Bruno

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This Source

Bruno is the latinized version of the Germanic male given name Brun. It is also one of the most frequent Italian surnames, also occurs, less frequently, as a given name.

Notable people

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 the Saxon, historian, 11th century
Saint Bruno of Cologne, died 1101
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 philosopher and cosmologist - first "martyr for science."
Henri Reynders (Dom Bruno), Catholic priest, 1903-1981

Bruno Bozzetto, Italian animator
Bruno Branciforte, Italian admiral
Bruno Brookes (born 1959), (b Trevor Neil Brookes) British DJ
Bruno Campos, Brazilian actor
Bruno Cheyrou, French football player, older brother of Benoit Cheyrou
Bruno Corbucci, Italian film director
Bruno de Finetti, Italian probabilist and statistician
Bruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza, Brazilian football (soccer) goalkeeper
Bruno Forte, Italian theologian and ecclesiastic
Bruno Gerussi, Canadian actor
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 found guilty of the Lindbergh kidnapping, 1899-1936
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 Lauzi, Italian singer-songwriter
Bruno Mattei, Italian film director
Bruno Prevedi, Italian opera singer
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 Tonioli, (born 1955), Italian dancer & choreographer
Bruno Zumino, Italian theoretical physicist
Bruno, also known as Eko.Lsa, a French rapper

Bruno Gianelli, a character in the TV series "The West Wing"
Bruno (character), a character on Da Ali G Show
Bruno (Pokémon), a character in the Pokémon video game
Bruno (webcomic), a web comic by Christopher Baldwin
Bruno the Bandit, a web comic by Ian McDonald
Bruno, a character in the Sesame Street television show
Bruno, a character from Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno
Bruno!, a web comic by Dan Smith
Bruno, a dog in the 1950 film version of Cinderella
Bruno, a blue gelert in the Neopets plot "A Tale of Woe"
Bruno Martelli, a character on the TV series "Fame" played by Lee Curreri
Bruno, a robot from Megaman Legends
Bruno, a fictitious late 80s recording artist, actually a pseudonym used by actor Bruce Willis
Bruno the Bear, a rival of Bugs Bunny in the Warner Brothers short Big Top Bunny
Jimmy Bruno, a character in Cold Case appearing in the episode Forever Blue
Bruno Martinez, a character in Grim Fandango
Bruno the bigfoot in a character in Sam and Max Hit the Road computer game.
Bruno, 1930's animated cartoon dog. Beloved pet of Bosko. Both created by Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising.
Bruno Clément, a character in Michel Hoellebecq's The Elementary Particles.

Bruno's Supermarkets, a grocery store chain based in Birmingham, Alabama
BRUNO, the name of the first commercial WYSIWYG presentation program developed by Hewlett Packard in 1979.

Bruno, the brown bear mascot of Brown University
Bruno, was a 2000 film directed by Shirley MacLaine, written by new-comer David Ciminello, then was released on video re-titled Dress Code
Bear JJ1, a German brown bear popularly known as "Bruno"
Bruno, the in-game name for Björn Jeansson, a famous pro gamer.