Famous People with Name Bruce

Bruce Vee Hurst            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bruce Vee Hurst: born March 24, 1958 in St. George, Utah) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox (1980-88), San Diego Padres (1989-93), Colorado Rockies (1993) and Texas Rangers (1994).

Bruce Edward Kimm            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bruce Edward Kimm: (born June 29, 1951 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball.

Bruce Eugene Kison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bruce Eugene Kison: (born February 18, 1950 in Pasco, Washington) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1971-1979), California Angels (1980-1984) and Boston Red Sox (1985). He batted and threw right handed.

Bruce Strauss            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bruce Strauss: a former boxer who is more known for his losses than for his wins. Sometimes he would use the alias of Ruben Bardot to obtain fights.

Bruce Curry            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bruce Curry: a former professional boxer who was world Jr. Welterweight champion from 1983 to 1984.

Horatio Washington Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Horatio Washington Bruce: was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War. Bruce first became active in politics in 1852, making campaign speeches for the Whig presidential ticket of Winfield Scott and William Alexander Graham in the 1852 election. When the Whig Party c

Eli Metcalfe Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eli Metcalfe Bruce: was a philanthropist and a Representative from Kentucky in the First and Second Confederate Congresses. He was the principle financier of the Confederate government of Kentucky during the Civil War. Near the outbreak of the Civil War, Bruce sold all of hi

Francis Carmichael Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Carmichael Bruce: was a politician and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1900 election as a Member of the historical Conservative Party to represent the riding of Hamilton. He lost in the election of 1904 in the riding of Hamilton West. He also served as a councillor for the city of Hamilton, Ontario.

Herbert Alexander Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herbert Alexander Bruce: served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1932 to 1937. In 1932, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario by R.B. Bennett for a term that lasted until 1937. He often verbally clashed with new Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn who attempted to curtail the extravagance of the vice-regal office in the face of the Great Depression. The lieutenant-governor's official residence, Chorley Park, was closed by the Hepburn government at the end of Bruce's term on the pretext of cutting costs. Following the sudden death of Conservative MP David Spence in the middle of the 1940 federal election campaign, Bruce contested and won Spence's seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1940 federal election. Sitting as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Parkdale, Bruce was an outspoken advocate of conscription. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1945 federal election, but retired from office in 1946.

Robert Randolph Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Randolph Bruce: was an engineer, mining proprietor and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1926 to 1931. Bruce became the province's lieutenant-governor in 1926. Unusually for former vice-roys, he attempted to enter politics following his tenure as the Queen's representative and stood for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1935 federal election but was narrowly defeated by Henry Herbert Stevens in the riding of Kootenay East.The government of William Lyon Mackenzie King appointed Bruce as Canada's second envoy to Japan with the title of Minister Plenipotentiary in 1936. He served for two years before retiring to Montreal.