Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Bruce Willis 1987 Moonlighting 
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 heroes
Bruce Wayne 1939 Batman
Bruce Banner 1962 The Incredible Hulk
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 hero
Bruce Wayne 1989 Batman
Fictional Characters from Television:
2 characters
Bruce Logan 2000 The District
Jesse Pinkman (a.k.a. Bruce) 2008 Breaking Bad
Grammy Award Winners:
1 best new artist, 1 song of the year
(best new artist) Bruce Hornsby 1987
(song of the year) Bruce Springsteen 1995 Streets of Philadelphia
Hall-of-Famers:
2 football, 1 baseball, 1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Bruce Stuart 1961
(baseball) Bruce Sutter 2006
(football) Bruce Matthews 2007
(football) Bruce Smith 2009
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 medicine, 1 physics
(chemistry) Robert Bruce Merrifield 1984
(medicine) Bruce Beutler 2011
(physics) Arthur B. McDonald (a.k.a. Bruce) 2015
Notable Actors and Actresses:
6 actors
Bruce Gray 1936-2017
Bruce Lee 1940-1973
Bruce Boxleitner 1950-
Bruce Willis 1955-
Bruce Greenwood 1956-
Bruce Campbell 1958-
Notable Artists:
1 sculptor
Bruce Nauman 1941-
Notable Athletes:
2 football, 1 baseball, 1 driving, 1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Bruce Stuart 1881-1961
(driving) Bruce McLaren 1937-1970
(baseball) Bruce Sutter 1953-
(football) Bruce Matthews 1961-
(football) Bruce Smith 1963-
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
1 television
(television) Bruce Forsyth 1928-
Notable Musicians:
2 musicians, 1 musician/singer, 1 singer
Bruce Springsteen 1949- rock
Bruce Hornsby 1954-
Axl Rose (a.k.a. Bruce) 1962- rock
Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins (a.k.a. Bruce) 1976- hip hop
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Dick Cheney (a.k.a. Bruce) 1941-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 geologist
Bruce C. Heezen 1924-1977
Notable Writers:
1 author
W. Bruce Cameron 1960-
Olympic Medalists:
4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze, 1 silver/bronze, 1 silver/gold
(silver) Herman Brix (a.k.a. Bruce) 1928 shot put
(silver/gold) Bruce Harlan 1948 diving - platform; diving - springboard
(bronze) Bruce Bradley 1972 water polo
(silver/bronze) Bruce Robertson 1972 swimming - 100 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Caitlyn Jenner (a.k.a. Bruce) 1976 decathlon
(gold) Bruce Furniss 1976 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Sam Perkins (a.k.a. Bruce) 1984 basketball
(silver) Bruce Kimball 1984 diving - platform
(gold) Bruce Hayes 1984 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Bruce Golding 2007-2011 Jamaica