Bruno (name)

Bruno

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old High German
Meaning	"Brown"
Other names
Related names	"Bruna" (female)

Bruno is a male given name. It is derived from the Old High German name Brun meaning Brown (modern Standard German: braun).

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 (died 880)
• Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, Duke of Lotharingia and saint
• Bruno (bishop of Verden) (920–976), German Roman Catholic bishop
• Pope Gregory V (c. 972–999), born Bruno of Carinthia
• Bruno of Querfurt (c. 974–1009), Christian missionary bishop, martyr and saint
• Bruno of Augsburg (c. 992–1029), Bishop of Augsburg
• Bruno (bishop of Würzburg) (1005–1045), German Roman Catholic bishop
• Pope Leo IX (1002–1054), born Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg
• Bruno II (1024–1057), Frisian count or margrave
• Bruno the Saxon (fl. 2nd half of the 11th century), historian
• Bruno of Cologne (d. 1101), founder of the Carthusians
• Bruno (bishop of Segni) (c. 1045–1123), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and saint
• Bruno (archbishop of Trier) (died 1124), German Roman Catholic bishop
• Bruno II of Berg (c. 1100–1137), Archbishop of Cologne

Modern world

• Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), German philosopher
• Bruno Bozzetto (born 1938), Italian animator
• Bruno Branciforte (born 1947), Italian admiral
• Bruno Caboclo (born 1995), Brazilian basketball player
• Bruno Campos (born 1973), Brazilian actor
• Bruno Carabetta (born 1966), French judoka
• Bruno Carranza (1822–1891), former President of Costa Rica
• Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer, older brother of Benoit Cheyrou
• Bruno Corbucci (1931–1996), Italian film director
• Bruno Cortês (born 1987), Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender
• Bruno de Finetti (1906–1985), Italian probabilist and statistician
• Bruno Fernandes (footballer, born 1994), Portuguese footballer
• Bruno (footballer, born 1984), full name Bruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza, Brazilian footballer and convicted murderer
• Bruno Fernando (born 1998), American basketball player
• Bruno Forte (born 1949), Italian theologian and ecclesiastic
• Bruno Gagliasso (born 1982), Brazilian actor
• Bruno Ganz (1941–2019), Swiss actor
• Bruno Gerussi (1928–1995), Canadian actor
• Bruno Giacomelli (born 1952), Formula 1 driver
• Bruno Giacometti (1907–2012) Swiss architect
• Bruno Giordano (born 1956), Italian footballer and a coach
• Bruno Gissoni (born 1986), Brazilian actor
• Bruno Gonçalves Kischinhevsky (born 1994), known as Bruno, Brazilian football midfielder
• Bruno Grandi (1934–2019), Italian gymnast and president of the International Gymnastics Federation
• Bruno Gutzeit (born 1966), French butterfly swimmer
• Bruno Richard Hauptmann (1899–1936), perpetrator of the Lindbergh kidnapping
• Bruno Heller (born 1960), English screenwriter
• Bruno Heppell (born 1972), Canadian football player
• Bruno Herrero Arias, Spanish footballer
• Bruno Hochmuth (1911–1967) 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 (born 1987), British actor
• Bruno Latour (1947), French sociologist and cultural theorist
• Bruno Lauzi (1937–2006), Italian singer-songwriter
• Bruno Leoni (1913–1967), Italian political philosopher (classical liberalism) and lawyer
• Bruno Lucia, Australian stand-up comedian and performer
• Bruno Lüdke (1908–1944), German alleged prolific serial killer
• Bruno Magli, Italian shoe designer
• Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter and music producer
• Bruno Mattei (1931–2007), Italian film director
• Bruno (footballer, born 1989), full name Bruno Moreira Silva, Brazilian footballer
• Bruno (footballer, born 1999), full name Bruno Moreira Soares, Brazilian footballer, playing in Colombia
• Bruno Munari (1907–1998), Italian industrial designer
• Bruno Neri (1910–1944) Italian footballer and partisan
• Bruno (footballer, born 1994), full name Bruno Nogueira Barbosa, Brazilian footballer, playing in Moldova
• Bruno Nolasco (born 1986), Brazilian water polo player
• Bruno Rezende (born 1986), Brazilian volleyball player
• Bruno Prevedi (1928–1988) Italian opera singer
• Bruno Renan Trombelli (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
• Bruno Rossi (1905–1993), Italian-American experimental physicist
• Bruno Ruffo (1920–2007), Italian motorcycle road racer
• Bruno S., German film actor, artist and musician Bruno Schleinstein (1932–2010)
• Bruno Saby (born 1949), French racer
• Bruno St. Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
• Bruno (footballer, born 1980), full name Bruno Saltor Grau, Spanish former footballer
• Bruno Sammartino (1935–2018) Italian-American wrestler
• Bruno Sassi (born 1970), wrestler
• Bruno Schulz (1892–1942) Polish writer
• Bruno Senna (born 1983), Brazilian racecar driver
• Bruno Soriano (born 1984), Spanish footballer
• Bruno Steinhoff (born 1937), German billionaire businessman, founder of Steinhoff International
• Bruno Tabacci (born 1946), Italian politician
• Bruno Tonioli (born 1955), Italian dancer and choreographer
• Bruno (footballer, born 1970), full name Bruno Alexandre Vaza Ferreira, Portuguese former footballer
• Bruno Walter (1876–1962), German conductor and composer
• Bruno Zebie (born 1995), Canadian soccer player
• Bruno Zevi (1918–2000), Italian architect
• Bruno Zumino (1923–2014), Italian theoretical physicist

Fictional characters

• the title character of Bruno (webcomic), by Christopher Baldwin
• Bruno Azrael, a fictional character in the anime Gundam SEED DESTINY
• 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 (Pokémon), 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 (1977)
• 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 (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 (born 1972), American actor
• Federico Bruno (born 1993), Argentine distance runner
• Francesco Bruno (born 1968), Italian sport shooter
• Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825–1888), Italian mathematician and priest
• Frank Bruno (born 1961), boxer
• Gioia Bruno (born 1963), American musician
• Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist and occultist, executed for heresy
• Giovanni Bruno (born 1988), Italian footballer
• Giuliana Bruno, academic and art writer
• J. Jon Bruno (born 1946), Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles
• Joseph Bruno (born 1929), New York politician
• Michele Bruno (1941–2016), South African drag queen
• Nick Bruno (born 1951), eighth president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Quentin Bruno, singer, dancer and actor
• Robert R. Bruno Jr. (1945–2008), American artist, inventor and businessman
• Salvatore Bruno (born 1979), Italian football striker
• Sébastien Bruno (born 1974), French rugby union player
• Tony Bruno (born 1952), American sports talk radio host
• Tory Bruno (born 1961), 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

See also

• Saint Bruno (disambiguation)