Bruno (name)
Bruno is a male given name. It is derived from the Old High German name Brun meaning Brown.
It occurs in continental Europe, United States, Canada, Brazil and Oceania as a given name for men and boys.
Given name
People
Pre-modern world
- Bruno, Duke of Saxony
- Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne, Duke of Lotharingia and saint
- Bruno , German Roman Catholic bishop
- Pope Gregory V, born Bruno of Carinthia
- Bruno of Querfurt, Christian missionary bishop, martyr and saint
- Bruno of Augsburg, Bishop of Augsburg
- Bruno , German Roman Catholic bishop
- Pope Leo IX, born Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg
- Bruno II, Frisian count or margrave
- Bruno the Saxon, historian
- Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusians
- Bruno , Italian Roman Catholic bishop and saint
- Bruno , German Roman Catholic bishop
- Bruno II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne
Modern world
- Bruno Bauer, German philosopher
- Bruno Bozzetto, Italian animator
- Bruno Branciforte, Italian admiral
- Bruno Caboclo, Brazilian basketball player
- Bruno Campos, Brazilian actor
- Bruno Carabetta, French judoka
- Bruno Carranza, former President of Costa Rica
- Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer, older brother of Benoit Cheyrou
- Bruno Corbucci, Italian film director
- Bruno Cortês, Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender
- Bruno de Finetti, Italian probabilist and statistician
- Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
- Bruno, full name Bruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza, Brazilian footballer and convicted murderer.
- Bruno Fernando, American basketball player
- 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 Gonçalves Kischinhevsky, known as Bruno, Brazilian football midfielder
- Bruno Grandi, Italian gymnast and president of the International Gymnastics Federation
- Bruno Gutzeit, French butterfly swimmer
- Bruno Richard Hauptmann, perpetrator of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
- Bruno Heller, English screenwriter
- Bruno Heppell, Canadian football player
- Bruno Herrero Arias, Spanish footballer
- Bruno Hochmuth American general
- Bruno Hussar, Catholic priest
- Bruno Junk, Estonian race-walker.
- Bruno Kirby, American actor
- Bruno Kreisky, Austrian chancellor from 1970 to 1983
- Bruno Langley, British actor
- Bruno Latour, French sociologist and cultural theorist
- Bruno Lauzi, Italian singer-songwriter
- Bruno Leoni, Italian political philosopher and lawyer
- Bruno Lucia, Australian stand-up comedian and performer
- Bruno Lüdke, German alleged prolific serial killer
- Bruno Magli, Italian shoe designer
- Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter and music producer
- Bruno Mattei, Italian film director
- Bruno, full name Bruno Moreira Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Bruno, full name Bruno Moreira Soares, Brazilian footballer, playing in Colombia
- Bruno Munari, Italian industrial designer
- Bruno Neri Italian footballer and partisan
- Bruno, full name Bruno Nogueira Barbosa, Brazilian footballer, playing in Moldova
- Bruno Nolasco, Brazilian water polo player
- Bruno Rezende, Brazilian volleyball player
- Bruno Prevedi Italian opera singer
- Bruno Renan Trombelli, Brazilian footballer
- Bruno Rossi, Italian-American experimental physicist
- Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle road racer
- Bruno S., German film actor, artist and musician Bruno Schleinstein
- Bruno Saby, French racer
- Bruno St. Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bruno, full name Bruno Saltor Grau, Spanish former footballer
- Bruno Sammartino Italian-American wrestler
- Bruno Sassi, wrestler
- Bruno Schulz Polish writer
- Bruno Senna, Brazilian racecar driver
- Bruno Soriano, Spanish footballer
- Bruno Steinhoff, German billionaire businessman, founder of Steinhoff International.
- Bruno Tabacci, Italian politician
- Bruno Tonioli, Italian dancer and choreographer
- Bruno, full name Bruno Alexandre Vaza Ferreira, Portuguese former footballer
- Bruno Walter, German conductor and composer
- Bruno Zebie, Canadian soccer player
- Bruno Zevi, Italian architect
- Bruno Zumino, Italian theoretical physicist
Fictional characters
- the title character of Bruno, by Christopher Baldwin
- Bruno the Bear, a rival of Bugs Bunny in the Warner Brothers short Big Top Bunny
- Bruno the Bear, in the TV series Edward and Friends
- Bruno the Bigfoot, in the Sam & Max Hit the Road computer game
- the lead character of Bruno the Kid, a 1990s animated series
- Bruno, in the Sesame Street television show
- Bruno, from Lewis Carroll's novel Sylvie and Bruno
- Bruno, in the 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Bruno, a robot from Mega Man Legends
- Bruno, a bear character in the animated series Total Drama
- Bruno, a dog in Disney's animated feature Cinderella
- Bruno, 1930s animated cartoon pet dog belonging to Bosko
- Bruno, in the Pokémon video game
- Brüno Gehard, portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen on television and in the 2009 film Brüno
- Bruno Antony, the villain of Alfred Hitchcock's film Strangers on a Train
- Bruno Cortona, in the 1948 film The Easy Life
- Bruno and Luisa di Marco, in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Bruno Sheppard, an antagonist in 1985 animated show M.A.S.K.
- Bruno Gianelli, in the TV series The West Wing
- Bruno J. Global, in the Japanese anime Macross
- Bruno Mannheim, a DC Comics character
- Bruno Martelli, in the TV series Fame
- Bruno Martinez, in the video game Grim Fandango
- Bruno Ricci, in the 1948 film Bicycle Thieves
- Bruno Von Stickle, in Disney's Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
- Bruno von Falk, in the novel Suite Française and the 2015 film of the same name
- Bruno Bucciarati, in the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- the title character of Bruno the Bandit, a webcomic drawn by Ian McDonald
Surname
People
- Alessio Bruno Italian footballer
- Billi Bruno, actress
- Angelo Bruno, former boss of the Philadelphia crime family
- Chris Bruno, actor
- Dylan Bruno, American actor
- Federico Bruno, Argentine distance runner
- Francesco Bruno, Italian sport shooter
- Francesco Faà di Bruno, Italian mathematician and priest
- Frank Bruno, boxer
- Gioia Bruno, American musician
- Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist and occultist, executed for heresy
- Giovanni Bruno, Italian footballer
- Giuliana Bruno, academic and art writer
- J. Jon Bruno, Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles
- Joseph Bruno, New York politician
- Michele Bruno, South African drag queen
- Nick Bruno, eighth president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Quentin Bruno, singer, dancer and actor
- Robert R. Bruno Jr., American artist, inventor and businessman
- Salvatore Bruno, Italian football striker
- Sébastien Bruno, French rugby union player
- Tony Bruno, American sports talk radio host
- Tory Bruno, aerospace executive and president and CEO of United Launch Alliance
Fictional characters
- Avilio Bruno, in the anime 91 Days
- Giorgio Bruno, in the video game Time Crisis 4