Bruno (name)
Bruno is a male given name. It is derived from the Germanic word brun meaning "brown". It is also one of the most frequent Italian surnames. It also occurs very frequently in continental Europe and parts of Brazil as a given name for men and boys. Its feminine version in Italy, Portugal and Brazil is Bruna.
Notable historical names
Notable given names
- Bruno Bauer, German philosopher
- Bruno Bozzetto, Italian animator
- Bruno Branciforte, Italian admiral
- Bruno Brookes (born 1959), (born Trevor Neil Brookes), British DJ
- Bruno Campos, Brazilian actor
- Bruno Carabetta, French judoka
- Bruno Carranza (1822–1891), former President of Costa Rica
- Bruno Cheyrou, French football (soccer) player, older brother of Benoit Cheyrou
- Bruno Corbucci, Italian film director
- Bruno Cortês, Brazilian football (soccer) defender
- Bruno de Finetti, Italian probabilist and statistician
- Bruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza, Brazilian football (soccer) goalkeeper
- Bruno Forte, Italian theologian and ecclesiastic
- Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
- Bruno Gerussi, Canadian actor
- Bruno Giacomelli, Formula 1 driver
- Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect
- Bruno Giordano, Italian football player and a coach
- Bruno Grandi, Italian gymnast and president of the International Gymnastics Federation
- Bruno Gutzeit (born 1966), French butterfly swimmer
- Bruno Hauptmann, the man executed for the Lindbergh kidnapping/murder, 1899-1936
- Bruno Hochmuth, American general
- Bruno Hussar (1911–1996), Catholic priest
- Bruno Junk (1929–1995), Estonian racewalker
- Bruno Kirby (1949–2006), American actor
- Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990), Austrian chancellor from 1970 to 1983
- Bruno Langley, British actor
- Bruno Latour, French sociologist and cultural theorist
- Bruno Lauzi, Italian singer-songwriter
- Bruno Leoni (1913–1967), Italian political philosopher (classical liberalism) and lawyer
- Bruno Lucia, Australian stand-up comedian and performer
- Bruno Magli, Italian shoe designer
- Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter and music producer, famous for his international number-one single, "Just the Way You Are"
- Bruno Mattei, Italian film director
- Bruno Munari, Italian industrial designer
- Bruno Nolasco (born 1986), Brazilian water polo player
- Bruno Prevedi, Italian opera singer
- Bruno Renan Trombelli, Brazilian footballer playing for FC Shakhtar
- Bruno Rossi, Italian-American experimental physicist
- Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle road racer
- Bruno S., actor
- Bruno Saby, French racer
- Bruno St. Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bruno Sammartino (born 1935), Italian-American wrestler
- Bruno Sassi (born 1970), wrestler
- Bruno Schulz, Polish writer
- Bruno Senna, Brazilian racecar driver
- Bruno Tabacci, Italian politician
- Bruno Tonioli (born 1955), Italian dancer & choreographer
- Bruno Walter (1876–1962) Conductor and composer
- Bruno Zumino, Italian theoretical physicist
- Bruno, also known as Eko.Lsa, a French rapper
- Bruno, Spanish footballer playing for Sevilla FC
Fictional given names
- Bruno Diaz, Batman's name i Spanish Comics
- Bruno, a webcomic by Christopher Baldwin
- Bruno!, a webcomic by Dan Smith (artist)
- Bruno the Bandit, a webcomic by Ian McDonald
- Bruno the Bear, a rival of Bugs Bunny in the Warner Brothers short Big Top Bunny
- Bruno the Bear, s character on the TV series Edward and Friends
- Bruno the Bigfoot, a character in Sam & Max Hit the Road computer game
- Bruno the Kid, the lead character in the 1990s animated series voiced by Bruce Willis
- Bruno, a fictitious late 80s recording artist, actually a pseudonym used by actor Bruce Willis
- Bruno, a character in the Sesame Street television show
- Bruno, a character from Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno
- Bruno, a character in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Bruno, a robot from Mega Man Legends
- Bruno, a dog in Cinderella (1950 film)
- Bruno, 1930s animated cartoon pet dog belonging to Bosko
- Bruno (Pokémon), a character in the Pokémon video game
- Brüno (character), a character portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen on television and in the 2009 film of the same name
- Bruno Antony, the primary antagonist in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train
- Bruno Gianelli, a character in the TV series The West Wing
- Bruno J. Global, a character in Macross
- Bruno Mannheim, a character in DC Comics
- Bruno Martelli, a character on the TV series Fame played by Lee Curreri
- Bruno Martinez, a character in Grim Fandango
- Bruno Von Stickle, a character in Disney's Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Notable surnames
- Billi Bruno (born 1997), actress
- Angelo Bruno (1911–1980), mafioso
- Chris Bruno (born 1966), actor
- Dylan Bruno, American actor
- Francesco Bruno, Italian sport shooter, born 1968
- Francesco Faà di Bruno, Italian mathematician and priest
- Frank Bruno, boxer, born 1961
- Gioia Bruno, musician
- Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist, executed for heresy in 1600
- Giovanni Bruno, Italian footballer
- J. Jon Bruno, Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles
- Joseph Bruno, New York politician
- Nick Bruno, eighth president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Salvatore Bruno, Italian football striker
- Sébastien Bruno, French rugby union player
- Fictional surnames
See also