Famous People with Name Bruce

Bruce Robert Battishall            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bruce Robert Battishall: was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Battishall, a flanker, was born in Canterbury, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.

Bruce Stanton Taafe            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bruce Stanton Taafe: was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Taafe, a hooker, was born in Melbourne, Victoria and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia.

Bruce Craig Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bruce Craig Scott: Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Maranoa, Queensland. He was born in Roma, Queensland, and was a wool and grain grower before entering politic

Bruce Kenneth Childs            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bruce Kenneth Childs: is a former Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was a tradesman in photo engraving and a secretary of the Printers' Union before becoming Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party 1971-1980. In 1980, he was elected to the Austra

Bruce William Davidson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bruce William Davidson: is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Noosa in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2001. Elected as Noosa's first MP in 1992, he was Shadow Minister for Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Regional Development from 1995 t

Stanley Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Stanley Bruce: an Australian politician and diplomat

William Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

William Bruce: was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests between 1885 and 1895.

Mary Grant Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Mary Grant Bruce: also known as Minnie Bruce, was an Australian children's author and journalist. While all her thirty-seven books enjoyed popular success in Australia and overseas, particularly in the United Kingdom, she was most famous for the Billabong series, focussing on the adventures of the Linton family on Billabong Station in Victoria and in England and Ireland during World War I.Her writing was considered influential in forming concepts of Australian national identity, especially in relation to visions of the Bush. It was characterised by fierce patriotism, vivid descriptions of the beauties and dangers of the Australian landscape, and humorous, colloquial dialogue celebrating the art of yarning. Her books were also notable and influential through championing of what Bruce held up as the quintessentially Australian Bush values of independence, hard physical labour (for women and children as well as men), mateship, the ANZAC spirit and Bush hospitality against more decadent, self-centred or stolid urban and British values. Her books simultaneously celebrated and mourned the gradual settlement, clearing and development of the Australian wilderness by Europeans.

Robert Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Robert Bruce: was a Scottish-born professional wrestler and talent agent in Auckland, New Zealand.Bruce retired from wrestling due to injuries to his back and elbows, and decided to form a talent agency in 1978 when he realised that there was no such company in New Zea

Callum Bruce            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Callum Bruce: is a New Zealand rugby union player. Bruce formally played for the Super 14 team Highlanders. He now plays for the Super 14 team Chiefs. Although his normal position is second five-eighth, Bruce has also covered first five-eighth for the Highlanders when