches, including St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Twentieth Street ; the Seventh Presbyterian Church , the Scots Presbyterian Church , the Church of St...
(1821–1901), American architect - Pádraig de BrúnPádraig de BrúnMonsignor Pádraig de Brún was an Irish clergyman, mathematician and classical scholar, who served as President of University College Galway....
(1889–1960) , Irish clergyman, mathematician and classical scholar - Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de CharmettesPhilippe-Alexandre Le Brun de CharmettesPhilippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes was a French historian, poet, translator and official.De Charmettes was born in Bordeaux ....
(1785–1870), French historian, poet, and official - Roy BrunRoy BrunRoy Louis Brun is a First Judicial District state judge in Shreveport , who was a Republican member of the Louisiana state Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988-1997...
(born 1953), American judge and politician - Rudolf BrunRudolf BrunRudolf Brun was the leader of the Zürich guilds' revolution of 1336, and the city's first independent mayor....
, mayor of Zürich 1336–1360 - Thomas BrunThomas BrunThomas Brun, also le Brun or Brown, was son or nephew of William Brun , a clerk of Henry I of England. He travelled to Sicily as a child in the entourage of Robert of Selby about the year 1130...
- Victor Adolphe Malte-BrunVictor Adolphe Malte-BrunVictor Adolphe Malte-Brun was a French geographer and cartographer.He was born in Paris, France. The son of Conrad Malte-Brun, another geographer, of Danish origin, and founder of the Société de Géographie....
(1816–1889), French geographer and cartographer - Viggo BrunViggo BrunViggo Brun was a Norwegian mathematician.He studied at the University of Oslo and began research at the University of Göttingen in 1910. In 1923, Brun became a professor at the Technical University in Trondheim and in 1946 a professor at the University of Oslo...
, mathematician - Walter Brun, racing driver from Switzerland
Organizations
- Brun MotorsportBrun MotorsportBrun Motorsport GmbH was a Swiss auto racing team founded by driver Walter Brun in 1983. They competed as a Porsche privateer team in sports car racing for their entire existence, running in a multitude of international championships. They notably won the World Sportscar Championship in 1986 and...
, Swiss sports car team founded by Walter Brun - EuroBrunEuroBrunEuroBrun Racing was a Formula One constructor from Senago, Milan, Italy, with an Italo-Swiss ownership. They participated in 46 grands prix, entering a total of 76 cars....
, Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
team co-founded by Euroracing and Brun MotorsportBrun MotorsportBrun Motorsport GmbH was a Swiss auto racing team founded by driver Walter Brun in 1983. They competed as a Porsche privateer team in sports car racing for their entire existence, running in a multitude of international championships. They notably won the World Sportscar Championship in 1986 and...
See also
- Bruno (disambiguation)
- Bruijn (disambiguation)
- BruunBruunBruun is a family name of Nordic origin. The meaning is brown . In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. Other spelling variants are Bruhn and Brun. Today, c. 0.1 % of the population carries Bruun as their surname or middle name. The name is also...
- BrunskillBrunskill-Etymology:Brunskill has an Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse and Viking origin, and it is a topographical name for someone who lives at a brown coloured stream or a brown hill...