Brute - People

People

  • Brute of Troy, a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Æneas, known in mediæval British legend as the founder and first king of Britain
  • Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger (85 BC–42 BC), a politician of the late Roman Republic, best known for key role in the assassination of Julius Caesar ("Et tu, Brute?")
  • Brute Bernard, ring name of Canadian wrestler Jim Bernard (1921–1984)
  • The Brute (wrestler), professional wrestler John Czawlytko, who used this ring name in the early 1990s
  • The Brute, nickname of American jazz tenor saxophonist Ben Webster (1909–1973)
  • Brute, a pseudonym of English commercial artist Aidan Hughes (born 1956)
  • Simon Bruté (1779–1839), the first bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana

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