Bruno (name)
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Bruno is a male given name. It is derived from the Germanic word brun meaning Shield or Armor. It 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
- Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
- Saint Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne (died 965)
- Saint Bruno of Querfurt (died 1009)
- Bishop Bruno of Augsburg (died 1029)
- Saint Bruno, Bishop of Würzburg (died 1045)
- Bruno II (1024–1057)
- Bruno the Saxon (11th century), historian
- Bruno of Cologne (d. 1101), founder of the Carthusians
- Saint Bruno, Bishop of Segni (died 1123)
- Pope Gregory V, given name was Bruno of Carinthia
- Pope Leo IX, given name was Bruno, Count of Dagsbourg
- Giordano Bruno, Italian friar, philosopher and mystic - see also Giordano Bruno (disambiguation)
- Henri Reynders (Dom Bruno) (1903–1981), Catholic priest
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 Caboclo, Brazilian basketball player
- Bruno Campos, Brazilian actor
- Bruno Carabetta, French judoka
- Bruno Carranza (1822–1891), former President of Costa Rica
- Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer, 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 Gagliasso, Brazilian actor
- Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
- Bruno Gerussi, Canadian actor
- Bruno Giacomelli, Formula 1 driver
- Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect
- Bruno Giordano, Italian footballer and a coach
- Bruno Gissoni, Brazilian actor
- 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 Heller (born 1960), English screenwriter
- Bruno Heppell (born 1972), Canadian football player
- 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 Saltor Grau, Spanish footballer
- 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 Díaz, Batman's name in 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 Disney's animated feature Cinderella
- Bruno, 1930s animated cartoon pet dog belonging to Bosko
- Bruno (Pokémon), a character in the Pokémon video game
- Brüno Gehard, 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 Cortona, character portrayed by Vittorio Gassman in the 1948 film The Easy Life by Dino Risi
- 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 Ricci, character portrayed by Enzo Staiola in the 1948 film Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio De Sica
- Bruno Von Stickle, a character in Disney's Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Notable surnames
- Alessio Bruno (born 1994) Italian footballer
- Billi Bruno (born 1997), actress
- Angelo Bruno (1911–1980), former boss of the Philadelphia crime family
- Chris Bruno (born 1966), actor
- Dylan Bruno, American actor
- Federico Bruno (born 1993), Argentine distance runner
- Francesco Bruno (born 1968), Italian sport shooter
- Francesco Faà di Bruno, Italian mathematician and priest
- Frank Bruno (born 1961), boxer,
- Gioia Bruno, musician
- Giordano Bruno (died 1600), Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist, executed for heresy
- 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
- Tory Bruno, Aerospace executive and President and CEO of United Launch Alliance
- Fictional surnames
- Giorgio Bruno, a character in the video game Time Crisis 4
- Jimmy Bruno, a character in Cold Case appearing in the episode "Forever Blue" (Cold Case Episode)
See also