Notable Historical Names
- Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
- 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 II (1024–1057)
- Bruno the Saxon (11th century), historian
- Bruno of Cologne (d. 1101), founder of the Carthusians
- 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 friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer - see also Giordano Bruno (disambiguation)
- Henri Reynders (Dom Bruno) (1903–1981), Catholic priest
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